U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATION RESEARCH PROGRAM AND
SMALL BUSINESS
TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER PROGRAM
FY 2003 PHASE I - AWARDS BY TOPIC
TOPIC:
TECHNOLOGIES FOR NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION AND HOMELAND DEFENSE
ADA Technologies, Inc.
Situational Awareness Monitor for
8100
Shaffer Parkway
Nuclear Events
Suite 130
Littleton, CO 80013-4124
This project will
develop a monitor for urban areas in order to identify pre-nuclear
event warning
signs such as the presence
of nuclear material.
Geotech Instruments, LLC.
Low-Noise Borehole Triaxial
Innovative Wireless Technologies,
A Low Cost National Sensor Network
Multimax,
Inc.
A
Seismic Event Discrimination
Proportional Technologies, Inc.
Field Deployable High Resolution
10755 Sanden Drive
Seismometer
Dallas, TX 75238-1336
This project will develop low-noise instruments for a
network of seismic stations
that is used to monitor nuclear explosions and
earthquakes.
Inc.
(NSN) Using Rapidly Deployable
1047
Vista Park Drive
Wireless Technology
Suite A
Forest, VA 24551-4253
This project will develop a low cost, rapidly deployable
national sensor network
that has failsafe structure, high security, and uses
wireless technologies.
1441 McCormick Drive
System Based on Improved
Largo, MD 20774-5323
Understanding of Lg from Explosions
This project will provide improved and automated methods
for nuclear monitoring
by making use of recent advances in the understanding of
seismic signals from explosions.
8022 El Rio
High Pressure Xenon Gamma Ray
Houston, TX 77054-4104
Spectrometer
and identify contraband and illicit radioactive materials for
intelligence, customs, and treaty verification
purposes.
Weston Geophysical Corporation
Improved Regional Seismic
Event
57 Bedford Street
Depth
Estimation
Suite 102
Lexington, MA 02420-4550
This project will contribute to the
foreign countries.
TOPIC:
SUPPORT TECHNOLOGIES FOR SENSORS USED IN NATIONAL SECURITY
Aculight Corporation
Compact, Short-Pulse Laser Source
11805 North Creek Parkway South
for Active Imaging Systems
South Suite 113
Bothell,
This
project will develop novel laser technology required for new sensors
that generate extremely
high-resolution images needed to help remotely detect weapons
of mass destruction.
Advanced Principles Group
State-of-the-Art Reconfigurable
28 Fieldstone Drive
Board for Heterogeneous
Hooksett, NH 03106
Computing
This project will
develop computing technology that will increase the signal
processing capabilities
of sensor systems for the detection of the proliferation of weapons
of mass destruction.
SVT Associates
Al(In)GaN-Based High Electron
7620 Executive Drive
Mobility Transistors on SiC for High
Eden Prairie, MN
55344-3677
Power Radar Applications
This
project will develop high-performance solid-state transistors for civilian
and defense applications
including radar tracking, cellular base stations,
telemetry, and satellite
communications.
TOPIC:
ENHANCED PROTEOMICS SIGNATURE ANALYSIS IN SUPPORT OF PATHOGEN DETECTION,
BIOINFORMATICS, AND EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MODELING
BioSequent LLC
PRISM: Software for Protein
8395
Scarlet Glen Ct.
Structure and Function
Millersville, MD 21108-2437
This project will develop software to determine protein
structure and function
by gathering evidence from multiple genomic sequencing
data sources.
Environmental Research Technologies
Protein Fold Identification Using
1320
Pearl Street
Support Vector Machine
Suite 108
Boulder, CO 80302
This project will develop an automated computer based
system to predict protein
structure from recently available genome sequencing
information.
Knowledge of protein
structure is essential for understanding protein
function, designing new drugs
to treat human disorders, and identifying pathogens
used as biological warfare
agents.
TOPIC: GENOME, STRUCTURAL
BIOLOGY, AND RELATED BIOTECHNOLOGIES
STTR Project
Genetic
Assemblies, Inc.
Development of a Massively Parallel
510
Charmany Dr
.
Oligonucleotide Synthesizer
Madison, WI 53719
(MPOS) for the Production of
Genome Scale Reagent Sets in
Quantities
University
of Wisconsin
This project will develop a technology to produce large
quantities of genetic probes
at lower costs and with greater flexibility than
existing systems in order to make possible
massive medical studies that are
presently not economically feasible.
MacConnell Research Corporation Cell-Free Protein Synthesis for
6195
Cornerstone Court East
High-Through-Put Proteomics
#114
San Diego, CA 92121-1303
This project will develop technology for producing
milligram quantities
of proteins encoded by cloned or newly predicted genes,
which will
reduce the cost of active protein production in laboratories studying
functional
genomics, proteomics, and other basic research applications.
TOPIC: MEDICAL SCIENCES
Luna Innovations, Inc.
A New Class of Trimetasphere Based
2851 Commerce Street
Radiopharmaceuticals
Blacksburg, VA 24060-6657
This project will develop unique new nanomaterials that
have potential
as improved radiopharmaceuticals for use in radiation therapy,
leading
to reduced mortality and to improved quality of life in certain types of
cancer patients.
Photon Imaging, Inc.
In Vivo Radio-tracer Quantification
19355
Business Center Drive
with Small Animal Imaging
Suite 8
Northridge, CA 91344
This project will develop a time-saving imaging technique
to determine the amount
of pharmaceuticals in laboratory test animals which
would result in reducing
the total amount of time required for pharmaceuticals
to reach the market.
Photon Imaging, Inc.
19355
Business Center Drive
Molecular Imaging in Small Animals
Suite 8
Northridge, CA 91344
This project will develop a new camera that will improve
scientists’
ability to develop and study the effects of new drugs in live
animals.
Radiation Monitoring Devices, Inc.
High Performance PET Detector
44 Hunt
Street
Watertown, MA 02472-4699
This project will develop a novel detector technology for
medical imaging,
physics research, and commercial applications such as oil
exploration
and non-destructive studies.
Radiation Monitoring Devices, Inc.
A Design of a New Readout Sensor for
44 Hunt Street
SPECT
Watertown, MA 02472-4699
This project will develop a small, high performance, animal
scanner to bring
the power of non-invasive functional imaging to detailed
studies of the mouse and rat.
Such a
tool will be of great importance in understanding biological
functions and
facilitate rapid progress in new drug developments.
Radiation Monitoring Devices, Inc.
Fast, High Resolution PET Detector
44 Hunt
Street
Watertown, MA 02472-4699
This project will investigate a novel detector technology
for medical imagining studies
and physics research, as well as oil exploration
and other commercial studies.
TOPIC: ATMOSPHERIC
MEASUREMENT TECHNOLOGY
Aerodyne Research, Inc.
Advanced Aerosol Mass Spectrometer
45
Manning Road
for Aircraft Measurement of Organic
Billerica, MA 01821-3896
Particulate Matter
This project will develop an instrument for measuring
organic particulate matter
in air to support research in “acid rain,” global
climate, and human health.
Aerodyne Research, Inc.
Cavity Attenuation Phase Shift
45
Manning Road
Spectroscopic Detection of Nitrogen
Billerica, MA 01821-3976
Dioxide
This project will develop new sensor technology that will
provide an accurate
and cost effective measurement for monitoring nitrogen
dioxide, a regulated atmospheric
pollutant.
67 East
Evelyn Avenue
for Trace Gas Measurements in the
Suite 3
Field
Mountain
View,
This project will develop a novel compact, rugged,
relatively inexpensive instrument
based on a new laser-based technology to
measure concentrations and fluxes
of gases for
detailed studies of the environment, medical diagnostics
for detection of common
disease, monitoring and control of industrial processes, and
for measurements of
chemical and biological agents.
NovaWave Technologies
NO2 Sensor for Urban and Regional
40 Burgoyne Court
Air Quality Monitoring
San Mateo,
This project will develop technology to monitor a
greenhouse gas with precision
and accuracy using compact, robust
instrumentation.
NovaWave Technologies
Mid-Infrared Optical Cavity-Based
40 Burgoyne Court
Spectrometer for Multispecies
San Mateo, CA
Atmospheric Monitoring
This project will develop an instrument to make
ultra-sensitive atmospheric
concentration measurements on a variety of chemicals
to further our understanding of
atmospheric chemistry and dynamics, as well as
pollution monitoring and control.
Sigma Space Corporation
Fiber Laser Based Water Vapor
9801
Greenbelt Road
Differential Absorption Lidar System
Suite
103
Lanham,
This project will build a meteorological tool to provide
continuous, lower atmosphere
water vapor measurements needed for modeling
precipitation and severe
weather prediction
STTR Project
Sunset Laboratory, Inc.
Advanced Real-Time Monitoring
10160 SW
Nimbus Ave.
of Particulate Carbon, Oxygen and
Suite
F8
Tigard
,
Lawrence
Berkeley
National
Laboratory
The impact of small aerosol particles on the earth’s
energy balance represents the
largest source of uncertainty in estimates of
global climate change from human activities.
This project will develop real-time
instrumentation to collect data for understanding the
role particles from
various combustion sources play in
climate change.
TOPIC:
CARBON CYCLE MEASUREMENTS OF THE ATMOSPHERE AND THE BIOSPHERE
Coherent
Technologies, Inc.
