1. Proposed Organizational Structure, Fees, and Growth Plan

3. NSF’s Role in the Center An I/UCRC operates as a “franchise” business Holds university overhead to 10% $55k / year per university SBIR Opportunities for small companies to join I/UCRC Governance policies and legal agreements Intellectual property Annual reporting – Director’s Report Hires external evaluator each year – Evaluator’s Report Helps transition I/UCRC to other funding vehicle MTU UM

4. Our strategy – get over the bar 6 Members (3 per University) $300,000 Member funding NSF Minimum Requirements $55k / year for each university + $10k / year to lead university $15k / year to hire evaluator 5 year award NSF Award EP core faculty Chem propulsion collaborators Expand in follow-on years Our Plan “Shoot low boys – they’re ridin’ Shetland ponies.” -- Lewis Grizzard

5. Growth strategy Universities can join Center if they bring 3 Members Universities who “join” center get NSF funding Faculty from U’s who have not “joined” can get Center funds Unlimited number of Collaborating Faculty can participate Collaborating U’s must adhere to Center IP policies, etc.

6. EP Core with Chemical Collaborators

7. Work with Purdue and CSULB to add Chemical Members

8. Expand Scope? Other Universities

9. Proposed Structure Associate Member – ½ vote on IAB: $20,000 / year Member – 1 vote on IAB: $40,000 / year Executive Member – 2 votes on IAB: $70,000 / year Funding and Dues Meeting Annual meeting at JPC, IEPC, or JANNAF One annual on-campus meeting Need 8 Members to form $455k / year minimum pool

10. Assumes 12 Members steady-state @ $40k / Member $7.5k / grad student / year supplies budget Sustainable funding: 7 graduate students w / 6 faculty More collaboration can focus this by reducing faculty time Center Cash Flow Projection: First Four Years Fall 09Winter 10Summer 10Fall 10Winter 11Summer 11Fall 11Winter 12Summer 12Fall 12Winter 13Summer 13 CASH REVENUES NSF Funding120000 Member Contributions 160000 200000 240000 CASH DISBURSEMENTS Director Salary Offset 1 15600 Center Admin Assistant 2 13000 Faculty Summer Salary 3 0 78000 Graduate Student Support 4 06400096000112000 Supplies 5 080001200014000 Promotion and Marketing150002000 50002000 50002000 50002000 University F&A 6 436010260138602376015660 2376015660 2376015660 RECONCILIATION OF CASH Total Revenues120000160000 120000200000 120000240000 120000240000 Total Disbursements47960112860152460261360172260 261360172260 261360172260 Period Opening Cash Balance072040119180126720-146401310040840-100520-3278034960-106400-38660 Period Revenues minus Disbursements72040471407540-14136027740 -14136067740 -14136067740 PERIOD CLOSE CASH BALANCE72040119180126720-146401310040840-100520-3278034960-106400-3866029080 1 Assumes offset of 30% x $120k annual salary plus 30% fringe benefits is required to release Director from University teaching 2 $30k annual salary plus 30% fringe benefits 3 Assumes six faculty each drawing one month of summer salary at a rate of $120k/year plus 30% fringe benefits 4 Assumes average full-time graduate student cost of $16k/semester 5 $2,500 supplies per-semester for each graduate student

11. Comparison of funding without IUCRC Conventional University ResearchI/UCRC Model FUNDING Industry Contributions$320,000 NSF Contributions$0$110,000 TOTAL FUNDING$320,000$430,000 EXPENDITURES Graduate students, faculty, and supplies$175,129$360,909 Administrative$30,000 Overhead$114,872$39,091 TOTAL EXPENDITURES$320,001$430,000

12. Excerpt from Sample Membership Form COMPANY agrees to contribute $40,000 annually in support of the CENTER and thereby becomes a sponsor. Payment of these membership fees shall be made to Michigan Tech University as a lump sum effective __________________; or in four equal quarterly installments on __________, _________, _________ and __________ of each year of sponsorship. Checks from COMPANY should be mailed to _________________________________________________ and made payable to ________________________. Because research of the type to be done by the CENTER takes time and research results may not be obvious immediately, COMPANY should join CENTER with the intention of remaining a fee paying member for at least two years. However, COMPANY may terminate this Agreement by giving UNIVERSITY 90 days written notice prior to the termination date.

13. Feedback from Hartford – areas of interest Plasma/surface interactions (erosion, secondary e- yield, charging) Diagnostics – non-intrusive Studies of PPU inefficiencies Investigation of high thrust-to-power limitations High efficiency power processing for space applications Thruster integration effects – thermal management, recovery “Out of the box” propulsion physics – new theories, concepts, and chemistry Pursuit of “one size fits all” thruster – variable Isp, thrust Anything that reduces the cost of EP systems Electron mobility in Hall thrusters – especially at high T/P Heat deposition – thermal management in Hall thrusters Study of cathode contamination effects and cleanliness thresholds – what are the “real” handling requirements? Model-based qualification programs – reducing ground-test costs

14. Feedback from Hartford – areas of interest Micropropulsion research – important as budgets shrink and for ORS Space trajectory optimization for minimum fuel consumption Passive thermal control strategies Liquid propellant management