TY - JOUR
T1 - Industry-university collaborative paradigms for solving pressing industry problems
AU - Kodikara, Jayantha
N1 - Funding Information:
The author acknowledges the contributions and support provided by the SPARC Hub partners: (1) Australian Research Council (ARC); (2) Industry Partners - ARRB, Austroads, EIC Activities of CIMIC Group, Transurban, AfPA, EON Reality, Downer, Geofabrics, Pavement Management Services, Polyfabrics, Global Synthetics, Department of Transport and Main Roads Queensland, Geo-Con, City of Monash, Logan City Council, Department of Transport Victoria, Melbourne Water, AustStab and TGVK; (3) Local Universities - Monash University, Swinburne, RMIT, QUT, UNSW (ADFA), UTS, Curtin University and USC; and (4) Overseas Partners - Université Gustave Eiffel (IFSTTAR), TU Delft, University of Nottingham, NC State University, University of Auckland, University of Pretoria, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay.
Funding Information:
The author acknowledges the contributions and support rendered by the Sydney Water Corporation, the Water Research Foundation of the USA, Melbourne Water, Water Corporation (WA), UK Water Industry Research Ltd, South Australia Water, Water Corporation, South East Water, Hunter Water Corporation, City West Water, Yara Valley Water, Water Services Association and Queensland Urban Utilities. Research partners are Monash University, the University of Technology Sydney, The University of Newcastle and The University of Sydney.
Funding Information:
Due to the long-lasting and complex nature of the research questions, the Critical Pipes Project had the essence of an ARC Discovery project built on four key research questions (A1 to A4 as shown above), although it was wholly supported by industry funding with university administrative support. Furthermore, the industry entertained significant of freedom to explore answers to these research questions without constraining the research mostly to pre-defined milestones. In other words, the industry accepted higher“ level of research risk (see Table 1)” than normally accepted in industry -only projects. The other three projects progressed from these research questions to address small diameter pipes (Project 2), implementation of findings (Project 3) and trenchless lining for rehabilitation of deteriorated pipes (Project 4).
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PY - 2021/6
Y1 - 2021/6
N2 - Currently, the world is tackling the ongoing Industry 4.0 Revolution, and the increasing need for industry-university research collaborations to solve pressing problems is highlighted in this paper. In many cases, solving these problems requires multidisciplinary and practical input to realise genuine advancements. In this regard, two case studies of successful industry-university collaborations are presented; the first is on addressing critical water pipe failures, and the second on the smart transport pavements. The first project used purely industry-university collaboration paradigm, while the second followed Australian Research Council's Industry Transformation Research Hub Scheme. By reviewing these large collaborative projects and the experience gained through other relatively small collaborations, general observations for effective collaborations are presented. At the same time, the potential impediments to effective collaboration are also highlighted, along with possible ways to overcome them.
AB - Currently, the world is tackling the ongoing Industry 4.0 Revolution, and the increasing need for industry-university research collaborations to solve pressing problems is highlighted in this paper. In many cases, solving these problems requires multidisciplinary and practical input to realise genuine advancements. In this regard, two case studies of successful industry-university collaborations are presented; the first is on addressing critical water pipe failures, and the second on the smart transport pavements. The first project used purely industry-university collaboration paradigm, while the second followed Australian Research Council's Industry Transformation Research Hub Scheme. By reviewing these large collaborative projects and the experience gained through other relatively small collaborations, general observations for effective collaborations are presented. At the same time, the potential impediments to effective collaboration are also highlighted, along with possible ways to overcome them.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85128733643
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85128733643
SN - 0818-9110
VL - 56
SP - 49
EP - 59
JO - Australian Geomechanics Journal
JF - Australian Geomechanics Journal
IS - 2
ER -