DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATION RESEARCH PROGRAM

AND

SMALL BUSINESS TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER PROGRAM

FY 2008 PHASE II AWARDS BY TOPIC

                                                                                     

                                                                                    

         TOPIC:  USE OF CELLULOSIC BIOMASS TO PRODUCE BIOFUELS                      

                                                                                     

         Edenspace Systems Corporation                          Improved, High-Moisture Ensiled Crop

         3810 Concorde Parkway                                    Feedstocks for Cellulosic Ethanol  

         Suite 100                                                                  

         Chantilly, VA  20151                                                       

                                                                                    

This project seeks to reduce the cost of cellulosic ethanol and other renewable fuels by ensiling crops that produce enzymes to reduce downstream processing costs. The project will create new value-added revenue opportunities for agricultural producers and ethanol cooperatives and reduce fuel costs for consumers.

                                                                                    

         ZuChem, Inc.                                                      Bioprocess for Xylitol from        

         2225 W Harrison St                                            Hemicellulose                      

         Suite F                                                                    

         Chicago, IL  60612-4671                                                    

                                                                                     

During biofuel ethanol production, by-products rich in sugars are produced and if these

byproducts can be made into a valuable product; the cost-effectiveness of ethanol production will be enhanced. This project will develop a bioprocess which will transform these sugars into xylitol, a sugar polyol that is in high demand by the food ingredient and confectionary industry, therefore improving the economics of ethanol production.

 

                                                                                

         TOPIC:  SOLAR ENERGY                                                       

                                                                                    

         Luminit, LLC                                                       Flexible Spectrum Splitting        

         20600 Gramercy Place                                        Holographic Concentrator           

         Suite 203                                                                  

         Torrance, CA  90501                                                        

                                                                                    

This project will develop a laminated holographic film that focuses lightwaves on solar cells to significantly improve the efficiency of existing photovoltaic tech.

                                                                                    

         Luna Innovations Incorporated                             High-Throughput In-Line PV         

         1 Riverside Circle                                                Manufacturing Diagnostic System    

         Suite 400                                                                  

         Roanoke, VA  24016                                                       

  

Photovoltaic technology is predicted to substantially impact the nation’s wealth and economy in 21st century. This project will develop an in-line high-throughput manufacturing diagnostic system capable of fast and accurate identification of the distribution of stress and coating uniformity, allowing improved process control, increased yield, and reduced cost.

                                                                                    

         SVV Technology Innovations, Inc.           High Performance PV Concentrator   

         5022 Bailey Loop, S-te 120                                                 

         McClellan, CA  95652                                                     

                                                                                    

This project will develop and demonstrate a new approach for making inexpensive solar panels for generating electricity. It will make viable the large-scale, distributed energy production from renewables and help meet the national goals of energy independence, reduction of carbon emissions and fostering the job growth and economic progress.

   

         Ultrasonic Technologies, Inc.                               In-line Crack Detection in Silicon 

         27247 Breakers Drive                                         Solar Cell Production Using         

         Wesley Chapel, FL  33544                                  Resonance Ultrasonic Vibrations    

                        

Millimeter-size cracks in silicon wafers lead to breakage of solar cells and elevate cost of their manufacturing. The patented Resonance Ultrasonic Vibration method and system provide fast in-line diagnostics of cracks by screening cracked wafers and cells during the production cycle. 

                                                                                

 

         TOPIC:  HYDROGEN DELIVERY AND PRODUCTION                                   

                                                                                  

         FuelCell Energy, Inc.                                           Development of Highly Efficient    

         3 Great Pasture Rd.                                             Solid State Electrochemical Hydrogen

         Danbury, CT  06813                                           Compressor                         

                                                                                    

This project focuses on the development of a dual-use highly-efficient, solid-state electrochemical hydrogen compressor to produce high pressure, high purity hydrogen for near-term industrial applications and to meet future hydrogen refueling infrastructure needs.

                                                                                    

         Mohawk Innovative Technology, Inc.                   Advanced Sealing Technology for    

         1037 Watervliet-Shaker Rd                                 Hydrogen Compressors                

         Albany, NY  12205-2033                                                     

                                                                                    

For the hydrogen economy and energy independence to become a reality, efficient and reliable large-scale compressors are needed to move hydrogen gas from production sites to end user locations. Oil-free, non-contacting seal and bearing technologies are critical to the successful development of these new compressors. These technologies will also have a positive impact on the operating efficiency and life of existing and new pipeline compressor and aircraft gas turbine engine systems.

                                                                                    

         Physical Optics Corporation                                Photoelectrochemical System for    

         20600 Gramercy Place, Bldg. 100                       Hydrogen Generation                

         Torrance, CA  90501                                                       

  

This project is for an innovative system that will produce hydrogen for fuel cells and other energy applications by splitting water using photoelectric conversion of solar energy.

 

Synkera Technologies Inc.                                   Nanotube Array Photoelectrochemical

         2021 Miller Drive, Suite B                                   Hydrogen Production                

         Longmont, CO  80501                                                        

    

This project is focused on developing, validating, and commercializing next-generation

nanomaterials that will enable the essentially limitless production of the world’s mostperfect energy source—hydrogen—by splitting water via sunlight. Success in this project will represent a key enabling step on the nation’s critical path toward achieving a “hydrogen economy.”

 

 

         TOPIC:  WIND ENERGY RELIABILITY AND COST REDUCTION                         

                                                                                    

         Native American Technologies Company             Development of Nacelle Assembly    

           (N. A. Tech. Inc.)                                              Lifting System (LIFTCAP)           

         P.O. Box 39                                                                

         Golden, CO  80402-0039                                                      

                                                                                    

This project is to design the apparatus to place the nacelle, generator, gear box, rotor, and blades on top of an in-situ fabricated, self-erecting tower, without using an external crane. The nacelle placement apparatus and tower sections will have a complete set of sensors and a structural health monitoring system will be used to collect data on the structural behavior. That data will be used to correlate the Finite Element Analysis.

                                                                                 

         Sentient Corporation                                            Wind Energy Reliability and Cost   

         850 Energy Drive, Suite 307                                Reduction - Wind Turbine Condition 

         Idaho Falls, ID  83401                                        Monitoring                         

 

This project will develop a robust condition monitoring system for commercial wind turbines that will help operators reduce the cost of wind energy.

                                                                                  

         WebCore Technologies, Inc.                               Reducing Cost and Weight of Wind   

         8821 Washington Church Road                           Turbine Blades Using Engineered Core

         Miamisburg, OH  45342                                                    

     

Wind energy has potential to produce 20%+ of U.S. near-term electricity needs; however, to take advantage of lower wind speed sites, the weight of turbine blades must decrease. This project will focus on reducing weight and cost of large blades through alternate core materials, reinforcing fibers, and better design methodology.

 

                                                                              

                                                                                     

         TOPIC:  TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLES WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON PLUG-IN HYBRIDS                                        

                       

STTR Project

Electron Energy Corporation                                High Performance Permanent Magnets              

         924 Links Avenue                                               for Advanced Motors                                                        

         Landisville, PA  17538                                                      

                                                                                    

This project addresses the high interest in increasing the performance of advanced motors for

more efficient hybrid electric vehicles. This project will develop a new class of permanent magnets used in permanent magnet motors with (1) better magnetic performance at temperatures up to 240oC, (2) higher electrical resistivity to significantly reduce eddy current losses and (3) lower cost.

 

SBE Inc                                                              Low Cost, High Temperature, High   

         131 S Main St                                                     Ripple Current DC Bus Capacitors For

         Barre, VT  05641                                                Hybrid Vehicles                    

                                                                                     

There is a need for a reliable, low cost, high temperature capacitor which is a required element of Hybrid Electric Vehicles. This project will expand a unique capacitor design which may enable a successful solution.

 

                                                                               

         TOPIC:  ALTERNATIVE FEEDSTOCKS TO CHEMICALS                                

                                                                                     

         Eltron Research & Development Inc.                   Aromatics from Alternative Sources 

         4600 Nautilus Court South                                  by Catalysis with Sulfated Zirconia

         Boulder, CO  80301-3241                                  and Related Systems                

 

Coal is America's largest carbonaceous resource, expected to last for hundreds of years; with Fischer-Tropsch synthesis, coal-derived synthesis gas converts to hydrocarbon fuels whose naphtha portion can be converted to high-volume aromatics needed for our heavy industries. This project will develop naphtha-based advanced catalytic technologies for producing high-volume aromatics.

                                                                                     

         TDA Research, Inc.                                             RFCC Catalysts for Chemical        

         12345 W. 52nd Ave.                                          Feedstocks                         

         Wheat Ridge, CO  80033-1916                                                

                                                                                     

More efficient use of heavy petroleum resources located in the Western Hemisphere is desirable both economically and for increased national security. This project will develop a new catalyst that will enable U.S. refiners to increase the amounts of gasoline and other distillate fuels as well as petrochemical feedstocks from these heavy crudes, thereby decreasing oil imports.

                                                                                     

         Technova Corporation                                         Improved Conversion of Cellulose   

         3927 Dobie Road                                                Waste to Ethanol Using a Dual      

         Okemos, MI  48864-3480                                   Bioreactor System                  

                                                                                    

Inedible biomass represents an abundant and low-cost renewable resource that can be transformed into biofuel - a major transportation fuel for America’s future. This project will use natural microorganism consortia and nanotechnology to improve the efficiency and economy of biomass conversion to bioethanol with equipment that is simple to use.

