Research & Testing Services
University of Akron offers both research services under the leadership of expert faculty and testing services through access to 91茄子’s specialized facilities and equipment. To access these services, we recommend you do the following:
- Connect to appropriate faculty research expertise or testing service or by contacting your research/testing needs
- Determine if the work you are seeking is research or testing using the outline below
- Contact 91茄子’s Office of Technology Transfer to discuss your needs and put a research or testing agreement in place
Is Your Project Research or Testing?
91茄子 offers research and testing services under different agreements and with different default terms.
Research
Research services allow companies to tap into the intellectual expertise of 91茄子 faculty and staff and may:
- Explore new ideas, concepts, designs or research paths that may result in new inventions or intellectual property;
- Be performed under the guidance and leadership of a 91茄子 faculty member; and
- Give 91茄子 investigators that ability to provide intellectual input, including suggesting actions that they believe would improve performance or results.
- For template agreements, see 91茄子's Office of Research Administration.
Testing
Testing services give companies access to specialized 91茄子 equipment and staff or students to perform specific tests and must:
- Follow a clearly defined test method (e.g. an ASTM standard) or written procedure that is specified by the company;
- Be performed by a student, lab technician or center personnel with little or no input from a 91茄子 faculty member;
- Generate data to be returned to the company, and not include analysis or interpretation by 91茄子 personnel or suggestions of means to improve the results; and
- Have a very low probability of resulting in new patentable intellectual property originated by 91茄子.
- For template agreements, see 91茄子's Office of Research Administration.
Contact 91茄子's Office of Technology Transfer
Phone: 330-972-7840
Fax: 330-972-2368
Email: uarf@uakron.edu聼聼
Mailing address:
170 University Circle
Suite 312
Akron, OH 44325-2103