U.S. Department of Energy
Small Business Innovation Research Program

and
Small Business Technology Transfer Program
FY 2006 Phase I - Abstracts

 

 

 

RESEARCH TO SUPPORT PROLIFERATION DETECTION

 

   1.               * STTR Project:  Broadly Tunable Quantum Cascade Laser Technology for Remote Sensing

Aerodyne Research, Inc., Billerica, MA

 

   2.               Tunable Infrared Quantum Cascade Lasers for Active Electro-Optical Remote Sensing

Daylight Solutions, Inc., Poway, CA

 

   3.               Gamma‑Free Neutron Detector Based Upon Lithium Phosphate Nanoparticles

Neutron Sciences, Inc., Knoxville, TN

 

   4.               High Detection Efficiency, Solid State MicroFiber Neutron Detector

NOVA Scientific, Inc., Sturbridge, MA

 

   5.               Solid State Neutron Detector

Nu-Trek, Poway, CA

 

   6.               New, Bright, High Resolution Scintillators

Radiation Monitoring Devices, Inc., Watertown, MA

 

   7.               Software Tools for Full Spectrum Analysis of Hyperspectral Data

Technical Research Associates, Inc., Honolulu, HI

 

   8.               Sensor Fusion for Nuclear Proliferation Detection

Wheels of Zeus, Inc. (wOz), Los Gatos, CA

 

 

RESEARCH TO SUPPORT NUCLEAR EXPLOSION MONITORING

 

   9.               Incorporation of Metallic Nanoparticles in Lightweight Composite Materials for Radiation Shielding in Space‑Based Monitoring of Nuclear Explosions

International Scientific Technologies, Inc., Dublin, VA

 

10.               Nanostructured Composites for Space-Bound Housings

Mainstream Engineering Corporation, Rockledge, FL

 

11.               Lightweight Composites for Radiation Shielded Satellite Payloads

Materials Modification, Inc., Fairfax, VA

 

12.               Lightweight Radiation Shielding Composites for NEM R&E Satellites

Materials Modification, Inc., Fairfax, VA

 

13.               Development of an HPXe-Based Nuclear Explosion Monitor

Mirmar-Quantum Joint Venture, Woodstock, GA

 

14.               Advanced Composite Enclosures

SpaceWorks, Inc., Carefree, AZ

 

 

SECOND GENERATION, HIGH TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTING

COATED CONDUCTORS

 

15.               Nano-Engineered High Current Density YBCO Superconducting Wires

AMBP Tech Corporation, Tonawanda, NY

 

16.               Multifunctional Buffer Layers for 2G Wire by Low-Cost Solution Deposition

American Superconductor Corporation, Westborough, MA

 

17.               Development of Single Buffer Layer for Coated Conductors by MOCVD Process

Metal Oxide Technologies Inc. (MetOx), Houston, TX

 

18.               Enhancement of Coated Conductor Performance by Increasing Pinning in Thick YBCO Films

Metal Oxide Technologies Inc. (MetOx), Houston, TX

 

19.               High Current Capacity YBa2Cu3Ox Coated Conductors

Structured Materials Industries, Inc., Piscataway, NJ

 

20.               Novel HTS Magnet Technology

Tai-Yang Research Company, Knoxville, TN

 

21.               High Performance, Simplified, Low-Cost Buffer Layer for Coated Conductor

UES, Inc., Dayton, OH

 

 

CRYOGENIC TECHNOLOGY FOR SUPERCONDUCTORS

 

22.               Cost‑Effective Acoustic-Stirling Cryocooler with Flexibly Attached Remote Coldhead

Clever Fellows Innovation Consortium, Inc. (CFIC-Qdrive), Troy, NY

 

23.               Large Capacity, Multi-Cylinder Cryocooler for High Temperature Superconductor (HTS) Applications

Infinia Corporation, Kennewick, WA

 

 

ELECTRIC TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION TECHNOLOGIES

 

24.               Distribution System State Estimation

EnerNex Corporation, Knoxville, TN

 