 

Tethys Research, LLC                                      Industrial Production and          

            53 Downing Rd                                                Applications of Hemicellulose:

Bangor, ME  04401                                         Lignin Etherase: Prototype Development    

 

This project will develop processes to use the enzyme in pulp mills and forest biorefineries to produce raw materials for chemicals and biofuels. It also clones the enzyme for cost-effective large-scale production.

 

                                                                                     

         TOPIC:  CHEMICAL REACTIONS AND SEPARATION PROCESSES FOR BIO-REFINERY APPLICATIONS                                                       

 

Aerophase, Inc.                                                Alternative Reaction/Extraction    

            401 Mountain View Ave.                                  Media to Reduce Energy and Cost of 

            Longmont, CO  80501                                     Biodiesel Production  

            

Biodiesel is a key component in US plans to reduce dependence on foreign oil and

decrease the environmental impacts of using fossil fuels—but current feedstocks and

production technologies prevent it from being cost-competitive. This project will provide enabling technologies for a costeffective, energy-efficient method of producing biodiesel fuels from a variety of lowercost feedstocks.

                                                                                    

         EverNu Technology LLC                                     Nano-scale High-Surface-Area Thermal

         1616 Holly Hill Lane                                            Conductive Ceramic Composites as   

         Suite 108                                                             Effectice Support for Metal Oxide  

         Maple Glen, PA  19002                                      Catalysts in Alkane Selective      

                                                                                    Oxidation  

 

Catalytic oxidation of low cost and abundant alkanes for the production of many valuable chemicals can bring to the US enormous economic, energy and environmental benefits, but the commercialization of the catalytic alkane processes has been hindered by the overheating of and burning on the metal oxide catalysts. A thermally stable and heat-conductive nano-material will be  designed and prepared as a catalyst support, and has shown to be effective in overcoming the over-heating problem of metal oxide catalysts and in speeding up the commercialization of alkane oxidation processes to valuable chemicals.

 

                                                                                  

         Exelus, Inc.                                                          Step-Out Process to Upgrade Glycerol

         99 Dorsa Ave                                                      to Biodiesel                       

         Livingston, NJ  07039                                                    

 

This project will develop a new technology to produce a diesel-fuel blending component from excess glycerol – a waste product from bio-diesel plants – using existing, idled MTBE units. The process has the ability to produce an extra 170 million gallons of diesel per year in the US alone while reducing waste and increasing producer’s profitability.

                                                                                    

         Membrane Technology and Research,                  Biobutanol Production with Hybrid  

           Inc.                                                                   Membrane-Distillation              

         1360 Willow Road, #103                                                     

         Menlo Park, CA  94025                                                    

                                                                                     

 Due to economic considerations, biobutanol is not currently produced as a biofuel even though it has clear-cut performance advantages over bioethanol. This project will develop the biobutanol production process that is both cost and energy efficient and could compete with petroleum-derived butanol production.             

 

                                                                   

         United Environment & Energy, LLC                     Intensified Process for Biodiesel  

         111 Ridge Road                                                  Production                         

         Horseheads, NY  14845                                                      

                                                                                     

This project will develop a high efficiency, high productivity, and low cost biodiesel production technology to replace the current low efficiency biodiesel production process in the industry. The technical feasibility has been proven and the technology is being scaled up.

                       

                                                            

         TOPIC:  CATALYSIS                                                          

 

         STTR Project

Compact Membrane Systems, Inc.                      High Temperature Membrane Reactors

         335 Water Street                                                           

         Newport, DE  19804                                                        

                                                                                     

This program is a platform technology to enhance chemical synthesis and also dry organics including fuel grade ethanol from biomass.  

 

                                                                             

         Inorganic Specialists, Inc.                                     Nanofiber Paper for Fuel Cells and 

         965 Capstone Dr,  Suite 327                               Catalyst Supports                  

         Miamisburg, OH  45343                                                    

                                                                                     

The high cost of fuel cell catalysts like platinum is a major problem for the fuel cell industry. This project will demonstrate how existing commercial fuel cell products can use far less catalyst if they are first modified with a thin layer of inexpensive carbon nanofibers, using a simple process.

                                                                                    

         Precision Combustion, Inc.                                  Novel System for Solid Catalyzed   

         410 Sackett Point Road                                       Isobutane/Olefin Alkylation        

         North Haven, CT  06473                                                   

                                                                                     

This project offers a breakthrough in the manufacture of alkylate, a major component of reformulated gasoline for cleaner combustion. Success will lead to using solid catalysts as an environmentally friendly alternative to current energy-intensive processes based on liquid acids, providing savings in capital, operating costs, energy, and health safety.

 

                                                                                    

         TOPIC:  SEPARATION PROCESS TECHNOLOGIES FOR MANUFACTURING                  

                                                                                  

         Compact Membrane Systems, Inc.                      Dewatering Membrane for Hazy       

         335 Water Street                                            Hydrodesulfurization of Unit       

         Newport, DE  19804                                          Effluents                          

                                                                                    

       

Refinery processes to reduce sulfur in fuels (“hydrodesulfurization”) lead to generation of haze in the fuels. This program will develop technology that will simply and at low cost remove the water haze from fuels.

 

                                                                             

         TDA Research, Inc.                                             Sorbents for Desulfurization of    

         12345 W. 52nd Ave.                                          Refinery Off-Gases                 

         Wheat Ridge, CO  80033-1916                                                 

                                                                                    

Recovery of the energy value of refinery off-gases could save the nation nearly between or nearly $50 to 150 million per year worth of oil at $100/bbl. This project will develop a sorbent-based desulfurization technology that enables the refiners to use off-gases in hydrogen production while recovering their energy value.

 

                                                                                     

         TOPIC:  NANOTECHNOLOGY APPLICATIONS FOR ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND RENEWABLE ENERGY                                                             

                                                                                    

     

STTR Project

Illuminex Corporation                                          Silicon Nanowire Solar Cell                                      

         1064 New Holland Ave.                                                      

         Lancaster, PA  17601     

 

This project will develop a novel solar cell device for efficient conversion of sunlight into usable electrical energy through the application of nanotechnology. This effort will contribute to the development of alternative energy sources and help relieve the burden imposed by the continuing use of foreign oil and other detrimental energy sources.    

 

                                                                  

         Luna Innovations Incorporated                             Carbon Nanosheets as Nanostructured

         1 Riverside Circle                                                Electrodes in Organic Photovoltaic 

         Suite 400                                                         Devices                            

         Roanoke, VA  24016                                                       

                                                  

This project will develop a better flexible solar cell. Using nanotechnology, a new type of efficient solar cell will be developed that will be flexible enough to wrap around consumer and field-portable electronics, while also being less toxic and more robust than traditional approaches to flexible solar cells.

 

                                                         

         TOPIC:  ADVANCED COOLING TECHNOLOGY

                                       

STTR Project

Advanced Thermal and Environmental                   A Nanofluid with Superior             

           Concepts, Inc.                                                   Thermal Properties                                                                                

         7100 Baltimore Avenue                                                       

         Suite 300                                                                  

         College Park, MD  20740                                                    

     

This project will develop a nanofluid that will enhance heat transfer in industrial equipment, such that the size of the equipment and the energy required to operate the equipment can be reduced.

 

 

          STTR Project

         Aegis Technology Inc.                                         High-Efficiency, Cost-Effective                                

         3300 A Westminster Ave.                                   Thermoelectric Materials/devices                                                    

         Santa Ana, CA  92703                                        Industrial Process Refrigeration and

Waste Heat Recovery

 

The proposed project will develop an innovative low-cost scalable approach that can be used to produce a novel class of high-ZT thermoelectric nanocomposites; and build/characterize high-efficiency, cost-effective TE devices that can be applied for industrial process refrigeration and waste heat recovery. 

 

                                                                                                                               

         Altex Technologies Corporation                           Low Cost Microchannel Heat         

         244 Sobrante Way                                              Exchangers                         

         Sunnyvale, CA  94086 

                                                     

This project will develop compact, lightweight and low cost microchannel heat exchangers that will facilitate and reduce costs for many industrial processes, which currently rely on large and heavy heat exchangers.

                                                                                    

                                                                                     

         MER Corporation (Materials and                   Microchannel Magnetic Coolers with 

           Electrochemical Research)                                 Negative Magnetocaloric Effect     

         7960 South Kolb Road                                                        

         Tucson, AZ  85706-9237                                                     

                                                                                    

A combination of novel magnetocaloric materials, novel design and novel technology

will lead to the development of highly efficient and environmentally friendly cooling devices.

                                                                                    

         Thermal Centric Corporation                               Utility and Industrial Heat        

         108 W. 13th Street                                              Exchangers                         

         Wilmington, DE  19801                                                    

 

The recovery of wasted heat in exhausts will reduce fuel consumption in most every commercial and industrial sector. This project will explore new conductive graphite materials that have created a significant opportunity to make innovative heat exchangers that recover energy from the exhausts of thermal-electric power generators, thereby saving billions of dollars in energy costs annually.

                                                                                    

                                                                                    

         TOPIC:  SOLID STATE LIGHTING                                               

 

         STTR Project

         Add-Vision, Inc.                                                  Materials Degradation Analysis and

         1600 Green Hills Road                                        Development to Enable Ultra Low                         

         Suite 100                                                             Cost, Web-Processed White P-OLED

         Scotts Valley, CA  95066                                     for SSL                                                                                                                

                                                                                    

This project will develop a technology enabling ultra low cost printing of specialty organic solid state lighting products with thin, flexible and robust form factor. By addressing the degradation mechanisms of the light-emitting organic devices of this approach, this project will enable new lighting products utilizing United States-based manufacturing.

