MRIGlobal
Kansas City-area business leaders | |
| Headquarters | 425 Volker Boulevard Kansas City, Missouri, United States |
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Area served | Worldwide |
| Services | |
Number of employees | 550 (in FY13)[1] |
| Website | www |
MRIGlobal is an American independent,
MRIGlobal conducts programs in the areas of
History[3]
Foundation
Founded in 1944 during
MRIGlobal was located first in the former
Rapid expansion
MRIGlobal obtained its first contract with
Expansion and growth continued in the 1980s. In 1982, a venture group was created to commercialize MRIGlobal’s inventions. Major projects included engineering lightweight thermoelectric cooling devices for
Throughout the next two decades, MRIGlobal expanded its operations, adding locations in Palm Bay, Florida, in 1999; Rockville, Maryland, in 2002; and Frederick, Maryland, in 2003.[7]
In January 2015, MRIGlobal powered up their first online detection database, CBRNE Tech Index.
Recent history
On March 1, 2011, the Midwest Research Institute was renamed MRIGlobal to reflect its expanded focus.[3][8]
In 2014, MRIGlobal launched CBRNE Tech Index, a comprehensive database of Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and Explosive (CBRNE) detection equipment.[9]
Projects[3][10]
- Coating process for M&M Candies permitting the coating of 3,300 pounds (1,500 kg) of chocolate centers every hour (1950s)[11]
- Soluble coffee for J.A. Folger a forerunner of auto drip coffeemaker (1950s)[12]
- National Renewable Energy Laboratory (managed since its start in 1977 as MRIGlobal is part of the Alliance for Sustainable Energy) (1970s)
- Maintaining the National Cancer Institute Repository (since the 1980s)
- Development of a thermoelectriccooling system for flight personnel and astronauts (1990s)
- NREL and DuPont) (2000s)
- Advanced air sampler to detect trace levels of DNA from anthrax spores (2000s)
- Producing an
- Supporting the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) in the development and manufacture of drug candidates for ultimate use in clinical trials (2010s)[10]
- Custom designed and fabricated two Containerized Bio-Containment System (CBCS) units for the United States Department of State with private funding from the Paul Allen Ebola Program to serve as flyable medical transport units with full biocontainment for patients with Ebola or other types of highly pathogenic organisms (2010s)[13]
- Providing electricity to a remote island village in Tanzania through a 60–80 kWp PV battery-diesel hybrid minigrid (2010s)[10]
References
- ^ a b c "MRIGlobal 2013 Annual Report" (PDF). mriglobal.org. Retrieved 2014-07-21.
- ^ "MRIGlobal 2014 Annual Report" (PDF). mriglobal.org. Retrieved 2015-01-16.
- ^ a b c "History brochure" (PDF). MRIGlobal. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 November 2013. Retrieved 1 November 2013.
- ^ "Search KU Finding Aids". Ead.diglib.ku.edu. Archived from the original on 2006-09-02. Retrieved 2011-03-01.
- ^ "Index". Westporthistorical.org. Archived from the original on 2008-05-09. Retrieved 2011-03-01.
- Kansas City Star. Retrieved August 19, 2014.
- ^ Midwest Research Institute.
- Kansas City Business Journal. Archived from the originalon June 29, 2011. Retrieved March 1, 2011.
- ^ "MRIGlobal Launches CBRNE Tech Index™". www.mriglobal.org. Retrieved 2015-07-21.
- ^ a b c d "MRIGlobal 2015 Annual Report" (PDF). mriglobal.org. Retrieved 2016-03-16.
- ^ "MRI Breakthroughs". Mriresearch.org. September 11, 2001. Archived from the original on July 2, 2008. Retrieved January 15, 2010.
- Kansas City Star. Retrieved August 21, 2014.
- ^ Tom Paulson. "Paul Allen Foundation supports new Ebola evacuation scheme". Humanosphere. Retrieved November 11, 2015.
