Jacqueline Du Bois

Program Manager of Minority Programs

Maryland Technology Development Corporation

Miss Du Bois serves as the Program Manager of the Maryland Minority Research & Development Initiative, a program that seeks to increase the participation of minority, woman-owned, and veteran-disabled small businesses in the federal Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) grant programs.  Prior to joining TEDCO, Miss. Du Bois worked as a combustion scientist providing computational aerothermal design support and conducting fire-dynamics simulations for a small Maryland R&D consulting firm.  She managed the firm’s National Institute on Deafness and other Communication Disorders (NIH/NIDCD) SBIR project and leveraged its groundbreaking conclusions to mandate changes in the Life Safety and Fire Alarm specifications of the National Fire Codes.  This led to the drafting of new policies governing fire safety standards for multiple occupancy residences inhabited by deaf and hard of hearing people in the state of Maryland.  Miss. Du Bois also provided technical support on a number of the firm’s other SBIR projects.  Her experiences have prepared her well to guide others through the SBIR solicitation process.    

Miss. Du Bois holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Princeton University and an M.S. in Mechanical Engineering with a focus on thermal sciences from the University of California at Berkeley.  This summer, Miss. Du Bois earned a second Master’s degree in Economic Policy Analysis from the University of Maryland-Baltimore County and was inducted into the Omicron Delta Kappa National Leadership Honors Society.