Reason Established: Established as an organizational unit of TAMU as a collaborative effort between TAMU, the HSC, Texas AgriLife Research, and TEES, to advance research in the area of controlled release systems for medicine, agriculture, and industry. The Center for Microencapsulation and Drug Delivery (CMDD) is a multidisciplinary faculty group from five colleges with the capability to design and test delivery of vaccines and pharmaceuticals. Ongoing research includes basic and applied microencapsulation technologies for biomedical use, controlled release drug and vaccine delivery systems, non-biomedical applications in nanotechnology, molecular biology assay systems, and microcapsule products for petrochemical, agricultural and environmental control industries. Associate members of the CMDD include NASA, researchers from other universities, and a number of industry partners. Contact: 845-3282; 1114 TAMU; <> [pdf of MO on file]