U.S. Department of Energy
Small Business Innovation Research Program
FY 1999 Phase II - Awards by Topic


TOPIC: ADVANCED OIL AND GAS TECHNOLOGIES

Physical Optics Corporation
20600 Gramercy Place
Building 100
Torrance, CA 90501-1821

Gaussian Ray Optimized Volumetric
Evaluation Rendering (GROVER) for Visualization of Advanced Oil Recovery

TOPIC: ADVANCED COAL/GAS POWER SYSTEMS

Adroit Systems, Inc.
411-108th Avenue, N.E.
Suite 1080
Bellevue, WA 98004-5515

Pulse Detonation Combustors (PDCs)
for Coal Combustion-Based Power Systems

Eltron Research, Inc.
5660 Airport Blvd.
Boulder, CO 80301-2340

Oxygen Blown Gasification of Coal Fines

TOPIC: TECHNOLOGIES FOR CLEAN FUELS AND SPECIALTY PRODUCTS

TDA Research, Inc.
12345 West 52nd Avenue
Wheat Ridge, CO 80033-1917

Carbon Nanostructures from Coal-Derived Liquid Feedstocks

TOPIC: STRATEGIES FOR MITIGATION OF GREENHOUSE GASES AND POLLUTANTS

Acrion Technologies, Inc.
9099 Bank Street
Cleveland, OH 44125-3436

Greenhouse Gases Sustain Landfill EcoComplex: Utilization of Landfill Carbon Dioxide for Commercial Crops and Landfill Methane for Fuel Cells

Sage Discovery, Inc.
345 Market Street
P.O. Box 882
Meeker, CO 81641-3421

Carbon Dioxide Disposal Potential in Deep Western U.S. Coal

TOPIC: HIGH PERFORMANCE NETWORKS AND APPLICAITONS

Creare, Inc.
Etna Road, P.O. Box 71
Hanover, NH 03755

Secure, Data Intensive Collaborative Infrastructure for Multi-Site Coordinated Real-Time and Archived Data Analysis

Intelligent Fiber Optic Systems
1778 Fordham Way
Mountain View, CA 94040-3662

Ultra-High-Speed Photonic Add-Drop Multiplexers for Wave-Decision Multiplexed Networking

NetPredict, Inc.
1010 El Camino Real
Suite 300
Menlo Park, CA 94025-4335

Analysis, Prediction and Optimization of Quality of Service in Computer Networks

Secure Computing Corporation
2675 Long Lake Road
Roseville, MN 55113-1117

A New Firewall Architecture for Multimedia and High Performance Networks

TOPIC: CHEMICALLY STABLE, MECHANICALLY RELIABLE SURFACE OXIDES FOR HIGH-TEMPERATURE CORROSION PROTECTION

Surmet Corporation
33 B Street
Burlington, MA 01803-3406

Adherent and Reliable Alumina Coating Development for Oxidation Protection of Superalloys at High Temperature

TOPIC: INTERMETALLIC ALLOYS FOR STRUCTURAL USE

Micropyretics Heaters International, Inc.
613 Redna Terrace
Cincinnati, OH 45215-1108

Novel Net Shape Processing for the Fabrication of Boron-Doped Mo5Si3-Based Intermetallic Alloys for High Temperature Applications

TOPIC: MOLECULARLY ENGINEERED NANOSCALE MATERIALS

CeraMem Corporation
12 Clematis Avenue
Waltham, MA 02154-7011

Synthesis of Mesoporous Tin Oxide for Chemical Gas Sensors

Industrial Science and Technology Network, Inc.
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
York, PA 17404-1754

Polyurethane-Clay Nanocomposite and Microcellular Foaming

TOPIC: PROCESSING AND CHARACTERIZATION OF THIN FILM PHOTOVOLTAIC MATERIALS AND DEVICES

AstroPower, Inc.
Solar Park
461 Wyoming Road
Newark, DE 19716-2000

Thin (<30 micron) Silicon-Film Solar Cells on Glass-Ceramic Substrates

EIC Laboratories, Inc.
111 Downey Street
Norwood, MA 02062-2612

Dye Sensitized TiO2 Photoelectrochemical Cells with Polymer Electrolytes

First Solar, LLC.
1702 North Westwood Avenue
Toledo, OH 43607-1241

Materials and Processes for High-Performance Cadmium Telluride Photovoltaic Modules

TOPIC: INNOVATIVE R&D FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE TECHNOLOGIES

Cape Cod Research, Inc.
19 Research Road
East Falmouth, MA 02536-4440

Innovative Proton Exchange Membrane for High Temperature Reformate/Air Fuel Cells

