Crist announces Draper deal, including R&D center at USF
TAMPA, Fla. (July 28, 2008) – Governor Charlie Crist and Draper Laboratory’s CEO Jim Shields today announced Cambridge, Mass.-based Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc., one of the world’s leading independent research and development laboratories engaged in applied research, engineering and development, will be establishing a BioMEMS R&D Center at the University of South Florida in Tampa and a Multi Chip Module (MCM) Center in St. Petersburg.