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New ATP Awards Announced
in 2004
FY
2004 Funding as of September 2004 (ATP
FY2004 Competition) |
Automated
Wave-Equation Imaging for Oil and Gas Exploration
3DGeo Development
Develop and demonstrate a next-generation seismic
imaging technology that includes an automated solution to
modeling the acoustic propagation velocity for seismic waves,
yielding faster and more accurate images to guide oil and
gas exploration.
- Project
Duration: 10/01/04 - 9/30/2006
- Total
project (est.): $2,555,000
- Requested
ATP funds: $1,930,000
Contact: Demitri
Bevc, 408-450-7840 X102, dimitri@3dgeo.com
Enabling
Personalized Multimodal Access for People with Severe
Communication/Motor Disabillities
Advanced Interfaces, Inc.
Develop a touch-free, personalized, trainable multimodal
interface to enable effective communication for individuals affected
by severe communication/motor disabilities.
- Project
Duration: 10/01/04 - 9/30/2007
- Total
project (est.): $2,485,901
- Requested
ATP funds: $1,988,720
Contact: Priya
Baboo, 814-867-8977, pbaboo@advancedinterfaces.com
A
Genetic Engineering Technology Platform for Production
of Nove1 Cyclic Peptide-Based Drugs
AureoGen Biosciences, Inc.
Develop methodologies and tools to enable simple,
efficient genetic engineering of biosynthesis complexes to produce
cyclic peptides for use as antifungal, antibacterial and anticancer
drugs.
- Project
Duration: 10/01/04 - 9/30/2007
- Total
project (est.): $2,242,542
- Requested
ATP funds: $1,450,508
Contact: Dr.
Ake Elhammer, 269-372-3517, ake.p.elhammer@aureogen.com
“Free
Standing” Single Wall Carbon-Nanotube Fuel Cell
Electrode
Carbon Nanotechnologies, Inc.
Develop a novel, free-standing single-wall carbon
nanotube electrode assembly containing an immobilized noble-metal
catalyst to enable compact proton exchange membrane fuel cells
with superior performance and longer lifetimes while simplifying
manufacturing.
- Project
Duration: 10/01/04 - 9/30/2007
- Total
project (est.): $7,379,707
- Requested
ATP funds: $3,616,054
Contact: Thomas
Wainerdi, 281-492-5719, twainerdi@cnanotech.com
Scalable
Planar Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Technology for Beyond 200kW
Corning, Inc.
Develop a thin, large area planar solid oxide fuel
cell based on innovative ceramics, device design, and array architecture,
for enterprise-level primary and cogeneration distributed power
that can cycle repeatedly and be more easily fabricated into
200kW power units.
- Project
Duration: 10/01/04 - 9/30/2007
- Total
project (est.): $16,030,863
- Requested
ATP funds: $7,996,218
Contact: Monica
L. Ott, 607-974-8769, OttML@corning.com
Low
Cost, High Efficiency Chip Scale LED Lamp
Cree, Inc.
Demonstrate a white light-emitting diode (LED) lamp
package with an integrated chip approach that would more than
quadruple the brightness and double the efficiency of existing
LED systems and significantly reduce the cost per lumen.
- Project
Duration: 10/01/04 - 9/30/2007
- Total
project (est.): $6,951,195
- Requested
ATP funds: $3,383,865
Contact: Cynthia_Merrell,
919-313-5359, Cynthia_Merrell@cree.com
Processes
for Growing Large, Single Crystal Aluminum Nitride
Crystal IS, Inc.
Develop cost-effective, high-quality, and commercially
important, single-crystal aluminum nitride (AlN) substrates,
which are needed for diverse and important power electronics
and optoelectronics applications, by using an approach that incorporates
new techniques of crystal seed growth, coupled with advanced
thermal gradient control, and new crucible designs, to grow large
high-quality, AlN crystal boules.
