The Corporate Membership Program was established to encourage ties between the university and industry. These ties are a natural outgrowth of industry's interests in the basic and applied research programs of the DGRC, and in the graduates of its participating departments.

A large part of the DGRC's research is conducted by faculty and graduate students associated with the center's affiliates programs. The DGRC negotiates with many of our industrial affiliates to sign cooperative research and development agreements (CRADAs) -- formal technology agreements that permit the Center to collaborate with industry on mutally beneficial research. Other options include licensing agreements, technical assistance, use of unique Center facilities, technical personnel exchanges and memoranda of understanding for pursuing shared interests.

Membership Benefits

• Early notification of research results.
• Assistance for obtaining licenses for software developed by the DGRC.
• Enhanced access to developers in other IAP member companies through DGRC-sponsored programs and meetings.
• Assignment of a faculty liason for each affiliate.
• Invitations to individual project focus days.

To become an affiliate, contact one of the co-directors of the Center: Tim Buie ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it This e-mail address is being protected from spambots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it ) or R. Michael Young ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it This e-mail address is being protected from spambots, you need JavaScript enabled to view).