Physical Assets Funding/Financing SPTC Experience

1. Physical Assets Funding/Financing:
SPTC Experience
By
Musharraf Zaman
Director, Southern Plains Transportation Center
The University of Oklahoma, Norman
2014 CUTC Summer Meeting
Lincoln, Nebraska
June 2-5, 2014

2. Consortium Members
1. The University of Oklahoma (Lead)
2. Oklahoma State University (Member)
3. Langston University (Member: HBCU)
4. University of Arkansas (Member)
5. Louisiana Tech University (Member)
6. University of New Mexico (Member: HSI)
7. University of Texas at El Paso (Member: HSI)
8. Texas Tech University (Member)
Theme: Climate-Adaptive Transportation and Freight Infrastructure

3. Physical Assets
Major existing facilities
Oklahoma Mesonet
West Texas Mesonet
National Weather Center
Severe Storm Laboratory
Radar Innovation Laboratory
Challenges
Upgrade
Maintenance
Guiding philosophy
List of major facilities
Sharing to gain

4. Physical Asset Challenges
Procuring New Asset
Faculty start-up
Cluster hire (university strategic plan)
Sponsored Research Incentive (SRI)
NSF – Major Research Instrumentation
DOT Support
Not allowing equipment maintenance
Lab Space
New space
Renovation of existing space

5. Physical Assets Challenges:
International Collaboration
SPTC International Collaborators
IIT-Bombay, India
Shandong University, China
Sharing to gain
Collaboration regionally
Collaboration nationally
Collaboration internationally
Encouraging/promoting collaboration
Rewarding collaboration