U.S.
Department of Energy
Small Business Innovation Research Program and
Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington
Plasma
Processes, Inc. Engineered
Surfaces for the Lithium Tokamak
MER Corporation (Materials and Novel Heat Exchangers with Enhanced Surface
Electrochemical Research)
Bioengineering Resources, Inc. CO2 Sequestration in Cell Biomass of Chlorobium
1650 Emmaus Road Thiosufatophilum
World carbon dioxide emissions from the combustion of fossil fuels have increased at a rate of about three percent per year during the last forty years to over twenty-four billion tons today. This bacterial process converts carbon dioxide to cell biomass while simultaneously removing sulfur from industrial gas streams.
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Adelphi Technology, Inc. High Brightness Neutron Source for Radiography
Research
Institution:
The proposed radiographic imaging system will increase the safety, reliability and efficiency of nuclear power plants and other industrial facilities. The source will be portable, permitting imaging inside of thick steel, lead or even uranium for voids, corrosion and cracks, which is possible because neutrons transmit through these materials while being scattered and absorbed by water, oil or other hydrogen-bearing materials.
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Aerosol Dynamics, Inc. A Compact, In-Situ Instrument for Organic Acids
Research
Institution:
To elucidate the sources and environmental effects of atmospheric particles on visibility, public health and global climate, measurement methods are needed that can provide time-resolved chemical characterization of these particles. Especially lacking is a means to measure the organic fraction of the atmospheric aerosol. We propose to develop a new, automated instrument for one set of these compounds, the organic acids.
626 Whitney Street Superconducting Coatings on Copper RF
This technology will allow high-energy particle accelerators that are used for fundamental physics research to achieve higher energy at lower cost than present designs.
Amonix, Inc. A High Efficiency PV to Hydrogen Energy
3425 Fujita Street System
The Hydrogen Initiative has called for increased use of clean hydrogen for power generation and automotive use. This program will use solar power to generate hydrogen for use in fuel cells. This mode of hydrogen production will result in a cost effective, efficient, and ecologically sound, integrated system.
Calabazas
Creek Research Improved
Magnetron Injection Guns for Gyrotrons
20937 Comer
Drive
This program will reduce or eliminate performance degradation in high power gyrotrons and gyroklystrons caused by nonuniform emission from the electron guns. This will dramatically reduce the risk, improve performance, and lower the cost of these sources for fusion research, high energy accelerators, defense applications, and industrial heating systems.
Elcon
Inc. (formerly MacroMetalics) Development
and Testing of a Demountable Sheet
1009 Timothy Drive Electron
Beam Analyzer with Fluorescent Screen
Expert Microsystems, Inc. Adaptive On-Line Monitoring for Improved
New software is developed to automatically determine whether the signals from a nuclear power plant or other industrial process indicate a future equipment problem. This project will increase production, reduce operating costs, and improve safety by providing earlier detection of equipment problems and preventing unplanned shutdowns or inefficiencies due to unexpected failures.
FAR-TECH, Inc. Optimization of Electron-Cyclotron-
Building
14,
Understanding and optimization of multiply charged (rare) ions are important for current and future nuclear physics studies and for commercial applications such as industrial ion implantation for advanced material processing. FAR-TECH, Inc. proposes to produce a comprehensive set of numerical simulation tools for optimizing such ion sources.
Farasis Energy, Inc. Novel, High Energy Density Intermetallic
851 W. Midway Avenue Anode Material for Li-Ion Batteries
A novel class of high energy density Li-ion battery anode material will be developed that could lead to rechargeable batteries with double or more the current run time of commercially available cells.
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Project
First Point Scientific, Inc. Ion
Beam Drift Compression Technology for HCX
Suite J
Research
Institution:
Heavy ion accelerators can be used to produce plasmas in the warm dense matter regime, which is likely to lead to exciting new scientific discoveries. This project will develop a new accelerator component that will be used to precisely control the ion beam energy, as required to produce these plasmas.
G.
H. Gillespie Associates, Inc. Open
Architecture Software Integration System
P.O. Box 2961 for
Particle Beam Optics
Del Mar, CA 92014-5961
The Open Architecture Software Integration System, developed in this project, should enable advanced software tools for use in organizations using particle beams. Benefits include improved productivity of workers in accelerator facilities located at research laboratories, medical institutes, semiconductor manufacturers, and nano-technology centers.
Gener8, Inc. High Throughput Fermentation and Cell Culture
Successful execution of this project will bridge the gap between screening systems capable of high throughput and systems capable of controlled cultivation. Addressing these missing capabilities in the cultivation toolset impacts fundamental public initiatives (DOE Genomes to Life and NIH Protein Structure Initiative), industrial biotechnology (food, animal feed, paper, cleaning products, cosmetics, textiles), and medicine (protein therapeutics projected to exceed $50 Billion by 2018).
