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.

美国涂料行业同时面临着提高质量、节约能源、减少污染和消除不安全材料的要求，同时也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 1,100 家公司正在以不同的方式应对这些变化，包括增加研发预算。 工业/大学合作研究中心是一种可能的方法，可以为工业界提供满足工业需求的额外研究。 该规划拨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，作为共同努力。 两所大学的联合首席研究员和相关研究人员都是各自领域的国家公认专家，并拥有研究涂料行业/大学合作研究中心潜力所需的行业联系。 该项目已与工程理事会化学、生物化学和热力工程部门的 Robert M. Wellek 协调。 项目经理建议向东密歇根大学（分包给北达科他州立大学）授予该项目一 (1) 年 49,927 美元的补助金。