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HPMI: High-Performance Materials InstituteHPMI: High-Performance Materials Institute
CEAM: Center of Excellence in Advanced CEAM: Center of Excellence in Advanced MaterialsMaterials
Ben WangBen Wang
on Behalf of HPMI & CEAM Students, Staff and Facultyon Behalf of HPMI & CEAM Students, Staff and Faculty
March 25March 25thth, 2009, 2009
Transforming science and engineering into Florida products and jobs
Composites are a $110B industry that Composites are a $110B industry that keeps growing…keeps growing… Super-strong plastics of fiber-reinforced polymersSuper-strong plastics of fiber-reinforced polymers
Lightweight (at least 35% weight reduction Lightweight (at least 35% weight reduction better fuel economy, better fuel economy, less dependence on foreign energy sources)less dependence on foreign energy sources)
Driver and passenger protection and safetyDriver and passenger protection and safety
Durability and low life cycle costDurability and low life cycle cost
Florida is in a leadership position in Florida is in a leadership position in key composite market sectorskey composite market sectors
Space
No. 1 in nation, $18.4B, 100,000 jobs
Cornerstone of space industry, $4.5B
All top five U.S. defense contractors in FL
3rd in nation, 23,000 jobs
Market Research
Market Research
Boat building
Aerospace
Defense
Products and JobsProducts and Jobs
A commercialization gapA commercialization gap
THE TECHNOLOGY COMMERCIALIZATION PROCESS
Later phases of commercialization
New knowledge
creation
Techno-market
opportunity creation
Specific product/ process
plan
Commercial demonstration/
initial operations
Traditional University
Role
Mass production
market
Innovations to products and jobs
Innovation leading to products and jobs
CEAM: Center of Excellence in Advanced Materials