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CFD Research Corporation Improved Design of Active Pixel CMOS
215 Wynn Drive Sensors for Charged Particle Detection
5th Floor
Huntsville, AL 35805-1958
This project will deliver improved nuclear radiation detectors used in physics laboratories to study the state of matter in the universe that occurred shortly after the Big Bang. Other potential applications include: electron microscopy; lightweight, portable, inexpensive x-ray devices for medical applications (e.g., dental, etc.); wearable (wrist-watch size) radiation detectors for homeland security and defense, for individual soldiers, police, as well as nuclear laboratories personnel.
Plasma Processes, Inc. Tungsten Alloy Divertor Concept With Helium
4914 Moores Mill Road Jet Cooling
Huntsville, AL 35811
Advanced helium cooled tungsten alloy heat exchangers will be developed for use in fusion energy reactors.
Radiation Sensors, LLC Coal Slurry Analyzer
7762 Wall Triana Highway
Building 9
Harvest, AL 35749-8990
Instrumentation will be developed to enable coal companies to consistently remove ash, sulfur and other contaminants, thus producing a higher quality and cleaner burning product.
AJJER, LLC High Sensitivity, Low Cost Fluorescence
4541 East Fort Lowell Road Detection for Beryllium Particulates
Tucson, AZ 85712-1108
The unique properties of beryllium have lead to many applications ranging from the aersopace and nuclear industry to manufacturing and electronics. Unfortuanately, beryllium is a Class A EPA carcinogen and when inhaled into the lungs can cause the incurable and potentially fatal lung disease, chronic beryllium disease (CBD). Therefore, the monitoring of beryllium in occuptional environments is of vital importance. This project is targeted towards an improvement of a low-cost fluorescence technique to increase its detection limit by 10 fold, to increase worker safety and comfort.
STTR Project
Burge Environmental, Inc. Research Institute:
6100 South Maple Avenue Battelle Memorial Institute
Suite 114
Tempe, AZ 85283-2872
Project: In-Situ Analytical System for Remote Determination of 90Sr Flux Through the Aquifer
The development of remote automated analytical systems for environmental monitoring and remediation efforts will increase our knowledge of the fate and transport of contaminants in the environment. Such a system enables a higher frequency of data collection without the additional costs associated with logistics, labor, transportation and off-site analytical services.
MER Corporation (Materials and Next Generation Surface Coatings for Ultra
Electrochemical Research) Supercritical Boilers
7960 South Kolb Road
Tucson, AZ 85706-9237
A breakthrough in protection of metal structures from corrosion and oxidation resistance will be developed under this project that will provide an increase in performance and lifetime of supercritical boilers.
MER Corporation (Materials and Effective and Practical Anode for MEMS
Electrochemical Research) Direct Methanol Fuel Cell
7960 South Kolb Road
Tucson, AZ 85706-9237
Micro technology is the key to achieving the miniaturization and cost reduction required in portable electronics. Applications such as hearing aids, chip cards and other small portable devices may be equipped with micro fuel cells in the future, replacing batteries like Li- polymer, button cells and zinc air batteries. This project addresses the development of a microelectrode for micro fuel cell technology utilizing carbon nanotube as an electrode material.
SpaceWorks, Inc. Advanced Composite Enclosures
7301 E. Sundance Trail
P.O. Box 2014
Carefree, AZ 85253-2014
This project will increase the efficiency of the Nuclear Detonation (NUDET) Detection System (NDS) by reducing mass and volume of the system through transitioning components from traditional aluminum to advanced graphite-epoxy composites and multifunctional composites. The resource savings may be used to increase the efficiency and flexibility of the overall nuclear monitoring mission or reduce the effective cost of the system.
STTR Project
3DGeo Development Inc. Research Institute:
4633 Old Ironsides Drive Stanford University
Suite 401
Santa Clara, CA 95054
Project: A Cross-Disciplinary Environment for Computationally and Data Intensive Applications in the Geosciences
This project will develop a software system that will enable geoscientists and engineers to more effectively visualize, manipulate, and makes sense of the huge amounts of data generated in the oil and gas exploration and production process. This will lead to more complete and efficient utilization of existing domestic energy resources, and accelerate the finding of new reserves; thereby allowing U.S. producers to extend the life of existing fields, reduce dependance on foreign oil, reduce energy costs, and improve the nation's energy security.
Advanced Science and Novel Sub-Picosecond Resolution Time-to-Digital
Technology Company Converter
27 Via Porto Grande
Rancho Palos Verdes, CA 90275
The proposed low power time-to-digital converter is intended for highly accurate representation of time intervals in the form of binary codes suitable for digital signal processing. The system will incorporate multiple conversion channels with standard output interfaces and is highly beneficial for the Department of Energy scientific experiments, as well as for military and commercial applications in the space, aircraft, and automotive industries.
Alpha STAR Corporation Development of a Real-Time Dynamic
5199 East Pacific Coast Super-Element Forced Partitioning
Suite 410
Long Beach, CA 90804
Complex structural and fluid flow problems require intensive and extensive computing utiliziation. The project intends to make use of software approaches to reduce the computing costs and time, enabling engineers to determine solutions in economic and timely manners.
Calabazas Creek Research, Inc. Development of a 50 MW 30 GHz
20937 Comer Drive Gyroklystron
Saratoga, CA 95070-3753
The proposed project will produce a 50 MW gyroklystron: a high power microwave source to be used in testing of accelerator structures for the next generation of advanced particle accelerators. The gyrotron may also have applications in high power microwave weaponry, and radar.
Calabazas Creek Research, Inc. Improved Collectors for High Power
20937 Comer Drive Gyrotrons
Saratoga, CA 95070-3753
This project will develop new techniques to improve the performance of gyrotron collectors and increase their ability to dissipate high thermal loads without failure. This will allow development of higher power gyrotrons for fusion and defense applications.
STTR Project
Calabazas Creek Research, Inc. Research Institute:
20937 Comer Drive North Carolina State University
Saratoga, CA 95070-3753
Project: Computer Optimized Design of 3D Charged Particle Devices
This project will develop an advanced tool for designing complex charged particle devices. It will result in significant reduction in the design and development cost and will provide significant cost savings for potential customers. It will also allow development of advanced, high performance, charged particle devices and structures.
CyboSoft, General Cybernation Group, Inc. Intelligent Control of Advanced Power
2868 Prospect Park Drive Power Generation Systems Using Model-Free
3rd Floor Adaptive Control Technology
Rancho Cordova, CA 95670-6065
This project may result in an intelligent control system for controlling boilers in future energy plants that can deliver maximum-energy-efficiency, near-zero-emissions, fuel-flexibility, and multi-products. This could represent a major breakthrough for the combustion industry.
Daylight Solutions, Inc. Tunable Infrared Quantum Cascade Lasers for
13029 Danielson Street Active Electro-Optical Remote Sensing
Suite 203
Poway, CA 92064-8809
A high power tunable mid-infrared laser based on quantum cascade materials will be designed and built. This laser will be miniaturized and field-ready for a host of new applications that involve either detection of airborne chemicals or diagnostic imaging.
Duly Research, Inc. An Ultra-Low-Emittance, L-Band, Flat-Beam
1912 MacArthur Street PWT Photoinjector
Rancho Palos Verdes, CA 90275-1111
This project proposes an RF polarized electron source for the International Linear Collider (ILC) to be built in the next decade for particle physics research. The room-temperature electron photoinjector, if successfully developed, has the potential of eliminating an expensive cost element, i.e. the electron damping ring, thereby reducing the construction and operating costs of the ILC.
Duly Research, Inc. An Oscillation-Free, HOM-Suppressed
1912 MacArthur Street Klystron Amplifier
Rancho Palos Verdes, CA 90275-1111
This project will develop a compact, pulsed microwave source of megawatt-range power for industry, medicine and research applications, using a novel concept of Photonic Band Gap structures to improve the performance.
STTR Project
EERGC Corporation Research Institute:
18a Mason Energy & Environmental Research Center
Irvine, CA 92618-2706
Project: Generation of Pressurized Oxygen by Push/Pull Adsorption
An innovative process is proposed for producing low-cost oxygen allowing clean-burning gasified coal to be used cost effectively in a high-efficiency power plant in place of more expensive, less plentiful fuels. This can help reduce U.S. dependence on foreign petroleum and natural gas fuels, while at the same time reducing emissions of greenhouse gases.
FAR-TECH, Inc. A Kalman Filter for n > 1 Resistive-Wall-
10350 Science Center Drive Mode Identification and Feedback Control
Building 14, Suite 150 Modeling
San Diego, CA 92121
Accurate real-time identification and feedback control of unstable modes is essential for the success of advanced tokamaks and tokamak fusion reactors such as the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor. The proposed identification and feedback tool will provide enhanced detection and feedback control of the instability.
FAR-TECH, Inc. A Plasma Jet Merging Simulation Tool for
10350 Science Center Drive Creation of Warm and Hot Dense Matter
Building 14, Suite 150
San Diego, CA 92121
The proposed simulation code will provide an essential tool for understanding the concept of forming plasma liners by merging plasma jets to create voluminous amounts of Warm Dense Matter (WDM) and Hot Dense Matter (HDM) for a wide range of studies in the emerging field of high energy density physics.
FAR-TECH, Inc. A Graphical Means for Controlling Integrated
10350 Science Center Numerical Experiments for Accelerators
Building 14, Suite 150
San Diego, CA 92121
The proposed computer program will facilitate the design of new accelerator systems by providing a tool that improves the integration between diverse sets of simulation tools. Applications include the design, and operation of charged-particle-beam optical systems, and accelerator systems in high energy physics research.
FAR-TECH, Inc. Integrated Modeling of ECR Charge Breeder
10350 Science Center Drive Ion Sources
Building 14, Suite 150
San Diego, CA 92121
The understanding and optimization of multiply charged (radioactive) ions are important for current and future nuclear physics studies and for commercial applications such as industrial plasma implantation for advanced material processing. This project will produce a comprehensive set of numerical simulation tools for optimizing such ion sources.
Farasis Energy, Inc. Novel, Redox-Stabilized Li-Ion Cell
23575 Cabot Boulevard
Suite 205
Hayward, CA 94545
A novel, low cost, safety protection system will be developed for Li-ion cells that are critical for the introduction of large, multi-cell packs required by many of the applications in the growing environmental technologies markets.
Farasis Energy, Inc. Novel Approach to Microbial Hydrogen
23575 Cabot Boulevard Production
Suite 205
Hayward, CA 94545
A novel, commercially viable platform for the production of H2 by microbes from agricultural biomass will be developed in conjunction with a robotic instrument capable of rapidly detecting H2 formation in micro-scale bacterial samples.
Genomatica, Inc. Strain Engineering for the Development of
5405 Morehouse Drive Continuous Bioprocesses
Suite 210
San Diego, CA 92121-4722
This project will create microbial strains and processes for synthesizing several commodity chemicals, and will demonstrate a general framework for the development of superior bioprocessing technology. Ultimately, such bio-based processes using renewable feedstocks could replace petrochemical processes for these chemicals.