Haimson
Research Corporation Development
of a High Gain, High Power
3350
Building 60
Santa Clara, CA 95054-3104
Two orders of magnitude reduction of the input power to a high power klystron amplifier, without loss of stability or output power, would represent a significant advance in radio frequency source technology and would have a positive impact on the construction and operating budgets of linear accelerators used in medical and research applications.
HyPerComp,
Inc. Physical
Model Development and Benchmarking
The work proposed will provide firm footing for the models and experiments required to enable technology testing in ITER and enhance fusion energy potential. Technologies proposed address a timely need in the current era of powerful computers, in adding credibility to computer solutions.
Kent Sea Tech Corp Large-Scale Microalgae Cultivation in Agricultural
11125 Flintkote Avenue Wastewaters for Biofixation of CO2 and
We are developing methods to culture single-cell algae using advanced techniques that will allow carbon dioxide to be captured in the algal biomass, which can then be converted to biofuels and fertilizer products in large digesters. The biofuels produced can be used to produce energy, thereby reducing the use of petroleum products and the emission of greenhouse gases.
Makel Engineering, Incorporated High Temperature Electronic Nose for In-Situ
1585 Marauder Street Exhaust Measurement
A high-temperature microsensor system will allow improved efficiency and pollution control for industrial and utility boilers. This technology can be transferred to turbine power generators, aircraft and automobile engines, among others, to reduce energy requirements (and dependence on foreign oil) and significantly reduce pollution.
Membrane Technology and Research, Inc. Bioethanol Production with Membranes
Many small fermentable biomass streams are landfilled for want of suitable technology to produce ethanol from the fermentation broth. The membrane technology being developed in this project will allow such streams to be economically converted to ethanol.
Membrane Technology and Research, Inc. Hydrogen Recovery and Carbon Dioxide
If hydrogen is to be used as an environmentally friendly fuel, hydrogen production costs must be lowered and carbon dioxide, a by-product of hydrogen production, must be separated for sequestration. This proposal describes an economical membrane process that achieves these goals simultaneously.
Membrane Technology and Research, Inc. Stable Membranes for Separating Hydrogen
Nanosys, Inc. High Efficiency Nanocomposite White Light
Today over 20% of the Nation’s electricity supply is consumed for lighting purposes, while the current technologies, fluorescent and incandescent sources, operate at less than 15% efficiency. In this proposal, a revolutionary technology based on engineered nanomaterials is developed for high quality, high efficiency, and low cost general illumination that will offer substantial savings in energy consumption, reduced pollution, tremendous cost savings to consumers and the creation of a new lighting industry.
NovaWave Technologies, Inc. Ultra-Sensitive, Compact Mid-Infrared
230A
This proposal describes an instrument designed to make ultra-sensitive atmospheric concentration measurements on a variety of important chemical species, including formaldehyde, carbon monoxide, ethylene, and acetylene. The ability to obtain these measurements would have a wide ranging impact on our understanding of atmospheric chemistry and dynamics, as well as have numerous applications in pollution monitoring and control.
Open Solutions GP Grid Network Session Processing and Forwarding
43030 Christy Street Engine
Current data transport technology cannot match the performance of rapidly growing network capacity planned for Department of Energy scientific applications. This proposal provides an enabling technology to transport, retrieve and store data at Grid network speeds equal to or exceeding 10 Gbps.
Pentum Group, Inc. SAMTP (SONET Application Memory Transport)
111 W. El Camino Real, #109
Future national security will depend upon monitor vast quantities of remotely gathered data on a real-time basis for threat assessment and response. The SAMTP technology will support this critical security mission by enabling the highest bandwidth wide area data transport along with the lowest possible application latency.
Physical Optics Corporation, Real-Time Holographic Water-Drop-Size
Information Technologies Div. Measurement System
Building 100
Drop size distribution and concentration measurement systems are needed to monitor the properties of the stratus clouds that cover much of the earth, because this process has a strong impact on global warming. The proposed new system, deployed on research aircraft, on tethered balloons, or on the ground, will significantly improve monitoring capabilities, and will also improve efficiency of fuel and commercial irrigation systems.
RadiaBeam
Technologies An
Inexpensive High-Current Betatron Using
1600 Sawrelle Boulevard Fixed-Field
Alternating-Gradient Focusing and
Suite 205 New
Low-Loss Magnetic Materials
Los Angeles, CA 90025
High-power, high-energy electron sources — devices which are critical for cargo inspection, mail sterilization, cancer treatment, medical device sterilization and food irradiation — are presently very expensive and limited in their capabilities. We will use modern advances in physics and engineering to make a compact, inexpensive device to serve these areas of national and commercial interest.
