U.S. Department of Energy
Small Business Innovation Research Program
and
Small Business Technology Transfer Program
FY 2001 Phase I - Awards by Topic

FUSION ENERGY SYSTEMS

TOPIC:  FUSION PLASMA SCIENCE RESEARCH                                      

  

Applied Pulsed Power, Inc.                        Pulsed, Inductively Generated
Box 1020 Langmuir Lab                             Streaming Plasma Ion Source for
95 Brown Road                                          Heavy Ion Fusion Linacs
Ithaca, NY  14840                                                          

    

FARTECH, Inc.                                         Ross Filter Soft X-Ray Imaging
3146 Bunche Avenue                                 System for Time Resolved Spectral
San Diego, CA  92122-2247                     Measurements in Magnetically
                                                
                 Confined Plasmas                   

 

Tech-X Corporation                                   CoDeveloper: A Secure, Web-Invocable
5541 Central Avenue                                  Collaborative Software Development
Suite 135                                                    Tool
Boulder, CO  80301                                                         

                                                                                      

Tech-X Corporation                                   Interactive Analysis and
5541 Central Avenue                                  Visualization of Fusion Data on Many
Suite 135                                                    Processors
Boulder, CO  80301                                                         

 

TOPIC:  ENABLING TECHNOLOGY FOR FUSION PLASMA EXPERIMENTS                  

                                                                                    

Composite Technology                               Innovative Organic and Inorganic
 Development, Inc.                                     High-Pressure Laminate Insulation
1505 Coal Creek Drive                              or Fusion and Superconducting
Lafayette, CO  80026-2782                       Magnets                            

     

Eltron Research, Inc.                                  Inorganic-Organic Hybrid Materials:
4600 Nautilus Court South                         Diacetylene-Siloxanes as Radiation
Boulder, CO  80301-3241                         Resistant Electrical Insulator for
                                                                  Plasma Fusion Confinement Systems 

   

Luxel Corporation                                      Fabrication of Polyimide Inertial
P.O. Box 1879                                           Fusion Energy Target Capsules by a
Friday Harbor, WA  98250                        Fully Automated Process              

  

MER Corporation                                      SiC-Based Laser Fusion Optics
7960 South Kolb Road
Tucson, AZ  85706                                                          

                                                                                        

Physical Optics Corporation,                      Interferometric Target Tracking
  Information Technologies                          System for Fusion Experiment
  Division
20600 Gramercy Place
Building 100
Torrance, CA  90501                                                        

                                                                                       

Superconducting Systems, Inc.                    Sealed, High-Heat Capacity,
90 Rumford Avenue                                   Cable-in-Conduit Superconductors
Waltham, MA  02453                                                         

                                                                                       

TOPIC:  ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES AND MATERIALS FOR FUSION
SYSTEMS             

                                                                                    

Applied Thin Films, Inc.                              A Novel Reactive Processing Method
1801 Maple Avenue                                   to Join SiC Components for Fusion
Suite 5316                                                  Applications
Evanston, IL  60201

                                                       

FM Technologies, Inc.                                Joining of Advanced SiCf/SiCm
10529-B Braddock Road                           Composites for Fusion Energy
Fairfax, VA  22032-2236                           Applications                       

 

STTR Award
NPL Associates, Inc.                                 Free Surface Flowing Liquid-Plasma
912 West Armory Avenue                         Interaction Facility
Champaign, IL 61821

The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois                                                                                    

    

Think Tank, Inc.                                         Doppler Laser Radar for
405 Moser Lane                                         Non-Intrusive Liquid Metal Flow
Knoxville, TN  37922-4060                       Characterization                   

                                                                                    

Thor Technologies, Inc.                              High Conductivity, Low-Cost Sic/Sic
7600 Jefferson, NE                                    Composites
Albuquerque, NM  87109                                                     

 

TOPIC:  ADVANCED CONCEPTS AND TECHNOLOGY FOR HIGH
ENERGY ACCELERATORS      

    

Advanced Energy Systems, Inc.                  Axisymmetric, Emittance-Compensated
27 Industrial Building                                  Electron Gun
Unit E
Medford, NY  11763                                                         

                                                                                     

Calabazas Creek Research                         Gridded Sheet Beam Electron Gun for
20937 Comer Drive                                   High Power RF Applications
Saratoga, CA  95070-3753                                                   

                                                                                    

Haimson Research Corporation                  A Microwave Beam Monitoring
3350 Scott Boulevard                                 System for Direct Measurement
Building 60                                                 of Ultra Short Electron Bunches
Santa Clara, CA  95054-3104                                                       

                                                                                    

Luxel Corporation                                      Ultra-Thin Optical Diagnostic
P.O. Box 1879                                           Filters for Plasma Wakefield
Friday Harbor, WA  98250                        Accelerators                       

