U.S. Department of
Energy
Small Business Innovation Research Program
and
Small Business Technology Transfer Program
FY
2002 Phase I -
Abstracts
MEASUREMENT
AND TECHNOLOGY FOR GASIFIERS
Removal of Mercury from Gasifier
Gases
ADA
Technologies, Inc., Littleton, CO
Real-Time,
In-Situ Laser Sensor for Feedstock Monitoring in Gasifiers
Energy Research Company, Staten
Island, NY
The Use of Laser Diagnostics to Measure Particulates and Corrosion in
Gasifiers
Energy Research Company, Staten Island, NY
Robust
Optical Temperature Measurement in Coal Gasifiers (PR02-438)
IPITEK, Carlsbad, CA
* STTR Project: Durable Fiber-Optic Temperature Sensor for
Coal Gasifiers
MicroMaterials,
Inc.,
Control
of Mercury and Other Pollutants in Coal Gasification Systems
Physical Sciences, Inc., Andover, MA
Monitoring Particulates in High Pressure/Temperature Gasifiers
Process Metrix, LLC,
Removal of Mercury from Coal Gasifier Effluents
SENSORS AND CONTROLS FOR ADVANCED POWER SYSTEMS
Silicon Carbide High Temperature Dynamic Pressure Gauge
Busek Company, Inc., Natick, MA
Turbine
Blade Emissivity Sensor
En'Urga, Inc., West Lafayette, IN
*STTR Project: Advanced Control Modules
for Hybrid Fuel Cell/Gas Turbine Power Plants
Fuel Cell Engineering Corp., Danbury, CT
Fiber Optic, Single-Point Sensors for
High-Temperature Power Turbine
Applications
Luna Innovations, Inc., Blacksburg, VA
Embedded Sensors in Turbine Systems by Direct Write Thermal Spray Technology
MesoScribe Technologies, Inc., Stony Brook, NY
High Authority Solid Fuel Valve
Next Engineering, Orange, CA
Development of Robust NOx Monitor
NexTech Materials, Ltd., Worthington, OH
MATERIALS RESEARCH FOR FOSSIL ENERGY APPLICATIONS
Amorphous, Non-Oxide Seals, Derived from Organic Precursors, for
Solid Oxide Fuel Cells
Ceramatec, Inc., Salt Lake City, UT
Perovskite/Oxide Composites as Mixed Protonic/Electronic Conductors for
Hydrogen Recovery in IGCC Systems
Ceramatec, Inc., Salt Lake City, UT
Contamination Resistant Anodes for Intermediate Temperature Solid Oxide Fuel Cells
Eltron Research, Inc., Boulder, CO
CU-SDC Nanostructural Electrodes as Coking-Resistant Anodes
for Intermediate-Temperature SOFCS
MicroCoating Technologies, Atlanta, GA
Low-Cost Protective Layer Coatings on Thermal Barrier Coatings via CCVD
MicroCoating Technologies, Atlanta, GA
Highly Textured Composite Seals for SOFC Applications
NexTech Materials, Ltd., Worthington, OH
OIL AND GAS TECHNOLOGIES
Rotary Steerable Motor System for Deep Gas Drilling
APS Technology, Inc., Cromwell, CT
Method of Sand Control Completion for Cold Production in Heavy Oil
Reservoirs Eliminating Perforating and Gravel Packing in Cased and Cemented
Wellbores
CompletionConcepts, Katy, TX
Research and Development of an Integral Separator for a Centrifugal Gas
Processing Facility
Energent Corporation, Santa Ana, CA
Internal Pipe Repair System
Foster-Miller, Inc., Waltham, MA
Assure Natural Gas and Oil Pipeline Reliability by Cost-Effective,
High-Performance Thermoplastic Liners
Frontier Performance Polymers Corporation, Parsippany, NJ
A Commercially Viable Carbon Molecular Sieve Membrane for Subquality Natural Gas
Media and Process Technology, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA
Multilayer Composite Membranes for Upgrading Acid-Rich Natural Gas
Membrane Technology and Research, Inc. (MTR), Menlo Park, CA
Nanoparticles: Are They Viable Reagents for Upgrading the Quality of
Raw Natural Gas?
