Economic Development

Advanced Energy Research and Technology Center (AERTC)

The Advanced Energy Center is a partnership of academic institutions, research institutions, energy providers and industrial corporations. Together they pursue pioneering energy research and deploy education and technology with a focus on efficiency, conservation, renewable energy and nanotechnology applications for new and novel sources of energy.

Center of Excellence in Wireless and Information Technology (CEWIT)

CEWIT is a government-industry-academic partnership leading the next wave of the wireless and information technology revolution. The Center conducts world-class interdisciplinary research in the emerging critical technologies, fosters new enterprise development, addresses the technology worker shortage and has superior experience handling the needs of industry.

Turkana Basin Institute (TBI)

The Turkana Basin Institute is a collaborative, international, multi-disciplinary organization co-founded by the Leakey family and Stony Brook University that facilitates scientific research in northern Kenya. TBI has two field stations for scientists and students, and also runs a community outreach program and a field school taught by experts in their field.