CIAS Affiliates Program

Help support the mission of CIAS by joining as an affiliate. The tax-deductible membership investment supports CIAS initiatives, programs, and services for students, faculty, and industry. Program benefits include:

Technical Interaction:

Annual visit by company technical leaders to CIAS to meet with CIAS directors and faculty researchers

Priority access to CIAS faculty, students, and research staff for consulting and sponsored research tasks

Early access to research reports

An opportunity to send personnel to work at CIAS in collaboration with CIAS staff and equipment for five days annually, subject to University policy and execution of a Visiting Scientist/Engineer agreement

Annual visits by CIAS faculty and/or CIAS research staff to present latest research results in CIAS labs under this Program.

Recruiting:

Facilitated access to undergraduate and graduate student recruiting

Externship opportunities for top students to visit company sites

Education:

Nominate guest speakers for one or more graduate or undergraduate courses

Propose individual project topics for advanced undergraduate or graduate courses

Visibility:

Company name appears on CIAS web page and other material

Title sponsorship of one undergraduate or graduate scholarship award

Prominent recognition as sponsor of the CIAS Seminar, which is attended by UT Austin faculty, students, and staff and by members of the Austin technical community

Nominate a technical speaker for the CIAS Seminar

Current affiliates of CIAS

Cisco Systems, Inc.

Freescale Semiconductor

Intel

Microsoft

National Science Foundation

National Security Agency

Naval Sea Systems Command

Progeny Systems

Rockwell Collins

Interested in becoming involved with CIAS? Contact us today!