HPMI: High-Performance Materials InstituteHPMI: High-Performance Materials Institute

CEAM: Center of Excellence in Advanced CEAM: Center of Excellence in Advanced MaterialsMaterials

Ben WangBen Wang

on Behalf of HPMI & CEAM Students, Staff and Facultyon Behalf of HPMI & CEAM Students, Staff and Faculty

March 25March 25thth, 2009, 2009

Transforming science and engineering into Florida products and jobs

Composites are a $110B industry that Composites are a $110B industry that keeps growing…keeps growing… Super-strong plastics of fiber-reinforced polymersSuper-strong plastics of fiber-reinforced polymers

Lightweight (at least 35% weight reduction Lightweight (at least 35% weight reduction better fuel economy, better fuel economy, less dependence on foreign energy sources)less dependence on foreign energy sources)

Driver and passenger protection and safetyDriver and passenger protection and safety

Durability and low life cycle costDurability and low life cycle cost

Florida is in a leadership position in Florida is in a leadership position in key composite market sectorskey composite market sectors

Space

No. 1 in nation, $18.4B, 100,000 jobs

Cornerstone of space industry, $4.5B

All top five U.S. defense contractors in FL

3rd in nation, 23,000 jobs

Market Research

Market Research

Boat building

Aerospace

Defense

Products and JobsProducts and Jobs

A commercialization gapA commercialization gap

THE TECHNOLOGY COMMERCIALIZATION PROCESS

Later phases of commercialization

New knowledge

creation

Techno-market

opportunity creation

Specific product/ process

plan

Commercial demonstration/

initial operations

Traditional University

Role

Mass production

market

Innovations to products and jobs

Innovation leading to products and jobs

CEAM: Center of Excellence in Advanced Materials