- Project
Duration: 10/01/04 - 9/30/2007
- Total
project (est.): $3,118,722
- Requested
ATP funds: $1,997,872
Contact: Keith
R. Evans, Ph.D., 518-276-3325, evans@crystal-is.com
The
In Vitro Production of Human Monocional Antibodies
Cytimmune
Sciences, Inc.
Develop a semi-synthetic human immune system on
colloidal gold nanoparticles, to make wholly human monoclonal
antibodies in vitro for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis
and other diseases.
- Project
Duration: 10/01/04 - 9/30/2007
- Total
project (est.): $2,879,056
- Requested
ATP funds: $1,999,972
Contact: Lawrence
Tamarkin, Ph.D., 240-864-2796, ltamarkin@cytimmune.com
Reconfigurable
Infrastructure Platform for Systems-on-Chips
DAFCA, Inc.
Develop an infrastructure platform for system-on-a-chip
(SoC) electronics that implements a new kind of reconfigurable
embedded debug logic to detect and fix design errors after fabrication,
enabling reduced design cycle time, bypassing manufacturing defects,
and improving yields.
- Project
Duration: 10/01/04 - 9/30/2027
- Total
project (est.): $2,584,692
- Requested
ATP funds: $1,828,050
Contact: Peter
L. Levin, Ph.D., 774-204-0021, peter.levin@dafca.com
High-Speed
AFM-based Platform for Quantitative Nanomechanical Measurements
Dow Chemical Company
Develop an atomic force microscopy based platform
for high-speed, high-bandwidth quantitative nanomechanical measurements
which provides structure-property understanding at the nanoscale
in order to accelerate discovery, design, and commercialization
of nanomaterials.
- Project
Duration: 10/01/04 - 9/30/2007
- Total
project (est.): $13,389,209
- Requested
ATP funds: $6,560,714
Contact: Jeff
Schatzer, 989-636-5017, jlschatzer@dow.com
Biotechnology
for Conferring Apomixis (Clonal Seed Production) to Crops
Gemini Life Sciences, Inc.
Develop technologies to stabilize superior crop
hybrids by asexual seed production ("self-cloning")
thereby improving yields of major food, feed, fiber and biomass
crops and reducing hybrid seed production costs.
- Project
Duration: 10/01/04 - 9/30/2027
- Total
project (est.): $2,709,999
- Requested
ATP funds: $1,975,002
Contact: Ross
Farmer, 208-656-0880, rkwd@srv.net
Advanced
Fuel and Emission Control (AFEC) System Technology Demonstrator
Glennan Microsystems, Inc.
Develop an active combustion control system for
gas turbine engines based on MEMS technology and SiC sensors
that will greatly reduce polluting emissions while extending
engine life and preserving fuel efficiency.
- Project
Duration: 10/01/04 - 9/30/2008
- Total
project (est.): $6,330,000
- Requested
ATP funds: $3,160,000
Contact: Martin
Kress, 216-898-6440, KressM@battelle.org
Unified
Radio Architecture--A Cognitive Radio Platform
Innovative Wireless Technologies, Inc.
Develop a "cognitive radio" software and
hardware platform based on a novel radio-frequency IC chipset
that allows interoperability across different wireless protocols,
multiple frequencies, and airlinks, enabling communications between
public safety personnel with different equipment.
- Project
Duration: 10/01/04 - 9/30/2007
- Total
project (est.): $3,512,018
- Requested
ATP funds: $1,999,986
Contact: Eric
Hansen, 434-316-5230 X26, ehansen@iwtwireless.com
Targeted
Bacteriophage Therapeutics as Replacement for Conventional
Antibiotics in Aquaculture
Kent SeaTech Corporation
Develop therapies using naturally occurring bacteriophages
and phage-produced enzymes to treat and prevent major bacterial
diseases that threaten commercial aquaculture.
- Project
Duration: 10/01/04 - 9/30/2027
- Total
project (est.): $2,612,263
- Requested
ATP funds: $1,999,380
Contact: James
M. Carlberg, 858-452-5765, jcarlberg@kentseatech.com
Syntax-
and Rule-based Decoding for Statistical Machine Translation
Systems
Language Weaver, Inc.
