Planning Grant for an Industry-University Cooperative Research Center in Coatings

涂料产学合作研究中心规划资助

• 批准号: 8619035
• 负责人: John Graham
• 金额: $ 7.6万
• 依托单位: Eastern Michigan University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1987
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1987-01-01 至 1988-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=8619035&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Planning; Grant; Industry; University; Cooperative

The U.S. coatings industry faces concurrent demands for improved quality, energy conservation, reduced pollution and elimination of unsafe materials, at the same time it is becoming increasingly vulnerable to foreign competition. The 1,100 companies that produce coatings and their raw material supplies are responding to these changes in different ways, including increasing research and development budgets. An Industry/University Cooperative Research Center is a possible approach that might provide industry with additional research addressing industrial needs. This planning grant is studying the feasibility and viability of an Industry/University Cooperative Research Center in coatings. The project is studying the alternative organization, policies, operations, and industrial research interests for an Industry/University Cooperative Research Center in Coatings at Eastern Michigan University and North Dakota State University, as a joint endeavor. The Co-Principal Investigator and the associated researchers at both universities are national recognized experts in their fields and have the industrial contact necessary to study the potential for an Industry/University Cooperative Research Center in Coatings. This project has been coordinated with Robert M. Wellek, Chemical, Biochemical, and Thermal Engineering in the Directorate for Engineering. The Program Manager recommends that Eastern Michigan University (with a subcontract to North Dakota State University) be awarded a grant of $49,927 for one (1) year of this project.

美国涂料行业面临着提高质量，节能，减少污染和消除不安全材料的需求，同时它变得越来越容易受到外国竞争的影响。 生产涂料及其原材料供应的1100家公司以不同的方式对这些变化做出响应，包括增加的研发预算。 行业/大学合作研究中心是一种可能的方法，可以为行业提供其他解决工业需求的研究。 这项计划赠款正在研究涂料行业/大学合作研究中心的可行性和生存能力。 该项目正在研究东密歇根大学和北达科他州立大学涂料的工业/大学合作研究中心的替代组织，政策，运营和工业研究兴趣。 这位联合首席研究员和两所大学的相关研究人员都是国家公认的专家，并且具有研究涂料行业/大学合作研究中心的潜力所必需的工业联系。 该项目已与工程局的Robert M. Wellek，化学，生化和热工程学协调。 该计划经理建议，东密歇根大学（与北达科他州立大学的分包合同）获得该项目一（1）年的49,927美元的赠款。