ADVANCED MANUFACTURING & MATERIALS TASK FORCE REPORT TO THE MASTER PLAN RESEARCH ADVISORY COMMITTEE

ADVANCED MANUFACTURING & MATERIALS TASK FORCE REPORT TO THE MASTER PLAN RESEARCH ADVISORY COMMITTEE

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Opportunities identified by Battelle are shaded blue; Task Force recommendations, revisions and proposed actions are in red.

EMERGING GROWTH SECTORS PRESENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR COLLABORATION BETWEEN INDUSTRY AND HIGHER EDUCATION

Emerging Growth Sector

Initiatives

Digital Media & Enterprise Software• Talent Development

Coastal & Water Management • Continued development

of large-scale signature facilities and related activities to foster industry-university partnerships

Clean Technology • Increased university

engagement with industry through consortia or similar efforts Life Sciences

• Continued development of proof-of-concept tools for early-stage university research to foster commercialization

Advanced Manufacturing & Materials• Foster component

manufacturing capabilities available statewide

HIGHER ED AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: OPPORTUNITIES FOR COLLABORATION – CROSS-SECTOR INITIATIVES

Immediate Opportunities (initiate ASAP)

Technology Transfer &

Commercialization

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Opportunity Actions Responsibility

Align university intellectual property practices with current, national best-practice standards (e.g., policies regarding market attorney rates, campus/system template agreements, and intellectual property, and copyrighted material use)

• Campuses restructure intellectual property systems

• Adopt strategy of negotiating intellectual property issues in good faith during ongoing projects

• Add highly experienced personnel and develop business plans for campus-based technology transfer and intellectual property offices

o Campuses & Systems




Commercialization

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Develop a statewide translational research and pre-commercialization fund to enhance faster prototyping and other means of commercializing university research

• Identify a funding source that could provide funds on a fast turnaround for building prototypes

• Create policies to provide academic rewards to faculty undertaking tech transfer

• Conduct cost-benefit analyses of potential tech transfers in parallel with research/technology development

o Board of Regents (BoR)



Promote the use of the Louisiana Technology Commercialization Tax Credit program

• Promote tax credit program in university settings with industry partners with LED’s guidance

• Create tax incentives specifically for industry partnership with universities


o Legislature/ Governor




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Create a database of service providers with expertise and experience working with entrepreneurs and serial entrepreneurs, and then market those services

• Establish statewide website listing all assets and research expertise by research area

• Hire an industry-academia liaison to help build relationships between researchers and potential users of developed technology

o BoR





Commercialization

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Encourage and promote participation in SBIR/STTR initiatives

• Develop consulting arrangements to help small businesses and faculty entrepreneurs develop proposals

• Engage industry-academia liaisons to help develop relationships with small businesses



Encourage faculty to engage in consulting activities with industry

• Provide academic, professional and community rewards and recognition for faculty who engage in consulting

o Campuses & Systems/BoR



Research Capacity

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Encourage universities, LA Community & Technical College System (LCTCS) campuses, and Economic Development Organizations (EDOs) to create respective industry and educational liaison positions and implement comprehensive training programs for university economic development and corporate relations officers

• Engage experienced professionals who have served for several years in industry R&D to serve as professionals-in-residents or professors of practice

• Create campus-based “Experimentation Stations” in which experienced former industry and government personnel, funded on soft money, can collaborate with existing faculty to build industry-sponsored R&D

• Pursue larger private investment in business incubators located at Louisiana universities






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Develop a rewards system to encourage industry-funded R&D in addition to federal funding

• LED, the Board of Regents and other government entities develop incentives to promote commercializable R&D rather than changing the funding formula

o BoR



Talent

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Develop a playbook for university-industry partnerships based on historic project wins (e.g., Sasol, IBM, Benteler), which require post-secondary education talent and utilize regional EDOs

• Create a playbook that provides a template for campus-industry collaboration but encourages innovation and adjustment of ideas to specific campus and industry needs

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Create incentives spurring industry-university collaborations to establish experiential learning opportunities in emerging growth sectors to increase the number of graduates with real-world skills

• Develop websites and tools related to industry/academia collaborations that might facilitate internships or other experiential learning

• Consider creation of online courses for industry personnel seeking professional development or additional education in their field of employment

o BoR/ Campuses & Systems



Short-Term Opportunities (< 12 mos.)

