MIPS Project Detail:

Company
Company Description:
Headquartered in Bethesda, Md., Lockheed Martin is a global security and aerospace company that employs about 120,000 people worldwide and is principally engaged in the research, design, development, manufacture, integration and sustainment of advanced technology systems, products and services. The corporation’s net sales for 2016 were $47.2 billion.

MIPS Project
Stable Photochromic Compounds
Project #
1307
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MIPS Round
13
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Starting Date:
Mar 1994
MIPS Project Challenge:
Lockheed sought help from MIPS-supported researchers to increase the stability of photochromic compounds.
Project Scope:
University researchers fabricated samples of the materials and performed chemical characterization of them. This research was published in a major scientific journal.

Lockheed and MIPS have collaborated on a total of eleven projects. Lockheed and Martin Marietta merged in 1995.
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Results:
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Principal Investigator:
Ramachandra
Hosmane
,
,
Project Manager:
Jar-Mo
Chen
,
,
Director