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Appendix A

Schools/Colleges

College of Agricultural and Life Sciences

• Agricultural Technology Studies
• Soil and Plant Analysis Laboratory
• Center for Dairy Profitability
• Center for Dairy Research
• Cooperative Extension Programs
• Food Research Institute
• Pesticide applicator Training Program
• Plant Variety Testing Programs
• Center for Cooperatives
• Wisconsin Seed Potato Certification Program
• Center for Community Economic Development

School of Business

• Family Business Center
• WI Public Utility Institute
• Executive Education
• Small Business Development Center
• Business Career Center
• Weinert Center for Entrepreneurship
• Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER)
• 17 Industry-Related Advisory Boards (with over 320 executives)

College of Engineering

• UW-Technology Enterprise Cooperative
• Office of R & D and Technology Commercialization
• Wisconsin TechSearch (see UW-Madison Library)
• 14 Research Consortia with Industry, such as the Wisconsin Electric Motors and Power Electronics Consortium (WEMPEC), which has been working with Wisconsin industry for more than 25 years
• 39 Research Centers, such as the Quick Response Manufacturing Center
• Engineering Professional Development (in 2001, almost 3300 Wisconsin residents attended its regular courses, and another 3467 attended the state-funded transportation center one-day program)

School of Veterinary Medicine

• Industrial Extension/Technical Assistance, such as ABG Global, Infigen, and Vienna Farms
• Industry Education/Training Partnerships, such as Hill's Pet Nutrition
• Faculty/Staff Consultative Services to Individual Private Dairy Producers, such as investigations on commercial dairies to enhance mastitis control and milk quality
• Industry Research Partnerships, such as Merial Ltd, and Harland, Sprague, Dawley

International Institute

• Center for World Affairs and the Global Economy (WAGE)

School of Nursing

• Aging in Place: An Alliance between Patients, Caregivers, Professionals and Technologies
• Western Campus, Gunderson-Lutheran Medical Center, La Crosse, WI

School of Education

• BioPharmaceutical Technical Center Institute
• Partnership with the Madison Civic Center
• Partnership with the Wisconsin Historical Society, Office of School Services
• Developed "Nuclear Physics in the Science Curriculum", "Advanced Topics in Physics and Energy Issues", and "Enriching the Secondary Science Curriculum" for Wisconsin K-12 districts
• Annual contract since 1992 with Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc. to publish "Mathematics in Context"—middle-school mathematics curriculum materials
• Tandem Press (the only professional university fine arts press in the Midwest)

Division of Continuing Education

• Certificate in Business Spanish and/or French
• The Human Services Administration Certificate Program
• Partnership with Promega, Inc. to offer "Wisconsin Idea Explorations in Science"
• Co-sponsor the "First Annual International Bioethics Forum: Defining Life, Changing Life, Owning Life"

School of Pharmacy

• The development of the new Pharmaceutical Experiment Station, which provides physical chemistry, formulation, and related early stage and pre-clinical studies in support of promising compounds having pharmaceutical potential discovered by faculty researchers across the UW-Madison campus

UW-Madison Libraries

• 9000 registered non-UW-Madison users
• 104 businesses are registered with Memorial Library for borrowing privileges
• Annually, provides more than 15,000 information service transactions through the Business Library with company clientele; Steenbock Library provides document delivery to state veterinarians and delivers business information services through an agreement with UW Extension; and Health Sciences libraries support private hospitals and clinics with document delivery and information services
• In 2002, Wisconsin TechSearch, the information outreach program of the Kurt F. Wendt Library with the College of Engineering, received over 37,000 requests for engineering and business clients
• Partnership with the Small Business Development Center and other organizations to begin the WisTIP (WI Technical Information Partnership) Program, which provides grants to high-tech start-up companies in Wisconsin

Law School

• Courses and workshops in Antitrust in Energy Markets, Antitrust in Telecommunications
• Seminars and programs in labor and employment law, corporate law, securities law, taxation, and international business
• Active in American Bar Association and related-committees
• Wide-array of continuing legal education programs
• Part of the UW-Madison's "Entrepreneurship/Technology Cluster"—an interdisciplinary group that develops innovative and competitive research programs, and courses in Business Organizations, Contracts, and the Law & Entrepreneurship Seminar

College of Letters & Science

• Numerous spin-off companies related to the Department of Chemistry (e.g., GWC Instruments, Quintessence Biosciences, OPGen, Inc., and Third Wave Technologies)
• Industrial/Academic Research Collaborations (e.g., Computer Architecture Affiliates Program, Database Industrial Affiliates, Organosilicon Research Center, Intel/Computational Chemistry Cluster Computing Initiative. 3D Seismic Visualization Lab, Electronic Theater Controls)
• Learning Support Services (e.g., Hewlett Packard Corporation)

Affiliated Units

Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation

• Technology Transfer Activities
• Industry Research Partnerships
• Industry Education/Training Partnerships
• Faculty Start-Ups
• Venture Capital Facilitation
• WiCell Research Institute
• WiSys Technology Foundation

University Research Park

• Procurement
• Financing
• Technology Transfer
• Faculty Opportunities
• Student Opportunities
• Tours and Public Relations
• Membership in boards and associations
• Referrals for consulting services

University of Wisconsin Foundation

• Corporate Major Gifts
• Visits to Companies
• Campus Visits
• Corporate Matching Gifts

University-Industry Relations Objectives:

• Promote proactive "Off-Campus" networking initiatives
• Promote "On-Campus" networking opportunities
• Promote the research efforts and results of the UW-Madison research community
• Publish and Distribute Publications
• Conduct programs to further UIR’s objectives in the areas of technology transfer and intellectual property education
• Increase the number of patent disclosures
• Provide funding to stimulate and enhance collaborations between Wisconsin industry and the UW-Madison
• Assist patenting and licensing efforts through feasibility demonstration and prototype development
• Contribute to the University of Wisconsin and State of Wisconsin initiatives in promoting new company formation and company growth
• Outreach and University Service