                                                                           

                                                                                    

         Universal Display Corporation                             Efficient Large Area WOLED Lighting

         375 Phillips Boulevard                                                      

         Ewing, NJ  08618-1428                                                      

                                                                                    

This project will increase the conversion efficiency of electrical energy into light of white-organic-lightemitting devices and thereby enable replacement of inefficient conventional incandescent bulbs, which consume over 8% of the electricity produced in the United States. This project will design and fabricate a prototype warm white OLED that achieves 75 lm/W with LT70 > 35,000 hours at an initial luminance of 1,000 cd/m2. The focus of this proposal is to make large area panels that have the same high efficiency as small area test pixels

                                                                                     

         Universal Display Corporation                             High Efficacy Phosphorescent SOLED 

         375 Phillips Boulevard                                         Lighting                           

         Ewing, NJ  08618-1428                                                      

                                                                                    

This project will increase the conversion efficiency of electrical energy into light of white-organic-light emitting devices and thereby enable replacement of inefficient conventional incandescent bulbs, which consume over 8% of the electricity produced in the United States. This project will design and fabricate prototype warm white stacked OLEDs that have similar light output to conventional fluorescent lighting fixtures. These prototypes will have an efficacy of >75 lm/W, a warm white color temperature, and LT70 > 35,000 hours at 2,000 cd/m2.

 

                                                                                 

         TOPIC:  NEUTRON AND ELECTRON BEAM INSTRUMENTATION                          

                                                                                    

         Adelphi Technology, Inc.                                     Neutron Compound Refractive Prisms 

         2003 East Bayshore Road                                                    

         Redwood City, CA  94063 

 

The proposed compound neutron prism is more powerful than existing neutron optics while providing cost-effective methods that will aid in a range of applications including materials analysis, nondestructive testing, crystallography for proteomics and genomics and the analysis of magnetic films used in information storage.

 

                                              

         STTR Project

         Cermet, Inc                                                         High Efficiency Electron Detector

         1019 Collier Road                                                                                                       

         Suite C1                                                                    

         Atlanta, GA  30318   

                                                     

  The project will develop fast, highly efficient electron detectors for microscopy.                                                                       

 

                                                                                    

         Hysitron, Inc.                                                       Quantitative In-Situ TEM Tensile   

         10025 Valley View Road                                    Testing Apparatus                  

         Minneapolis, MN  55344 

                                                   

Nanostructured materials have shown very promising prospective as emerging energy materials. However, due to their tiny size, reliable methods for exploring their mechanical properties remain elusive despite a number of encouraging efforts. This project will use the quantitative in-situ TEM tensile technique to solve these paramount puzzles effectively.

                                                                                  

                                                                                    

         Hysitron, Inc.                                                       Quantitative In-Situ TEM           

         10025 Valley View Road                                    Nanotribology Tester               

         Minneapolis, MN  55344  

                                                  

This project intends to realize a novel research tool for improved understanding of the mechanisms of friction, solid lubrication, and wear. Increased fundamental knowledge in these areas may lead to breakthrough discoveries and products that help reduce the tremendous national cost associated with the energy-robbing processes of friction and wear.

       

                                                                             

         STTR Project      

         NOVA Scientific, Inc.                                         Efficient Thermal Neutron Position

         Sturbridge Technology Park                                 Sensitive Detector                                                            

         10 Picker Road                                                             

         Sturbridge, MA  01566-1251                                                 

       

This project will develop a powerful neutron-sensitive solid-state imaging detector having high spatial resolution along with fast timing, leading to expanded capabilities in fuel cell studies, material research, as well as geophysical and biological specimen research.

 

         ORDELA, Inc.                                                    Application of Pixel-Cell Detector 

         1009 Alvin Weinberg Drive                                 Technology for Advanced Neutron Beam

         Oak Ridge, TN  37830                                       Monitors                            

                                                                                    

Available neutron detectors limit the characterization of intense neutron beams at national user facilities used for the advanced study of materials. This project will remove these limitations. Advancing detector capabilities increases operational efficiency at these facilities, resulting in important savings in operation cost and increased experimental output.          

 

                                                                             

         TOPIC:  TECHNOLOGY TO SUPPORT NATIONAL SCIENTIFIC USER FACILITIES          

 

         Dynaflow, Inc.                                                     Development of a Bubble Generator  

         10621-J Iron Bridge Rd                                      Suitable for Spallation Neutron    

         Jessup, MD  20794                                             Source (SNS) Shock Mitigation      

                                                                                    Applications                       

                                                                                     

Safe and maintainable operation of the Spallation Neutron Source requires massive injection of micron sized bubbles in the mercury. An innovative micron-sized bubble generator suitable for this purpose will be developed based on company’s bubble generation and acoustic instrumentation and diagnostics technologies.

    

                                                                               

         Dynaflow, Inc.                                                     Development of a Numerical Design  

         10621-J Iron Bridge Rd                                      Tool for Spallation Neutron Source 

         Jessup, MD  20794                                             Cavitation Mitigation              

       

This project will produce a simulation tool capable of accurately representing the coupled interactions between shock waves, gas bubbles, gas layers and solid structures. This tool will allow users to fully explore current and novel cavitation erosion mitigation strategies for the Spallation Neutron Source target.

                                                                            

                                                                                    

         Kapteyn-Murnane Laboratories, Inc.                   Development of New Mid-Infrared    

         1855 S. 57th Court                                             Ultrafast Laser Sources for Compact

         Boulder, CO  80301                                           X-ray Sources                      

                                                                                     

        

This project will develop advanced laser technologies that will make possible tabletop “x-ray laser” light sources. This technology promises to be useful for basic studies in chemistry and physics, for developing super-high-resolution microscopes for biology and medicine, for viewing nanoscale materials, and for applications in the nanoelectronics industry.

 

                                                                           

         RadiaBeam Technologies, LLC                            Single Shot Bunch Length Monitoring,

         13428 Beach Ave                                               Based on Interferometer and Novel  

         Marina Del Rey, CA  90292                                Terahertz Sensor                   

                                                                                     

 This project will develop a novel diagnostic for measurement of ultra-fast, ultrashort beams on a real time, single-shot basis in advanced accelerator facilities. This innovative device will yield previously unobserved time-scale resolutions and also be used to develop time-saving monitors that will reduce wasted down time at these federally funded facilities.

                                                                                   

         Radiation Monitoring Devices, Inc.                       High Performance X-ray Detector    

         44 Hunt Street                                                     Arrays                             

         Watertown, MA  02472-4699                                                  

                                                                                     

This project will 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.

 

                                                                                    

         TOPIC:  ACCELERATOR TECHNOLOGY FOR PRESENT AND FUTURE ACCELERATOR FACILITIES

                                                                                     

                                                                                    

         Calabazas Creek Research, Inc.                          350 MHz 200 kW CW Multiple Beam    

         690 Port Drive                                                    Inductive Output Tube              

         San Mateo, CA  94404                                                     

                                                                                    

Efficient, high power, radio frequency sources are required for many planned and proposed accelerator programs. This project will develop a new radio frequency source that would be more efficient, more compact, and less costly then existing alternatives.

   

                                                                                 

         DULY Research Inc.                                           THz Source Based on Photoinjector  

         1912 MacArthur Street                                                      

         Rancho Palos Verdes, CA  90275-1111                                        

                                                                                    

Filling a gap in the electromagnetic spectrum that lies between the microwave/millimeter wave and the infrared regions, this project will develop a new, compact terahertz source based on a photoelectron linear accelerator to meet the high demand in broad applications for biology, superconductivity, chemistry, physics, environmental monitoring, satellite communications and homeland security.

                                                                                    

         nGimat Co.                                                          Thin, Ceramic-Based Insulation for 

         5315 Peachtree Industrial Blvd.                           Nb3Sn Wire                         

         Atlanta, GA  30341                                                       

                                                                                    

 This project will develop thinner Nb3Sn superconducting wire insulation that will allow more efficient, improved range, and higher performance superconducting and high energy copper wire devices. Coating equipment will apply the insulation to kilometers of wire for prototype testing.

 

         STTR Project

         Q-Peak, Incorporated                                         Cryo-Cooled Yb:YAG Lasers for           

         135 South Road                                                  Advanced Photoinjectors                                                        

         Bedford, MA  01730                                                          

 

Fundamental studies of biology, materials science, and chemistry will greatly benefit from the next generation of linear accelerators and free-electron lasers. The project will make a significant advance in a key laser technology needed for these next-generation systems. 

 

                                                                               

         TOPIC:  MATERIALS FOR ADVANCED NUCLEAR ENERGY SYSTEMS                      

                                                                                     

         Ultramet                                                              Silicon Carbide Tritium Permeation 

         12173 Montague Street                                       Barriers for Steel Structural      

         Pacoima, CA  91331                                           Components                         

    

Nuclear fusion offers a viable alternative to fossil fuels for generating sufficient electricity and meeting environmental requirements if materials are developed that can deliver reliable operation in the demanding reactor environment. This project will develop and demonstrate a tritium permeation barrier, which is a key component for safe operation of fusion reactors.

                                                                                

                                                                                    

         TOPIC:  ADVANCED COAL RESEARCH                                             

                                                                                   

         Membrane Technology and Research,                  Membrane Systems for Coal Bed Carbon

           Inc.                                                                   Dioxide Sequestration and Methane  

         1360 Willow Road, #103                                    Production                         

         Menlo Park, CA  94025

                                                    

Injection of carbon dioxide into unmineable coalbeds is a promising sequestration technology, particularly if coalbed methane displaced by the carbon dioxide can be economically treated and recovered for fuel use. Economical removal of carbon dioxide, nitrogen, oxygen and water from this gas is key; this project will develop membranes that can be used effectively for this type of separation.

