Description: The CRC was established in 1985 with the following objectives: Enhance the quality, stature and reputation of Virginia Tech by increasing corporate and government research relationships with Tech through tenancy at the CRC.
Provide facilities and support to the university and Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties, Inc., to help bring faculty research to commercial reality and transfer technology to the private sector.
Create and maintain attractive sites, buildings and physical environs for laboratories, offices and other uses in basic and applied research, quality assessment, prototyping, and testing.
Provide research-related employment opportunities for Virginia Tech undergraduate, graduate, cooperative students, faculty, staff, and spouses.
Contribute to employment and economic growth in the region and the Commonwealth through the expansion of the park, development of local infrastructure to support the park, support of the Business/Technology Center, and support of university outreach initiatives with non-CRC companies and communities.
Assist with university research programs and initiatives that facilitate economic development activities throughout the university by matching the needs of CRC businesses, facilities, and programs with the research and professional capabilities of Virginia Tech thereby increasing the level of industry-sponsored research at Virginia Tech.
To be a profitable subsidiary of the Virginia Tech Foundation (www.vtf.vt.edu), capable of returning income to the Foundation on an annual basis.
Assist the university with its teaching mission by identifying opportunities for classes to use the CRC and its companies for classroom projects, special studies, internships, cooperative education experiences, and on-site instruction.
