U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATION RESEARCH PROGRAM AND
SMALL BUSINESS
TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER PROGRAM
FY 2003 PHASE II - AWARDS BY TOPIC
TOPIC:
MEASUREMENT AND TECHNOLOGY FOR GASIFIERS
Energy Research
Company
Real-Time,
In-Situ Laser Sensor for
2571-A Arthur Kill Road
Feedstock
Monitoring in Gasifiers
Staten Island,
This project will develop a new laser based sensor for
measuring the components
of coal in order to boost the efficiency and lower the toxic
emissions
from coal-based power plants.
Process Metrix, LLC
Monitoring
Particulates in High
2110 Omega Road
Pressure/Temperature
Gasifiers
Suite D
San Ramon, CA
This project will develop a particle monitoring instrument
for application to
high pressure coal gasification and filtration. This
continuous monitor
will improve plant operation, efficiency, and reliability.
STTR
Project
SABIA, Inc.
Real-Time Monitoring of Ash,
7944 Convoy Court
and Elemental Contaminants
San Diego,
North Carolina
This project will develop an on-line coal analyzer for optimizing
pollution
controls in coal-fired power plants.
TDA
Research, Inc.
Sorbents for High-Temperature Mercury
12345 West 52nd Avenue
Removal from Coal-Derived Syngas
Wheat Ridge,
This project will develop sorbents to remove
trace contaminants from coal
in a cost-effective way to support the
widespread utilization
of advanced, highly efficient and
environmentally responsible
coal-based processes.
TOPIC:
SENSORS AND CONTROLS FOR ADVANCED POWER SYSTEMS
STTR Project
FuelCell Energy, Inc.
Advanced Control Modules for
3 Great Pasture Road
Hybrid Fuel Cell/Gas Turbine Power
Danbury,
University
of
This project will develop software modules that can be
programmed into existing,
standard plant controllers so that power plants will
operate at maximum performance
and reliability by utilizing known information
about the plant and electrical load,
inferring unknown information, and learning
new information
over time.
Luna Innovations, Inc.
Fiber Optic, Single-Point Sensors for
2851 Commerce Street
High-Temperature Gas Turbine Applications
Blacksburg,
VA 24060-6657
This project will develop novel, high-temperature fiber
optic sensors for utility gas turbine
applications that will also reduce
emissions, and minimize unplanned outages.
MesoScribe
Technologies, Inc.
Embedded
Sensors in Turbine Systems by
Long
Island
High
Technology Incubator
Direct Write Thermal Spray Technology
25 East
Loop Rd, Ste 111, Box 103
Stony
This project will develop sensor fabrication strategies for
advanced gas turbine
engines to improve performance monitoring necessary to
increased efficiency,
reduced operational and life cycle costs, and enhanced
safety.
TOPIC:
MATERIALS RESEARCH FOR FOSSIL ENERGY APPLICATIONS
Ceramatec, Inc.
Perovskite/Oxide Composites as Mixed
2425 South 900 West
Protonic/Electronic Conductors for
Salt Lake
City,
UT
This project will develop a reliable and commercially
viable option for hydrogen
recovery effective for fuel cell powered automobiles
such as FreedomCAR.
NexTech Materials, Ltd.
Highly Textured Composite Seals for
720-I
Worthington,
This project will develop low-cost materials, synthesis and
fabrication technologies
to prepare novel composite seals for use in commercial
fuel cells for residential
power and heat, remote power generators, and
transportation.
TOPIC:
OIL AND GAS TECHNOLOGIES
APS Technology, Inc.
Rotary Steerable Motor System for Deep
8 00 Corporate Row
Gas Drilling
Cromwell,
This project will develop a new drilling tool that allows
greater power to be delivered to the
drill bit while allowing the drill bit to be continuously
oriented in the
desired direction, thereby eliminating “crooked” holes
which cause drilling, completion,
and production problems.
CompletionConcepts
Method of Sand Control Completion for
6819 Highway 90 Blvd.
Cold Production in Heavy Oil Reservoirs
Suite
670
Eliminating Perforating and Gravel Packing
Katy,
This project will develop a novel method of integrating well
construction and completion
technologies which will make production of heavy oil reserves
economically and
environmentally viable.
Energent Corporation
Research and Development of an Integral
2321 South Pullman Street
Separator for a Centrifugal Gas Processing
Santa Ana,
This project will develop a very compact, efficient gas
processing device which will enable
increased gas production from previously uneconomic resources
in the
Membrane Technology
and Research, Inc. (MTR)
Multilayer Composite Membranes for
1360 Willow Road
Upgrading Acid-Rich Natural Gas
Suite
103
Menlo Park,
This project will develop a field-demonstrated membrane
separation system that will
substantially lower the cost of removing carbon dioxide from
natural gas.
SVT Associates
Pressure Sensor Electronics for High
7620 Executive Drive
Temperature Drilling
Eden Prairie, MN
This project will develop an advanced semiconductor
technology using materials
which have superior electronic properties for high
temperature and harsh environments.
TDA Research, Inc.
