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US university gets $1 million Air Force coatings contract.(us newslines)
Urethanes Technology, February, 2007
Ypsilanti, Michigan -- The Coatings Research Institute (CRI) at Eastern Michigan University (EMU), based in Ypsilanti, announced 12 Dec that it has gained a contract worth $1 million with the US Air Force. The institute will carry out coatings research for the military branch at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio, said EMU.
"The basic objective is we're building on polyurethane resins we previously developed for the Army," said John Texter, professor of polymer and coatings technology, and EMU's project director on the new contract.
"It is allowing us to take technology developed on previous earmarks and find a better niche in this Air Force application."
This deal follows previous coatings research for the US Army and the Navy,...
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