Titan Corporation

Former U.S. Pentagon physicist Gene W. Ray founded the Titan Corporation in 1981 to improve "Star Wars" weapons systems through the use of high-powered electron beams. Ten years later, the firm
employed similar technology to revolutionize the field of medical sterilization. By 1999, Titan had opened America?s first electron beam national service center for food pasteurization.

Titan's innovative use of electricity-to sterilize everything from ground beef to medical supplies-became a matter of U.S. national security during the bioterrorism attacks of 2001. Using an electron beam
produced by a linear accelerator, the company's SureBeam technology proved so effective in killing anthrax spores that the U.S. Postal Service purchased eight SureBeams and changed the way it processes mail.

As a clean technology, Titan's electron beam irradiation eliminated the need for toxic chemicals, gases, heat and gamma irradiation in medical product sterilization systems. More than 4,000 U.S. supermarkets use SureBeam to electronically irradiate meat and fruit, protecting consumers
from deadly bacteria and environmentally harmful pests. Dr. Ray and Titan together hold 19 patents for electron-beam technology.