WALSH AND CENTER OF EXCELLENCE ANNOUNCE FEDERAL FUNDING FOR FIVE UPSTATE COMPANIES

(Syracuse, N.Y.)- Congressman Jim Walsh joined with the Syracuse Center of Excellent (Syracuse CoE) Office for Industry Collaboration to announce that five upstate New York companies have received a total of $710,985 in merit-based awards. The funding will be used to develop projects designed to improve air quality by testing for airborne contaminants and by creating a new generation of air conditioning systems. The funding was secured by Walsh through the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The five companions were competitively selected and judged by their plans for yearlong projects associated with air and/or air quality. The announcement was made at the company headquarters of Propulsive Wing in Elbridge, N.Y.

“Our region possesses the unique expertise to solve global problems relating to energy and the environment,” says Walsh. “The innovations developed by the Syracuse Center of Excellence partners will not only benefit the environment, but create jobs, generate revenue, and open up opportunities for new and growing businesses.”

The recipients are:

 CollabWorx Inc.

 Collaborator: SenSyr LLC.

Funding Amount: $149,900

"Open Web Services-Based Indoor Climate Control System, Phase II"

 Environmental Laboratory Services

 Collaborator: SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry

 Funding Amount: $149,141

 "Application and Demonstration of Macroarray Analytical Techniques for the Detection of Fungal Bioaerosols in Buildings"

 Propulsive Wing LLC

 Collaborator: Syracuse University and Allred & Associates, Inc.

 Funding Amount: $150,000

 "Commercial Development of a Multi-Use Personal Ventilation/Filtration System"

 Taitem Engineering

 Collaborator: Syracuse University, Building Energy and Environmental Systems Laboratory

 Funding Amount: $111,944

 "Geothermal Desiccant Cooling: A New Approach to Air Conditioning"

 Widetronix, Inc.

 Collaborator: Cornell University, Wide Bandgap Laboratory

 Funding Amount: $150,000

 "Silicon Carbide Avalanche Photodiode for Photomultiplier Tube Replacement in Airborne Biological Contaminant Identification Sensors"

 For more information on the awards and the Syracuse Center of Excellence, go to:

 http://sunews.syr.edu/story_details.cfm?id=4384

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