Develop an integrated, statistical phrase-based
and syntactic rule approach to machine translation to improve
grammaticality and accuracy of translated materials, enabling
broader use of machine-based translation by national security,
government and business organizations.
- Project
Duration: 10/01/04 - 9/30/2007
- Total
project (est.): $3,344,318
- Requested
ATP funds: $1,972,556
Contact: Beth
Walsh, 858-724-2500, Beth@clearpointagency.com
Development
and Demonstration of a Multiple, High Current Density
Shaped e-Beam Column With Independent Vector Beam Placement
Multibeam Systems, Inc.
Develop a new technology for a multiple-beam, linear-array
electron-beam lithography system to enable cost-effective production
of low-volume application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs)
through direct-write lithography.
- Project
Duration: 10/01/04 - 9/30/2006
- Total
project (est.): $2,707,480
- Requested
ATP funds: $1,999,180
Contact: Tirunelveli
Ravi, 408-855-8400, tsravi@multibeamsystems.com
The
Seamless Detection and Treatment of Cancer with Near-Infrared
Absorbing Nanoshells
Nanospectra Biosciences, Inc.
Develop an integrated approach to the diagnosis
and treatment of cancer allowing more accurate detection and
contemporaneous, minimally invasive treatment using near-infrared
absorbing nanoparticles.
- Project
Duration: 10/01/04 - 9/30/2007
- Total
project (est.): $2,551,351
- Requested
ATP funds: $2,000,000
Contact: J.
Donald Payne, 713-842-2720, dpayne@nanospectra.com
High
Power Density Solid Oxide Fuel Cells for Aerospace Applications
NexTech Materials, Ltd.
Develop a lightweight solid oxide fuel cell that
offers five times the power density of the current state of the
art, as well as greater durability and flexibility of operation,
for use in auxiliary power units for aircraft.
- Project
Duration: 10/01/04 - 9/30/2006
- Total
project (est.): $2,549,755
- Requested
ATP funds: $1,999,966
Contact: Jonathon
Foreman, 614-842-6606 x110, foreman@nextechmaterials.com
Specialty
Fiber for High Power Fiber Lasers
OFS
Fitel, LLC.
Develop a new class of components and manufacturing
technologies for building high-power pulsed optical-fiber-based
lasers, with applications in materials processing, and medical,
industrial and scientific instrumentation.
- Project
Duration: 10/01/04 - 9/30/2006
- Total
project (est.): $5,665,775
- Requested
ATP funds: $2,000,000
Contact: Sherry
Salyer, 770-798-4210, shsalyer@ofsoptics.com
Quantum
Dots for Biomedical and Consumer Applications
Quantum Dot Corporation
Develop quantum dots without the use of cadmium
or other elements with extreme regulatory burdens for use in
imaging-based medical diagnosis and treatment, and develop an
industrial-scale flow-based process for quantum dot production
at significantly increased output and reduced cost.
- Project
Duration: 10/01/04 - 9/30/2007
- Total
project (est.): $2,888,524
- Requested
ATP funds: $2,000,000
Contact: Andy
Watson, 510-887-8775, ARWatson@qdots.com
TCR
Mimics: A New Class of Antibodies Against HLA-petide
Complexes for Diagnosis and Therapy of Breast Cancer
Receptor Logic, Ltd.
Develop a new class of breast cancer diagnostic
and therapeutic antibodies unique in their ability to recognize
tumor proteins presented by the body's natural antigen display
systems known as HLA.
- Project
Duration: 10/01/04 – 9/30/2007
- Total
project (est.): $2,722,000
- Requested
ATP funds: $2,000,000
Contact: Tony
Taylor, 512-263-3232, x210, ttaylor@receptorlogic.com
Production
of Fully Human Polyclonal Antibodies in Genetically Modified
Pigs
Revivicor,
Inc.
Develop pigs with human genes for the production
of fully human polyclonal antibodies that can be used to treat
a wide range of infectious and autoimmune diseases, in cancer
treatments, to address the growing threat of antibiotic resistance,
and to provide potential therapeutic agents in the event of a
bioterrorist attack.
