Processes to formalize sponsored educational activity agreements between industry and universities related to capstone design projects
Processes to formalize sponsored educational activity agreements between industry and universities related to capstone design projects
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工业界和大学之间与顶点设计项目相关的赞助教育活动协议正式化的流程
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2015
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Scott K. Metlen
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D. Alexander;Gregory K Watkins;S. Beyerlein;Scott K. Metlen
多年来，Capstone 项目已经从小型、主要是内部采购的纸质成果项目发展到外部资助、行业赞助的提供功能齐全的原型或测试装置的项目。项目复杂程度的提高和利益相关者群体的扩大促使学术界和工业界更加仔细地评估顶点设计项目的风险和回报。本文研究了全国各地的一些机构，这些机构公布了管理与顶点项目相关的法律和合同问题的政策和程序。特别强调过去五年来爱达荷大学开发和实施此类流程的努力。满足大学顾问的感知需求和促进模范服务学习成果之间存在着微妙的平衡。行业和学生协议的最终模板中考虑的问题包括知识产权、处理机密或敏感信息、预算、间接费用、计费、赔偿、项目可交付成果的周转、项目法律文件的时间安排以及授权代表的签字。本文包含一项调查的初稿，作者希望通过 2014 年 Capstone 设计会议的活动将其分发给尽可能多的工程 Capstone 项目。这项调查的最终目标是定义与顶点项目协议相关的最佳实践并达成共识。
Capstone programs have evolved over the years from small, mostly internally sourced projects with paperbased outcomes to externally funded, industry sponsored projects delivering fully functional prototypes or test fixtures. This increased level of project sophistication and expanded cast of stakeholders has motivated academia and industry to more carefully evaluate the risks and rewards of capstone design programs. This paper examines a handful of institutions across the country with posted policies and procedures to manage legal as well as contractual issues associated with capstone projects. Special emphasis is given to efforts over the last five years to develop and implement such processes at the University of Idaho. There has been a delicate balance between satisfying perceived needs by the University Counsel and by promoting exemplary service learning outcomes. Issues considered in the resulting templates for both industry and student agreements include intellectual property rights, handling confidential or sensitive information, budgeting, overhead rates, billing, indemnification, turnover of project deliverables, timing of project legal documentation, and sign-off by an authorized representative. This paper contains a first draft of a survey which the authors would like to circulate to as many engineering capstone programs as possible through activities of the 2014 Capstone Design Conference. The ultimate goal of this investigation is definition and shared understanding of best practices associated with capstone project agreements.