U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATION RESEARCH PROGRAM AND
SMALL BUSINESS
TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER PROGRAM
FY 2003 PHASE I - AWARDS BY TOPIC
TOPIC:
TECHNOLOGIES FOR NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION AND HOMELAND DEFENSE
ADA Technologies, Inc.
Situational Awareness Monitor for
8100
Shaffer Parkway
Nuclear Events
Suite 130
Littleton, CO 80013-4124
This project will
develop a monitor for urban areas in order to identify pre-nuclear
event warning
signs such as the presence
of nuclear material.
Geotech Instruments, LLC.
Low-Noise Borehole Triaxial
Innovative Wireless Technologies,
A Low Cost National Sensor Network
Multimax,
Inc.
A
Seismic Event Discrimination
Proportional Technologies, Inc.
Field Deployable High Resolution
10755 Sanden Drive
Seismometer
Dallas, TX 75238-1336
This project will develop low-noise instruments for a
network of seismic stations
that is used to monitor nuclear explosions and
earthquakes.
Inc.
(NSN) Using Rapidly Deployable
1047
Vista Park Drive
Wireless Technology
Suite A
Forest, VA 24551-4253
This project will develop a low cost, rapidly deployable
national sensor network
that has failsafe structure, high security, and uses
wireless technologies.
1441 McCormick Drive
System Based on Improved
Largo, MD 20774-5323
Understanding of Lg from Explosions
This project will provide improved and automated methods
for nuclear monitoring
by making use of recent advances in the understanding of
seismic signals from explosions.
8022 El Rio
High Pressure Xenon Gamma Ray
Houston, TX 77054-4104
Spectrometer
and identify contraband and illicit radioactive materials for
intelligence, customs, and treaty verification
purposes.
Weston Geophysical Corporation
Improved Regional Seismic
Event
57 Bedford Street
Depth
Estimation
Suite 102
Lexington, MA 02420-4550
This project will contribute to the
foreign countries.
TOPIC:
SUPPORT TECHNOLOGIES FOR SENSORS USED IN NATIONAL SECURITY
Aculight Corporation
Compact, Short-Pulse Laser Source
11805 North Creek Parkway South
for Active Imaging Systems
South Suite 113
Bothell,
This
project will develop novel laser technology required for new sensors
that generate extremely
high-resolution images needed to help remotely detect weapons
of mass destruction.
Advanced Principles Group
State-of-the-Art Reconfigurable
28 Fieldstone Drive
Board for Heterogeneous
Hooksett, NH 03106
Computing
This project will
develop computing technology that will increase the signal
processing capabilities
of sensor systems for the detection of the proliferation of weapons
of mass destruction.
SVT Associates
Al(In)GaN-Based High Electron
7620 Executive Drive
Mobility Transistors on SiC for High
Eden Prairie, MN
55344-3677
Power Radar Applications
This
project will develop high-performance solid-state transistors for civilian
and defense applications
including radar tracking, cellular base stations,
telemetry, and satellite
communications.
TOPIC:
ENHANCED PROTEOMICS SIGNATURE ANALYSIS IN SUPPORT OF PATHOGEN DETECTION,
BIOINFORMATICS, AND EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MODELING
BioSequent LLC
PRISM: Software for Protein
8395
Scarlet Glen Ct.
Structure and Function
Millersville, MD 21108-2437
This project will develop software to determine protein
structure and function
by gathering evidence from multiple genomic sequencing
data sources.
Environmental Research Technologies
Protein Fold Identification Using
1320
Pearl Street
Support Vector Machine
Suite 108
Boulder, CO 80302
This project will develop an automated computer based
system to predict protein
structure from recently available genome sequencing
information.
Knowledge of protein
structure is essential for understanding protein
function, designing new drugs
to treat human disorders, and identifying pathogens
used as biological warfare
agents.
TOPIC: GENOME, STRUCTURAL
BIOLOGY, AND RELATED BIOTECHNOLOGIES
STTR Project
Genetic
Assemblies, Inc.
Development of a Massively Parallel
510
Charmany Dr
.
Oligonucleotide Synthesizer
Madison, WI 53719
(MPOS) for the Production of
Genome Scale Reagent Sets in
Quantities
University
of Wisconsin
This project will develop a technology to produce large
quantities of genetic probes
at lower costs and with greater flexibility than
existing systems in order to make possible
massive medical studies that are
presently not economically feasible.