Range-Resolved DIAL for Eye-Safe
135
South Taylor Avenue
Detection of CO2
Louisville,
This project will develop a remote laser radar capability
that can map large
volumes of atmospheric carbon dioxide to enable the
scientific community to better analyze
and understand the contribution of excess
carbon dioxide to global warming.
Picarro,
Inc.
Innovative CO2 Sensor Based on
1050 E.
Duane Avenue
Cavity Ringdown
Suite
1
Sunnyvale,
This project will develop carbon dioxide sensors that will
help scientists to understand
the contribution of man-made gases to global
warming.
Southwest
Sciences, Inc.
High Precision CO2 Sensor for
1570
Pacheco Street
Balloon Sonde Atmospheric
Suite E-11
Measurements
Santa Fe, NM
This project will develop a lightweight, inexpensive carbon
dioxide sensor suitable
for weather balloon measurements critical to
understanding the greenhouse
effect and global warming.
TOPIC: MEASUREMENT/MONITORING
TECHNOLOGIES FOR THE SUBSURFACE ENVIRONMENT
Eltron Research, Inc.
A Remote and Affordable Detection
4600
Nautilus Court South
System for Cr(VI) in Groundwater
Boulder,
This project will develop a versatile, affordable, remote
sensor for toxic levels
of chromium in groundwater and surface water.
Eltron Research, Inc.
Nanoscale Inorganic Ion-Exchange
4600
Nautilus Court South
Films for Enhanced Electrochemical
Boulder,
This project will develop a low-cost, portable, heavy metal
detection technology
for efficient, rapid analysis of metal contamination in
water.
TOPIC: REACTIVE BARRIERS AND
MONITORING SYSTEMS FOR SUBSURFACE REMEDIATION
ADA Technologies, Inc.
Enhanced Materials for Reactive
8100 Shaffer Parkway
Barriers
Suite
130
Littleton, CO
This project will develop a family of materials for
reactive barriers to groundwater
contaminants that will improve their
hydrological performance, longevity
and the number of contaminants that can be
addressed.
Lynntech, Inc.
Novel Permeable Reactive Barrier
7610 Eastmark Drive
Materials for the Mercury Plume
College
Station,
This project will develop technology remove mercury from
water, thereby reducing the
cost of treating environmental problems at
contaminated Department of Energy sites.
STTR Project
Vista
Engineering Technologies, LLC
Using Electrical Resistivity Techniques
8203 W. Quinault
to
Monitor the Long-Term
Building C,
Kennewick,
Lawrence Livermore
National Laboratory
This project will develop technology to assess the
performance of subsurface barriers
that are put in place to clean-up
contaminated groundwater. The system
will provide an earlier warning of barrier problems, compared to conventional
monitoring techniques.
TOPIC: DECONTAMINATION AND
DECOMMISSIONING OF FACILITIES
ADA Technologies, Inc.
Electrodecontamination for
8100 Shaffer Parkway
Mitigation of Airborne Contamination
Suite
130
Littleton,
This project will develop electrochemical technology to
remove radioactive
contamination from surfaces at Department of Energy
facilities without producing
airborne radioactive contamination.
Barrett Technology, Inc.
Low-Cost Automatic Tool Fixturing
139 Main
Street
Based on Dexterous Robotic Hand
Kendall
Square
Cambridge,
This project will develop a new robotic hand that
automatically adapts to ordinary
commercial power tools, enabling a robot to
enter a contaminated nuclear facility
or disaster scene using a variety of
inexpensive tools.
Gumbs Associates, Inc.
Low-Cost Strippable Fixatives
11 Harts
Lane
East
Brunswick, NJ
This project will develop a low-cost coating technology for
removing radiological
contamination throughout the Department of Energy complex.
TOPIC: ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES
FOR NUCLEAR ENERGY
En'Urga, Inc.
Innovative Instrumentation and
1291-A
Cumberland Avenue
Intelligent Diagnostic System for
Business and Technology
West
Lafayette, IN
This project will develop instrumentation and diagnostics
based on state-of-the-art
neural network theory to improve reactor safety
systems for existing and future nuclea
reactor power plants.
Southwest Sciences, Inc.
System for Imaging Leaks from the
1570
Pacheco Street
Primary Water Loop
Suite E-11
Santa Fe,
NM
This project will develop a video camera system for imaging
invisible gases.
Applications
include monitoring of nuclear power plants, oil refineries,
and natural gas
lines.
TOPIC: MATERIALS RESEARCH FOR
ADVANCED NUCLEAR ENERGY SYSTEMS
Accelerator Technology Corporation
SiC/HT-9 MMC Composite Tubes for
207 Dellwood
Fuel Cladding
Bryan,
This project will develop a new material to provide the
extreme strength and fracture
toughness with resistance to higher temperature,
radiation damage, and chemical
corrosion that is needed for cladding the fuel
rods of the next generation of power reactors.
Lightweight Solutions, Inc.
Improved Silicon Carbide Materials
306
Fashion Circle
for Very High Temperature Fast
Newark, DE
This project will develop processing technologies to
produce high performance
silicon carbide ceramics and composites for improved,
cost-effective materials
for the nuclear, energy, aerospace, and automotive
industries.
Powdermet, Inc.
Nanoengineered ODS
24112
Rockwell
Feritic/Martensitic Steel for Fusion
Euclid,
OH 44117
Application
This project will develop technology for manufacturing
higher strength, higher
temperature steels for nuclear energy, fusion, turbine
engines, glass making, and
heat treating equipment.
Ultramet
Low-Porosity SiC/SiC Composite
12173 Montague Street
Materials for Nuclear Energy System
Pacoima,
This project will develop advanced materials and structures
that will allow nuclear
reactors to operate under the high temperature, high
pressure, and high heat flux
conditions necessary for cost-competitive energy
generation.
TOPIC:
NEUTRON AND ELECTRON BEAM INSTRUMENTATION
Containerless Research, Inc.
Fast Exchange Refrigerator for
906 University Place
Neutron Science (FERNS)
Evanston,
This project will develop an advanced automatic,
programmable, sample handling
system for use in a next-generation neutron
research facility.
Cryogenic Applications F, Inc.
Transport of Methane Pellets for
450
Bacon Springs Lane
Advanced Cold Moderators
Clinton,
This project will develop a
component for a neutron scattering facility, presently
under construction, to
allow a future upgrade that will double the output of neutrons at a few
percent
of the original cost.
EIC Laboratories, Inc.
Solid-State Thermal-Neutron Detector
111
Downey Street
Based on Boron-Doped a-Se
Norwood, MA
This project will develop an advanced neutron detector
suitable for remote
or portable applications for use in nuclear
nonproliferation, radiation safety,
and neutron diffraction studies.
Instrumentation Associates
A GEM of a Neutron Detector
8944 Dexter
Gables Lane
Dexter, MI 48130
This project will develop a novel neutron detector for
application at the
Spallation Neutron Source in Oak Ridge, TN, for monitoring experiments in materials
science, engineering and biology.
333 14th Street
Neutron Detector
Toledo,
This project will develop devices to enhance the
performance of U.S. neutron source
facilities used for materials, life sciences, and military
research.
Science Research Laboratory, Inc.
Long-Lifetime Low-Scatter
15 Ward Street
Neutron Polarization Target
Somerville, MA
This project will develop a new technology that will expand
the capabilities of existing
U.S. neutron scattering facilities dedicated to developing improved materials for
the aerospace, computer, and other industries.
TOPIC:
ADVANCED FOSSIL FUELS RESEARCH
Advanced Resources
International,
Methanogenic Conversion
of CO2 into
Inc.
Methane: A Breakthrough Geologic
1110 North Glebe Road
Sequestration Technology
Suite
600
Arlington,
This project will develop a methodology to utilize bacteria
to remediate underground
carbon dioxide storage sites, as well as to generate
new methane resources that could
be exploited as renewable energy sources.
Altuda Energy Corporation
In Situ Microbial Conversion of
401
Austin Highway
Sequestered Greenhouse Gases
Suite
209
San
Antonio,
This project will develop a methodology to convert gases
and coal in deep unmineable
coal beds to methane, an environmentally clean
energy resource.
Harvey D. Schindler
Improved Method to Convert Coal to
45 Berwyn
Place
Liquid Fuels
Fair Lawn,
This project will develop a method to reduce the cost of
converting coal to liquid fuels
by several dollars per barrel.
Jentek Sensors, Inc.
Characterization
of Solid Oxide Fuel
110-1
Clematis Avenue
Cell Components Using
Waltham,
This project will develop robust nondestructive
characterization tools that will provide
a means of managing the quality of
solid oxide fuel cells for cleaner
power generation.
Luna Innovations, Inc.
Harsh Enviroment Fiber Optic Sensing
2851 Commerce Street
System for SOFC Applications
Blacksburg,
This project will develop a fiber optic-based
harsh-environment sensing system that
will advance the development of solid
oxide fuel cell technology for future
low-emission power generation.
Precision Combustion, Inc.
Recovery of Natural Gas From
410
Sackett Point Road
Methane Hydrate Deposits
North
Haven,
This project will develop a downhole process for
economically producing
methane that will expand U.S. accessible energy reserves while also potentially helping
to prevent global
warming.
TOPIC:
International Technology
New Stable Cathode Materials for
Enchange,Inc.