25.               Standard Data Exchanges for Distribution System Management

EnerNex Corporation, Knoxville, TN

 

26.               A Low-Cost Modular Optical Voltage Sensor for Power Transmission Applications

FieldMetrics, Inc., Seminole, FL

 

27.               State Estimation for Modern Electric Distribution Systems

Techno-Sciences, Inc., Lanham, MD

 

28.               Standard Data Exchanges for Distribution System Management

Williams-Pyro, Inc., Fort Worth, TX

 

 

DECONTAMINATION AND DECOMMISSIONING OF FACILITIES
IN THE DOE COMPLEX

 

29.               High Sensitivity, Low Cost Fluorescence Detection for Beryllium Particulates

AJJER, LLC, Tucson, AZ

 

30.               Electrokinetic Process for D&D of Concrete Structures

Lynntech, Inc., College Station, TX

 

31.               Low‑Cost SSPM-Based Digital Radiation Monitor

Radiation Monitoring Devices, Inc., Watertown, MA

 

32.               Fixation of Radionuclide Contamination in Ductwork Using Advanced Fogging Formulations

Vista Engineering Technologies, LLC, Kennewick, WA

 

 

MEASUREMENT/MONITORING AND CHARACTERIZATION TECHNOLOGIES FOR THE SUBSURFACE ENVIRONMENT

 

33.               Field Portable Gel Element Arrays for Microbial Community Profiling in Subsurface Sediments and Groundwater

Akonni Biosystems, Inc., New Market, MD

 

34.               * STTR Project:  In-Situ Analytical System for Remote Determination of 90Sr Flux through the Aquifer

Burge Environmental, Inc., Tempe, AZ

 

35.               * STTR Project:  Imaging the Stratigraphy Around a CPT Penetration Using a Combined ERT and CPT Method

Vista Engineering Technologies, LLC, Kennewick, WA

 

 

GENOMES TO LIFE AND RELATED BIOTECHNOLOGIES

 

36.               A Computational Framework for Interpreting Metabolomics Data

Genomatica, Inc., San Diego, CA

 

37.               Commercial High Resolution Optical Tweezers Packages for Single Macromolecule Analysis and Control

Nanobiosym, Inc., Medford, MA

 

38.               High-Throughput Single Molecule Analysis Instrument

Radiation Monitoring Devices, Inc., Watertown, MA

 

 

ATMOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT TECHNOLOGY

 

39.               Eye‑Safe, UV BackScatter Lidar for Detection of Sub‑Visual Cirrus

Aculight Corporation, Bothell, WA

 

40.               CAPS‑Based Particle Single Scattering Albedo Monitor

Aerodyne Research, Inc., Billerica, MA

 

41.               Temperature Programmed Thermal Desorption Aerosol Mass Spectrometry (TPTDAMS) for Determining Organic Aerosol

Composition

Aerodyne Research, Inc., Billerica, MA

 

42.               Real-Time, Ultrasensitive Ammonia Sensor

NovaWave Technologies, Inc., Redwood City, CA

 

43.               Refractometric Porous Polymeric Ammonia Sensor

Physical Optics Corporation, Torrance, CA

 

44.               Field-Worthy UV Backscatter Lidar for Cirrus Studies

Physical Sciences Inc., Andover, MA

 

45.               High-Power, Pod-Mounted W-Band Cloud Radar for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

ProSensing, Inc., Amherst, MA

 

 

MEDICAL SCIENCES

 

46.               Implantable Biofuel Cell

Lynntech, Inc., College Station, TX

 

47.               A Dual Modality Imaging System for Small Animal Imaging

Radiation Monitoring Devices, Inc., Watertown, MA

 

48.               A Fast, High Gain Photodetector for PET

Radiation Monitoring Devices, Inc., Watertown, MA

 

49.               An Efficient, Solid State Detector for Nuclear Medicine

Radiation Monitoring Devices, Inc., Watertown, MA

 