S-Cal
Research Corporation Thermal
Recovery of
The
additional facilities, required on the Alaska North Slope and for suppliers, in
Scientific Solutions Improved ECR Charge Breeder for Rare Ion
Experiments with rare and short-lived radioactive nuclear isotopes are a major part of future nuclear physics research programs worldwide. The focus of this project is to construct am improved device for efficiently converting these species into beam ions for subsequent acceleration and experimentation.
Seacoast Science, Inc. A New Low-Power MEMS Sensor for Atmospheric
Suite C
This project will develop a sensor system based on novel MEMS technology that will remotely measure atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide. Carbon dioxide emissions from man-made and natural sources must be monitored for accurate prediction of global climate change.
Taxon Biosciences, Inc. SARD: A Novel Surveying Method to Develop
This project will address a critical scientific need for technologies that can characterize complex microbial communities. The technology will provide new insights into the microbial world with many commercial applications including petroleum and mineral exploration, pollutant detection and clinical diagnostics.
Wavefront Technology, Inc. Nanocomposite Polymers for Smart Window
A smart window film is being developed under Department of Energy Phase I and Phase II funding which allows significant reactions to the cooling and heating loads of commercial, industrial, and residential buildings. The potential savings to building owners can be up to $12 Billion/yr if this technology can be widely implemented over the next few years, and the amount of new electricity generating capacity significantly reduced.
XIA, LLC Low-Level Radioactive Xenon Monitoring by
8450 Central Avenue Phoswich Detector System
Nuclear weapons tests, even underground, invariably release radioactive xenon gas into the atmosphere. By developing more sensitive, easier to use methods to detect this xenon, our instrument increases the likelihood that clandestine weapons development activities will be detected before they become a significant threat to the nation.
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XIA, LLC Multiple-Input Data Acquisition System
Research Institution: Brookhaven National Laboratory
The continued emission of CO2 and other greenhouse gases by human and natural sources has been a growing cause for concern over the last decade. The instrument we are developing will allow rapid and precise measurement of how much carbon is stored in soil, allowing scientists and planners to develop improved methods for sequestering carbon in the soil and removing it from the atmosphere.
Composite
Technology Development, Inc. Innovative,
Low Cost Radiation-Resistant
2600 Campus Drive Fusion
Magnet Insulation
Suite D
Lafayette, CO 80026-3359
Improved electrical insulation for fusion and superconducting magnets is needed in order to develop fusion energy into a viable commercial energy source. New, innovative, high temperature and radiation resistant insulation systems will be developed, allowing for the design of more efficient fusion devices, and ultimately leading to the development of new, efficient energy sources for the nation.
Eltron Research, Inc. Functionally Graded Aluminum Nitride - Oxide
Low-cost corrosion resistant coatings will be deposited on the inner surface of mild steel pipes. The use of corrosion resistant coated mild steel in place of more expensive stainless or high nickel alloy steel will significantly reduce the cost of corrosion protection in power plants, paper mills, and petrochemical facilities.
Eltron Research, Inc. Optimization of Metal Alloys for High Pressure
Inexpensive, high performance, hydrogen transport membranes are a key component to achieving a hydrogen economy. These membranes will enable hydrogen separation to proceed from domestic energy feedstocks.
MultiPhase
Composites Moldable
Ceramic Composites for High Field
Particle accelerators, storage rings, and fusion devices rely on high field magnets for operation. Moldable ceramic insulators will reduce accelerator and fusion magnet production costs by providing shaped parts that require no complicated machining, reduce insulation damage, and eliminate costly repair.
TDA Research, Inc. Lithium Ion-Channel Polymer Electrolyte for
Electric vehicles of the future require improved rechargeable batteries with higher performance. This project will develop a new electrolyte material that will enable the production of higher power lithium ion batteries for electric vehicles.
TDA Research, Inc. Multicontaminant Warm Gas Cleanup
More than one billion tons of coal
us used annually in the
Tech-X Corporation Distributed CCA Components and Grid Services
Suite A
This company will develop software tools to facilitate development of large-scale high-performance computational applications. These tools will reduce the cost for developing and maintaining such applications.
Tech-X
Corporation FSML-Fusion
Simulation Markup Language for
Suite A
This company will develop software tools that will facilitate integrated scientific modeling, collaborative data analysis and archiving of fusion data as well as increase software reuse and data interoperability.
Tech-X Corporation High Performance Algorithm for Signal
5621 Arapahoe Avenue Decomposition in Gamma Ray Detectors
Suite A
Tech-X
Corporation Rapid
3-D Simulation of a Bunch-Length
5621 Arapahoe Avenue Diagnostic
for Laser Accelerators via Coherent
Suite A
Future generation high-energy particle accelerators, used to study the fundamental nature of matter, will likely include plasma-based components that produce extremely short particle beams. Existing software is being enhanced to enable the measurement of these ultra-short electron beams.
