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6 Conclusions and Recommendations
6 Conclusions and Recommendations
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Also presented herein are some aggregate conclusions and recommendations concerning the question posed for this study: How can the United States ensure that it has access to current MSE R&D around the world and thereby maintain its leadership position? OVERVIEW: SOME CONCLUSIONS ABOUT GLOBALIZATION AND ITS IMPACTS Patent data, literature data, trends in corporate research, and the results of surveys and polls indicate increasing global activity in MSE R&D, with concomitant increases in global and transnational ownership and collaboration.
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Leadership in the subfield of magnetic materials is mixed, with the United States in the lead in some critical areas and among the leaders in others. The United States appears to be losing its leadership role in metallurgy R&D, and there are no signs that this trend is going to be reversed any time soon.
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Japan appears to have surpassed the United States in the alloys and ceramics subfields. Global activity in all the subfields examined during this study is diversifying, with significant increases in Asian countries that had not been active in these fields.
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While the United States has lost competitive advantage in some materials subfields, such as catalysts, it has maintained it in others, such as semiconductor research. In fact, a relative decline in one subfield may release resources to be invested in another, more promising subfield where the United States enjoys a comparative advantage.
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The evolution of materials research in the United States and abroad will affect the nation's ability not only to defend against emerging threats of the 21st century but also to ensure a healthy economy as a basic underpinning of national security. Because knowledge and the intellectual capacity to generate new knowledge are proliferating across the world, because innovation and development cycles are becoming shorter, and because U.S.
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innovation that is essential to the nation's economy and national security and to facilitate continued access to the new knowledge generated by MSE R&D. RECOMMENDATION ON DEVELOPING A NATIONAL STRATEGY To maximize the benefits for the United States of the globalization of materials science and engineering research and development (MSE R&D)
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C O N C L U S I O N S A N DRE C O M M E N D A T I O N S 125 · Soliciting independent advice from academia, industry, and other experts, as required -- perhaps with the participation of the Defense Science Board- and obtaining input from industry regarding policies and incentives that could encourage proactive industry strategies for sustaining a strong MSE R&D base in the United States. Building a robust and effective national strategy for ensuring U.S.
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To remain current and active in a globalized MSE R&D theater, the United States must adopt an international and focused initiative to infuse international and domestic MSE R&D into the armed forces of the 21st century. Maintaining Access with Better Benchmarking The global environment for MSE R&D is changing rapidly and the U.S.
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, should be conducted immediately to assess the relative global posi tion of the United States in MSE R&D. Maintaining Access with a Better Understanding of Long-Term Security Needs Building a successful strategy to respond to globalization requires a thorough understanding of the knowledge needs of the national security and homeland defense systems.
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128 G L O B A L I Z A T I O N O FM A T E R I A L SR & D quired technology from global sources does not guarantee future supply. Less tangible and harder-to-predict threats may also arise from the increasingly global nature of MSE R&D and, in particular, from any concomitant loss of U.S.
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Conclusion. It is in the long-term interest of the United States to participate in international partnerships in MSE R&D and thereby ensure U.S.
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As shown in this report, that system faces several challenges in this regard, including the increasingly broad curricula in MSE departments; the decreasing attractiveness of MSE as a career choice for high school and university graduates; and the continu ing dependence of graduate programs on foreign students, who must be attracted to the United States in an increasingly competitive global market for the best students. It is not clear that the current MSE education system, including univer sity research, is producing graduates with the depth of knowledge to meet the nation's needs.
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citizens to study materials; the possibility of setting minimum competences for graduate students working on master's degrees in MSE; the role of smaller MSE educational programs, the correct balance between large and small departments, and the role of accreditation; and the best strategy to produce graduates competent in all four aspects of materials, including materials processing, an area in which the United States was already behind the rest of the world, according to the 2000 benchmarking report of COSEPUP.1 The key issue is how to produce the best possible corps of MSE graduates educated to meet the nation's needs and to compete in the global MSE R&D theater. Maintaining expertise and leadership will be based on a robust research infrastructure.
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The framework is based on a series of initiatives that will benchmark MSE R&D in the United States, define the MSE R&D challenges and opportunities in meeting 21st century national secu rity needs, manage an IP regulatory framework that supports U.S. MSE innovation in a globalized environment, and build a national infrastructure to support a global role for the United States.
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