The Office of Technology Transfer and Commercialization (OTTC) at California State University, San Bernardino (CSUSB) today announced over $151,000 in product development funding has been awarded to three small companies currently developing technologies for use by the U.S. military and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
With funds from the Department of Defense, OTTC is contracted by the Center for Commercialization of Advanced Technology (CCAT) to identify, evaluate, fund and fast-track the development of technologies for use by the DOD, DHS, and first responders.
Ionian Technologies, Inc., of San Diego was awarded $57,155 to complete development of its Detect to Protect biosensor for DHS. The sensor sits in a handheld device and can detect the presence of viral, bacterial and toxic biothreat agents such as anthrax, ricin or smallpox.
Also of San Diego, E-Band Communications has been notified of its product development award totaling $56,600 to aid in the engineering of its multi-gigabit capacity wireless communication systems for commercial and military telecommunications networks requiring high bandwidth. A $37,245 award was given to Physical Sciences of Andover, Mass., to further advance work on its fuel monitoring system. The system monitors fuel contamination (sediment and water) and is currently in use aboard ships in the U.S. Navy's fleet.
The three companies selected had previously received funding from OTTC and had shown substantial progress in the development and design of their technologies since their initial OTTC award.
"Each company's outstanding commercialization potential and achievements were recognized by OTTC and ultimately awarded additional funding for continued product advancement," said Timothy R. Gerrity, OTTC Director.
