Fulbright Commission: Stifterverband

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1 Welcome: German-American Fulbright Commission: Stifterverband fϋr die Deutsche Wissenschaft Institute of International Education (IIE) Donald H. Sebastian, Ph.D. Sr. Vice President of Research & Development NJ Institute of Technology Newark, NJ

2 Our Heritage NJIT was founded in 1881 as the Newark Technical School. Sponsored by the city of Newark with a matching grant from the New Jersey state legislature, it offered non-degree training in Science, Mathematics, and Drawing. Eighty-eight Newark residents made up its first class.

3 Industry s Crucible D. Sarnoff T. Edison Johnson Brothers A. Bell J. Rockefeller J. Campbell L. Baekeland G.W. Merck

4 New Jersey s s Science & Technology University 9000 Matriculants 6 Colleges 65% Undergraduate, 35% Graduate Degree Programs: 36 BS, 41MS, 19 Ph.D. Doctoral Research University $100M Tenth largest R&D funding among US Engineering Intensive Universities 60 PhD Grads/ yr. Distance Learning 20% of Student Body Enrolled Collaborative Ph.D. Continuing & Professional Education 54,000 Trainees State s Most Successful Incubator System 90 Tenants; 85% 5yr Survival Rate Office of Pre-College Programs 4500 Elementary & Secondary Students per year Community College Association Statewide Manufacturing and Healthcare IT Extension Centers NJIT Educated 25% of the State s Engineers

5 Clusters of Innovation A cluster, as defined by Professor Michael E. Porter of Harvard University, is a geographic concentration of competing and cooperating companies, suppliers, service providers, and associated institutions.

6 Cluster Creation Categories Creation of a New Industry Transplantation from Elsewhere Diversification into Technologically related industries Upgrading of mature industries UNIVERSITIES, INNOVATION, AND THE COMPETITIVENESS OF LOCAL ECONOMIES: A Summary Report from the Local Innovation Systems Project Phase Phase I, I Richard K. Lester, Industrial Performance Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

7 UNIVERSITIES, INNOVATION, AND THE COMPETITIVENESS OF LOCAL ECONOMIES: A Summary Report from the Local Innovation Systems Project Phase I, Richard K. Lester, Industrial Performance Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

8 Stokes Matrix Innovation has many roots and the path to commercialization is not always linear Quest for Fundamental Knowledge Yes No Pure Basic Research Bohr Self Indulgent Use Inspired Basic Research Pasteur Pure Applied Research The erosion of Pasteur Quadrant entities threatens the connectivity between the academic and commercial sectors, and places the growth of each in jeopardy. No Practical Use Edison Yes Donald E. Stokes, Pasteur's Quadrant: Basic Science and Technological Innovation, Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution Press, 1997.

9 Scholarship is the defining characteristic of the Professoriate Scholarship of Discovery is generally what is understood as "research." It is committed to developing new knowledge, and focuses on the question, "What is to be known, what is yet to be found Scholarship of Application focuses on the questions, "How can knowledge be applied to consequential problems? How can it be helpful to individuals as well as institutions? Scholarship of Integration is focused on developing perspectives on knowledge. It is... serious, disciplined work that seeks to interpret, draw together, and bring new insight to bear on original research Scholarship of Instruction Pedagogical procedures must be carefully planned, continuously examined, and relate directly to the subject taught Scholarly Approach: Clear Goals, Adequate Preparation, Appropriate Methods, Significant Results, Effective Presentation, Reflective Critique Boyer, Ernest L Scholarship Reconsidered: Priorities of the Professoriate, The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, 1990

10 Research with Impact Life and Healthcare Science & Eng. Digital Everyware Sustainable Systems $100M Tenth largest R&D expenditures among US Engineering Intensive Universities

11 R&D Connection Mechanisms Applied Focus of Academic Research Research Business Centers Hosted Contract R&D and Extension Centers Incubation & Commercialization Services

12 Life and Healthcare Science & Engineering NJ Health Information Technology Extension Center Healthcare Innovation Center w/st. Barnabas Lead for NJ health Information Network NSF Center for Structured Organic Composites PPI Pharma Hot Medical Extrusion Coulter Fdn Stem Cell Commercialization US DEd Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center

13 Sustainable Systems US DoE Building America Retrofit Alliance (BARA) to DuPont NJIT USDoE Energy Innovation Hub at the Philadelphia Navy Yard $129M/5yr US DoE Solar Decathlon 2011 / China 2013 Apollo CdTe Solar Energy Research Center $2M/3 yr City of Ningguo Building Integrated PV Center Host North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority CSR Intelligent Transportation Systems

14 Digital Everyware Smart Campus TM project NJ Business Force Business Emergency Ops Ctr Picatinny Arsenal Perimeter Security Systems Panasonic Product Innovation Alcatel-Lucent LTE Innovation Center

