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Working with a university on product R&D?
EEVblog:
This forum has a Jobs section which is great for finding someone with a specific expertise. If you can publically say the area of expertise involved without divulging the product or idea then you might be able to find someone here to help.
Etesla:
My university sometimes accepts projects like those you are describing, I have worked on a couple of them. In my opinion, it really comes down to what actual human being is working on it. 80% of the time, I don't think its worth it financially for the outside entity (you). Students, at least at my university, just aren't taught enough practical knowledge to be useful or efficient until they take their own initiative to gather real world experience. If you're willing to accept this risk, go for it. Some kid will likely benefit from the experience your project provides, but if the bottom line is at all important, I'd skip and look for a professional. Just my 2c
profdc9:
I agree that if the work is voluntary on the student's part, and the student would like to do it for their CV, then that is ok. The problem is when a student is given work that is not in the educational interest of the student, and distinguishing when a student's involvement is voluntary or involuntary. Remember that a graduate student may have up to seven years of time invested in the research of his or her advisor and is generally not in a position to refuse what an advisor asks them to do. I have seen it go both ways, and so I am very cautious about this point and try to have a publishable result in mind for a student's work to put any questions to rest about the reasons for a student's involvement. It would be easiest to engage a consultant outside the university if that's possible, or if necessary have a formal contract in place with the university that makes who performs the work clear and the ownership and licensing of any IP generated by the research.
Wimberleytech:
--- Quote from: blueskull on January 13, 2020, 01:40:02 am ---
So, the university takes in $100k, and spits out $6.7k+$5k+$23k=$34.7k, so there is a 65.3% overall overhead. Even if the university pays for the GSSP, there is still a 41.3% overhead.
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Wow. My data is from when I was an executive at a Semiconductor Corp. I was the guy who doled out the money to the universities we sponsored. Profs gave me this feedback. Sad. Universities are bloated bureaucracies...at least that is my view in the US.
Thanks for the additional insight.
coppice:
--- Quote from: Wimberleytech on January 13, 2020, 02:13:27 am ---Universities are bloated bureaucracies...at least that is my view in the US.
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If you look at most public institutions, whether its a college, a hospital, or anything else, over the last half century the percentage of admin staff has massively increased, during a period when automation has eliminated the need for most admin staff.
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