Catalyst to Improve Small-Scale Claus Plants
12345 West 52nd Avenue
Wheat Ridge,
This project will develop a catalyst for use in the natural
gas treatment process that
will result in substantial cost savings for producers by
eliminating the need to
install expensive technology to meet regulatory compliance.
Timberwolf
Corporation
Keyhole Squeeze-Off Tool to Enable Repair
P.O.Box
1328
of Large (4" and 6") Polyethylene Gas Pipes
Whitefish,
This project will develop a tool to enable the safe, reliable
and cost effective repair
or large diameter polyethylene pipes used in both the natural
gas and water
distribution industries.
TOPIC:
ADVANCED FOSSIL FUELS RESEARCH
Carbozyme, Inc.
Biomimetic Membrane for Carbon Dioxide Materials and Systems Research, Inc.
LSGM Based Composite Cathodes for Anode STTR Project Mesoscopic Devices, LLC
Millisecond Contact Time Reactors for
1 Deer
Park Drive
Capture from Flue Gas
Suite H-3ence
Columbus Road
Monmouth,
NJ 08852
This
project will develop a novel, enzyme catalyzed liquid membrane
reactor to
separate carbon dioxide from flue gas to capture greenhouse gas
and reduced the
risk of global warming.
5395 West 700 South
Supported, Intermediate Temperature (600-800
Salt Lake
City,
This project will develop low-cost, highly efficient, low
temperature, solid oxide fuel
cells capable of operating on various fuels,
including natural gas, biogas,
methanol, and gasoline, for transportation,
residential, and mobile power.
MECOM, Inc.
Sequestration and Bioconversion
12 Woodway
Houston,
Southeastern
This project will develop a microbiological technology that
will increase the availability
of clean energy as well as reduce the emission of
greenhouse gases into the atmosphere.
510
Compton Street
Oxidative Coupling of Methane
Suite
106
Broomfield,
This project will develop a system for converting the
natural gas in remote fields
into a liquid that can be transported in existing
oil pipelines or in fuel trucks.
TOPIC:
CATALYSTS FOR PETROLEUM REFINING AND CHEMICAL SYNTHESIS
ELS Technology, Inc.
Advanced Structural Carbon-Supported
6600 East Lookout Drive
Catalysts for Industrial Polymer Synthesis
Parker, CO
80138
This project will develop improved catalysts to support
development of cleaner,
more selective, more innovative chemical processes to
help maintain American competitiveness in
chemical process industries.
EverNu Technology, LLC
Metal Oxide Catalyst for Methacrylic Acid
1616 Holly Hill Lane
Preparation via One-Step Oxidation of
Suite
108
Isobutane
Glen,
This project will explore a cost saving, energy saving, and
environmental friendly
catalytic process using natural gas to make a high demand
commodity chemical which is
currently produced using complex and high cost
processes.
TDA Research, Inc.
Catalytic Process for Converting Fuel Gases
12345
West 52nd Avenue
into Gasoline
Wheat
Ridge, CO
This project will develop a crude oil refining process to
increase the percent of each
barrel of crude oil converted into gasoline,
resulting in almost 200,000 additional barrels of
gasoline per day for the
TOPIC:
BIOPRODUCTS AND BIOENERGY RESEARCH
Diversa Corporation
Discovery and Optimization of
4955
Directors Place
Cellobiohydrolase
San Diego,
CA
This research will focus on finding enzymes that will more
efficiently produce sugars
from biomass for the production of ethanol.
TOPIC:
ION BEAM APPLICATIONS FOR MATERIALS INTEGRATION
UES, Inc.
Development of Ion Beam Techniques for
4401
Dayton,
This project will develop a technique for separation and
transfer of thin layers of different
materials on a substrate for micro- and
opto-electronics and micro-electro-mechanical
systems integration.
TOPIC:
NEUTRON AND ELECTRON BEAM INSTRUMENTATION
Adelphi Technology, Inc.
An Inexpensive, Efficient Neutron
2181 Park Boulevard
Monochromator
Palo Alto,
This project will demonstrate the applicability of an
instrument to condition neutron beams
for microscopy for biomedical studies,
scientific and industrial imaging, and neutron
research instrumentation.
P.O. Box
Tallahassee,
This project will develop a new type of elemental analysis
system for use on electron
microscopes that will give increased speed, ability
to discriminate elements, and ease of use.
Photon Imaging, Inc.
Advanced X-Ray Detectors for Transmission
19355
Business Center Drive
Electron Microscopy
Suite
8
Northridge,
This project will develop generation detectors for
Transmission Electron Microscopy
that will improve data quality and will open up
applications to scientific and industrial
problems that cannot be studied with
current detector technologies.
X-Ray Optical Systems, Inc.
Using Convergent Beams for Small-Sample,
15 Tech
Valley Drive
Time-of-Flight Neutron Diffraction
East
This project will use a novel optic to intensify and focus
a neutron beam so that
analyses of molecular structures can be performed on
smaller samples, in shorter periods
of time and with better performance than
ever before.