U.S. Nanocorp, Inc.
20 Washington Avenue
Suite 106
North Haven, CT 06473-2343

Nanofibrous Manganese Dioxides for Lithium Rechargeable Batteries

TOPIC: ADVANCED DRILLING SYSTEMS - COMPUTATIONAL ALGORITHM AND SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT

Knowledge Based Systems, Inc.
P.O. Box 9930
College Station, TX 77842-7930

Sensory Data Expert System (SDES)

Knowledge Based Systems, Inc.
P.O. Box 9930
College Station, TX 77842-7930

Multimedia Interactive Drilling Assistant Systems (MIDAS)

TOPIC: MEMBRANES FOR ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SEPARATION TECHNOLOGIES

CeraMem Corporation
12 Clematis Avenue
Waltham, MA 02154-7011

Novel Low-Cost Zeolite Ceramic Membrane Module

Membrane Technology and Research, Inc.
1360 Willow Road
Suite 103
Menlo Park, CA 94025-1516

Novel Nanofiltration Membranes for the Separation of Solvent/Oil Mixtures

TOPIC: HIGH-DENSITY, MULTIGENE ASSAY OF GENETIC INFORMATION IN PLANTS AND NON-MEDICAL MICROBES

Paradigm Genetics, Inc.
P.O. Box 14528
Research Triangle Park, NC 27709-4528

Yield Enhancement Through Gene Discovery for Disease Control

TOPIC: GENOME, STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY, AND RELATED BIOTECHNOLOGIES

Atom Sciences, Inc.
114 Ridgeway Center
Oak Ridge, TN 37830-6926

A Quantitative Analytical Tool for Producing DNA-Based Diagnostic Arrays

Fidelity Systems, Inc.
7961 Cessna Avenue
Gaithersburg, MD 20879-4117

D-Strap DNA Sequencing Chemistry

MacConnell Research Corporation
11339 Sorrento Valley Road, B
San Diego, CA 92121-1303

Automated Purification of Blood or Bacterial Genomic DNA

TOPIC: MEDICAL APPLICATIONS

Genex Technologies, Inc.
10605 Concord Street, Suite 500
Kensington, MD 20895-2504

A Novel Volumetric Three Dimensional Display Technique for Radiation Therapy Planning

Physical Optics Corporation
20600 Gramercy Place
Building 100
Torrance, CA 90501-1821

True 3-D Display System for Radionuclide Visualization

RadioTracer, Inc.
73 Brookwood Road
Guilford, CT 06437-1804

Technetium Radiotracers for the Dopamine Transporter

TOPIC: ATMOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT AND SAMPLING TECHNOLOGY

Physical Optics Corporation
20600 Gramercy Place
Building 100
Torrance, CA 90501-1821

High Resolution Broad Band Miniature Integrated Two-Dimensional Spectrometer

SVT Associates, Inc.
7620 Executive Drive
Eden Prairie, MN 55344-3677

Sharp Bandpass A1GaN p-i-n Photodiode Detectors for Ultraviolet B Irradiance Measurements

Southwest Sciences, Inc.
1570 Pacheco Street
Suite E-11
Santa Fe, NM 87505-3937

Diode Laser Water Vapor Sensor for Weather Balloons

Yankee Environmental Systems, Inc.
101 Industrial Blvd.
Turners Falls, MA 01376-1608

Advanced Instrumentation for Water Vapor Measurements from Radiosondes

TOPIC: ADVANCED ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING TECHNOLOGY

Arete Associates
333 North Wilmot Road
Suite 450
Tucson, AZ 85711-2631

Hollow Optical Waveguide Sensor for Environmental Monitoring

Boston MicroSystems, Inc.
356 Walnut Street
Wellesley, MA 02181-3324

Robust Micromachined Silicon Carbide Environmental Sensors

Eltron Research, Inc.
5660 Airport Blvd.
Boulder, CO 80301-2340

Hand-Held Monitor for On-Site Detection of Heavy Metals in Water Using Microfabricated Detector Chips

TOPIC: EFFICIENT SEPARATIONS AND PROCESSING

CeraMem Corporation
12 Clematis Avenue
Waltham, MA 02154-7011

A Photocatalytic Ti02 Anode and Membrane Reactor for the Enhanced Destruction of Chioro-Organic Compounds in Water

Membrane Technology and Research, Inc.
1360 Willow Road, Suite 103
Menlo Park, CA 94025-1516

Removal of Chlorinated VOCs from Groundwater and Other Wastewater Streams

TOPIC: NUCLEAR PHYSICS INSTRUMENTATION AND TECHNIQUES

Aspen Systems, Inc.
184 Cedar Hill Street
Marlborough, MA 01752-3017

Aerogels with Glass-like Transparency for Cherenkov Detectors

Hypres, Inc.
175 Clearbrook Road
Elmsford, NY 10523-1109

Novel 8-bit Ultrasensitive Signal Digitizer for Reduced-Cost Nuclear Physics Instrumentation