    

Omega-P, Inc.                                            Femtosecond Planar Electron Beam
202008 Yale Station                                   Source for Micron-Scale Dielectric
Suite 100                                                    Wake Field Accelerator
New Haven, CT  06520                                                        

                                                                             

STTR Award
Ralph B. Fiorito Company                        Optical Phase Space Mapping of
3 Lauer Terrace                                        Relativistic Charged Particle Beams
Silver Spring, MD  20901-4904

University of Maryland
                                                                           

  

SVT Associates                                          Advanced Strained-Superlattice
7600 Executive Drive                                 Photocathodes for Polarized Electron
Eden Prairie, MN  55344                           Sources    

                          

Simulation Technology                                Tau3p-Based Interactive Design
  & Applied Research                                 Automation Software
11520 North Port
Washington Road, Suite 101B
Mequon, WI  53092-1195                                                     

                                                                                    

World Physics                                            A New Permanent Magnet
 
Technologies, Inc.                                     Design System
1105 Highland Circle
Blacksburg, VA  24060-5618                                                 

                                                                                    

TOPIC:  RADIO FREQUENCY ACCELERATOR TECHNOLOGY FOR HIGH ENERGY ACCELERATORS AND COLLIDERS                                                      

                                                                                     

Alameda Applied                                        Solid State RF PC Pulse Compression
 
Sciences Corporation                               for High Power Microwave Generation
2235 Polvorosa Avenue
Suite 230
San Leandro, CA  94577-2249                                                

                                                                                     

Calabazas Creek Research                         Improved Magnetron Injection Guns
20937 Comer Drive                                   for High-Power Gyrotrons and
Saratoga, CA  95070-3753                        Gyroklystrons   

                   


Duly Research, Inc.                                    A High-Power, Ceramic, RF Generator
1912 MacArthur Street                              and Extractor
Rancho Palos Verdes, CA  90275 

                                         

Omega-P, Inc.                                            Quasi-Optical 34 GHZ RF Pulse
202008 Yale Station                                   Compressor
Suite 100
New Haven, CT  06520

Omega-P, Inc.                                            KA-Band RF Transmission Line
202008 Yale Station                                   Components for a High-Gradient
Suite 100
New Haven, CT  06520
  

Omega-P, Inc.                                            Quasi-Optical Millimeter-Wave
202008 Yale Station                                   Accelerating Structure
Suite 100
New Haven, CT  06520

Omega-P, Inc.                                            Robust RF Accelerator Structures
202008 Yale Station                                   at 34.272 GHZ
Suite 100
New Haven, CT  06520                                                       

                                                                                    

TOPIC:  HIGH-FIELD SUPERCONDUCTOR AND SUPERCONDUCTING
MAGNET TECHNOLOGIES FOR HIGH ENERGY PARTICLE COLLIDERS

                                                                                     

STTR Award
Accelerator Technology                            Virtual-Impact Particle Sizing for
207 Dellwood
                                            Precursor Powders of Nb3Sn and Bi-2212
Bryan, TX  77801
                                      Superconductors

Texas Engineering Experiment Station

  

STTR Award
Alabama Cryogenic                                  Innovative Processing Methods for
Engineering, Inc.                                       Superconducting Materials
P.O. Box 2470
Huntsville, AL  35804-2470                                                                                                                           

Concurrent Technologies Corp.      

 

DSP Alloys                                                A Tubular Filamented Dispersion
4235 Toch Street                                       Strengthened Powder Alloy Core
San Diego, CA  92117                               Nb3Sn Superconductor               

  

Global Research                                         Ultrasonic Drawing of Advanced A15
 
& Development, Inc.                                Strand, Piece-Length Enhancement,
110 E. Canal Street                                    Bonding, and Stabilizer Attachment
Troy, OH  45373                          

                                                                                     

Paul D. Jablonski                                        A Novel Process for Producing Low
8144 Garnet Avenue, N.E.                        
Cost Sn-Ti Core Rods for Internal
North Canton, OH  44721                         Tin Nb3Sn                          

                                                                                    

Supercon, Inc.                                            Cost Reduction Techniques for
830 Boston Turnpike                                  Producing NbSn2 Intermetallic Powder
Shrewsbury, MA  01545                            for Application in PIT Processed
                                                  
                Nb3Sn Superconductor                

                                                                                    

Supercon, Inc.                                            A Scalable APC Process with a Novel
830 Boston Turnpike                                  Pin Structure for High Field Magnets
Shrewsbury, MA  01545-3301                                                 

   

Superconducting Systems, Inc.                    Enabling Technologies for Inline
90 Rumford Avenue                                   Heat Treatment of Nb3Sn Precursor
Waltham, MA  02453                                Cables Suited to Fabrication of
                                               