Research Capacity

Talent

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Create more intentional connections between Louisiana universities and active and retired military personnel within the State to drive defense-related innovation in emerging growth sectors

• Mobilize campus alumni with links to military R&D to build relationships

• Engage experienced professionals who have served for several years in military R&D to serve as professionals-in-residents or professors of practice

o Campuses & Systems/ Foundations


Develop faculty professional development programs with industry to create curriculum that reflects current trends within digital media & enterprise software, clean technology & energy, advanced manufacturing & materials, life sciences, and coastal & water management

• Build on similar activities already underway in Louisiana

• Modify the traditional academic reward system to encourage faculty participation

• Consider development of an industrial master’s degree program



Intermediate Opportunities (12-36 mos.)

Research Capacity

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Offer seed grants and grant-writing funding support to promote Louisiana universities pursuing federally funded industry-university research centers (e.g., NSF Industry-University Cooperative Research Centers [I/UCRCs])

• Identify and develop campus-based and statewide funding for substantial proposal development seed grants

• Campuses keep on retainer external proposal development consultants to provide feedback to faculty



Create connections with retired industry personnel within the State and university alumni to promote industry partnerships within the State and nationally

• Each campus maintains connections as part of databases of alumni in industry

o Campuses & Systems/ Foundations



Talent

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Leverage university alumni associations to identify candidates with high-demand degrees outside of Louisiana; use e-communications to highlight job opportunities, openings, and career paths in the state

• Each campus will maintain connections and engage alumni relative to job opportunities and career paths in Louisiana through use of databases of alumni in industry

o Campuses & Systems/ Foundations/BoR (Operation Recall)

HIGHER ED AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: OPPORTUNITIES FOR COLLABORATION – EMERGING GROWTH SECTOR INITIATIVES

Immediate Opportunities (Initiate ASAP)

Advanced Manufacturing &

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Develop a comprehensive strategy for leveraging advanced manufacturing sector research and innovation assets to maximize sector-related job growth, funding, and federal research center development

• Identify needed investments in existing capacity and pockets of excellence that would advance current standing quickly

• Pursue funding sources to address needs


o BoR/ Campuses & Systems/Industry

Create and maintain a list of current and prospective funding opportunities

• Propose as part of next EPSCoR Track 1 award the development of a statewide database of funding opportunities

• Campuses regularly engage faculty and encourage proposal development for appropriate opportunities

o BoR/Campuses & Systems



Immediate Opportunities (Initiate ASAP)


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Maximize sector-related job growth and funding rates, and enable federal research center development

• Develop a comprehensive strategy for rapidly building up advanced manufacturing human and material infrastructure in the university system to enable research, education and innovation



Short-Term Opportunities (<12 mos.)


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Identify strategic partnering opportunities (e.g., market gaps) in the component manufacturing sector and market the advanced manufacturing expertise and resources of Louisiana universities inclusive of these sectors: clean technology, oil and gas, coastal restoration, shipbuilding, nuclear energy, and automotive

• Engage industry liaisons to pinpoint opportunities in the region and related to LED’s target areas



Short-Term Opportunities (<12 mos.)


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Market multi-university collaboratives such as Louisiana Alliance for Simulation-Guided Materials Applications, the National Center for Advanced Manufacturing, the Shared Instrumentation Facility, and others, to appropriate industry sectors

• Promote activities of collaborative groups among alumni, industry liaisons, and the community

• Ensure collaborative activities are well represented in online catalogs of expertise and research activity

o Campuses & Systems/ Foundations/BoR


Develop a statewide database of university material sciences facilities, infrastructure and faculty expertise to coordinate marketing outreach efforts to industry

• Already addressed in previous cross-sector actions





Materials

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Develop signature facilities and capabilities for the development and testing of advanced and intelligent manufacturing research & development related to manufacturers’ needs and the national manufacturing agenda

• Establish partnerships with regional manufacturers interested in supporting facility development

o Campuses & Systems/Industry/ BoR

Establish a university-based Institute for Advanced Materials with participation of all major state universities with materials research assets

• Identify university partners and coordinate with existing materials collaboratives such as AMRI





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Establish a university-based Institute for Advanced Materials with participation of all major state universities with materials research assets

• Identify university partners and coordinate with existing materials collabortives such as AMRI


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ADVANCED MANUFACTURING & MATERIALS TASK FORCE REPORT TO THE MASTER PLAN RESEARCH ADVISORY COMMITTEE