Welcome to the CABER. Chartered in 1900, the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University has over a century of experience and leadership in all aspects of materials science and engineering. From design to fabrication, computer simulation to characterization; materials are our message. We conduct the research that brings today's technology to the real world. We also educate the professionals who will invent the materials that will be required to fabricate the revolutionary devices of tomorrow.

The CABER was created to focus the resources of Alfred on the most important application of materials science and engineering for the 21st century... Biomaterials. The applications for biomaterials go far beyond the use of materials in medicine. An astounding example is the DNA microarray, or gene chip. The DNA microarray, a composite biomaterial commonly made from glass and DNA, has completely revolutionized both the world of medicine and the larger world of genetic science. Future applications for biomaterials cover the entire spectrum from disease diagnosis to environmental sensors to household cleansers.

As a university center, the CABER has a dual mission to pursue research and education. In research, our goal is flexible productive partnering with industry and government to understand the interactions between living and nonliving materials and to apply this understanding to the creation and use of new biomaterials. We conduct basic and applied research on a wide range of materials with special emphasis on our traditional strengths in ceramics and glasses. We provide a full range of partnership options from long-term basic research to rapid characterization studies of specific materials for immediate applications. To facilitate industrial collaboration, the State of New York has funded the Biomaterials Industrial Outreach Services (BIOS) component of our facility. Detailed information is available by clicking the BIOS hyperlink. The CABER is designed to work with organizations under a wide range of IP arrangements. You can view our policy by clicking the IP hyperlink.

The educational component of our mission is conducted through Biomedical Materials Engineering Science (BMES) Program within the School of Engineering at Alfred. The emerging discipline of bioengineering requires professionals trained in biomaterials, especially those equipped to explore a range of materials outside the 'standard' materials that currently comprise the bulk of bioengineering applications. Biomaterials is, in many important ways, the key enabling technology for Biomedical Engineering (Bioengineering). Alfred University has a long and distinguished history of preparing students for careers in this biomaterials component of bioengineering and is in a unique position to provide the interdisciplinary biomaterials engineering experiences that will prepare young professionals for careers in both biomaterials and bioengineering. For more information, click on the hyperlink for the BMES homepage.