Tech-X Corporation SPECS: Small Particle Electron Cooling
5621 Arapahoe Avenue Simulations
Suite A
The Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider at Brookhaven National Laboratory is colliding gold ions to create conditions similar to those that existed a fraction of a second after the big bang. A novel 3-D simulation code is being developed to assist Department of Energy scientists in the design of an electron cooling section that will improve the performance of this premier nuclear physics facility.
UQM Technologies, Inc. Power Converters for Diverse Applications
The development of distributed energy resources that could provide supplemental or stand-alone power generation capability to existing grid supplied electric power will have enormous future environmental and economic benefits to society, including energy freedom for America. This project focuses on improved power inverter technologies that are needed to convert these energy sources into usable power, focusing on cost effectiveness, reliability, efficiency, and smaller size.
Avalence, LLC High-Efficiency, Ultra-High Pressure Electrolysis
This project will serve as a demonstration and commercial springboard for economically and renewably powered, distributed-generation hydrogen fuel production and dispensing for the transportation [and agricultural machinery] component of the coming hydrogen and fuel cell economy. The key innovation of eliminating the need for a mechanical compressor produces a system with the high-reliability and efficiency required to make these systems a commercial reality.
Omega-P,
Inc. High-Power
Ferroelectric Switch for an X-Band
Development of an electrically-controlled high-power microwave switch is to be carried out, which has the potential of increasing efficiency and affording new flexibility in design for a future high-energy particle accelerator. Successful completion of this project would lead to lower construction and operating cost for this research accelerator.
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Project
Omega-P, Inc. Surface
Films to Suppress Field Emission in
Research
Institution:
Structures in high-energy particle accelerators can sustain higher field strengths, if a technique can be found to inhibit vacuum breakdown. The goal of this project is to develop a process for application of thin coatings to accelerator structures to achieve this.
PMD
Scientific, Inc. High
Resolution Seismometer Insensitive to
A highly sensitive, radiation-hardened vibration sensor based on unique technology capable of working in very strong magnetic fields in the beam focusing systems of super colliders. The latter will play critical role in advancing not only the basic science but numerous technologies in the XXI century and beyond. Additional public benefits: a compact, economical, rugged seismometer for structural and earthquake and nuclear tests monitoring ocean bottom and military applications.
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Tungsten Graphics Chromium RenderServer: Remote Rendering
Woodbury, CT 06798 Memory
Parallel Clusters
Research
Institution:
The Chromium RenderServer is a platform-neutral, widely applicable software infrastructure that enables geographically distributed scientific researchers access to centrally located, powerful, interactive computer systems dedicated to interactive visual data analysis. With increases computational capacity at Department of Energy’s primary computer centers resulting in an avalanche of new data, there has developed an acute need for correspondingly powerful visual data analysis capabilities, which is provided by the Chromium RenderServer software technology.
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Elsicon, Inc. Fully Integrated Optical Micro Gyroscope
Research
Institution:
We propose a novel miniature device that uses the inertial properties of light to generate essential information needed for guidance, navigation, and control in both military and commercial settings. Being based on conventional materials and microelectronic manufacturing techniques and tools, the proposed device will reap the benefits of low cost, high volume, batch manufacturing.
SeaAg, Inc. Microalgae Biofixation of CO2 and Fertilizer
705 27th Avenue, SW Production for Greenhouse Gas Abatement
Microalgae are microscopic plants
growing in sea- and fresh-waters and are currently used for the production of
human foods and animal feeds and also in wastewater treatment. This
project will use microalgae cultures for the co-production of biofuels with
fertilizers for organic agriculture, thereby reducing greenhouse gas emissions
and providing a high value fertilizer for
Supergenics,
LLC Improved
Fin Designs to Reduce Effective in
1233
To maintain the nation’s technical leadership in high energy physics it is necessary to have an active part in the development and construction of the future generations of particle accelerators. In order to do this, high field superconducting magnets are required and this project is designed to make high quality conductors at relatively low cost to be used in these magnets.
nGimat
This project targets the development of low cost, high performance self-cleaning coatings that mimic the superhydrophobic properties of the lotus leaf. A low cost, high performance solution to this need should enable wide spread introduction of these self-cleaning coatings on architectural glass, automotive glass, and solar cells; and subsequently, potential energy savings of tens of billions.
FiveSight Technologies, Inc. An
Analysis Process Execution Language and
The project targets an opportunity for scientific process management, combining research in the fields of business process management, web services, and distributed Grid computing.
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Project
MUONS, Inc. Hydrogen
Cryostat for Muon Beam Cooling
Research
Institution: Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Muon accelerators, needed to study the fundamental forces of nature, require a technique to shrink a beam of muons. The hydrogen cryostats needed for this task are being developed to take advantage of the latest advances in cooling channel designs, high-temperature superconducting magnets, and pressurized high-gradient RF cavities.
