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The TTC has been involved in a wide range of collaborative efforts with industry partners, other academic institutions, professional organizations and government entities.
Interest in cooperative R&D, technology transfer, market surveys, etc. are welcomed. Arrangements can be made for various kinds of cooperation ranging from proprietary research to broad-based cooperative studies. Agreements can be developed, where necessary, to cover the ownership of intellectual property rights and non-disclosure agreements can be made to protect sensitive commercial information that may need to be shared during R&D discussions.
Please contact the center if you are interested in pursuing a cooperative venture with the center. For information on general involvement in center programs, please see How to Participate .
More specifically, the center carries out the following kinds of research programs:
Core research programs are selected in conjunction with the Industry Advisory Board and represent R&D that benefits all or various sectors of the trenchless industry. This may be technologies such as guidance technologies that can apply to many different types of equipment or may be field or laboratory testing that helps establish design methods or the impact of trenchless methods on the surrounding ground.
Proprietary research and testing programs are developed with individual companies or groups of companies to carry out R&D or testing programs the results of which are provided only to the company/companies involved.
Public research and testing programs are developed to provide unbiased test results to the industry, user groups and the public. These differ from the proprietary research programs in that a report on the results will be made public even if the research results are not favorable to the application of the product or process in the circumstances tested.