Additional funding is received by forming partnerships with New York State industry.
The Center for Advanced Ceramic Technology was established at the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University, built on Alfred's strong foundation of education and research in the area of ceramics. The CACT was recently redesignated by the state, and is beginning its second decade. With redesignation, an outcomes based approach to research has been adopted. Economic impact to NYS is being built-in to new research programs.