October 16, 2003WPI Services for Corporations 1 The University of Science and Technology. And Life. William W. Durgin (508) Associate Provost for Academic Affairs Vice President for Research Campus Resources for R&D

October 16, 2003WPI Services for Corporations 2 WPI Resources  Faculty Experts  Bright Students  Great Laboratories  Intellectual Property

October 16, 2003WPI Services for Corporations 3 WPI Needs  Corporate Experts & Expertise  “Real World” Problems  Equipment  Access to Specialized Resources  Financial Support

October 16, 2003WPI Services for Corporations 4 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

October 16, 2003WPI Services for Corporations 5 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

October 16, 2003WPI Services for Corporations 6 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

October 16, 2003WPI Services for Corporations 7 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

October 16, 2003WPI Services for Corporations 8 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

October 16, 2003WPI Services for Corporations 9 Sponsored Research  Graduate Students/Post Doc’s  Fraction of faculty member’s effort  Laboratories, computers, shops, etc.  Proposal/scope of work  Usually contract, but other vehicles too  Budget includes indirect costs

October 16, 2003WPI Services for Corporations 10 Technology Licensing  Federal Support for Research –Bayh-Dole Amendment  Corporate Supported Research –Non-exclusive license –Negotiation of exclusive license  Further Development/Research

October 16, 2003WPI Services for Corporations 11 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

October 16, 2003WPI Services for Corporations 12 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

October 16, 2003WPI Services for Corporations 13 Projects  Corporate Sponsored Projects  Graduate Qualifying Projects  Work with faculty members to develop scope  One year lead time

October 16, 2003WPI Services for Corporations 14 Other Corporate Partnership Opportunities  Research Advancement Gifts  Laboratory Access –Bioprocess Technology Laboratory –Fire Science Laboratory –NMR Facility  Beta Testing Site  Sabbaticals/IPA’s  Consultants

October 16, 2003WPI Services for Corporations 15 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.