MIPS Round 31 Award Recipients

Below is a list of projects funded by MIPS for its 31st round of contract awards. Round 31 commenced in February 2003.

20/20 GeneSystems, Inc. (Rockville)
Project: Membranes for Biomolecular Detection
County: Montgomery
Technology: Biotechnology/Genetic Engineering
Faculty: Dr. Timothy A. Barbari
Campus: University of Maryland, College Park
Department: Chemical Engineering

Automated Precision, Inc. (Rockville)

Project: Auto Body Inspection Sensor System

County: Montgomery

Technology: Software Development

Faculty: Dr. Satyandara K. Gupta

Campus: University of Maryland, College Park

Department: Mechanical Engineering

Big Bang Products (Baltimore)

Project: Hearing Protection for Ear Warmers

County: Baltimore City

Technology: Materials Science

Faculty: Dr. Amr M. Baz

Campus: University of Maryland, College Park

Department: Mechanical Engineering

Blue Wave Semiconductors (Columbia)

Project: Low Cost UV & IR Detector Fabrication

County: Howard

Technology: Materials Science

Faculty: Dr. Ichiro Takeuchi

Campus: University of Maryland, College Park

Department: Physics

Infinite Biomedical Technologies, Inc. (Baltimore)

Project: Micro Valve for Medical Use

County: Baltimore City

Technology: Medical Instrumentation/Equipment

Faculty: Dr. Elizabeth Smela

Campus: University of Maryland, College Park

Department: Mechanical Engineering

Koolspan LLC (North Bethesda)

Project: Secure Wireless Network Software Design

County: Montgomery

Technology: Software Development

Faculty: Dr. Ashok Agrawala

Campus: University of Maryland, College Park

Department: Computer Sciences

Little Optics, Inc. (Annapolis Junction)

Project: Micro-ring Devices for Optical Communications

County: Howard

Technology: Optics

Faculty: Dr. Yug Jui Chen

Campus: University of Maryland, Baltimore County

Department: Computer Science & Electrical Engineering

Maryland Semiconductors, Inc. (Clarksburg)

Project: Higher Performance RF Integrated Circuits

County: Montgomery

Technology: VLSI

Faculty: Dr. Hung C. Lin

Campus: University of Maryland, College Park

Department: Electrical & Computer Engineering

Neocera, Inc. (Beltsville)

Project: Pulsed Electron Beam Deposition

County: Prince George's

Technology: Physics

Faculty: Dr. Satischandra Ogale

Campus: University of Maryland, College Park

Department: Physics

Potomac Photonics, Inc. (Lanham)

Project: Direct-Wire Circuit Reliability Testing

County: Prince George?s

Technology: Reliabilty

Faculty: Dr. Peter Sandborn

Campus: University of Maryland, College Park

Department: Mechanical Engineering

Techno-Sciences, Inc. (Lanham)

Project: Smart Instruments for Weapons Systems

County: Prince George's

Technology: Laser technology

Faculty: Dr. Christopher C. Davis

Campus: University of Maryland, College Park

Department: Electrical & Computer Engineering