ABOUT US
...This site and the companion book, "Mississippi Gulf Coast Advanced
Materials," were commissioned by the Mississippi Gulf Coast Alliance
for Economic Development, a group of economic development leaders
from South Mississippi.

...The information was compiled and written by Tortorano
Commissioned Publications, an independent research firm in Gulf
Breeze, FL.

...The maps were produced using a combination of Google Earth Pro and
satellite images available to the public through the Applied Research and
Technology Project Office at Stennis Space Center, MS
(https://zulu.ssc.nasa.gov/mrsid/mrsid.pl).

...The concept maps were produced using CMap tools developed by the
Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition, Pensacola, FL
(http://www.ihmc.us/).

...Home page images: 1) Polymer strand (Accelrys, San Diego, Calif.); 2)
convection furnace (University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg,
Miss.); 3) LPD 21 composite lower mast (Northrop Grumman Ship
Systems, Pascagoula, Miss.); Chevron Pascagoula Refinery (Chevron,
Pascagoula, Miss.).

...Copyright 2006-2009. All rights reserved.



...Want to learn about South Mississippi's role in other science and
technology sectors? Visit
Mississippi Gulf Coast Aerospace Corridor;
Mississippi Gulf Coast Geospatial Corridor; Mississippi Gulf Coast
Shipbuilding Corridor.; and Mississippi Gulf Coast Marine Science
Corridor. For a copy of the 8-page brochure summarizing the sci-tech
sectors of South Mississippi, click
here.
Copyright 2006-2009, Mississippi Gulf Coast Alliance for Economic Development