GE Research

GE ResearchType| Division

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Industry| Technological research
Founded| 1900; 126 years ago (1900)
Headquarters|

Niskayuna, New York

United States

Website| ge.com/research

GE Research is the research and development division of General Electric.[1] GE Global Research locations[2] include the Global Research Center in Niskayuna, New York, established as the General Electric Research Laboratory in Schenectady in 1900 and relocated to Niskayuna in 1955 (this site is also known as the Knolls Laboratory, to distinguish it from the original Schenectady location – it is adjacent to the Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory), and the John F. Welch Technology Centre in Bangalore, India, established in 2000.

## Contents

* 1 Notable employees
* 2 Former locations
* 3 References
* 4 External links

## Notable employees

Researchers at GE Global Research include:[citation needed]

* Ralph Alpher, cosmologist
* William David Coolidge, physicist
* Ivar Giaever, Nobel Laureate, physicist
* Juris Hartmanis, Turing Award winner, computer scientist[citation needed]
* Christopher J. Hardy, industrial physicist
* Irving Langmuir, Nobel Laureate, chemist and physicist
* James L. Lawson, physicist[3]
* David Musser, computer scientist
* James Rumbaugh, computer scientist
* Charles Proteus Steinmetz, mathematician and electrical engineer
* Alexander Stepanov, computer scientist
* Richard Stearns, Turing Award winner, computer scientist[citation needed]
* Willis Rodney Whitney, chemist
* Carl Woese, biophysicist

## Former locations

GE Global Research operations at all locations other than Niskayuna and Bangalore were discontinued in 2017 as part of a cost-cutting program of General Electric:[4][5][6][7]

* Shanghai, China, 2000–2017, now GE's China Technology Center operated by business units.[8]
* Munich, Germany, 2003–2017, now GE's European Technology Center operated by business units and also home of GE Additive's Customer Experience Center.[9]
* Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2014–2017, now GE's Brazil Technology Center operated by business units.
* Oil and Gas Technology Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 2014–2017, only GE research center to focus on one industry, now part of Baker Hughes.[10]
* Saudi Technology and Innovation Center in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, established in 2013, focuses on Material Characterization, Combustion & Fuels, and Data Analytics.
* Advanced Manufacturing and Software Technology Center[11] in Van Buren, Michigan, established in 2011, focuses on Advanced Manufacturing, Software, and IT.
* Israel Technology Center in Tirat Carmel, Israel, established in 2011, focuses on Healthcare, Energy, Software Analytics, Cyber Security, and Advanced Manufacturing.

## References

1. ↑ Terdiman, Daniel (August 11, 2010). "Behind the scenes at GE Global Research". Cnet. http://news.cnet.com/8301-13772_3-20013254-52.html.
2. ↑ GE Global Research Locations
3. ↑ James L. Lawson, Physicist, Dies; Division Head at General Electric
4. ↑ "GE's New CEO Is Cutting Some of Management's Favorite Perks", Fortune, 19 October 2017, http://fortune.com/2017/10/19/ge-ceo-cuts-jet-perks, retrieved 16 Jun 2018
5. ↑ "GE shutters R&D centre in Shanghai as markets eagerly await CEO Flannery's strategic review", South China Morning Post, 20 October 2017, http://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/2116209/ge-shutters-rd-centre-shanghai-markets-eagerly-await-ceo, retrieved 16 Jun 2018
6. ↑ Rulison, Larry (19 Oct 2017). "Niskayuna expected to survive GE's research cuts". Times Union (Albany, NY). https://www.timesunion.com/business/article/Niskayuna-expected-to-survive-GE-s-research-cuts-12289962.php. "The research center in Bangalore, India, is also expected to remain open, but those in Shanghai, Munich, Germany, and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil would be shut down. No job cuts would occur in Niskayuna either as part of the reorganization of the research program. *** The moves to close the three research centers abroad are part of a broader effort to rightsize GE's international operations, especially in areas where markets had matured to the point where the research could be better absorbed by the businesses in those countries."
7. ↑ Gryta, Thomas; Lublin, Joann (19 Oct 2017). "GE's new chief starts making cuts, starting with old favorites". Dow Jones Newswires. https://www.foxbusiness.com/features/ges-new-chief-starts-making-cuts-starting-with-old-favorites. "The new CEO is shutting down research centers in Shanghai, Munich and Rio de Janeiro, shifting some of their engineering work into individual business units, the people said. The retrenchment will leave GE, which spent more than $5 billion on research and development last year, with just two global research sites, located in Niskayuna, N.Y., and Bangalore, India."
8. ↑ He, Laura (20 Oct 2017). "GE shutters R&D centre in Shanghai as markets eagerly await CEO Flannery's strategic review". South China Morning Post (Hong Kong). http://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/2116209/ge-shutters-rd-centre-shanghai-markets-eagerly-await-ceo. "The US conglomerate General Electric, as part of its cost-cutting efforts, is closing its R&D operations in Shanghai and transition it to an engineering centre. *** Other research sites in Munich, Germany and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil will also be closed, leaving GE only two global research centres, one in Niskayuna, New York and the other in Bangalore, India."
9. ↑ "GE Additive opens Customer Experience Center in Munich". GE. 5 Dec 2017. https://www.genewsroom.com/press-releases/ge-additive-opens-customer-experience-center-munich-284148.
10. ↑ Wethe, David; Clough, Richard (4 Jul 2017). "Baker Hughes, GE oil and gas business complete merger". Tulsa World (Tulsa, OK). http://www.tulsaworld.com/business/energy/baker-hughes-ge-oil-and-gas-business-complete-merger/article_45e01c3b-7ea3-5450-83bb-b2f67a8ee16a.html. "The new Baker Hughes, a GE company, now includes GE's Oklahoma City Oil and Gas Technology Center, along with Baker Hughes operations across the state."
11. ↑ Advanced Manufacturing and Software Technology Center (AMSTC)

## External links

* Official website

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