- Project
Duration: 10/01/04 - 9/30/2007
- Total
project (est.): $2,488,727
- Requested
ATP funds: $1,843,502
Contact: David
Ayares, Ph.D., 540-961-5559, dayares@revivicor.com
Novel
Technologies for Adult Stem Cell Therapeutics
RheoGene, Inc.
Develop novel techniques for site-specific insertion
and control of therapeutic genes in human adult neural stem cells
that can be transplanted to treat incurable ocular diseases.
- Project
Duration: 10/01/04 - 9/30/2007
- Total
project (est.): $2,496,968
- Requested
ATP funds: $1,997,574
Contact: Lorraine
Keller, Ph.D, 610-650-8734, lkeller@rheogene.com
Advanced
Vision-Radar Threat Detection (AVRT): A Pre-crash Detection
and Active Safety System
Sarnoff Corporation
Combine vision and radar sensor technology to create
a new type of auto safety system that will detect approaching
hazards, measure their rate of motion, determine if and where
a collision will occur, and trigger mitigating actions, such
as applying brakes, pretensioning seat belts, and firing side
airbags, with a near-zero false alarm rate.
- Project
Duration: 10/01/04 - 9/30/2007
- Total
project (est.): $10,391,125
- Requested
ATP funds: $5,091,633
Contact: Thomas
V. Lento, 609-734-3178, tlento@sarnoff.com
Silicon
Carbide Smart Power Chip
SemiSouth Laboratories, Inc.
Develop and integrate advanced silicon carbide (SiC)
power transistors and power control circuitry within a compact
prototype SiC power module for potential use in commercially
available hybrid electric vehicles and future low-emission electric
vehicles.
- Project
Duration: 10/01/04 - 9/30/2007
- Total
project (est.): $2,538,372
- Requested
ATP funds: $1,776,466
Contact: Dr.
Jeffrey B. Cassidy, 662-324-7607 x16, jeff.casady@semisouth.com
Wireless
Structural Health Monitoring System
Sensametrics, Inc.
Develop a dense peer-to-peer wireless sensor network
for monitoring the health of structures that has damage assessment
and decision support and is able to include chemical and biological
sensors.
- Project
Duration: 10/01/04 - 9/30/2007
- Total
project (est.): $2,000,000
- Requested
ATP funds: $1,641,316
Contact: Garo
K. Kiremidjian, 650-941-5692, garo@sensametrics.com
Conformal
Direct-Write Technology Enabled, Wireless, Smart Turbine
Components
Siemens Wstinghouse Power
Develop embedded sensors capable of withstanding
harsh environments and integrate them in a wireless telemetry
system to enable thermal, mechanical and wear sensing in operating
gas turbines for condition-based maintenance.
- Project
Duration: 10/01/04 - 9/30/2008
- Total
project (est.): $5,414,986
- Requested
ATP funds: $2,653,344
Contact: Melanie
Forbrick, 407-736-6718, melanie.forbrick@siemens.com
Technology
for Early Detection and Intervention of Cognitive Decline
Spry Learning Co.
Develop technology to monitor, and possibly mitigate,
cognitive decline in older adults by tracking user interaction
with computer applications and assessing over time the rate of
cognitive impairment, thus facilitating earlier intervention
and treatment.
- Project
Duration: 10/01/04 - 9/30/2007
- Total
project (est.): $1,933,290
- Requested
ATP funds: $1,447,290
Contact: Devin
Williams, 503-229-0880, devin@sprylearning.com
Next-Generation
Energy Dispersive Spectrometer for X-Ray Microanalysis
STAR Cryoelectronics, LLC
Develop a next-generation energy-dispersive microcalorimeter
spectrometer to meet critical needs for high-resolution X-ray
microanalysis in the semiconductor industry and materials research.