                                                                                    

                                                                                    

         TOPIC:  COAL GASIFICATION AND COMBUSTION TECHNOLOGIES                       

                                                                                    

         Diversified Energy Corporation                            HydroMax - Overcoming the Challenges

         2020 W Guadalupe Rd                                        of Industrial Coal Gasification    

         Suite 5                                                                    

         Gilbert, AZ  85233                                                       

 

HydroMax will reduce and stabilize the price of fuel gas for the U.S. industrial sector, which accounts for ~30% of total U.S. natural gas consumption. This project will demonstrate the commercial viability of this breakthrough gasification technology.

                                                                                    

         Eltron Research & Development Inc.                   Perovskite Adsorbents for Warm-Gas 

         4600 Nautilus Court South                                  Removal of Sulfur                  

         Boulder, CO  80301-3241                                                    

 

To utilize coal in non-polluting electric power plants and to produce hydrogen and synthetic fuels, impurities from coal must be reduced to the lowest levels. Scientifically designed sorbents are being developed to enable use of membranes for ultimate purification of hydrogen and for sequestration of carbon dioxide.

                                                                                    

         TDA Research, Inc.                                             Magnetic Catalysts for             

         12345 W. 52nd Ave.                                          Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis          

         Wheat Ridge, CO  80033-1916                                                

                                                                                    

The liquid fuels produced by FT synthesis using coal-derived syngas can provide an immediately viable alternative to crude oil required to help provide energy independence to the U.S. This project will develop a new catalyst that offers several key benefits that can increase the cost-effectiveness of the FT process. 

 

                                                                        

         TOPIC:  ADVANCEMENTS IN SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELL BALANCE-OF-PLANT AND TURBINE PERFORMANCE AND SUB-SYTEMS FOR PERFORMANCE ENHANCEMENTS             

                                                                                    

                                                                                    

         Florida Turbine Technologies, Inc.                       High Temperature Capability and    

         1701 Military Trail                                               Innovative Cooling with a Spar &   

         Suite 110                                                             Shell Turbine Blade                

         Jupiter, FL  33458-7887                                                     

 

This project will develop an innovative new spar-shell turbine blade design to facilitate revolutionary advances in power plant performance, efficiency and clean operation. This design can be retrofitted into existing power plants to allow energy savings equivalent to 4 days of U.S. oil consumption every year. Development of this technology will enable the power industry to capitalize on the use of our nation’s most abundant resource, coal, while producing electricity with high efficiency and minimizing harmful emissions, such as carbon dioxide, that cause global warming.

                                                                                    

                                                                                    

         Precision Combustion, Inc.                                  Novel Water Neutral Diesel Fuel    

         410 Sackett Point Road                                       Processor and Sulfur Trap          

         North Haven, CT  06473                                                   

                                                                                     

This project addresses a key requirement for the development of practical fuel cells for distributed electrical power generation and mobile applications – the need to operate without water addition during operation. This program will demonstrate a durable system which meets this requirement at costs which are commercially viable, and provide a key support for successful US fuel cell systems enabling improved energy efficiency and independence and an improved environment.

 

                     

         R&D Dynamics Corporation                                Foil Gas Bearing Supported High    

         15 Barber Pond Road                                         Temperature Cathode Recycle Blower 

         Bloomfield, CT  06002    

 

Expanding the use of fuel cells should reduce our dependency on foreign oil and limit global warming.  This project will develop a low cost, high efficiency blower that will improve the efficiency and reliability of fuel cell systems.

 

                                                 

                                                                        

         TOPIC:  HIGH PERFORMANCE MATERIALS FOR LONG TERM FOSSIL ENERGY APPLICATIONS

                                                                                     

                                                                                    

         Aegis Technology Inc.                                         A High-temperature Sealing         

         3300 A Westminster Ave.                                   Technology for Gas Separation      

         Santa Ana, CA  92703                                        Devices                            

 

Advanced gas separation device/systems will significantly improve performance and reduce the costs of existing fossil systems or to enable the development of new systems and capabilities. This project will develop an advanced high-temperature seal material that is an essential step to achieve these objectives.

 

                                                                                     

         TOPIC:  ENVIRONMENTAL INNOVATIONS FOR FOSSIL ENERGY APPLICATIONS           

                                                                                    

         Los Gatos Research                                            Novel Instrumentation for Real-Time

         67 East Evelyn Avenue                                        Combustion Monitoring and Control  

         Suite 3                                                                    

         Mountain View, CA  94041  

 

This project will support the development and demonstration of a novel instrument with unprecedented sensitivity, accuracy and reliability for monitoring and control of combustion emissions and of power plants and industrial processes; for engine diagnostics and for automobile monitoring; and for measurements of atmospheric pollutants, trace gases and greenhouse gases.

                                                                                    

         NEI Corporation                                                 A New Cost Effective Sorbent for   

         400 Apgar Drive, Suite E                                     Mercury Removal From Flue Gas      

         Somerset, NJ  08873   

                                                  

There is a present need for sorbent technologies to enable coal-fired power plants to reduce mercury emissions. This project will develop a novel environmentally friendly sorbent technology  to meet this emerging market need.

                                                                                    

         Signal Processing, Inc.                                         A Novel Wireless Sensor Network with

         13619 Valley Oak Circle                                     Advanced Prognostic Algorithms for 

         Rockville, MD  20850-3563                               Condition Based Maintenance of      

                                                                                    Critical Power Plant Components    

                                                                                    

Improving efficiency, reducing emissions, and reducing costs are key objectives of power plants. This project outlines a novel diagnostic and prognostic framework that can help meet the above objectives.

                                                                                    

         TIAX, LLC                                                         Development of Technologies to     

         15 Acorn Park                                                    Reduce Freshwater Use and          

         Cambridge, MA  02140                                      Consumption in Coal-Fired Power    

                                                                                    Plants                              

 

This project will use the low grade waste heat from fuel combustion that is normally discharged into the atmosphere in a coal-fired power plant to produce clean water by removing impurities from contaminated water using a humidification/dehumidification process carried out at atmospheric pressure. The process will make sources of water accessible that are currently considered too contaminated for use, and reduce the withdrawal of useable water form lakes and rivers.

                                                                                     

                                                                                    

         Trimeric Corporation                                           FGD Additives to Segregate and     

         P.O. Box 826                                                      Sequester Mercury in Solid         

         Buda, TX  78610                                                Byproducts                         

                                                                                    

This project will develop new technology to reduce mercury emissions from coal-fired electric power plants and to prevent mercury environmental releases from power plant byproducts. The public will benefit from reduced exposure to mercury from the use of an abundant domestic energy source.

  

                                                                                 

         TOPIC:  OIL AND NATURAL GAS TECHNOLOGIES                                   

                                                                                     

         Impact Technologies LLC                                    Novel Low Cost Method to Install   

         5350 E. 46th Street                                             Geophones for CO2 Monitoring       

         Suite 131                                                                   

         Tulsa, OK  74135-6611                                                      

   

This project will develop a new advanced drilling system and assembly to drill small diameter, low cost wells with applications in the monitoring of CO2 enhanced oil floods and sequestration, oil and gas production, mining, construction, utility, pipeline, geothermal and other industries. This new drilling system allows for better control of the drilling process and for use of advanced drilling methods- resulting in safer, faster and cheaper drilling and boring.

 

                                                                                

         TOPIC:  CLIMATE CONTROL TECHNOLOGY FOR FOSSIL ENERGY APPLICATIONS           

                                                                                    

         Enogetek, Inc.                                                     A Novel Oxygen Separation Membrane 

         46 Bari Manor                                                     for Oxygen Production               

         Croton-on-Hudson, NY  10520                                              

                                                                                    

Successful completion of the current program will make significant contribution toward development of the new technologies that can effectively separate and capture CO2 from the coat-fired electric generating power plant, therefore, reducing the greenhouse gas emission without significantly increasing the electricity cost.

                                                                               

         Weston Geophysical Corp.                                  Enhanced Monitoring of Geological  

         181 Bedford St., Suite 1                                      Carbon Sequestration Using 3-D     

         Lexington, MA  02420                                        Passive Microsesimic Location      

                                                                                    Techniques                         

                                                                                    

To successfully sequester greenhouse gases in subsurface reservoirs, scientists must be able to map any micro-earthquakes, which could indicate unintended movement of injected fluids. The technology provides high-resolution mapping of microseismicity that occurs in subsurface storage reservoirs.

 

                                                                           

         TOPIC:  ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES FOR NUCLEAR ENERGY                           

                                                                                     

         Analysis and Measurement Services                     Wireless Sensors for Equipment     

           Corporation                                                       Health and Condition Monitoring in 

         9111 Cross Park Drive                                        Nuclear Power Plants               

         Building A                                                                 

         Knoxville, TN  37923  

                                                  

In a variety of industries, wireless sensors can significantly improve the ability of process engineers to identify equipment problems before a failure or accident occurs. This is provided that wireless sensors are properly deployed in these industries and their data is properly acquired, qualified, stored, and analyzed. This project provides the means to accomplish these objectives.

                                                                                  

         FAR-TECH, Inc.                                                Spent Nuclear Fuel Separation with 

         3550 General Atomics Court                               the Archimedes Plasma Mass Filter  

         Building 15, Suite 155                                                     

         San Diego, CA  92121                                                      

 

The Archimedes Plasma Mass Filter is an innovative, proliferation resistant technology for separating nuclear waste with potentially lower cost and environmental impact than chemical processing. This project will develop a vaporization source that would enable the Filter to be applied to the recycling of commercial spent nuclear fuel.

