ETL Technology Transfer

For more information about Technology Transfer at ETL, please contact:

 
Dr. Richard Lataitis, Deputy Director
NOAA/ETL 325 Broadway R/E/ET0
Boulder, CO 80303
(303) 497-6765
Richard.Lataitis@noaa.gov

Recent Patents

• Passive Polarimetric Microwave Radiometer for Detecting Aircraft Icing Conditions
• Icing Hazard Avoidance System Using Dual Polarization Airborne Radar
• Method and apparatus for an autonomous cloud radar
• Wavelet filtering of sodar signals

Complete patents list.

Companies Formed by Former ETL/WPL Employees

• ALLEN CARR ASSOCIATES, Boulder, Colorado (CODAR antennas)
• CODAR Ocean Sensors, Los Altos, California - D. Barrick
• CODAR Technology, Longmont, Colorado - M. Evans
• COHERENT TECHNOLOGIES, Boulder, Colorado - M. Huffaker (Doppler Lidar)
• MICROSECONDS, Boulder, Colorado - E. Owens (Computer equipment)
• STC, Maryland - T. Wang (Precipitation Rain Sensors and spatial filter profilers with turbulence capabilities)

Companies or Product Lines Based on ETL Technology

• AEROVIRONMENT, started new product line (acoustic sounder)
• ARCTIC SCIENCES (acoustic current meters, from an ETL patent)
• ATI, (B. Dagal, H. Zimmerman, sonic anemometers)
• ATMOSPHERIC INSTRUMENTATION RESEARCH, INC., Boulder, Colorado (manufacturing ETL developed instruments)
• CAMPBELL SCIENTIFIC, Utah (optical turbulence meters)
• DOVE ELECTRONICS, Rome, New York (spatial filter profilers)
• ERBTECH (manufactures radar systems based on ETL design)
• GEOSPACE, Melbourne, Florida (manufactured ETL developed instruments)
• GEOTECH, Garland, Texas (manufactured ETL developed instruments)
• J. Hill (radiometers measuring Liquid water)
• Kahl Scientific (licensed to manufacture ETL-developed instrument)
• PANELTEC, INC. Boulder, Colorado (M. Reshetnik, antenna clutter screens for 915 profiler)
• PARAMAX, Unisys, started new product line (404-MHz wind profiler and RASS)
• QUALIMETRICS, Sacramento, California (manufacturing ETL developed instruments)
• RADIAN CORPORATION, started new product line (915-MHz wind profiler and RASS)
• RADIOMETRICS, Dual-channel radiometers
• SONIC BOOM, Long Island, New York (manufacturing ETL developed instruments)
• XONICS started new product line (acoustic sounder)