U.S. Department of Energy
Small Business Innovation Research Program
and
Small Business Technology Transfer Program
FY 2003 Phase II - Abstracts

MEASUREMENT AND TECHNOLOGY FOR GASIFIERS

  1. Real-Time, In-Situ Laser Sensor for Feedstock Monitoring in Gasifiers
    Energy Research Company, Staten Island, NY

  2. Monitoring Particulates in High Pressure/Temperature Gasifiers
    Process Metrix, LLC, San Ramon, CA

  3. *STTR Project: Real-Time Monitoring of Ash, Sulphur, and Elemental Contaminants by Neutron-Gamma Spectroscopy
    SABIA, Inc., San Diego, CA

  4. Sorbents for High-Temperature Mercury Removal from Coal-Derived Syngas
     TDA Research, Inc., Wheat Ridge, CO

    5. SENSORS AND CONTROLS FOR ADVANCED POWER SYSTEMS

  5. *STTR Project: Advanced Control Modules for Hybrid Fuel Cell/Gas Turbine Power Plants
    Fuel Cell Engineering Corp., Danbury, CT

  6. Fiber Optic, Single-Point Sensors for High-Temperature Power Turbine Applications
    Luna Innovations, Inc., Blacksburg, VA

  7. Embedded Sensors in Turbine Systems by Direct Write Thermal Spray Technology
    MesoScribe Technologies, Inc., Stony Brook, NY

    8. MATERIALS RESEARCH FOR FOSSIL ENERGY APPLICATIONS

  8. Perovskite/Oxide Composites as Mixed Protonic/Electronic Conductors for Hydrogen Recovery in IGCC Systems
    Ceramatec, Inc., Salt Lake City, UT

  9. Highly Textured Composite Seals for SOFC Applications
    NexTech Materials, Ltd., Worthington, OH

    10. OIL AND GAS TECHNOLOGIES

  10. Rotary Steerable Motor System for Deep Gas Drilling
    APS Technology, Inc., Cromwell, CT

  11. 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

  12. Research and Development of an Integral Separator for a Centrifugal Gas Processing Facility
    Energent Corporation, Santa Ana, CA

  13. Multilayer Composite Membranes for Upgrading Acid-Rich Natural Gas
    Membrane Technology and Research, Inc. (MTR), Menlo Park, CA

  14. Pressure Sensor Electronics for High Temperature Drilling
    SVT Associates, Eden Prairie, MN

  15. Catalyst to Improve Small-Scale Claus Plants
    TDA Research, Inc., Wheat Ridge, CO

  16. Keyhole Squeeze-Off Tool to Enable Repair of Large (4" and 6") Polyethylene Gas Pipes
    Timberwolf Corporation, Whitefish, MT

    17. ADVANCED FOSSIL FUELS RESEARCH

  17. Biomimetic Membrane for Carbon Dioxide Capture from Flue Gas
    Carbozyme, Inc., Bordentown, NJ

  18. 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

  19. *STTR Project: Sequestration and Bioconversion of CO2 to Methane
    MECOM, Inc., Houston, TX

  20. Millisecond Contact Time Reactors for Oxidative Coupling of Methane
    Mesoscopic Devices, LLC, Broomfield, CO

    21. CATALYSTS FOR PETROLEUM REFINING AND CHEMICAL SYNTHESIS

  21. Advanced Structural Carbon-Supported Catalysts for Industrial Polymer Synthesis
    Environmental and Life Support Technologies, Inc., Parker, CO

  22. Metal Oxide Catalyst for Methacrylic Acid Preparation via One-Step Oxidation of Isobutane
    EverNu Technology, LLC, Maple Glen, PA