                                                                                    

         Luna Innovations Incorporated                             Low Drift Ultra High Temperature    

         1 Riverside Circle                                                Thermal Sensors                    

         Suite 400                                                                  

         Roanoke, VA  24016                                                       

 

This project will develop low drift ultra-high temperature fiber-optic temperature sensors, hardened for radiation environments, specifically for Gen-IV reactors.

                                                                                    

         Polymer Aging Concepts, Inc.                              Development of AgeAlert: A         

         372 River Drive                                                   Predictive Maintenance Sensor for  

         Dahlonega, GA  30533                                        Electrical Insulation Systems in   

                                                                                    Nuclear Power Applications         

                                                                                    

This project will develop a sensor for detecting aging electrical insulation which will significantly improve availability and lower costs of building and operating nuclear power plants by providing a sensor that detects degradation of electric motor insulation in harsh environments, allowing replacement before failure. This sensor technology has applications in new automotive and aerospace technologies.

 

                                                                                  

         TOPIC:  NUCLEAR PHYSICS ELECTRONICS DESIGN AND FABRICATION                 

                                                                                     

         XIA LLC                                                            Nuclear Physics Electronics Design and

         31057 Genstar Road                                           Fabrication Advances in Digital  

         Hayward, CA  94544                                          Electronics                        

                                                                                    

  

This project will develop high precision electronics which lower the cost and greatly increase the performance of a new analytic method to detect electromagnetic radiation from the near infrared to gamma rays. Its applications range from astronomy to materials analysis, including nuclear non-proliferation efforts to determine the composition, origin, and processing history of radioactive samples.

 

                                                                                 

         TOPIC:  NUCLEAR PHYSICS PARTICLE AND RADIATION DETECTION SYSTEMS,          

               INSTRUMENTATION AND TECHNIQUES                                     

       

          STTR Project

         Adelphi Technology, Inc.                                     High-Energy Gamma-ray Calibration Source

         2003 East Bayshore Road                                         

         Redwood City, CA  94063                                                  

                                                                                    

This project will develop a device that will permit the accurate calibration of gamma-ray detectors used in national and international nuclear safeguard programs to identify radioactive sources and nuclear material. The device will be portable, self-contained and will reduce the need for radioactive sources, which are currently used for the calibration of these detectors.                                                                    

      

STTR Project

Agiltron, Inc.                                                    Si Nanowires for High Efficiency

            15 Cabot Road                                                Gamma Ray Detectors

Woburn, MA  01801

 

National goals in nuclear physics, nuclear power generation, nuclear medicine, homeland security and the global war on terror call for a new generation of more compact, sensitive, lower cost radiation detectors. This project will develop a radically new family of nanotech-based detectors which promise to be the most significant advance in radiation sensors since the 1940's.

                      

                                                                             

         Integrated Sensors, LLC                                      Novel, Low Cost, High Gain,        

         2403 Evergreen Road                                          Micropattern Detectors              

         Toledo, OH  43606-2323                                                     

                                                                                    

New types of low cost, high performance, radiation detectors are needed for nuclear physics, homeland security and medical imaging. This project will develop devices to detect charged and neutral atomic particles including radioactive ions and gamma radiation over a wide energy range.

                     

                                                                      

         Mesolight, LLC                                       High-Efficiency and Less Expensive 

         401 S Cedar Street                                             Nanocrystal-Based Scintillator     

         Little Rock, AR  72205                                                      

       

This project will develop high efficiency and less expensive nanocomposite scintillators that can be used nuclear materials detection, airport/dock x-ray screening/imaging, and diagnostic medical imaging.

 

                                                              

         Radiation Monitoring Devices, Inc.                       SSPM Detector for Polarized Target 

         44 Hunt Street                                                     Scintillation Readout              

         Watertown, MA  02472-4699                                                  

     

For novel scientific experiments studying fundamental questions of nature, photodetectors that operate down to – 450 °F in a high magnetic field are required for collecting critical data, but there are no cost-effective instruments that can fulfill this requirement. Photodetectors developed using a commercially available fabrication process are being evaluated and designed to provide scientists a standard instrument for a myriad of applications in these environments

                                                                              

                                                                                    

         Radiation Monitoring Devices, Inc.                       New Detector for Gamma Ray and     

         44 Hunt Street                                                     Neutron Studies                    

         Watertown, MA  02472-4699                                                  

                                                                                     

This project will investigate a novel detector technology that will be very useful in nuclear physics studies. It will also be useful in other scientific studies (such as high energy physics and space research), commercial applications (such as oil exploration and medical imaging) as well as in nuclear non-proliferation.

                                                                                  

         Tech-X Corporation                                            Modeling of Signal Generation in   

         5621 Arapahoe Ave                                            Gamma-Ray Detectors                

         Suite A                                                                    

         Boulder, CO  80303-1379                                                     

                                                                                    

   Gamma ray detectors will continue to be a fundamental tool of nuclear physics research for the foreseeable future. Optimal device performance depends on high fidelity simulations that can accurately model the physics.

 

                                                                                 

         TOPIC:  NUCLEAR PHYSICS ACCELERATOR TECHNOLOGY                              

         

          STTR Project

          InnoSense, LLC                                                 Refractory Coated Silica Aerogels-Catchers

         2531 West 237th Street                                      for the Fast Release of

         Suite 127                                                             Unstable Light Nuclei

        Torrance, CA  90505

                                                                                                                                                                     

This project will develop and demonstrate porous refractory materials as isotope catchers for the efficient production of unstable light nuclei. This project will support the DOE-FRIB Program objectives, which aim to develop production methods and enhance the beam intensity of short-lived rare isotopes. 

 

         Niowave, Inc.                                                      Development of a Low Frequency SRF 

         1012 N. Walnut Street                                        Electron Gun                       

         Lansing, MI  48906                                                          

                                                                                    

Future accelerators will require high brightness, low emittance electron beams. This project will develop a low frequency superconducting electron gun that can be used as an electron cooler, an advanced x-ray and gamma ray source, and in free electron lasers.

         

                                                                          

         Omega-P, Inc.                                                     High-Intensity Proton Accelerator  

         199 Whitney Ave., Suite 200                                                

         New Haven, CT  06511                                                     

  

Intense proton beams can be used for disposal of waste from nuclear reactor spent fuel rods, and other applications. This project is to explore a new concept for a compact accelerator to generate the proton beam.

                                                                                  

                                                                                    

         Sienna Technologies, Inc.                                     High Performance Lossy Dielectric  

         19501 144th Ave NE Suite F-500                       HOM Absorbers for SRF Cavities     

         Woodinville, WA  98072-4423 

 

This project will create environmentally friendly products by replacing toxic beryllia (BeO) with non-toxic aluminum nitride (AlN). This program will develop a new joining technology to facilitate insertion of high thermal conductivity AlN-based lossy dielectric high order mode (HOM) absorbers into superconductor radio frequency (SRF) cavities as well as microwave tubes to replace toxic BeO components.

                                               

                                                                                    

                                                                                    

         TOPIC:  NUCLEAR PHYSICS SOFTWARE AND DATA MANAGEMENT                        

                                                                                   

         Tech-X Corporation                                            Customizable Web Service for       

         5621 Arapahoe Ave                                            Efficient Access to Distributed    

         Suite A                                                                Nuclear Physics Relational Databases

         Boulder, CO  80303-1379                                                    

      

This project will develop software and tools that will significantly help scientists efficiently access data from geographically distributed relational databases and more rapidly transform their raw data into scientific results and discovery.

 

                                                                              

         TOPIC:  ACCELERATOR TECHNOLOGY FOR INTERNATIONAL LINEAR COLLIDER           

                                                                                    

         AMAC International Inc.                                     High Resolution and Fast Scanning  

         12050 Jefferson Avenue                                      Speed SQUID Based Non-destructive  

         Suite 348                                                             Inspection of Niobium Sheets for SRF

         Newport News, VA  23606                                Cavities                           

 

This project will use the innovative SQUID-based scanning system to inspect Nb sheets in fast and highly sensitive fashion to detect micro particles and allow for the highest accelerating fields. It will help considerably in reducing the cost of DOE multi million dollar projects and can be used for many other applications in industries for high sensitive inspection of metals.                                                                                    

                                                                                     

         Avar Incorporated                                               High Efficiency Fundemental Power  

         PO Box 14341                                                    Coupler for ILC SRF Cavities       

         Newport News, VA  23608                                                  

 

Particle accelerators are used in a wide variety of research, medical, and processing applications but have been limited by their high cost. This project is addressing one of the highest cost components, the radio frequency power coupler, in order to significantly reduce capital and operating costs making new accelerator applications possible.

                                                                                    

         Hyper Tech Research, Inc.                                  Magnesium Diboride Short Period    

         1275 Kinnear Road                                             Helical Undulator for the          

         Columbus, OH  43212                                        International Linear Collider       

                                                                                    Positron Source                    

                                                                                    

This project will develop sub-size prototype undulators that will provide the necessary expertise for the eventual construction of an improved full scale undulator for the ILC.

                                                                              

         Saxet Surface Science                                         Activation Layer Stabilization of  

         3913 Todd Lane                                                 High Polarization Photocathodes in 

         Suite 303                                                             Sub-Optimal RF Gun Environments    

         Austin, TX  78744   

                                                       

This project will improve the background gas immunity of spin-polarized electron sources, thereby allowing them to function in the less-than-ideal environment of RF guns.

