The University of Science and Technology. And Life.

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Campus Resources for RD
The University of Science and Technology. And
Life. William W. Durgin (508)
831-5065 Associate Provost for Academic Affairs
and wwdurgin_at_wpi.edu Vice President for Research
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WPI Resources

• Faculty Experts
• Bright Students
• Great Laboratories
• Intellectual Property

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WPI Needs

• Corporate Experts Expertise
• Real World Problems
• Equipment
• Access to Specialized Resources
• Financial Support

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WPI Offers World-Class Research

• Aerodynamics and Hydrodynamics
• Aerospace Engineering
• Analog Integrated Circuit Design
• Artificial Intelligence/Intelligent Tutoring
  Systems
• Bioengineering
• Bioinformatics
• Biomaterials
• Biomechanics
• Bioprocessing
• Biotechnology
• Catalysis

• Civil Infrastructure
• Composite Materials
• Computational Modeling
• Computer-Aided Manufacturing
• Cryptography
• Data Knowledge Base Systems
• Data Mining and Visualization
• Drug Design and Synthesis
• E-Commerce
• Enterprise Resource Planning
• Environmental Engineering

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WPI Offers World-Class Research

• Fire Protection Engineering
• Fuel Cells
• Gas and Plasma Dynamics
• Highway Safety
• Holography
• Industrial Math Statistics
• Information and Network Security
• Inorganic Membranes
• Machine Vision
• Manufacturing
• Medical Imaging
• Medical Sensors
• Metal Processing

• Networking and Distributed Computing
• Nanotechnology
• Photonics
• Satellite Navigation/Geolocation
• Software Engineering
• Spacecraft and Electric Propulsion
• Surface Metrology
• System Dynamics
• Tissue Engineering
• Ultrasound Propagation
• Wireless Networks

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Institutes

• Metal Processing Institute
• Advanced Casting Research Center
• Center for Heat Treating Excellence
• Powder Metallurgy Research Center
• WPI Bioengineering Institute
• Center for Bioprocessing and Tissue Engineering
• Center for Comparative NeuroImaging
• Center for Untethered Healthcare
• Center for Molecular Engineering

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Research Centers

• Assistive Technology Resource Center
• Center for Firesafety Studies
• Center for Holographic Studies and Laser
  Micro-mechaTronics
• Center for Industrial Mathematics and Statistics
• Center for Inorganic Membrane Studies
• Center for Nuclear Technology and Society at WPI
• Center for Research in Electronic Commerce
  Technology
• Center for Research in Exploratory Data and
  Information Analysis
• Center for Sensory and Physiologic Signal
  Processing
• Center for Wireless Information Network Studies
• Convergent Technologies Center
• Fuel Cell Center
• Haas Technical Center for Computer-controlled
  Machining
• Manufacturing Assistance Center
• The New England Center for Analog and Mixed
  Signal IC Design

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Collaborative for Entrepreneurship and Innovation

• Venture Forum
• Monthly Forum
• Radio Program
• Business Plan Writing Workshops
• Business Plan Contest
• Special Events
• Coalition for Venture Support
• Capital
• Land and Buildings
• Management
• Technical Assistance

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Sponsored Research

• Graduate Students/Post Docs
• Fraction of faculty members effort
• Laboratories, computers, shops, etc.
• Proposal/scope of work
• Usually contract, but other vehicles too
• Budget includes indirect costs

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Technology Licensing

• Federal Support for Research
• Bayh-Dole Amendment
• Corporate Supported Research
• Non-exclusive license
• Negotiation of exclusive license
• Further Development/Research

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Corporate Graduate Fellowships

• Participate in ongoing research program
• Collaborate with a faculty member
• Year by year fellowship for graduate student
• Invitation to serve on committee
• No scope of work, no deliverables
• Educational support, no indirect costs included
• Cost effective way to establish a research
  relationship
• Costs approximately 32,000 per year

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Graduate Internships

• Short-term work assignment at company
• Integral part of educational plan/credit bearing
• Typically summer and a semester
• Compensated at a rate appropriate to employment
  at that level
• Special considerations for international students

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Projects

• Corporate Sponsored Projects
• Graduate Qualifying Projects
• Work with faculty members to develop scope
• One year lead time

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Other Corporate Partnership Opportunities

• Research Advancement Gifts
• Laboratory Access
• Bioprocess Technology Laboratory
• Fire Science Laboratory
• NMR Facility
• Beta Testing Site
• Sabbaticals/IPAs
• Consultants

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Thank you for being here!

• WPI looks forward to working with you and your
  company to develop a multifaceted, mutually
  beneficial relationship.
• Please contact WPI Corporate Relations for more
  information on anything mentioned in this
  presentation.