- Project
Duration: 10/01/04 - 9/30/2007
- Total
project (est.): $2,762,252
- Requested
ATP funds: $1,833,375
Contact: Robin
Cantor, 505-424-6454 x101, rcantor@starcryo.com
Highly
Accurate Large-Format Machining for Mold and Die Production
Stewart Automotive Research, LLC
Develop a large-format, high-speed finish milling
machine for Class-A auto body panels to enable the design and
manufacture of a complete tooling set in one-third to one-half
the time now required, at significantly lower cost.
- Project
Duration: 10/01/04 - 9/30/2007
- Total
project (est.): $2,437,640
- Requested
ATP funds: $2,000,000
Contact: Simon
Ogier, 713-675-3244, sogier@stewartresearch.com
Selective
Liquid Phase Oxidation of Methane to Methanol
UOP,
LLC.
Develop novel catalysts and an integrated reaction
process for low-temperature, low-pressure direct conversion of
methane in stranded gas fields to methanol.
- Project
Duration: 10/01/04 - 9/30/2007
- Total
project (est.): $5,000,000
- Requested
ATP funds: $1,999,998
Contact: Michele
Weber, 847-391-1319, michele.weber@uop.com
Optoelectronic
Sensing of Liquid Metal Composition
WTe Corporation
Develop a novel process for determining, in situ
and in real time, the chemical composition of molten pools of
metals and alloys, enabling immediate adjustments to composition
during melting and significantly improving the efficiency of
smelting, foundry and casting operations.
- Project
Duration: 10/01/04 - 9/30/2007
- Total
project (est.): $2,408,000
- Requested
ATP funds: $1,998,000
Contact: David
Spencer, 781-275-6400, dbswte@aol.com |
FY
2004 Funding as of May 2004 (Batch
3 of ATP FY2002 Competition)
(For
information on previous FY2002 Competition awards, see May
2003, July 2003 and September 2003) |
3-D
Face Recognition for Security Screening
Advanced Digital Imaging Research, LLC
Develop and test a real-time, three-dimensional facial recognition system
that combines the advantages of both 3D and 2D imaging for use at airport
security checkpoints.
- Project
Duration: 5/1/2004 - 4/30/2007
- Total project
(est.): $3,189,536.00
- Requested
ATP funds: $1,981,989.00
Contact: Kenneth
R. Castleman, 281- 535-1889 x427, castleman@adires.com
Instant
Networks Using Coin-sized Ultrawideband (UWB) Localizers
Aether Wire & Location, Inc.
Develop and test coin-sized components for a low-cost wireless network offering
highly accurate three-dimensional positioning and radio-frequency communications.
- Project
Duration: 5/1/2004 - 4/30/2007
- Total project
(est.): $2,925,692.00
- Requested
ATP funds: $1,985,240.00
Contact: Vincent
Coli, 408-400-0785, vince@aetherwire.com
Enhancing
the Performance of Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cells
Cabot Superior MicroPowders
Develop and test a new family of surface-modified carbon support materials
for platinum catalysts that will double the power density of polymer electrolyte
membrane fuel cells.
- Project
Duration: 5/1/2004 - 4/30/2007
- Total project
(est.): $3,944,469.00
- Requested
ATP funds: $2,000,000.00
Contact: James
Caruso, 505-342 1492 x21, james_caruso@cabot-corp.com
Focused
Individualized Realistic Student Tutoring (FIRST)
Carnegie Speech Company
Develop a software architecture for creating individually focused tutoring
programs in language learning and basic mathematics that can pinpoint the
learner's errors in real time, offer targeted correction, and judge when
to switch focus to maximize learner progress.
- Project
Duration: 5/1/2004 - 4/30/2007
- Total project
(est.): $2,308,787.00
- Requested
ATP funds: $1,909,982.00
Contact: Maxine
Eskenazi, 412-268-3858, max@cs.cmu.edu
Fully
Integrated Gigahertz Receiver Front End
Discera, Inc.
Develop microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) devices and processing methods
for making the front end for a "radio receiver on a chip" that
is much smaller, cheaper, and more efficient than today's multichip receivers.