Nanoscale Materials, Inc., Manhattan, KS
Pressure
Sensor Electronics for High Temperature Drilling
SVT Associates, Eden
Prairie, MN
Catalyst
to Improve Small-Scale Claus Plants
TDA Research, Inc., Wheat
Ridge, CO
New
Design and Completion Strategies to Improve Cold Production with Sand
Terralog
Technologies USA, Inc., Arcadia, CA
Keyhole Squeeze-Off Tool to Enable Repair of Large (4" and
6") Polyethylene Gas Pipes
Timberwolf Corporation, Whitefish, MT
ADVANCED FOSSIL FUELS RESEARCH
Biomimetic
Membrane for Carbon Dioxide Capture from Flue Gas
Carbozyme, Inc., Bordentown, NJ
Low-Temperature,
Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Cathode Development
Ceramatec, Inc., Salt
Lake City, UT
Catalysts
and Membrane for Selective Methane Oxidative Dimerization
Eltron Research, Inc., Boulder, CO
An
Improved Coal Liquefaction Process
Hydrocarbon
Technologies, Inc., Lawrenceville, NJ
LSGM Based Composite Cathodes for Anode Supported, Intermediate Temperature (600‑800 degrees C) Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (SOFC)
Materials and Systems Research, Inc., Salt
Lake City, UT
*STTR Project: Sequestration
and Bioconversion of CO2 to Methane
MECOM, Inc., Houston, TX
Millisecond
Contact Time Reactors for Oxidative Coupling of Methane
Mesoscopic Devices, LLC, Broomfield, CO
CATALYSTS FOR PETROLEUM REFINING AND CHEMICAL SYNTHESIS
Use of
Graphite Nanofibers as a Catalyst for the Synthesis of Styrene
Catalytic Materials, LTD., Holliston, MA
Advanced
Structural Carbon-Supported Catalysts for Industrial Polymer Synthesis
Environmental and Life Support Technologies, Inc., Parker, CO
Metal Oxide Catalyst for Methacrylic Acid Preparation via One-Step
Oxidation of Isobutane
EverNu Technology, LLC, Maple Glen, PA
Solid-Acid
Catalyst for Refinery Alkylation
Exelus, Inc., Livingston, NJ
Structured
Catalyst for Exothermic Reactions
Exelus, Inc., Livingston, NJ
Catalytic
Process for Converting Fuel Gases into Gasoline
TDA Research, Inc., Wheat
Ridge, CO
BIOPRODUCTS AND BIOENERGY RESEARCH
Integration of an Advanced Cellulase-Producing Ethanologenic
Bacteria with Pretreatment to Significantly Reduce the Cost of Ethanol from
Biomass
BC International Corporation, Dedham, MA
Development of High Throughput Methods for the Discovery of Enzymes
Capable of Degrading Crystalline Cellulose
Diversa Corporation, San
Diego, CA
Development
of an Economical Process for the High Yield Production of Cellulase
Foster-Miller, Inc., Waltham, MA
An
Integrated Process for Succinic Acid from Low Cost Sugars
LEC TECH, Inc., East
Lansing, MI
Aptamer-Based
Analysis and Extraction of Sitosterol and Related Compounds
Molecular Express, Inc., Ames, IA
ION BEAM APPLICATIONS FOR MATERIALS INTEGRATION BY LAYER TRANSFER
Development
of Ion Beam Techniques for Layer Splitting of Oxide Materials
UES, Inc., Dayton, OH
NEUTRON AND ELECTRON BEAM INSTRUMENTATION
An
Inexpensive, Efficient Neutron Monochromator
Adelphi Technology, Inc., Palo
Alto, CA
High
Performance Thermal Neutron Detector
Lexitek, Inc., Wellesley, MA
Neutron
and Electron Beam Instrumentation (MSC P1A20-205)
Materials Sciences Corporation, Fort
Washington, PA
High Gain, Fast Scan, Broad Spectrum, Parallel Beam Wavelength
Dispersive X-Ray Spectrometer for SEM
Parallax Research, Inc., Tallahassee, FL
Advanced
X-Ray Detectors for Transmission Electron Microscopy
Photon Imaging, Inc., Northridge, CA
Using
Convergent Beams for Small-Sample, Time-of-Flight Neutron
Diffraction
X-Ray Optical Systems, Inc., Albany, NY
Four
Probe Stage and Holder for Transmission Electron Microscope
Zyvex Corporation, Richardson, TX
METAL FORMING
*STTR Project: Hydroforming
of Light Weight Components from Aluminum and Magnesium and Tube
Applied Engineering Solutions, LLC, Dublin, OH