TOPIC:
METAL FORMING
STTR Project
Applied Engineering Solutions, LLC
Hydroforming of Lightweight Aluminum and
5537 Corey Swirl Drive
Magnesium Components from Tube-
Dublin,
OH
Ohio
This project will develop strong lightweight magnesium and
aluminum alloys using a novel
metal-forming process which uses high-pressure
fluids to form parts of complex
shapes, which can be used to make vehicles more
lightweight and fuel-efficient.
TOPIC:
NOVEL APPROACHES TO THIN-FILM SOLAR CELLS - FABRICATION, PROCESSING, AND
CHARACTERIZATION
Structured Materials Industries, Inc.
P-Type ZnO
201 Circle Drive North
Suite
102/103
Piscataway,
This project will develop and demonstrate reliable
production of a novel transparent
semiconductor that will make possible a new
class of devices useful in flat panel displays,
touch screens, and other
applications.
United Solar Systems Corp.
High Efficiency Amorphous and
1100 West
Maple Road
Microcrystalline Silicon Based Double-
Troy,
MI
Frequency Glow Discharge
This project will develop commercially viable silicon films
for solar cells that would result
in higher solar conversion efficiency and
lower product cost.
TOPIC:
BATTERY
TECHNOLOGY FOR ELECTRIC AND HYBRID VEHICLES
A123 Systems
An Advanced Cathode Material for Li-Ion
8 Saint Mary's Street
Batteries
Suite
611
Boston,
This project will develop a new class of lithium batteries
that can meet the automotive
demands of the 21st century as well as
emerging hybrid fuel cell vehicle technologies.
Farasis
Energy, Inc.
Stabilized
Lithium Manganese Oxide Spinel
851 W. Midway Avenue
Cathode for High Power Li-Ion Batteries
Alameda,
This project will develop technology to greatly increase
the safety and decrease the cost of current
lithium-ion batteries, making them
economically practical for electric and hybrid-electric vehicles.
Optodot Corporation
Low-Cost Nanoporous Sol Gel Separators for
214 Lincoln Street, Suite 305
Lithium-Based Batteries
Allston,
MA
This project will develop safer, much faster recharging and
discharging, longer lasting,
and more energetic batteries. The technology developed also will be useful
for fuel cells, solar cells,
optical telecommunications, ultra-filtration membranes,
and ink jet digital
printing.
TOPIC:
APPLICATIONS OF NEW TECHNOLOGIES
Broadata Communications, Inc.
2545 West
237th Street
Suite K
Torrance,
CA 90505
This project will develop a low-cost system to reduce
electricity consumption by intelligent control
of light fixtures using existing
AC power line infrastructure.
Maxdem, Inc.
New
140 East
Arrow Highway
San Dimas,
This project will develop solid-state lighting materials to
promote the widespread
use of this environmentally friendly, energy saving
lighting technology.
Universal Display Corporation
Novel High Performance OLED Lighting
375 Phillips Boulevard
Sources
Ewing,
This project will develop high efficiency solid state
lighting for the next
generation of general illumination by means of two novel
approaches based on phosphorescent
organic light emitting devices.
TOPIC:
INTEGRATED SYSTEMS FOR ENERGY-EFFICIENT SPACE CONDITIONING
Proctor Engineering Group
Advanced Onboard Diagnostics for HVAC
418
Mission Avenue
Systems
San
Rafael,
This project will develop an automated system that informs
home or building owners
that their air conditioning systems are operating below
their designed efficiency,
directs technicians how to fix the problem, and
checks that it is fixed.
TOPIC:
HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLE TECHNOLOGY
Nanopowder Enterprises, Inc.
Nanomaterials-Based Electrodes for Fast
201 Circle Drive
Discharge and Charge Rate Energy Storage
Suite
102/103
Devices
Piscataway,
This project will develop a technology that will lead to a
new class of high performance
batteries, which is expected to bring hybrid
electric vehicles closer to becoming commercially viable.
UQM
Technologies, Inc.
High
Performance Integrated Controller-PM
7501 Miller Drive
Motor with Low Cost Rotor Position Sensor
Frederick,
This project will develop an integrated controller-motor
propulsion system for electrically propelled
vehicles that will surpass foreign
offerings in terms of manufacturability and performance.
TOPIC:
IMPROVED BLADES, TOWERS, AND POWER ELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY FOR WIND
TURBINES
3TEX, Inc.
Three-Dimension Woven Carbon-Glass
109 MacKenan Drive
Hybrid Wind Turbine Blades
Cary,
NC
This project will develop lighter materials and design
approaches that take advantage
of the superior properties of carbon fibers and
the new development of high-tech 3D-woven
fabrics for use in large wind
turbines.
Composite Support & Solutions, Inc.
Cost Effective Approach to Tall Composite
32526
Seahill Drive
Building C-11
Fabrication
Rancho
Palos Verdes,
This project will develop a wind turbine tower lighter than
current technology that
can be manufactured entirely on site, using labor
available locally, that will reduce manufacturing
and construction costs.
Global Energy Concepts, LLC
Demonstration of Commercially Viable
5729
Lakeview Drive NE
Megawatt-Scale Adaptive Blade Technology
Kirkland,
WA
This project will develop technology to produce wind
turbine blades from carbon fibers,
enabling innovative blade designs that will
reduce the cost of wind energy at low wind speed sites.