- Project
Duration: 5/1/2004 - 1/31/2007
- Total project
(est.): $3,734,357.00
- Requested
ATP funds: $2,000,000.00
Contact: Tom
Breunig, 510-333-5900, tombreunig@discera.com
High-Definition
Video Disc (HDVD)
FAST VDO LLC
Develop and demonstrate compression technology for recording and playback
of high-definition video content on a standard DVD using the current red-laser
DVD player.
- Project
Duration: 5/1/2004 - 4/30/2007
- Total project
(est.): $2,762,746.00
- Requested
ATP funds: $1,656,466.00
Contact: Pankaj
Topiwala, 410-309-6066, pnt@fastvdo.com
Secure
Genetic Repository to Enable a Nationwide Post-Marketing
Drug Surveillance and Research Network
First Genetic Trust, Inc.
Design a prototype of an anonymous clearinghouse for sensitive patient medical
data that will enable large-scale studies of the genetic basis of adverse
drug reactions and research into personalized medicines.
- Project
Duration: 5/1/2004 - 4/30/2006
- Total project
(est.): $2,722,684.00
- Requested
ATP funds: $2,000,000.00
Contact: David
Wholley, 201- 842-2845, dwholley@firstgenetic.net
Geometric
Surface Classification and Identification by Conformal
Structure
Geometric Informatics, Inc.
Develop and refine novel algorithms based on modern geometric theories for
classifying, analyzing, and identifying 3D information that is independent
of surface distortion, embedding, lighting, and image resolution, for use
in biometrics, management of 3D geometry databases, medical imaging, and
entertainment.
- Project
Duration: 5/1/2004 - 4/30/2007
- Total project
(est.): $2,515,976.00
- Requested
ATP funds: $1,915,976.00
Contact: Dr.
Hugh Rutledge, 617-623-2033, hugh@intlpress.com
Development
of Micro- and Meso-Scale Machine Tool Technology
Ingersoll Machine Tools, Inc.
Develop ultraprecise miniaturized machine tools for micro/meso scale commercial
machining applications at a fraction of current machine costs, with a wide
range of industrial applications including optics, electronics, medicine,
biotechnology, communications, and avionics.
- Project
Duration: 5/1/2004 - 4/30/2007
- Total project
(est.): $2,809,854.00
- Requested
ATP funds: $2,000,000.00
Contact: John
Osborn, 815-987-6039, joo@ingersoll.com
Ultracompact
Low-cost Tunable Components for Reconfigurable Optical
Networks and Spectroscopic Sensors
Kiara Networks, Inc.
Design and demonstrate a novel technology platform to enable the fabrication
of low-cost and ultracompact tunable optical components for reconfigurable
optical networks and spectroscopic sensors.
- Project
Duration: 5/1/2004 - 10/30/2006
- Total project
(est.): $2,295,890.00
- Requested
ATP funds: $1,995,000.00
Contact: Neena
Jain, 505-268-3600, neena@kiaranetworks.com
A
Distributed ChemTox Platform for Predicting Chemically
Induced Toxicity
Leadscope, Inc.
Develop a technology platform that will extract information from heterogeneous
toxicology databases and use it to accurately predict the toxicity of compounds
that might be useful as pharmaceuticals or other chemical products.
- Project
Duration: 5/1/2004 - 4/30/2006
- Total project
(est.): $2,180,466.00
- Requested
ATP funds: $2,000,000.00
Contact: Glenn
Myatt, 614-675-3731, gmyatt@leadscope.com
Compact
Pure Hydrogen Generation Systems for PEM Fuel Cell Applications
MesoFuel, Inc.
Develop and demonstrate a compact system for safely generating pure hydrogen
fuel to boost the efficiency of proton exchange membrane fuel cell stacks
by up to 50 percent.
- Project
Duration: 5/1/2004 - 4/30/2007
- Total project
(est.): $3,052,623.00
- Requested
ATP funds: $1,988,189.00
Contact: W.
