Technology Readiness Level and Change of Triple Helix Collaboration

초록

The United States Department of Energy (DOE) uses the following guidelines throughout the department in conducting Technology Readiness Assessments (TRAs) and developing Technology Maturation Plans (TMPs) (DOE, 2009). Technology readiness level can be decomposed into nine sub-stages. And characteristics of each TRL can be described such as in <Table 1>. Also, the author can match the strong pole with each TRL, which means what plays an important role in each TRL. From TRL 1 to TRL 3, generally universities play major roles in Korea. For basic research is important in those stages. From TRL 4 to TRL 5, government sponsored research institutes (GRIs) play important roles in Korea. GRIs do bridging roles between universities and industries through stage of TRL 4, 5. And firms are in dominant position from TRL 6 to TRL 9. There can be sectoral differences, whether the field is IT (information technology), BT (bio technology) or GT (green technology).