4320
East Lake Creek Farms
Turbine
Heber
City,
This project will develop innovative carbon fiber building
material to enable construction
of higher and more powerful wind turbine farms,
thus reducing the cost of alternative energy.
TOPIC:
IMPROVED FUEL QUALITY FOR BIODIESEL AND RELATED APPLICATIONS
STTR Project
Heat Wise Inc.
Low NOx Commerical Burner
1528 Rocky
Middle
Island,
Brookhaven National Laboratory
This project will develop a series of high performance oil
burners for multifamily
residential buildings, schools, offices, and other
commercial applications. gt
TOPIC:
IMPROVED BLADES, TOWERS, AND POWER ELECTRONICS
STTR Project
K. Wetzel & Company
Carbon Fiber Composite Aeroelastically
P.O. Box 4153
Tailored Rotor Blades for Utility-Scale
4108
Spring Hill Drive
Wind Turbines
Lawrence,
Wichita
This project will develop and demonstrate the feasibility
of producing an advanced-technology
tailored blade for the wind turbine
industry.
TOPIC:
ADVANCED MEASUREMENTS AND CONTROL IN INDUSTRY
Los Gatos
Research
Cavity-Enhanced Gas Analyzer for Process
67 East Evelyn Avenue
Control Applications
Suite
3
Mountain
View,
This project will develop a laser-based, gas analyzer that
will be more sensitive, faster,
and cheaper than current industrial process
control methods, potentially saving
petrochemical manufacturers several million
dollars per year.
Physical Sciences, Inc.
Broadly Tunable Mid-IR Hydrocarbon Sensor
20
Andover
,
This project will develop a new type of laser source that
can be used to monitor
the concentrations of certain process chemicals in real
time during production.
TOPIC:
ADVANCED CONCEPTS AND TECHNOLOGY
Duly Research, Inc.
A Polarized Electron RF Photoinjector
1912
MacArthur Street
Rancho
Palos Verdes,
This project will develop a polarized electron source
suitable for producing a high quality,
polarized electron beam, essential for
future linear colliders. The technology will also have uses in
nuclear physics research and other potential
medical and industrial applications.
Duly Research, Inc.
An Ultra Low Emittance DC/RF Photoelectron
1912 MacArthur Street
Gun
Rancho
Palos Verdes,
This project will develop bright, ultrafast, x-ray sources
for cutting edge research in
structural biology and materials science, and for
medical imaging and therapy.
Euclid
Concepts
LLC
Transformer Ratio Enhancement Experiment
5900
Harper Road
for Next Generation Dielectric
#110
Accelerators
Solon, OH
This project will develop a new type of cost effective high
efficiency electron
accelerator based on an advanced technology ceramic
structure energized by a specially
formed low energy electron beam. Applications include instrumentation for basic research,
communications
electronics, materials irradiation and, and other areas.
ICARUS Research, Inc.
Staged Laser
7113 Exfair Road
Capillary Discharge with Plasma Lens
Bethesda,
This project will design an accelerator using technology
that will permit a significant
reduction in the size and operating costs.
Tech-X Corporation
IONPACK: Ionization Package for Intense
5541 Central Avenue
Lasers
and Plasma Physics Codes
Suite 135
Boulder
,
This project will develop a software library for ionization
processes related to high-energy electron accelerators,
providing new capabilities for the simulation and design of plasma based accelerators and
devices.
TOPIC:
RADIO FREQUENCY ACCELERATOR TECHNOLOGY FOR HIGH ENERGY ACCELERATORS AND
COLLIDERS
Calabazas Creek Research
Development of a 50 MW Multiple Beam
20937 Comer Drive
Klystron
Saratoga,
This project will substantially increase the capability of
high efficiency radio frequency
power amplifiers needed for accelerators, x-ray
scanners, radar, and communications, while
dramatically reducing total system
cost.
Diversified Technologies, Inc.
Multiple Concentric High Voltage Cable
35
Wiggins Avenue
Bedford,
This project will develop technology to allow use of a
newly developed, efficient klystron
for the Next Generation Linear Collider. This technology will directly support new generations of
affordable
accelerator systems for cancer therapy, x-ray inspection systems, and
food/mail
sterilization.
Diversified Technologies, Inc.
Inductive Modulator Switch
35
Wiggins Avenue
Bedford,
This
project will develop very fast, solid state switches for use in high voltage,
pulsed power applications including radar, semiconductor manufacturing, cancer
radiation treatment,
x-ray inspection systems, and electric sterilization of
food and mail.
Diversified Technologies, Inc.
Multiplier Power Supply
35
Wiggins Avenue
Bedford,
This project will develop a power source technology that will reduce the
operational
costs of the Next Generation High Energy Physics Research Linear
Collider
as well as for thousands of industrial and medical accelerators
world-wide.
Duly Research, Inc.