Genomatica, Inc. A Computational Framework for Interpreting
5405 Morehouse Drive Metabolomics Data
Suite 210
San Diego, CA 92121-4722
This project seeks to establish a software platform for the development of computer models for the simulation of bacterial metabolism. These models will become valuable tools for improving our understanding of energy-related biological processes, and harnessing the metabolic potential of these organisms to address issues of energy production, carbon fixation, and bioremediation.
Haimson Research Corporation A Choppertron RF Source for High Gradient
3350 Scott Boulevard Accelerator Research
Building 60
Santa Clara, CA 95054-3104
The successful development of a short wavelength, high power microwave amplifier capable of operating at several different frequencies as proposed would represent a significant advance in radio frequency source technology and would have a positive impact on high gradient linear accelerator research.
Haimson Research Corporation A 17 GHz Compact 5 MeV Electron Source
3350 Scott Boulevard
Building 60
Santa Clara, CA 95054-3104
The successful development of a small, high quality source of megavoltage electrons which are proposed would represent a significant advance in linear accelerator technology and would have a positive impact on commercial applications that could benefit from the compact configuration and high quality beam performance.
Hi-Z Technology, Inc. High Temperature Quantum Well
7606 Miramar Road Thermoelectric Materials
Suite 7400
San Diego, CA 92126-4210
This project will develop high temperature quantum well thermoelectrics that will lead to large (>10%) reduction in manufacturing and industrial sector energy losses.
HyPerComp, Inc. Development of a Virtual Simulation
31255 Cedar Valley Drive Environment for Test Blanket Modules
Suite 327
Westlake Village, CA 91362-7140
The development of a virtual computing environment will cut down dramatically the huge risk and expense involved in laboratory testing of power extraction equipment for proposed fusion reactor concepts. It holds critical enabling potential for efficient thermal management of fusion energy systems, and paves the way for their safe, reliable, economic, and environmentally benign operation.
STTR Project
Hyper-Therm High-Temperature Research Institute:
Composites, Inc. Oak Ridge National Laboratory
18411 Gothard Street
Unit B
Huntington Beach, CA 92648-1235
Project: Life Prediction of SiC/SiC Composites in Advanced Nuclear Reactors
The most efficient Generation IV nuclear reactors operate at higher temperatures to produce low cost power useful for electricity generation or hydrogen production. This proposal addresses the development of high temperature materials that can be utilized within the reactor core without degradation.
IEM Applications Landfill Methane Greenhouse Gas
4277 Pomona Avenue Abatement with Peaking Power
Palo Alto, CA 94306-4313 Production
Municipal solid wastes pose environmental and economic problems in their safe treatment and disposal, but provide opportunities for resource recovery through landfill gas extraction and electricity generation. This project will demonstrate that landfill gas power plants can produce high value peaking power, supplying over 1% of such U.S. power needs.
InnoSense, LLC High-Volume Fabrication of Hydrogen Sensor
2531 West 237th Street Using Direct-Write Inkjet Printing Technology
Suite 127
Torrance, CA 90505-5245
This project will develop a manufacturing technology for high volume fabrication of hydrogen sensors in support of the Department of Energy’s Hydrogen, Fuel Cells & Infrastructure Technologies Program, which is responsible for addressing safety concerns related to using hydrogen across the hydrogen economy infrastructure.
InnoSense, LLC Ormosil Nanocomposite-Based Unattended,
2531 West 237th Street Field-Deployable and Reversible Optical
Suite 127 Sensor for Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide
Torrance, CA 90505-5245
This project proposes to develop a robust sensor for monitoring carbon cycle measurement activities at an affordable cost.
Inovati Kinetic Metallization of Oxidation Resistant
P.O. Box 60007 Coatings for Ultrasupercritical Coal-Fired
Santa Barbara, CA 93160-0007 Boilers
The global market for electric power generation is estimated to be a 2.3 trillion dollar industry by 2010 of which one-half of that power will be generated by coal-fired units. Ultrasupercritical coal-fired boilers are expected to provide 20% of the coal-fired power generation. To accomplish this, development of coating materials and processes will be required to meet low emission stardards for coal-fired energy generation at high temperatures that do not degrade boiler structures within the combustion environment. The Phase I research objective is to investigate the feasibility of depositing ferritic coatings using the emerging Kinetic Metallization process.
Ionix Power Systems, LLC Improved Electrode Materials for
7950 Silverton Avenue Electrochemical Capacitors Based on
Suite 121 Nonsynthetic Precursor Materials
San Diego, CA 92129-6343
This project will develop advanced low cost electrode materials and manufacturing processes for energy storage components used in hybrid vehicles. Achievement of the goals outlined in the proposal will make the cost of this component commercially feasible in vehicle applications.
LS Technologies, Inc. Combinatorial Search for Advanced
44160 Old Warm Springs Boulevard Semiconductor Scintillators
Fremont, CA 94538
None of the existing individual scintillator meets all the requirements from advanced nuclear particle and radiation detectors, including high detection efficiency, high-energy resolution, fast speed of response, high stopping power and low cost. This project will search for superior fast semiconductor scintillators, by exploring large possibilities of large bandgap hosts with various functional dopants, using a novel high throughput combinatorial R&D process.
Laboratory Catalysts Systems, LLC Direct Production of Propylene Oxide (PO)
914 Westwood Boulevard from Propylene and Oxygen Using High
Suite 334 Throughput Nanoparticle Catalysis
Los Angeles, CA 90024-2905
The petrochemical industry relies heavily on the use of propylene dioxide, which is manufactured through energy-intensive, environmentally hazardous processes. To save energy and protect the environment, this project will develop novel catalysts that can convert abundant resources into PO through processes that are clean and efficient.
Lasson Technologies Laser Ultrasonic Inspection of Adhesive Bonds
6059 Bristol Parkway Used in Automotive Body Assembly
Culver City, CA 90230
This project will enable real time, in-line inspection of metal/adhesive bonds used extensively in the automotive and aerospace industries. Better knowledge of the bond integrity will enable wider use of such bonds, leading to reduced weight and associated lower fuel consumption and lower vehicle emissions.
LightCloud Software A Biologically Inspired Approach to High
3964 Vierra Street Speed Intrusion Detection
Pleasanton, CA 94566-2215
This project will design software to protect military and corporate networks from worm and virus attacks. It will significantly reduce the vulnerability of networks, thereby safeguarding classified and proprietary data.
Los Gatos Research Lightweight, High-Precision Instrument for
67 East Evelyn Avenue Balloon Sonde CO2 Measurements
Suite 3
Mountain View, CA 94041
This project proposes to develop a small, low-power, inexpensive and rugged instrument based on absorption spectroscopy to measure CO2 in the atmosphere onboard balloon sondes with unprecedented precision. The instrument may be applied for detailed studies of the troposphere, tropopause and stratosphere to quantitatively determine the sources and sinks of carbon in the environment.
Los Gatos Research Field-Deployable Gas Analyzer for
67 East Evelyn Avenue MMV Applications
Suite 3
Mountain View, CA 94041
This project proposes to develop an ultrasensitive analyzer to help validate and refine current carbon sequestration schemes. This instrument will be critical in determining if sequestered carbon is leaking back into the atmosphere or displacing other, potentially more harmful greenhouse gases.
MATECH Advanced Materials Manufacturing of CMC Combustor Liners for
31304 Via Colinas Gas Turbine Generators
Suite 102
Westlake Village, CA 91362-4586
This project will develop the manufacturing process for a novel CMC combustion liner for stationary gas turbines used in electricity production. The use of CMCs in gas turbine generators would result in enormous savings in the generation of electricity nationwide.
Membrane Technology and Bioethanol Production with Mixed-Matrix
Research, Inc. (MTR) Membranes
1360 Willow Road
Suite 103
Menlo Park, CA 94025-1516
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 these streams to be economically converted to ethanol.
Membrane Technology and Energy-Efficient Process to Utilize Dilute
Research, Inc. (MTR) Methane Emissions
1360 Willow Road
Suite 103
Menlo Park, CA 94025-1516
The proposed process will be applicable to a diverse group of dilute methane-enriched emission streams, including those generated in landfills and natural gas processing. The process converts methane emissions into a useful fuel in a cost-effective manner.
MicroBio Engineering AlgaBioFix Tm A Novel Microalgae-Based
194 Wilson Street Municipal Wastewater Treatment Process
Suite 65
Berkeley, CA 94710-1147
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 digesters. The biofuels produced can be used to produce energy, thereby reducing the use of petroleum products and the emission of greenhouse gases. Our proposed process is economical because its primary revenue will come from the wastewater treatment service it provides.
Nanosolar, Inc. Printed Solar Cell Using Nanostructured Ink
2440 Embarcadero Way
Palo Alto, CA 94303
By making it possible to simply print solar cells that can deliver as much energy and lifetime as conventional silicon cells, Nanosolar will have the capability to multiply the process throughput possible in the production of solar panels--and achieve unprecedented cost and production volume scalability advantages.
NovaWave Technologies, Inc. Real-Time Infrared Greenhouse Gas Sensor
900 Island Drive
Redwood City, CA 94065-5150
This project seeks to develop compact, low-cost, and highly reliable trace gas sensors. These sensors are presently required for improving our understanding of global climate change, for monitoring greenhouse gas emissions, and for a variety of industrial process control applications.
NovaWave Technologies, Inc. Real-Time, Ultrasensitive Ammonia Sensor
900 Island Drive
Redwood City, CA 94065-5150
The proposed instrument is intended to serve as a continuous in-situ monitor of ammonia gas at the trace level. The availability of low cost instrumentation would enable a network of ammonia point sensors to be established for both industrial pollution monitoring as well as detailed atmospheric studies.
Nu-Trek Solid State Neutron Detector
16428 Avenida Florencia
Poway, CA 92064
This project will develop miniature neutron detectors for homeland security applications. The detectors will be so small that they can easily be incorporated in cell phones, wristwatches, and hand-held equipment for use by military, first responders, and the general public.
Physical Optics Corporation Early Remote Risk Assessment Survey
Information Technologies Division Technology
20600 Gramercy Place, Building 100
Torrance, CA 90501-1821
The proposed device will be a powerful tool in addressing the important problem of mitigation of global warming by increasing efficiency and minimizing risk of geologic carbon dioxide sequestration, which is an important option for mitigation of climate change. This development will make geologic sequestration less risky and more cost efficient.
Physical Optics Corporation Dielectrophoretic Extraction of Water
Photonic Systems Division Enhanced by Nanostructure Technology
20600 Gramercy Place, Building 100
Torrance, CA 90501-1821
The proposed technology will significantly reduce the energy consumed in the chemical, power, and food processing industries by replacing heating for water extraction with the application of a nonuniform electric field.
Physical Optics Corporation Highly Efficient Organic Light-Emitting
Photonic Systems Division Devices for General Illumination
20600 Gramercy Place, Building 100
Torrance, CA 90501-1821
Low-cost organic light emitting devices suitable for mass production for general illumination with overall energy efficiency superior to that of currently used fluorescent lamps will be developed. This new technology will save at least $5 billion per year in energy saving for this nation alone.