MUONS,
Inc. Ionization
Cooling Using Parametric Resonances
Two previously unrelated accelerator techniques, parametric resonances and ionization cooling, are being combined in a novel way to reduce the size of muon beams in order to enable an affordable muon collider at the energy frontier.
PartTec, LLC Neutron Detector System Using Cross Fiber
The
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Northern Microdesign, Inc. Fast, Flexible Real-Time Decision Processor for
533 193 Street Triggering Nuclear/High Energy Experiments
and Security Images
Research
Institution:
Development of a prototype high speed signal processor is proposed that will be useful in nuclear and particle physics experiments by recognizing rare events in real-time. This same unique processor has numerous commercial and government applications ranging from medical and radar imaging to network analysis and code breaking.
Kal
The project will result in the demonstration of monitoring of carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere using unmanned (robotic) aircraft. This will reduce the overall cost and complexity involved with such monitoring using manned aircraft. The overall goal is to use such measurements to support global climate change and other environmental studies.
Veris Technologies, Inc. A Soil Probe for In-Situ Near Infrared
601 N. Broadway Spectroscopic Measurement of Soil Carbon
Rapid and inexpensive methods of measuring soil carbon are needed in order to facilitate the sequestration and trade of soil carbon offsets. This research will pursue the development a probe that uses an optical spectroscopy method to make rapid and inexpensive carbon measurements.
Aerodyne Research, Inc. Compact, Autonomous Carbon Isotope
45 Manning Road FluxMonitor Using Pulsed Difference
This project will produce an instrument to continuously measure atmospheric carbon dioxide and its isotopic variants. The results of research using this instrument will improve our understanding the natural carbon cycle which transforms gaseous carbon dioxide into biological carbon and will allow the development of strategies to mitigate the effects of fossil fuel combustion on global warming and climate change.
Aerodyne Research, Inc. Development of Soft-Ionization for Particulate
Small airborne particles generated from energy-related activities directly or indirectly (by gas-to-particle conversion chemistry) can adversely impact visibility, "acid rain," global climate and human health. We propose to develop an instrument with unique capabilities for measuring organic particulate matter, including real-time measurements of particle size and chemical composition.
Agiltron, Inc. Enhancing Charge Injection and Device Integrity
Currently available OLED devices do not meet power efficiency and lifetime requirements for general lighting. This proposed approach will increase device energy efficiency by5~10 times, and significantly promote device thermal stability and lifetime.
ALEM-RMD Joint Venture A New Ceramic Scintillator for Neutron
44 Hunt Street Detection
The proposed research will develop a promising neutron detector material that will advance neutron instrumentation at U.S. Spallation Neutron Source. This will have a major impact in scientific studies in material and biological sciences.
Aspen Aerogels, Inc. Novel Silica Aerogel Panels as Radiators for
The benefits of widespread use of aerogel based products will be numerous and the impact will be felt on a global scale. Once aerogels are finally mass produced and widely used, there will be a benefit of significant energy savings and ensuing environmental benefits of lower pollution due to energy conservation.
6F
This project will develop a revolutionary solution for next generation scintillation materials that are critical to a variety of high energy particles and radiation detection and imaging. Success in this project will have a big impact to Department of Energy programs and other commercial and military applications.
6F
The ceramic laser technology
development in this program will not only serve DOE’s need, but also be in the
nation’s best interest. It will put
Crystal Systems, Inc. Development of Solar Grade (SoG) Silicon
The Solar Energy Industry Association presented a U.S. Photovoltaic Roadmap to Congress in 2005 for 2030 and beyond to ease the energy crisis, adding 42,000 new jobs, using solar electricity. Conserving 240 billion barrels of oil by 2020, reducing fossil fuels, imports, these goals can be met using low-cost SoG silicon.
Epion
Corporation Improving
the Performance of High Gradient RF
Surface treatment with Gas Cluster Ion Beams, a unique new nano-smoothing and cleaning technology, will be applied to high voltage electrodes used in advance particle accelerators to allow stronger acceleration fields. Using this technology, high-energy particle accelerators can be more compact and reliable.
Giner, Inc. Novel, Low-Cost Solid Membrane Water
89 Rumford Avenue Electrolyzer
A low cost water electrolyzer generating hydrogen at an elevated pressure will be fabricated. The hydrogen will be used to power devices in the future hydrogen economy.
KSE, Inc. Reactive Distillation for Vinyl Ether Synthesis
The chemical industry is important
to the
Phoenix Innovation, Inc. Polythiophosphonate Electrolytes for
Safe high energy batteries based upon magnesium chemistry, rather than lithium, is described. The results of this effort will be rechargeable energy systems that are of high energy, but inherently much safer than state of the art lithium batteries.