15 A Model For Application-oriented Research The Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft develops products and processes right up to commercial maturity. Individual solutions are sought in direct contact with the customer. The key objective of the Fraunhofer- Gesellschaft is to transform scientific expertise into applications of practical utility. Contract research in the service of industry and government Contract research is the most important of all Application-oriented basic research Research alliances cooperative and strategic Know-how that serves industry Training with a practical focus Science in the service of industry International patent applications

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17 NJIT Efforts to Rebuild Regional Economy Type IV: Upgrade Mature Industry: Healthcare Process Technology for Nano-systems & Personalized Dosage Healthcare Innovation Center / Healthcare IT Extension Center Type III: Diversification of a Mature Industry: Broadcast Entertainment Digital Media & Social Networking Type II: Transplantation of an Existing Industry: Solar Energy Cd-Te Thin Film Technology Center Type I: Creation of New Industry: Stem Cell Newark Institute for Regenerative Medicine

18 Hollowing Out vs. Sustained Growth At one end of the spectrum, local companies, recognizing the importance to their own innovation processes of tapping into the global network of knowledge and ideas, reach progressively farther afield to do so, and eventually relocate these activities and perhaps ultimately all of their operations out of the region altogether. At the other end of the spectrum, local companies seek to boost their innovation performance by strengthening their ties with other local firms and with local public research and educational institutions. In this scenario the local economy emerges as a center of new knowledge creation and application, attracting firms from elsewhere, and stimulating the formation of new local businesses.

19 Digital Everyware Wireless Digital Signal Processing OFDM/MIMO systems, Prof. Barness, Prof. Haimovich, Elect. & Comp.. Eng. Underwater Acoustic Communications, Prof. Abdi, Elect. & Comp. Eng. Software Systems Security Internet Traceback, Prof. Ansari, Elect. & Comp. Eng. Steganography, Prof. Shi Elect. & Comp. Eng. Computing Hardware & Sensor Systems Vertical Nanotube Transistors, Prof. Farrow, Physics Nano-structured electronics, Prof. Tsybeskov, Elect. & Comp. Eng. TeraHertz Imaging, Prof. Federici, Physics Nano-scale Graphene, Prof. grebel, Elect. & Comp. Eng. Applications Software Smart Campus, Prof. Jones, Information Systems Emergency Response Systems, Prof. Chumer, Info. Systems Face Recognition, Prof. Liu, Computer Science Behavioral Biometrics, Prof. Recce, Information Systems

20 Life and Healthcare Sci. & Eng. Improved Pharmaceutical Processes Nano-particulate Pharmaceutical Mfg., Prof. Dave, Chem. Eng. Hot Melt Extrusion, Prof. Gogos, Chem. Eng. Bio-technological Systems Stem Cell Technologies, Prof. Arinzeh & Cho, Bio-Med. Eng. DNA Reactors, Prof. Farinas, Chemistry Rehabilitation Engineering Assisted Stroke Recovery, Prof. Foulds, Prof. Adamovich, Bio-Med. Eng. Neuro-plasticity, Prof. Pfister, Bio-Med. Eng Design For Disability, Prof. Olsen, SOA Medical Device Technology Nano-bio- fuel cell, Prof. Iqbal, Chemistry Hydrocephalus Shunt, Prof. Thomas, Physics Multi-spectral Medical Imaging, Prof. Dhawan, Elect. & Comp. Eng Healthcare IT Medical Ontologies, Prof. Geller & Prof. Perl, Computer Sci. NJHITEC Statewide HIT Extension Service, Prof. Sebastian

21 Sustainable Systems Solar Energy Improved Silicon PV Manufacture, Prof. Ravindra, Physics Next-Generation: Thin Film CdTe, Prof. Chin, Physics Future-Tech: Nanotube Solar Arrays, Prof. Mitra, Chemistry Sustainable Building Design Retrofit and Design Guidance, Deane Evans SOA US DoE Solar Decathlon 2011, Prof. Richard Garber, SOA Solar Physics Big Bear, Prof. Goode, Physics Owens Valley Radio Observatory, Prof. Gary, Physics Space Weather, Prof. Wang, Prof. Lanzerotti, Physics Water Quality Membrane Separations, Prof. Sirkar, Chem. Eng. Municipal Infrastructure, Prof. Marhaba, Civil Eng. Transportation Systems Liberty Corridor, Transit Villages, B Hughey Transportation Planning, Prof. Spasovic, Civil Eng. Advanced Materials & Material Processing Alternative Feedstocks from bio-renewable sources, Prof. Jaffe BME Nano-structures for energy storage, Profs. Tyson, Zhou, Sirenko, Pysics

22 NJIT Degree Programs: 36 BS, 41MS, 19 Ph.D.