NZ Applied Technologies, Inc.
14 Gill Street
Woburn, MA 01801-1721

A Novel UV Photodetector Array

Radiation Monitoring Devices, Inc.
44 Hunt Street
Watertown, MA 02172-4624

Large Area, Low Cost APDs Using Planar Processing

Scientific Digital Visions, Inc.
2 North Second Street
Suite 1215
San Jose, CA 95113-1310

Software Technologies for the Accurate and Consistent Management of Scientific Data

Scientific Digital Visions, Inc.
2 North Second Street
Suite 1215
San Jose, CA 95113-1310

Java Technologies for Large, Distributed Database Systems

Spire Corporation
One Patriots Park
Bedford, MA 01730-2396

Gallium Arsenide p-i-n Detectors for High-Sensitivity Imaging of Thermal Neutrons

TOPIC: NUCLEAR PHYSICS ACCELERATOR TECHNOLOGY

MJS Manufacturing Enterprises, Inc.
731 W. Commerce Avenue
Gilbert, AZ 85233-4303

Hydra Cryogenic Refrigerator

TOPIC: ADVANCED CONCEPTS AND TECHNOLOGY FOR HIGH ENERGY ACCELERATORS

Duly Research, Inc.
1912 MacArthur Street
Rancho Palos Verdes, CA 90275-1111

A High-Brightness, X-Band Photoelectron Linac

FARTECH, Inc.
3146 Bunche Avenue
San Diego, CA 92122-2247

Pulse-to-Pulse Emittance Measurement System

FM Technologies, Inc.
10529-B Braddock Road
Fairfax, VA 22032-2236

A Gated Micro-Pulse Electron Gun

Quantum Research Services, Inc.
5410-W Apex Highway
Durham, NC 27713-9434

Development of an Object-Oriented Interface to an Enhanced EGS Monte Carlo Code

Simulation Technology & Applied Research
11520 North Port Washington Road
Suite 101B
Mequon, WI 53092-1195

An Optimization Client for Design Automation

World Physics Technologies, Inc.
1105 Highland Circle
Blacksburg, VA 24060-5618

An Inexpensive Electron Source

TOPIC: RADIO FREQUENCY ACCELERATOR TECHNOLOGY FOR HIGH ENERGY ACCELERATORS AND COLLIDERS; AND FREE ELECTRON LASERS FOR ENERGY RESEARCH

Haimson Research Corporation
3350 Scott Boulevard
Building 60
Santa Clara, CA 95054-3104

A 100 Megavolt per Meter Electron Linear Accelerator System

Mission Research Corporation
735 State Street
P.O. Drawer 719
Santa Barbara, CA 93101

Powerful Triaxial Klystron for X-Band and Beyond

Omega-P, Inc.
345 Whitney Avenue
Suite 100
New Haven, CT 06511

High-Power 11.4 GHz Microwave Components for Active Bragg Pulse Compressor

Omega-P, Inc.
345 Whitney Avenue
Suite 100
New Haven, CT 06511

Seventh Harmonic 20 GHz Co-Generator

TOPIC: ADVANCED CRYOGENIC, HIGH-FIELD SUPERCONDUCTOR, AND SUPERCONDUCTING MAGNET TECHNOLOGIES FOR HIGH ENERGY COLLIDERS

INNOVARE, Inc.
7277 Park Drive
Bath, PA 18014-8854

Develop Technology to Produce Long Lengths of Nb3A1 Superconductor Wire

MicroCoating Technologies
3901 Green Industrial Way
Chamblee, GA 30341-1913

Combustion Chemical Vapor Deposition of High Temperature Ceramic Insulator Coatings on Superconductor Wire

Supercon, Inc.
830 Boston Turnpike
Shrewsbury, MA 01545-3301

Production of Jelly-Roll Process Nb3A1 Multifilamentary Superconducting Wire Using Warm Hydrostatic Extrusion

Supercon, Inc.
830 Boston Turnpike
Shrewsbury, MA 01545-3301

Development of High Field, High Current Density Nb3Sn Conductor with Engineered Microstructures

TOPIC: TECHNOLOGIES FOR THE NEXT-GENERATION ELECTRON-POSITRON LINEAR COLLIDER

NYCB Real-Time Computing, Inc.
18 Meudon Drive
Lattingtown, NY 11560-1025

Reliable Triggered Remote Serial I/O System for High Repetition Rate Accelerators with Pulse-to-Pulse Fast Feedback

Red Cone Research, Inc.
11579 Apache Trail
Conifer, CO 80433-7200

Real Time Measurement and Feedback System for Production Ultra Precision Machining

