Membership Categories               

• Member-$36,000

  The basic center membership fee is $36,000 per annum. IIT  waives the overhead on the membership fees. The specific benefits for members are listed below. Additional support in $35k increments permits a member company to work with faculty and a graduate student or postdoctoral research associate for 6 months on a research project of their choosing. Additional support of $10k supports an IPRO project for 1 semester, on a topic originating from the center member in consultation with an IIT faculty member. At a companies' request publication of results may be delayed up to 1 year.
   

• Affiliate Member-$12,000

  A company may join the center as an Affiliate Member if it falls under the Small Business Administration definition of a small business. For most manufacturing industries a small business is defined as having a maximum of 500 employees.

Benefits of Center Membership:

• Member
  
  1. Membership of center Industrial Advisory Board.
  2. Access to unique center resources-research equipment, software, personnel.
  3. Access to other university, industry and government resources, e.g. Neutron diffraction.
  4. Ability to leverage company research effort through pooling of company resources, and other funding.
  5. Participation in setting research agenda.
  6. Invitation to bi-annual forum for discussion of heat treat challenges and current research.
  7. Beta testing of software developed in the research programs.
  8. Personnel exchanges.
  9. Student internships.
  10. Enhanced technology transfer through access to center and hiring of center graduates
  11. Nonexclusive, royalty-free license to patents, databases and software developed through center sponsorship.
  12. Copies of all bi-annual research reports.
  13. Participation in workshops and seminars sponsored by the center.
      
      
• Affiliate Member
  
  Affiliate members receive all of the above benefits except for the royalty-free licenses.
  

Sample Membership Agreement         

Industrial Advisory Board (IAB)

One representative from each center member and affiliate member. The operation of the IAB is governed by by-laws to be approved at the first meeting of the IAB. The main function of the IAB is to set the research agenda and determine the resources to be allocated to particular research programs. In addition it advises on the development and operation of the center including membership levels and fees.