Members
Member Benefits
- Lower in-house R&D costs through the utilization of the R&D efforts of the Center, enjoying considerable leveraging of investment through:
- NSF provision of funding for Center administrative support, and
- pooling investment with a large body of other members with similar interests in strategic projects with opportunity for direct involvement.
- Transfer of university-developed ideas, research results, and technology to members to improve its competitive posture in world markets.
- High-quality, industrially-relevant research by two leading U.S. universities, Penn State and Georgia Tech, to build knowledge, capability and framework with every prospect for spin-off projects between faculty members and member organization.
- Involvement in the education of, and access to, the next generation of scientists and engineers with a broad, industrially-oriented perspective on engineering research and practice.
- Contributions from industry and national laboratories to address technical challenges in ways that promote successful competition in the marketplace.
