Naval Engineering Alternative Approaches for Organizing Cooperative Research -- Special Report 266 (2002) / Chapter Skim
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4 Evaluation of Research Models
4 Evaluation of Research Models
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The approach might be described as one of developing human capital in universities and re search firms. Goal 1: Maintain and Develop Human Capital The individual investigator model, overall, provides good support to this goal by attracting talented and enthusiastic students and by retaining and attract ing quality faculty, because a main focus of the model is on a close and nur turing studentfaculty educational relationship.
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The model can provide excellent opportunities for undergraduate re search, since this is an important way in which universities attract graduate students. Similarly, the model provides an excellent introduction to career and research opportunities at both the undergraduate and graduate levels through faculty contacts, seminar speakers, and other normal aspects of the university experience.
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Except in a research project specifically concerned with develop ing methods of total ship design, it does not encourage development of a total ship design curriculum. Similarly, the model does not inherently strive for synthesis of multidisciplinary knowledge, provide interdisciplinary design team experience, or provide access to advanced design tools and training.
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The graduate students may develop, inciden tal to their work, some useful management and leadership skills depending on the nature of their work assignments and the degree of responsibility that they are given. Objective 2-3: Ensure Research Useful to Ship Design There is no sharing of decision making by stakeholders under the individual investigator model, except that ONR generally performs the proposal review.
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Professional societies maintain many technical committees that contain experts in every discipline of design and construction and therefore would be uniquely able to provide these functions in a cooperative research organization. Goal 1: Maintain and Develop Human Capital The professional society model provides good support to the goal of develop ing human capital because of its ability to involve many areas of the profes sion within the process of operating a research organization.
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Faculty consulting opportunities and career development could be moderately sup ported by the model. Objective 1-3: Provide Continuing Education and Training The professional society model would excel in involving the professional community in merit review for continuing education and training because that function is inherent in the societies already.
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There could be some support by pro viding industry contacts through the technical committees. Goal 2: Revitalize Naval Engineering and Improve Design and Production In general, the professional society model provides moderate support to the goal of revitalizing naval engineering and improving ship design and pro duction because, although it has opportunities for meeting the underlying ob jectives, it has no significant features that would lead to superior attributes.
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It has the flexibil ity to solicit internally and support both individual investigator and multidis ciplinary team research. The committee believes it to have excellent abilities to support most of the attribute measures that are important to developing human capital and promoting collaborative and innovative work.
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Other good features include career development via industry and government teaming and consulting opportunities. Objective 1-3: Provide Continuing Education and Training The consortium model provides an excellent opportunity to involve the pro fessional community in merit review of R&D projects through its oversight committee structure, which involves representatives of industry, government, and academia.
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The model is judged good in integrating research projects into the total ship system, spon soring design competitions, understanding design in the context of manufac turing and operations, and facilitating universityindustry communication on advanced designs. Goal 2: Revitalize Naval Engineering and Improve Ship Design and Production In general, the consortium model has a good to excellent capability to sup port this goal because it can be organized in a way that stimulates new re search through collaborative planning and merit review mechanisms.
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Goal 1: Maintain and Develop Human Capital The project-centered model of cooperative research, overall, provides some what less support to this goal than does the professional society model and considerably less than does the consortium model. The evaluation details for each objective are discussed below.
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But the project-centered model would be only moderately successful at presenting career and research opportunities to the students because there is unlikely to be outreach beyond those students directly connected to the project. The model should do well at providing scholarships and fellowships or research assistantships.
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The model could be moderately successful in enhancing the synthesis of multidis ciplinary knowledge and in providing interdisciplinary design team experience, provided that project selection favors these activities. The model should do well at providing access to advanced design tools and associated training through the exposure of students, faculty, and other research personnel to the current industry state of the technology.
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It should enhance universityindustry communication on advanced designs and design for man ufacturability and operation because of the close connections between stake holders that are inherent in the organizational structure. Goal 2: Revitalize Naval Engineering and Improve Ship Design and Production The project-centered model is expected to do slightly better at this goal than the professional society model but to be less effective than the consortium model.
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to meet the stated objectives. TABLE 4-1 Summary of Cooperative Research Organizational Models and How Well They Meet Objectives Baseline Professional Consortium Project-Centered Model Society Model Model Model Human capital objectives Attract students Medium High High Medium Retain and attract new faculty Medium Medium High Medium Provide continuing education Low High High Medium Foster total ship engineers Low High High Medium Naval engineering design objectives Create new research opportunities Low Medium High Medium Promote innovation High Medium High High Ensure research useful to ship design Low Medium High High
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In its evaluation process, the committee found that each of the three co operative research models possessed certain particular merits unique to that model. For example, the professional society/community of practice model can excel in meeting the need to develop human capital.
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Examples of the consortium model include the National Science Foundation's Engineering Research Centers Program, the National Shipbuild ing Research Program, and the National Oceanographic Partnership Program. Examples of the professional society model include the Civil Engineering Research Foundation, the Council for Chemical Research, and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers Center for Research and Technology De velopment.
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