OLEDs
7080 N
Cathedral Rock Place
Tucson,
This project will develop advanced materials enabling
technology to improve the
performance of light emitting diodes used in optical
display instruments.
Reveo, Inc.
Polymer White Light Emitting Devices
85
Executive Boulevard
Elmsford,
This project will develop technology for improved, lower cost general lighting.
Other
applications include high brightness image displays, sign indicators, and
automobile displays.
Universal Display Corporation
Novel Lower-Voltage OLEDs for
375
Phillips Boulevard
Higher-Efficiency Lighting
Ewing,
This project will develop a new white lighting technology
that offers the potential
for significant gains in power efficiency, color
quality, and environmental impact.
Universal Display Corporation
Novel Light Extraction Enhancements
375
Phillips Boulevard
for OLED Lighting
Ewing,
This project will develop a novel technology for producing
white lighting that offers
the potential for significant gains in power
efficiency, color quality,
and environmental impact.
TOPIC: ENERGY STORAGE AND
CONVERSION TECHNOLOGIES FOR ELECTRIC AND HYBRID VEHICLES
Boundless Corporation
Nanowire Cathode Material for
1730 Conestoga Street SE
Lithium-Ion Batteries
Boulder,
CO
This project will develop nanomaterials for lithium-ion
batteries that will increase the
active cathode surface area by up to 100 times
that of conventional cathode materials,
permitting much higher power generation.
Farasis Energy, Inc.
Novel,
Combinational Approach to the
851 W. Midway Avenue
Development of Cathode Catalysts for
Alameda,
This project will develop technology to greatly accelerate
the screening of new families
of potential catalysts, needed to lower fuel cell
costs.
MER Corporation (Materials and
High Performance Solid
Polymer
Electrochemical Research)
Electroyte for Lithium Batteries
7960
South Kolb Road
Tucson,
AZ
This project will develop a low cost, high performance,
solid polymer electrolyte
for lithium based batteries used for automotive,
electronics, and virtually all
secondary power requirements.
NuVant Systems, Inc.
Improved Fuel Cell Cathode Catalysts
10 West
33rd Street
Using Combinatorial Methods
PH 127
Chicago,
This project will develop advanced methods for the
identification of new fuel cell
cathode catalysts leading to a reduction in the
high cost of fuel cell engines for automobiles.
Sion Power Corporation
Multi-Layer Anode Stabilization
9062 S.
Rita Road
Layer For Preventing Dendrites and
Tucson,
Batteries
Rechargeable lithium-sulfur batteries have the energy
density required to meet
strategic and commercial needs, but they currently suffer from limited cycle
life due
to anode corrosion. This project will develop technology to decrease anode
corrosion and increase battery
life.
TechDrive, Inc.
Highly Conductive Solvent-Free
3255
South Dearborn Street
Polymer Electrolytes for Lithium
Suite
320
Rechargeable Batteries
Chicago, IL
This project will develop electrolytes for next generation
lithium-ion batteries,
which will greatly facilitate the advancement of hybrid
electric and electric vehicles,
as well as many other consumer products.
TIAX LLC
LiFePO4 Cathode Material Designed
15 Acorn Park
for Use in Lithium-Ion Batteries
Cambridge, MA
Hybrid-Electric Vehicles
This project will develop new electrode materials that
allow the use of lithium-ion
technology for electric and hybrid-electric
vehicles.
TPL, Inc.
Preparation of High Performance
3921
Albuquerque, NM
This project will develop technology for lighter, smaller,
more powerful, and
safer rechargeable lithium-based batteries that will impact
the performance
of many commercial and military devices.
US Nanocorp, Inc
High Energy Density Rechargeable
74
Batterson Park Road
Lithium Sulfur
Farmington,
This project will develop a high power, high energy
density, cost-effective, long
life battery for electric and hybrid vehicle
applications.
TOPIC: BIOBASED PRODUCTS AND
BIOENERGY
Blue Sun Biodiesel
Improvement
of Cool Season Oilseeds
344 E.
Foothills Parkway
to Support Economically Competitive
Suite
3E
Bio-Diesel Production on the Western
Fort
Collins,
This project will develop new low-input high-yield
industrial oilseed crops for a
market-competitive biodiesel product that is
specifically suited for non-irrigated land.
333 SW
5th Avenue
Quality of Hybrid Poplar Biomass in
Suite
502
the
Portland,
This project will develop a new generation of hybrid poplar
tree tailored specifically for
the needs of the biofuels and bioproducts
industries of the
Virent Energy Systems, LLC
Integrated Reactor Design for
100 South
Baldwin Street
Hydrogen Production from
Suite
206
Biomass-Sourced Reactant Streams
Madison,
Reforming
(ACR) Process
This project will use a newly discovered gasification
technology to generate hydrogen
from biomass for use as a chemical reagent to
generate value-added chemicals or as a fuel
for fuel cells.
TOPIC: CATALYSIS RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT FOR CHEMICAL MANUFACTURING AND REFINERY OPERATIONS
CrystaTech, Inc.
Removal of Sulfur from Diesel Fuels
4616 West Howard Lane
Unit 2500
Austin,
This project will develop an economical process to remove
sulfur from diesel fuels
and convert the sulfur to fertilizer.
This will allow very
low emissions to be obtained without undue fuel
price increases or shortages.
Eltron Research, Inc.
Polysiloxane-Transition Metal
4600
Nautilus Court South
Complex Copolymer Catalysts for
Boulder, CO
This project will develop a catalyst for production of
valuable specialty chemicals for
scientific research and commercial purposes.
EverNu Technology, LLC
Metal Oxide Catalyst for Methyl
1616 Holly Hill Lane
Ethyl Ketone Production via One-Step
Suite
108
Oxidation of n-Butane
Maple Glen,
This project will develop a novel catalyst and process to
produce a high-volume
commodity chemical from a cheap natural gas component to
address the cost, energy,
and environmental issues of the current process.
Extractica, LLC
Development of a Catalytically
1116
Avalon Road
Active Solvent for Desulfurization
Lawrence,
This project will develop a novel extraction process to
reduce the level of sulfur in
gasoline and diesel fuel while using less energy,
less capital investment, and without
degrading the quality of the fuel.
Laboratory Catalysts Systems, LLC
Discovery and Optimization of
New
914
Westwood Boulevard
Heterogeneous Catalysts for the
Suite
334
Direct Production of Propylene Oxide
Los
Angeles, CA
Combinatorial Methods
This project will develop new catalysts that can convert
abundant resources into an
important intermediate chemical in the petrochemical
industry efficiently and cleanly.
Lynntech, Inc.
Low Temperature Electrochemical
7610 Eastmark Drive
Ammonia Synthesis
Suite
202
College
Station,
This project will develop an electrochemical ammonia
generator that offers greater
ammonia yields at lower operating temperatures
while reducing costs.
Masscal Corporation
Real-Time Monitoring of Catalytic
96 A. Leonard Way
Surfaces for Petrochemical Synthesis
Chatham,
This project will develop instrumentation to monitor and
improve the efficiency
of surface catalytic materials used in the petrochemical
industry, thereby extending
catalyst life and saving millions of dollars in
energy costs.
Precision Combustion, Inc.
Nano-Zeolite Coatings on Microlith
410
Sackett Point Road
Substrates for High Selectivity
North
Haven, CT
This project will demonstrate the utility of a novel
catalyst for the
energy efficient synthesis of important petrochemicals.
TOPIC: NANOTECHNOLOGY
APPLICATIONS IN INDUSTRIAL CHEMISTRY
STTR Project
ALD NanoSolution, Inc.
Novel Polymer Nanocomposite Processing
11711
Chase Ct.
Westminster,
University
of
This project will develop a polymer particle nanocoating
process to fabricate
polymer/ceramic nanocomposites quickly and at low cost.
STTR Project
Advanced Fibers & Powders, LLC
Novel Solid
Acid Nano-Catalysts
3770 Ridge Pike
for Petrochemical Applications
Collegeville,
Lehigh
This project will develop nanotechnology catalysts to
increase catalyst activity
for several major petrochemical conversion processes
that will enhance
chemical manufacturing productivity, reduce energy
consumption, and
eliminate major disposal problems.
CeraMem Corporation
Novel Catalytic Technology for
12 Clematis Avenue
Propylene Epoxidation
Waltham,
This project will develop a selective, energy-efficient,
methodology to convert propylene
to propylene oxide, thereby reducing energy
consumption and waste generation
in the
ICET, Inc.
New Nanostructured Polymeric
916 Pleasant Street
Membrane
for Direct Methanol Fuel
Unit 12
Cells
Norwood,
This project will develop improved membranes for fuel cells
that utilize low cost fuels
such as methanol.
By preventing the permeation of alcohol to the air side of the
fuel cell,
fuel cell efficiency will be increased.
Nanopowder Enterprises, Inc.
Low Cost and High Performance
201 Circle Drive
Polymer Nanocomposite Specialty
Suite
102/103
Industrial Coatings
Piscataway,
This project will develop technology leading to a new class
of low cost,
high performance, environmentally friendly polymer coatings for a
broad rage of
industrial applications.
STTR Project
TDA Research, Inc.
Nanostructured Polymeric
Heterogeneous
12345 West 52nd Avenue
Catalyst for Industrial Applications
Wheat
Ridge,
University
of
This project will develop industrial catalysts by a
molecular assembly route
that results in extremely uniform molecular order and
superior performance
compared to conventional catalysts.
