Margaret Joyce

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• Margaret Joyce

How can Universities and Industry Successfully
Collaborate?
Western Michigan University
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Obvious Needs
Money
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Less Obvious
Money
Ideas
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The Package

• Organized
• Contract
• Managed
• Leadership
• Dressed
• Market Information

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Some Package Options
Industry Partnerships
Consortium
Development of Commercial Technology
Pre-competitive Research
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Center for Coating Research
Center for Printability Research
Multi-Disciplinary Teams
Pilot Plants
Center for Smart Sensors
Graduate Students Staff
Center for Printability Research
Tribology
Imaging Center
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Recent Success
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Press Material Suppliers
Substrate Suppliers
Pilot Plants
University
Ink Suppliers
Press Manufacturers
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Benefits

• Multi-Disciplinary Teams
• Leverage of Facilities and Resources
• Educated Labor Pool

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University Needs

• Open Environment for Exchange
• Direction
• Sufficient quantities of material
• Cost share
• Time, resources, funding
• Understanding of Industrys needs
• Test protocols (not all standard)
• Process limitations and practicality

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Keys to Success

• Finding the right mix of companies and
  researchers with talents pertinent to meeting the
  challenges of the technology.
• Finding the right mix of companies and
  researchers who share interests while avoiding
  competitiveness and IP issues.