Q-Peak, Inc. High-Pulse-Rate Sources for Active Imaging
135 South Road Systems
New types of covert, laser-based imaging systems, based on aircraft or in space, can provide high-resolution, three-dimensional pictures of facilities on the ground, useful for intelligence gathering and nuclear non-proliferation activities. This work will develop the special laser needed for these systems.
Radiation Monitoring Devices, Inc. Fast Microcolumnar Scintillator for Radionuclide
The CsI(Tl) scintillator is widely used in many important medical and non-medical imaging applications. Material modifications proposed here will allow its use in radionuclide imaging, high speed CT scanners for medical imaging, scanners used in homeland security applications etc. This will significantly enhance the performance of these important imaging modalities, while substantially reducing their cost.
Radiation Monitoring Devices, Inc. High Performance Small Animal SPECT Imager
The proposed project will investigate a novel detector technology that will be very useful in medical imaging. It will also be useful in scientific studies (such as physics research and materials studies).
Radiation Monitoring Devices, Inc. Novel Scintillator for Nuclear Physics Studies
The proposed project will investigate a novel detector technology that will be very useful in particle physics research, astronomy, homeland security and bore hole logging.
Radiation Monitoring Devices, Inc. Novel Scintillator for PET Imaging
The proposed project will investigate a novel detector technology that will be a very useful in medical imaging, particularly for cancer treatment. It will also be useful in scientific studies, homeland security and oil exploration.
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SeaFire Micros, Inc. Multi-Gigabit OS Bypass System for Grid
Research
Institution: The
We address the issue of system
delays, as greater network speeds load down host processor performance.
We continue the development of our novel system architecture, and test our
prototype hardware and firmware at the ultra high-speeds of 10-20 gigabits
per second and scale to 40 Gigabits per second.
Hysitron Incorporated Quantitative In-Situ TEM Nanoindentation
10025 Valley View Road Apparatus
Crucial to nanotechnology is the ability to quantitatively measure properties at very small scales. A new technology has been created and will be improved upon to enable robust observation and quantification of the underlying physical mechanisms that are responsible for the mechanical behaviors of materials, offering the promise of engineering improved materials.
Multi-Phase Technologies, LLC Automated Impedance Tomography for Monitoring
At present, there are no reliable and cost effective methods to monitor permeable reactive barriers, an important new treatment option for groundwater remediation. To solve this problem we will use an autonomously operating system of inexpensive electrodes to directly monitor the barriers.
GT Equipment Technologies, Inc. An Innovative Technique of Preparing Solar
243 Daniel Webster Highway Grade Silicon Wafers from Metallurgical
This technology, if successfully developed, will have a revolutionary impact on the environment also because the chemical (silanes and hydrogen) handling will be eliminated, and solar energy use will become cost effective and attractive because of low initial investment requirements.
Chembrane Research and Engineering, Inc. Membrane-Based Hybrid Process to Capture CO2
NJIT
Commercially available technologies to capture CO2 from flue gas to reduce its emission are capital intensive and high in operating costs. An innovative membrane separation process has been developed at Chembrane to efficiently and economically capture >90% CO2 from coal-based power plants flue gas to produce a stream of >99% CO2 ready for subsequent sequestration.
Integrated Photonics, Inc. Single Crystal Molybdates for Neutrinoless
Neutrinos are the most prolific of all elementary particles so that knowledge of their mass is critically important to our understanding of the birth and evolution of the universe. Neutrinoless double-beta decay experiments such as those enabled by this crystal growth technology have been identified by the Nuclear Science Advisory Committee of the NSF and DOE as a most important next step to complement the exciting space telescope data by determining the mass scale of neutrinos.
Suite C
Monmouth
The proposed ultra-high frame rate infrared television camera has direct application as a diagnostic in magnetic fusion research.
Universal Display Corporation Highly-Efficiency, White TOLED Devices for
375 Phillips Boulevard Lighting Applications
Because general lighting is
responsible for more than 20% of the energy consumption in the
S TAR Cryoelectronics Sensitive SQUID-Based Detectors of the
25 Bisbee Court Magnetization of Polarized Nuclei
Suite A
TechSource,
Inc. Electron
Cloud Diagnostic for Quadrupole Magnets
Electron cloud effects are a serious technical risk for the next generation of high-intensity, particle accelerators. This project undertakes the design, development, construction and testing with beam of an electron cloud diagnostic which will be used in accelerator quadrupole magnets to study electron cloud formation and trapping in order to gain a better understanding of the effect and its implications for accelerator performance.
