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