Physical Optics Corporation Refractometric Porous Polymeric Ammonia
Photonic Systems Division Sensor
20600 Gramercy Place, Building 100
Torrance, CA 90501-1821
A new, fast, and cost effective sensor technology will be developed for fast measurement of ammonia to promote a pollution-free enegry production strategy.
Physical Optics Corporation Universally Networked Sensor for Carbon
Electro-Optics and Holography Division Dioxide Measurement
20600 Gramercy Place, Building 100
Torrance, CA 90501-1821
Wireless communications and an efficient network protocol will enable the proposed system to monitor carbon dioxide sensors remotely for months, regardless of weather and environmental conditions, even in hard-to-access areas.
Physical Optics Corporation Scalable Nanostructured Thermoelectric
Electro-Optics and Holography Division Generation System for Industrial Waste Heat
20600 Gramercy Place, Building 100 Recovery
Torrance, CA 90501-1821
This project will develop a direct heat-to-energy device that uses nanostructured thermoelectric materials to convert industrial waste heat into electric power at less than 30 cents per watt. Benefits include a reduction in U.S. dependence on foreign energy sources.
Physical Optics Corporation Microporous Alumina Confined Nanowire
Electro-Optics and Holography Division Inorganic Phosphor Film for Solid State
20600 Gramercy Place, Building 100 Lighting
Torrance, CA 90501-1821
This project proposes a new advanced phosphor to combine with a light-emitting diode to create a pure white solid-state lighting device that is at least 20% more efficient than current ones. In addition, the technology of the phosphor helps to create long-lived devices with fewer environmental hazards in both processing and use of the device.
Physical Optics Corporation Selective Opto-Magneto Oxygen Distiller
Electro-Optics and Holography Division
20600 Gramercy Place, Building 100
Torrance, CA 90501-1821
The project will develop a new process to produce oxygen at a significantly lower cost than current manufacturing to dramatically accelerate the development and improvement of gasification technology. This will be a critical technology in the development of a zero-emission coal-based power plant.
Plasma Technology Inc. Erosion and Humidity Protection Coatings
1754 Crenshaw Boulevard for Wind Turbine Blades
Torrance, CA 90501-3311
This project will develop a protection system to extend the life of wind turbine blades, leading to a lower cost alternate energy source.
Qusemde Design of an Ultrasensitive Active Pixel
101 Industrial Road Pixel Sensor Taking into Account Charging
Unit 14 Effects in a Nanoscale Transistor
Belmont, CA 94002-8201
This project will develop an extremely sensitive optical sensor that is compatible with the standard process that is used in the fabrication of integrated circuits. The device will be used in a variety of imaging systems from cameras to instruments in scientific research.
RadiaBeam Technologies, LLC Electron Model Non-Scaling Fixed Field
1600 Sawtelle Boulevard Alternating Gradient Accelerator
Suite 300
Los Angeles, CA 90025
This project will develop a new type of high energy proton accelerator which will achieve higher power for less cost than what is currently available. Such a machine could be used in a sub-critical nuclear reactor, for processing nuclear waste, and for new types of cancer treatment.
San Diego Research Center, Inc. End to End Connection Provisioning in
6730 Mesa Ridge Road MPLS-GMPLS Networks
Suite D
San Diego, CA 92121
The goal of this project is to develop efficient optical network control algorithms so that the capacity of the optical networks can be fully utilized to support a wide range of emerging "e-science" applications such as high energy physics, climate modeling, environmental monitoring, etc.
Sparktronics, Inc. Short Pulse, Multistage Generator for 200MW
23765 Madison Street RF Sources
Torrance, CA 90505
A power modulator to give radio frequency sources higher frequencies and higher power is proposed. The modulator should result in radio frequency power systems, reduced in complexity and cost, for use in defense applications, fusion energy research, and commercial food processing and radar enhancement.
Stottler Henke Associates, Inc. Insightful Workflow for Grid Computing
951 Mariner's Island Boulevard
Suite 360
San Mateo, CA 94404
This project will develop a system that will automatically manage complex computing tasks that require the use of many computers located across the globe. Further, our system will be able to improve its performance by learning about tasks as it performs them and altering its behavior based on this information.
Wang NMR, Inc. Development of a Novel Superconducting
550 North Canyons Parkway Spectrometer Magnet for Reactions With
Livermore, CA 94550-9472 Short-Lived Beams
A novel spectrometer, employing high field solenoids for reactions with radioactive beams, is proposed for use in nuclear physics research. Wider applications could include magnetic resonance imaging.
Zon Trak, Inc. Sensor Fusion for Nuclear Proliferation
(formerly Wheels of Zeus, Inc.) Detection
400 Blossom Hill Road
Los Gatos, CA 95032-4511
The goal of this project is to develop techniques to couple distributed radiation measurements with overhead imagery to help detect and characterize activity patterns that indicate nuclear proliferation. The tools for clandestine radiation measurements and computer-assisted site monitoring developed under this proposal will support intelligence and imagery programs by dramatically increasing analysis sophistication and efficiency.
XIA, LLC High Throughput Fluorescence Detector
8450 Central Avenue Module Using Silicon Drift Detectors and
Newark, CA 94560-3430 Digital Signal Processing
X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy is used in a large variety of ways at the nations synchrotron research facilities in studies that advance our fundamental understanding of the structure of materials at the atomic scale in the fields of biology, chemistry, materials science, and physics. The proposed detector modules will allow the robust construction of high throughput detector arrays that will increase data rates by up to a factor of 10 over those presently available.
ADA-ES, Inc. The ADESORB Process for Economical
8100 South Park Way, B-2 Production of Sorbents for Mercury Removal
Littleton, CO 80120-4525 from Coal-Fired Power Plants
A new mercury sorbent manufacturing process is proposed that promises to reduce the cost of complying with mercury control regulations for coal-fired power plants. Proof-of-concept testing is proposed that will determine feasibility of the process.
Apogee Scientific, Inc. Mercury Sorbents for Elevated Acid Gas Flue
2895 W. Oxford Avenue Gas Streams
Suite 1
Englewood, CO 80110-4397
The proposed project will develop advanced sorbent materials for cost-effective control of mercury emissions from coal-fired power generation boilers with high concentrations of sulfur-oxides in the exhaust gas stream.
Atmospheric Observing Systems, Inc. Calibration and Verification Instrumentation
1930 Central Avenue for the International (WMO) Scale of Dry
Suite A Mole Fraction
Boulder, CO 80301
Manmade climate change is a growing concern for all industrialized nations. This project will develop a suite of instrumentations that will aid scientists in their attempts to predict climate change and to reveal the opportuntites for adaptation to it.
Composite Technology Development, Inc. Wind-and-React Magnet Insulation With
2600 Campus Drive Low Radiation-Induced Outgassing
Suite D
Lafayette, CO 80026
The proposed project seeks to develop novel ceramic-based electrical insulation for use with superconducing materials that undergo thermal treatments at 600º to 900º C. These materials should find application in U.S. High Energy Physics programs, as well as the rapidly advancing high-temperature superconductor industry.
Eltron Research Inc. A New Compact Hydrogen Generation Device
4600 Nautilus Court South
Boulder, CO 80301-3241
This project proposes the development of a single step compact hydrogen generator. This generator will combine several technologies into a single compact apparatus for the generation of pure hydrogen. CO2 sequestration is also easily accommodated. The combined technologies will work well at large throughputs, but also very well in very small sizes, perhaps opening the pathway to efficient, compact, low cost hydrogen production in small stationary applications as well as on board vehicles.
Eltron Research Inc. Carbon Dioxide Sensor for Atmospheric
4600 Nautilus Court South Monitoring
Boulder, CO 80301-3241
A low-cost and lightweight instrument will be developed for performing accurate carbon dioxide monitoring. Measurements can be used to assess potential ecological, social, and economic implications of human-induced climatic changes caused by this greenhouse gas.
Eltron Research Inc. Novel Supports and Materials for Oxygen
4600 Nautilus Court South Separation and Supply
Boulder, CO 80301-3241
Current coal gasification and combustion processes employ air for their needed oxygen, leading to nitrogen oxide formationand dilute product/waste streams that are hard to separate. This project will develop technology for efficient, cost-effective separation of oxygen from air to enable the supply of a pure oxygen stream to coal gasification and combustion processes whose end results have no nitrogen oxide emissions and easily separated product/waste streams.
STTR Project
Engineered Coatings, Inc. (ECI) Research Institute:
15422 Winterleaf Court Southwest Research Institute
P.O. Box 4702
Parker, CO 80134-4702
Project: Novel Surface Modification Treatment of Wind Turbine Gearbox
Components for Resistance to Extreme Environments
Development of more durable gears and bearings for wind-turbine systems will improve system reliability and lifetime, resulting in greater efficiency of alternate energy generation hardware. Improved systems for alternate energy generation devices will reduce our reliance on foreign energy sources and increase our self-reliance for energy production.
Kapteyn-Murnane Laboratories, Inc. Laser Systems Development for the
1855 South 57th Court International Linear Collider (ILC)
Boulder, CO 80301 Photoinjector
This project seeks to develop a laser that would be used to generate electrons that will be accelerated to high energy in the proposed International Linear Collider (ILC) accelerator. The required specifications for the ILC exceed the current state-of-the-art for laser technology, and thus the technology developed in this project will find use in other applications of lasers such as in chemistry and precision laser machining.
STTR Project
ITN Energy Systems, Inc. Research Institute:
8130 Shaffer Parkway Southwest Research Institute
Littleton, CO 80127-4107
Project: Planar Oxide Stabilized Metal Nanoparticle Catalysts
This project will develop a new paradigm of nanoparticle catalysts for enhanced oxidation reactions in the petrochemical and other energy related industries, such as fuel cells. The proposed enhancements in catalytic activity would enable low temperature fuel cells to run a higher efficiency and with lower anode catalyst loading, and at somewhat reduced temperature with resulting improvements in durability with indirect benefits including air quality improvement (CO reduction), energy savings (lower temperatures), landfill space conservation (better material utilization), increased employment (technology commercialization), and lower ecological restoration costs.
TDA Research, Inc. Size-Selective Catalytic Process for the
12345 W. 52nd Avenue Conversion of Sorbitol to Isosorbide
Wheat Ridge, CO 80033-1916
This project is to develop a new catalytic transformation process to economically produce the chemical isosorbide from corn-derived sorbitol. Low-cost isosorbide (a biomass-derived chemical) could displace up to 300 million pounds of PET polymers (a petroleum-derived compound) used to produce food containers.
TDA Research, Inc. Low-Cost Porous Carbons for Ultracapacitors
12345 W. 52nd Avenue
Wheat Ridge, CO 80033-1916
For ultracapacitors to be used as high-power energy sources for electric and hybrid vehicles, less expensive porous carbons (the key component of the devices) are needed. To reduce the cost of ultracapacitors, inexpensive sugars will be used to make porous carbons that cost much less and perform as well as the best materials currently available.
TDA Research, Inc. Novel Non-Carbon Sorbents for Mercury
12345 W. 52nd Avenue Removal from Coal-Fired Power Plants
Wheat Ridge, CO 80033-1916
Coal-fired power plants represents 60% of the electric power generated in the U.S. This project proposes to develop a new material that can be used in cost effective abatement of mercury emissions from coal-fired power plants.
