U.S. Department of Energy
Small Business Innovation Research Program
FY 2000 Phase II - Awards by State


Alabama, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Illinois, Kansas, Massachusetts, Maryland, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and Washington

 COMPANY

PROJECT TITLE

ALABAMA

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

Advanced Heat Sink Materials for Fusion
Energy Devices

ARIZONA

MER Corporation
7960 South Kolb Road
Tucson, AZ 85706

Hybrid Three Dimensional SiC/C High Thermal Conductivity Composites

Sigma Technologies International
10960 N. Stallard Place
Tucson, AZ 85737-9527

Capacitors for Extreme Temperature Applications

CALIFORNIA

Aldea Communication, Inc.
7720 El Camino #425
Carlsbad, CA 92009-8508

Al, An ESNET Differentiated Services Allocation System

Altex Technologies Corporation
650 Nuttman Street Suite 114
Santa Clara, CA 95054-2620

Power from Farm Animals System Technology

Avyd Devices, Inc.
2925 College Avenue Unit A-1
Costa Mesa, CA 92626

  1. Development of III-Nitride UV Detectors
  2. Mercury Cadnium Telluride Detectors for Near Infrared Applications

Berkeley Ion Equipment, Inc.
3400 De La Cruz Blvd.
Suite V
Santa Clara, CA 95054-2609

A High Efficiency Electron Cyclotron Resonance Ion Source System for Production of Radioactive Ion Beams

Calabazas Creek Research
20937 Comer Drive
Saratoga, CA 95070-3753

Design of a 10 MW, 91 GHz Gyroklystron for Linear Accelerators

California Tube Laboratory, Inc.
125 Aviation Way
Watsonville, CA 95076-2058

Low Field Solenoid Periodic Focusing of Accelerator Klystrons

Ceradyne, Inc.
3169 Red Hill Avenue
Costa Mesa, CA 92626

Development of New Lossy Material for Cryogenic and Ambient Applications

DAC International, Inc.
6390 Rose Lane
Carpinteria, CA 93013

Automated Diamond Turning Lathe for the Production of Copper Accelerator Cells

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

A Multi-Sensor Real-Time Resistive-Wall- Mode Identification Tool

Hi-Z Technology, Inc.
7606 Miramar Road Suite 7400
San Diego, CA 92126-4202

High Efficiency Thermoelectric Power Conversion Devices

Intelligent Optical Systems, Inc.
2520 West 237th Street
Torrance, CA 90505-5217

Chemosensor Array for Detecting the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction

Linear Measurements, Inc.
4174 Sorrento Valley Blvd.
San Diego, CA 92121-1407

High-Temperature Oscillator and Digital Clock

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

Membrane Reactor Designs for the Production of Olefins

MetroLaser, Inc.
18010 Skypark Circle Suite 100
Irvine, CA 92614-6428

  1. Holographic Memory Module with Ultra-High Capacity and Throughput
  2. Fiber Optic Sensor for Industrial Process Measurement and Control

Photon Imaging, Inc.
19355 Business Center Drive Suite 8
Northridge, CA 91324-3503

  1. Small Animal SPECT Camera for Quantitative Molecular Medicine
  2. Next-Generation Portable XRF System

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

  1. A Multi-Holographic Filter with a Liquid Crystal Scanner for Surface Optical Reflectance
  2. Plug-and-Play Phase Conjugate Quantum Cryptography for Secure Private and Public Key Distribution
  3. Versatile Liquid Crystal Tunable Interference Filter for Chromosome Analysis

Positive Light, Inc.
101 Cooper Court
Los Gatos, CA 95032-7604

Multi-Terawatt, 50fs Laser for Laser Accelerator Applications

PowerLight Corporation
2954 San Pablo Avenue
Berkeley, CA 94710

SunGuard: A Roofing Tile for Natural Cooling

Scientific Digital Visions, Inc.
2 North Second Street
Suite 1215
San Jose, CA 95113-1303

Nuclear Data Evaluation Tools

COLORADO

Composite Technology Development, Inc.
1505 Coal Creek Drive
Lafayette, CO 80026-2782

Co-Processed Ceramic Insulation for High Field Accelerator Magnets

Eltron Research, Inc.
4600 Airport Blvd.
Boulder, CO 80301-3241

  1. Supported Flat Plate Thin Films for Oxygen Separation
  2. A New Radiation Resistant Epoxy Resin System for Liquid Impregnation Fabrication of Composite Insulation

Nanomaterials Research Corporation
2620 Trade Center Avenue
Longmont, CO 80503-7551

