DocumentCode :
277826
Title :
Industry/university collaboration in mechatronics: the Dundee experience
Author :
Dinsdale, Jack
Author_Institution :
Dundee Univ., UK
fYear :
1991
fDate :
33247
Firstpage :
42461
Lastpage :
42463
Abstract :
This paper describes an innovative experiment in collaboration being conducted by the University of Dundee and NCR (Manufacturing) Ltd. in the multidisciplinary field of mechatronics. Early in 1989, the company agreed to fund the NCR Industrial Chair in Mechatronics at the University of Dundee. NCR develops, manufactures and markets business information processing systems, being currently the world´s leading manufacturer of Automated Teller Machines (ATM). Where this endowment differs from most, if not all, other industrially-funded chairs, is that the professor´s contract of employment requires him to spend 50% of his time working for the company, on company research and associated activities. The intention of this arrangement was to ensure that NCR would benefit as much as possible from its investment, while leaving the professor reasonably free to pursue his academic career and also to conduct projects for other companies within a minimum of reasonable restrictions
Keywords :
computerised control; education; electric control equipment; mechanical control equipment; ATM; Automated Teller Machines; Dundee University; NCR (Manufacturing) Ltd.; NCR Industrial Chair; Professorship; industry/university collaboration; mechatronics;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
iet
Conference_Titel :
Mechatronics, IEE Colloquium on
Conference_Location :
London
Type :
conf
Filename :
180795
Link To Document :
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