TDA Research, Inc.
PET Nanocomposites for Beverage
12345 West 52nd Avenue
Container Applications
Wheat
Ridge,
This project will develop a new material to replace glass
and metal beverage containers
that will better preserve freshness, save energy,
and reduce costs for consumers.
TOPIC: NANOMATERIALS FOR
ENERGY EFFICIENCY
Faraday Technology, Inc.
A Novel Process for the Application
35 Huls
Drive
and Finishing on Nanocrystalline
Clayton,
Combustion Engine Components
This project will develop nanocrystalline metals that will
improve the wear characteristics
and increase achievable temperatures in
internal combustion engines,
thus increasing fuel efficiency.
FuelCell Energy, Inc.
Molecular Sieve Based Nano-Cathode
3 Great Pasture Road
Structures for PEM Fuel Cells
Danbury,
This project will develop new cathode structures that will
significantly improve the
performance and reduce the cost of fuel cells, a
non-polluting high
efficiency power source.
Hyper-Therm High-Temperature
Ultra-Hard
Nanostructured Silicon
Composites, Inc.
Carbide for Deep-Hole Drilling
18411
Gothard Street
Unit B
Huntington
Beach,
This project will utilize advanced materials to reduce the
cost of deep-well drilling
of energy resources such as geothermal, oil, and
natural gas.
IAP Research, Inc.
Industrial Nano Material Components
2763
Culver Avenue
with High Temperature Corrosion and
Dayton, OH
Energy Savings
This project will develop nano-composite materials to
increase the efficiency of turbines
and internal combustion engines and reduce
our consumption of fossil fuels.
Lynntech, Inc.
A New Composite Proton Exchange
7610 Eastmark Drive
Membrane
Suite
202
College
Station,
Current fuel cell technology requires the presence of
liquid water in the cell,
which contributes to catalyst poisoning and loss of
power. This project
will develop new
membrane technology that will permit operation
in the absence of water, thereby
preventing catalyst poisoning.
MicroCoating Technologies
CCVD Produced Oxygen Deficient
5315 Peachtree Industrial Boulevard
Nanocrystalline Persovskite for Low
Atlanta,
Membranes
This project will develop new materials technology for fuel
cells, speeding the
commercialization of fuel cells for efficient and
environmentally friendly
power applications.
Nanosonic, Inc.
High Temperature-Stable Membrane
P.O. Box
618
Electrode Assemblies for Fuel Cells
Christiansburg,
This project will improve the performance of membrane-based
fuel cells by using a
new class of membrane materials that increase the
efficiency
of the system and decrease the cost of the membrane components.
TOPIC: BIOMASS
Advanced Bioconversion Technologies
Ethanol
Production via Consolidated
99 1/2
School Street
Bioprocessing
Lebanon,
This project will develop a low cost process for the production of ethanol
from cellulosic biomass using a genetically engineered
bacterium that grows at
high temperatures. The
process will dramatically improve the
feasibility of expanded fuel production
from indigenous, renewable resources.
CeraMem Corporation
High-Performance, Low-Cost
12 Clematis Avenue
Pervaporation Modules for Ethanol
Waltham, MA
This project will develop membrane-based separation devices
that will reduce the costs
for production of fuel ethanol.
Community Power Corporation
Demonstration of an
Integrated
8420 S.
Continental Divide Road
Modular Bipower System and
Suite
100
Commerical Burner for Drying Biomass
Littleton,
Agricultural Residues
This project will develop and demonstrate effective options
for agricultural drying
that can also result in reduced fuel and fertilizer
costs.
STTR Project
First American Scientific
Combined Drying and Grinding
Corporation
of Biomass in One Operation
101
Convention Center Drive
Suite
700
Las
Vegas,
Oak
Ridge
Plant matter and animal manures, collectively called
biomass, can be used as fuel
or fertilizer after being ground into a powder and
dried. This project
will develop a
process that combines grinding and drying in a single operation, resulting in
lower energy consumption, cost savings, and environmental benefits.
Manufacturing & Technology
An Advanced Concept for Efficient
Conversion Int'l, Inc.
and Cost-Effective Biomass Drying
6001
Chemical Road
Baltimore,
This project will develop technology for drying wet
biomass, thereby
enhancing biomass utilization as an efficient and economical
renewable resource.
Metcon Industries
Membrane
Separation Combined with
4201
Church Road
Catalytic Biomass Gasification to
Mt.
This project addresses the disposal problem associated with
biomass waste
by increasing energy/hydrogen
output using membrane
separation and catalysis techniques.
Resodyn Corporation
Acoustically-Enhanced Extractive
1901
Butte,
This project will develop a novel acoustic
mixing/extraction technology to enhance
the economic feasibility of converting
agricultural materials to usable products.
TOPIC: NEW TECHNOLOGIES FOR
GENERAL ILLUMINATION APPLICATIONS
Cermet, Inc.
UV LEDs for
1019
Collier Road
Suite
C1
Atlanta,
This project will develop transistor-like, white light
sources that last 100,000 hours,
saving substantial energy in general lighting,
automotive lighting, and aviation lighting.
Foster-Miller,
Inc.
Efficient Incandescent Visible Light
350
Waltham,
This project will support technology key to the development
of high efficiency
incandescent lamps while simultaneously improving lamp
safety, life expectancy,
and light quality.
STTR
Project
InnovaLight,Inc.
Development of Silicon
6801 North Capital of
Building 2, Suite 225
White Phosphors
Austin,
TX
University
of
This project will utilize new silicon nanocrystals as the
light emitter in solid state lighting
devices for the general illumination
market, leading to enormous savings
in electricity ($100 billion per year) and
reduced pollution (200 tons of carbon
emissions per year).
Kyma Technologies, Inc.
Gallium Nitride Substrates for
8829
Midway West Road
Improved
Raleigh,
This project will apply a newly developed gallium nitride
material to traditional
light emitting devices
(LEDs), leading to the
development of a low cost, high efficiency
replacement for incandescent
lighting.
Nanocrystals Technology, Ltd.
Enhanced Optical Efficiency Package
101 Woodward Hall (Pace Campus)
Incorporating Nanotechnology Based
235 Elm Road
Downconverter and High Refractive
Briarcliff
Manor,
High-Flux White Led Lamp with High
Luminous Efficiency
This project will develop technology for solid state
lighting devices for general
illumination, leading to significant economic and
environmental benefits.
PhosphorTech Corporation
Efficient Hybrid Phosphors for Blue
541 Tenth Street
#154
Atlanta,
This project will develop a high performance fluorescent
material for next
generation lighting applications that will result in
significant reduction in
global energy use and environmental pollution.
Technologies and Devices
Novel Low - Cost Technology for
International, Inc.
12214
Plum Orchard Drive
Silver
Spring,
This project will develop a new technology to reduce the
cost of production
of semiconductor light sources used for low-cost, high
energy-efficiency, light
emitting devices for general lighting
TOPIC: SENSOR, COMMUNICATION,
AND CONTROL TECHNOLOGIES FOR ENERGY EFFICIENCY
Airak, Inc.
Low-Cost Modular Highly Reliable
9058 Euclid
Avenue
Inverter
Manassas, VA 20110-5308
This project will develop technology that will increase the
ability of energy
generation and storage systems (such as batteries, fuel cells,
and solar arrays)
to operate at different power levels and in different
environments
with high reliability.
Alternative Energy Systems
Distributed Intelligent Agents for
Consulting, Inc.
Decision Making at Local DER Levels
1945 Camino Vida Roble
Suite A
Carlsbad,
This project will develop technology for the control of
distributed energy resources
(DER) within an electric grid, thus facilitating
acceptance of DER.
Hope Technologies, Inc.
An Optical Fiber Probe for the
185 East
Main Road
Measurement of High Temperatures
Little
This project will develop a high temperature optical probe
with the capability
of outperforming any other probes presently available with
regard to size,
temperature range, and freedom from external electrical
disturbances.
Infotility
Distributed Intelligent Agents for
3000 Executive Parkway
Decision Making at Local Distributed
San Ramon,
This project will develop intelligent, smart software
components to improve
the reliability, efficiency, security, and stability of
the
transmission and distribution network.
Molecular OptoElectronics
Fiber Optic Hydrogen Sensors Based
Corporation
on Nanosized Metal Alloys
877 25th
Street
Watervliet,
This project will develop a hydrogen fuel system that will
ensure safe and efficient
operation of the next generation hydrogen powered
vehicle.
Physical Optics Corporation Photonic
Universal Photo-Acoustic Sensor
Systems Div.
System
20600
Gramercy Place
Building 100
Torrance,
This project will develop a sensor system for collecting
important data
concerting molten materials in industrial operations.
This process control
technology will reduce the consumption of raw
materials and energy,
increase labor and capital productivity, and reduce waste.
Rinehart Motion Systems, LLC
Low Cost, High Current Advanced
9 Buckingham Terrace
Inverter Packaging with Integral
Lake
Oswego,
This project will develop new materials technologies, along
with packaging and
assembly techniques, to reduce the cost and improve the
useful life of power electronics
used in advanced hybrid electric vehicles.
TOPIC: INNOVATIVE MINERAL
PROCESSING
Eriez Manufacturing
Feasibility of a Phosphate Recovery
2200 Asbury Road
Circuit for Existing Waste Streams
Erie,
This project will develop a method to recover valuable
phosphate from the waste stream
of phosphate plants, ultimately improving
plant-wide efficiencies while reducing waste.
