Industrial Collaborators
The Miami University Materials Tribology Lab is currently looking for companies that are interested in collaborative research agreements that support student learning and can help improve business outcomes. Partnerships with Miami University have many benefits and provide companies access to many of Miami Universities state-of-the-art facilities (Facilities & Resources). Miami students, guided by Professor Sidebottom and other Miami Faculty, will work to develop a research plan to help improve/analyze your company’s product. Please contact Mark Sidebottom ([email protected]) if you would be interested in a partnership! He will help coordinate with the Office of Technology Transfer and Business Partnerships (see below) to set up a partnership agreement between your business and Miami University.
Office of Technology Transfer & Business Partnerships
Website: http://miamioh.edu/research/tech-transfer/index.html
Mission: To identify commercializable technologies and discoveries that originate from research activities on campus and find pathways to partnerships that will lead to marketed products that benefit society
Description: Work with inventors and researchers to identify new approaches to solving problems or meeting needs that can be protected with the creation of intellectual property rights. In addition to working with innovators to assess and identify the right opportunities for investment of the university’s patent funds, the Office also markets Miami University’s portfolio of innovation cases to potential licensees for further development and assist with corporate research relationships, material transfers, and nondisclosure/confidentiality agreements.
Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers
National Website: https://www.stle.org/
Local Section: Lower Ohio River Valley
Mission: To advance the science of tribology and the practice of lubrication engineering in order to foster innovation, improve the performance of equipment and products, conserve resources and protect the environment.
Description: the premier technical society serving the needs of more than 13,000 individuals and 250 companies and organizations that comprise the tribology and lubrication engineering business sector.