A Novel Technique to Produce Ultra-Porous Metallic Foams through
Thermal Reduction of Nano-Particle Oxide
Micropyretics Heaters International, Inc., Cincinnati, OH
Light Induced Thermal Strain (LITS)-Forming for Pre-Bending of
Aluminum Hydroformed Truck
Frames
Native American Technologies Company, Golden, CO
NOVEL APPROACHES TO THIN-FILM SOLAR CELLS-FABRICATION, PROCESSING, AND CHARACTERIZATION
Novel High Temperature Polymer Substrate for Low Cost High Efficiency
Thin Film CIGS Solar Cells
Foster-Miller, Inc., Waltham, MA
Modeling of Copper-Indium-Gallium Disclenide for Advanced
Thin-Film Photovoltaic Devices
Helio Volt Corporation, Austin, TX
Non-Vacuum
Techniques for Front and Back Contacts for CIGS Solar Cells
International Solar Electric Technology, Inc., Inglewood, CA
Non-Contact Temperature and Emissivity Sensor for Lower-Cost
CIGS Photovoltaics Manufacturing
ITN Energy Systems, Inc., Littleton, CO
Transparent
Conducting Oxide Films with High Refractive Index
MicroCoating Technologies, Atlanta, GA
P-Type
ZnO Films
Structured Materials Industries, Inc., Piscataway, NJ
High Efficiency Amorphous and Microcrystalline Silicon Based Double-Junction
Solar Cells Made with Very-High-Frequency Glow Discharge
United Solar Systems Corp., Troy, MI
BATTERY TECHNOLOGY FOR ELECTRIC AND HYBRID VEHICLES
An Advanced
Cathode Material for Li-Ion Batteries
A123 Systems, Cambridge, MA
Stabilized
Lithium Manganese Oxide Spinel Cathode for High Power Li-Ion Batteries
Farasis Energy, Inc (formerly Redox Control), Belmont, CA
Low-Cost
Nanoporous Sol Gel Separators for Lithium-Based Batteries
Optodot Corporation, Cambridge, MA
Development of a Low-Cost Separator with Improved Performance
Yardney Technical Products, Inc., Pawcatuck, CT
The
Development of a Polyvalent Battery System
Yardney Technical Products, Inc., Pawcatuck, CT
SOLID STATE LIGHT EMITTING DIODES FOR GENERAL LIGHTING
Synthesis & Integration of Quantum Confined Atom (QCA) Nanophosphor
Based Down Converter for AlInGaN-Based High Luminous Efficiency White-Light
LED Lamps
Nanocrystals Technology, Ltd., Briarcliff
Manor, NY
APPLICATIONS OF NEW TECHNOLOGIES FOR GENERAL ILLUMINATION PURPOSES
Micro-Java
Building Environment Controller
Broadata
Communications, Inc., Torrance, CA
General Illumination Using Dye-Doped Polymer Light Emitting
Devices
Intelligent Optical Systems, Inc., Torrance, CA
New Solid State Lighting
Materials
Maxdem, Inc., San
Dimas, CA
Monomer-Excimer
Phosphorescent White OLEDS for General Lighting
Universal Display Corporation, Ewing, NJ
White
Illumination Sources Using Striped Phosphorescent OLEDs
Universal Display Corporation, Ewing, NJ
INTEGRATED SYSTEMS FOR ENERGY-EFFICIENT SPACE CONDITIONING
A Low-Cost
Method for HVAC Monitoring, Self-Diagnosis and Adjustment: An Approach
to Continuous Commissioning for Residential and Light Commercial Space
Conditioning Systems
Enalasys Corporation, Calexico, CA
Advanced
Onboard Diagnostics for HVAC Systems
Proctor Engineering Group, San Rafael, CA
Parallel
Duct System for Heating and Air Conditioning Systems
Variduct, Inc., Parker, TX
Variable
Capacity Duct System using Sleeve Bladders to Reduce Duct Volume
Variduct, Inc., Parker, TX
HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLE TECHNOLOGY
Novel
Application of Advanced Spray Cooling Thermal Management for Integrated
Controller-Motors
Isothermal Systems Research, Inc., Clarkston, WA
Integration
Technology to Reduce the Cost of Vehicle Propulsion
Kinetic Art & Technology Corp., Greenville, IN
Nanomaterials-Based
Electrodes for High Charge Rate Energy Storage Devices of HEVs
Nanopowder Enterprises, Inc., Piscataway, NJ
A 35 K W Hybrid Electric Vehicle (HEV) Permanent Magnet Motor Traction Drive
SatCon Applied Technology Corporation, Cambridge, MA