TDA Research, Inc. Improved Fullerenes for OPV
12345 W. 52nd Avenue
Wheat Ridge, CO 80033-1916
Solar cells from nanostructured organic materials, which can potentially be made at very low cost, are undergoing a period of rapid progress, and their peak efficiencies now nearly match the efficiency of amorphous silicon-based devices. However, the work is being done primarily in Europe and Japan. In this project, we will use advanced materials to capture more of the sun’s incident power, thereby increasing device efficiencies to being competitive with expensive-to-manufacture silicon devices.
TDA Research, Inc. Catalytic System for Industrial Chemical
12345 W. 52nd Avenue Manufacture
Wheat Ridge, CO 80033-1916
This project will develop technology that allows an improved catalyst to be substituted for an existing one, without interfering with the chemical reaction it produces. The improved catalyst can increase the yield of a chemical manufacturing process by up to 25%, without any significant plant modifications, and lead to increased energy efficiency and reduced plant emissions.
STTR Project
TDA Research, Inc. Research Institute:
12345 W. 52nd Avenue Colorado School of Mines
Wheat Ridge, CO 80033-1916
Project: Improved Membranes for Hydrogen Separation
This project proposes to develop a new material that can be used in cost-effective production of hydrogen. If prepared at low cost, hydrogen can be utilized as an efficient, non-polluting energy source.
Tech-X Corporation A Beam Dynamics Application Based on
5621 Arapahoe Avenue the Common Component Architecture
Suite A
Boulder, CO 80303-1379
The end result of this project will be a software application that allows particle accerlator simulations to be developed out of interchangeable building blocks.
Tech-X Corporation Simulation Package for Parallel 3D Modeling
5621 Arapahoe Avenue of an Electron Gun with a Diamond Amplifier
Suite A
Boulder, CO 80303-1379
Novel high-current electron sources are required for major upgrades of existing particle accelerators, in order to further advance the field of experimental nuclear physics. High-fidelity software is being developed to enable more accurate design of a recent concept for such sources.
Tech-X Corporation High-Fidelity Simulations of Fixed-Field
5621 Arapahoe Avenue Alternating Gradient Accelerators
Suite A
Boulder, CO 80303-1379
Fundamental advances in experimental nuclear physics will require cost-efficient acceleration of intense electron beams. Well-tested software is being enhanced to enable quantitative simulation and design of these next-generation electron accelerators.
Tech-X Corporation Software Tools for Advanced Accelerator
5621 Arapahoe Avenue Control and Instrumentation Modules Using
Suite A Programmable Logic
Boulder, CO 80303-1379
This project will provide software tools for facilitating the programming of advanced electronic controllers. Such tools should address the automation requirements of future high technology projects by.
Tech-X Corporation High-Order Particle-in-Cell Algorithms for
5621 Arapahoe Avenue Laser Plasma Simulations
Suite A
Boulder, CO 80303-1379
Future generation high-energy particle accelerators, used to study the fundamental nature of matter, will likely include laser-plasma components. Well-tested software is being enhanced in this project to enable quantitative simulation and design of these next-generation plasma accelerators.
Tech-X Corporation Modeling Accelerator Beam Dynamics
5621 Arapahoe Avenue Including Superconducting RF Cavities
Suite A
Boulder, CO 80303-1379
Through computer modeling this project will enable researchers to ensure that superconducting rf cavities in modern particle accelerators will work as they are designed to work.
Tech-X Corporation Fluid Modeling for High Energy Density
5621 Arapahoe Avenue States Created with High Velocity Plasmas
Suite A
Boulder, CO 80303-1379
High energy density physics (HEDP) has been identified by the Department of Energy as a primary area of research in fusion energy. Computer simulation is a main tool for studying HEDP, but all current codes lack either some physics required for complete modeling or computational techniques necessary for high-performance computing. This project will improve an existing parallel code framework by implementing the necessary physical models into it, so that numerical investigations can be performed leading to a better understanding of HEDP.
Tech-X Corporation Design Calculation for High-Space-Charge
5621 Arapahoe Avenue Beam-to-RF Conversion
Suite A
Boulder, CO 80303-1379
Planned upgrades to Department of Energy accelerator facilities will require design and modeling of new radio frequency devices to drive the accelerators. This project will take advantage of very recent improvements in simulation technology to simplify the design process, while simultaneously improving the design precision.
Tech-X Corporation Scalable Message Tracing and Profiling Tool
5621 Arapahoe Avenue for Parallel Applications
Suite A
Boulder, CO 80303-1379
To fully utilize leadership-class supercomputers, application developers need tools to measure the communication between processors. We propose to develop such a tool, capable of running on thousands of processors.
Vista Computational Technology, LLC A Model Management System for
7754 Hathaway Lane Numerical Simulations of Subsurface
Fort Collins, CO 80528-8912 Processes
DOE and other Federal agencies have committed significant resources to support the development of a large number of mathematical models to study subsurface fluid flow and the fate of contaminants in the groundwater. This project will enable decision makers and stakeholders in groundwater related problems to select an appropriate set of simulation models for a given field application.
STTR Project
CyberConnnect EZ, LLC Research Institute:
37 Max Felix Drive University of Connecticut
Storrs, CT 06268
Project: Software Framework for Intergrative Archival and Maintenance of
Large Scale Data
This project will develop software that empowers the nuclear physics community to conveniently and comprehensively archive the contextual information surrounding the experimental data. Developing the proposed software framework is crucial for the success of the nuclear physics community because production of the experimental data may never be repeated and new physics understanding may force the physicists to reanalyze the data in later years when the original experimental group no longer exists.
Fairfield Crystal Technology, LLC Large Diameter Zinc Selenide (ZnSe) Single
8 South End Plaza Crystals for Radiation Detectors
New Milford, CT 06776-4200
This project will develop crystal growth technology for ZnSe-based devices used in radiation detectors and nuclear imaging. Applications include security screening, as well as medical, dental, and industrial imaging. Additional usage may be found in the formation of blue and white LEDs and blue laser diodes for optical storage.
Inframat Corporation Novel Surface Modification Method for
74 Batterson Park Road Ultrasupercritical Coal-Fired Boilers
Farmington, CT 06032-2597
This project will develop a new process to enable a boiler power system to increase power plant efficiency and reduce emission of CO2, SO2 and NOx gases by 29%. The new technique will have a great impact on environmental protection and economy.
Omega-P, Inc. Ka-Band High-Power Phase Shifter for
199 Whitney Avenue High-Gradient Accelerator R&D
Suite 200
New Haven, CT 06511
This project aims to develop a novel extra-high-power microwave component for testing basic research accelerator structures. These components should enable greater understanding of natural limits to electromagnetic field strengths that materials can sustain in a particle accelerator environment.
Omega-P, Inc. Two-Channel Dielectric Wakefield
199 Whitney Avenue Accelerator
Suite 200
New Haven, CT 06511
A structure constructed of dielectric slabs and a rectangular metal pipe is to be researched during this project for its potential as a particle accelerator that could be used in high-energy physics experiments. This structure has scientific and technical attributes that can provide improved performance at lower cost, than with existing cylindrical structures.
Omega-P, Inc. Fast Ferroelectric L-Band Tuner for ILC
199 Whitney Avenue Cavities
Suite 200
New Haven, CT 06511
Future prominance of US scientists in high-energy physics will depend upon present-day US contributions to technological innovations that become incorporated into the future International Linear Collider (ILC). The fast tuner to be developed under this project has the potential to significantly lower operating costs for the ILC, and to incorporate a US product into the architecture of the machine.
R&D Dynamics Corporation Foil-Bearing Supported High-Speed
15 Barber Pond Road Centrifugal Cathode Air Blower
Bloomfield, CT 06095
A Cathode Air Blower for solid oxide fuel cell application will be developed that meets SECA Program Goals of high efficiency, affordability, and reliability.
SupraMagnetics, Inc. An Extrudable Low-Cost Nb3Sn PIT
125 South End Road Conductor for Applications to HEP Magnets
Southington, CT 06489-3959
This project will develop an economical niobium-tin superconductor for high field magnets utilized in high energy physics research and fusion machines, as well as nuclear magnetic resonance and magnetic resonance imaging.
SupraMagnetics, Inc. Novel Low-Cost Method of Manufacturing
125 South End Road Nb3Sn Multifilamentary Superconductors
Southington, CT 06489-3959 With Multiple-Tin-Tube Sources
A new economical superconductor will be developed for high field magnets utilized in high energy physics research, fusion machines, and magnetic resonance imaging and nuclear magnetic resonance instruments for the general benefit of the public.
STTR Project
SupraMagnetics, Inc. Research Institute:
125 South End Road Los Alamos National Laboratory
Southington, CT 06489-3959
Project: Advanced Multifilament Wire with Optimized Bi2212 Properties for High Field Magnets
A new low cost superconductor will be developed for high field magnets utilized in high energy physics research, MRI, and NMR instruments for the general benefit of the public.
Leading Edge Technologies (LET) Optimization of Optical Injection and Electron
4431 MacArthur Boulevard Trapping Efficiency in a Laser Wakefiled
Washington, DC 20007 Accelerator (LWFA)
The successful development of a plasma-based, high-gradient acceleratorproposed in this project, will dramatically reduce the cost of high energy accelerators and may lead to a host of novel applications in national defense and the commercial sector.
Compact Membrane Systems, Inc. Enhanced Distillation via Membranes for
325 Water Street Elimination of Trapped Water
Wilmington, DE 19804-2410
Distillation, which is the largest consumer of energy in the chemical industry, often has significant inefficiencies associated with trapping undesirable components including water. This project will develop a high temperature water venting system to alleviate this trapping problem.
Compact Membrane Systems, Inc. Novel Platform for Enhanced Membrane
325 Water Street Reactors for Homogeneous Catalysis
Wilmington, DE 19804-2410
This project will develop a novel platform for broadly enhancing chemical synthesis. This will significantly reduce energy consumption while also increasing capacity with no significant increase in capital outlay.
Compact Membrane Systems, Inc. Drying Pipeline Fuel Grade Ethanol
325 Water Street
Wilmington, DE 19804-2410
Fuel grade ethanol from biomass is critical for the United States to develop appropriate levels of energy independence. This project making pipeline ethanol possible will significantly lower the cost of fuel grade ethanol.
STTR Project
Compact Membrane Systems, Inc. Research Institute:
325 Water Street New Jersey Institute of Technology
Wilmington, DE 19804-2410
Project: Stabilizing Hydraulic Fluid by Removing Water
In the electrical power industry, and in steel plants and aluminum plants, flare-retardant fluids are routinely used to avoid fires. This project will develop on-line membranes to stabilize these fluids and therefore increase plant manufacturing productivity.
Ion Power, Inc. Novel Microbial Hydrogen Production from
720 Governor Lea Road Biomass Containing Waste Water
New Castle, DE 19720
This reasearch project will demonstrate a new and novel way to reduce our waste-water treatment costs while at the same time producing hydrogen which could be used as a clean transportation fuel. This technology would unleash a new, domestically produced, clean, renewable, and widely available energy source.
