A model for moving university research to industrial application

Summary form only given. The Rutgers University Center for Computer Aids for Industrial Productivity (CAIP) is one of several tightly focused advanced technology centers chartered by the New Jersey Commission on Science and Technology. CAIP's focus is industrial application of leading-edge computing technology. The Center is an industrial consortium. The budget supports about 70 researchers. Each member company has a representative on the Board of Directors for the Center. The Board meets quarterly to review the research program, to advise on industry needs, to ready paths to application for research, and to become familiar with graduate students completing their degree programs. The Center also works closely with new start-up companies to provide laboratory, computing, and consulting assistance in their initial phases. In its sixth year, the Center had placed over 60 advanced-degree graduates in its affiliated industries, helped to attract over not contained in/implied by in funding for new start-up businesses, and continually moves relevant research results, some of which are covered by patents, to its member companies. The author reviews the structure and research activities of the Center, and describes several in-progress transfers of technology to industry.<>