CSTED Reports

Science and Technology Policy Reports

• Social Implications of Information Technology (NSF) 2003-2004
  Under contract from the National Science Foundation, SRI International has conducted a series of literature reviews to gather information about existing data and research on the social and economic implications of information technology.
  
  
• The Future of Manufacturing
  A series of analyses for the Futures Group of the Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) that investigate fundamental changes affecting manufacturing.
  
  
• The Economic Impact of Michigan's Public Universities 2002
  
  
• Directory of International Earthquake Engineering Research Facilities 2001
  
  
• Progress of the Engineering Education Coalitions
  
  
• The Role of NSF's Support of Engineering in Enabling Technological Innovation
  Supported by the National Science Foundation, this major 4-year study examines how NSF support for engineering has contributed to the development and commercialization of recent, significant innovations. The first phase of research focused on the Internet, magnetic resonance imaging, and reaction injection molding of polymer composites." The second phase of research focused on optical fiber for communciations, the cellular telephone, and computer aided design applied to electronic circuits.
  
  
• Forecasting Malaysia’s Science and Technology Human Resources and Research and Development Investment Needs Leading to the Year 2020: Funded by the United Nations Development Program and conducted for the Malaysian Ministry of Science, Technology, and the Environment, this two-year study involved an assessment of Malaysia’s current level of human resources in science and technology, as well as ongoing investment in R&D, using a variety of techniques. An econometric model was developed to determine the country’s needs in order to achieve its ambitious investment goals. In addition to documenting a substantial and ongoing shortage of S&T human resources, the study made a number of recommendations to improve the country’s S&T infrastructure and resources.
  Full Text Report (PDF, 829 KB)
  Attachment A (PDF, 223 KB)
  Attachment B (PDF, 124 KB)
  Attachment C (PDF, 62 KB)
  
  
• History of NSF's Earthquake Hazard Mitigation Program 1999
  
  

Centers of Excellence Program Evaluation: ERC, CREST, IUCRC, and S/IUCRC

• The Economic Impact on Georgia of Georgia Tech's Packaging Research Center 2004
  
  
• The Impact on Industry of Interaction with Engineering Research Centers Repeat Study 2004
  Conducted for the National Science Foundation, this study repeated, in modified form, the original 1997 study with a second generation of ERCs that began operation in 1994-1996.  This study, completed in 2004, identified the specific benefits industrial ERC members receive from their use of ERC activities and resources such as research outputs, access to facilities, and technical advice from faculty, and provided measures of the overall impact on firms of their ERC membership. 
    
  
• The Impact on Industry of Interaction with Engineering Research Centers 1997
  This large scale study is based primarily on a survey of about 450 companies that participate in all 18 (as of 1994) of NSF's Engineering Research Centers. The methodology also includes case studies, a focus group, and follow-up telephone interviews. The primary purpose of the study is to identify and analyze the benefits companies realize through their participation in the ERCs.
  
  
• The Impact of Engineering Research Centers on Institutional and Cultural Change in Participating Universities 2001
  
  
• Documenting Engineering Research Centers Graduation Paths toward Self-sufficiency: Second Year Report 2000
  
  
• Outcomes and Impacts of the State/Industry-University Cooperative Research Centers (S/IUCRC) Program 2000
  Appendix B: S/IUCRC Survey Questionnaire
  Appendix C: IUCRC Survey Questionnaire
  
  
• Evaluation of NSF Programs for Research Improvement in Minority Institutions (RIMI) and Centers for Research Excellence in Science and Technology (CREST) 1998
  The evaluation report involves a multidimensional analysis of two NSF programs designed to help strengthen the research and education base at higher education institutions with significant minority enrollments. The report involves: 1) a review of program information; 2) a series of site visit interviews; 3) surveys of faculty, students, researchers at affiliated institutions.
  Report (PDF, 1.15MB)
  Appendix (PDF, 367KB)