Annual Report & Principal Investigators 2009-2010 B I O I M A G I N G + N A N O T E C H N O L O G Y + E L E C T R O N I C I M A G I N G + MEDICAL IMAGING 2009-2010 3 Table of Contents 5 Director’s Message 6 Economic Impact 8 Innovative Expertise 9 Our Partners in Progress 24 Year in Review 26 Student Successes 28 Patents/Inventions 29 In the News 32 Research Themes 33 2009-2010 CEIS Project Abstracts 42 2010-2011 CEIS Project Abstracts 48 The Heart of CEIS 49 Principal Investigators 75 The CEIS Team 78 Directions Annual Report & Principal Investigators Director’s Message 5 Director’s Message As we report on the first full year of operations under CEIS’s new name, I want to begin by thanking our faculty Principal Investigators and our Industrial Partners for their continued support of the Center’s mission. The support has allowed us to address challenges posed by contract delays and the overall challenging economic environment with only minimal disruptions in Center operations. Inside this Annual report, you will find an overview of some of our accomplishments over the past year, a directory of our Industry Partners, and, in a revamped format, a directory of the Center’s Principal Investigators highlighting their research and technology interests. In keeping with the broader mandate posed by our new name, in the past operational year, the Center has also reached out to a number of NY state companies in emerging areas of interest, specifically including health, smart grid, and alternative energy sectors. I am happy to report that these efforts have led to new projects that become operational in the current year and on which we will be reporting starting next year. In addition, the discussions have also identified several new project prospects that the Center seeks to enable by bringing in additional economic resources and via a re-prioritization of our investments —some in the current year and some in coming years. All of these leave the Center poised for growth and greater New York State economic impact. The past year was marked by changes in CEIS staff, which continue through the present, resulting in an all new CEIS team. Part of this ongoing transition involves me. After over three years of active involvement in Center administration, with over two years as Director, I am moving away from my role in Center administration. The move is motivated by my desire to free up time for focusing on my research program and external professional activities. I am pleased to announce that Mark Bocko is taking over the helm of the Center as the new Director. Mark is no stranger to the Center and is probably known to most of you as a faculty member in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, a long time CEIS faculty PI, a member of the CEIS Technical Evaluation Committees, and a successful local entrepreneur. Please join me in welcoming Mark in this role. Another new member to the leadership team is Paul Ballentine in his role as the new Associate Director for Business Development. Please also take a moment to familiarize yourself with the rest of the CEIS team whose profiles are featured in this report. As you go by the CEIS offices in Taylor Hall, do stop in to introduce yourself or to say hello. It has been my privilege to serve CEIS as its director for the past two years. I am proud of what the Center has accomplished over this period working with NYSTAR, our industry partners, and faculty Principal Investigators across several outstanding academic institutions. I would like to thank each of these participants for contributing to a vibrant and strong Center. I would also like to thank the people of CEIS, both past and present: Cathy Adams, Kristine Long, Bill McKenna, Abhishek Nayak, Alyssa Smudzin, Heather Tipaldos, and Barry Watkins. They are indeed the true heroes of the Center and responsible in large measure for its success. We are pleased to see that CEIS has Gaurav Sharma, Director CEIS, 2008-2010 proactively embraced new directions in order to maintain its effectiveness as an engine for local economic growth.” — Ed Reinfurt, Executive Director of NYSTAR Economic Impact 6 Economic Impact–from CEIS Innovations In the past five years, CEIS has had a steady track record of providing economic impact to New York State. Successful technology transfer by CEIS has made a record total impact on the regional economy of $484 million—increased jobs, growing revenue, cost savings, incremental funding, and capital improvements. Despite the unsteady 2009-2010 economy, CEIS managed to achieve an annual economic impact of over $20 million. We created 22 new jobs in New York State and retained more than 21 jobs as a direct result of CEIS projects. Another 37 students were supported by CEIS investigations. Since our inception, CEIS has tripled the number of industry partners it engages and broadened its university collaborations from two to five. During that same