Collection

2024 PNW Section Annual Meeting

Authors

Douglas S. Cairns; Roberta Amendola; Dilpreet Bajwa; Cambrie Monfort; Jared Nelson; Cecily Ryan

Creating a Community of Scholars for Large Applied Research Contracts in an Academic Infrastructure Douglas S. Cairns1*, Roberta Amendola1, Dilpreet Bajwa,1 Cambrie Monfort, Jared Nelson2, and Cecily Ryan11 Mechanical & Industrial Engineering, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, USA, 2 Sustainable Product Design & Innovation, Keene State College, Keene, NH, USA. *Author of CorrespondenceAbstractLarge applied research contracts are attractive to universities. They increase the researchexpenditures and research portfolio, leading to substantial external funding, and to higherresearch rankings via peer comparisons. These external resources