Observations
uAlmost
all projects involve multiple
sponsors (federal, state, and corporate) and overlapping
research agendas
uIn
all cases, the specific research
artifacts developed during the projects could have been
circumvented relatively easily
uIn
all cases, many millions of
dollars have flowed to the campus during and since the projects in support of faculty
in their research—a tradition of support
uConversely, in almost all software & embedded systems cases
where technology was protected
and licensed, the financial
return has not been high and the full potential of the research has been (arguably) compromised
“Seed Billion
$ Industries not Kilo $ Licensing”