MacConnell Research Corporation Cell-Free Protein Synthesis for
6195
Cornerstone Court East
High-Through-Put Proteomics
#114
San Diego, CA 92121-1303
This project will develop technology for producing
milligram quantities
of proteins encoded by cloned or newly predicted genes,
which will
reduce the cost of active protein production in laboratories studying
functional
genomics, proteomics, and other basic research applications.
TOPIC: MEDICAL SCIENCES
Luna Innovations, Inc.
A New Class of Trimetasphere Based
2851 Commerce Street
Radiopharmaceuticals
Blacksburg, VA 24060-6657
This project will develop unique new nanomaterials that
have potential
as improved radiopharmaceuticals for use in radiation therapy,
leading
to reduced mortality and to improved quality of life in certain types of
cancer patients.
Photon Imaging, Inc.
In Vivo Radio-tracer Quantification
19355
Business Center Drive
with Small Animal Imaging
Suite 8
Northridge, CA 91344
This project will develop a time-saving imaging technique
to determine the amount
of pharmaceuticals in laboratory test animals which
would result in reducing
the total amount of time required for pharmaceuticals
to reach the market.
Photon Imaging, Inc.
19355
Business Center Drive
Molecular Imaging in Small Animals
Suite 8
Northridge, CA 91344
This project will develop a new camera that will improve
scientists’
ability to develop and study the effects of new drugs in live
animals.
Radiation Monitoring Devices, Inc.
High Performance PET Detector
44 Hunt
Street
Watertown, MA 02472-4699
This project will develop a novel detector technology for
medical imaging,
physics research, and commercial applications such as oil
exploration
and non-destructive studies.
Radiation Monitoring Devices, Inc.
A Design of a New Readout Sensor for
44 Hunt Street
SPECT
Watertown, MA 02472-4699
This project will develop a small, high performance, animal
scanner to bring
the power of non-invasive functional imaging to detailed
studies of the mouse and rat.
Such a
tool will be of great importance in understanding biological
functions and
facilitate rapid progress in new drug developments.
Radiation Monitoring Devices, Inc.
Fast, High Resolution PET Detector
44 Hunt
Street
Watertown, MA 02472-4699
This project will investigate a novel detector technology
for medical imagining studies
and physics research, as well as oil exploration
and other commercial studies.
TOPIC: ATMOSPHERIC
MEASUREMENT TECHNOLOGY
Aerodyne Research, Inc.
Advanced Aerosol Mass Spectrometer
45
Manning Road
for Aircraft Measurement of Organic
Billerica, MA 01821-3896
Particulate Matter
This project will develop an instrument for measuring
organic particulate matter
in air to support research in “acid rain,” global
climate, and human health.
Aerodyne Research, Inc.
Cavity Attenuation Phase Shift
45
Manning Road
Spectroscopic Detection of Nitrogen
Billerica, MA 01821-3976
Dioxide
This project will develop new sensor technology that will
provide an accurate
and cost effective measurement for monitoring nitrogen
dioxide, a regulated atmospheric
pollutant.
67 East
Evelyn Avenue
for Trace Gas Measurements in the
Suite 3
Field
Mountain
View,
This project will develop a novel compact, rugged,
relatively inexpensive instrument
based on a new laser-based technology to
measure concentrations and fluxes
of gases for
detailed studies of the environment, medical diagnostics
for detection of common
disease, monitoring and control of industrial processes, and
for measurements of
chemical and biological agents.
NovaWave Technologies
NO2 Sensor for Urban and Regional
40 Burgoyne Court
Air Quality Monitoring
San Mateo,
This project will develop technology to monitor a
greenhouse gas with precision
and accuracy using compact, robust
instrumentation.
NovaWave Technologies
Mid-Infrared Optical Cavity-Based
40 Burgoyne Court
Spectrometer for Multispecies
San Mateo, CA
Atmospheric Monitoring
This project will develop an instrument to make
ultra-sensitive atmospheric
concentration measurements on a variety of chemicals
to further our understanding of
atmospheric chemistry and dynamics, as well as
pollution monitoring and control.
Sigma Space Corporation
Fiber Laser Based Water Vapor
9801
Greenbelt Road
Differential Absorption Lidar System
Suite
103
Lanham,
This project will build a meteorological tool to provide
continuous, lower atmosphere
water vapor measurements needed for modeling
precipitation and severe
weather prediction
STTR Project
Sunset Laboratory, Inc.