                                                                                     

         STTR Project

         SVT Associates, Inc.                                           High Polarization and High Peak Current

         7620 Executive Drive                                          Compositionally Graded AlGaAs/GaAs

         Eden Prairie, MN  55344                                    Superlattice Photocathodes for RF

                                                                                    Gun Applications

 

This project will create a new, highly efficient source of polarized electrons for use in high energy particle physics research.

 

                                                                                                            

         TOPIC:  ADVANCED CONCEPTS AND TECHNOLOGY FOR HIGH ENERGY ACCELERATORS      

                                                                                     

                                                                                    

         Beam Power Technology, Inc.                             Development of a Non-Axisymmetric  

         150 Lincoln Street Suite 3C                                 Permanent Magnet Focusing System for

         Boston, MA  02111                                            Elliptic Charged-Particle Beams    

                                                                                    

This project will develop a novel magnetic system for elliptic beams which have wide applications in particle accelerators and vacuum electron devices.

                                                                                    

         Crystal Systems, Inc.                                           Reduced Parasitic Lasing in        

         27 Congress Street                                              Ti:Sapphire Lasers: Removing a     

         Salem, MA  01970                                              Bottleneck to New Ways of          

                                                                                    Acceleration                        

    

The new exciting field of ultrafast lasers faces a bottleneck with parasitic lasing in the Ti:sapphire laser crystal. This project is aimed at eliminating this bottleneck, allowing continued application of this laser technology to problems in high energy physics, national security, and cancer therapy.

                                                                               

                                                                                    

         EPIC Consulting                                      Device Oriented Process Controller 

         101 Mountain Ridge Drive                                                   

         Mount Sinai, NY  11766                                                   

                                                                                     

This project will develop an approach to configure the I/O for a large physics project, reducing the time to produce and maintain the massive amount of configuration data by providing the engineers and physicists with tools that configure the system at a high level. The creation, duplication, and management of devices, compresses the external view of the process by an order of magnitude.

                                                                                     

         Euclid TechLabs, LLC                                         Development of a Tunable Dielectric

         5900 Harper Rd. #102                                        Loaded Accelerating Structure      

         Solon, OH  44139                                                            

                                                                                    

This project will develop a technology to be able to electrically control the frequency of microwave devices for particle acceleration. This eliminates the need for mechanical tuning and may permit these devices to be manufactured more inexpensively.

                                                                                 

         Euclid TechLabs, LLC                                         Beam Breakup Instability in        

         5900 Harper Rd. #102                                        Dielectric Structures              

         Solon, OH  44139                                                           

This project will develop software and instrumentation tools to study and improve the performance of advanced research accelerators.

                                                                                

                                                                                     

         Muons, Inc.                                                         Magnets for Muon 6D Helical Cooling

         552 N. Batavia Ave.                                            Channels                           

         Batavia, IL  60510                                                        

                                                                                    

This project will develop a new system of superconducting magnets to shrink the size of a beam of muons in all dimensions to investigate nature at fundamental levels at the energy frontier and for several other scientific and commercial applications.

                                                                                    

         Muons, Inc.                                                         Stopping Muon Beams                 

         552 N. Batavia Ave.                                                        

         Batavia, IL  60510                                                       

                                                                                     

New beam cooling techniques will be applied to create an intense beam of low-energy muons that will stop in a small volume for particle physics experiments of exquisite sensitivity, muon spin resonance studies, and muon-catalyzed fusion.

                                                                                 

         Particle Beam Lasers, Inc.                                   Development of a 6-Dimensional Muon

         18925 Dearborn Street                                        Cooling System using Achromat Bends

         Northridge, CA  91324-2807                              and the Design, Fabrication, and   

                                                                                    Test of a High Temperature         

                                                                                    Superconducting Solenoid for the    

                                                                                    System                             

                                                                                    

 

This project is a continuation of initial work to develop a 6-Dimensional muon cooling system using achromat bends. The ultimate goal is to design, build, test and operate such a system at a national accelerator site or commercial ion laser facility. High Temperature Superconducting magnet technology is expected to make future accelerator facilities highly energy efficient.

 

                                                                                  

         TOPIC:  RADIO FREQUENCY ACCELERATOR TECHNOLOGY FOR HIGH ENERGY ACCELERATORS AND COLLIDERS                                                       

                                                                                    

                                                                                    

         Euclid TechLabs, LLC                                         Development of a 26 GHz RF Power   

         5900 Harper Rd. #102                                        Extractor                          

         Solon, OH  44139

 

This project will develop a new kind of high power high frequency microwave power source. This technology will have applications to basic research and to defense and communications.

 

 

         STTR Project

         GeneSiC Semiconductor Inc.                               SiC Optically Gated High Power

         43670 Trade Center Place                                   Solid State Switch                                                              

         Suite 155                                                                  

         Dulles, VA  20166                                                          

 

This project will design, fabricate and characterize high-gain, SiC-based high-voltage, Optically-Gated High-power Solid-state Switch (SiC-OGHSS) for electromagnetic-interference (EMI) immune and optically-isolated compact, sub-microsecond pulsed-power applications.

 

 

         Omega-P, Inc.                                                     Multi-MW 22.8 GHz Harmonic         

         199 Whitney Ave., Suite 200                               Multiplier--Rf Power Source for    

         New Haven, CT  06511                                      High-Gradient Accelerator R&D      

                                                                                     

Basic laboratory studies are needed to understand high field limits in candidate structures for a future affordable particle accelerator. This project aims to build a new microwave source for this purpose with minimum investment in new technology.

                                                                                 

         Tech-X Corporation                                            Simulations of Waveguide Breakdown 

         5621 Arapahoe Ave                                                           

         Suite A                                                                    

         Boulder, CO  80303-1379                                                    

                                                                                     

Understanding breakdown of metallic structures with high gradients is needed to improve neutrino physics experiments that are important to the future of Fermilab. This project will model atomic processes in plasmas that will provide models of the onset of breakdown, and will also have application to Air Force plasma physics research.

 

                                                                                    

         TOPIC:  HIGH-FIELD SUPERCONDUCTOR AND SUPERCONDUCTING MAGNET TECHNOLOGIES FOR HIGH ENERGY PARTICLE COLLIDERS                                                                                                                      

   

         Hyper Tech Research, Inc.                                  High Field MgB2 Strands for High   

         1275 Kinnear Road                                             Energy Particle Colliders          

         Columbus, OH  43212                                                        

                                                                                     

This project will develop an affordable magnesium diboride superconductor for next generation High Energy Physics accelerator magnets and components.

 

         SCI Engineered Materials, Inc.                            Flux Pinning Additions to Increase Jc    

         2839 Charter Street                                             Performance in BSCCO-2212 Round 

         Columbus, OH  43228-4607                               Wire for Very High Field Magnets                             

 

In order to maintain the nation’s technical leadership in high energy physics it is

necessary to have an active part in the development and construction of the future generations

of particle accelerators. To do this, high field superconducting magnets are required and this

project will design high quality conductors, at low cost, to be used in these magnets.

 

                                                                                    

         Supercon, Inc.                                                     High Performance, Ti Doped Nb3Sn   

         830 Boston Turnpike Road                                  Fabricated by the Internal Tin Tube

         Shrewsbury, MA  01545                                     Method                             

                                                                                    

The magnets for the next generation of high energy physics and fusion machines will require development of superconducting wire capable of high performance at very high magnetic fields. This project will develop a novel fabrication route for producing Nb3Sn superconductor at reduced cost and higher performance.

 

STTR Project

Supercon, Inc.                                                  React-Wind-Sinter Technology

            830 Boston Turnpike Road                               for Bi2Sr2CaCu2Ox                         

            Shrewsbury, MA  01545                                    

                      

The goal of this program is to reduce the cost and risk associated with producing high temperature superconducting magnets for high energy physics, while also improving performance. It will accomplish this goal through the development of a unique heat treating process for fabricating Bi2212 HTS magnets.

                                                                                  

         SupraMagnetics, Inc.                                           Towards a Non-Cu Jc(12T) of 4,000  

         214 Canal Street                                                 A/mm2 with Novel Second Phase Flux 

         Plantsville, CT  06479                                         Pinning in PIT Strand for HEP      

                                                                                    Applications                       

 

This project will develop a new economical Nb3Sn superconductor for high field magnets utilized in high energy physics research, fusion machines, and MRI and NMR instruments for the general benefit of the public.

 

                                                                                    

         TOPIC:  HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS DETECTORS                                      

                                                                                     

         Voxtel, Inc.                                                         Large Area, High Dynamic Range, Sold

         12725 SW Millikan Way                                     State Photomultiplier Array for    

         Suite 230                                                             Cherenkov Calorimetry              

         Beaverton, OR  97006                                                     

 

A new solid state detector is proposed, which is manufactured using standard silicon semiconductor processing, is inexpensive, which is highly sensitive to Cherenkov radiation, and which also has great promise for enabling a number of nuclear medicine applications such as SPECT and PET and bio-medical applications such as DNA sequencing.

                                                                                    

         Voxtel, Inc.                                                         High Resolution 15-Micron Thin,    

         12725 SW Millikan Way                                     Pixellated, Back-Illuminated SOI   

         Suite 230                                                             CMOS Vertex Sensor                 

         Beaverton, OR  97006                                                     

 

This project will build a machine for precision measurement. It requires sensors that are technologically superior in terms of high segmentation and low mass. This is uncharted territory for charged particle detection, and is a field that pushes current efforts to new areas in sensor development.

