Pine Belt Innovators have been established to create an innovation-friendly business environment in the Hattisburg region.
For more information on PBI, please visit the website, or contact Sunny Corral.
Southern Mississippi Youth Entrepreneurship Program (SMYEP)
Southern Mississippi Youth Entrepreneurship Program makes it's debut into the community! Starting this fall, SMYEP will be offered to local high school students via a curriculum developed in partnership with USM, JCJC, and other organizations.
For more information on SMYEP, please visit the website, or contact Brent Hales.
Marine Composite Consortium
The Marine Composite Consortium is an initiative to stimulate collaborative effort amongst the Mississippi businesses and educational institutions interested in the application of polymer science and composite technologies to the marine industry. It presently includes three companies, Northrop Grumman, Seemann Composites, US Marine and the Mississippi Gulf Coast Communirty College, Pearl River Community College as well as the Unibersity of Southern Mississippi.
The two major goals of the Consortium are to develop innovative technologies and to develop the workforce for implementing these technologies.
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For questions, contact Phil Dur.
