Cost-Effective Research with CEMDAS

Table of Cost/Benefit Summary for Industrial Participants

    The cost of performing a particular research and development project is usually much lower at Texas A&M than in an industrial laboratory. An additional savings of about 20% is realized because contributions to CEMDAS by industrial participants are not subject to indirect (overhead) cost by the University.

Technology Transfer and Intellectual Property Rights

    The Texas A&M University System has a highly successful and rapidly growing effort in patenting and licensing of technology developed at the University. Some of the technology developed by CEMDAS faculty and students has been transferred to industry, and other current research topics have the potential for near-term commercialization.
    From the standpoint of patents and copyrights, CEMDAS functions as a precompetitive consortium in which all industrial participants are entitled to non-exclusive royalty-free licenses. The cost of pursuing a patent or copyright is shared by the industrial participants wishing to obtain such a license.   Exclusive licenses may be negotiated in some cases.

Recruiting

    Industrial participants will enhance their corporate presence on the Texas A&M campus and with CEMDAS students and faculty in particular. Engineers and scientists from participating companies will become acquainted with the students involved in CEMDAS projects through technical discussions, laboratory tours, and project reviews. Plant visits by students are encouraged. These interactions will afford company representatives the opportunity to discuss employment possibilities with the students and to evaluate them as prospective employees.
    As a further aid in recruiting, a data base including academic background, previous employment, research interests, career plans, and expected date of graduation will be maintained for each graduate student whose advisor is a CEMDAS faculty associate. Furthermore, descriptions of job openings provided by industrial participants will be promptly distributed to each of these students and faculty members.
 

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Professor Henry F.  Taylor, CEMDAS Director
Department of Electrical Engineering, Texas A&M University
College Station, Texas  77843-3128
(409) 845-7563;  taylor@ee.tamu.edu

Professor Kai Chang, CEMDAS Associate Director
Department of Electrical Engineering, Texas A&M University
College Station, Texas  77843-3128
(409) 845-5285;  chang@ee.tamu.edu

Professor Mark H.  Weichold, CEMDAS Associate Director
Department of Electrical Engineering, Texas A&M University
College Station, Texas  77843-3128
(409) 845-7587;  weichold@ee.tamu.edu

Ms. Lynette Huval, CEMDAS Administrative Assistant
015 Wisenbaker Engineering Research Center
Texas A&M University
College Station, Texas 77843-3253
(409) 862-4686, lynette@ee.tamu.edu