Advanced Magnet Lab, Inc. Double-Helix Coil Technology for Bent
328 A West Hibiscus Boulevard Accelerator Magnets
Melbourne, FL 32901-2715
A recently patented coil configuration will be used to make curved superconducting magnets which can operate in large radiation backgrounds. The technology used also enables superconducting machinery with improved power density, of interest for industrial and military applications.
FieldMetrics Inc. A Low-Cost Modular Optical Voltage Sensor
13352 82nd Avenue for Power Transmission Applications
Seminole, FL 33776-3126
A low cost, modular, self-powered optical voltage sensor is proposed that is suitable for widespread deployment across the electric utility grid to improve efficiency and reliability of the nation’s power system.
Mainstream Engineering Corporation Nanostructured Composites for
200 Yellow Place Space-Bound Housings
Rockledge, FL 32955-5327
This technology incorporates the extraordinary properties of carbon nanotubes into the next generation composite materials. These unique composites will be lighter than any metal but still be very strong and able to conduct heat and electricity.
Parallax Research, Inc. Ultra-High Resolution X-Ray Spectrometer for
P.O. Box 12212 Chemical Information in Electron Beam
Tallahassee, FL 32317-2212 Micro-Analysis
This project will develop a new type of x-ray spectrometer for use on electron microscopes to enable the user to obtain chemical information that was previously difficult to obtain.
GEORGIA
Excellatron Solid State, LLC Rechargeable High Temperature Battery
263 Decatur Street
Atlanta, GA 30312
This project will develop high temperature batteries to enable the drilling industry to largely extend their down hole drilling operation without interruptions. This capability will reduce the production cost of oil and gas and save industry and customers hundreds of thousands of dollars per day.
Mirmar-Quantum Joint Venture Development of an HPXe-Based Nuclear
1072 Longwood Drive Explosion Monitor
Woodstock, GA 30189-1556
Recently developed High Pressure Xenon (HPXe) detectors now provide a rugged, high-resolution room-temperature detector for radionuclide identification by gamma ray analysis. HPXe detectors will be applied to development of simpler, more reliable nuclear explosion monitors, and are candidates for numerous field monitoring applications in homeland security, nuclear safeguards, nuclear plant operations, industrial and environmental monitoring.
nGimat Co. Nanostructured Solid State High Temperature
5315 Peachtree Industrial Boulevard Power Capacitors
Atlanta, GA 30341-2107
This project targets the development of low cost, high performance power capacitors, a critical component for power electronics with a wide range of applications. A low cost, high performance solution to this need should enable wide spread introduction of these power capacitors in automobiles, energy and electronics industries, and military; and subsequently, potential energy savings of tens of billions and reliable systems.
Technical Research Associates, Inc. Software Tools for Full Spectrum Analysis of
3602 Woodlawn Drive Hyperspectral Data
Honolulu, HI 96822
The purpose of this research is to improve the capability of detecting weapons of mass destruction using hyperspectral sensors. This research extends the current capability to take full advantage of the whole spectrum.
American Semiconductor, Inc. Silicon on Insulator Pixel Detector for the
3100 S. Vista Avenue Linear Collider
Suite 230
Boise, ID 83705-7368
Particle detectors beyond the capability of existing microelectronics will be crucial for vertex identification and tracking at the International Linear Collider (ILC). This project is for development of sensors based on the new Flexfet™ silicon-on-insulator complementary-metal-oxide-on-silicon process capable of meeting the low mass, high resolution speed, and radiation tolerance needs of the ILC.
HD Technologies,
Inc. Sensitive X-Ray Fluorescence
Detection for
455 S. Frontage
Road Higher Energies
Suite 214
Burr Ridge, IL 60527-7103
This project will develop a novel x-ray
fluorescence analyzer detector using synthetic multilayers which will result in
a more efficient and superb energy resolution than the currently available
solid-state detectors. The detector can extend our horizon in metal detection
and analysis in biological, environmental, physical, and material sciences.
STTR Project
I.C. Gomes Consulting &
Investment, Inc. Research Institute:
1728 Killdeer Drive Argonne National
Laboratory
Naperville, IL 60565
Project: Experimental Validation of
Critical Radiation Exposed Materials RIA Fragmentation Target System
The use of novel materials to design
state of art facilities requires experimental validation of the performance of
the materials under the predicted operating conditions. This project aims at
performing irradiation testing of novel permanent magnet alloys and of cutting
edge technology high temperature superconducting materials. These materials are
planned to be used in the Rare Isotope Accelerator (RIA) and the proposed
testing will fulfill the requirement of performance testing under high radiation
fields and high temperature environments.
STTR Project
Muons, Inc. Research
Institute:
552 N. Batavia Avenue Illinois Institute of
Technology
Batavia, IL 60510-1274
Project: Particle Tracking in
Matter-Dominated Beam Lines
A powerful program that has been
developed to simulate large physics experiments is being enhanced and improved
in this project to design beam lines for future muon colliders, neutrino
factories, and muon physics experiments.
STTR Project
Muons, Inc. Research
Institute:
552 N. Batavia Avenue Fermi National
Accelerator Laboratory
Batavia, IL 60510-1274
Project: Development and Demonstration
of 6-Dimensional Muon Beam Cooling
An energy frontier muon collider,
potentially the most powerful subatomic microscope, becomes a realistic machine
if muon beams can be made small enough in their short lifetime. This project is
to develop the required techniques to cool muon beams and design an experiment
to prove that the techniques work.
STTR Project
RBR@Vision Research
Institute:
28 Lake Ridge Club Drive Gas Technology Institute
(GTI)
Burr Ridge, IL 60527-7937
Project: H2 Production from
Coal, Using Syn-Gas Depolarized Steam Membranes
This project will develop a membrane
technology that could reduce the cost of making hydrogen from coal by 25%.
Lowering the cost of hydrogen should accelerate its use as a source of energy
and thereby reduce U.S. dependence on imported oil, and environmental pollution.
TechDrive,
Inc. Rational Design and
Synthesis of Novel
3255 S. Dearborn
Street Microporous Materials for Hydrogen
Storage
Suite 320
Chicago, IL 60616-3793
This project will
develop advanced sorption materials that can be used to store hydrogen in fuel
cells for powering vehicles, ships, and portable industrial machinery fomerly
powered by fossil fuels. Benefits include reduced air pollution and lower U.S.
dependence on foreign oil.
Univa
Corporation Enabling Managed Data
Collaborations for
1001 Warrenville
Road eScience and eBusiness
Lisle, IL 60532-1391
Private sector
companies processing huge volumes of data, along with large science experiments
funded by the Department of Energy, need high quality, standards-based,
interoperable software tools that allow them to discover, replicate, share, and
filter data in a managed way that provides the necessary quality of service
based on business constraints and relevant policy. This project will extend the
Globus Toolkit, today's defacto standard software for the 'Grid', to include the
necessary components to provide the needed quality of service for managing huge
volumes of data.
Vertec Biosolvents, Inc.
Biosolvents for Coatings, Resins and Biobased
1441 Branding
Lane Materials
Suite 100
Downers Grove, IL
60515-5624 Biologically-based
products derived from renewable resources have the potential to replace
petrochemical feedstock-based products as well as reduce the emission of
hazardous pollutants. This project intends to develop products with superior
performance for major industries in coatings and paints that have traditionally
relied on petrochemical-based solvents and improve their competitive position.
PRIM Simultaneous
Petro- and Geophysically
2804 Dalton
Road Conditioned Lithologic
Simulation High
Niotaze, KS
67355 Resolution Deconvolution
Measurements necessary to characterize petroleum
reservoirs are made at different scales over different parts of the reservoir.
This technique of simultaneously analyzing and dynamically combining these data
throughout the petroleum reservoir will greatly improve the effectiveness of
enhanced recovery methods which are expected to increase by 60% the fraction of
original oil in place produced.
Acadia Optronics,
LLC Dynamically Reconfigurable Network
13401 Valley
Drive Interface Framework
Rockville, MD 20850-3630
Todays network
interface cards easily overwhelm the computers into which they are plugged
because the computer implements network functions in software, and such
implementations are far too slow to keep pace with the high-speed data rates
handled by the card. The proposed project will alleviate this problem by
providing a framework that will allow the desired network functions to be
implemented in hardware on a dynamically-reconfigurable network interface card.
Akonni Biosystems,
Inc. Field Portable Gel Element Arrays for
9702 Woodfield
Court Microbial Community Profiling in
Subsurface
New Market, MD
21774 Sediments and Groundwater
This project will
result in a credit card-sized environmental diagnostic for monitoring bacteria
in subsurface sediments and aquifers. The bacteria of interest include those
that are important in rendering Department of Energy contaminants (toxic metals
and pollutants) harmless to human health and the environment.
GeneSiC Semiconductor
Inc. SiC Semiconductor Switches for Klystron
267 Kentlands Boulevard,
#320 Modulators
Gaithersburg, MD 20878
Development of SiC
semiconductor switches proposed in this project will reduce the size, weight,
cost of electric power distribution systems, directed energy weapon systems used
by numerous Department of Defense platforms, homeland security systems and
medical and diagnostic systems. This research and development represents the
"Future of Power Electronics."
Techno-Sciences, Inc. State Estimation for
Modern Electric
10001 Derekwood
Lane Distribution Systems
Suite 204
Lanham, MD 20706-4864
A new mathematical abstraction is
introduced that captures comprehensively the phenomenon occuring in electric
distribution systems that allows a systematic look at estimation of variable
that are important to power distribution control. This paradigm allows the best
estimates to be computed rapidly. The project plans to develop these
computational tools and ways to implement them in realistic scenarios for
reliable, real-time utility management.
Technology Assessment and
Transfer, Inc. Polycrystalline LuAlO3:Ce Scintillators for
133 Defense
Highway PET Applications
Suite 212
Millersville, MD 21401
This project will
reduce the cost and improve the resolution of an important medical imaging
technology, positron emission tomography. It will attempt to improve the
properties and reduce the cost of a key component of these devices, the
scintillators. The project will reduce the development cycle time by using an
innovative approach to evaluating new scintillator compositions.
Acoustic Ideas,
Inc. Phased Array Ultrasonic
NDE of Plasma
27 Eaton
Street Facing Components
Wakefield, MA 01880-2448 Part of the
challenge of making nuclear fusion a reality involves establishing manufacturing
quality control methods to detect defects in complex assemblies such as Plasma
Facing Components (PFCs). This project will develop phased array ultrasound
technology capable of inspecting complex multilayer metallic assemblies such as
PFCs.
Acumentrics
Corporation Hybrid Ceramic/Metallic Recuperator
for
20 Southwest
Park SOFC Generators
Westwood, MA 02090
The work proposed
under this application will lead to the commercialization of a high efficiency,
low cost heat exchanger which will enhance the viability and efficiency of fuel
cell power systems. Wide spread use of fuel cell power systems will reduce the
countries energy consumption, reduce global warming, reduce hazardous air
emissions and create jobs.
