Mission
The CHED PHERNet Center,
- Identify areas of collaboration between and among members and with counterparts within and outside the country;
- Establish a system of collaboration and resource sharing in planning and undertaking HE research;
- Initiate collaborative research projects and exchange programs; and
- Provide forums and venues for exchange /sharing of information, research experiencing, technologies and methods.
General Objectives:
- Implement collaborative and interdisciplinary research projects involving natural sciences, engineering, business administration and social sciences disciplines;
- Train graduate research advisers (budding researchers) of the graduate program in Natural Sciences, Engineering, Business Administration and Social Science;
- Mentor the graduate research advisers (budding researchers) and/or graduate research students in the research process (conceptualization, proposal writing, responsible conduct of research, publication) by their involvement in a collaborative and interdisciplinary research projects;
- Produce scientific papers / articles worthy of publication in reputable refereed journal or ISI (Institute for Scientific Information) - indexed journals (www.isinet.com) of the research projects; and
- Produce high-value products on materials science, biotechnology and engineering materials for specific applications and/or patent registration.
Strategies:
MSU-IIT adopts the following implementing strategies:
- Carry out R and D that has impact by combining fundamental and applied research;
- Work in cluster / team of multidisciplinary experts to provide solution to problems;
- Learn concepts of entrepreneurship so that innovation is commercially viable;
- Choose technology platforms well for the production of high value products.