50.               Bright Low Persistance Scintillator for Radionuclide/X-Ray Imaging

Radiation Monitoring Devices, Inc., Watertown, MA

 

51.               Novel, Needle-Shaped Scintillator for Emission Transmission Tomography

Radiation Monitoring Devices, Inc., Watertown, MA

 

52.               Polycrystalline LuAlO3:Ce Scintillators for PET Applications

Technology Assessment and Transfer, Inc., Millersville, MD

 

 

CARBON CYCLE MEASUREMENTS OF THE ATMOSPHERE
AND THE BIOSPHERE

 

53.               * STTR Project:  A Low Cost, Absolute Ambient Carbon Dioxide Monitor

Aerodyne Research, Inc., Billerica, MA

 

54.               Calibration and Verification Instrumentation for the International (WMO) Scale of Dry Mole Fraction

Atmospheric Observing Systems, Inc., Boulder, CO

 

55.               Carbon Dioxide Sensor for Atmospheric Monitoring

Eltron Research Inc., Boulder, CO

 

56.               Ormosil Nanocomposite-Based Unattended, Field‑Deployable and

Reversible Optical Sensor for Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide

InnoSense, LLC, Torrance, CA

 

57.               Lightweight, High-Precision Instrument for Balloon Sonde CO2

Measurements

Los Gatos Research, Mountain View, CA

 

58.               Real-Time Infrared Greenhouse Gas Sensor

NovaWave Technologies, Inc., Redwood City, CA

 

59.               Universally Networked Sensor for Carbon Dioxide Measurement

Physical Optics Corporation, Torrance, CA

 

60.               High‑Precision Instrument for Carbon-13 and Carbon-12 Isotope Ratios

Southwest Sciences, Inc., Santa Fe, NM

 

61.               MEMS Correlation Spectrometer for High Precision CO2 Measurements

Southwest Sciences, Inc., Santa Fe, NM

 

62.               Spectroscopic Measurement of Carbon Isotope Ratios in Methane

Southwest Sciences, Inc., Santa Fe, NM

 

63.               High‑Performance Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide Analyzer

Vista Photonics, Inc., Santa Fe, NM

 

64.               Lightweight Balloon-Borne Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide Sensor

Vista Photonics, Inc., Santa Fe, NM

 

 

BIOLOGICAL SOLUTIONS FOR REDUCING ATMOSPHERIC CARBON DIOXIDE AND FOR PRODUCING FUELS

 

65.               Novel Approach to Microbial Hydrogen Production

Farasis Energy, Inc., Hayward, CA

 

66.               * STTR Project:  Improved Carbon Sequestration with Biofuels Production

in Managed Hybrid Poplar Farms

GreenWood Resources, Inc., Portland, OR

 

67.               Novel Microbial Hydrogen Production from Biomass Containing Waste

Water

Ion Power, Inc., New Castle, DE

 

68.               AlgaBioFix™ - A Novel Microalgae‑Based Municipal Wastewater

Treatment Process

MicroBio Engineering, Berkeley, CA

 

 

CAPTURE AND SEQUESTRATION OF CARBON

 

69.               A Low-Energy Low-Cost Process for Stripping Carbon Dioxide from

Absorbents

AIL Research, Inc., Princeton, NJ

 

70.               Landfill Methane Greenhouse Gas Abatement with Peaking Power

Production

IEM Applications, Palo Alto, CA

 

71.               Field-Deployable Gas Analyzer for MMV Applications

Los Gatos Research, Mountain View, CA

 

72.               Energy‑Efficient Process to Utilize Dilute Methane Emissions

Membrane Technology and Research, Inc. (MTR), Menlo Park, CA

 

73.               *STTR Project:  The Capture and Sequestration of Methane for Subsequent

Conversion to Higher Valued Alcohols

Orbit Energy Incorporated, Clinton, NC

 

74.               Early Remote Risk Assessment Survey Technology

Physical Optics Corporation, Torrance, CA

 

75.               Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy for Monitoring Carbon

Sequestration

Southwest Sciences, Inc., Santa Fe, NM

 