Advanced Real-Time Monitoring
10160 SW
Nimbus Ave.
of Particulate Carbon, Oxygen and
Suite
F8
Tigard
,
Lawrence
Berkeley
National
Laboratory
The impact of small aerosol particles on the earth’s
energy balance represents the
largest source of uncertainty in estimates of
global climate change from human activities.
This project will develop real-time
instrumentation to collect data for understanding the
role particles from
various combustion sources play in
climate change.
TOPIC:
CARBON CYCLE MEASUREMENTS OF THE ATMOSPHERE AND THE BIOSPHERE
Coherent
Technologies, Inc.
Range-Resolved DIAL for Eye-Safe
135
South Taylor Avenue
Detection of CO2
Louisville,
This project will develop a remote laser radar capability
that can map large
volumes of atmospheric carbon dioxide to enable the
scientific community to better analyze
and understand the contribution of excess
carbon dioxide to global warming.
Picarro,
Inc.
Innovative CO2 Sensor Based on
1050 E.
Duane Avenue
Cavity Ringdown
Suite
1
Sunnyvale,
This project will develop carbon dioxide sensors that will
help scientists to understand
the contribution of man-made gases to global
warming.
Southwest
Sciences, Inc.
High Precision CO2 Sensor for
1570
Pacheco Street
Balloon Sonde Atmospheric
Suite E-11
Measurements
Santa Fe, NM
This project will develop a lightweight, inexpensive carbon
dioxide sensor suitable
for weather balloon measurements critical to
understanding the greenhouse
effect and global warming.
TOPIC: MEASUREMENT/MONITORING
TECHNOLOGIES FOR THE SUBSURFACE ENVIRONMENT
Eltron Research, Inc.
A Remote and Affordable Detection
4600
Nautilus Court South
System for Cr(VI) in Groundwater
Boulder,
This project will develop a versatile, affordable, remote
sensor for toxic levels
of chromium in groundwater and surface water.
Eltron Research, Inc.
Nanoscale Inorganic Ion-Exchange
4600
Nautilus Court South
Films for Enhanced Electrochemical
Boulder,
This project will develop a low-cost, portable, heavy metal
detection technology
for efficient, rapid analysis of metal contamination in
water.
TOPIC: REACTIVE BARRIERS AND
MONITORING SYSTEMS FOR SUBSURFACE REMEDIATION
ADA Technologies, Inc.
Enhanced Materials for Reactive
8100 Shaffer Parkway
Barriers
Suite
130
Littleton, CO
This project will develop a family of materials for
reactive barriers to groundwater
contaminants that will improve their
hydrological performance, longevity
and the number of contaminants that can be
addressed.
Lynntech, Inc.
Novel Permeable Reactive Barrier
7610 Eastmark Drive
Materials for the Mercury Plume
College
Station,
This project will develop technology remove mercury from
water, thereby reducing the
cost of treating environmental problems at
contaminated Department of Energy sites.
STTR Project
Vista
Engineering Technologies, LLC
Using Electrical Resistivity Techniques
8203 W. Quinault
to
Monitor the Long-Term
Building C,
Kennewick,
Lawrence Livermore
National Laboratory
This project will develop technology to assess the
performance of subsurface barriers
that are put in place to clean-up
contaminated groundwater. The system
will provide an earlier warning of barrier problems, compared to conventional
monitoring techniques.
TOPIC: DECONTAMINATION AND
DECOMMISSIONING OF FACILITIES
ADA Technologies, Inc.
Electrodecontamination for
8100 Shaffer Parkway
Mitigation of Airborne Contamination
Suite
130
Littleton,
This project will develop electrochemical technology to
remove radioactive
contamination from surfaces at Department of Energy
facilities without producing
airborne radioactive contamination.
Barrett Technology, Inc.
Low-Cost Automatic Tool Fixturing
139 Main
Street
Based on Dexterous Robotic Hand
Kendall
Square
Cambridge,
This project will develop a new robotic hand that
automatically adapts to ordinary
commercial power tools, enabling a robot to
enter a contaminated nuclear facility
or disaster scene using a variety of
inexpensive tools.
Gumbs Associates, Inc.
Low-Cost Strippable Fixatives
11 Harts
Lane
East
Brunswick, NJ
This project will develop a low-cost coating technology for
removing radiological
contamination throughout the Department of Energy complex.