Advanced Thermal
Technologies, LLC Low Thermal Resistance Graphite-Organic
91 South
Street Thermal Interface Material
for IGBT Power
Upton, MA
01568-1445 Modules
The proposed
graphite-organic thermal interface material technology will increase the
efficiency and the reliability of a range of power electronics packages. The
technology will support enabling packaging solution for more efficient next
generation semiconductor materials that will provide benefits to society in the
form of more efficient, lower cost energy conversion systems.
Aerodyne Research,
Inc. CAPS-Based Particle Single Scattering
45 Manning
Road Albedo Monitor
Billerica, MA 01821-3976
Ambient atmospheric aerosols generated
through human activities can exert an influence on the earth’s radiation budget
(and thus the 'greenhouse effect') comparable in magnitude with greenhouse gases
such as carbon dioxide and methane. This device will enable scientists to
measure critical optical properties of such aerosols in a routine fashion.
Aerodyne Research, Inc.
Temperature Programmed Thermal Desorption
45 Manning Road
Aerosol Mass Spectrometry (TPTDAMS)
for
Billerica, MA
01821-3976 Determining Organic Aerosol Composition
Small airborne
particles generated from energy-related activities can directly or indirectly
(by gas-to-particle conversion chemistry) 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 chemical composition.
STTR Project
Aerodyne Research, Inc. Research
Institute:
45 Manning Road Harvard University
Billerica, MA 01821-3976
Project: A Low Cost, Absolute Ambient
Carbon Dioxide Monitor
The proposed instrument will measure
the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmoshpere with higher accuracy and
at lower cost. These measurements are required at thousands of sites around the
World to improve our understanding of the sources and sinks of carbon dioxide
and to thereby clarify the role of carbon dioxide in global climate change.
STTR Project
Aerodyne Research,
Inc. Research Institute:
45 Manning Road Rice
University
Billerica, MA 01821-3976
Project: Broadly Tunable Quantum
Cascade Laser Technology for Remote Sensing
Advanced laser light sources are needed
to better remotely detect chemicals associated with nuclear proliferation, and
other dangerous or polluting chemicals. This project will further develop a
method to widely tune a new type of solid state laser, so that many chemicals
can be detected with a single instrument.
American Superconductor
Corporation Multifunctional Buffer Layers for 2G Wire by
Two Technology
Drive Low-Cost Solution Deposition
Westborough, MA 01581
This project will develop a novel
manufacturing technology that will reduce the manufacturing cost of second
generation high temperature superconductor wire currently being developed for
broad commercial, military and national security applications, including
ehancing the efficiency and security of the electric power grid. This
manufacturing cost advantage will also help Amercian industry maintain its
technical and commercial leadership position in this rapidly emerging high
technology industry.
Aspen Products Group,
Inc. Robust, Low-Cost Membranes for Hydrogen
186 Cedar Hill
Street Production from Coal-Derived
Syngas
Marlborough, MA 01752
The proposed project addresses the
development of a novel, low-cost, hydrogen membrane with improved durability for
the production of high-purity hydrogen from coal-derived syngas. The wide
application of this technology will contribute to the improvement of national
energy security and the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions.
Boston Applied
Technologies, Inc. Passive Wireless Wallpaper Humidity Sensor
6F Gill
Street for Building
Monitoring
Woburn, MA 01801-1721 The proposed
wireless passive sensor system is an ideal solution for monitoring the indoor
environment, which has direct impact to everyone's life and the nation's
economy.
Coating Technology
Solutions Diamond Detectors
36b Munroe Street
Somerville, MA 02143-2009
Man made diamond
will be developed to improve discovery of fundamental laws of physics and to
improve radiation therapy for cancer patients.
Covalent Associates,
Inc. Thermally Robust Capacitors for the
10 State Street
Drilling Industry
Woburn, MA 01801-6820
The proposed innovation will enable the
use of capacitors as power sources in deep wells by the drilling industry. Such
devices will allow the industry to more readily obtain domestic oil and natural
gas thus reducing our dependence on imported fossil fuels.
Diversified Technologies,
Inc. Single Cavity Amplifier for the International
35 Wiggins
Avenue Linear Collide
Bedford, MA 01730-2345
This project will
develop an alternative radio frequency system for the International Linear
Collider which has the potential to significantly reduce the cost of radio
frequency systems for this effort, and enable low cost radio frequency power for
a range of industrial and military applications.
Diversified Technologies,
Inc. Optimized Pulsed Power Systems for Large
35 Wiggins
Avenue Physics Experiments
Bedford, MA 01730-2345
Recent advances in high voltage high
power electronics have enabled the class of power systems which will be
necessary to run the International Linear Collider (ILC) klystrons. This
project will design a fully optimized integrated power system which will perform
better and cost about half of a similar system built from standalone components.
Diversified Technologies,
Inc. Fast Kicker Driver for International Linear
35 Wiggins
Avenue Collider Damping Rings
Bedford, MA 01730
This project will use high voltage
expertise to develop solid-state kicker drivers for the International Linear
Collider (ILC). Use of solid-state technology can make the kickers lower cost
and highly reliable. Successful development also addresses a wide range of other
kicker driver applications in existing and planned accelerators, synchrotrons,
and other particle physics systems.
EIC Laboratories,
Inc. Improving the Performance of Lithium
Ion
111 Downey
Street Batteries at Low Temperature
Norwood, MA 02062-2612
Li-ion batteries
are ideally suited for use as high power energy storage system in electric (EV)
and hybrid electric vehicles (HEV). However, the most critical issues for Li-ion
batteries are the decrease in discharge pulse power at low temperatures and the
fading of power over time due to use and aging. We propose to develop and design
advanced battery components and chemistries that will reduce the interfacial
impedance at low temperature of the Li-ion cell. This will significantly enhance
the power performance of Li-ion cells at the low temperature range.
Giner Electrochemical
Systems, LLC Manufacturing Improvements for Water
89 Rumford
Avenue Electrolyzers
Newton, MA 02466-1311
The proposed research is a small but
significant step toward low cost hydrogen production via water electrolysis. The
technology developed here are also transferable to other national interests such
as nuclear submarines, border defense, and space exploration.
MicroCell Technologies, LLC
Ultrahigh Moisture Barrier Coatings for
410 Great
Road Photovoltaic Systems
Suite C-2
Littleton, MA 01460-1273
This project
proposes to formulate, design and fabricate a photovoltaic device barrier
coating (PDBC) for both flat plate and thin film photovoltaic systems.
NOVA Scientific,
Inc. High Detection Efficiency, Solid State
Sturbridge Technology
Park MicroFiber Neutron Detector
10 Picker Road
Sturbridge, MA 01566-1251
This project will
assemble and demonstrate a highly efficient, thermal neutron detector for
identification of the presence and location of nuclear materials. The system
will provide much needed capabilities for monitoring clandestine materials
location and movement.
Nanobiosym,
Inc Commercial High Resolution
Optical
200 Boston
Avenue Tweezers Packages for Single
Suite
4700 Macromolecule
Analysis and Control
Medford, MA 02155
This project will develop the latest
advances in optical tweezers technology, which is a tool that utilizes laser
light to manipulate and/or characterize the behavior of tiny particles, such as
single molecules of
DNA or enzymes. By developing this
technology into a user-friendly package, it will be possible for more
researchers to detect and study events occurring in biological systems at the
molecular level.
Physical Sciences
Inc. Field-Worthy UV Backscatter Lidar for
20 New England Business
Center Cirrus Studies
Andover, MA 10810-1077
Social policy
decisions relating to climate change are based on computational models of global
climate change. Predictions based on these models rely on the accuracy of
measurements of key components of the atmosphere. The knowledge base regarding
cirrus clouds is presently insufficient to the needs of these models; this
program will develop and demonstrate a new sensor for the accurate measurement
of the occurrence of these clouds.
Physical Sciences
Inc. Refractory Composites for Reactor
20 New England Business
Center Applications
Andover, MA 10810-1077
This project will
develop nanofiber reinforced ceramic composites to maintain the US leadership
position in nuclear power, aeropropulsion, and fuel cell technology. The
overall impact of these materials will help the United States regain its energy
independence and improve our balance of trade.
PoroGen,
LLC Composite Hollow Fiber
Membrane for
200 Boston
Avenue Natural Gas Treatment
Suite 4750
Medford, MA 02155-4257 A novel membrane
gas separation technology will be developed that will enable step change
reduction in the cost of natural gas upgrading by selectivity removing carbon
dioxide.
ProSensing,
Inc. High-Power, Pod-Mounted
W-band Cloud
107 Sunderland
Road Radar for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Amherst, MA 01002-1098
This project
involves the design of a high sensitivity radar system for mapping cloud
properties from remotely piloted aircraft. Data gathered with this system will
provide improved understanding of the role of clouds in global climate change.
Radiation Monitoring
Devices, Inc. A Dual Modality Imaging System for Small
44 Hunt
Street Animal Imaging
Watertown, MA 02472-4699 This project will
demonstrate the feasibility of the proposed imaging system. Specifically, we
will design and build positron emission tomography (PET) detector modules that
can be operated inside a small animal magnetic resonance (MR) scanner. Effect
of both PET and MR detectors on each other will be analyzed.
Radiation Monitoring
Devices, Inc. New, Bright, High Resolution Scintillators
44 Hunt Street
Watertown, MA 02472-4699
The proposed
research will investigate a promising nuclear detector material which will have
major impact in scientific studies, medical imaging, nuclear non-proliferation,
homeland defense, oil exploration as well as industrial applications.
Radiation Monitoring
Devices, Inc. A Fast, High Gain Photodetector for PET
44 Hunt Street
Watertown, MA 02472-4699
This project will
demonstrate the feasibility of applying the new solid state detectors towards
positron emission tomography imaging. The proposed photodetector will be built
and then coupled to scintillation crystals. The performance of such detector
modules will be evaluated. Energy and timing resolution studies will be
conducted.
Radiation Monitoring
Devices, Inc. Sensitive High Speed Detector for
44 Hunt
Street Synchrotron Applications
Watertown, MA 02472-4699
Development of the proposed detector
will allow full exploitation of the outstanding Advanced Photon Sources in which
the nation has already invested billions of dollars. In addition to unveiling
basic functions of biological systems, this development will have direct impact
on such important applications as baggage scanning and homeland security.
Radiation Monitoring
Devices, Inc. Fast Neutron Imaging Scintillator With Low
44 Hunt
Street Sensitivity to Gamma
Radiation
Watertown, MA 02472-4699
Neutron radiography and diffraction are
used in many important medical and non-medical imaging applications. The
proposed high resolution fast scintillator will advance state-of-the-art in
neutron imaging for such applications as biomedical research, new materials
research, threat detection and other security applications. The proposed
detector will significantly enhance the sensitivity and image quality of the
neutron imaging systems while reducing their cost.
Radiation Monitoring
Devices, Inc Advanced Photodetector for Dark Matter
44 Hunt
Street Studies
Watertown, MA 02472-4699
This project will
develop a novel photodetector for use in particle physics research of dark
matter. Other applications include nuclear medicine, space research, homeland
security, environmental monitoring, and material science studies.
Radiation Monitoring
Devices, Inc. High-Throughput Single Molecule Analysis
44 Hunt Street
Instrument
Watertown, MA 02472-4699
An instrument will
be built to study single biomolecules for high throughput screening in drug
development, in genetic screening and medical research.