Photonic Band Gap Lattice Cavities
1912
MacArthur Street
Rancho
Palos Verdes,
This project will develop accelerator structures that have
significant advantages in terms
of ease of fabrication, power handling, and more
modest design requirements. At microwave,
millimeter, and higher frequencies, these structures have potential
use in linear colliders as well
as commercial applications.
STTR Project
MUONS, Inc.
Pressurized RF Cavities for Muon
552 N.
Batavia Avenue
Ionization Cooling
Batavia,
Illinois Institute of Technology
This project will develop a technology using a cold,
pressurized, gas to allow higher
accelerating fields at lower cost for new
particle research accelerators needed to study the forces of nature.
Omega-P, Inc.
Plasma Switch for 11.4 GHz Active Sled-II RF
202008 Yale Station
Pulse Compressor
Suite
100
New Haven,
This project will develop efficient and flexible active
switches for the microwave pulse
compressors needed to reduce the capital and
operating costs for a future electron-positron accelerator.
TOPIC:
HIGH-FIELD SUPERCONDUCTOR AND SUPERCONDUCTING MAGNET TECHNOLOGIES FOR
HIGH ENERGY PARTICLE COLLIDERS
SCI Engineered Materials, Inc.
Feasibility of Cost Effective, Long Length,
1145
Chesapeake Avenue
BSCCO 2212 Round Wires, for Very High
Columbus,
OH
This project will develop ceramic superconductors for very
high field magnets for
high-energy physics research accelerators and for
medical imaging.
Supergenics
High Current Density (Jc), Low AC Loss,
1233 Tree
Bay Lane
Low Cost Internal-Tin Superconductors
Sarasota,
This project will develop high quality conductors, at
relatively low cost, to be used
in the high field superconducting magnets needed
for the construction of next
generation particle accelerators.
TOPIC:
TECHNOLOGIES FOR THE NEXT-GENERATION
UTRON, Inc.
Microwave Component Fabrication using the
8506
Wellington Road
Fast Combustion Driven Compaction Process
Suite
200
Manassas, VA
This project will develop very high-density parts from
metal powders for use in high power
microwave equipment. These parts will be of better quality than those currently made.
TOPIC:
HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS DETECTORS
STTR Project
Ludlum Measurements, Inc.
Waveshifters and Scintillators for
P.O. Box
810
Ionizing Radiation Detection
501 Oak
Street
Sweetwater,
This project will develop instrumentation for modern
physics experiments using new
organic materials that have the potential to
significantly improve their performance.
TOPIC:
HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS DATA ACQUISITION AND PROCESSING
PioCon Technologies, Inc.
A Database Grid Solution Increasing Ease of
1952
McDowell Road
Use and Scalability of Large, Distributed,
Suite
300
Heterogeneous Databases by Providing
Naperville,
This project will develop an easy to use implicit computer
query language combined
with the power and scalability of a virtual data
warehouse, providing the benefits of an integrated
information solution to
organizations of all shapes and sizes.
Tech-X Corporation
A Grid Portal for Interactive High Energy
5541 Central Avenue
Physics Data Analysis
Suite
135
Boulder,
This project will develop software tools for enabling
secure remote data access
that allow scientists and engineers to interactively
and visually analyze large data sets using
high-performance computing.
TOPIC:
HIGH PERFORMANCE NETWORKS
Physical Optics Corporation,
Fiber Optic Backplane Interconnect for
Electro-Optics & Holog. Div.
Supercomputers
20600
Gramercy Place
Building 100
Torrance,
This project will develop a new scalable computer
architecture and optical interconnect
system that will eliminate the bottleneck
that prevents supercomputing systems from performing
terabit-per-second data
transfer.
Science Research Laboratory, Inc.
A New Optical Storage System with
15 Ward Street
Terabit-Per-Second Readout
Somerville,
This project will develop an inexpensive, high-density,
computer data storage technology
that can be easily accessed when required.
TOPIC:
NUCLEAR PHYSICS SOFTWARE AND DATA MANAGEMENT
Stottler Henke Associates, Inc.
A Distributed Software Agent Approach to
1660
South Amphlett Boulevard
High Available Clustered Computing
Suite
350
San Mateo,
This project will design, build, and evaluate a fault
management system based on
artificial intelligence programs to improve the
reliability of cheap, off the shelf
computers used in clusters for high performance computing.
TOPIC:
NUCLEAR PHYSICS ACCELERATOR TECHNOLOGY
Calabazas Creek Research
20 kW CW L Band Klystron for Driving
20937 Comer Drive
Superconductor Accelerator Cavities
Saratoga,
This project will result in a high efficiency power source
that will enable a major upgrade
of the accelerator at the Jefferson Laboratory.
Linac Systems
Development of a New, Low Frequency,
1208 Marigold Drive, NE
Rf-Focused Linac Structure
Albuquerque
,
This project will develop an improved linear accelerator
structure that promises significant
size, efficiency, performance, and cost
advantages over existing structures for the acceleration
of protons, light ions,
and heavy ions, important for many scientific, medical, industrial,
and defense
applications.
