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, also has offices in this building.
Highlights
Technology Accelerator Program: Providing innovators with assistance to further their entrepreneurial aspirations
Biomass Conversion: MATRIC's activities related to renewable raw materials
Coal Mine Safety: Technology to protect our miners
Headlines
MATRIC Hosts National Youth Science Camp Delegates
Group includes top two science students from each state
MATRIC Selects 2010 Summer Interns
Program offers students an opportunity to engage in hands-on cutting-edge research
MATRIC Helps Firm to Make Eco-Friendly Deicer
Work leading to construction of a $50 million biorefinery
Betty Ireland to Build MATRIC Relationships
The former West Virginia secretary of state has become vice president of business relationships for MATRIC
MATRIC to Join Notre Dame on $2.6 Million Emissions Project
MATRIC and Notre Dame University have received a $2.6 million grant to investigate a less expensive way to capture carbon emissions
Plumes Finger Oil Spill
Geochemistry: BP leak is behind undersea oil plumes, isotopic analyses confirm.
Breaking Up Is Hard To Do
Femtosecond Science: Technique tracks structure, electron dynamics during reactions.
Iron And Sunlight Zap Methylmercury
Environmental Pollutants: Scientists uncover a mechanism for methylmercury's decomposition during the Arctic's long summer days.
To Track An Oxidant
Indoor Air: Scientists measure hydroxyl radicals for the first time in an unperturbed indoor environment.
Shaking Paves Way To Clean DNA
Nucleic Acid Chemistry: Method purifies by catching desired product in a gel.
New biodegradable compound facilitates bone regeneration in cases of substantial loss
(Elhuyar Fundazioa) Bones have a capacity to regenerate themselves after suffering partial damage. However, it is really quite another thing when a serious break or tumour lesion occu...
University of Nevada, Reno tests cutting-edge technology for underwater mapping at Tahoe basin
(University of Nevada, Reno) A borrowed boat, a small mountain lake and the inaugural run of a half-a-million dollar state-of-the-art multi-beam sonar system made history this month w...
Decontaminating dangerous drywall
(National Science Foundation) A nanomaterial originally developed to fight toxic waste is now helping reduce debilitating fumes in homes with corrosive drywall.
Snake venom studies yield insights for development of therapies for heart disease and cancer
(American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology) Researchers seeking to learn more about stroke by studying how the body responds to toxins in snake venom are this week relea...
Story tips from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, August 2010
(DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory) The following are story tips from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory for August 2010.
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
MATRIC Europa - Research, development, and engineering for process optimization
NICS - Helping communities manage chemical risks
Recent Updates
Interview with MATRIC CEO Keith Pauley
MATRIC Matters - June issue of the e-newletter published
November 2009 Newsletter posted
Solids processing page added, including crystallization and solid-liquid separations
Added automatic translation capability
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