The University of Mississippi (Ole Miss) is a Carnegie R1 research institution and a core member of the Mississippi Research Consortium (MRC), contributing faculty expertise, specialized labs, and talent pipelines across engineering, acoustics, data science, and law to the state’s innovation economy. Ole Miss research strengths—including the National Center for Physical Acoustics—translate into commercialization, applied research, and workforce pipelines that directly serve aerospace, defense, and technology industries across Mississippi.