Dr. Alain Kaloyeros, founding President and CEO of SUNY Polytechnic Institute, left, and Michael Liehr, Executive Vice President of Innovation and Technology, Colleges of Nanoscale Science and Engineering, SUNY Polytechnic Institute, right, brief Vice President Joe Biden, center, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, second from right, and Defense Department Undersecretary Frank Kendall, as they visit SUNY Poly Canal Ponds in this 2015 file photo.