GE Global Research

GE Global Research is the research and development division of General Electric.^[1] GE Global Research locations^[2] include:

• Global Research Center in Niskayuna, New York, established in 1900 and relocated in 1955.
• John F. Welch Technology Center in Bangalore, India, established in 2000.
• China Technology Center in Shanghai, China, established in 2000.
• European Technology Center in Munich, Germany, established in 2003.
• Brazil Technology Center in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, established in 2014, focuses on Smart, Bioenergy and Offshore & Subsea Systems, and Software & Productivity Analytics.
• GE Oil and Gas Technology Center^[3][4] in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, established in 2013, focuses on Oil & Gas.
• 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^[5] 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.

Notable employees

Researchers at GE Global Research include:

• Ralph Alpher, cosmologist
• William David Coolidge, physicist
• Ivar Giaever, Nobel Laureate, physicist
• Christopher J. Hardy, industrial physicist
• Irving Langmuir, Nobel Laureate, chemist and physicist
• James L. Lawson, physicist^[6]
• David Musser, computer scientist
• James Rumbaugh, computer scientist
• Charles Proteus Steinmetz, mathematician and electrical engineer
• Alexander Stepanov, computer scientist
• Willis Rodney Whitney, chemist

References

External links

• Official website
• Official blog
• Official Twitter account

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