Reservoir Labs, Inc. Automatic Compilation of Firewall and Intrusion
632 Broadway Detection Rules for High-Speed Network
X-Ray Optical Systems, Inc. Remote In-Situ Monitoring of Metal Contaminants
East
Analyzer
The results of this project could produce an analytical system that can remotely monitor environmental contamination of groundwater or continuously monitor the effectiveness of groundwater remediation techniques. It will permit highly sensitive analysis of groundwater at significantly lower power levels than other x-ray techniques, while avoiding the need to collect potentially hazardous samples and transport them to a remote lab.
We plan to develop a new class of “smart” ferroelectric materials for switching and electrically-controlled elements of advanced and conventional particle accelerators. This material will have many applications to military and commercial electronics, especially in the areas of wireless communications and microwave radar.
Fiberstars Development of a Distributed Advanced High
Solon, OH 44139-2814 Instant Light to Directly Replace Incandescent
Accent Lighting
An efficient system will be developed to replace wasteful halogen accent lamps, the system will save 75% of the energy spent by these lamps. The system uses state of the art optics, lamp technology, and instant light capability to form a brilliant and efficient beam.
Fiberstars Development of Polymer Processing Techniques
Intensity Discharge (HID) Distributed Accent
Lighting System
A low cost energy efficient system will be developed to replace wasteful halogen accent lamps, saving 75% of the energy spent by those lamps. The system uses state of the art optics, lamp technology, and optical fiber fabrication to form a brilliant and efficient beam.
Alchem Field Services Elimination of Methane from Landfill Gas
5909 Northwest Expressway
This research provides a new, novel and commercially viable use for landfill methane—landfills constitute a major source of greenhouse gas emissions. Our proven natural gas processing technology will be adapted for landfill use, converting environmentally damaging emissions into environmentally friendly, synthetic diesel fuel that meets new EPA emission standards.
Advanced Fluid Technologies, Inc. Complex Coolant Fluid for PEM Cell Systems
dba Dynalene Heat Transfer Fluids
E A Fischione Instruments, Inc. Precision Holder Technology for In-Situ TEM
9003 Corporate Circle Experimentation
To conduct next-generation nanotechnology research, it is essential to enhance the performance characteristics of analytical instrumentation, and in particular, the transmission electron microscope. The proposed technology will allow experimentation to take place in real time that will provide information relating to how materials interact at the atomic level.
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KCF Technologies, Inc. Low-Cost Vibration Power Harvesting for
Research
Institution:
Low cost, self-powered
maintenance-free wireless sensors are needed to enable industrial wireless
sensing in
Westmoreland Advanced Materials Investigation of (CaO)x(Al2O3)x for Thermal
Building 210C Insulation and Molten Aluminum Contact
Reducing the energy needs of metal producers and fabricators gives American companies a competitive edge and conserves our energy producing resources. This product demonstratively reduces non-productive energy loss from 16 - 60% in a variety of aluminum production applications equating to approximately $25-300 million in annual savings.
Applied Plastics Technology, Inc. Advanced Fluoropolymer Vessels for Ultra-Clean
45
Broad Common Road Ionization
and Scintillation Detectors
This project involves the development of a new plastic chamber suitable for particle detection with extreme sensitivity. This innovative technology will be directly applicable to the next generation of experiment for national security, where low background conditions are required. The general technology developed may bring advances to purity sensitive applications such as bio-reactors, chemical handling, semiconductor processing, medical equipment, and other industrial fields where high purity material is needed.
Applied Physics and Measurements, Inc. Using Downhole Probes to Locate and Characterize
Geotech Instruments, LLC Robust Remote Seismic Station
10755 Sanden Drive
This grant is for the development of a new generation of robust remote seismic station hardware and software to address problem areas of data reliability and cost. These advances will improve our capabilities in nuclear explosion and earthquake monitoring that will help to further reduce the associated hazards and risks in these areas.
MC International Research, Inc. Use of Reactive Distillation in Chain Propogation
Research in combined reactor/distillation systems can significantly reduce the costs of producing many common petrochemical products. This program is aimed at reducing the costs of producing Ultra-Clean fuels.
MPM Technology, LLC Increasing Ethylene/Propylene Plant Product
2525 Battleground Road Yield via Multiple Phase Metathesis
The implementation of Multiple-Phase
technology will reduce crude oil consumption by the
STTR
Project
Pavilion Technologies, Inc. Development
of PUNDA (Parametric Universal
Research
Institution: SLAC,
This project will strengthen automated intelligent controls, in both software algorithms and hardware, for process industry applications. The combination of accelerator physicists, performing basic research at national laboratories, and the knowledge and experience of the commercial sector should lead to new technology, relevant to both high-energy physics and the process industries.
Shear Form, Inc. Microstructural
Refinement of Tantalum for
One way to reduce the manufacturing cost of multi-filamentary Nb3Sn superconductors that require a Ta diffusion barrier, is to use a finer grained and more micro-structurally homogeneous Ta sheet that will co-deform better with pure copper. This project will demonstrate the superior performance of highly refined pure Ta in composite Nb3Sn multi-filamentary superconductors as well as the scale-up potential and economic benefits of a new materials processing technology for high energy physics and fusion energy magnet applications.
