IAB/Faculty Session
Richard Wirz
Jason Speyer
IAB Meeting
January 23, 2014
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Topics
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MAE/Industry Collaboration
Student and Dept Support
Ranking
Curricula
Etc.
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MAE/Industry Collaboration
Overview
• We would like to improve MAE’s joint research
programs with industry
• Actionable plans to move forward
1. IAB Members: Identify Executive-Level contacts that can help
make this happen
2. All: Identify past (or present) successful & relevant examples
of University/Industry collaboration and emulate
3. MAE/UCLA: Access internal knowledge (ITA, OIP, etc.) and
act on above information and advice, follow through
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• Considerations/Challenges
– IP, ITAR, Project/Student life cycles
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MAE/Industry Collaboration
Comments from previous meetings
• Joint proposals
• Letters of support
• IP and ITAR restrictions
– need to work through UCLA ITA (see backup slide)
• MAE needs to:
– More effectively market its research strengths
– More effectively announce research achievements
• Industry conferences
– E.g., Lockheed Martin Fellows Conference
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MAE/Industry Collaboration
Other thoughts
• Benefits to Industry
– Recruitment
– IP development and advancement
– Research
• Benefits to MAE
– Student and faculty support
– Meaningful, impactful, “industry-motivated” research
– Industry co-advisors
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Student & Dept Support
• MAE would like to use Industry-Sponsored to support exception
students, researchers, and the dept/faculty
• Graduates & Undergraduates
– Fellowships, scholarships, internships
– Need to ensure connection to industry sponsor
• Post doctoral researches, research scientists
– Relatively flexible and faster turnaround
– Untapped resource for collaboration?
• Department/Faculty
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Contributions
Endowed chairs
Research Initiatives
Proposal collaboration, support, in-kind
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Department Ranking
• MAE is top 20, but should be top 10
– How do we address aspects of MAE that will lead to this
rise?
• MAE needs to:
– Grow
• Especially in Aerospace
• Endowed chairs help considerably
– Advertise/market its achievements
– Communicate strategically and deliberately with people
that influence rankings (e.g., chairs of other departments)
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Curricula
• Comments from previous meetings
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Fundamental courses are appropriate
Software tools
Statistics and probability
System Engineering
Technical writing
Too many adjunct in aerospace
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Action Items
1. IAB Members: Identify Executive-Level contacts
that can help make this happen
2. All: Identify past (or present) successful & relevant
examples of University/Industry collaboration and
emulate
3. MAE/UCLA: Access internal knowledge (ITA, OIP,
etc.) and act on above information and advice,
follow through
4. ?
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BACKUP SLIDES
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Institute of Technology Advancement (ITA)
• ITA Supports Three Types of Research Activities:
– Transitional Research
• Transitional research focuses on demonstrating technical feasibility of
technologies and reducing risk in the transition from the laboratory to market.
Transitional research can be funded by either government or industry.
– Developmental Research
• Developmental research focuses on innovative ideas for new applications
and emerging markets. Ultimately, developmental research could result in a
spin-off company funded by leveraging various sources such as SBIR/STTR
grants, development contracts, debt financing, and venture capital.
– Near-Term R&D Support to Industry
• ITA can also facilitate near-term research and development projects that
support industry needs by leveraging its flexible infrastructure to enable
access to university expertise. ITA can enable industry research support
through service agreements.
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