Center Funding: (1) industry membership fees, (2) NSF I/UCRC grants to each university site, (3) university contributions (indirect cost waivers)
Industry Leadership: governed by Industry Advisory Board (IAB) with center members
Structure: IAB participates in establishing the center’s research agenda, bylaws, research portfolio, technology roadmap, project selection and monitoring
Shared IP model: all members share resulting intellectual property
The process
Funding from NSF academia, industry ->
Industry advisory board selects projects for funding ->
Faculty and students conduct research with industry participation ->
Value produced: experienced and employable student engineers, knowledge methodologies, algorithms, software and hardware designs, process improvements and more.