                                                                                    

                                                                                    

         TOPIC:  NUMERICAL SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE                                     

                                                                                     

         Tech-X Corporation                                            Library-Based Tuning of Mathematical

         5621 Arapahoe Ave                                            Kernals on Petascale Systems       

         Suite A                                                                     

         Boulder, CO  80303-1379

                                                   

Simulation codes have to be optimized to take full advantage of latest generation of supercomputers. This project will tune a simulation tool widely used within DOE scientific community to maximize the scientific return of these expensive systems.

                                                                                 

                                                                                    

         TOPIC:  SCIENTIFIC VISUALIZATION AND DATA UNDERSTANDING                    

                                                                                    

                                                                                     

         Tungsten Graphics, Inc.                                       Open Source OpenGL Driver for the  

         114 S Prize Oaks Drive                                       Cell BE Processor                  

         Cedar Park, TX  78613   

                                                  

Scientists and researchers currently use the Cell BE processor for computation but also

need a platform for graphically visualize the results. The OpenGL driver for the Cell BE

processor will allow this community to use the same Cell BE-based computer clusters to

compute and visualize their data. This project will also support the emerging convergence

of CPUs and GPUs.

                                                                                     

                                                                                    

         TOPIC:  HIGH PERFORMANCE NETWORKS                                          

                                                                                     

         Acadia Optronics, LLC                                       End System Control Architectures in

         1395 Piccard Drive                                             E-Science Networks                 

         Suite 210                                                                   

         Rockville, MD  20850                                                       

        

This project will develop and deploy advanced software solutions that address

the needs of next-generation government computing and networking infrastructures as

well as large-scale commercial interests.

                                                                           

                                                                                    

         TOPIC:  SCALABLE SYSTEMS SOFTWARE FOR PETASCALE COMPUTER SYSTEMS           

                                                                                    

         Accelogic, LLC                                       LAPACKrc - An FPGA Linear Algebra  

         609 Spinnaker                                                     Library for Maximal-Performance    

         Weston, FL  33326                                             Petascale Supercomputing           

                                                                                    

      Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) are specialized programmable processors that adapt their hardware resources to better tackle the problem at hand. This will enable supercomputer applications (oil & gas, nuclear, weather, aircraft design, etc.) to exploit FPGAs to solve mathematical equations hundreds of times faster than traditional computers-at lower costs.

        

                                                                     

         TOPIC:  HIGH PERFORMANCE MIDDLEWARE                                         

                                                                                    

         Tech-X Corporation                                            SVOPME:A Scalable Virtual          

         5621 Arapahoe Ave                                            Organization Privilege Management  

         Suite A                                                                Environment                        

         Boulder, CO  80303-1379                                                    

 

This project will develop a scalable environment that will make administering user privileges and enhancing the security of large number of computers easy. These tools will enable scientists to work and share resources more efficiently.

                                                                                    

                                                                                    

         TOPIC:  DISCOVERY, SEARCH, AND COMMUNICATION OF TEXTUAL KNOWLEDGE RESOURCES IN DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS                                             

                                                                                     

                                                                                    

         David Wojick                                                      Discovery Tools for Science        

         391 Flickertail Lane                                             Education Content                  

         Star Tannery, VA  22654-1908 

                                             

Today there is no way to search the Web for science that is suited to students in a specific grade in school. This project will train a computer to recognize grade level when it searches, so students can find what they need.

                                                                                    

         Deep Web Technologies, LLC                            Multi-Lingual Federated Search     

         301 North Guadalupe                                                        

         Suite 201                                                                  

         Santa Fe, NM  87501                                                         

                                                                                    

This project aims to allow researchers to search scientific sources in their native language and view results lists and documents that have been translated.

                                                                                

         Deep Web Technologies, LLC                            Source Selection Optimization      

         301 North Guadalupe                                                         

         Suite 201                                                                  

         Santa Fe, NM  87501                                                        

                                                                                     

High quality scientific information often lives in places on the web that Google and the other popular search engines can't access. This project aims to assist in discovering and creating access to quality sources, and to facilitating selection of the most relevant sources to search.

                                                                                  

      

         Edgewater Technology Associates,                      Multi-Faceted Clustering of        

           Inc                                                                    Meta-Search Results                 

         3528 Worthington Blvd., Suite 301                                          

         Urbana, MD  21704                                                          

                                                                                     

The U.S. Government, including the Department of Energy, is faced with the growing problem of finding the most relevant scientific and technical information on the Internet. This project will create a next generation search system to provide the best answers to users even when they do not know where to look and how to best organize the information for productive use.

 

        STTR Project 

         Information International                                      Automated Tool for Locating,

           Associates, Inc.                                                 Harvesting and Storing Experimental                                                        

         1055 Commerce Park Drive, Suite 110                                        

         P.O. Box 4219                                                               

         Oak Ridge, TN  37831                                                       

                                                                                    

A wealth of scientific and technical data is in a distributed set of data repositories, and at a growing pace. This project will develop the foundation whereby scientific documents become executable through use of improved metadata linked from the document and embedded in the data set.

 

                                                                               

         TOPIC:  RESEARCH TO SUPPORT PROLIFERATION DETECTION                        

                                                                                    

         Radiation Monitoring Devices, Inc.                       Developing CZT for Single Element  

         44 Hunt Street                                                     Spectrometers                      

         Watertown, MA  02472-4699                                                  

 

This project will investigate a novel detector technology that will be very useful in nuclear non-proliferation. Our chosen crystal growth method promises to increase the yield of spectrometer grade material that is necessary for wide spread use of these detectors in the nuclear non-proliferation application. The detector technology will also be useful in other scientific studies (such as high energy physics and space research), commercial applications (such as oil exploration and medical imaging), as well as in nuclear physics experiments.

                                                                                    

                                                                                    

         Structured Materials Industries,                            Miniature Spherical Retroreflectors

           Inc.                                                                   Fabricated by Fluidized Bed CVD    

         201 Circle Drive North                                                     

         Unit # 102                                                                  

         Piscataway, NJ  08854                                                      

 

This project will develop novel technology to produce miniature omni directional reflectors. These miniature reflectors will enable laser techniques to remotely identify chemical, biological and radiological agents in the atmosphere.

                                                                                    

                                                                                     

         TOPIC:  RESERACH TO SUPPORT NUCLEAR EXPLOSION MONITORING                   

        

Geotech Instruments, LLC                                   Prototyping an Intrinsically Digital

         10755 Sanden Drive                                            Broadband Seismometer               

         Dallas, TX  75238                                                          

                                                                                    

This project will design and build a seismometer that combines the essential features of a traditional pure analog seismometer, which outputs a voltage signal, with a traditional digitizer, which samples that voltage signal and provides digital word output.

 

                                                                            

         PMD Scientific, Inc.                                            Next Generation Robust Low Noise   

         105-F West Dudleytown Road                            Seismometer for Nuclear Monitoring 

         Bloomfield, CT  06002                                                       

                                                                                    

This project will develop a conceptually new very high performance seismometer aimed at improved nuclear explosion monitoring. The new instrument will also be very competitive in the worldwide marketplace for a variety of other applications.

                                                                             

         Rocky Mountain Geophysics, LLC                      Development of Low-Noise Smart     

         167 Piedra Loop                                                 Sensors for Small Explosion        

         Los Alamos, NM  87544                                    Monitoring                         

 

Subcritical nuclear explosions can be used by nascent nuclear states for weaponization of nuclear bombs. Development of a Low-Noise Smart Sensor will provide the United States Government with the capability to remotely monitor subcritical experiments at foreign test sites.

                                                                                     

                                                                                    

         TOPIC:  HIGH TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTING SECOND GENERATION WIRE            

                                                                                     

                                                                                    

         Composite Technology Development,                  Nanocomposite Insulation for 2G    

           Inc.                                                                   Superducting Wires                 

         2600 Campus Drive                                                          

         Suite D                                                                    

         Lafayette, CO  80026                                                       

                                                                                    

Advanced insulator materials are needed to enable the continued development of more efficient power-distribution systems based on second-generation (2G) superconducting wires. To achieve this goal, the dielectric materials must be capable of long-term operation at high voltages and cryogenic temperatures.

                                                                                

         Metal Oxide Technologies, Inc.                            Ultra-Fast MOCVD Growth of Highly  

         8807 Emmott Road                                             Textured YBCO Films for Coated     

         Suite 100                                                             Conductors                         

         Houston, TX  77040-3532                                                    

 

This project will dramatically reduce the cost of high temperature superconducting wire which operates without electrical loss. A reliable, commercially viable superconducting wire will benefit: (1) Government and military mission critical programs, (2) Industry development and economic growth, (3) The environment by reducing the consumption of politically unstable fossil fuel.

                                                                                    

                                                                                    

         TOPIC:  POWER ELECTRONICS AND ADVANCED MATERIALS FOR ENERGY STORAGE         

                                                                                    

                                                                                    

         GeneSiC Semiconductor Inc.                               Large Area SiC GTO Thyristor        

         43670 Trade Center Place                                   Development                        

         Suite 155                                                                  

         Dulles, VA  20166                                                           

                                                                                    

This project will develop revolutionary new semiconductor technology that will allow efficient processing of Megawatts of electrical power with digital precision. This key enabler allows adoption of alternative energy sources, preservation of organic agricultural products, robust hardware for modern utility grid, realization of next generation of Naval power systems and directed energy weapon systems. It represents the “Future of Power Electronics.”