Eriez Manufacturing
Evaluation of a Novel Magnetic
2200
Asbury Road
Activated Carbon Process for Gold
Erie,
This project will develop a process that will use domestic
labor and resources
to improve energy efficiency and reduce the environmental
impact of gold
mining and processing operations.
Resodyn Corporation
Sonic Enhanced Microbubble Flotation
1901
Butte,
This project will develop a cost effective method to
increase the recovery of mined minerals
and reduce adverse impacts of the mining
industry on the environment.
Resonon Inc.
A Down-Hole Probe for Real-Time Ore
611 N. Wallace
Grade Assessment in "Look Ahead"
Suite
7
Bozeman,
This project will develop a cost-effective sensor that can
locally assess the ore grade
in real time during mining activities.
The sensor will grade the ore
before it is mined, allowing miners to
leave waste rock in place,
resulting in more efficient, safer, and less
environmentally disturbing mining.
TOPIC: INTEGRATED SYSTEMS FOR
ENERGY-EFFICIENT SPACE CONDITIONING
AIL Research, Inc.
A High Efficiency Ventilation Air
P.O. Box
3662
Conditioner for Residences
50
Washington Road
Princeton,
This project will develop a new technology to dry humid air
that will improve indoor
air quality while significantly reducing national
energy use and emissions from fossil fuels.
Davis Energy Group, Inc.
An Integrated Residential Heating,
123 C
Street
Cooling, Dehumidification, and
Davis,
This project will develop an automatic residential heating
and cooling system
that maintains conditions within accepted limits for comfort
and health while
reducing energy costs to users, and reducing emissions from
natural gas and coal combustion.
Steven Winter Associates, Inc.
Inflatable Retrofit Duct Liner
50
Washington Street
Norwalk,
This project will test the insertion of inflatable liners
inside home air ducts, similar to
angioplasty in arteries, to eliminate leaks
and cleanse the passage for
the air that homeowners breathe.
Steven Winter Associates, Inc.
Development of HSTAT for HVAC Health
50
Washington Street
Status and Control
Norwalk,
This project will develop a cost efficient indoor climate
control technology
that offers improved comfort, and provides early fault
detection and warning
to the homeowner so that the system is corrected
before a
major system failure occurs.
TOPIC: MEASUREMENT AND
TECHNOLOGY FOR GASIFIERS
Blasch Precision Ceramics, Inc.
Cost Effective Improved Refractory
580 Broadway
Materials for Gasification Systems
Albany,
This project will develop advanced ceramic lining materials
for coal gasifiers,
to reduce operating cost and enhance the feasibility of
using coal as fuel for the
generation of electric power and synthetic gases.
TOPIC: MATERIALS, SENSORS,
AND CONTROLS FOR ADVANCED POWER SYSTEMS
CeraMem Corporation
Contamination-Resistant Two-Phase
12 Clematis Avenue
Membranes for High-Temperature
Waltham,
This project will develop economic, robust, and readily
manufactured membrane
modules to extract very-high-purity hydrogen from advanced
coal-based power
plants, required to meet the increased demand for hydrogen in
coming
years (e.g., for use in non-polluting fuel cells).
Ceramatec, Inc.
Tailorable Environmental Barrier
2425 South 900 West
Coatings for Super Alloy Turbine
Salt Lake
City,
This project will develop low cost coatings that offer
enhanced corrosion
resistance for turbine components and process equipment
exposed to high temperature
environments associated with the conversion of coal
to synthesis gas.
Florida Turbine Technologies, Inc.
Hot Section Material Systems Testing
140 Intracoastal Pointe Drive
and Development for Advanced Power
Jupiter,
This project will develop a system for testing the
interaction of syngas trace
contaminants with advanced turbine blade materials
and coatings, providing designers
of advanced power systems with critical data
in a timely and affordable manner.
Lynntech, Inc.
Real-Time
In-Situ Monitoring of
7610 Eastmark Drive
Combustion Gas Mixtures by
Suite
202
Microporous Solid Array Sensor
College
Station,
This project will develop instrumentation to monitor and
analyze industrial gas mixtures
in real-time under harsh conditions.
MER Corporation (Materials and
Advanced Thermal
Barrier Coatings
Electrochemical Research)
for Turbine Components
7960
South Kolb Road
Tucson,
This project will develop jet engine coatings that will
allow the higher operating
temperatures needed for greater efficiency, lower
fuel usage, and greater reliability.
Sporian Microsystems, Inc.
SiCN High Temperature MEMS Sensor
4699 Nautilus Court South, #201
Suite
Boulder,
This project will develop new advances in sensor technology
for application in
science research and industry.
UES, Inc.
Development of Protective Coatings
4401
Dayton-Xenia Road
for Single Crystal Turbine Blades
Dayton,
This project will develop a process for producing thermal
barrier coatings
needed for high temperature protection and improved performance
of turbine
blades in coal-based power generation systems.
US Nanocorp, Inc
Dense Membrane for Hydrogen
74
Batterson Park Road
Separation Based on High Proton
Farmington, CT
This project will develop new membrane technology for the
separation of
hydrogen from syngas in advanced coal power systems, increasing
the availability
of hydrogen as a clean burning fuel source.
TOPIC: FUEL CELL RESEARCH
Ceramatec, Inc.
Advanced Net-Shape Insulation for
2425 South 900 West
Solid Oxide Fuel Cells
Salt Lake
City, UT
This project will develop insulation materials for solid
oxide fuel cell manufacturers.
MesoScribe Technologies, Inc.
Advanced Thermal Spray Fabrication
Long
Island
High
Technology
of Solid Oxide Fuel Cells
Incubator
25 East
Loop Rd, Ste 111, Box 103
Stony
This project will develop an advanced manufacturing
technology for
Solid Oxide Fuel Cell power generation systems to lower
production cost while
maintaining performance,
enabling wide spread use of this clean, high
efficiency, energy
generation technology.
NexTech Materials, Ltd.
Low Cost Spray Deposition for SOFC
720-I
Worthington,
This project will develop a new method of manufacturing
solid oxide fuel cells
that will reduce
costs, simplify processing, and improve cell performance.
TOPIC: GREENHOUSE GASES AND
WATER RESOURCES
Altuda Energy Corporation
Reduction of Non-CO2 Greenhouse Gas
401
Austin Highway
Emissions Through In Situ
Suite
209
Bioconversion of Methane
San
Antonio,
This project will collect methane-consuming bacteria from
coal seams and develop
them to reduce methane emissions and to prevent mine and
landfill explosions;
the new bacteria may also be used to produce cheaper
chemicals and cleaner
liquid energy fuels.
Ceramic Composites, Inc.
Enhanced Performance Carbon Foam
133 Defense Highway
Heat Exchanger for Power Plant
Suite
212
Cooling
Annapolis,
This project will increase the efficiency of power plant
cooling towers and reduce
their fresh water consumption by creating a more
efficient heat exchanger.
Paras Research Corporation
Development of a Method for
1511
Woodhurst Street
Measuring Carbon Balance in the
Bowling
Green, KY
This project will develop a method to reduce atmospheric
carbon by removing
carbon dioxide from coal-fired power plant flue gases, and
then using it
to produce ammonium bicarbonate fertilizer, which will help
produce biomass that
reduces atmospheric carbon even further.
TOPIC: NATURAL GAS
TECHNOLOGIES
3DGeo Development, Inc.
Generalized Shot-Profile
4633 Old Ironsides Drive
Wave-Equation Imaging
Suite
401
Santa
Clara,
This project will develop a method for accurately creating
3-D subsurface
images of geologically complex areas to reduce the risk of
drilling for oil
and gas, minimize the environmental impact of drilling
activities by reducing
the number of wells drilled, and improving the oil and
gas production per well.
IPITEK
Low-Cost Distributed Sensing for Gas
2330 Faraday Avenue
Pipelines
Carlsbad,
This project will develop a cost-effective technology for
continuous monitoring
of pipelines in metropolitan areas, adding
a new dimension of security
for our nation’s energy infrastructure.
ITN Energy Systems, Inc.
Selective Adsorption Membranes for
8130 Shaffer Parkway
Natural Gas Upgrading
Littleton, CO
This project will develop technology to remove large
concentrations of carbon dioxide
from natural gas in a more economical manner.
In Situ Isotope Services, Inc.
First-Ever
750 Seafoam Road
Acquisition of Isotope Data on
Houston, TX
This project will develop and test the first mobile system
to make critical
geochemical measurements of natural gas at the well site.
Membrane Technology and Research,
Membranes for Methane/Nitrogen
Inc. (MTR)
Separation
1360
Willow Road
Suite
103
Menlo
Park,
This project will develop a cost-effective membrane
separation technology
to remove excess nitrogen from raw natural gas.
Membrane Technology and Research,
High-Preformance,
Inc. (MTR)
Plasticization-Resistant Membranes
1360
Willow Road
for Natural Gas Separations
Suite
103
Menlo
Park,
About 17% of
before it can be used. This
project will develop a
Membrane Technology and Research,
Dehydration of Natural Gas
Inc. (MTR)
1360
Willow Road
Suite
103
Menlo
Park, CA
This project will develop a new, lower-cost, membrane
separation technology
to process natural gas, particularly gas obtained from
remote offshore platforms,
or produced by small operators.
