Partnerships

Sponsors and collaborators

CECD was established on December 14, 1998 through a cooperative agreement between the University of Maryland and the Indian Head Division of the Naval Surface Warfare Center. The pages below document the federal agencies, national laboratories, companies, and universities the Center has worked with since.

The cooperative agreements.

The first five-year agreement was signed at Indian Head on December 14, 1998 by founding director Davinder K. Anand, with Ron Armstrong, William Fourney, Chester Clark, James Short, Robert Kavetsky, and others. A second agreement followed in 2004, alongside the formal Southern Maryland Initiative for Energetic Capability Development.

A third, $10 million, five-year cooperative agreement was signed on October 5, 2009 in response to NSWC solicitation BAA-08-001, awarded against four criteria: technical merit, Navy mission relevance, capabilities and facilities, and cost share. Through 2008, the first two agreements supported 130 technical projects involving 52 NSWC scientists and engineers alongside 31 UMD faculty and researchers.

  • Founded

    Dec 14, 1998

  • Cooperative agreements signed

    1998, 2004, 2009

  • Third agreement value

    $10M / 5 yr

  • Through 2008

    130 projects

The partner record, by sector.

Federal sponsors

Government

Naval Surface Warfare Center Indian Head Division, ONR, ARL, ONI, and the State of Maryland. National laboratory collaborations including LANL, Argonne, and LMU Munich.

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Private sector

Industry

The Energetics Technology Center spinoff, the NEILOM Foundation, and industry partners documented at CECD symposia: Aerojet, BAE Systems, Ballard Power, Wyle Laboratories, and others.

Open

Universities

Academia

The Clark School host departments, the Do Good Institute at the UMD School of Public Policy, the College of Southern Maryland, and LMU Munich.

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