Photonics Industry-University Collaborations (PICs)

Abstract

Over the last 15 years, the U. S. photonics industry has benefited both directly and indirectly from the DARPA UPR (University Photonics Research) program which supports university research in photonics. DARPA asked OIDA to explore how DARPA could stimulate direct industry participation in a new version of the UPR program: Photonics Industry-University Collaborations (PIC). The three month seedling project was to validate that industry would participate in a full PIC program. Survey results are included in the Final Report. In summary, industry is positive about, and generally interested in participating in, a PIC program, but feel strongly that there would need to be a high level of coordination between academia and industry. This would involve frequent face-to-face meetings and periodic reports. OIDA seeks to act as the Program Manager for such a PIC program as OIDA has the requisite access to both CxOs of corporations with interests in photonics and leading academic photonics researchers.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 2009
Accession Number
ADA502737

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  • Andrew Yang
  • Edina Varsa
  • Michael Lebby

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