Z-Seis Corporation Development of a Magnetically Coupled
6209 Windfern Road Borehole Source for Use in Dry Gas Environments
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Ceramatec, Inc. Composite, High-Temperature Seals for Gas
2425 South 900 West Separation Membrane Devices
High purity gases are required for efficient operation of various devices, for example the need for high purity hydrogen for automotive fuel cells. The proposed research will address a key technology gap to commercialization of high temperature membrane devices for high purity gas generation and fuel cells.
Advanced Resources International, Inc. Rigorous Screening Technology for Identifying
This project would provide power plant operators, industrial managers and government oversight entities the essential, rigorous tools for screening, selecting and approving geological sites suitable and safe for long-term storage of CO2. The optimization feature of this CO2 storage site selection "tool kit" would provide significant cost savings for industry.
Black Laboratories, LLC Production
of Seamless Superconducting Radio
116 Villa Road Frequency
Cavities from Ultra-Fine-Grained
Superconducting radio frequency
accelerator cavities are assembled with welding methods that are extremely
costly and detrimental to cavity performance. This project will develop a
weld-free method for producing accelerator cavities that have low cost and high
performance. Applications include high energy physics research, medical
diagnostics, materials characterization, and military programs.
STTR Project
Edenspace Systems Corporation Cellulase Production and Increased Biomass in
Research
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The President’s National Energy Policy and U.S. Department of Energy’s strategic plan contemplate increased production of hydrogen as a fuel. This project seeks to develop low-cost ways of processing plant biomass into the simple sugars used to produce hydrogen and other biofuels such as ethanol.
HyperV Technologies Corp. A 200 km/s Plasma Accelerator for Magneto-
This research project develops the high velocity plasma jet technology required to demonstrate a potentially faster and lower cost path to fusion energy called plasma jet-driven magneto-inertial fusion, and for application to refueling of existing and planned magnetic confinement fusion devices. The Phase II effort will build and test full scale experimental hardware to demonstrate the technology.
Luna Innovations, Inc. High-Temperature Fiber Optic Sensors for
2581 Commerce Street Nuclear Power Applications
High-Temperature, radiation resistant sensors are needed for the harsh environment of nuclear power plants to enable more efficient operation and improved safety for current and next generation facilities. Fiber-optic sensors will be developed and tested for at least 400 hours in a nuclear reactor to demonstrate reliable operation at high temperature and radiation levels, along with a readout system optimized for these sensors.
Materials Modification, Inc. Zinc Oxide Based Light Emitting Diodes
2721-D Merrilee Drive
Fairfax, VA 22031-4429
A low-cost material will be developed for the fabrication of exit signs that use organic light emitting diodes. These exit signs will provide longer lifetime while providing significant energy savings.
Nanosonic, Inc. "Metal Rubber" Nanostructured Materials
Metal Rubber - the first material of its kind - is a highly electrically conductive and highly flexible elastomer. It can be mechanically strained to 300% of its original dimensions while remaining electrically conductive; and will return to its original shape and nominal conductivity when released. These combined unconventional properties allow for a wide range of current commercial products as well as next-generation products that need MRTM in order to be developed.
Zimmerman Associates, Inc. (ZAI) Plant and Soil Sequestration of Carbon
The technology proposed by this effort will provide the first commercially available airborne remote radar sensor with the ability to conduct detailed measurements of biomass and carbon for carbon cycle science, the timber industry, and for monitoring and verification survey services.
MSNW Inductive
Plasma Accelerator
A high velocity plasma accelerator is to be designed and built with application to several fusion devices as well as space propulsion. These include new innovative high energy density approaches as well as the international fusion reactor ITER.
Reeves & Sons, LLC A Method for Electroforming Copper with
2000 Logston Boulevard #133 Ultra-Low Levels of Radioactivity
Ultra-high-purity copper being produced for scientific experiments in the search for extremely rare events such as double beta decay may have enhanced properties relative to normal copper.
STI
Optronics, Inc. Linearized
Wigglers for Damping Rings
Next generation high-energy colliders, such as the Next Linear Collider, need to use special magnet arrays called wigglers to improve the characteristics of the electron beam. A linearized wiggler solves critical problems for this application and at the same time reduces the cost of manufacturing the wiggler.
Transpire, Inc. Development of an Advanced Deterministic
6659 Kimball Drive Reactor Physics Modeling Tool
Suite D-404
The proposed research will seek to apply technology originally developed as part of the U.S. National Defense Program towards development of radiation simulation software capable of improving the safety and efficiency of commercial nuclear power generation.