Mid-Atlantic Technology, Research & Innovation Center
Life-Changing Innovation
MATRIC Makes its Home at the South Charleston Technology Park
MATRIC currently occupies offices and laboratories in Building 740 at the South Charleston Technology Park. The building, originally constructed as a Research and Development facility by Union Carbide Corporation, now a subsidiary of Dow Chemical, is well suited for MATRIC's R&D activities. Mid-Atlantic Technical Engineering, a subsidiary of MATRIC, has offices in Building 2000 at the Technology Park.
Headlines
Technology, Research Center Gets $2 Million State Loan
MATRIC has closed on a $2 million loan from the state's venture capital fund
SC Research Center Gets $2M Loan from Jobs Trust
Loan to support science, technology and engineering research at MATRIC
MATRIC Gets First $100,000 Check
South Charleston provides support to help create jobs
MATRIC Gets Check From South Charleston
The company has created new jobs
Millions Sought for Technology Park
Groups hope to get $100 million from stimulus plan to take ownership of Dow center
A Nobel Gathering
Laureates of most prestigious chemistry prize interact with students, discuss chemical solutions to energy crisis.
Climate Legislation Moves To Senate
Razor-thin House vote clears CO2 emissions bill.
Controlling Flammability
Cage compound sequesters white phosphorus safely.
ACS Documents Visa Problems
Society’s report lends weight to other stakeholders' efforts to improve visa process.
Scientists Condemn Iran Crackdown
Iranian scientists abroad decry attacks on universities.
Learning from locusts
(Queen's University) A similarity in brain disturbance between insects and people suffering from migraines, stroke and epilepsy points the way toward new drug therapies to address the...
AGU journal highlights - July 2, 2009
(American Geophysical Union) Featured in this release are research papers on the following topics: "Ancient supervolcano's eruption caused decade of severe winters"; "Understanding fa...
Integrated optical trap holds particles for on-chip analysis
(University of California - Santa Cruz) A new type of optical particle trap can be used to manipulate bacteria, viruses and other particles on a chip as part of an integrated optoflui...
UT multimedia program increases middle school interest in science
(University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston) Middle school students who were part of a unique science learning program developed by the University of Texas School of Public ...
Natural compound stops retinopathy
(University of Oklahoma) Researchers at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center have found a way to use a natural compound to stop one of the leading causes of blindness in ...
What We Do
Research and Development in Chemicals and Green Technology
Development of Advanced Software Solutions
Advancing Biological Knowledge from Lab to Bedside
MATRIC Subsidiaries
MATE - Offering a full range of engineering services
MAH - Advancing IP to profitable commercial businesses
MCR - Providing R&D services outside the scope of MATRIC's tax-exempt charter
NICS - Helping communities manage chemical risks
Recent Updates
Solids processing page added, including crystallization and solid-liquid separations
Added automatic translation capability
November 2008 Newsletter posted
Updated MCR Board of Directors
Added brochure: Opportunity is Knocking
Updated MCR Board of Directors
Highlights
West Virginia BioEnergy Forum: Promoting the bioenergy industry in West Virginia
The South Charleston Technology Park: An outstanding R&D location
Coal Mine Safety: Technology to protect our miners
Biomass Conversion: MATRIC's activities related to renewable raw materials
Automotive Database: Compilation of automotive R&D capabilities
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"Creating OPPORTUNITY is a specialty of MATRIC. Whether it lies in taking advantage of an extant talent pool, as MATRIC has done at its South Charleston, WV headquarters, or in helping a customer reformulate one of its products and increasing that product's sales ten-fold, the MATRIC family of companies seeks to turn lemons into lemonade. This can-do attitude embodies MATRIC's corporate culture."
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