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03/01/2005 - Wayne Whitt discovers
the NASA SWCNT opportunity and presents initial business plan to
potential investors, friends and family
04/01/2005 - Wayne Whitt makes
initial contact with NASA
06/29/2005 - Articles of
Incorporation filed with Idaho Secretary of State to incorporate
Idaho Space Materials
10/17/2006 - Wayne Whitt and Roger
Smith receive training in carbon nanotubes at NSTI
Nanotechnology Impact Summit in Alexandria, VA
10/21/2005 - Articles executed,
initial stock divided, and executive positions appointed, Wayne
Whitt - President, Roger Smith - Vice President, Brian Smith -
Vice President, Patrick VanKleek - Treasurer, Ryan Smith -
Secretary
11/30/2005 - ISM site visit at NASA
Goddard Space Flight Center to meet Dr. Benavides SWCNT process
inventor
12/01/2005 - Idaho Space Materials,
Inc. founded
01/04/2006 - ISM enters into
Partners In RAMAN agreement with Kaiser Optical Systems, Inc. (KOSI)
to develop a RAMAN Spectrometer for Idaho Space Materials, Inc
that is capable of characterizing Single Wall Carbon Nanotubes (SWCNTs)
in process
01/09/2006 - ISM
begins research and development effort to commercially produce
SWCNTs.
02/24/2006 - ISM
establishes a cooperative agreement with the University of
Idaho’s Chemistry Department and Electron Microscopy Center for
the characterization of SWCNTs.
04/05/2006 - ISM receives
International Air Transport Association (IATA) training and
certification to facilitate the shipping of samples that may
need to contain small quantities of methanol
04/20/2006 - ISM submits very first
STTR Proposal to U.S. Navy in cooperation with University of
Iowa's Dr. Shaoping Xiao an expert in
Computational
Multiscale Mechanics to address the Navy's interest in CNT
polymer composites
05/07/2006 - ISM receives training
in polymer nanotechnology at NSTI Conference in Boston, MA
08/01/2006 - ISM launches NOMEC
Series Single Wall Carbon Nanotubes (SWCNTs) produced with no
metal catalyst / contamination
10/01/2006 - ISM President and CEO
Wayne Whitt accepts invitation to moderate the Advanced
Materials Session during the
National Nano
Engineering Conference (NNEC) taking place November 9th and
10th in Boston, MA
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