Radiation Monitoring
Devices, Inc. High Resolution, High-Count-Rate Silicon
44 Hunt
Street X-Ray Detector
Watertown, MA 02472-4699
This project aims to investigate a new
detector design that will have far reaching implications in fundamental
scientific studies as well as commercial applications. It will be useful in
diverse fields such as materials studies, health care, and space research.
Radiation Monitoring
Devices, Inc. Bright, Fast Scintillator for Nuclear Studies
44 Hunt Street
Watertown, MA 02472-4699
This project will
investigate a novel scintillation material, for use in nuclear detectors, that
will have major impact in scientific studies, medical imaging, homeland defense,
oil exploration as well as industrial applications.
Radiation Monitoring
Devices, Inc. Novel, Needle-Shapred Scintillator for
44 Hunt
Street Emission Transmission
Tomography
Watertown, MA 02472-4699
The scintillator
developments proposed will allow exploiting the full potential of the current
state-of-the-art x-ray/gamma-ray detectors used in medical imaging, x-ray
scanning equipment at the airports and border control, and in small animal
research which is so important for the developments of new drugs.
Radiation Monitoring
Devices, Inc. An Efficient, Solid State Detector for Nuclear
44 Hunt
Street Medicine
Watertown, MA 02472-4699
This project will
demonstrate the feasibility of applying the new solid state detectors towards
small animal imaging. Single crystals of the proposed material will be grown
and the detector performance will be evaluated. Energy and timing resolution
studies will be conducted.
Radiation Monitoring
Devices, Inc. Bright Low Persistance Scintillator for
44 Hunt Street
Radionuclide/X-Ray Imaging
Watertown, MA 02472-4699
The CsI(Tl)
scintillator is widely used in many important medical and non-medical imaging
applications. Material modifications proposed 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. Low-Cost SSPM-Based Digital Radiation
44 Hunt
Street Monitor
Watertown, MA 02472-4699
The solid state
photomultiplier-based detector is the basis for a new generation of low-cost
nuclear sensors. This project will develop the technology for an improved, high
sensitivity detector.
Specialty Materials,
Inc. Plasma Synthesized Doped Boron
1449 Middlesex Street
Nanopowder for MgB2 Superconductors
Lowell, MA 01851-1111
Small particle
size (nanoscale) boron powder will be produced as a starting material for making
improved magnesium diboride superconductor wire. This will significantly
advance superconductor technology, and will result in better medical medical
resonance imaging at lower cost to the patient.
Supercon,
Inc. MgB2 Round
Multifilament Wire
830 Boston Turnpike
Shrewsbury, MA 01545
Magnesium diboride
is a new superconducting material that offers the potential of lower cost and
higher temperature capabilty compared to the metallic superconductor currently
being used. However, it is difficult to fabricate and therefore expensive to
manufacture useful wire for scientific and commercial applications. Research
groups and corporate research departments in many countries are attempting to
produce a commercial product. This project will develop the necessary
manufacturing technology to make a low cost, commercially viable superconducting
wire.
Supergenics I,
LLC Comparison of Single Barrier and
Multiple
336 Sterling
Road Barrier Nb3Sn
Conductors for Magnet
Jefferson, MA
01522-1333 Applications
The development and construction of
future generations of particle accelerators requires high field superconducting
magnets. This project is designed to make high quality conductors at relatively
low cost to be used in these magnets, and in so doing, helps to maintain the
nation's technical leadership in high energy physics
TIAX,
LLC Nano-Structured
Carbon/Silicon Composite
15 Acorn
Park for High Energy, Long Cycle
Life Lithium-Ion
Cambridge, MA
02140-2390 Batteries
A low cost, high performance electrode
material will be developed for rechargeable lithium-ion batteries and will
enable them to meet the performance and cost targets for their commercialization
in electric vehicles and hybrid electric vehicles.
TIAX,
LLC Low-Cost,
High-Temperature Recuperators for
15 Acorn
Park SOFC Fabricated from
Ti3AlC2 Machinable
Cambridge, MA
02140-2390 Ceramic
A high temperature
recuperator for solid oxide fuel cells will be developed, using a novel
machinable-ceramic material. The design will be optimized to best utilize the
unique properties of this material.
Quality Research, Development, and Intelligently Vibrating Dewatering Machinery
Consulting, Inc. (QRDC, Inc.)
125 Columbia Court
Suite 6
Chaska, MN 55318-2348
The outcome of this project has application in the processing industry for dewatering, physical separation or screening, compacting, mixing, and transport. It will result in 75% energy and 50% cost savings that make the US processing industry, including mining, more competitive in the global market.
SVT Associates, Inc. A New Method to Improve the Performance
7620 Executive Drive of Hydrogen Selective Silica Membanes
Eden Prairie, MN 55344-3677
This project aims to improve the performance of a membrane that is used to separate hydrogen from carbon dioxide and has the potential to be used to generate clean energy from coal.
SVT Associates, Inc. Robust GaN-Based Photocathodes for
7620 Executive Drive High-Efficiency Polarized RF Electron Guns
Eden Prairie, MN 55344-3677
In this project, highly efficient and robust photoemission sources will be developed for reliable operation of radio-frequency polarized electron guns. In addition to important benefits for Federal Government facilities that use electron colliders for high-energy physics experiments, these photocathodes will have applications in other fields such as magnetic materials research, surface science, and quantum computing.
SVT Associates, Inc. Large Area, Robust GaN-Based
7620 Executive Drive Photocathodes for High-Efficiency UV
Eden Prairie, MN 55344-3677 and Cherenkov Light Detection
Higher performance and large-area UV detectors are sought for photon-counting and imaging applications in areas such as medical diagnosis, astronomy, nuclear research and high-energy physics. This project is directed toward the development of robust, large-area photodetectors for high-efficiency, Cherenkov, and UV light detection.
Resodyn Corporation A Heliportable Sonic Drilling Platform for
130 N. Main Street Microhole Drilling and Exploration
Butte, MT 59701
An advanced method for drilling small diameter, deep wells that is environmentally benign and efficient will be developed. Applications include drilling in environmentally sensitive and remote areas.
AIL Research, Inc. Solar Desalination Technology for Mid-Sized
P.O. Box 3662 Applications
50 Washington Road
Princeton, NJ 08543-3662
To meet the growing demand for freshwater, communities are increasingly relying on large-scale desalination plants. Unfortunately, the source of energy to run these plants is almost always fossil fuels. The proposed work will apply low-cost plastic heat exchangers to develop a desalination technology that can be economically competitive with fossil-fuel based system, but which runs primarily on solar energy.
AIL Research, Inc. A Low-Energy Low-Cost Process for
P.O. Box 3662 Stripping Carbon Dioxide from
50 Washington Road Absorbents
Princeton, NJ 08543-3662
If CO2 could be scrubbed from the flue gas of power plants and safely sequestered, the country’s most important source of electricity—fossil-fired power plants—could operate without emitting significant amounts of greenhouse gases. The proposed work will make CO2 scrubbers a much more affordable technology than they are today.
Exelus, Inc. Nano-Porous Catalyst for Refinery
99 Dorsa Avenue Alkylation
Livingston, NJ 07039
A new nanotechnology is being developed that provides a safer, cheaper, and environmentally friendly method to produce a clean, high-octane gasoline component as an alternative to methyl tert-butyl ether.
NEI Corporation A New Class of Creep Resistant Oxide/Oxide
201 Circle Drive Ceramic Matrix Composites
Suite 102/103
Piscataway, NJ 08854
The goal of the proposed project is to allow industrial and gas turbines in distributed energy systems to operate at higher temperatures than they are capable of today, thereby leading to a higher amount of power generation at lower cost, accompanied by increased operating efficiencies and reduced levels of emissions.
NEI Corporation A New Class of Functionally Graded
201 Circle Drive Ceramic-Metal Composites for Next
Suite 102/103 Generation, Very High Temperature Reactors
Piscataway, NJ 08854
Advanced microstructured composite materials developed in this program will support the needs of next generation high temperature nuclear reactors that are designed to generate nuclear power that is competitive and safe.
NEI Corporation High Power Density Li-Ion Batteries With
201 Circle Drive Good Low Temperature Performance
Suite 102/103
Piscataway, NJ 08854
The proposed new class of low cost rechargeable lithium-ion batteries, with good low temperature performance, will improve the performance of hybrid electric vehicles and lower their cost, thereby enabling rapid market penetration of these low emission vehicles.
NEI Corporation Damage Responsive Polymer Nanocompsite
201 Circle Drive Coatings for Dip Coating of Mg Alloys for
Suite 102/130 Corrosion Protection and Color Enhancement
Piscataway, NJ 08854
The use of lightweight magnesium alloys throughout the automobile has been limited due to the monetary and environmental expense of corrosion protection. The proposed coating is a less expensive and more environmentally friendly alternative to chromate conversion coatings and will allow the use of magnesium alloys for automotive components that are exposed to the road environment.
NEI Corporation Multifunctional High Performance
201 Circle Drive Perfluoropolymer Nanocomposite Seals
Suite 102/103
Piscataway, NJ 08854
The proposed seals to be used in geothermal drilling will enable their use under extreme conditions of temperature and pressure, thereby lowering the cost of the drilling operation.
Structured Materials Industries, Inc. High Current Capacity YBa2Cu3Ox Coated
201 Circle Drive North Conductors
Suite 102-103
Piscataway, NJ 08854-3723
High temperature conductors (HTS) offer the benefits of superconductivity at much more easily achieved cryogenic temperatures. This effort will develop technology to make high-performance HTS materials cheaper and more readily available, for Federally-funded projects as well as a variety of other scientific, military and commercial applications.
STTR Project
Structured Materials Industries, Inc. Research Institute:
201 Circle Drive North Cornell University
Suite 102-103
Piscataway, NJ 08854-3723
Project: SiC Power MOSFET with Improved Gate Dielectric
The proposed technology will lead to better electronic products and systems that are used in applications that require large amounts of power or harsh environments such as space. Examples include, but are not limited to better batteries for hybrid cars, more efficient drilling and logging processes, and more advanced satellites.
Universal Display Corporation Novel Plastic Substrates for Very High
375 Phillips Boulevard Efficiency OLED Lighting
Ewing, NJ 08618-1428
For phosphorescent organic light emitting devices, this project will further increase the conversion efficiency of electrical energy into light energy such that these white solid state devices can replace conventional incandescent and fluorescent lighting sources.
Universal Display Corporation Novel High Efficiency High CRI
375 Phillips Boulevard Phosphorescent OLED Lighting Containing
Ewing, NJ 08618-1428 Two Broad Emitters
For phosphorescent organic light emitting devices, this project will further increase the conversion efficiency of electrical energy into light energy and reduce manufacturing costs, such that these white solid state devices can replace conventional incandescent and fluorescent lighting sources.
Correlations Company Technical Proposal: A Single Well Test for
P.O. Box 730 Green House Gas Sequestration/Enhanced
115 Court Street Methane Recovery Design Parameters
Socorro, NM 87801
We propose to use a computer program to simulate two single well tracer tests: one to measure the amount of methane produced without green house gas injection and another to determine the amount of methane produced and the amount of CO2 sequestrated with green house gas injection into unmineable coalbeds.
