Turning down the heat: BU researchers aim to cool microchips
Three Binghamton researchers will work with researchers from GE Research and a New Mexico firm on a $7.2 million, three-year project to solve a problem that has dogged computer chip makers for decades — heat. Read more
BU campus expands
With its completion of the purchase of the former NYSEG property adjacent to the campus, Binghamton University’s science and engineering programs can get back on the fast track said President Lois B. DeFleur. The University recently completed the purchase of the property, which includes a 92,000-square-foot building, 21 acres of land and more than 500 parking spaces, for $6.1 million. Read more
Good things, small packages
Researchers at Binghamton University's Integrated Electronics Engineering Center are looking to make a very big deal out of small scale electronics manufacturing. The new focus is all part of the IEEC's mission to help the United States regain pre-eminence in the electronics industry and to create and sustain regional jobs in electronics packaging by conducting leading edge research and reliability testing. Read more
It’s not easy being green
A $360,000 award from the National Science Foundation will team Binghamton University researchers Eric Cotts and Daryl Santos with researchers at Universal Instruments on a project that could prove critical to the survival and growth of the US electronics industry.With Japan and Europe poised to move to lead-free electronics assembly within the decade, US electronics manufacturers will be forced to follow suit to maintain marketplace viability, said Peter Borgesen, a project manager at Universal Instruments. Read more
Putting a new spin on things
Spintronics. If you've never heard the word before, it might evoke images of some sort of whirling, whirring, robotized top. Maybe an electro-mechanical gladiator built to compete on Comedy Central's hit television show "BattleBots." Or perhaps the kind of glitzy high-tech toy that becomes all the rage each year, heading up many a child's holiday wish list. Read more
Sharon Sickles blends research, animal care roles
Sickles has always loved caring for animals, creating things, solving puzzles, meeting challenges, and leaving places cleaner, safer or better than she found them. It seems she is optimally employed. Her post as University Veterinarian and Director of Research Compliance plays to every one of those affinities. Read more
Steady as she goes
Fiscal year 2001-2002 spelled a record $25 million in awards and a fourth consecutive year of growth in sponsored research at Binghamton University. The tally, a six percent increase over the previous year, contributes to a total 51 percent increase in sponsored University research over the last four years. Read more