Doyle Miller, 5/1/2004 - 4/30/2007, 505- 314-8160, doyle.miller@mesofuel.com
Nano-Imprint
Lithography Infrastructure for Low Cost Replication at
the 65 nm Node and Beyond
Molecular Imprints, Inc.
Design and demonstrate technology for step and flash imprint lithography
(S-FIL), a novel method of transferring integrated circuit patterns to the
surface of a semiconductor wafer by molding of three-dimensional features
potentially as small as 20 nanometers or less.
- Project
Duration: 5/1/2004 - 4/30/2007
- Total project
(est.): $36,790,485.00
- Requested
ATP funds: $17,623,118.00
Contact: Michael
Falcon, 512-339-7760 x208, mfalcon@mlecularimprints.com
Microsphere-Based
Spectroscopic Instruments
Nomadics, Inc.
Develop a highly sensitive spectroscopic detection system, based on microspheres,
for the analysis of chemicals and biomolecules to allow implementation of
integrated lab-on-chip nanofluidic methods, initially targeted at acceleration
of drug discovery.
- Project
Duration: 5/1/2004 - 4/30/2006
- Total project
(est.): $2,927,702
- Requested
ATP funds: $1,948,484.00
Contact: Bruce
Cumming, 405-372-9535, bcumming@nomadics.com
Fundamental
Algorithms for Direct Tolerancing and Illumination Optimization
Optical Research Associates
Develop innovative algorithms for the design and tolerancing of microlithography
optics at 193 and 157 nanometers and algorithms for illumination source optimization
in the extreme ultraviolet at 13 nanometers to improve throughput of advanced
semiconductor fabrication lines through 2014.
- Project
Duration: 5/1/2004 - 4/30/2007
- Total project
(est.): $4,299,575.00
- Requested
ATP funds: $1,704,957.00
Contact: Laura
Mickens, 626-795-9101, lauram@opticalres.com
High-Speed
Optical Frequency Metrology for Spectroscopy, Interferometry,
and Optical Communications
Precision Photonics Corporation
Develop a femtosecond laser as a "ruler" for measuring optical
frequencies much rapidly and accurately than is now possible, to enhance
optical communications, semiconductor manufacturing, medical diagnoses, and
other activities.
- Project
Duration: 5/1/2004 - 3/31/2006
- Total project
(est.): $2,945,876.00
- Requested
ATP funds: $2,000,000.00
Contact: Nick
Traggis, 303-444-9948 x16, ntraggis@precisionphotonics.com
Project
Columbus: Discovering Whole New Worlds of Polar Polymers
Rohm and Haas Company
Develop a new catalysis technology platform that will enable
cost-effective production of new families of high-performance acrylic
polymers and copolymers.
- Project
Duration: 5/1/2004 - 4/30/2007
- Total project
(est.): $7,242,258.00
- Requested
ATP funds: $2,000,000.00
Contact: Kenneth
A. Gedaka, 215-641-7940, kgedaka@rohmhaas.com
Targeted
Activation of Multiple Genes in Plants Using a Single Engineered
Transcription Factor
Sangamo BioSciences
Develop and
test technology for introduction of a transgene for a single
molecular switch into plants to activate simultaneously multiple
genes involved in synthesis commercially important products.
- Project
Duration: 5/1/2004 - 4/30/2007
- Total project
(est.): $2,822,639.00
- Requested
ATP funds: $834,865.00
Contact: Elizabeth
Wolffe, 510-970-6000 x271, lizw@sangamo.com
Microjet
Patch for Transdermal Drug Delivery
StrataGent Life Sciences, Inc.
Develop a novel wearable transdermal drug delivery system using programmable
arrays of high-energy microjets for painless, and precisely controlled and
timed administration of any drug, including injectibles.
- Project
Duration: 5/1/2004 - 4/30/2006
- Total project
(est.): $2,527,000.00
- Requested
ATP funds: $2,000,000.00
Contact: Penny
Smout, 408-207-8716, penny@stratagentlifesciences.com
High-Throughput
Crystallization of Membrane Proteins Using Heterogeneous
Nucleants
Syrrx, Inc.