High Performance Integrated Controller-PM Motor Utilizing Innovative
Manufacturing Ideas
UQM Technologies, Inc., Golden, CO
IMPROVED FUEL QUALITY FOR BIODIESEL AND RELATED APPLICATIONS
Supported
Urania Catalysts for Fatty Acid Methyl Ester Dehydrogenation
CeraMem Corporation, Waltham, MA
Fan Air
Atomizing Nozzle Development for Ultra Low NOx Emission Fuel Oil Burners
Hago Industrial Corp., Mountainside, NJ
*STTR Project: Low
NOx
Commerical Burner
Heat Wise Inc., Middle
Island, NY
IMPROVED BLADES, TOWERS, AND POWER ELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY FOR WIND TURBINES
Three-Dimension Woven Carbon-Glass Hybrid Wind Turbine
Blades
3TEX, Inc., Cary, NC
An Approach for Reducing Wind Turbine Tower Weight
by 70 Percent by Combining an Innovative On-Site Manufacturing Method
with a Novel Tower Design
Composite
Support & Solutions, Inc., Rancho Palos Verdes, CA
Development of a Low Wind Turbine Blade Making Optimal Use of Carbon
Fiber Composites
Global Energy Concepts, LLC, Kirkland, WA
*STTR Project: Carbon/Glass
Hybrid Wind Turbine Blades
ILT Corporation dba Think Composites, Palo Alto, CA
*STTR Project: Carbon Fiber
Composite Aeroelastically Tailored Rotor Blades for Utility-Scale Wind
Turbines
K. Wetzel & Company, Lawrence, KS
An
Efficient DC-AC Architecture
OEM Development Corporation, Boston, MA
Utilization of
Isotruss Technology in Taller Wind Turbine Towers
Wasatch Valley Technologies, LLC, Sandy, UT
ADVANCED MEASUREMENTS AND CONTROL IN INDUSTRY
Low-Cost, High Performance Chemical Analyzers for Industrial
Safety, Process Optimization, and Quality Control Applications
Advanced Photometrics, Inc., Grass
Valley, CA
Single Mode Type-I
QC DFB Lasers at 10 Micron for Gas Sensing
Applied Optoelectronics, Inc., Sugar
Land, TX
Compact, Rugged, Low-Cost Microspectrograph for Real-Time,
In-Situ, Industrial Process and Quality Control
Ion Optics, Inc., Waltham, MA
Cavity-Enhanced
Gas Analyzer for Process Control Applications
Los
Gatos Research, Mountain
View, CA
Broadly Tunable Mid-Infrared
Laser
Physical Sciences, Inc., San
Ramon, CA
A System for
Measurement of Energy Use in Industrial Heating Applications
Western
Reserve Controls, Akron, OH
ADVANCED CONCEPTS AND TECHNOLOGY FOR HIGH ENERGY ACCELERATORS
A Polarized Electron
RF Photoinjector
Duly Research, Inc., Rancho
Palos Verdes, CA
An Ultra Low
Emittance DC/RF Photoelectron Gun
Duly Research, Inc., Rancho
Palos Verdes, CA
Transformer Ratio Enhancement Experiment for Next Generation Dielectric
Wakefield Accelerators
Euclid Concepts
LLC, Solon, OH
Inexpensive High
Quality Electron Sources
GENVAC Aerospace, Cleveland, OH
Integrated Charged
Particle and Optical Ray Tracing for Accelerator Applications
ICARUS Research, Inc., Bethesda, MD
Staged Laser Wakefield Accelerator:
Dual Capillary Discharge with Plasma Lens Coupling
ICARUS Research, Inc., Bethesda, MD
High-Power
Multi-Cavity Proton Cyclotron Accelerator
Omega-P, Inc., New
Haven, CT
IONPACK: Ionization
Package for Intense Lasers and Plasma Physics Codes
Tech-X Corporation, Boulder, CO
A High Frequency
Hybrid Photoinjector
Xgamma Corporation, Beverly
Hills, CA
RADIO FREQUENCY ACCELERATOR TECHNOLOGY FOR HIGH ENERGY ACCELERATORS AND COLLIDERS
Development of a 50
MW Multiple Beam Klystron
Calabazas Creek Research, Saratoga, CA
Inductive Modulator
Switch
Diversified Technologies, Inc., Bedford, MA
Multiple Concentric
High Voltage Cable
Diversified Technologies, Inc., Bedford, MA
Multiplier Power
Supply
Diversified Technologies, Inc., Bedford, MA
Photonic Band Gap
Lattice Cavities
Duly Research, Inc., Rancho Palos Verdes, CA
*STTR Project: Pressurized RF Cavities
for Muon Ionization Cooling
MUONS, Inc., Batavia, IL
150MW Magnicon for the Next Linear Collider
Omega-P, Inc., New
Haven, CT
Plasma Switch for
