Investors & Entrepreneurs
INDUSTRIAL AFFILIATES PROGRAMS
Industrial Affiliates Programs provide a unique opportunity for the private sector to partner with UT researchers to explore research topics of mutual interest. Companies who join these programs gain access to state-of-the-art research facilities, world-class university talent, and any data and publications shared among members in exchange for an annual membership fee. Because Industrial Affiliates Programs are dedicated to fundamental, early-stage research, members can engage with the university’s research programs, students, and faculty without paying institutional indirect costs or overhead.
For more information on joining or establishing an Industrial Affiliates Program, contact our Licensing and Collaborative Research team.
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Texas Robotics
Computing & Automation
Texas Robotics’ Industrial Affiliate Program forges close relationships between robotics students and researchers at UT Austin and our natural partners in industry. It fuels growth by creating an exchange in which affiliate partners benefit from access to cutting edge research and top talent while University researchers gain a clear understanding of the real-world challenges confronting our partners. Membership in this program is about creating the future of robotics at UT Austin and beyond. Opportunities include directed research, a unique program of embedded researchers in groups within the consortium, premier access for recruitment, and more.
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Tight Oil Resource Assessment
Energy – Reservoir Production
Tight Oil Resource Assessment (TORA) evaluates the resource potential and remaining development opportunities for US tight oil and shale gas basins, focusing on the Permian Basin of West Texas and New Mexico. TORA projects future production levels of oil and gas at various price points, with their environmental implications.
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UT GeoFluids
Energy – Reservoir Geology & Simulation
UT GeoFluids studies the state and evolution of subsurface pressure, stress, deformation and fluid flow through experiments, models, and field study. Our findings are used to design stable and safe drilling programs, to predict hydrocarbon migration and entrapment, and to determine the seal capacity for C02 sequestration.
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Well Construction, Decommissioning, and Abandonment
Energy – Reservoir Drilling
The primary goal of the Well Construction, Decommissioning, and Abandonment (CODA) program is to research and develop new materials, systems, methods and computational models for successful, cost-effective, long-term well abandonment.
Discovery to Impact partners with researchers, inventors, investors, and entrepreneurs at every step of their journey in relentless pursuit of changing the world.