Develop nanoscale arrays and processes that improve the crystallization of
medically important proteins, facilitating investigation of these proteins
as possible targets for the design of new medicines.
- Project
Duration: 5/1/2004 - 4/30/2007
- Total project
(est.): $3,495,696.00
- Requested
ATP funds: $1,974,969.00
Contact: Ken
Goodwill, Ph.D., 858- 731-3564, ken.goodwill@syrrx.com
Rapid,
Ultraprecision Direct Metal Deposition Technology
The POM Group, Inc.
Develop direct-metal deposition and nanoscale surface-finishing technologies
for an innovative high-speed process for making complex tools and dies.
- Project
Duration: 5/1/2004 - 4/30/2008
- Total project
(est.): $12,457,476.00
- Requested
ATP funds: $6,147,055.00
Contact: Roger
Parson, 248-390-6617, rogerp@combine.com
High-Efficiency
Regenerated Cycle Reciprocating Engine
The ReJen Company
Build and test a diesel engine that will exploit the principle of thermal
regeneration to increase energy efficiency from about 35 percent to 55 percent
and reduce emissions.
- Project
Duration: 5/1/2004 - 4/30/2006
- Total project
(est.): $1,479,799.00
- Requested
ATP funds: $600,000.00
Contact: Allan
Ferrenberg, 775-849-7861, rejen@sonnet.com
Engineered
Rotator Cuff Tendon Tissue
Tissue Regeneration, Inc.
Design and develop a tissue engineering strategy for rotator cuff tendons
utilizing a patient's own bone marrow cells and a novel biomaterial, to increase
surgical success and reduce cost and rehabilitation time.
- Project
Duration: 5/1/2004 - 10/30/2006
- Total project
(est.): $2,364,118.00
- Requested
ATP funds: $1,966,296.00
Contact: Sue
Bohle, 310- 785-0515 x223, sue@bohle.com
Integrated
Concurrent Design of High Efficiency Commercial Buildings
United Technologies Research Center
Develop and demonstrate the ability to increase the energy efficiency of
commercial buildings through the use of integrated concurrent engineering
design process and software tools in the application of heating, cooling,
ventilation, hot water, and combined heat and power systems.
- Project
Duration: 5/1/2004 - 4/30/2007
- Total project
(est.): $11,141,738.00
- Requested
ATP funds: $5,570,804.00
Contact: Paul
J. Vitello, 860-610-7617, VitellPJ@utrc.utc.com
Development
of a Human Monoclonal Antibody Discovery Technology
Vaccinex, Inc.
Develop a new library-based technology platform to select a broad array of
fully human monoclonal antibodies in mammalian cells for therapeutic use
in treating cancer, inflammation, and infectious diseases.
- Project
Duration: 5/1/2004 - 4/30/2006
- Total project
(est.): $2,811,003.00
- Requested
ATP funds: $1,993,619.00
Contact: R.
Stan Holland, 585-271-2700 x102, sholland@vaccinex.com
Peer-to-Peer
Virtual Reality Learning Environments
Whoola
Inc.
Develop a peer-to-peer based architecture for educational software that enables
rich, immersive virtual-reality instructional projects built around "groups
of groups" of learners and including individualized learner support
and evaluation.
- Project
Duration: 5/1/2004 - 4/30/2007
- Total project
(est.): $2,149,300.00
- Requested
ATP funds: $1,987,774.00
Contact: Sidney
M. Cole, 214-202-8380, mg@whoola.com
Rapid
Full-Color Digital Hologram Recorder
Zebra Imaging, Inc.
Develop and test a novel system, including new pulsed lasers, for recording
full-color digital holograms with output up to 60 times faster than existing
systems.
- Project
Duration: 5/1/2004 - 4/30/2006
- Total project
(est.): $3,174,384.00
- Requested
ATP funds: $1,947,475.00
Contact: Robin
Curle, 512-251-5100 x114, rcurle@zebraimaging.com
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Date created: April 28,
2004
Last updated:
April 20, 2005
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