11.4 GHz Active Sled-II RF Pulse Compressor
Omega-P, Inc., New
Haven, CT
HIGH-FIELD SUPERCONDUCTOR AND SUPERCONDUCTING MAGNET TECHNOLOGIES FOR HIGH ENERGY PARTICLE COLLIDERS
Continuous Formation of Ta Barrier and Cu Sheath of Nb3Sn
Subelements
Accelerator Technology Corporation, Bryan, TX
Concentric Tilted
Double-Helix Dipole Magnets
Advanced Magnet Laboratory, Inc., Palm
Bay, FL
Multifilament Extrusion Cuprate Superconductors
Alchemet, Inc., Aston, PA
*STTR Project: Insulation Coating of Rutherford Cable for Accelerator
Applications
Global Research & Development, Inc., Troy, OH
Advanced, High-Filament-Count,
Nb3Al, Jelly-Roll Strand for
Accelerator Applications
Hyper Tech Research Inc., Troy, OH
PIT Nb3Sn
Superconducting Strands Based on a Modified Powder/Tube Reaction Route
Hyper Tech Research Inc., Troy, OH
Eliminating a Major Cause of Wire Drawing Breakage in A-15 High-Field
Superconductors
INNOVARE, Inc., Bath, PA
An Elemental Powder
Approach for High Performance Nb3Sn Superconductors
Supercon, Inc., Shrewsbury, MA
Non-Copper Jc
of 2800 A/mm2 through Optimization of PIT Nb3Sn Conductor
Design
Supercon, Inc., Shrewsbury, MA
Optimization and
Commercialization of the Cable-In-Tube Approach to Fabricating
High Performance Nb3Sn Wires
Superconducting Systems, Inc., Waltham, MA
Feasibility of Cost Effective, Long Length, BSCCO 2212 Round Wires, for
Very High Field Magnets, Beyond 12 Tesla at 4.2 Kelvin
Superconductive Components, Inc., Columbus, OH
High Current Density
(Jc), Low AC Loss, Low Cost Internal-Tin Superconductors
Supergenics,
Sarasota, FL
TECHNOLOGIES FOR THE NEXT-GENERATION ELECTRON-POSITRON LINEAR COLLIDER
An Accelerator Magnet
Positioning System for NLC
Energen, Inc., Billerica, MA
Hybrid
Electrochemical & Electrolytic Capacitor for Next-Generation
Electron-Positron Linear Collider
Giner Electrochemical Systems, LLC, Newton, MA
Ferroelectric Switch
for Active RF Pulse Compressor for NLC
Omega-P, Inc., New
Haven, CT
Precision Measurement
Gage for Curved Surfaces
Surface Manufacturing Inc., Auburn, CA
Microwave Component
Fabrication using the Fast Combustion Driven Compaction Process
UTRON,
Inc., Manassas, VA
Automated Stacking of Ultra Precision Flat Parts
Zmation, Inc., Portland, OR
HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS DETECTORS
A High Thermal
Performance, Self-Contained Heat Extraction System suited to Highly
Distributed Heat Sources, with Premise Based on Ultra-Lightweight
Considerations
Allcomp, Inc., City of
Industry, CA
Cylindrical Electrode-Less
Gas Electron Multiplier
Ion Optics, Inc., Waltham, MA
*STTR Project: Waveshifters
and Scintillators for Ionizing Radiation Detection
Ludlum Measurements, Inc., Sweetwater, TX
HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS DATA ACQUISITION AND PROCESSING
GRID Meta-Data
Query Language
PioCon Technologies, Inc., Naperville, IL
A Grid Portal for Interactive High Energy Physics Data Analysis
Tech-X Corporation, Boulder, CO
HIGH PERFORMANCE NETWORKS
A System for Accurate
Detection of Known and Novel Attacks in High Speed Networks
Immunet Security Solutions, Inc., Stony Brook, NY
INCA: An Order of
Magnitude Increase in Network Communications
MiTech Incorporated, Silver
Spring, MD
Fiber Optic Backplane
Interconnect for Supercomputers
Physical Optics Corporation, Electro-Optics & Holog. Div., Torrance, CA
A New Optical Storage System with Terabit-Per-Second
Readout
Science Research Laboratory, Inc., Somerville, MA
HIGH PERFORMANCE SYSTEMS SOFTWARE
Scalable, Open Source Scene Software for High Performance Graphics and
Visualization
R3vis Corporation, Novato, CA
NUCLEAR PHYSICS SOFTWARE AND DATA MANAGEMENT
A Distributed
Software Agent Approach to High Available Clustered Computing
Stottler Henke Associates, Inc., San
Mateo, CA
