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Dr. Craig Clark, executive director of the Wellsville campus and dean of the School of Applied Technology, said, “These funds for machinery and equipment for the new facility will assure Alfred State will teach the advanced technology required by manufacturers across the region.”
Gov. Andrew Cuomo has announced that the Empire State Development Corporation has approved a grant of up to $500,000 to be used as reimbursement for a portion of the costs of new machinery and equipment for Alfred State’s Advanced Manufacturing Center.
The college had applied through Round 3 of the Regional Council CFA process and was awarded the grant in 2013 by the Western New York Regional Economic Development Council (WNYREDC). The Research Foundation for the State University of New York (SUNY RF), a private not-for-profit educational corporation that administers externally funded contracts and grants for and on behalf of the State University of New York (SUNY), will use the grant on behalf of Alfred State.
Dr. Skip Sullivan, president of Alfred State, said, “We are excited about the support for the advanced manufacturing in the Southern Tier and western New York. This grant will allow Alfred State students to learn using the most advanced and sustainable equipment in the industry. We are extremely delighted with Empire State Development Corporation’s investment in Alfred State.”
Dr. Craig Clark, executive director of the Wellsville campus and dean of the School of Applied Technology, said, “These funds for machinery and equipment for the new facility will assure Alfred State will teach the advanced technology required by manufacturers across the region.”
Located on the School of Applied Technology campus in Wellsville, the center will be used to educate and train welding technology and machine tool technology students in state-of-the-art sustainable practices in advanced manufacturing through efficient processes. Other uses for the facility include prototyping and assisting manufacturers in the development of new products and systems. Machine tool technology, welding, and drafting/CAD are the three areas of study within the Computerized Design and Manufacturing Department.
The building will house freshman and senior welding students and senior machine tool technology students, and includes classrooms, a computer lab, a welding fabrication shop, material handling and preparation space, a CNC machine shop, and metrology and inspection space. It is expected to be in use by the fall 2016 semester.