In the early 2000s, Robert Harris, now the base's chief ofengineering, organized a department outing on the property, including golf on six holes mowed for the occasion.
Although the company is developing engineering and sales capabilities in house, most of its intellectual property assets have come through recent acquisitions.
As she accepted the Intellectual Property Owner's Association 's 27th Annual Inventor of the Year award on June 28 for her work in tissue engineering--she is the first individual woman to win the award--her Donna Reed-style hair and her concerned expression made her look like a doctor about to apply a Band-Aid.