STTR Project
Paulsson Geophysical Services,
Inc.
Testing and Evaluation of a
1215
West Lambert Road
Single Well Seismic System Using
Brea, CA
and Clamped Geophones
Lawrence
Berkeley
National Laboratory
Complexities associated with natural gas reservoirs can
result in significant amounts
of natural gas remaining in the ground when the
reservoir is considered depleted.
This
project will develop seismic technology for locating this energy resource.
Southwest Sciences, Inc.
A Reliable Optical System for
1570 Pacheco Street
Natural Gas Pipeline Leak Detection
Suite E-11
Santa Fe, NM 87505-3937
This project will develop a laser-based system to remotely
detect leaks from a natural gas
pipeline. The system can be deployed on aircraft
for fast surveys or as point sensors for
monitoring potential trouble spots.
TDA Research, Inc.
High Pressure Economical Process for
12345
West 52nd Avenue
Treating Natural Gas
Wheat
Ridge,
This project will develop an economical process for
removing sulfur from natural gas and
petroleum, thereby reducing the $5 billion
spent each year by industry to remove this
pollutant.
TDA Research, Inc.
Sorbents for Removal of Odorants
12345
West 52nd Avenue
from Natural Gas
Wheat
Ridge, CO
This project will develop a low-cost, high-capacity,
expendable sorbent that can
remove natural gas odorants from natural gas and
propane, which will enable the effective
utilization of natural gas in fuel
cells, and remove an important obstacle to the widespread
use of fuel cells for
residential power generation.
TOPIC: OIL AND FUEL
TECHNOLOGIES
CeraMem Corporation
Novel Fischer-Tropsch Reactor
12
Clematis Avenue
Waltham
,
This project will develop a technology for the more
energy-efficient use of domestic
coal and natural gas reserves, thereby
providing cleaner chemicals and fuels
for
CeraMem Corporation
A Novel Oxidation Process for the
12 Clematis Avenue
Conversion of Coal to Diesel
Waltham
,
This project will develop an economically-viable,
environment-friendly process for
converting coal to oxygenated transportation
fuels, which are known to generate
lower amounts of pollutants.
Exelus, Inc.
Cost Effective Fischer-Tropsch
99 Dorsa Avenue
Technology
Livingston
,
This project will develop a technology for conversion of
natural gas to syn-crude
that is necessary to efficiently develop the vast
natural gas reserves in
North Slope.
STTR Project
GTL
Technologies, Inc.
Exothermic Conversion of Methane
2825
Wilcrest Drive
into Methanol or Other Oxygenated
Suite
470
Derivatives
Houston,
Stevens Institute of Technology
This project will develop a technology to convert natural
gas to liquids which can be
transported in order to economically utilize the
that are remote from their markets.
Hanby Environmental Laboratory
Downhole Spectrometric
Device for
Procedures (H.E.L.P.), Inc.
the Real-Time Analysis of Fluid
6817 Highway 90
Composition
Katy,
This project will develop instrumentation to analyze fluids
in real time while drilling
for oil, thereby increasing efficiencies in the
search for and the production of petroleum
Physical Optics Corporation, Photonic
Petroleum Indicator by Electric
Systems Div.
Relaxation
20600
Gramercy Place
Building 100
Torrance,
This project will develop a simple, reliable, flow and
composition sensor to provide
highly accurate fluid detection and flow-rate
measurement to oil drillers as drilling is taking place.
TOPIC: FUSION SCIENCE AND
TECHNOLOGY
Composite Technology Development,
Innovative Inorganic Fusion Magnet
Inc.
Insulation Systems
2600
Campus Drive
Suite D
Lafayette,
This project will develop improved ceramic insulation for
fusion devices that will
help promote the realization of fusion energy as a
practical power source.
Composite Technology Development,
Vacuum Pressure Impregnation
Inc.
Insulation Systems for High
2600 Campus Drive
Temperature Fusion Applications
Lafayette,
This project will develop innovative, high temperature,
electrical insulation systems
for the design of more efficient fusion devices,
ultimately leading to the development
of fusion energy into a viable commercial
energy source.
FARTECH, Inc.
State-Space Parameter Modeling Tool
10350
Science Center Drive
for Enhanced Mode Discrimination and
Bldg 14,
San Diego,
This project will develop a modeling tool that will
facilitate calculations needed to
develop advanced detectors for fusion
reactors.
NOVA Photonics, Inc.
Conherent Magnetic Field Fluctuation
One Oak
Place
Measurements
Princeton,
This project will refine a measurement tool which provides
operator feedback to
control and improve the performance of fusion devices.
Inc.
the Plasma-Facing Surfaces NSTX
7 Deer
Park Drive
Monmouth
This project will develop an infrared television camera for
use as a diagnostic tool in
magnetic fusion research.
Shear Form
Thermomechanical Processing of Nb
2805
Brothers Blvd.
for Improved Superconductor
College
Station, TX
This project will demonstrate the scale-up potential of a
new processing technology
to refine the microstructure of cast niobium at sizes
of interest to commercial
manufacturers of superconducting wire.
Tech-X Corporation
Direct Numerical Simulation of ICRF
5541
Central Avenue
Wave-Particle Interaction
Suite 135
Boulder, CO
This project will develop novel advanced computing
techniques to give a better
understanding of the complicated physical processes
involved in using intense radio waves
to heat the fuel in a fusion reactor to
ignition.
TPL, Inc.
Nanocomposite Dielectric Materials
3921
Academy
Parkway North,
Albuquerque,
This project will develop advanced materials for high
energy, pulsed power systems
used in physics research.
TOPIC: ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES
AND MATERIALS FOR FUTURE FUSION ENERGY SYSTEMS
Ceramatec, Inc.
Preceramic Precursor Routes to
2425 South 900 West
Tailorable, Low-Activation, Silicon
Salt Lake
City, UT
This project will develop new methods of joining silicon
carbide composites, which
do not become highly radioactive after use, for use as
the first wall in fusion power plants.
FM Technologies, Inc.
Low-Cost Rapid Joining for
4431-H
Chantilly,
for Fusion Reactors and Other
Commercial Applications
This project will develop a joining technology for
fabrication and repair of ceramic
materials to be used as structural components
of advanced fusion energy systems.
HyPerComp, Inc.
Practical Simulations of Two-Phase
31255
Cedar Valley Drive
Flows with Wall Effects
Suite
327
Westlake,
This project will develop technology to enable potential
efficient thermal management of
fusion energy systems, and paves the way for
their safe, reliable, economic and
environmentally benign operation.
MetaHeuristics LLC
Development of Lattice-Boltmann
209 W. Alamar Avenue
Methods for Simulation of Complex
Suite A
Fluid Physics and Chemistry in
Santa
Barbara,
This project will develop a computation methodology to
simulate flow and
plasma-surface interactions of liquid metals and molten salts
in nuclear fusion reactors,
as well as simulations of a variety of industrial
processes involving complex fluid
physics and chemistry.
TOPIC: INERTIAL FUSION ENERGY
Luxel Corporation
Low-Cost Fabrication of Inertial
P.O. Box 1879
Fusion Energy Capsule Supports
515
Tucker Avenue
Friday
Harbor, WA
This project will demonstrate that it is feasible to
mass-produce fuel capsule supports
for an Inertial Fusion Energy power plant, a
necessary step toward demonstrating the
feasibility of fusion as a practical
energy source.
STTR Project
Plasma Processes, Inc.
Engineered Tungsten Surfaces for
4914
Moores Mill Road
Huntsville,
University
of
This project will develop engineered tungsten surfaces to
increase the performance
and lower the costs of fusion energy devices.
Supercon, Inc.
An Advanced Nonolithic NbTi
830
Shrewsbury, MA
Superconducting Quadrupole Magnets
This project will develop a technology to pursue further
improvements in the manufacture
of superconducting wires needed to produce the
magnets for future fusion machines.
Tech-X Corporation
Accurate Numerical Models of the
5541 Central Avenue
Secondary Electron Yield from
Suite
135
Grazing-Incidence Collisions
Boulder,
This project will develop numerical models of interactions
among unwanted particles
so that these can be accounted for in heavy-ion fusion
energy simulation codes.
Ultramet
Microengineered Tungsten Firstwall
12173 Montague Street
Structure for Inertial Fusion Energy
Pacoima,
This project will fabricate and demonstrate an advanced
material capable of withstanding
the harsh environment inside an operating
fusion energy reactor.
TOPIC: NUCLEAR PHYSICS
ACCELERATOR TECHNOLOGY
Energen, Inc.
A Tuning System for Spoke Cavity
650
Suffolk Street
Lowell,
This project will develop technology for improved radio
frequency accelerating structures,
thereby increasing the reliability and
reducing the costs of accelerator facilities
used in nuclear physics research.
Hypres, Inc.
PXI-Standard Automatic Setup and
175 Clearbrook Road
Control of a 20-GHz-Bandwidth
Elmsford,
Beam Diagnostics
This project will develop an extremely fast, user-friendly,
commercial digital oscilloscope
to measure and record very fast single-shot
pulses of power in high energy
physics experiments.
Joerger Enterprises, Inc.
Intelligent, High Performance VME
166
Laurel Road
Data Acquistion Module
East
Northport,
This project will develop electronics technology for
accelerator control and data
acquisition in nuclear physics experiments.
