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

美国涂料工业同时面临着提高质量、节能、减少污染和消除不安全材料的要求，同时它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1100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，它可能为工业提供额外的研究，以满足工业需求。这项计划拨款正在研究建立一个涂料行业/大学合作研究中心的可行性和可行性。该项目正在研究东密歇根大学和北达科他州州立大学涂料行业/大学合作研究中心的替代组织、政策、运营和行业研究兴趣，作为一项联合努力。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，并拥有必要的行业联系，以研究建立涂料行业/大学合作研究中心的潜力。这个项目已经与工程总局的罗伯特·M·韦勒克、化学、生化和热能工程部门进行了协调。项目经理建议东密歇根大学(与北达科他州州立大学签订分包合同)获得49,927美元的补助金，用于该项目的一(1)年。

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.