Robertson Precision, Inc.
2971 Spring Street
Redwood City, CA 94063-3935

Automated Production of High Precision Copper Accelerator Structure Cells

TOPIC: HIGH ENERGY DATA ACQUISITION AND PROCESSING

Hypres, Inc.
175 Clearbrook Road
Elmsford, NY 10523-1109

Ultra-High Resolution Multi-Hit Time-To-Digital Converter

TOPIC: FUSION PLASMA SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

HY-Tech Research Corporation
104 Centre Court
Radford Industrial Center
Radford, VA 24141-5123

Species Selective Pressure Gauge for High Performance Divertors

TOPIC: FUSION MATERIALS AND COMPONENTS

American Superconductor Corporation
Two Technology Drive
Westborough, MA 01545

Advanced Plasma Fusion Magnets with High Temperature Superconductors

Plasma Processes, Inc.
4914-D Moores Mill Road
Huntsville, AL 35811-1558

Innovative Solid Surface Plasma Facing Components for Fusion Energy Devices

TDA Research, Inc.
12345 West 52nd Avenue
Wheat Ridge, CO 80033-1917

An Improved Reaction-Bonded Silicon Carbide Process for SiC/SiC Composites

TOPIC: ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES FOR COMMERCIAL NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS AND SPACE POWER SYSTEMS

BPW Incorporated
372 River Drive
Dahlonega, GA 30533-5248

The Development of "ShortWatch," a Novel Overtemperature and Mechanical Damage Sensing Technology for Wires or Cables

TOPIC: SMALL WIND TURBINE APPLICATIONS

Lynntech, Inc.
7610 Eastmark Drive
College Station, TX 77840-4023

Variable Power, Voltage and Frequency Insensitive Vapor Phase Compressor Cycle Ice Plant

Yankee Environmental Systems, Inc.
101 Industrial Blvd.
Turners Falls, MA 01376-1608

An Economical Wind-Powered Standalone Icemaking System

TOPIC: HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLE TECHNOLOGY

Unique Mobility, Inc.
425 Corporate Circle
Golden, CO 80401-5635

Integrated Electric Traction System

Visual Computing Systems Corporation
9540 Highway 150
P.O. Box 250
Greenville, IN 47124-0250

 Reducing the Cost of Electric Propulsion Motors through Optimization of Stator Coils

TOPIC: MATERIAL CORROSION PREVENTION FOR ABSORPTION CYCLE HEAT PUMPS AND CHILLERS 

 Advanced Mechanical Technology, Inc.
176 Waltham Street
Watertown, MA 02172-4809

 Development of Corrosion Inhibitors for Absorption Heat Pumps

 TDA Research, Inc.
12345 West 52nd Avenue
Wheat Ridge, CO 80033-1917

 Novel Organic Corrosion Inhibitors for Steel

TOPIC: COATINGS FOR DIE CASTING DIES

Materials and Electrochemical Research
7960 South Kolb Road
Tucson, AZ 85706-9237

The Application of Plasma Assist Chemical Vapor Deposition (PACVD) Coatings for Die Casting Dies

UES, Inc.
4401 Dayton-Xenia Road
Dayton, OH 45432-1805

Hard, Wear Resistant Coatings for Die-Casting Dies by an Advanced Filtered Cathodic Arc Deposition Process

TOPIC: BIOMASS POWER

 

Energy and Environmental Research Corporation
18 Mason Street
Irvine, CA 92618-2706

Clean and Efficient Utilization of Sewage Sludge

Manufacturing and Technology Conversion International, Inc.
6001 Chemical Road
Baltimore, MD 21226-1606

An Advanced Concept for Cost-Effective, Modular Biomass Power Systems

Stirling Technology Company
4208 West Clearwater Avenue
Kennewick, WA 99336-2626

Demonstration of Innovative Biomass-fueled Power Generator (BPG) for Rural Areas

TOPIC: ADVANCED TRANSPORTABLE ANALYTICAL AND COLLECTION TECHNOLOGIES FOR NONPROLIFERATION AND LAW ENFORCEMENT APPLICATIONS

Physical Optics Corporation
20600 Gramercy Place
Building 100
Torrance, CA 90501-1821

High Speed Acousto-Optic Tuner for Carbon Dioxide Laser Wavelength Control

Research International, Inc.
18706 142nd Avenue, NE
Woodinville, WA 98072-8523

Development of a Smart Air Sampler System

TOPIC: SAFEGUARDS, SECURITY AND MATERIAL ACCOUNTABILITY FOR SPECIAL NUCLEAR MATERIAL

Doty Scientific, Inc.
700 Clemson Road
Columbia, SC 29229-4339

Development of a 1W, 10 K Reverse Brayton Cycle Crycooler

Fermionics Corporation
4555 Runway Street
Simi Valley, CA 93063-3479

 

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Development of High Speed Mercury Cadmium Telluride Detector Arrays with Integral Readouts