Hello Research Gate Community!
I am a first year Entrepreneurship Ph.D. student at Baylor and I am conducting a study on academic scientist’s intention to commercialize their research.
While a lot has been done on the topic of commercializing research, almost no one has examined it from the perspective of the scientist. Your perceptions of research commercialization matter and should be considered by university policy makers when designing the process.
I don’t think anyone likes long surveys and I know you have much more important things to do, so I designed the survey to take less than 10 minutes. If you are willing to take the survey, you can access it through the link below:
https://baylor.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_ai5K3XnEziFpmp7
Thank you very much for the time and consideration!
Best,
Austin
The survey is good and informative. Keep it up. Hope you to show more and more on such studies.
In continuation, I have a query. What is your opinion on direct commercialization of theoretical physics research outcomes, such as in astrophysics, plasma physics, fluid dynamics, etc?
P. K. Karmakar Thank you for the encouragement! Before offering my opinion I will offer a disclaimer-- the deepest understanding I have of theoretical physics research comes from a recent reading of Neil deGrasse Tyson's "Accessory to War" (while not a technical read, I highly recommend it). The book offers an interesting insight: while theoretical physicists tend to be opposed to war, their research outcomes are often first utilized by military before reaching civilian markets. To speculate on Tyson's offering: I think generally, direct commercialization is challenging. While outcomes of theoretical physics research have a multitude of application (in warfare and civilian markets), I imagine large scale development is initially very costly (due to being highly technical in nature). Military budgets, being extensive and widely unchecked, allow for far more spending on prototyping/developing these technologies than what civilian industry can achieve. I suspect many outcomes of theoretical physics research undergo initial development in a military setting, later transitioning to civilian markets after this process has reduced development costs for businesses. That said, I am sure there are exceptions-- I am just unfamiliar with them. I hope my answer is helpful. If you know of any cases of outcomes going from lab to civilian markets, please do not hesitate to share. I would love to learn more about direct commercialization of theoretical physics research! Thanks again for your comments.
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