TOPIC:
NUCLEAR PHYSICS DETECTORS, INSTRUMENTATION AND TECHNIQUES
Ceramare Corporation
Growth of a New, Fast Scintillator
12-D
Jules Lane
Nuclear Experiments
New
Brunswick,
This project will develop scintillator crystals for use in
different DOE nuclear experiments.
The technology will also be useful for commercial optical applications.
NanoSciences
Corporation
Micro-Photomultiplier Array
115
Hurley Road, #1B
Oxford,
This project will develop a prototype miniature
photomultiplier light detector that will
enable advances in instrumentation for
medical diagnostic equipment, detection of nuclear,
biological or chemical
weapons, and in nuclear and high energy physics research.
Radiation Monitoring Devices, Inc.
A New Scintillator for Gamma Ray
44 Hunt Street
Spectroscopy
Watertown,
This project will investigate a promising nuclear detector
material, which will have major
impact in physics, medical imaging, scientific
studies as well as in commercial applications.
TOPIC:
NUCLEAR PHYSICS ELECTRONICS DESIGN AND FABRICATION
Blue Sky Electronics, LLC
Pico TOF: A Time-of-Flight Data Acquisition
526 Teetshorn Street
System for Ultra-Fast Particle Detectors
Houston,
This project will develop cheap data capture electronics in
order to make widespread
use of new data being produced at the CERN accelerator.
Faraday Technology, Inc.
Electrically Medicated Microetching
35 Huls
Drive
Manufacturing Process to Replace Emersion
Clayton,
This project will develop innovative technology for the
manufacture of printed circuit
boards for government and commercial designers of
electronic equipment.
TOPIC:
FUSION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Coating Technology Solutions, Inc.
Diamond Windows for High Power
36 Munroe Street, #1
Microwave Transmission
Somerville,
This project will develop a novel, lower cost process to
create man-made diamond
instrument windows used in industry and in fusion
research, and make it possible to increase the usable
power of microwave sources
and lasers.
Composite Technology Development, Inc.
Radiation Resistant Insulation with Improved
2600 Campus Drive
Shear Strength for Fusion Magnets
Suite D
Lafayette,
This project will develop an economically viable insulation
system that would
allow the higher operating temperatures and higher radiation
necessary to build more efficient,
cost-effective, future fusion energy
facilities.
STTR Project
RIS Corp.
Graphical Environmental Tools for
5905 Weisbrook Lane
Application to Gamma-Ray Energy
Suite
101
Tracking Arrays
Knoxville, TN
Oak Ridge
This project will develop graphical environment toolsets
and libraries of nuclear
physics functions which enhance processing capabilities
for next-generation
particle detectors at nuclear physics research sites.
Tech-X Corporation
A Parallel Microwave/PIC Code for
5541 Central Avenue
Breakdown Studies
Suite
135
Boulder,
This project will develop software tools of use to the
microwave and accelerator communities.
Tech-X Corporation
Data Grids for Large-Scale Fusion Simulations
5541
Central Avenue
Suite 135
Boulder, CO
80301
This project will develop software tools for enabling
remote visualization
and data access of fusion experiments.
These tools will allow scientists and engineers to view large
data set
sets generated at remote, high-performance computing sites.
WaveBand Corporation
Multi-Channel MMW Interferometry for
17152 Armstrong Ave
Plasma Diagnostics
Irvine,
This project will develop an instrument to identify fusion
plasma distribution, size,
position, shape, and dynamics and that will provide
the design compactness,
versatility, and cost-effectiveness, necessary to
enhance the productivity of plasma diagnostics.
TOPIC:
HEAT REMOVAL IN FUSION SYSTEMS
Plasma Processes, Inc.
Nanostructured Tungsten for Improved
4914
Moores Mill Road
Plasma Facing Component Performance
Huntsville, AL
This project will develop nanostructured tungsten plasma
facing components to increase
the performance and lower the cost of fusion
energy devices.
TOPIC:
INERTIAL FUSION ENERGY
Tech-X Corporation
Computational Modules for Studying Electron
5541 Central Avenue
Effects in Heavy-Ion Fusion Accelerators
Suite
135
Boulder,
This project will enable researchers to ensure electron
effects do not degrade the
performance of proposed fusion energy devices.
TOPIC:
ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES FOR NUCLEAR ENERGY
Powdermet, Inc.
Low Cost Neutron Absorption Materials for
24112 Rockwell
Generation IV Designs
Euclid,
This project will develop nickel coating technology
applicable to the next generation
of nuclear power systems. Other applications include composite materials, thermal spray coating,
and wear resistance.
Visual Editor Consultants
Modification to the Monte Carlo N-Particle
PO Box 1308
(MCNP) Visual Editor (MCNPVised) to Read
Richland,
This project will develop a software program link between
the designers of nuclear facilities
or operations and those who do the
calculations to verify the performance of the facility.
TOPIC:
SENSOR TECHNOLOGY FOR DETECTING THE PROLIFERATION
Membrane Technology and Research, Inc.
(MTR)
Separation and Enrichment of Xenon
1360
Willow Road
in Air
Suite
103
Menlo
Park,
This project will develop a device to measure xenon
concentrations in air to detect
underground nuclear tests and other nuclear
activities.