  23. Catalytic Process for Converting Fuel Gases into Gasoline
    TDA Research, Inc., Wheat Ridge, CO

    24. BIOPRODUCTS AND BIOENERGY RESEARCH

  24. Discovery and Optimization of Cellobiohydrolase
    Diversa Corporation, San Diego, CA

    25. ION BEAM APPLICATIONS FOR MATERIALS INTEGRATION BY LAYER TRANSFER

  25. Development of Ion Beam Techniques for Layer Splitting of Oxide Materials
    UES, Inc., Dayton, OH

    26. NEUTRON AND ELECTRON BEAM INSTRUMENTATION

  26. An Inexpensive, Efficient Neutron Monochromator
    Adelphi Technology, Inc., Palo Alto, CA

  27. High Gain, Fast Scan, Broad Spectrum, Parallel Beam Wavelength Dispersive X-Ray Spectrometer for SEM
    Parallax Research, Inc., Tallahassee, FL     

  28. Advanced X-Ray Detectors for Transmission Electron Microscopy
    Photon Imaging, Inc., Northridge, CA

  29. Using Convergent Beams for Small-Sample, Time-of-Flight Neutron Diffraction
    X-Ray Optical Systems, Inc., Albany, NY

    30. METAL FORMING

  30. *STTR Project: Hydroforming of Lightweight Aluminum and Magnesium Components from Tube-Development and Commercialization of a Novel Elevated Temperature Hydroforming System
    Applied Engineering Solutions, LLC, Dublin, OH

    31. NOVEL APPROACHES TO THIN-FILM SOLAR CELLS-FABRICATION, PROCESSING, AND CHARACTERIZATION

  31. P-Type ZnO Films
    Structured Materials Industries, Inc., Piscataway, NJ

    32. BATTERY TECHNOLOGY FOR ELECTRIC AND HYBRID VEHICLES

  32. An Advanced Cathode Material for Li-Ion Batteries
    A123 Systems, Cambridge, MA

  33. Stabilized Lithium Manganese Oxide Spinel Cathode for High Power Li-Ion Batteries
    Farasis Energy, Inc (formerly Redox Control), Belmont, CA

  34. Low-Cost Nanoporous Sol Gel Separators for Lithium-Based Batteries
    Optodot Corporation, Cambridge, MA

    35. APPLICATIONS OF NEW TECHNOLOGIES FOR GENERAL ILLUMINATION PURPOSES

  35. Micro-Java Building Environment Controller
    Broadata Communications, Inc., Torrance, CA

  36. New Solid State Lighting Materials
    Maxdem, Inc., San Dimas, CA

  37. Novel High Performance OLED Lighting Sources
    Universal Display Corporation, Ewing, NJ

    38. INTEGRATED SYSTEMS FOR ENERGY-EFFICIENT SPACE CONDITIONING

  38. Advanced Onboard Diagnostics for HVAC Systems
    Proctor Engineering Group, San Rafael, CA

    39. HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLE TECHNOLOGY

  39. Nanomaterials-Based Electrodes for High Charge Rate Energy Storage Devices of HEVs
    Nanopowder Enterprises, Inc., Piscataway, NJ

  40. High Performance Integrated Controller-PM Motor Utilizing Innovative Manufacturing Ideas
    UQM Technologies, Inc., Golden, CO

    41. IMPROVED FUEL QUALITY FOR BIODIESEL AND RELATED APPLICATIONS

  41. *STTR Project: Low NOx Commerical Burner
    Heat Wise Inc., Middle Island, NY

    42. IMPROVED BLADES, TOWERS, AND POWER ELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY FOR WIND TURBINES

  42. Three-Dimension Woven Carbon-Glass Hybrid Wind Turbine Blades
    3TEX, Inc., Cary, NC

  43. Cost Effective Approach to Tall Composite Wind Turbine Towers by Allowing On-Site Fabrication
    Composite Support & Solutions, Inc., Rancho Palos Verdes, CA

  44. Demonstration of Commercially Viable Megawatt-Scale Adaptive Blade Technology
    Global Energy Concepts, LLC, Kirkland, WA