NUCLEAR PHYSICS ACCELERATOR TECHNOLOGY
20 kW CW L Band
Klystron for Driving Superconductor Accelerator Cavities
Calabazas Creek Research, Saratoga, CA
A Liquid Jet Target for a Laser Driven Proton Source
Duly Research, Inc., Rancho
Palos Verdes, CA
High-Efficiency 5-kW, 1500-MHz Solid-State
Power Amplifier
Green Mountain Radio Research Company, Colchester, VT
Development of a New,
Low Frequency, Rf-Focused Linac Structure
Linac Systems, Albuquerque, NM
A Multi-Megawatt
Continuous Wave RF Window for Particle Accelerator Applications
Tunnel
Dust, Inc., Seaford, VA
A New Method for Depositing Niobium Films for Niobium/Copper Cavities
Tunnel
Dust, Inc., Seaford, VA
A High-Power Multi-Beam Klystron
World Physics Technologies, Inc., Blacksburg, VA
NUCLEAR PHYSICS DETECTORS, INSTRUMENTATION AND TECHNIQUES
Growth of a New, Fast
Scintillator Crystal for
Nuclear Experiments
Ceramare Corporation, New
Brunswick, NJ
A Superior Scintillator
Material for High Resolution X-Ray Detectors
Nanomat, Inc., North Huntingdon, PA
Micro-Photomultiplier
Array
NanoSciences Corporation, Oxford, CT
High Efficiency
Silicon Drift X-Ray Detectors
Photon Imaging, Inc., Northridge, CA
A New Scintillator
for Gamma Ray Spectroscopy
Radiation Monitoring Devices, Inc., Watertown, MA
A Novel Hybrid
Imaging Detector
Radiation Monitoring Devices, Inc., Watertown, MA
NUCLEAR PHYSICS ELECTRONICS DESIGN AND FABRICATION
Pico TOF: A Time-of-Flight Data Acquisition System for
Ultra-Fast Particle Detectors
Blue Sky Electronics, LLC, Houston, TX
Electrically Mediated Microetching Manufacturing Process to Replace
Emersion and Spray Etching
Faraday Technology, Inc., Clayton, OH
Multi-Channel,
High-Resolution, Dual-Function Signal and Time Digitizer
Hypres, Inc., Elmsford, NY
*STTR Projects: Graphical
Environmental Tools for Application to Gamma‑Ray Energy Tracking Arrays
RIS Corp., Knoxville, TN
Radiation Hard Lead Zirconium Titanium (PZT) for Ferroelectric and
Piezoelectric Devices
Structured Materials Industries, Inc., Piscataway, NJ
FUSION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Direct Coupling of
Gyrotron RF Power into Waveguide Transmission Systems
Calabazas Creek Research, Saratoga, CA
Diamond Windows for
High Power Microwave Transmission
Coating Technology Solutions, Inc., Somerville, MA
Radiation Resistant
Insulation with Improved Shear Strength for Fusion Magnets
Composite Technology Development, Inc., Lafayette, CO
Application of Data
Mining Technologies to Tokamak Plasma
Digital Fine Tec, Ventura, CA
An IR Imaging and
Spectral Diagnostic System for Alcator C-Mod
Science Research Laboratory, Inc., Somerville, MA
A Multi Megahertz
Position Sensitive GEM Detector for Plasma Diagnostics
Sensor Sciences, LLC, Pleasant
Hill, CA
A Parallel
Microwave/PICCode for Breakdown Studies
Tech-X Corporation, Boulder, CO
Data Grids for Large-Scale
Fusion Simulations
Tech-X Corporation, Boulder, CO
Multi-Channel
MMW Interferometry for Plasma Diagnostics
WaveBand Corporation, Torrance, CA
HEAT REMOVAL IN FUSION SYSTEMS
Innovative Helium-Cooled
Tungsten PFCs
Plasma
Processes, Inc., Huntsville, AL
Nanostructured Tungsten for Improved Plasma Facing Component
Performance
Plasma
Processes, Inc., Huntsville, AL
High-Strength, High-Conductivity Composite for Plasma
Facing Applications
Supercon, Inc., Shrewsbury, MA
INERTIAL FUSION ENERGY
Superconducting
Quadrupole Arrays for Multiple Beam Transport
Advanced Magnet Laboratory, Inc., Palm
Bay, FL
Impulse Modeling and
Characterization of Damage-Resistant Chamber Walls for Inertial Fusion
Energy (IFE)
Ktech Corporation, Albuquerque, NM
Repetitive
Replacement of Target Assemblies for Pulsed-Power Driven Inertial Fusion
Energy
Luxel Corporation, Friday
Harbor, WA
Rugged Packaging for
Damage Resistant Inertial Fusion Energy Optics
