MIPS Round 32 Award Recipients

Below is a list of projects funded by MIPS for its 32nd round of contract awards. Round 32 commenced in July 2003.

American Dehydrated Foods, Inc. (Princess Anne)
Project: Biosorbents from Agricultural Residuals
County: Summerset
Faculty: Dr. Jennifer G. Becker
Campus: University of Maryland, College Park
Department: Biological Resources Engineering

Calibrant Biosystems, Inc. (Rockville)

Project: Field-Effect Flow Control

County: Montgomery

Faculty: Dr. Donald DeVoe

Campus: University of Maryland, College Park

Department: Mechanical Engineering

Chondros Inc. (Baltimore)

Project: Cartilage Cell Culture Scale-Up

County: Baltimore City

Faculty: Dr. Nam Sung Wang

Campus: University of Maryland, College Park

Department: Chemical Engineering

DataStream Conversion, LLC (College Park)

Project: Software Engineering Best Practices

County: Prince George's

Faculty: Dr. Marvin Zelkowitz

Campus: University of Maryland, College Park

Department: Computer science

GenVec, Inc. (Gaithersburg)

Project: Gene Transfer to the Inner Ear

County: Montgomery

Faculty: Dr. Hinrich Staecker

Campus: University of Maryland, Baltimore

Department: Otolaryngology

Hughes Network Systems (Germantown)

Project: Broadband Internet

County: Montgomery

Technology: Software Development

Faculty: Dr. John S. Baras

Campus: University of Maryland, College Park

Department: Institute for Systems Research/Electrical and Computer Engineering

InTank, Inc. (Laurel)

Project: Ultrasonic Nondestructive Inspection of Tanks

County: Howard

Faculty: Dr. K. J. Ray Liu

Campus: University of Maryland, College Park

Department: Electrical & Computer Engineering

Intradigm Corporation (Rockville)

Project: Gene Delivery Optimization

County: Montgomery

Faculty: Dr. A. James Mixson

Campus: University of Maryland, Baltimore

Department: Pathology

Intronn Inc. (Gaithersburg)

Project: RNA Trans-Splicing in Plants

County: Montgomery

Faculty: Dr. Stephen M. Mount

Campus: University of Maryland, College Park

Department: Cell Biology & Moledcular Genetics

Kirkegaard & Perry Labs, Inc. (Gaithersburg)

Project: Delivery of Interact Therapeutic Proteins

County: Montogomery

Faculty: Dr. Nick Ambulos

Campus: University of Maryland, Baltimore

Department: Microbiology & Immunology

LumenLink, Inc. (Rockville)

Project: Communications

County: Montgomery

Faculty: Dr. Stuart Milner

Campus: University of Maryland, College Park

Department: Institute for Systems Research

Mad Dog Control, Inc. (Frederick City)

Project: Focused Ion Beam Bar Coding

County: Frederick

Faculty: Dr. John Melngailis

Campus: University of Maryland, College Park

Department: Electrical and Computer Engineering

MedImmune (Frederick)

Project: Training for Bioprocess Production

County: Frederick

Faculty: Edward Sybert

Campus: University of Maryland, College Park

Department: Biotechnolgy Program

Norris Electro Optical Systems, Corp. (Ellicott City)

Project: FAA Runway UV Visibility in Fog & Mist

County: Howard

Faculty: Dr. Douglas G. Currie

Campus: University of Maryland, College Park

Department: Physics

Phoenix S&T, Inc. (Elkton)

Project: Nanospray System for Proteomics

County: Cecil

Faculty: Noel Whittaker

Campus: University of Maryland, College Park

Department: Life Sciences

Quantum Sail Design Group Manufacturing LLC (Annapolis)

Project: CAD/CAE Development of Sails

County: Anne Arundel

Faculty: Dr. Jewel B. Barlow

Campus: University of Maryland, College Park

Department: Wind Tunnel

Systems Planning and Analysis, Inc. (Greenbelt)

Project: Monitoring Turbine Engine Exhaust

County: Howard

Faculty: Dr. Steven G. Buckley

Campus: University of Maryland, College Park

Department: Mechanical Engineering

Techno-Sciences, Inc. (Lanham)

Project: Active Pitch Link Technology

County: Prince george's

Faculty: Dr. Inderjit Chopra

Campus: University of Maryland, College Park

Department: Aerospace Engineering