Communication, technology transfer

Small-angle neutron scattering (SANS), 14 710, 19 568, 20 339 Small-angle X-ray scattering (saxs), 20 339, 341-342, 26 432 of amorphous silica, 22 474 Small beer, 26 471 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program, 24 395, 399 Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) program, 24 395 Small communities... 

This book will provide research information to decision makers, field managers, and the scienlific community which will help satisfy the immediate need for technology transfer applies able to ground-water contamination control and prevention. 

The Caltech Technology Transfer Office has issued approximately 40 to 50 patent licenses and options each year. That makes it approximately number three in the nation, which is remarkable for a comparatively small institution. In short, the Technology Transfer Office succeeded because it convinced the faculty that they were there to serve the professors, not the administration or the venture capital community. 

Enhance Communication—The key players of any project should be in continual communication with one another. Production, quality control, R D, engineering, and regulatory affairs must be able to work effectively as a team. Holding periodic technology transfer meetings for each product led by launch facilitators can help ease communication and accelerate the launch. 

Once this management infrastructure and associated funding were in place at various DOE institutions, different academic research projects were started, initiating various satellite networks of multiscale modeling research. This technological transfer also started in other labs within the Department of Defense and industrial research communities. 

At the National Bureau of Standards (NBS) a long term program in highly accurate and precise stable Isotope measurements has provided the measurement basis to support research and development in the geological community and nuclear industry This technology transfer has occurred in the form of state-of-the-art instrumentation isotopic Standard Reference Materia 1s(SRM s) and methodology development for chemical separations and isotopic analysis In support of other NBS programs mass spectrometry has been used to accurately measure trace element concentrations in a wide variety of... 

The three primary considerations to be addressed during an effective technology transfer are the plan, the persons involved, and the process. A plan must be devised to organize the personnel and the process steps. Once prepared, the plan must be communicated to the involved parties in research, at the corporate level, and at the production site. The success of any program is highly dependent on the effectiveness of the communication preceding its implementation. Therefore, identifying the parties involved in the development process is one of the most important tasks to be confronted and must be completed early in the transfer process. 

US EPA, Risk Assessment, Management and Communication of Drinking Water Contamination, Technology Transfer No. EPA/625/4-89/024, April, US Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC, 1989. 

Although there are many definitions of technology transfer, within the FLC, it is generally described as the process by which existing knowledge, facilities, hardware, or capabilities developed under Federal R D funding are transferred to fulfill other public or private needs. The Consortium serves as a forum for the discussion of the principles and practices of technology transfer and provides a communication network for the purposes of ... 

In another approach to serving industry through technology transfer, the FLC s Far West Region has begun a demonstration project to establish an active brokerage service within the industrial community. The city of Santa Clara, California (in the heart of "silicon valley") was selected as the first trial and demonstration site. A Task Force composed of representatives of the Santa Clara Chamber of Commerce, the local business community, the FLC, the Southwest Innovation Group and the City of Santa Clara was formed to develop a plan of action and to develop an operational structure. 

Adler, R. G., Director, Office of Technology Transfer, National Institutes of Health, Public Health Service, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, personal communications, February 8, 1990, February 21, 1990, February 26, 1990, April 12, 1991, and September 18, 1992. 

Furthermore, we recommend that a more effective process for science and technology transfer be established for utilization of electrochemical research. Three issues need to be addressed. First, institutional barriers, both university and federal, should be reduced to encourage individual researchers and inventors to initiate technological ventures. Second, joint efforts among industry, government, and universities should be developed with the goal of bringing into close proximity trained personnel from these communities. 

This book covers accident prevention, emissions reduction, emergency response planning, public outreach and risk communication, and technology transfer for improving chemical risk management Chemical profiles and case studies are Included In append-... 

---