Deep Web Technologies, LLC Achieving a High Level of
122 Longview Drive Scalability in Federated Information
Los Alamos, NM 87544-3728 Retrieval
Thousands of sources of valuable scientific and technical documents exist but a solution has not been developed that ensures that scientific discoveries already made can be easily found and sorted. This project will develop a sophisticated solution to provide easy access to the available scientific data.
STTR Project
Deep Web Technologies, LLC Research Institute:
122 Longview Drive Indiana University
Los Alamos, NM 87544-3728
Project: Interactive Physics Data Analysis Using Streaming Grid Technology
The next generation of accelerators will produce more data than has been gathered up to now by all of humankind. This project will use advanced Internet technology to provide highly productive environments for either basic scientists to understand the fundamental particles in nature or for Homeland Security to analyze in real time the wealth of information from sensors and documents scattered across the world.
Southwest Sciences, Inc. MEMS Correlation Spectrometer for High
1570 Pacheco Street Precision CO2 Measurements
Suite E-11
Santa Fe, NM 87505-3937
Understanding the effects of carbon dioxide on climate requires high precision, field measurements, yet current instrumentation is inadequate to provide the information required. This program will develop a compact, rugged optical sensor for making these high precision measurements of carbon dioxide and other important greenhouse gases.
Southwest Sciences, Inc. Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy for
1570 Pacheco Street Monitoring Carbon Sequestration
Suite E-11
Santa Fe, NM 87505-3937
This project will develop a technology for measuring carbon in soil and underlying sub-soils that can be used both in verifying carbon containment projects (that can reverse climate change by reducing carbon dioxide concentrations in air) and to characterize soil productivity.
Southwest Sciences, Inc. High-Precision Instrument for Carbon-13 and
1570 Pacheco Street Carbon-12 Isotope Ratios
Suite E-11
Santa Fe, NM 87505-3937
A new instrument will be developed to better understand the sources and sinks of the carbon dioxide, the strongest greenhouse gas. The instrument will help to provide more accurate data for international assessments of greenhouse gases such as the Kyoto Protocol.
Southwest Sciences, Inc. Spectroscopic Measurement of Carbon
1570 Pacheco Street Isotope Ratios in Methane
Suite E-11
Santa Fe, NM 87505-3937
This novel laser spectrometer will analyze the natural variations in the abundance of carbon isotopes in methane, an important greenhouse gas. The isotopic signature provides detailed information about the sources of methane.
TechSource, Inc. Design of a Novel Fixed Field Alternating
P.O. Box 31057 Gradient (FFAG) Accelerator
Santa Fe, NM 87594-1057
A novel type of particle accelerator is being developed that promises substantial benefits in construction cost and simplicity of operation. Such a device would have application to areas of medical proton therapy, nuclear physics, and waste transmutation as well as other areas of technology that use accelerators.
Vista Photonics, Inc. High-Performance Atmospheric Carbon
67 Condesa Road Dioxide Analyzer
Santa Fe, NM 87508-8136
A high-performance optical instrument is proposed that provides exceptional sensitivity to the primary greenhouse gas, atmospheric carbon dioxide. The instrument will be rugged and compact for ready implementation into airborne and ground-based measurements.
Vista Photonics, Inc. Lightweight Balloon-Borne Atmospheric
67 Condesa Road Carbon Dioxide Sensor
Santa Fe, NM 87508-8136
A high-performance, low-cost, optical sensor is proposed that provides exceptional sensitivity to atmospheric carbon dioxide. The compact device will be rugged and lightweight for ready implementation into measurements onboard expendable balloon platforms.
AMBP Tech Corporation Nano-Engineered High Current Density YBCO
275 Cooper Avenue Superconducting Wires
Suite 112
Tonawanda, NY 14150-6643
This proposed effort will develop the processes necessary to achieve high current superconductor wires at a cost efficiency advantageous to update the outdated power grid system with this environmentally friendly technology.
Advanced Energy Systems, Inc. Superconducting RF Photocathode Gun for
27 Industrial Boulevard Low Emittance Polarized Electron Beams
Unit E
Medford, NY 11763
Development of a long life radio frequency photoelectron source that delivers polarized electrons at low emittance would be an attractive electron source for a linear collider and may result in a simplification and cost reduction of a linear collider’s electron damping system.
Brookhaven Technology Group, Inc. Advanced H-/D- Surface Plasma Source With
12-12 Technology Drive Helicon Discharge Plasma Generator
Suite 12
East Setauket, NY 11733-4049
This high efficiency, surface plasma negative ion source with helicon discharge plasma generator will greatly improve the productivity of new accelerators in counter terrorism applications such as the new high current, high flux active interrogation system for detection of nuclear materials and high explosives currently under development. In addition it can be used to improve performance of research accelerators currently in use.
Clever Fellows Innovation Cost-Effective Acoustic-Stirling Cryocooler
Consortium, Inc. (CFIC-Qdrive) with Flexibly Attached Remote Coldhead
302 Tenth Street
Troy, NY 12180-1617
A high-capacity, multi-use cryocooler is proposed to meet the Department of Energy goals in efficiency, reliability, and cost for cooling commercial superconducting cables and transformers in the electric power industry. Proposed Phase I effort will extend existing small prototype to a full-scale design, with detailed cost and reliability analysis, and test plan for proof in full-scale hardware.
HYPRES, Inc. Low Noise SQUID Array Amplifiers for High
175 Clearbrook Road Speed Applications
Elmsford, NY 10523-1109
High-resolution high-speed amplifier converters are essential interface components of all digital systems, and in most cases are limiting system performance. Any advance in the amplifier technology significantly improves the capabilities of many systems, such as high-speed acquisition instruments, Digital Signal Processors (DSPs), and sensors.
Wakonda Technologies, Inc. Alternative Thin Film Semiconductor
37 Chablis Drive Materials
Fairport, NY 14450-2608
This project will develop an advanced solar electric cell which offers a significant reduction in cost per kilowatt-hour while eliminating scarce materials from the production process. This project will demonstrate the key technology to enable the broad application of solar electric power to both commercial and government users.
STTR Project
Great Wall Systems Research Institute:
111 North Chestnut Street Wake Forest University
Suite 105
Winston-Salem, NC 27101-4054
Project: Integrated Scalable Parallel Firewall and Instrusion Detection System for High-Speed Networks
The project supports the development of ultra high-speed network security devices that are of value to both the Department of Energy and the private sector. The proposed technology utilizes an innovative approach of parallel-computing and optimization techniques that offer high-speed, affordable, and scalable security while acting transparently to legitimate users.
STTR Project
Orbit Energy Incorporated Research Institute:
484 Hickory Grove Road North Carolina State
Clinton, NC 28328
Project: The Capture and Sequestration of Methane for Subsequent Conversion to Higher Valued Alcohols
Phase I will look at using the methane for use in an atmospheric plasma system. The methane will be used as a presursor for the conversion to alcohol products. Such products can be used as either fuels or substances for the development of other materials.
rPath, Inc. rDistributor - Remote Distribution of
1121 Situs Court Complete Application Environments
Suite 290
Raleigh, NC 27606-4165
Large scale grid computing platforms are needed for scientific research, but current tools cannot rapidly package and deploy the application environment to such a large number of systems. This project will develop a suitable solutioin to this problem, improving the efficiency of scientific computing platforms.
Scribner Associates Incorporated Fuel Cell Membrane Measurement System for
150 E. Connecticut Avenue Manufacturing
Southern Pines, NC 28387-5528
This project will develop a membrane measurement system to improve product quality control/assurance in high-volume fuel cell membrane manufacturing operations. Reducing the high cost of membrane materials is crucial for successful adoption of proton exchange membrane fuel cells in the automotive market and to the success of the Nation’s transition to a sustainable, secure hydrogen-based economy.
Southeast TechInventures, Inc. Single Instruction, Multiple-Data Database
P.O. Box 13714 System
Research Triangle Park, NC 27709
This project will develop single instruction, multiple data technology and performance predicting software that will enable parallel computing systems to perform at speeds several hundred times faster than current computing systems. Furthermore, growth of the system should not slow it down. The technology should be especially well suited to fast queries from large databases used in Homeland Security monitoring activities, radio frequency identification, tracing inventories, and DNA sequence comparison.
Euclid TechLabs, LLC Development of a Traveling Wave
5900 Harper Road, #102 Accelerating Structure for a Superconducting
Solon, OH 44139-1866 Accelerator
We plan to develop a new type of superconducting accelerating technology for the International Linear Collider project to be able to increase the accelerating electric field and, therefore to reduce the length (and hence the cost) of the accelerator.
Euclid TechLabs, LLC Development of a Diamond-Based Cylindrical
5900 Harper Road, #120 Dielectric Loaded Accelerating Structure
Solon, OH 44139-1866
This project is to develop a manufacturing technology of artificial diamond tubes to be used in dielectric loaded accelerating structures. When developed, this structure will sustain a record high accelerating gradient. The results will also be applied to next-generation accelerators and high power microwave systems as well as to medical equipment development.
Euclid TechLabs, LLC New RF Design of Externally Powered
5900 Harper Road, #102 Dielectric-Based Accelerating Structures
Solon, OH 44139-1866
This project is to develop a new design of high power radio frequency equipment to prevent undesirable effects of dielectric breakdown for a ceramic-based particle accelerator. The proposed accelerating structure is a key element of a high gradient accelerator and it can be applied to high power microwave systems as well.
IAP Research, Inc. Lightweight Aluminum/Nano Composites for
2763 Culver Avenue Automotive Drive Train Applications
Dayton, OH 45429-3723
This project will have great economic and in energy utilization, cost, and environmental implications. Lightweight aluminum/nano composite materials will potentially revolutionize automotive industry by reducing vehicle mass, increasing fuel efficiency, and reducing exhaust emissions.
IAP Research, Inc. Advanced Motors
2763 Culver Avenue
Dayton, OH 45429-3723
This project is focused on improving the performance and efficiency of electric motors for hybrid and fuel cell vehicles.
Midwest Optoelectronics, LLC Novel Interconnection Process for Lightweight
2600 Dorr Street Flexible Photovoltaic Modules
Toledo, OH 43607
There is significant interest in the development of lightweight, flexible solar cells for military, space, and consumer use. The proposed technology development addresses the key issue of series interconnection of these solar cells, and is expected to result in a more efficient manufacturing process resulting in flexible solar cells of higher performance and lower cost.
Nanotek Instruments,Inc. Low-Cost Manufacturing of Sheet Molding
714, East Monument Avenue Compound Bipolar Plates for PEM Fuel Cells
Suite 119
Dayton, OH 45402-1382
The biopolar plate in fuel cells is one of the most expensive components. A low-cost fabrication method of the biopolar plate will be developed.
STTR Project
NexTech Materials, Ltd. Research Institute:
404 Enterprise Drive California Institute of Technology
Lewis Center, OH 43035-9423
Project: Component Manufacturing and Optimization of Protonic SOFCs
This project will evaluate the commercial potential of a new generation of fuel cells. These devices offer the potential of high efficiency power generation.
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