Membership
Any Company, Federal Research & Development Organization, or any Government-owned Contractor Operated Laboratory may become a member of the Timken Foundation Center for Precision Manufacturing, consistent with applicable state and federal laws and statutes.
Why Become a CPM Member?
- Leveraging your research money. For a $25k yearly membership fee, you get full access to the research results generated by $250k. Members get 10X return on their investment.
- Interaction with university professors and students involved in manufacturing research.
- Access to highly trained students. Our students can be hired by our industry members because they have already trained during the research project in which they were involved.
- Zero project overhead allows most of the membership funds to be devoted to research.
- Discounted rate for training. You can register your employees at lower costs in the center’s training workshops.
- Discounted rate for test services. You can have access to the center’s test devices and machines at lower costs.
- Enhance your industry network. You sit on the board with researchers from other companies.
- Access to over 15,800 square feet of industrial space, 25+ pieces of state-of-the-art-equipment, and 25+ top faculty / engineering minds in the center.
Membership Tiers
Full Member
- $25,000/year
- 1 seat on the board with voting rights to decide on the topics of research projects
- Full access to all research results
- Discounted rate for the center’s educational/training workshops
- Discounted rate for the center’s test services
Associate Member
- $15,000/year
- 1 seat on the board without voting rights
- Full access to all research results
- Discounted rate for educational/training workshops
- Discounted rate for the center’s test service
Affiliate Member
- $8,000/year
- Discounted rate for educational/training workshops
- Discounted rate for the center’s test service
Please submit your questions or membership request to Dr. D. Dane Quinn at quinn@uakron.edu.