Radiation Monitoring Devices, Inc.
High Resolution Gamma Ray Spectrometer
44 Hunt
Street
for Nuclear Non-Proliferation
Watertown, MA
This project will investigate a promising nuclear detector
material that will have major impact
in nuclear non-proliferation and scientific
studies as well as commercial applications.
TOPIC:
SENSOR TECHNOLOGY FOR DETECTING THE PROLIFERATION
Membrane
Technology and Research, Inc. (MTR)
Separation and Enrichment of Xenon
1360 Willow Road
in Air
Suite
103
Menlo Park,
This project will develop a device to measure xenon
concentrations in air to detect
underground nuclear tests and other nuclear activities.
Radiation Monitoring
Devices, Inc.
High Resolution Gamma Ray Spectrometer
44 Hunt Street
for Nuclear Non-Proliferation
Watertown, MA
This project will investigate a promising nuclear detector
material that will have major impact
in nuclear non-proliferation and scientific studies as well
as commercial applications.
TOPIC:
SUPPORT TECHNOLOGIES FOR SENSORS USED IN
NATIONAL SECURITY APPLICATIONS
Ceramare Corporation
Growth of a New Mid-IR Laser
12-D
Jules Lane
New
Brunswick, NJ
This project will develop new lasers that will expand our
detection capability and
enhance our ability to defend against the release of
chemical and biological agents.
Fermionics Corporation
High Performance TE-cooled LWIR
4555 Runway Street
HgCdTe Detectors
Simi
Valley,
This project will develop infrared detectors with superior
performance to facilitate
remote chemical sensing required in today’s high
speed applications.
Maxion Technologies, Inc.
Mid-Infrared Interband Cascade and Quantum
6525 Belcrest Road
Cascade Lasers for Chemical Sensing
Suite
523
Hyattsville, MD
This project will develop a technology that will enable the
development of sensors
capable of remote and covert detection of nuclear
processing facilities.
SVT Associates
Induim Arsenide Antimonide Very Long
7620 Executive Drive
Wavelength Photodiodes for
Eden
Prairie,
This project will develop a device that can improve the
performance of current imaging systems
which sense light at colors outside the
range of human vision.
TOPIC:
MEDICAL SCIENCES
Photon Imaging, Inc.
MetaMammography: Molecular Function
19355
Business Center Drive
Enhanced Mammography
Suite
8
Northridge,
This project will develop a new type of mammography that
combines the high
sensitivity of x-ray mammography with the high specificity of
molecular imaging
to improve the screening and diagnosis of breast cancer while
reducing costs.
Science Research Laboratory, Inc.
Drivers for Low Cost, Ultra-Compact,
15 Ward Street
Epithermal Neutron Sources for BNCT
Somerville,
MA
This project will develop a compact neutron source
technology that can be used in
Homeland Defense for counterterrorism
applications, for detecting explosives, nuclear materials,
and illicit drugs,
and also to treat aggressive forms of brain cancer.
SibTech, Inc.
VEGF-Based Delivery of Boron Therapeutics
705 North
Mountain Road
Newington,
This project will develop and test sophisticated
nanovehicles for targeted delivery of therapeutic
and imaging agents to tumor
blood vessels. The goal is to starve tumors by destroying their
“supply
lines”.
TOPIC:
GENOME, STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY, AND RELATED BIOTECHNOLOGIES
Genomatica, Inc.
Model-driven Strain Design for Pseudomonas
5405 Morehouse Drive
Fluorescens
Suite
210
San Diego, CA
This project will develop a computational technology to
assemble a metabolic model based
on genomic, biochemical and physiological
information, and predict cellular functions
of organisms under changing
physiological and genetic conditions. These predictive capabilities
will enable the model to be useful in guiding future
experimental research, and
process improvements.
Lucigen Corp.
Single Cell Genomics of Hyperthermophiles
2120
Middleton,
This project will sequence the genome of a single microbial
cell, resulting in a 500-fold
increase in the genetic information known about
bacteria, and enabling advances in medicine
and biotechnology, as well as
economic and environmental advances for industrial processing,
and increased
understanding of microbes in the environment.
Molecular Staging Incorporated
DNA Amplification of the Whole Genome
300
George Street
from a Single Cell
7th Floor
New Haven, CT
This project will develop a method to accurately produce
millions of DNA copies
starting from a single bacterial cell, making it possible
to sequence the genome of thousands
of new bacterial species and accelerate
research into microbiology, infectious
diseases, and biological warfare.
TOPIC:
ATMOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT TECHNOLOGY
Aerosol Dynamics, Inc.
Speciated Organic Composition of
2329 Fourth Street
Atmospheric Aerosols: A New In-Situ
Berkeley,
This project will develop an automated instrument to
identify and quantify organic
compounds in atmospheric aerosols, needed to
understand the sources and transformations of
atmospheric pollution.
Brimrose Corporation of
5024
Campbell Boulevard
Filter Based Imaging Radiometer for Solar
Suite E
Baltimore,
This project will improve the data acquisition and analysis
of the atmosphere’s physical
and chemical states in support of atmospheric and
climate research.