PVD Products, Inc., Wilmington, MA
Computational Modules
for Studying Electron Effects in Heavy-Ion Fusion Accelerators
Tech-X Corporation, Boulder, CO
ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES FOR NUCLEAR ENERGY
Insulators and
Materials for Close-Spaced Thermoelectric Modules
Hi-Z Technology, Inc., San Diego, CA
Low Cost Materials
for Neutron Absorption in Generation IV Nuclear Power Systems
Powdermet, Inc., Sun
Valley, CA
Modification to the Monte
Carlo N-Particle
(MCNP) Visual Editor (MCNPVised) to Read in Computer Aided Design (CAD) Files
Visual Editor Consultants, Richland, WA
SENSOR TECHNOLOGY FOR DETECTING THE PROLIFERATION OF WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION
Rugged High-Resolution
Xenon Gamma-Ray Spectrometer
Constellation Technology Corporation, Largo, FL
Portable, Rapid
Biological Agent Detector
Intelligent Optical Systems, Inc., Torrance, CA
Separation and
Enrichment of Xenon in Air
Membrane Technology and Research, Inc. (MTR), Menlo Park, CA
High Resolution Gamma
Ray Spectrometer for Nuclear Non-Proliferation
Radiation Monitoring Devices, Inc., Watertown, MA
Development of a Tool
for Single Station Locations of Small Seismic Events Using Regional Three-Dimension
Velocity Models
Weston Geophysical Corporation, Lexington, MA
A Small Seismic
Accelerometer Utilizing Single Crystal Piezoelectric
Material
Wilcoxon Research, Inc., Gaithersburg, MD
SUPPORT TECHNOLOGIES FOR SENSORS USED IN NATIONAL SECURITY APPLICATIONS
Continuous-Wave
Thermoelectric-Cooled 5.26 Micron QC Laser for Chemical Sensing
Applied Optoelectronics, Inc., Sugar
Land, TX
Growth of a New Mid-IR
Laser Crystal
Ceramare Corporation, New
Brunswick, NJ
Broadly Tunable
Transmitters for Standoff Chemical Sensing
Coherent Technologies, Inc., Lafayette, CO
Ultrapurification, Crystal Growth,
and Characterization of Rare-Earth Doped KPb2Br5 for Mid-Infared
Lasers
EIC Laboratories, Inc., Norwood, MA
High Performance Thermo-Electrically-Cooled LWIR Mercury
Cadmium Telluride Detectors
Fermionics Corporation, Simi
Valley, CA
Development of Intra-Cavity-Injection
Mid-IR Interband Cascade Laser
Maxion
Technologies, Inc., Hyattsville, MD
Cr:ZnSe-Based MWIR/LWIR Source
Q-Peak, Inc., Bedford, MA
Indium Arsenide
Antimonide Very Long Wavelength Photodiodes for Near Room Temperature
Operation
SVT Associates, Eden
Prairie, MN
MEDICAL SCIENCES
Accelerator-Based, Epithermal Neutron Source for BNCT
Linac Systems, Albuquerque, NM
Nano Liter Scale
Blood Sampling and Analysis System
Phoenix Bioscience, Pleasanton, CA
MetaMammography:
Molecular Function Enhanced Mammography
Photon Imaging, Inc., Northridge, CA
Two Pi High
Resolution Quantitative Spect for Breast and Brain Imaging
Photon Imaging, Inc., Northridge, CA
Drivers for Low Cost,
Ultra-Compact, Epithermal Neutron Sources for BNCT
Science Research Laboratory, Inc., Somerville, MA
VEGF-Based Delivery of Boron Therapeutics
SibTech, Inc., Newington, CT
GENOME, STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY, AND RELATED BIOTECHNOLOGIES
The Commercial Viability of Excavator: A Software Tool for Gene
Expression Data Clustering
ApoCom, Inc., Knoxville, TN
Whole Genome-Scale Metabolic Model of Streptomyces Coelicolor
Genomatica, Inc., San
Diego, CA
Single Cell Genomics
of Hyperthermophiles
Lucigen Corp., Middleton, WI
DNA Amplification of
the Whole Genome from a Single Cell
Molecular Staging Incorporated, New
Haven, CT
ATMOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT TECHNOLOGY
*STTR Projects: On-Line
Determination of Organic Compounds in Atmospheric Aerosols by Direct Impaction
Capillary Electrophoresis
Aerosol Dynamics, Inc., Berkeley, CA
Speciated Organic Composition of
Atmospheric Aerosols: A New In-Situ Instrument
