Membership

Any Company, Federal Research & Development Organization, or any Government-owned Contractor Operated Laboratory may become a member of the 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 

  1. 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 
  1. 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 
  1. 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. Siamak Farhad, sfarhad@uakron.edu.