76.               Advanced Amine Solvent Formulations and Process Integration for

Near-Term CO2 Capture Success

Trimeric Corporation, Buda, TX

 

 

ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY INNOVATIONS AND CONTROLS FOR FOSSIL ENERGY FACILITIES

 

77.               The ADESORB Process for Economical Production of Sorbents for

Mercury Removal from Coal-Fired Power Plants

ADA-ES, Inc., Littleton, CO

 

78.               Mercury Sorbents for Elevated Acid Gas Flue Gas Streams

Apogee Scientific, Inc., Englewood, CO

 

79.               Intelligent Control of Advanced Power Generation Systems Using

Model-Free Adaptive Control Technology

CyboSoft, General Cybernation Group, Inc., Rancho Cordova, CA

 

80.               Efficient Treatment of Toxic Metal Contaminated Wet Scrubber

Wastewater from Coal-Fired Power Plants

Lynntech, Inc., College Station, TX

 

81.               Sensor Networks for Control and Prognostics of Advanced Power

Generation Facilities

Prime Research, LLC, Blacksburg, VA

 

82.               High-Carbon Fly Ash Filler for the Manufacturing of Low-Cost Commercial

Thermoplastic

Sommer Materials Research, Inc., North Salt Lake, UT

 

83.               Novel Non-Carbon Sorbents for Mercury Removal from Coal-Fired

Power Plants 

TDA Research, Inc., Wheat Ridge, CO

 

 

SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELL (SOFC) BALANCE‑OF‑PLANT (BOP)

84.               Hybrid Ceramic/Metallic Recuperator for SOFC Generators

Acumentrics Corporation, Westwood, MA

 

85.               * STTR Project:  A High Temperature (400 to 650ºC) Secondary Storage

Battery Based on Liquid Sodium and Potassium Anodes

Materials and Systems Research, Inc., Salt Lake City, UT

 

86.               DC-AC Inverter with Reactive-Power-Management Functionality

Mesta Electronics, Inc., North Huntingdon, PA

 

87.               Foil-Bearing Supported High-Speed Centrifugal Cathode Air

Blower

R&D Dynamics Corporation, Bloomfield, CT

 

88.               Low-Cost, High-Temperature Recuperators for SOFC Fabricated from

Ti3AlC2 Machinable Ceramic

TIAX, LLC, Cambridge, MA

 

 

COAL GASIFICATION AND COMBUSTION TECHNOLOGIES

 

89.               Pilot Plant Design - Integrated Coal Gasification/Shale Oil Recovery

Combustion Resources, Provo, UT

 

90.               * STTR Project:  Generation of Pressurized Oxygen by Push/Pull Adsorption

EERGC Corporation, Irvine, CA

 

91.               Novel Supports and Materials for Oxygen Separation and Supply

Eltron Research Inc., Boulder, CO

 

92.               Novel Surface Modification Method for Ultrasupercritical

Coal-Fired Boilers

Inframat Corporation, Farmington, CT

 

93.               Kinetic Metallization of Oxidation Resistant Coatings for

Ultrasupercritical Coal-Fired Boilers

Inovati, Santa Barbara, CA

 

94.               Next Generation Surface Coatings for Ultra Supercritical Boilers

MER Corporation (Materials and Electrochemical Research), Tucson, AZ

 

95.               Selective Opto-Magneto Oxygen Distiller

Physical Optics Corporation, Torrance, CA

 

96.               A New Method to Improve the Performance of Hydrogen Selective

Silica Membranes

SVT Associates, Inc., Eden Prairie, MN

 

97.               * STTR Project:  Improved Membranes for Hydrogen Separation

TDA Research, Inc., Wheat Ridge, CO

 

 

OIL AND NATURAL GAS TECHNOLOGIES

 

98.               Thermally Robust Capacitors for the Drilling Industry

Covalent Associates, Inc., Woburn, MA

 

99.               Rechargeable High Temperature Battery

Excellatron Solid State, LLC, Atlanta, GA