U.S. Department of Energy
Small Business Technology Transfer Program
FY 2002 Phase II - Awards by Topic

TOPIC: ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES AND MATERIALS FOR FUSION SYSTEMS
NPL Associates, Inc. 912 West Armory Avenue Champaign, IL 61821-4537	University of Illinois	Free Surface Flowing Liquid-Plasma Interaction Facility
This project will develop advanced inner wall materials incorporating flowing liquid plasma-facing surfaces to withstand the high levels of surface heat flux generated from fusion energy systems.
TOPIC: HIGH-FIELD SUPERCONDUCTOR AND SUPERCONDUCTING MAGNET TECHNOLOGIES FOR HIGH ENERGY PARTICLE COLLIDERS
Accelerator Technology Corporation 207 Dellwood Bryan, TX 77840	Texas Engineering Experiment Station	Virtual Impact Sizing for Precursor Powders of Nb₃Sn and Bi-2212 Superconductors
This project will develop a way to remove defective particles from the expensive powders that are used to make superconducting wire. It offers the possibility of making better and cheaper superconducting wire for research, and, in a side application, making improved sun block lotion that gives total protection but is invisible on the skin.
Alabama Cryogenic Engineering, Inc. P.O. Box 2470 Huntsville, AL 35804-2470	Concurrent Technologies Corporation	Innovative Processing Methods for Superconducting Materials
This project will develop a new methodology for producing Niobium-Tin superconducting materials for use in the next generation of High Energy Physics Research Particle Beam Colliders.
TOPIC: NUCLEAR PHYSICS DETECTORS INSTRUMENTATION AND TECHNIQUES
I.C. Gomes Consulting & Investment, Inc. 11 Huntington Circle, #12 Naperville, IL 60540	Argonne National Laboratory	Development of a Computer Code System for Simulation of Target Performance
This project will develop a computer code system that incorporates all advancements in the Rare Isotope Accelerator (RIA) target design to enhance target simulation and reduce cost associated with target development during facility design and operation.
TOPIC: SUPPORT TECHNOLOGIES FOR SENSORS USED IN NATIONAL SECURITY APPLICATIONS
Intelligent Optical Systems, Inc. 2520 West 237th Street Torrance, CA 90505-5217	Oak Ridge National Laboratory	Microfluidics Transport and Path Control via Programmable Electrowetting on Dielectric (EWOD) Card
This project will develop a microfluidic hazardous substance sampling system to enable unattended operation of micro-sensors for field monitoring and protection of government and public facilities.
TOPIC: MONITORING OF DOE SITES, FACILITIES, AND PERSONNEL
YAHSGS LLC P.O. Box 667 Richland, WA 99352	Oak Ridge National Laboratory	Total Online Access Data System
This project will develop an advanced data management system to reduce human health risk associated with the clean up of contaminated Department of Energy facilities, reduce facility monitoring costs, and improve security through advanced monitoring of material.
TOPIC: ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING TECHNOLOGIES FOR SOILS, SUBSURFACE SEDIMENTS, AND GROUNDWATER
Edenspace Systems Corporation 15100 Enterprise Court Suite 100 Chantilly, VA 20151	Purdue Research Foundation	Monitoring Phytoremediation Processes Using the Green Fluorescent Protein
This project will develop an innovative, cost-effective, real time system that uses plants to monitor water and soil quality.
TOPIC: HEAT TRANSFER RESEARCH
Nanopowder Enterprises, Inc. 120 Centennial Avenue Suite 106 Piscataway, NJ 08854-3900	Argonne National Laboratory	Oxide Dispersed Nanofluids for Next Generation Heat Transfer
This project will develop a new generation of engine coolants containing dispersed nanoparticles having an exceptionally high heat carrying capacity. Such Nanofluids, as they are termed, will lead to savings in cost and energy by way of smaller heat exchangers and increased efficiency in industrial production.
TOPIC: MEMBRANES FOR ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SEPARATION TECHNOLOGIES
Vertec Biosolvents, Inc. 1441 Branding Lane Suite 100 Downers Grove, IL 60515	Argonne National Laboratory	Advanced Membrane Technology for Biosolvents
This project will develop an advanced membrane based technology to produce ethyl lactate and other biobased solvents that would enable economical production of these high performance bio based alternatives to toxic and environmentally unfriendly solvents.
TOPIC: IMPROVED PERMANENT MAGNETS AND PROCESSING TECHNOLOGIES
APS Material, Inc. 4011 Riverside Drive Dayton, OH 45405-2364	University of Dayton Research Institute	High Performance Plasma Sprayed Nd₂fe₁₄B Permanent Magnet
This project will develop a plasma spray process to fabricate high-performance magnets for nuclear physics research applications.
TOPIC: NEUTRON AND ELECTRON BEAM INSTRUMENTATION
Containerless Research, Inc. 906 University Place Evanston, IL 60201-3147	Argonne National Laboratory	Neutron Scattering Instrumentation for Measurement of Melt
This project will use the Department of Energy's neutron research facilities to study and advance U.S. liquid processing technologies. The study of liquid processing is critical to enhance efficiency, quality, profitability, and safety in exploiting materials from silicon to fiber optics to advanced steels.