  45. *STTR Project: Carbon Fiber Composite Aeroelastically Tailored Rotor Blades for Utility-Scale Wind Turbines
    K. Wetzel & Company, Lawrence, KS

  46. Advantages of Composite Space FRame Wind Turbine Towers for Smaller Farms, Greater Heights, and Increased Capacities
    Wasatch Valley Technologies, LLC, Sandy, UT

    47. ADVANCED MEASUREMENTS AND CONTROL IN INDUSTRY

  47. Cavity-Enhanced Gas Analyzer for Process Control Applications
    Los Gatos Research, Mountain View, CA

  48. Broadly Tunable Mid-Infrared Laser
    Physical Sciences, Inc., San Ramon, CA

    49. ADVANCED CONCEPTS AND TECHNOLOGY FOR HIGH ENERGY ACCELERATORS

  49. A Polarized Electron RF Photoinjector
    Duly Research, Inc., Rancho Palos Verdes, CA

  50. An Ultra Low Emittance DC/RF Photoelectron Gun
    Duly Research, Inc., Rancho Palos Verdes, CA

  51. Transformer Ratio Enhancement Experiment for Next Generation Dielectric Wakefield Accelerators
    Euclid Concepts LLC, Solon, OH

  52. Staged Laser Wakefield Accelerator: Dual Capillary Discharge with Plasma Lens Coupling
    ICARUS Research, Inc., Bethesda, MD

  53. IONPACK: Ionization Package for Intense Lasers and Plasma Physics Codes
    Tech-X Corporation, Boulder, CO

    54. RADIO FREQUENCY ACCELERATOR TECHNOLOGY FOR HIGH ENERGY ACCELERATORS AND COLLIDERS

  54. Development of a 50 MW Multiple Beam Klystron
    Calabazas Creek Research, Saratoga, CA

  55. Inductive Modulator Switch
    Diversified Technologies, Inc., Bedford, MA

  56. Multiple Concentric High Voltage Cable
    Diversified Technologies, Inc., Bedford, MA

  57. Multiplier Power Supply
    Diversified Technologies, Inc., Bedford, MA

  58. Photonic Band Gap Lattice Cavities
    Duly Research, Inc., Rancho Palos Verdes, CA

  59. *STTR Project: Pressurized RF Cavities for Muon Ionization Cooling
    MUONS, Inc., Batavia, IL

  60. Plasma Switch for 11.4 GHz Active Sled-II RF Pulse Compressor
    Omega-P, Inc., New Haven, CT

    61. HIGH-FIELD SUPERCONDUCTOR AND SUPERCONDUCTING MAGNET TECHNOLOGIES FOR HIGH ENERGY PARTICLE COLLIDERS

  61. 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

  62. High Current Density (Jc), Low AC Loss, Low Cost Internal-Tin Superconductors
    Supergenics, Sarasota, FL

    63. TECHNOLOGIES FOR THE NEXT-GENERATION ELECTRON-POSITRON LINEAR COLLIDER

  63. Microwave Component Fabrication using the Fast Combustion Driven Compaction Process
    UTRON, Inc., Manassas, VA

    64. HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS DETECTORS

  64. *STTR Project: Waveshifters and Scintillators for Ionizing Radiation Detection
    Ludlum Measurements, Inc., Sweetwater, TX

    65. HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS DATA ACQUISITION AND PROCESSING

  65. A Database GRID Solution Increasing Ease of Use and Scalability of Large, Distributed, Heterogeneous Databases by Providing Implicit Queries to a Virtual Data Warehouse 
    PioCon Technologies, Inc., Naperville, IL

  66. A Grid Portal for Interactive High Energy Physics Data Analysis
    Tech-X Corporation, Boulder, CO

    67. HIGH PERFORMANCE NETWORKS

  67. Fiber Optic Backplane Interconnect for Supercomputers
    Physical Optics Corporation, Electro-Optics & Holog. Div., Torrance, CA