                  Nb3Sn Flexible Cables              

                                                                                    

Supergenics                                                A Method to Increase Current Density
1233 Tree Bay Lane                                   in a Mono Element Internal Tin
Sarasota, FL  34242                                  Process Superconductor Utilizing
                                               
                  ZrO2 to Refine the Grain Size      

                                                                                    

TOPIC:  TECHNOLOGIES FOR THE NEXT-GENERATION ELECTRON
POSITRON COLLIDER     

 

Calabazas Creek Research                         Multi-Megawatt Circulator for TE01
20937 Comer Drive                                   Waveguide
Saratoga, CA  95070-3753                                                   

 

Diversified Technologies, Inc.                      Toroidal Pulse Transformer for the
35 Wiggins Avenue                                     Next Linear Collider
Bedford, MA  01730-2314                                                    

                                                                                     

Energen, Inc.                                              Active Vibration Control of NLC
17 D Sterling Road                                     Magnets
Billerica, MA  01862-2518                                                   

                                                                                    

Omega-P, Inc.                                            High-Power Plasma Switch for 11.4
202008 Yale Station                                   GHZ Microwave Pulse Compressor
Suite 100
New Haven, CT  06520                                                        

                                                                                    

STI Optronics, Inc.                                     Permanent Magnet Quadrupoles with
2755 Northup Way                                    Adjustable Field Strength and
Bellvue, WA  98004-1403                         Centerline Movement Compensation   

  

TOPIC:  HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS DETECTORS                                      

                                                                                    

Cremat, Inc.                                               Novel Photodiode for Use in High
45 Union Street                                          Energy Physics
Watertown, MA  02172-2523                                                  

                                                                                     

Lawrence Semiconductor                           Next-Generation Visible Light
Research Laboratory, Inc.                          Photon Counters
2300 West Huntington Drive
Tempe, AZ  85282-3130                                                

        

TOPIC:  HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS DATA ACQUISITION AND PROCESSING                

  

Corporate Computer                                  Intelligent Agents for Search and
   Services Inc.                                            Information Distribution of
5421 Maplewood Place                              Scientific Notebook
Downers Grove, IL  60515                           

                                                                                   

Manhattan Routing, Inc.                              Design and Integration of Analog
75 Maiden Lane                                         Building Blocks for High Energy
Suite 501A                                                 Experiments in Deep Submicron ICs
New York, NY  10038-4810                                                   

  

Tech-X Corporation                                   Web-Invocable Skimming Environment
5541 Central Avenue                                  (WISE): A Framework for Remote
Suite 135
Boulder, CO  80301                                                          

                                                                                    

Tempest Microsystems                               A Low Cost, High Capacity Storage
3525 Del Mar Heights Road                       Module for Data Grids in Particle
#395                                                          Physics
San Diego, CA  92130                                                       

                                                                                    

TOPIC:  NUCLEAR PHYSICS ACCELERATOR TECHNOLOGY                             

                                                                                    

Advanced Energy                                       Continuous Wave, L-Band,
 
Systems, Inc.                                            Cryogenic Photocathode Electron Gun
27 Industrial Building
Unit E
Medford, NY  11763                                                         

                                                                                    

Energen, Inc.                                              An Active Microphonics Control
17 D Sterling Road                                     System
                                                                                       Billerica, MA  01862-2518                               

                           

FARTECH, Inc.                                         Soft X-Ray Diagnostic Tool for
3146 Bunche Avenue                                 Electron Cyclotron Resonance Ion
San Diego, CA  92122                               Sources                            

  

Hypres, Inc.                                               Automatic Setup and Control of a 10
175 Clearbrook Road                                GHz-Bandwidth Transient Digitizer
Elmsford, NY  10523                                 Using VXI-Standard Electronics     

                                                                                    

Hypres, Inc.                                               Novel Digital Beam-Current Detector
175 Clearbrook Road                                with Ultra-High Precision and
Elmsford, NY  10523-1109                       Ultra-Large Dynamic Range          

  

STTR Award
Ralph B. Fiorito Company                        Near Field Diffraction Radiation
3 Lauer Terrace                                        Beam Diagnostics
Silver Spring, MD  20901-4904

University of Maryland

                                                                                    

Sandiaview Software, Inc.                          Probabilistic Methods for
1009 Bradbury Drive, SE                           Model-Based Accelerator Control
Suite 7
Albuquerque, NM  87106                                                     

                                                                                    

Sienna Technologies, Inc.                            Hermetic Metallization of Aluminum
19501 144th Avenue, NE                           Nitride for Radio Frequency Devices
Suite F-500
Woodinville, WA  98072-6463