Aerosol Dynamics, Inc., Berkeley, CA
Development of an Acousto-Optic Tunable Filter Based Imaging
Radiometer for Solar Spectral Measurement
Brimrose Corporation of America, Baltimore, MD
Miniature Gas
Sampling Cell for Long Pathlength Diode Laser Spectroscopy
Nomadics, Inc., Stillwater, OK
Millimeter-Wave Radiometer for High Sensitivity Water Vapor
Profiling in Arid Regions
ProSensing, Inc., Amherst, MA
Integrated Filter
Bank Radiometer for Profiling Low Concentrations of Atmospheric Water Vapor
Radiometrics Corporation, Boulder, CO
A Novel Constant-Chopper
Scanning Radiometer
Yankee Environmental Systems, Inc., Turners
Falls, MA
A Solid-State
Irradiance Calibrator for Field Use
Yankee Environmental Systems, Inc., Turners
Falls, MA
CARBON CYCLE MEASUREMENT OF THE ATMOSPHERE AND THE BIOSPHERE
Ultrasonic Detector
for Carbon Dioxide
2B Technologies, Inc., Golden, CO
*STTR Projects: Development
of a High Precision, Quantum Cascade Laser-Based Detector for Carbon Dioxide
Aerodyne Research,
Inc., Billerica, MA
High Precision,
Airborne Carbon Dioxide Analyzers
Atmospheric Observing Systems, Niwot, CO
High Accuracy Carbon
Dioxide Analyzer
Los
Gatos Research, Mountain
View, CA
Compact, Rugged,
Quantum Cascade Laser-Based Field Sensor for Carbon Isotope Measurements
Physical Sciences, Inc., Andover, MA
BIOLOGICAL CARBON SEQUESTRATION RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY
Comparison of Marine Microalgae Culture Systems for Fuels Production
and Carbon Sequestration
SeaAg, Inc., Vero
Beach, FL
ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING TECHNOLOGIES FOR SOILS, SUBSURFACE SEDIMENTS, AND GROUNDWATER
Real-Time Monitoring System for Phytoremediation Optimization
ADA Technologies, Inc., Littleton, CO
*STTR Projects: Fiber Optic
Scintillator System for Detection of Beta Emitters in Groundwater
Adherent
Technologies, Inc., Albuquerque, NM
RNA-Based Microbial Community Structure Determination
Atom Sciences, Inc., Oak
Ridge, TN
A Remote Monitoring
System for the Detection of Nitrates and Nitrites in Groundwater
Eltron Research, Inc., Boulder, CO
Real-Time
Monitoring of Toxic Metals in Subsurface with an Optical Nose (PR02-423)
IPITEK, Carlsbad, CA
Combined Electrical
and Magnetic Resistivity Tomography Environmental Monitoring
Multi-Phase Technologies, LLC, Sparks, NV
Portable
Hyperspectral Imager for Phytoremediation Monitoring
Physical Optics, Photonic Systems Division, Torrance, CA
TECHNOLOGIES FOR ADVANCED TELEROBOTICS AND TELEPRESENCE FOR EM APPLICATIONS
Universal Telerobotic-Master
Device with Advanced Feedback
Barrett Technology, Inc., Cambridge, MA
Optically Tiled Video Immersive Environment Wearable Display for
Telerobotics
Physical Optics Corporation, Electro-Optics & Holog. Div., Torrance, CA
Advanced Manipulator Control through Human Movement-Based
Quickening
Raven Research Corportion, Lenoir
City, TN
*STTR Project: Multi-Manipulator
Telerobotic Task Space Automation
TPG Applied Technology, Knoxville, TN
TECHNOLOGIES FOR REMEDIATION AND DECONTAMINATION FOR EM APPLICATIONS
Optical Enhanced
Trace Atom Detection for Offgas Monitoring
Los Gatos Research, Mountain View, CA
Vibration-Resistant,
High-Pressure Xenon Gamma-Ray Detector
Mirmar Sensor, LLC, Santa
Barbara, CA
The Use of Viscous
Liquid Grouts for Temporary Repair at Underground High-Level Waste
Storage Tanks at Hanford during
Sludge Removal
MSE Technology Applications, Inc., Butte, MT
Membrane-Based
Interference Contaminant Monitor
Physical Optics, Photonic Systems Division, Torrance, CA
Plasma Vapor Analyzer
for Characterizing Uranium and Plutonium Contamination in the Field
Surfx
Technologies, LLC, Los Angeles, CA
*STTR Project: Using Tracer Technology to Characterize Contaminated Pipelines
Engineering
Techologies, LLC, Kennewick, WA