
Industry Engagement
Learn how to engage and cultivate industrial partners and manage industry/academia multidisciplinary activities within University-based membership Centers, Industrial Consortia and I/UCRCs.
2022 Meeting
March 15, 2022
How to Build Successful Relationships with Industry and Foundations
Presenter

Thomas Manshack
Associate Director
Corporate and Foundation Relations
Fundraising for Faculty
Presentation
2021 Meeting
March 15, 2021
University Centers: Evaluation of Progress and Impact and Cooperative Research Center Self-Sustainability and Lessons Learned from the I/UCRC Program.
Presenters

Lindsey C.McGowen, Ph.D
Research Scientist
Department of Psychology
NC State University
Sustainability of Cooperative Research Centers: Evidence from sustained I/UCRCs

Denis Gray, Ph.D
Alumni Distinguished Professor, Emeritus
Department of Psychology
NC State University
Principal, Transdisciplinary Evaluation LLC
University Centers: Evaluation of Progress and Impact
Presentation
2020 Meeting
Centers, Institutes, Consortia: Membership in a Nutshell
March 11, 2020
Presenters

Larisa Slark, MBA, CRA
Centers and Institutes Specialist
Office of Research and Innovation
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Kathleen Bradley-Lockhart, CRA
Executive Senior Fiscal Manager
Office of Contracts and Grants
Presentation
2019 Meeting
Best Practices for Enhancing Industry Engagement and Membership in Centers, Industrial Consortia and I/UCRCs
March 13, 2019
Presenters

Dr. Behnam Pourdeyhimi
Director
Nonwovens Institute (NWI)
Industry Interactions: Developing Industry Collaborations

Dr. Beth Dickey
Director
Center for Dielectrics and Piezoelectrics (CDP)
Industry Interactions: The NSF I/UCRC Program