Educational programs in the STCs facilitate knowledge transfer by bringing center students to industry and industrial researchers to the university. This cooperation quickens the development of new technologies and methods and increases their availability. A new generation of well-trained students are the centers' most important product, bringing new approaches and techniques to industry. By transferring knowledge through people, the STCs can provide industry with a highly skilled work force that has experience with emerging technologies. The National Science Foundation's Science and Technology Centers are vital to maintaining U.S. pre-eminence in science and technology and to training the pool of scientists needed for this task.
People are by far the centers' most important product.
This brochure provides a sampling of knowledge transfer programs, highlighting the diversity and strength of research that is disseminated through the STCs. For additional information, a list of contacts for each of the centers is provided at the end of this brochure.