SUNY Poly College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering
The College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering is the college of nanotechnology at the SUNY Polytechnic Institute campus in Albany, New York. Founded in 2004 and formerly a component of the University at Albany, SUNY, the college underwent rapid expansion in the late-2000s and early-2010s before merging with the SUNY Institute of Technology in 2014. As one of five colleges within SUNY Poly, it was the first college in the United States devoted to nanotechnology. History. The College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering was originally established as the School of Nanosciences and  Nanoengineering at the University at Albany in 2001. CNSE was accredited as the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering of the University at Albany in 2004, and in December of that year, awarded its first Ph.D. degrees in nanoscience. In July 2013, SUNY's Board of Trustees approved a memorandum that led to the separation of CNSE from the University at Albany and included the creation of a new degree-granting structure for the NanoCollege. This was followed by the merger of the SUNY Institute of Technology (SUNYIT) with CNSE in September 2014 to create SUNY Polytechnic Institute. In January  2015, Dr. Alain Kaloyeros was appointed by the SUNY Board of Trustees as the President of SUNY Poly. In September 2016, Kaloyeros was charged with felony bid rigging and removed as the Institute's President. Academics. CNSE offers degree programs leading to the Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degree in Nanoscale Engineering and Nanoscale Science, the Master of Science (M.S.) degree in either Nanoscale Science or Nanoscale Engineering, and the Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degree in either Nanoscale Science or Nanoscale Engineering. SUNY Poly also offers graduate degrees in nanobioscience (M.S. or Ph.D). In 2010, CNSE became the first college  in the U.S. to launch a comprehensive baccalaureate program in Nanoscale Engineering and Nanoscale Science. Research Facilities. The Albany campus is located near Western Avenue and Fuller Road, west of the University at Albany. The campus location has a number of research and development facilities, including wafer fabrication cleanrooms with different classifications for cleanroom suitability. NanoFabs. NanoFab 200, (also known as CESTM), an earlier part of the campus, was completed in 1997. This , $16.5 million facility includes of cleanroom space, a metrology lab, and office space for programs. NanoFab South, completed March 2004, is a , facility including of 300  mm wafer, class 10,000-capable cleanroom space. Completed December 2005, NanoFab North is a , facility including of cleanroom space with Class 100-capable 300mm wafer production. In March 2009, another $150 million expansion project included NanoFab East, a office, laboratory, and multipurpose room building, in addition to NanoFab Central, a separate building that houses of 300mm wafer, class 100-capable cleanroom space. NanoFab Xtension (NFX), completed in 2013, is a facility with of 300mm wafer cleanrooms. The Zero Energy Nanotechnology (ZEN) building, completed in 2015, is a facility. Strategic technology and commercialization centers and programs. The  Albany location is the home of numerous pioneering nanotechnology programs funded by a variety of public and private sources. CNSE is able to accelerate the commercialization of technologies by providing technology deployment, market development, economic outreach and business assistance under a variety of centers and programs.