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UTB-CBIRD Report: “At The Crossroads” Education & Training 75 In 1996 UTB received approval for a new degree in Physics which started with the appointment of two faculty members, and has grown to eight. Each faculty member added is the result of aggressive faculty grant writing to provide funds for students to receive stipends to assist the faculty with research and begin their own research careers. Last year, five members of the UTB/TSC physics faculty were chosen to be part of a research grant from the National Science Foundation that allowed them to work with researchers from 10 other universities. Since then this growing group of young physics professors has received a $5.79 million dollar grant award from NASA to create the Center for Gravitational Wave Astronomy at UTB/TSC. Figure 4.24 examines the dramatic increase in Federal funds to the UTB/TSC Partnership over the last decade. Major strides have been made in securing Federal funds for special programs and research but more needs to be accomplished. Figure 4.24. UTB/TSC Federal Funds 1992-2002 Source UTB-CBIRD In Section 5, this report suggests that the South Texas Border Region has potentially globally competitive industry clusters in: ⇒ Leading-edge manufacturing and supply chain management linked to the Maquiladoras in Northern Mexico ⇒ Transportation and logistics linked to cross-border security and multi-modal efficiencies ⇒ Life sciences linked to border healthcare needs and challenges Accelerated development of such industry sectors could “help close the gaps” by providing the tax revenue and corporate gifts to fund quality research and education programs focused on the Border Region’s most critical challenges. These Texas -- indeed global -- challenges are most pronounced at the international border between Cameron County, Texas and Matamoros, Tamaulipas. A key to such accelerated regional economic development is private and seed investment in quality PhD and MA research programs at UTB/TSC where centers of research excellence could be based on each of the regionally-based and globally unique living/learning laboratories centered on manufacturing/maquiladoras, transportation & logistics, and life sciences each One Region -- One Future If we look to the future education and research needs for Texas in general and the Border Region in particular and we are concerned with “Closing The Gaps” it could be argued that the State needs (and would benefit from) more top tier research universities.
UTB-CBIRD Report: “At The Crossroads” Education & Training 76 linked to significant border challenges and accelerated industry cluster development. Government-industry-academia partnerships for research and education excellence have been central to driving the economies of the United States’ most successful technology growth regions as they have been central to contributing to the national and global excellence of leading U.S. universities. However as noted in the Introduction to this report (Section 1) and binational community survey (Section 3) establishing a viable, unifying vision and action strategies for the Lower Rio Grande Valley has been and continues to be a considerable challenge despite the fact that such “Partnerships for Excellence” are key to leveraging federal, state, and private sector funds to enhance education and research excellence, Figure 4.25. Figure 4.25. Government, Industry & University Partnerships for Excellence Corporate Growth Tax revenues (fed. govt.) Academia Education, Training Research Applied talent & research New Knowledge Industry Business Development Business Profit New products Technology Venturing Capital investm ent Increased GNP Im proved standard of living Im proved productivity Adapted from Langfitt, Hackney, Fishman & Glowasky (1983), p. 178. In addition to the items outlined and described above the following are recommended for the productive interface of UTB/TSC with regional economic development: ⇒ Have UTB/TSC CBIRD be a catalyst for regional and binational economic development that supports social and economic inclusion leading to shared prosperity o Establish a LRGV Center For BiNational Entrepreneurship (CBNE). The Center might consider such a program as the LRGV or Binational Entrepreneur of the Year to foster the visibility of technology entrepreneurship in the cross-border region. o Become the State of Texas’ leading “experiential learning laboratory” in cross-border business venturing. ⇒ Target UTB/TSC departments and programs whose teaching, research, and service strengths are linked to regional assets and challenges such as: o Maquiladoras and World Class Manufacturing. o Transportation & Logistics – establish a Binational Transportation & Logistics Research Center (BTLRC). Una Region -- Un Futuro
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
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Duca, John V. and Mine K. Yucel.
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Rylander, Carol Keeton. Texas Regio
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PROJECT PARTNERS
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