  1. Real-time Gas Composition Analyzers for On-Line Process Control
  2. Low Temperature, High Altitude Humidity Sensor

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

Thermally Stable Catalysts for Methane Combustion

Tech-X Corporation
1280 28th Street
Suite 2
Boulder, CO 80303

High-Performance 3-D Simulation Code for Laser Plasma Accelerators and Plasma Processing of Integrated Circuits, with a Graphical User Interface

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

Improved Rotor Cooling for PM Machines

CONNECTICUT

CyberConnect Corporation
131 Hunting Lodge Road
Storrs, CT 06268-1331

A Visual Data-Flow Editor Capable of Integrating Data Analysis and Database Querying

Omega-P, Inc.
202008 Yale Station
Suite 100
New Haven, CT 06520

Laser-Driven Cyclotron Autoresonance Accelerator - LACARA

Precision Combustion, Inc.
410 Sackett Point Road
North Haven, CT 06473-3106

Advanced Catalytic Pilot for Advanced Gas Turbine Systems

Spinheat Limited
1222 Bronson Road
Fairfield, CT 06430-2824

The Development of a Modular System to Burn Farm Animal Waste to Generate Heat and Power

DELAWARE

Chesapeake Composites Corporation
239 Old Churchman's Road
New Castle, DE 19720-1529

A Generic Approach to Improved Semi-Solid Forming of Metals

FLORIDA

Plastronic, Inc.
Subsidiary of Eurus Technology Inc.
2031 E. Paul Dirac Drive Innovation Park
Tallahassee, FL 32310

Low-cost, Long-Length Manufacturing of Continuously Melt-Quenched Processed, Full Stabilized, Multifilamentary High-Field Nb3AL Superconductor

Supergenics
1233 Tree Bay Lane
Sarasota, FL 34242

A High Current Density Very Low Cost Niobium3 Tin Titanium Doped Conductor Utilizing A Novel Internal Tin Process, with Separate Stabilizing Elements Scalable To Modern Niobium Titanium Production Economics

ILLINOIS

LMC, Inc.
333 Dietz Avenue
De Kalb, IL 60115

Adiabatic Forming of Copper Accelerator Cells for the NLC

TechDrive, Inc.
17 W 695 Butterfield Road
Suite A
Oakbrook Terrace, IL 60181

Nonflammable Lithium-Ion Battery Electrolytes

KANSAS

Thunderhead Engineering Consultant, Inc.
1006 Polyntz Ave.
Manhattan, KS 665025459

A Geometry-Based Interactive Pre- and Post-Processor for Reservoir Simulation and Visualization

MASSACHUSETTS

American Superconductor Corporation
Two Technology Drive
Westborough, MA 01581

Meter Length YBCO Coated Conductor Development

CeraMem Corporation
12 Clematis Avenue
Waltham, MA 02453

  1. Novel Catalyst for CH4-CO Conversion
  2. Improved Precursors for Oxygen-Selective Membranes in Practical Devices for Methane Conversion
  3. Novel Backup Filter Device for Candle Filters

Diversified Technologies, Inc.
35 Wiggins Avenue
Bedford, MA 01730-2314

  1. Hybrid NLC Modulator
  2. New Concepts for Pulsed Power Modulators
  3. High Power Switch
  4. Power Supply for Plasma Heating

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

Flame Retardant Electrolytes for Li-ion Batteries

Energen, Inc.
17 D Sterling Road
Billerica, MA 01862-2518

A High Force Actuator for SRF Cavity Tuning

Optra, Inc.
461 Boston Street
Topsfield, MA 01983-1290

Compact Reflector Telescope

Physical Sciences, Inc.
20 New England Business Center
Andover, MA 01810-1077

A Diode Laser Sensor for High Precision Measurement of Terrestrial CO2 Sources and Sinks

Radiation Monitoring Devices, Inc.
44 Hunt Street
Watertown, MA 02472-4699

An Advanced Avalanche-Photodiode Based Spectroscopic Radiation Monitor

Science Research Laboratory, Inc.
15 Ward Street
Somerville, MA 02143-4228

A High-Pressure3He Neutron Spin Filter

Spectral Sciences, Inc.
99 South Bedford Street #7
Burlington, MA 01803-5153

Fast Analysis of Ultraspectral Measurements of Chemical Plumes

Spire Corporation
One Patriots Park
Bedford, MA 01730-2396

Functionally Graded, Nanocrystalline, Multiphase, Boron- and Carbon-Based Superhard Coatings

Starmet Corporation
2229 Main Street
Concord, MA 01742

Production of High Value Fluorine Gases for the Semiconductor Industry

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

Improvement of High Field Performance and Reliability of Nb3Sn Conductor by PIT Method

