My talk today
The importance of collaborating with
industry
UC Santa Barbara’s views on corporate
outreach
The campus’ Corporate Affiliates
program
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National Academy members 25 in Engineering and 28 in Sciences
4 Nobel Laureates within past 10 years
US News and World Report ranks three COE departments in the top 20
#5 Materials Engineering
#9 Chemical Engineering
#18 Electrical Engineering
#19 Engineering Graduate School
Five Sciences’ departments rank in the top 20:
Chemistry and Biochemistry
Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology
Geography
Earth Science
Physics
130 High Technology Start-ups
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Corporate Collaborations- why they are important for
society
Today
UC Santa Barbara has fundamental and applied research collaborations with over 90
companies including Pfizer, Northrop Grumman, Rockwell Collins, Cisco, Video Products Group,
Bosch, and Mitsubishi Chemical
Tomorrow
Breakthroughs in Diabetes Treatment through Systems Biology, Efficient Lighting, Solar Power
Materials, next generation Highspeed Networking/Optoelectronics, Ubiquitous Computing and
Information systems, new Biomaterials and Biosensor platforms
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Corporate Collaborations- why they are important for
academia
By working proactively UCSB research funding from industry increased 49% in fiscal year
2008
Our “long-term” research programs with industry amount to over $9 million annually. Total
industry research funding is ~$16 million
Centers, such as our Solid State and Energy Center (>$ 6 million annually) and Mitsubishi
Chemical Center for Advanced Materials ($ 3 million annually) provide real-life projects
for our students to work on
Multi-millions of dollars have been committed to “endowment” efforts by industryEndowed chairs
Fellowships
Our mission is to obtain more long-term productive relationships with
industry
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Successful Corporate – UCSB Collaboration
The SSLEC vision is to develop novel solid state based technologies for energy efficient
lighting and displays, power electronics, and renewable energy
Displays
Solar
Lighting
Power Switching
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Our view of Industry Outreach
For all corporations 1. The“Industry Portal” -accessible from the University-wide website
2. Research reviews and “Access UCSB” events on campus
3. Industry “insight” days to meet faculty
4. External and internal education about the importance of university-industry
collaborations
The Corporate Affiliates program is single point of contact to help access all of the
services available for corporations
This is a membership program
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1. Industry Portal
1. Industry Portal
• WWW.industry.ucsb.edu
2. Access UCSB event- a showcase of access points for
companies
Provides a snapshot of the access points for
corporations
Agenda
Dean of College- Welcome and Introduction
to UCSB
Brings new corporations to campus
Recruitment, Career Services
Reinforces CAP program and its services
Senior Capstone Courses with Industry
Provides a forum for current Affiliates to
advocate for the program
Corporate Affiliates Program
Raytheon (a current Corporate Affiliate)
Office of Technology Transfer
Review of the Industry Center
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Place holder
4. Success Stories with Industry
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Over 35 years of industry experience
Leslie Edwards, Ph D.
Chemical Engineering & Life Sciences
Amgen and Miravant (Research and Management)
Andrew Elliott
Materials, Biosensors & Computer Science
Alcoa (Sales and Engineering)
Chris Russo
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Hughes, Synopsys, ARM, Greenhills Software
(Engineering and Sales)
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“We have a number of university collaborations, but the
most significant one by far is with UCSB”
-Bill Gunning, Teledyne Scientific & Imaging’s Chief Scientist.
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The Corporate Affiliates Program is…
…a portal for companies to explore prospective research
partnerships, utilize world-class facilities, recruit top
students & gain campus visibility
VISIBILITY
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Research Impact
Highly recognized research
#10 in Basic (6.1) DOD funding
14th in NSF University Funding
$15 million in annual Corporate research
$160 million annual research budget
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State of the Art Facilities
Open facilities:
Nano, Materials,
Chemistry/Bio, Stemcell,
Genomics, Proteomics
NNIN – 12,700ft2 clean room
Semiconductor fabrication
MEMS
Materials deposition
Materials characterization
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Talent
400 faculty
7700 students
Sciences – 5000 (UG), 700 (Grd)
10 departments
Engineering – 1300 (UG), 700 (Grd)
5 departments
Rising student quality - 3.84 GPA average
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Industry Expertise
Faculty who come from industry
Bell Labs
IBM
Teledyne
Interdisciplinary
MRL, ICB, CNSI
Company sponsored student
projects
ME, CS, EE, LITE, EWB
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Visibility
Having your company standout on campus among
hundreds of others can be a challenge but as a
Corporate Affiliate we help you do just that.
Events
Classroom participation
Customized recruiting
Access to faculty
Research days
Inside knowledge
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Putting it together for you
As a Corporate Affiliate we can help you connect with the right people and resources to meet your
goals. We save you time and make you more efficient by optimizing your relationship with UCSB, the
number one public institution for engineering impact.
“We were able to gain tremendous validation in our industry
as a result of being an affiliate of UCSB.” Eugene Keane, CEO
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Talent Focused
Research Focused
One Size Does Not Fit All
Company Size
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Companies successfully using UCSB CAP
“Working with Corporate Affiliates has allowed Raytheon to access
state of the art facilities and to connect with faculty and students
that match our research interests.”
- Andreas Hampp, Ph. D., Manager
“Northrop Grumman is fortunate to have an excellent and longstanding relationship with UCSB. The university has world-class
research capabilities, and many of our key engineers and scientists
are UCSB graduates.”
- Dwight Streit, Vice President Electronics Technology
“UCSB and the Affiliates Program are critical to Novacoast’s success.
Without new software developers we can’t grow; UCSB provides us
with this talent.”
- Eron Howard, Vice President, VP Development
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Thank you!
NCURA 2009, Santa Fe– a great idea!
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