Research

Completing Khan Industries' impressive list of company divisions is the research and development department, widely recognized as the most advanced of any major corporation. Khan Industries employs superior research teams made up of skilled scientists, technicians, and inventors, many of whom are the best in their fields. Having access to some of the finest, most expensive laboratories and research centers in existence, Shere Khan's researchers strive to develop profitable new technologies to benefit the corporation.

The main research department located within Khan Tower is divided into two sections: engineering and science. The engineering division handles practical assignments such as aircraft design, electronics, and mechanical engineering. Professor Buzz, an accomplished inventor and aerospace engineer, heads this branch of the department and also captains the company chess team. Working many hours each day in his personal high-tech laboratory — the largest research space in Khan Tower — the eccentric professor lends his expertise toward the development of experimental aircraft, automatic household appliances, and an assortment of gadgets, tools, and personal equipment.

The science division, on the other hand, concentrates on cutting-edge developments related to energy, mineral and chemical analyzation, and theoretical physics. Led by the slightly harebrained scientist Doctor Debolt, the science team attempts to pioneer brand-new technologies, not the least of which are such radical innovations as robotics, sub-electron energy amplification, and advanced electromagnetics. The science department often works hand-in-hand with engineering, developing the theories and principles which guide engineering teams in their own projects.

Professor Buzz, Khan Industries' in-house inventor.		Leader of Khan's scientific division, Doctor Debolt.

Research and development's goal is twofold. Their primary objective is to devise newer, better ways for Shere Khan to run and maintain his businesses. Much of this effort focuses on improving energy efficiency, the driving force behind Khan's ultimately doomed Sub-Electron Amplifier project. Their secondary objective is to develop revolutionary new products that will generate significant revenues for Khan Industries, such as Professor Buzz's new top-secret flying project, scheduled for mass production sometime in the next business quarter. Research teams are also analyzing samples of urgonium — an unstable, explosive mineral found only in the Khan mining colony of Boomstone — to determine applications for this new product suitable for armies and demolition companies.

Many research buildings and testing centers exist outside Khan Tower, several in remote areas far from Cape Suzette. Inside these facilities, Shere Khan's scientists develop and test the corporation's most top-secret projects, which are eventually flown to Khan headquarters for Chairman Khan's personal approval. Personnel at all Khan Industries research installations must maintain great secrecy, as corporate espionage and paid informants pose increasingly serious risks to the security of their projects.

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