CFSP

From Center for Friction Stir Processing Guide

Table of Contents

• 1.The Center for Friction Stir Processing
  • 1.1 CFSP Vision Statement
  • 1.2 CFSP Mission Statement
  • 1.3 CFSP Research Objectives
  • 1.4 CFSP Policies Procedures and Practices (P3)

• 2. Constituting the Center
  • 2.1 Establishing a center vision and mission
    • 2.1.1 Identifying technology development needs of the sponsors
    • 2.1.2 Preparing a long term technology development roadmap
    • 2.1.3 Identifying the focus research areas for each university site
    • 2.1.4 Identification and selection of multi-year projects
  • 2.2 Bylaws
  • 2.3 Membership agreements
    • 2.3.1 Procedures for acceptance of new university sites
    • 2.3.2 Procedures for acceptance of new industry memberships
  • 2.4 Intellectual Property Agreements
    • 2.4.1 Protection of proprietary information
    • 2.4.2 Nondisclosure statements

• 3. Center Operations
  • 3.1 Development of an interactive website and standardized forms
  • 3.2 Common searchable database of test results
  • 3.3 Center Document Management
    • 3.3.1 Quarterly reports
    • 3.3.2 Building a reference library
    • 3.3.3 University Documents
  • 3.4 Identification of supplemental research opportunities
  • 3.5 Papers and publications review and approval
  • 3.6 Managing tasks/projects work
    • 3.6.1 Paperless Data Management System (PaDMS )
    • 3.6.2 Projects in PaDMS
    • 3.6.3 Tasks and subtasks in PaDMS
    • 3.6.4 Work orders
    • 3.6.5 Weekly reports
    • 3.6.6 Naming conventions
  • 3.7 Social events (local)

• 4. Meetings
  • 4.1 Annual Meetings Overview
    • 4.1.1 Setting the Agenda
    • 4.1.2 Pre-meeting workshops
    • 4.1.3 Non- member participation in IAB meetings
    • 4.1.4 Fall meetings
    • 4.1.5 Spring meetings
  • 4.2 Presentation at Meetings
    • 4.2.1 State of the Center presentation
    • 4.2.2 Executive Summary
    • 4.2.3 LIFE form evaluation
    • 4.2.4 LIFE form response form
    • 4.2.5 Industry presentations
    • 4.2.6 Posters
  • 4.3 Follow-up from the IAB Meetings
    • 4.3.1 Action Items
    • 4.3.2 Annual Members Report
  • 4.4 Site specific quarterly planning meetings
  • 4.5 Marketing and Social Events

• 5. Center Assessments
  • 5.1 Annual NSF report
  • 5.2 Monitoring center performance against “best practices” metrics
  • 5.3 Annual members reports
  • 5.4 Center Evaluator’s Report