Sienna Technologies, Inc.
Aluminum Nitride RF Windows
19501
144th Avenue, NE
Suite F-500
Woodinville,
This project will develop non-toxic replacement materials
for industrial uses of toxic
beryllium oxide to help the environment and also
stabilize the market and eliminate
costly labeling and disposal processes.
Tech-X Corporation
Magnetized Electron Transport in the
5541
Central Avenue
Proposed Electron Cooling Section of
Suite
135
the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider
Boulder,
This project will develop a computer code to assist
scientists in modeling the design
of an electron cooling system that will
improve the performance of the
Heavy Ion Collider at Brookhaven National
Laboratory.
Tunnel Dust, Inc.
A New SRF Cavity Processing
745 Blue Crab Road
Technique for the Elimination of
Suite D
Field Emission and Surface
Newport
News,
Cavities
This project will develop new processing techniques to
improve the performance
of particle accelerators for military, research, and
industrial applications.
Tunnel Dust, Inc.
An Extremely High Power Field
745 Blue
Crab Road
Coupled Low Loss RF Transmission
` Suite D
Line for SRF Cavities
Newport
News,
The project will develop extremely high power RF couplers
that will allow for cost
reductions and performance improvements of accelerators
used in military, research,
and industrial applications.
TOPIC: NUCLEAR PHYSICS
DETECTORS, INSTRUMENTATION, AND TECHNIQUES
I.C. Gomes Consulting & Investment,
Design and Testing of a Fast-Release
Inc.
Tilted Target for RIA
11
Huntington Circle, #12
Naperville,
This project will develop technology for producing isotopes
needed for advanced
physics studies in facilities such as the Rare Isotope
Accelerator, thereby increasing
the scientific productivity of these facilities.
Intematix Corporation
Combinatorial Screening of Advanced
351 Rheem Boulevard
Scintillators for High Resolution
Moraga,
This project will develop and apply a high throughput
screening process to significantly
speed up the discovery of the efficient
scintillators needed for developing
advanced particle and photon detectors in
nuclear physics research.
Lutronics Inc.
Combinatorial Strategy Toward Fast
28
Ruthellen Road
and Efficient Scintillators
Chelmsford,
This project will develop a high speed and high efficiency
photon detection
and imaging system for physics research.
STTR Project
Lutronics Inc.
Novel Approach toward High
28 Ruthellen Road
Performance Energetic Rays Detection
Chelmsford,
Lawrence
Berkeley
National Laboratory
This project will develop photon detection and imaging
technology with sub-micron
spatial resolution, sub-nanosecond response, and high
light output for nuclear physics research.
NOVA Scientific, Inc.
Microchannel Plate Hard X-Ray
660 Main
Street
Imaging Detector
P.O. Box
928
Sturbridge,
This project will develop a hard X-ray imaging detector for
x-ray diffraction and
scattering, industrial radiography and
tomography,
densitometry, surface analysis,
medicine, and
counterterrorism.
PHDs
Development of Reliable Segmented
813 Barnhart Street
Germanium Planar Detector Systems
Raymond,
This project will develop a detector for gamma rays and x
rays for nuclear
physics research and nuclear medicine that can provide better
position and
energy resolution than any other practical detector system.
Radiation Monitoring Devices, Inc.
A Novel Design for CZT Gamma Ray
44 Hunt Street
Spectrometers
Watertown,
This project will investigate a promising nuclear detector
which will have major
impact in scientific studies as well as in commercial
applications.
Radiation Monitoring Devices, Inc.
New N+ Contact for Germanium Strip
44 Hunt Street
Detectors
Watertown,
This project will investigate a new detector design that
will have applications in fields
such as nuclear and materials research, nuclear
non-proliferation, medical imaging, and astronomy.
TOPIC: NUCLEAR PHYSICS
ELECTRONICS DESIGN AND FABRICATION
Advanced Science and Novel
Ultra High Speed Analog to Digital
Technology Company
Converter with Ternary Digital
28119 Ridgefern Court
Output
Rancho
Palos Verdes,
This project will develop new integrated circuits to reduce
the complexity of data systems
used in next generation nuclear physics
experiments and in waste control
management and chemical facilities processing.
ELTECH Precision, Inc.
Pulse-Synchronized
5042
Wilshire Blvd.
Serializer/De-Serializer-Based
Suite
524
Interconnect
Los
Angeles,
This project will develop a high-throughput data
transmission device to improve data
transmission for High Energy Physics
research experiments and other applications
using supercomputers and
communication networks.
ELTECH Precision, Inc.
Ball Grid Array Compatible Optical
5042
Wilshire Blvd.
Packaging and Assembly Process
Suite
524
Los
Angeles,
This project will develop high-density chip-to-chip
computer connections
with applications in supercomputers and communication
networks.
Photon Imaging, Inc.
New Hybrid Pulse-Processor for X-
19355
Business Center Drive
and Gamma-Ray Spectroscopy
Suite 8
Northridg,
This project will develop an instrument which will result
in improved measurement
capability for a wide range of x- and gamma-ray
spectrometers for nuclear physics
research as well as other scientific and
industrial measurement purposes.
SkuTek Instrumentation
Digital Signal Processing
210
Cypress Street
Electronics for Nuclear Physics
#1 Applications
Rochester,
This project will develop digital electronics to replace
the analog electronics
currently used in many nuclear physics applications in
order to improve upon
analog signal processing in experimental nuclear physics.
TOPIC: NUCLEAR PHYSICS
SOFTWARE AND DATA MANAGEMENT
21st Century Systems, Inc.
Secure Agent-Based Collaboration
12152
Windsor Hall Way
Environment
Herndon,
The needs of worldwide collaboration by nuclear physicists
and national
accelerator laboratory engineers have outpaced the World Wide Web.
This project will
develop an
infrastructure that provides a secure
environment for these collaborations.
Physical Optics Corporation,
Three Dimensional Holographic
Electro-Optics & Holog. Div.
Archival Memory
20600
Gramercy Place
Building 100
Torrance,
This project will develop new memory technology for the
high speed storage of huge volumes
of continuously generated data from nuclear physics laboratories.
TOPIC: HIGH PERFORMANCE
NETWORKS
13401 Valley Drive
Optical Front-End for 10 Gb/s
Rockville,
This project will develop a low cost ultra-fast optical
link for high speed
optical communications.
ELTECH Precision, Inc.
High-Speed Centralized Intrusion
5042
Wilshire Blvd.
Detection Device
Suite 524
Los
Angeles,
This project will develop an intrusion detection system for
future computer networks
used by the Department of Energy.
STTR Project
SeaFire Micros, Inc.
High Performance Networks
39
Dodge Street
#319
Beverly,
Ohio
This project will develop a novel system architecture that
addresses the problem of system
delays, as greater network speeds load down host
processor performance.
TOPIC: SCALABLE MIDDLEWARE
AND GRID TECHNOLOGIES
Deep Web Technologies, LLC
Distributed Relevance Ranking in
154 Piedra Loop
Heterogeneous Document Collections
Los Alamos, NM 87544
This project will develop a computerized data retrieval
tool that mines, aggregates,
and displays the most relevant data to be found
within large content bases for use
by researchers who need to comb through an
ever-growing base of information to
find critical content.
Genomatica, Inc.
Establishing
a Computational
5405 Morehouse Drive
Infrastructure for Systems Biology
Suite 210
San Diego, CA 92121-4722
This project will develop software needed for a computer
model of bacteria,
which will be used to improve our understanding of
energy-related biological processes
related to
energy production, carbon fixation, and bioremediation.
Kitware, Inc.
Scalable Grid Technologies for
469 Clifton Corporate Parkway
Visualization Services
Clifton Park, NY 12065-7515
This project will provide visualization technologies (used
to view the results of scientific computation)
as a Web resource.
Xcerla Corporation
Multi-Party and Multi-Resource
17115 Linda
Morgan
Hill,
This project will develop grid computing technology to
enable resource sharing among
multiple universities and the
efficient utilization of the
Nation’s computing resources.
TOPIC: HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS
DATA ACQUISITION AND PROCESSING
Photodigm, Inc.
High Speed Optical Source for High
1155 E. Collins Boulevard, #200
Energy Physics Data Acquisition
Richardson,
This project will develop low-cost semiconductor lasers for
use in high
energy physics experiments. These
same lasers also would have commercial application
to the deployment of optical
fiber to the home for high speed internet and
entertainment access.
Tech-X Corporation
A Data Skimming Grid Portal
5541
Central Avenue
Suite 135
Boulder, CO 80301
This project will develop software tools to allow
scientists and engineers to remotely
and intuitively distill manageable data
sets from large data sets at high-performance computing
sites anywhere in the
world.
TOPIC: HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS
DETECTORS
aPeak
Geiger Photodiode Array Readouts for
63 Albert
Road
Scintillating Fiber Arrays
Newton,
This project will develop a detector array with improved
performance for applications
in high-energy physics, nuclear physics, and
national security.
Burle Industries, Inc.
Large Area PMT
1000 New
Lancaster,
PA
In high energy physics research, the next generation of
nucleon-decay and neutrino
experiments is currently limited by the current
generation of large area light sensors.
This
project will develop economical, large area, high sensitivity light sensors
for
these experiments.