ProSensing, Inc.
Millimeter-Wave Radiometer for High
107
Sunderland Road
Sensitivity Water Vapor Profiling in Arid
Amherst,
MA
This project will develop a novel microwave radiometer
designed for mapping
low levels of atmospheric water vapor in dry, arctic
regions. This instrument combines a
simple,
reliable radiometer design with sophisticated software to achieve a high
level of
instrument accuracy.
Radiometrics Corporation
Advanced Millimeter Wave Radiometer for
2840
Wilderness Place
Profiling Low Concentrations of Atmospheric
Unit G
Water Vapor
Boulder
,
This project will develop a lower cost passive radiometer
for civil and military
applications, including meteorological measurements and
weather forecasting, detection of aircraft
icing hazards, nuclear, biological,
and chemical dispersion, soil moisture,
snow pack, and other environmental
measurements.
TOPIC:
CARBON CYCLE MEASUREMENT OF THE ATMOSPHERE
2B Technologies, Inc.
Ultrasonic Detector for Carbon Dioxide
17222 S.
Golden Road
PO Box
288
Golden,
CO
This project will develop a new, lightweight instrument for
measuring the concentration of
carbon dioxide in the atmosphere with high
accuracy. The instrument will improve our ability to
measure the extent to which forests and croplands remove
carbon dioxide from the atmosphere
and thereby partially mitigate global
warming.
STTR Project
Aerodyne Research, Inc.
Development of a High Precision, Quantum
45 Manning Road
Cascade Laser-Based Detector for Carbon
Billerica,
Harvard
This project will develop a new laser-based technique for
measuring carbon dioxide and
carbon monoxide that will be used to study the
sources and global distribution of these gases in
the
atmosphere.
Atmospheric Observing Systems, Inc.
High Precision, Airborne Analyzers
8022
Suite
234
Niwot,
This project will develop high precision carbon dioxide
analyzers, needed for a better
understanding
of our planet’s climate.
Los Gatos
Research
High Accuracy Carbon Dioxide Analyzer
67 East
Evelyn Avenue
Suite
3
Mountain
View
,
This project will develop an instrument to measure carbon
dioxide concentrations with
accuracy and precision for detailed studies of the
environment, medical diagnostics
for detection of common diseases, and for
monitoring and control of various
industrial processes.
Physical Sciences, Inc.
Compact Quantum Cascade Laser-Based Field
20
Andover,
This project will develop and demonstrate a high
sensitivity instrument for monitoring
the major stable isotopes of carbon
dioxide, which can be used to measure the magnitude
of the carbon dioxide sinks
associated with the oceans and the terrestrial biosphere.
TOPIC:
BIOLOGICAL CARBON SEQUESTRATION RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY
SeaAg, Inc.
Comparsion of Marine Microalgae Culture
705 27th
Avenue, S.W.
Systems for Fuels Production and
Suite
5
Carbon Sequestration
Vero
Beach,
This project will compare production systems for marine
microalage used to reduce carbon dioxide
emissions, for applications in
aquaculture and for greenhouse gas mitigation from fossil fuel power plants.
TOPIC:
ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING TECHNOLOGIES
ADA Technologies, Inc.
Real-Time Monitoring System for
8100 Shaffer Parkway
Phytoremediation Optimization
Suite
130
Littleton,
This project will develop two technologies to rapidly and
inexpensively monitor the
health, growth, and contaminant uptake by plants being
used to remove toxic metal and radioactive
elements from soil and ground water
at DOE, DOD, and industrially contaminated sites.
Eltron Research, Inc.
A Remote Monitoring System for the
4600
Nautilus Court South
Detection of Nitrates and Nitrites in
Boulder,
CO
This project will develop a versatile, affordable
monitoring system for nitrate and nitrite
contamination in groundwater for
applications such as drinking water testing and agricultural
runoff monitoring.
TOPIC:
TECHNOLOGIES FOR ADVANCED TELEROBOTICS
Barrett Technology, Inc.
Universal Telerobotic-Master Device with
139 Main
Street
Advanced Feedback
Kendall
Square
Cambridge,
MA
This project will develop a computer-machine interface that
will provide realistic feedback
to users for applications in homeland security
inspection/response, medical
surgery, rehabilitation, and off-line simulation
based training.
TOPIC:
TECHNOLOGIES FOR REMEDIATION AND
Mirmar Sensor, LLC
Vibration-Resistant, High-Pressure Xenon
PO Box
31161
Gamma-Ray Detector
Santa
Barbara,
This project will develop gamma-ray detectors for
assessment of nuclear waste and
signs of nuclear proliferation.
This enhancement will make the detectors more robust
in field operation.
STTR Project
Vista
Engineering Techologies, LLC
Using Partitioning Tracer Technology
8203 W. Quinault
to Characterize Contaminated Pipelines
Building C,
Kennewick, WA
Pacific
Northwest
National
Laboratory
This project will develop an innovative technique to
detect, quantify, and locate
contamination in inaccessible spaces such as
pipeline and duct systems without inserting
mechanical equipment into the
pipeline.