$4.1M in Technology Projects Approved by Mtech Maryland Industrial Partnerships Program

• Feng Chen

COLLEGE PARK, Md., Feb. 8, 2012 -- /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Maryland Industrial Partnerships (MIPS) Program, a high-impact economic development initiative fostering innovation and new jobs in the State of Maryland, has approved 16 new technology product development projects worth $4.1 million.

Teaming companies and faculty throughout the State of Maryland, the projects include: floating islands to clean the Chesapeake Bay, a hyper-local and responsive climate control system for residential and commercial applications, a system to remove CO2 and other harmful nutrients from industrial flue gas, a mobile facility for processing fresh heirloom tomatoes from Maryland farmers, an electronic baseball home plate, pest-resistant soybeans, monitoring devices for freeze-sensitive biopharmaceutical and food products, a vertical-axis wind turbine, low-inertia running shoes, and a synthetic filtration system for stormwater runoff. Therapeutics or treatments are being developed for anthrax, esophageal cancer, stress and autoimmune disease.