NanoSciences Corporation
Compact Surface
115
Hurley Road, #1B
Photomultipliers
Oxford,
This project will develop a miniaturized light sensing
technology that will enable
the most sensitive form of light sensing to be
extended to portable and space based
applications such as optical
communications, analytical instruments,
sensors and detectors.
Radiation Monitoring Devices, Inc.
Very Large, High Gain APDs for
44 Hunt Street
Particle Physics
Watertown,
This project will develop technology for a novel detector
to be used in particle
physics studies. It
will also have application to oil exploration,
medical imaging, nuclear
non-proliferation, and non-destructive evaluation.
TOPIC:
ADVANCED CONCEPTS AND TECHNOLOGY FOR HIGH ENERGY ACCELERATORS
Calabazas Creek Research
A Finite Element, Adaptive Mesh,
20937 Comer Drive
Particle-In-Cell Code
Saratoga,
This project will develop software to
dramatically reduce the computational cost of modeling
charged particle devices and systems,
used in high energy physics research.
FARTECH, Inc.
High Precision Integrated Beam
10350 Science Center
Drive
Position and Emittance Monitor
Bldg 14,
San Diego, CA
This project will
develop instrumentation for monitoring accelerator beams,
permitting
more precise and cost-effective control of
accelerators used in
applications from high-energy physics
to cancer treatment.
MUONS, Inc.
Six-Dimensional Beam Cooling in a
552 N. Batavia Avenue
Gas Absorber
Batavia, IL
60510-1274
This project will use
dense hydrogen gas to reduce both the longitudinal
and transverse
beam sizes for new particle
accelerators needed for
tomorrow’s studies of the fundamental
forces of nature.
STTR Project
Nanohmics, Inc.
Improved Electron Yield and
4302 Rimdale Drive
Spin-Polarization from III-V
Austin,
Carrier Drift
Stanford Linear
This project will develop an improved source of electron beams for
high energy physics research accelerators.
202008 Yale Station Device
Suite
100
New Haven,
This project will develop a
measurement device for next generation accelerators needed
to explore the frontiers of physics
and for medical research and treatment.
Simulation Technology & Applied
An Advanced Analysis Tool for
Research
Predicting Parasitic Oscillations in
11520 North Port Washington Road
High Power Klystrons Used in
Suite 101B
Particle Colliders
Mequon, WI
53092-1195
Klystron tubes generate the microwave
power required byhigh-energy
particle accelerators, and tube
failure adds substantial development and operational costs
to new and existing machines.
This project will develop software that will allow engineers to
predict klystron failures before they
are built, thereby lowering the cost of scientific and
commercial particle accelerators.
Tech-X Corporation
User Friendly Steering and
5541 Central Avenue
Diagnostics for Modeling Space
Suite
135
Boulder,
This project will develop technology
to enable researchers to use state-of-the-art computer
simulation to improve
high energy accelerators.
TOPIC: RADIO FREQUENCY
ACCELERATOR TECHNOLOGY FOR HIGH ENERGY ACCELERATORS AND COLLIDERS
Asgard Microwave
High-Power RF Window
6010 E.
Alki Avenue
Unit #2
Spokane,
WA
This project will develop a new type of linear accelerator
microwave window
to solve the power-handling limitations of older-type microwave
windows.
Calabazas Creek Research
Sheet Beam Klystron for Accelerators
20937
Comer Drive
Saratoga,
CA
This project will develop a radio frequency source that
will further the development
of advanced particle accelerators used to study the
basic forces of nature and for
diagnosis and treatment of diseases.
Diversified Technologies, Inc.
NLC Marx Bank Modulator
35
Wiggins Avenue
Bedford,
This project will develop new technology for solid-state,
pulsed-power systems for the
Next Linear Collider.
The technology will also have application to
medical, semiconductor, and
food processing systems.
Diversified Technologies, Inc.
Hybrid Modulator Upgrade
35
Wiggins Avenue
Bedford,
This project will develop circuitry to actively limit
energy losses from external faults.
The
circuits will have applicability to a wide range of medical, industrial,
and
security-related high voltage systems, such as X-ray inspection systems.
STTR Project
MUONS, Inc. / EM Design, LLC
Cryogenic Pulse Compressors for
(Joint Venture)
Muon Accelerators
MUONS, Inc.
552 N. Batavia Avenue
Batavia, IL 60510-1274
EM Design, LLC
22661 Highway 62
Shady Cove, OR 97539
Fermi
National Accelerator Laboratory
This project will develop cryogenic energy-storage cavities
to power next-generation
particle physics accelerators to improve their
efficiency and to lower costs.
Omega-P, Inc.
KA-Band Resonant Ring for High-Power
202008 Yale Station
Testing of Accelerator Components
Suite
100
New Haven, CT
This project will develop one of several new components
needed to build next
generation particle accelerators for physics research and
medical treatment.
Omega-P, Inc.
Quasi-Optical 34-GHz RF Pulse<
202008 Yale Station
Compressor
Suite
100
New Haven, CT
This project will develop a radio frequency pulse
compressor to support the
construction of a new particle accelerator for high
energy physics research.
Omega-P, Inc.
Whispering Gallery X-Band Power
202008 Yale Station
Multiplier
Suite
100
New Haven, CT
This project will develop a radio frequency power
multiplier, one of several new
components required for a future high-energy
electron-positron collider, needed for
next-generation physics experiments.
R. W. Bruce Associates, Inc.
Joining of Ceramic Structures for
1594
Chicksaw Road
Advanced High Energy Accelerators
Arnold,
This project will use high-power, high-frequency,
focused-beam microwaves
to join advanced ceramic tubes, slated for use in
advanced accelerator systems such as
the Next Linear Collider.
Sci-Eng Solutions
Photon
Initiated-Marxed Modulators
3304
Laketown Drive
Columbia,
This program will develop new electronics technology need
for future accelerat
or facilities such as the Next Generation Linear Collider
and the
Neutron Spallation Source.
TOPIC: HIGH-FIELD
SUPERCONDUCTOR AND SUPERCONDUCTING MAGNET TECHNOLOGIES FOR HIGH ENERGY PARTICLE
COLLIDERS
Accelerator Technology Corporation
Extrusion of Tin Hole in Subelements
207 Dellwood
for Internal-Tin Nb3Sn
Bryan,
This project will develop technology
to lower the cost of manufacturing superconducting
wire, leading to major cost
reductions for future high energy facilities, Tokamaks,
and high-field magnets for medical
imaging.
Alabama
Cryogenic Engineering, Inc.
A Hydrostatic Processing Facility
P.O. Box
2470
for Superconducting Wire
Huntsville, AL
This project will
develop a process for the production of advanced superconducting wire,
needed as an enabling
technology for the next generation of high energy physics colliders.
DSP Alloys
A High Current Density, Low
4235 Toch Street
Magnetization, Tubular Filamented
San Diego, CA
This project will
develop improved superconductor materials required for future
high field magnetic
applications in high energy physics.
Hyper Tech Research Inc.
Development of Internal-Tin Nb/Sn
110 E. Canal Street
Troy, OH
This project will develop an improved internal superconductor for next
generation High Energy Physics accelerator magnets.
MultiPhase Composites
Engineered Ceramic Composite
2425 Tulip Street
Insulators for High Field Magnet
Longmont,
This project will develop ceramic insulators that will reduce particle
accelerator and
fusion magnet fabrication costs by providing shaped parts that require no
complicated
machining.
Supercon, Inc.
Thermo-Magnetic Continuous
830
Shrewsbury,
This project will develop superconducting wire and cable that would allow
higher magnetic
fields to be achieved in magnets used in future high energy physics and
fusion machines.
Supercon, Inc.
An Internal Tin Tube Process for
830
Shrewsbury, MA
This project will develop new fabrication technology for superconducting
wire that can meet
the performance needs of next-generation high energy physics and fusion
machines.
Supergenics LLC
Some Improved Methods of Introducing
1233 Tree Bay Lane
Additional
Elements into
Sarasota,
This project will produce high quality conductors at relatively low cost
to be used
in high field superconducting magnets, which will be needed to develop
and construct
future generations of particle accelerators for high energy physics
research.
Tai-Yang Research Corporation
Novel Magnetometer for Quadrupole
31 Pierson Drive
and Dipole Magnetic Measurements
Hockessin,
This project will develop a sensitive yet simple magnetic measurement
technique that will
lower the cost and complexity of measuring the magnetic properties of
accelerator magnets.
TOPIC: TECHNOLOGIES FOR THE
NEXT-GENERATION ELECTRON-POSITRON LINEAR
COLLIDER
Omega-P, Inc.
Fast X-Band Phase Shifter
202008 Yale Station
Suite
100
New Haven, CT
This project will develop a fast
phase shifter, one of several new components required to
allow the realization of a
high-energy electron-positron collider needed for next
generation physics experiments.
UTRON, Inc.
Near Net Shape Manufacturing Using
8506 Wellington Road
Combustion Driven Compaction
Suite
200
Manassas, VA
20109-3915
This project will
develop a process to produce durable, fully-dense metallic and composite
parts with much less
waste of scrap metal.
Wenzel
Associates, Inc.
Development of Sub-Picosecond Phase
2215 Kramer Lane
Stability Signal Multipliers
Austin,
This project will
develop electronics technology to improve beam focus in high
energy physics
accelerators.