OVERVIEW

ADMRC mission:
To address the practical problems associated with aircraft manufacturing.

The Aircraft Design & Manufacturing Research Center (ADMRC) was established in October 1995 as a state-industry-university partnership.

Envisioned was a consortium of university and industry partners who, working together would apply their collective expertise to address the technology needs of aircraft manufacturers and subcontractors. ADMRC combines the talents and support of Boeing, Bombardier, Cessna, Raytheon, along with a substantial number of small businesses, university researchers from Wichita State University as well as the University of Kansas, Kansas State University and Pittsburg State. Together, these Kansas universities faculty members and researchers can focus on industry problems in Kansas. So while the universities get involved in real-world problems and interact with industry representatives, the aviation community gets the sharpest minds in the business working on some of their biggest problems.

The ADMRC program requires a one-to-one industry match and is industry-driven to assure relevance and commercialization potential. The ADMRC program, partially funded by the Kansas Technology Enterprise Corporation (KTEC), continues to be a very successful state-university-industry partnership. It is recognized nationally as a model for cooperative research.