Superconducting Systems, Inc.
90 Rumford Avenue
Waltham, MA 02453

High Performance Nb3Sn (Ta)by Tin Enrichment and Increased Filament Content

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

A Low-Cost Automated Radiosonde Launch System

MARYLAND

Multimax, Inc.
1441 McCormick Drive
Largo, MD 20774-5323

Seismic Monitoring System Calibration Using Ground Truth Database

PEM Technologies, Inc.
5611 Roosevelt Street
Bethesda, MD 20817-6739

Rapid Processing of Positioning Information for Hand-Held Gamma Camera

MONTANA

Montec Associates, Inc.
P.O. Box 4182
Butte, MT 59702-4182

Sonic Assisted Membrane Processing

NEW JERSEY

AIL Research, Inc.
P.O. Box 3662
50 Washington Road
Princeton, NJ 08543-3662

Passive Desiccant Air Conditioners

Princeton Electronic Systems, Inc.
P.O. Box 8627 Princeton,
NJ 08543-8627

Low Cost 10Gb/s Optical Links for Gigabit Networks

PTC Value Recovery, Inc.
900 Briggs Rd. Suite 130
Mt. Laurel, NJ 08054-4114

Economic and Self-Sustaining Production of Saleable Products from Waste Anions Using Phase-Transfer Catalysis

NEW MEXICO

HYTEC, Inc.
110 Eastgate Dr.,
Suite 100
Los Alamos, NM 87544-3304

Low Cost Support Structures, With New Advanced Composite Materials Tailored For Ultra-Stable Particle Tracking Detectors

NEW YORK

Advanced Energy Systems, Inc.
27 Industrial Blvd.
Unit E
Medford, NY 11763-2286

  1. Development of High Power RF Windows for Next-Generation Superconducting and Normal Conducting Accerlerators
  2. Superconducting RF Photocathode Electron Gun
  3. Electromagnetically Forming a Seamless Niobium Radio Frequency (RF) Superconducting Cavity

Blasch Precision Ceramics, Inc.
580 Broadway
Albany, NY 12204-2802

Cost Saving Alternative for Stack Reformer Packaging in Tubular Solid Oxide Fuel Cells

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

SQUID Susceptometers for Read Out of Magnetic Microcalorimeters

X-Ray Optical Systems, Inc.
30 Corporate Circle
Albany, NY 12203

Portable Parallel Beam X-Ray Diffraction System for In-Line Process Control in the Steel Industry

OHIO

Applied Sciences, Inc.
141 West Xenia Avenue
P.O. Box 579
Cedarville, OH 45314-0579

Separation of Metal Ions From Liquid Waste Streams

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

Large Area Filtered Arc Deposition of Carbon and Boron Based Hard Coatings

OREGON

Blue Road Research
2555 N.E. 205th Avenue
Fairview, OR 97024-8600

Fiber Optic Grating Based Mositure Sensor

TENNESSEE

Cryogenic Applications F, Inc.
450 Bacon Springs Lane
Clinton, TN 37716-5311

An Advanced Cold Moderator Using Solid Methane Pellets

Genome Informatics Corporation
1020 Commerce Park Drive
Oak Ridge, TN 37830

Genome Analysis Tools and Information Services

IntraSpec, Inc.
P.O. Box 4579
Oak Ridge, TN 37830-4579

Three Dimensional Si Imaging Array For Cold Neutrons

TEXAS

Lynntech, Inc.
7610 Eastmark Drive
Suite 202
College Station, TX 77840-4023

  1. A New Microfluidic System for Detection of Bacterial Agents on Contaminated Surfaces
  2. Enhanced Selective Leaching of Chromium from Radioactive Sludges

VIRGINIA

AMAC International, Inc.
Applied Research Center
12050 Jefferson Avenue, Suite 348
Newport News, VA 23606-4323

High Power RF Window and Its Input Coupler Technology

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

Hermetic Reaction Bonded Silicon Carbide Tube Joints with Microwave Heating

Materials Modification, Inc.
2929 P-1 Eskridge Road
Fairfax, VA 22031-2213

High-Strain-Rate Superplastic Forging of Aluminum Alloys

UTRON, Inc.
8506 Wellington Road,
Suite 200
Manassas, VA 20109-3915

Fast Repetitive Arc Free Current Limiting Circuit Breaker

WASHINGTON

Silicon Designs, Inc.
1445 NW Mall Street
Issaquah, WA 98027

A High Temperature MEMS Inclination Sensor for Geothermal Drilling