Commercialization Efforts Among Educational Institutions

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Frank Born

Mr Born founded the CAESAR Group along with Dr Kevin Kwiat to facilitate the transfer of Air Force technology to the commercial sector. Prior to this he was a research scientist at the Air Force Research Laboratory in Rome NY. Mr Born has degrees in both Physics and Mechanical Engineering.

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The CAESAR Group is primarily composed of former employees of the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Information Directorate who have undertaken a retiree-staffed technology transfer function.  During the group’s AFRL careers they heavily engaged one of AFRL’s primary research partners – academia. Through managing university research grants and mentoring of AFRL’s visiting professors and college student interns, the group’s members have gained a personal understanding of the value of forming partnerships with educational institutions.  One of our group’s members has even crossed-over into academia by becoming, concurrent with his AFRL function, a by-appointment professor at multiple colleges and universities and has accumulated 30 years of academic experience. During that time, he leveraged his knowledge of AFRL’s real-world research to enrich his students’ learning experience.

The CAESAR Group is thus equipped to expose entrepreneurial students to the wealth of AFRL’s publicly-released technical reports and patents. Outreach to educational institutions is primarily aimed at: technology-focused MBA programs, undergraduate STEM programs, and MBA Technology Clubs. Our role in this outreach is to offer students with business and technology backgrounds a means to transform AFRL’s publicly-released research into business ideas.