  68. A New Optical Storage System with Terabit-Per-Second Readout
    Science Research Laboratory, Inc., Somerville, MA

    69. NUCLEAR PHYSICS SOFTWARE AND DATA MANAGEMENT

  69. A Distributed Software Agent Approach to High Available Clustered Computing
    Stottler Henke Associates, Inc., San Mateo, CA

    70. NUCLEAR PHYSICS ACCELERATOR TECHNOLOGY

  70. 20 kW CW L Band Klystron for Driving Superconductor Accelerator Cavities
    Calabazas Creek Research, Saratoga, CA

  71. Development of a New, Low Frequency, Rf-Focused Linac Structure
    Linac Systems, Albuquerque, NM

    72. NUCLEAR PHYSICS DETECTORS, INSTRUMENTATION AND TECHNIQUES

  72. Growth of a New, Fast Scintillator Crystal for Nuclear Experiments
    Ceramare Corporation, New Brunswick, NJ

  73. Micro-Photomultiplier Array
    NanoSciences Corporation, Oxford, CT

  74. A New Scintillator for Gamma Ray Spectroscopy
    Radiation Monitoring Devices, Inc., Watertown, MA

    75. NUCLEAR PHYSICS ELECTRONICS DESIGN AND FABRICATION

  75. Pico TOF: A Time-of-Flight Data Acquisition System for Ultra-Fast Particle Detectors
    Blue Sky Electronics, LLC, Houston, TX

  76. Electrically Mediated Microetching Manufacturing Process to Replace Emersion and Spray Etching
    Faraday Technology, Inc., Clayton, OH

  77. *STTR Projects: Graphical Environmental Tools for Application to Gamma-Ray Energy Tracking Arrays
    RIS Corp., Knoxville, TN

    78. FUSION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

  78. Diamond Windows for High Power Microwave Transmission
    Coating Technology Solutions, Inc., Somerville, MA

  79. Radiation Resistant Insulation with Improved Shear Strength for Fusion Magnets
    Composite Technology Development, Inc., Lafayette, CO

  80. A Parallel Microwave/PICCode for Breakdown Studies
    Tech-X Corporation, Boulder, CO

  81. Data Grids for Large-Scale Fusion Simulations
    Tech-X Corporation, Boulder, CO

  82. Multi-Channel MMW Interferometry for Plasma Diagnostics
    WaveBand Corporation, Torrance, CA

    83. HEAT REMOVAL IN FUSION SYSTEMS

  83. Nanostructured Tungsten for Improved Plasma Facing Component Performance
    Plasma Processes, Inc., Huntsville, AL

    84. INERTIAL FUSION ENERGY

  84. Computational Modules for Studying Electron Effects in Heavy-Ion Fusion Accelerators
    Tech-X Corporation, Boulder, CO

    85. ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES FOR NUCLEAR ENERGY

  85. Low Cost Neutron Absorption Materials for Generation IV Designs
    Powdermet, Inc., Sun Valley, CA

  86. Modification to the Monte Carlo N-Particle (MCNP) Visual Editor (MCNPVised) to Read in Computer Aided Design (CAD) Files
    Visual Editor Consultants, Richland, WA

    87. SENSOR TECHNOLOGY FOR DETECTING THE PROLIFERATION OF WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION

  87. Separation and Enrichment of Xenon in Air
    Membrane Technology and Research, Inc. (MTR), Menlo Park, CA

  88. High Resolution Gamma Ray Spectrometer for Nuclear Non-Proliferation
    Radiation Monitoring Devices, Inc., Watertown, MA

    89. SUPPORT TECHNOLOGIES FOR SENSORS USED IN NATIONAL SECURITY APPLICATIONS

  89. Growth of a New Mid-IR Laser Crystal
    Ceramare Corporation, New Brunswick, NJ

  90. High Performance Thermo-Electrically-Cooled LWIR Mercury Cadmium Telluride Detectors
    Fermionics Corporation, Simi Valley, CA

