Membership Benefits

  • Steering Research Directions: Establish research directions and select center-designated projects through participation in the center’s industrial advisory council (IAC).
  • Complimentary Industrial Clinics and Start-Up Visits: Receive a one-day clinic and on-site visit to thoroughly explore your needs with respect to center opportunities.
  • Leveraging Effect: Leverage your internal R&D resources via center membership-sponsored individual projects (company-designated projects).
  • Synergy: Pool resources with multiple members to address long-range (pre-competitive) problems via center-designated projects.
  • Rapid Deployment: Evaluation and consultancy in new technology development and deployment.
  • Training: Assistance in training and professional development of employees via center-sponsored short courses and workshops.
  • Low-Cost Access to Resources: Access to the center laboratories and UTSA’s intellectual resources (faculty, staff, and students) in a cost-effective way.
  • Intellectual Property: Right to use center reports, data, and information internally for evaluation and further development. Gain early access and nonexclusive rights to use patented technologies and/or licensed software resulting from center-designated projects.
  • Networking: Exchange learning experiences and share best practices among members via biannual meetings, center workshops, seminars, and special presentations.
  • Student Employment and Internship: Access to a pool of top-caliber students for employment and internship opportunities.

Center Operation

The center operates by maintaining an affiliation of member organizations. Each member pays an annual membership fee.

Membership funds are then used to:

  • Perform company-designated projects for individual members.
  • Perform center-designated projects for companies sharing common interests.
  • Develop and offer seminars, workshops, and training programs for members.

Types of Projects

  • Center-Designated Projects: R&D projects tackling manufacturing problems of interest to multiple member companies. These projects, which may last one or two years, are selected and voted on by members at biannual meetings. Costs are covered by pooled annual membership fees.
  • Company-Designated Projects: Proprietary R&D projects tackling specific problems determined by individual members and conducted solely for those members.

Members List