The Facts Founded in 1990, the organization is managed by a ten-member board of directors. The OMI program focuses on pursuing specific research for industry at the State's research institutes, currently Oregon Graduate Institute, Oregon State University, Portland State University, and the Albany Research Center. The institutes train students to work with industry, develop faculty to work on research projects, add essential laboratory equipment, and update curriculum in keeping with the state of the developed science and technology.
Industry provides half the research funding.
This could be a great boon to the electronics industry, and was named one of the Top 100 scientific discoveries of 1996. A patent was also issued on a coated kevlar cloth to make rail cars stronger and lighter, reducing the cost of shipping by rail. Improved manufacturing process- OMI research helped a small Bend company develop a new manufacturing process that both dramatically lowered costs and is environmentally friendly. New international sales - OMI research identified a better way to process titanium for high temperature uses. This research work combined with individual industry efforts resulted in the first production order for aerospace quality titanium aluminide castings in the world .