  91. Mid-Infrared Interband Cascade and Quantum Cascade Lasers for Chemical Sensing 
    Maxion Technologies, Inc., Hyattsville, MD

  92. Indium Arsenide Antimonide Very Long Wavelength Photodiodes for Near Room Temperature Operation
    SVT Associates, Eden Prairie, MN

    93. MEDICAL SCIENCES

  93. MetaMammography: Molecular Function Enhanced Mammography
    Photon Imaging, Inc., Northridge, CA

  94. Drivers for Low Cost, Ultra-Compact, Epithermal Neutron Sources for BNCT
    Science Research Laboratory, Inc., Somerville, MA

  95. VEGF-Based Delivery of Boron Therapeutics
    SibTech, Inc., Newington, CT

    96. GENOME, STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY, AND RELATED BIOTECHNOLOGIES

  96. Model-driven Strain Design for Pseudomonas Fluorescens
    Genomatica, Inc., San Diego, CA

  97. Single Cell Genomics of Hyperthermophiles
    Lucigen Corp., Middleton, WI

  98. DNA Amplification of the Whole Genome from a Single Cell
    Molecular Staging Incorporated, New Haven, CT

    99. ATMOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT TECHNOLOGY

  99. Speciated Organic Composition of Atmospheric Aerosols: A New In-Situ Instrument
    Aerosol Dynamics, Inc., Berkeley, CA

  100. Development of an Acousto-Optic Tunable Filter Based Imaging Radiometer for Solar Spectral Measurement
    Brimrose Corporation of America, Baltimore, MD

  101. Millimeter-Wave Radiometer for High Sensitivity Water Vapor Profiling in Arid Regions
    ProSensing, Inc., Amherst, MA

  102. Integrated Dual Conversion Radiometer for Profiling Low Concentrations of Atmospheric Water Vapor
    Radiometrics Corporation, Boulder, CO

    103. CARBON CYCLE MEASUREMENT OF THE ATMOSPHERE AND THE BIOSPHERE

  103. Ultrasonic Detector for Carbon Dioxide
    2B Technologies, Inc., Golden, CO

  104. *STTR Projects: Development of a High Precision, Quantum Cascade Laser-Based Detector for Carbon Dioxide
    Aerodyne Research, Inc., Billerica, MA

  105. High Precision, Airborne Analyzers
    Atmospheric Observing Systems, Niwot, CO

  106. High Accuracy Carbon Dioxide Analyzer
    Los Gatos Research, Mountain View, CA

  107. Compact, Quantum Cascade Laser-Based Field Sensor for Carbon Dioxide Isotope Measurements
    Physical Sciences, Inc., Andover, MA

    108. BIOLOGICAL CARBON SEQUESTRATION RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY

  108. Comparison of Marine Microalgae Culture Systems for Fuels Production and Carbon Sequestration
    SeaAg, Inc., Vero Beach, FL

    109. ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING TECHNOLOGIES FOR SOILS, SUBSURFACE SEDIMENTS, AND GROUNDWATER

  109. Real-Time Monitoring System for Phytoremediation Optimization
    ADA Technologies, Inc., Littleton, CO

  110. A Remote Monitoring System for the Detection of Nitrates and Nitrites in Groundwater
    Eltron Research, Inc., Boulder, CO

    111. TECHNOLOGIES FOR ADVANCED TELEROBOTICS AND TELEPRESENCE FOR EM APPLICATIONS

  111. Universal Telerobotic-Master Device with Advanced Feedback
    Barrett Technology, Inc., Cambridge, MA

    112. TECHNOLOGIES FOR REMEDIATION AND DECONTAMINATION FOR EM APPLICATIONS

  112. Vibration-Resistant, High-Pressure Xenon Gamma-Ray Detector
    Mirmar Sensor, LLC, Santa Barbara, CA

  113. *STTR Project: Using Tracer Technology to Characterize Contaminated Pipelines
         Vista Engineering Techologies, LLC, Kennewick, WA