U.S.
Department of Energy
Small Business Innovation Research Program and
Alabama, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Kansas, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin
ALABAMA
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
1912 MacArthur Street
Photoelectron 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.
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.
Energent Corporation
Research and Development of an
2321 South Pullman Street
Integral Separator for a Centrifugal
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
USA
and offshore.
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.
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.
Genomatica, Inc.
Model-driven Strain Design for
5405 Morehouse Drive
Pseudomonas 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Photon Imaging, Inc.
Advanced X-Ray Detectors for
19355
Business Center Drive
Transmission 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Composite Technology Development, Inc.
Radiation Resistant Insulation with
2600 Campus Drive
Improved
Shear Strength for Fusion
Suite D
Magnets
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.
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.
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.
Mesoscopic Devices, LLC
Millisecond Contact Time Reactors for
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.
Radiometrics Corporation
Advanced Millimeter Wave Radiometer for
2840
Wilderness Place
Profiling Low Concentrations of
Unit G
Atmospheric
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.
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.
TDA Research, Inc.
Catalytic Process for Converting Fuel
12345
West 52nd Avenue
Gases
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
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.
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.
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
Computational Modules for Studying
5541 Central Avenue
Electron
Effects in Heavy-Ion Fusion
Suite
135 Accelerators
Boulder,
This project will enable researchers to ensure electron
effects do not degrade the
performance of proposed fusion energy devices.
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.
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.
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.
CONNECTICUT
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.
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.
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.
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.
Omega-P, Inc.
Plasma Switch for 11.4 GHz Active Sled-II
202008 Yale Station
RF 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.
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”.
Parallax Research, Inc.
High Gain, Fast Scan, Broad Spectrum,
P.O. Box
12212
Parallel Beam Wavelength Dispersive
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.
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.
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.
ILLINOIS
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.
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.
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.
MARYLAND
Brimrose Corporation of
ICARUS Research, Inc.
Staged Laser Maxion Technologies, Inc.
Mid-Infrared Interband Cascade and
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.
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.
6525 Belcrest Road
Quantum 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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Optodot Corporation
Low-Cost Nanoporous Sol Gel Separators
214 Lincoln Street, Suite 305 for 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.
Physical Sciences, Inc.
Broadly Tunable Mid-IR Hydrocarbon
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.
Physical Sciences, Inc.
Compact Quantum Cascade Laser-Based
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.
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.
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.
Radiation Monitoring Devices, Inc.
High Resolution Gamma Ray
44 Hunt
Street
Spectrometer for Nuclear
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.
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.
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.
United Solar Systems Corp.
High Efficiency Amorphous and
1100 West
Maple Road