// set up drop downs anywhere in the body of the page. 
	if (mtDropDown.isSupported()) {

		//==================================================================================================
		// create a set of dropdowns: By the way, youngpup.net created this script not mt...
		//==================================================================================================

		var ms = new mtDropDownSet(mtDropDown.direction.down, 0, 0, mtDropDown.reference.bottomLeft);

		// Products and services
		var menu1 = ms.addMenu(document.getElementById("implants"));
		menu1.addItem(" <strong>Functionally Active Biocompatible Encapsulation</strong>", "/implants/fabe.asp");
		menu1.addItem(" <strong>Neurological Implants</strong>", "/implants//neurological_implants.asp");
		menu1.addItem(" <strong>Smart Shunts</strong>", "/implants/smart_shunts.asp"); 
		menu1.addItem(" <strong>Drug-Delivery and Smart Biological Implants</strong>", "/implants//drug_delivery.asp"); 

		var menu2 = ms.addMenu(document.getElementById("biochem"));
		menu2.addItem(" <strong>Biological and Chemical Sensors</strong>", "/sensors/biological_chemical_sensors.asp");
		menu2.addItem(" <strong>Radiation Sensors</strong>", "/sensors/radiation_sensors.asp");
		menu2.addItem(" <strong>Ultrasonic Cancer Detection</strong>", "/sensors/ultrasonic_cancer_detection.asp"); 
		menu2.addItem(" <strong>Cancer Detection with Raman Spectroscopy</strong>", "/sensors/cancer_detection.asp"); 

		var menu3 = ms.addMenu(document.getElementById("robotics"));
		menu3.addItem(" <strong>Robotic Surgery</strong>", "/fusion/robotic_surgery.asp");
		menu3.addItem(" <strong>Astronaut Operations</strong>", "/fusion/astronaut_operations.asp");
		menu3.addItem(" <strong>SAVES</strong>", "/fusion/saves.asp"); 

		var menu4 = ms.addMenu(document.getElementById("energy"));
		menu4.addItem(" <strong>Smart Transformers</strong>", "/energy/smart_transformers.asp");
		menu4.addItem(" <strong>Micro Fuel Cells</strong>", "/energy/micro_fuel_cells.asp");
		menu4.addItem(" <strong>Wide Bandgap Semiconductors</strong>", "/energy/wide_bandgap_semiconductors.asp"); 

		var menu5 = ms.addMenu(document.getElementById("educationalPrograms"));
		menu5.addItem(" <strong>SSIM REU Program</strong>", "/education/ssim_reu_program.asp");
		menu5.addItem(" <strong>SSIM Graduate Program</strong>", "/education/ssim_graduate_program.asp");
		menu5.addItem(" <strong>Principal Faculty</strong>", "/education/principal_faculty.asp"); 



		//==================================================================================================
		// write drop downs into page
		//==================================================================================================
		// this method writes all the HTML for the menus into the page with document.write(). It must be
		// called within the body of the HTML page.
		//==================================================================================================
		mtDropDown.renderAll();
		init();
	}