TOPIC: ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES
FOR NUCLEAR ENERGY
En'Urga, Inc.
Innovative Instrumentation and
1291-A
Cumberland Avenue
Intelligent Diagnostic System for
Business and Technology
West
Lafayette, IN
This project will develop instrumentation and diagnostics
based on state-of-the-art
neural network theory to improve reactor safety
systems for existing and future nuclea
reactor power plants.
Southwest Sciences, Inc.
System for Imaging Leaks from the
1570
Pacheco Street
Primary Water Loop
Suite E-11
Santa Fe,
NM
This project will develop a video camera system for imaging
invisible gases.
Applications
include monitoring of nuclear power plants, oil refineries,
and natural gas
lines.
TOPIC: MATERIALS RESEARCH FOR
ADVANCED NUCLEAR ENERGY SYSTEMS
Accelerator Technology Corporation
SiC/HT-9 MMC Composite Tubes for
207 Dellwood
Fuel Cladding
Bryan,
This project will develop a new material to provide the
extreme strength and fracture
toughness with resistance to higher temperature,
radiation damage, and chemical
corrosion that is needed for cladding the fuel
rods of the next generation of power reactors.
Lightweight Solutions, Inc.
Improved Silicon Carbide Materials
306
Fashion Circle
for Very High Temperature Fast
Newark, DE
This project will develop processing technologies to
produce high performance
silicon carbide ceramics and composites for improved,
cost-effective materials
for the nuclear, energy, aerospace, and automotive
industries.
Powdermet, Inc.
Nanoengineered ODS
24112
Rockwell
Feritic/Martensitic Steel for Fusion
Euclid,
OH 44117
Application
This project will develop technology for manufacturing
higher strength, higher
temperature steels for nuclear energy, fusion, turbine
engines, glass making, and
heat treating equipment.
Ultramet
Low-Porosity SiC/SiC Composite
12173 Montague Street
Materials for Nuclear Energy System
Pacoima,
This project will develop advanced materials and structures
that will allow nuclear
reactors to operate under the high temperature, high
pressure, and high heat flux
conditions necessary for cost-competitive energy
generation.
TOPIC:
NEUTRON AND ELECTRON BEAM INSTRUMENTATION
Containerless Research, Inc.
Fast Exchange Refrigerator for
906 University Place
Neutron Science (FERNS)
Evanston,
This project will develop an advanced automatic,
programmable, sample handling
system for use in a next-generation neutron
research facility.
Cryogenic Applications F, Inc.
Transport of Methane Pellets for
450
Bacon Springs Lane
Advanced Cold Moderators
Clinton,
This project will develop a
component for a neutron scattering facility, presently
under construction, to
allow a future upgrade that will double the output of neutrons at a few
percent
of the original cost.
EIC Laboratories, Inc.
Solid-State Thermal-Neutron Detector
111
Downey Street
Based on Boron-Doped a-Se
Norwood, MA
This project will develop an advanced neutron detector
suitable for remote
or portable applications for use in nuclear
nonproliferation, radiation safety,
and neutron diffraction studies.
Instrumentation Associates
A GEM of a Neutron Detector
8944 Dexter
Gables Lane
Dexter, MI 48130
This project will develop a novel neutron detector for
application at the
Spallation Neutron Source in Oak Ridge, TN, for monitoring experiments in materials
science, engineering and biology.
333 14th Street
Neutron Detector
Toledo,
This project will develop devices to enhance the
performance of U.S. neutron source
facilities used for materials, life sciences, and military
research.
Science Research Laboratory, Inc.
Long-Lifetime Low-Scatter
15 Ward Street
Neutron Polarization Target
Somerville, MA
This project will develop a new technology that will expand
the capabilities of existing
U.S. neutron scattering facilities dedicated to developing improved materials for
the aerospace, computer, and other industries.
TOPIC:
ADVANCED FOSSIL FUELS RESEARCH
Advanced Resources
International,
Methanogenic Conversion
of CO2 into
Inc.
Methane: A Breakthrough Geologic
1110 North Glebe Road
Sequestration Technology
Suite
600
Arlington,
This project will develop a methodology to utilize bacteria
to remediate underground
carbon dioxide storage sites, as well as to generate
new methane resources that could
be exploited as renewable energy sources.
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