Welcome to the Center for Advanced Engineering and Research (CAER)
Advancing Innovation and Technology Based Economic Development (TBED) in Virginia's Region 2000
The Center for Advanced Engineering and Research is a Region 2000 initiative to develop an industry-focused regional research and development center that drives the development of innovative products and processes by providing local access to university and federal research and inventions. It targets the growth industries specific to the region and puts university innovations into action through practical implementation in industry. The goal is to increase the competitiveness for core, high wage industries and improve the long-term prospects of existing industrial employers by creating a knowledge-based research hub for the region.
CAER Vision
The CAER is dedicated to the creation of an industry-based research hub in Region 2000 that will bring together private and public money, talent and resources to foster knowledge creation, facilitate technology transfer and improve the scientific and engineering workforce to benefit local industry.
The Major Strategies for the CAER
- Establish formal and informal collaborative relationships with major research universities and Federal laboratories
- Identify and accelerate opportunities for the development of key technologies for targeted industry clusters in the region. Target industries are those with high growth potential through innovation, R&D, and technology transfer.
- Current initiatives are targeted at the nuclear energy cluster and the wireless communications cluster in the region.
- Attract federal, state and other research funding in support of industry/university technology initiatives
- Develop the physical infrastructure needed to support TBED functions
- Build a knowledge based workforce by providing educational opportunities in post-secondary and graduate level STEM programs, as well as related professional development for scientists and engineers
- Develop and offer support strategies for technology transfer and commercialization of technologies
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Latest News and Upcoming Events
B&W Announces Testing Facility at CAER
(LYNCHBURG, Va. – July 27, 2010) – The Babcock & Wilcox Company (B&W) announced today the decision to locate its B&W mPower™ Integrated System Test (IST) facility in Bedford County, Va., at the Center for Advanced Engineering and Research (CAER), currently being constructed at the New London Business & Technology Center. Read the press release here
CAER offers LABView Academy
The CAER will offer Core I and Core II LABView classes this fall, starting September 10. These classes offer an oppurtunity to learn the knowledge and tools to take the Certified LabVIEW
Associate Developer (CLAD) certification exam with
confidence.For details, click here.
The CAER has been recognized and certified as an official LabVIEW Academy school by National Instruments. CAER is now part of an exclusive group of academic institutions worldwide that teach LabVIEW as a course. The LabVIEW Academy uses a blended learning model that combines face-to-face teaching with engaging content and hands-on lab exercises. This model prepares students for the demands of industry and higher education in engineering, computer science and related fields. Contact the CAER to learn more.
CAER Benefits from Department of Energy Grant
The CAER partners with the Region 2000 Local Government Council and Innovative Wireless Technologies on a DOE grant to develop "smart" street lights - click here for more
Graduate Engineering Courses for Fall 2010
The course schedule for the fall 2010 CGEP semester can be found at: Fall 2010 CGEP Schedule
Construction Progresses on New Research Facility
CAER broke ground on its new research and education center on Friday, November 6 at the New London Business and Technology Center in Bedford, Virginia. For more infomation on this historical event click here.
Take a virtual tour of the facility here
To view one of the more recent concepts for the collaboration space in the facility click here