period of time, the number of projects has grown almost ten-fold. The dynamic interplay of our research investigators’ expertise with the technology needs of CEIS industry partners continues to be at the heart of our ongoing success. We will continue to confront economic challenges with highly productive, mutually beneficial solutions that result in innovative new electronics, bio-imaging, and nano technologies. From remote-piloted military drones to medical devices and consumer digital cameras, our PIs and industry partners are at the forefront of technologies that make our lives safer, healthier, and more entertaining. In 2009-2010, CEIS partnered with 41 companies in New York State, of which 26 reported a positive economic impact. Partnering with CEIS researchers is an increasingly cost-effective and creative way to get research done as corporate and government funding for research and development decrease. Positive economic impact was reported by 26 of the 41 companies who partnered with CEIS in 2009-2010. Total Cumulative Economic Impact $ 500,000,000 $ 450,000,000 $ 400,000,000 $ 350,000,000 $ 300,000,000 $ 250,000,000 $ 200,000,000 CORPORATE DOLLARSCORPORATE $ 150,000,000 $ 100,000,000 $ 50,000,000 $ 0 2005-2006 2006-2007 2007-2008 2008-2009 2009-2010 Economic Impact 7 Companies Reporting Economic Impact in 2009-2010 from CEIS Interactions University Adarza BioSystems, Inc. Integrated Nano-Technologies, LLC collaborations Advanced Acoustical ITT Geospatial Systems have broadened from Imaging Technologies, LLC Litron Laboratories two to five. ADVantage Imaging Systems, Inc. Lucid, Inc. Bausch & Lomb Philips Electronics, NA Blue Highway, LLC Physiologic Communications, LLC Carestream Health PL E-Communications, LLC Since our Corning, Inc. Positive Science, LLC inception, CEIS Eastman Kodak Company has tripled PPC the number of Geospatial Systems, Inc. Qioptiq industry partners it engages. Harris Corporation Rochester Angel Network High Tech Rochester Spectracom Corporation The number iCardiac Technologies, Inc. Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc. of projects has Impact Technologies, LLC grown almost ten-fold. Most recent NYSTAR-verified Economic Impact Year ’05-’06 ’06-’07 ’07-’08 ’08-’09 ’09-’10 Total Increased Revenues $ 105,271,000 $ 104,756,800 $ 107,723,300 $ 56,224,541 $ 7,709,229 $ 381,684,870 Cost Savings $ 6,390,386 $10,533,460 $ 9,543,230 $ 7,891,280 $ 6,200,200 $ 40,558,556 Funds Acquired $ 2,441,000 $ 7,002,500 $ 12,822,500 $ 4,752,700 $ 3,810,000 $ 30,828,700 Capital Improvements $ 92,500 $ 415,000 $ 94,000 $ 18,682,720 $ 556,235 $ 19,840,455 Job Value $ 361,331 $ 1,201,739 $ 4,352,632 $ 2,551,074 $ 3,097,380 $ 11,564,156 New Jobs 6 14.7 35 20.5 22.5 98.70 Retained Jobs 0 4.5 37 17 21.5 80.00 Total Impact $ 114,556,217 $ 123,909,499 $ 134,535,662 $ 90,102,315 $ 21,373,044 $484,476,737 Total Cumulative Impact $ 114,556,217 $ 238,465,716 $ 373,001,378 $ 463,103,693 $ 484,476,737 $484,476,737 CEIS Funding CEIS Finances Years 1 to 10 Year 11 Year 12 Year 13 Year 14 Year 15 1994-2004 2004-2005 2005-2006 2006-2007 2007-2008 2008-2009 Research Expenditures $ 4,795,583 $ 239,544 $ 230,447 $ 217,645 $ 218,807 $ 94,718 Research-supported $ 1,099,111 $ 204,274 $ 219,127 $ 220,956 $ 254,037 $ 140,705 Operational Expenses Center Operational Expenses $ 3,988,638 $ 555,533 $ 536,403 $ 566,589 $ 520,023 $ 678,531 Total NYSTAR $ 9,883,332 $ 999,350 $ 985,977 $ 1,005,190 $ 992,867 $ 913,954 Other Sources of Funds Cash from Companies $ 10,498,848 $ 1,779,318 $ 1,697,103 $ 1,181,679 $ 1,208,521 $ 954,911 Other Sources $ 2,367,281 $ 0 $ 82,760 $ 404,877 $ 161,304 $ 367,251 Innovative Expertise 8 Innovative Expertise IAB The Industry Advisory Board works with CEIS to establish action-oriented plans and goals to keep innovative technologies in the pipeline, connecting academic research with corporate product development. This year the group continued to advance key strategies: • Challenge and recommend revisions to current strategies and business models • Promote an intense proactive culture with bold, timely, focused actions • Champion collaborative innovation across universities, industries, government agencies, and communities • Adopt nontraditional roles, such as supporting business development efforts with joint calls, contacts, and resources • Form a Technical Evaluation Committee (TEC) to work in collaboration with CEIS leadership and provide expertise and resources Current IAB members include: Bob Naum, Applied Coatings (Chair); Bob Fiete, ITT Corporation, Geospatial Systems; Richard Grzybowski, Corning, Inc.; Zoran Ninkov, RIT; Mark Peterson, Greater Rochester Enterprise; Ray Yingling, Eastman Kodak Bob Naum Ray Yingling Bob Fiete Zoran Ninkov Richard Grzybowski Mark Peterson CAT Committee The CAT Committee is responsible for providing electronic imaging systems expertise as CEIS awards funds for projects in the core CAT-CEIS program.