The National Science Foundation-sponsored Engineering Research Centers (ERCs) are interdisciplinary centers located at universities all across the United States. In each ERC, academe and industry collaborate in pursuing strategic advances in complex engineered systems and systems-level technologies that have the potential to spawn whole new industries or to radically transform the product lines, processing technologies, or service delivery methodologies of current industries. The centers provide a venue for industry to collaborate with faculty and students on resolving generic, long-range challenges, producing the knowledge base needed for steady advances in technology and their speedy transition to the marketplace.

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