Alfred University - Center for Advanced Ceramic Technology


In a word? Everything.
Here you get depth and breadth. The latest technologies in materials science. Cutting-edge equipment and convenient facilities. Exceptionally diverse and accessible faculty members. Plus a wide range of research options available to help your company gain or maintain a competitive edge in the marketplace. Even change the world.

	Left and top: The CACT’s electron microprobe measures trace elements in amounts as small as 100 ppm. It also indicates the composition of the material being probed.

The Center for Advanced Ceramic Technology (CACT) at Alfred University is unlike any research center of its kind. At the CACT, we specialize in applied and technical research that solves real-world problems and converts to practicable, scaleable and marketable products and solutions. We can help you develop next-generation products or create new ones.
Even better, when you conduct research with
us, we help you interpret the results. In
addition, we can put you in touch with other
organizations to help you achieve your goals. At Alfred University's CACT, you get everything you need to advance your company’s research and boost your bottom line.

Some background: We’re one of the ten original Centers for Advanced Technology (CAT) created in 1987 by the State of New York to speed technology transfer from the state’s public and private universities to the marketplace. There are now 15 CATs in New York State (NYS), which are funded through the New York State Office of Science, Technology & Academic Research (NYSTAR). Each CAT receives additional funding by forming partnerships with New York State industry.

The Center for Advanced Ceramic Technology was founded at the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University, which provided the CACT with a strong foundation of education and research in the area of ceramics. It is now a world-renowned ceramics and glass science school, with the only glass science PhD program in the country. The CACT is now approaching its 20th anniversary and was recently redesignated by NYS to provide an outcomes-based approach to research. Economic impact to NYS is now built into every new research program.

The focus at Alfred University’s CACT is advanced ceramic materials and processing, which include electronic ceramics… high-temperature structural ceramics… photonic ceramics and glasses… bioceramics and glasses… whitewares… advanced manufacturing processes, including nanostructured processing capabilities… computer modeling and simulation… and electromagnetic processing.

Our mission is to help New York State companies retain and create jobs, and increase their productivity and profitability. Our focus is collaborative research, industry education and training, along with outreach and networking. Become a CACT member company and let us help you profit… create jobs… and change the world of glass and ceramic science.