 

 

Giner, Inc.                                                        Nano-Engineered Carbon             

            89 Rumford Avenue                                         Electrochemical Capacitors         

            Newton, MA  02466                                                           

     

This project will develop a low-cost, high-energy and high-power all-solid-polymer-electrolyte carbon-carbon electrochemical double-layer supercapacitor that does not contain any corrosive or toxic chemicals and could be used in the energy industry and variety of utility applications providing improved power quality and reliability and energy/demand cost savings from load leveling.

                                                                                   

         One-Cycle Control, Inc.                                      One-Cycle Controlled Reactive Power

         12 Mauchly                                                         Supply Inverter (OCC-RPSI) for     

         Suite P                                                                Distributed Energy                  

         Irvine, CA  92618                                                          

     

In August 2003, insufficient reactive power was a major cause of the NY blackout. This project will develop breakthrough technology that will enable grid operators to leverage numerous small distributed-energy resources to inject real and reactive power, to improve the stability, capacity, and reliability of the electric grid.

                                                                               

                                                                                    

         TOPIC:  CARBON CYCLE MEASUREMENTS OF THE ATMOSPHERE AND THE BIOSPHERE      

                                                                                                             

         Aerodyne Research, Inc.                                     Development of Aircraft Borne 13CH4

         45 Manning Road                                                Analyzer Using a Continuous Wave   

         Billerica, MA  01772                                           Quantum Cascade Infrared Laser     

                                                                                    Spectrometer                       

                                                                                    

Methane is the second most important greenhouse gas contributing to global warming. This project will produce a laser based isotopic methane monitor that will be used to quantify the various sources of atmospheric methane based on their distinct isotopic signatures in order to assess the impact of methane on global warming and climate change.

                                                                               

         Lenterra Inc.                                                        A Cost-Effective Analytical        

         7 Tenney Road                                                    Technology for Identification and  

         West Orange, NJ  07052                                    Measurement of Greenhouse Gases    

                                                                                    

This project will develop a prototype of gas analyzer, based on the proprietary analytical technology that measure important greenhouse gas constituents. The project will result in the development of a cost effective portable autonomous platform for environmental gas analysis.

                                                                                

         Los Gatos Research                                            Isotope Analyzer for Real-Time     

         67 East Evelyn Avenue                                        Measurements in the Field          

         Suite 3                                                                     

         Mountain View, CA  94041                                                   

                                                                                    

The instrument developed will be the first gas analyzer capable of providing real-time measurements of methane isotopomers (13CH4, 12CH4 and δ13C) in ambient air and thus enable fast, accurate quanitification of methane oxidation in landfills, wetlands, urban environments, as well as oil and gas exploration, and environmental research.

                                                                                    

         NovaWave Technologies, Inc.                             Real-Time Multispecies Greenhouse  

         900 Island Drive, Suite 101                                 Gas Sensor                          

         Redwood City, CA  94065                                                    

                                                                                    

This project will develop compact, low-cost, accurate, and highly reliable trace gas sensors that are suitable for the autonomous sensing of greenhouse gases in the field. These sensors are presently required for improving our understanding of global climate change, emissions monitoring for regulatory compliance, and will be suitable for a variety of industrial process control applications.

                                                                                    

         Picarro, Inc.                                                        Methane and Carbon Dioxide         

         480 Oakmead Parkway                                       Eddy-Covariance Flux Monitor       

         Sunnyvale, CA  94085                                                       

 

Measurement of small changes in atmospheric carbon dioxide and methane concentrations provide important information related to greenhouse gases and global warming. This project will develop a monitor for tracking these gases to facilitate the prediction of future climate trends.

                                                                                   

                                                                                    

         Southwest Sciences, Inc.                                      High Precision CO2 Field Sensor    

         1570 Pacheco Street                                                        

         Suite E-11                                                                 

         Santa Fe, NM  87505                                                         

                                                                                    

Understanding the effects of carbon dioxide on climate requires high precision field measurements, yet current instrumentation is inadequate to meet the required needs and provide the detailed information necessary. This project will develop a compact, rugged optical sensor for making high precision measurements of carbon dioxide and other important greenhouse gases.

 

                                                                                

         TOPIC:  GENOMES-TO-LIFE (GTL) AND RELATED BIOTECHNOLOGIES                  

                                                                                    

                                                                                     

         Gevo, Inc.                                                           Engineering Isobutanol Production  

         345 Inverness Drive South                                   for High Yield                     

         Building C, Suite 310                                                       

         Englewood, CO  80112   

 

This project enables efficient and commercial production of an isobutanol biofuel using existing process technology developed by and for the ethanol industry.

 

         STTR Project

         Microbial Fuel Cell Technologies,                        Ethanologenic / Electricigenic Consolidated

           LLC                                                                  Bioprocessing of  Cellulosic Biomass                                                  

         729 Veron Place                                                            

         Mount Pleasant, SC  29464                                                  

 

 

The United States is in need of new sources of energy, particularly those that can be generated domestically without increasing the use of fossil fuels. This project will develop a biological process that increases the yield of bioethanol from renewable plant fiber by 5-fold or more is being developed.

 

          STTR Project

          NamesforLife, LLC                       NamesforLife Semantic Resolution

         4233 Jacob Meadows Drive           Services for the Life Sciences                                           

         Okemos, MI  48824-3181                                                      

        

NamesforLife is a novel technology that resolves uncertainty about the meaning of biological names or other dynamic terminologies.  It uses those terms to create persistent links to related information, goods, and services available on the Internet, even if the terms have changed.

                                                                        

         SunEthanol Inc.                                                   Genome-Enabled Advancement of      

         100 Venture Way                                                Biomass to Biofuel Technology      

         Hadley, MA  01035                                                        

 

Improved technologies are needed to enable the economical production of ethanol from renewable biomass resources such as agricultural, lumber, and paper industry wastes. We have discovered a novel microbe, Clostridium phytofermentans, that directly and efficiently converts a broad-range of readily available and relatively inexpensive biomass sources to ethanol. The goal of this project is to develop a simplified and less expensive commercial process to convert biomass to ethanol.

                                                                                    

                                                                                     

         TOPIC:  TECHNOLOGIES FOR SUBSURFACE CHARACTERIZATION AND MONITORING        

            

         STTR Project

         Burge Environmental, Inc.                        In-Situ Monitoring of the Radioactive

         6100 South Maple Avenue                      Contaminant  99TC in Ground 99TC in

         Suite 114                                    Ground Reagentless Equilibrium-Based

         Tempe, AZ  85283-2872                        Sensor

                                                                                    

 This project will develop a field-deployable monitoring system for the cost-effective and rapid determination of radioactive substances in the groundwater at federal sites, such as Hanford Site, Washington.  The development of the system will decrease the future cost of site remediation.

                                                                     

                                                                                    

         New England Research, Inc.                                A New High-Resolution Method for the

         331 OLcott Drive, Suite L1                                 Characterization of Heterogeneous  

         White River Junction, VT  05001                         Subsurface Environments:  Providing

                                                                                    Flow and Transport Parameters via  

                                                                                    the Integration of MultiScale      

                                                                                    HYdroGeophysical Data              

                                                                                    

        

This project will develop a high-resolution geophysical method for environmental remediation that enables scientists to characterize, and integrate hydrogeologic properties at all scales. This represents a powerful new approach to understanding the flow and transport of contaminants in the heterogeneous subsurface.

 

                                                                           

         Vista Clara Inc.                                                   Low-Cost Small Diameter NMR        

         2615 W Casino Road, Suite 4-JK          Technologies for In-Situ Subsurface

         Everett, WA  98204                                            Characterization and Monitoring    

                                                                                    

This project will develop low-cost, small-diameter NMR instrumentation and analysis software for subsurface characterization and monitoring. The technology developed through this program will be widely applicable to groundwater development, management, and remediation and monitoring of contaminated aquifers.

 

                                                                              

         TOPIC:  ATMOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT TECHNOLOGY                                 

                                                                                    

          Aerodyne Research, Inc.                                    Aerosol Mass Spectrometry via      

         45 Manning Road                                                Laser-Induced Incandescence Particle

         Billerica, MA  01772                               Vaporization

                                                                                     

Small airborne particles generated from energy-related activities can adversely impact human health, visibility, and global climate. This project will develop an instrument with unique capabilities for measuring carbonaceous particulate matter, including real-time measurements of particle size and chemical composition, particularly black carbon (soot).

                                                                                  

         Los Gatos Research                                            Ultrasensitive Airborne            

         67 East Evelyn Avenue                                        Instrumentation for the            

         Suite 3                                                                 Quantification of Aerosol Precursors

         Mountain View, CA  94041                                                   

 

This project will develop a flight-based analyzer to study chemical species that are critical in formation of aerosol particulates. These particulates have been strongly implicated in global warming and pulmonary diseases.

                                                                                    

                                                                                    

         SPEC Incorporated                                             A Dual-Wavelength In Situ Cloud    

         3022 Sterling Circle                                             Lidar with Very Large Sample Volume

         Suite 200                                                                  

         Boulder, CO  80301-2377                                                    

                                                                                    

A novel dual-wavelength in situ cloud lidar flown on research aircraft and UAV’s will provide large-volume measurements of cloud microphysical properties, which are needed to compare with the inherently large view of clouds that satellites provide. This project will develop a new lidar that will provide measurements of cloud properties on the same scale as satellite observations, thereby minimizing biases from mismatched sampling volumes. The improved satellite retrievals of cloud properties are needed to improve parameterizations of cloud properties used in climate models.

 

                                                                                    

         TOPIC:  MEDICAL SCIENCES                                                   

                                                                                    

         ALEM-RMD Joint Venture                                 Novel Ceramic Scintillators for PET

         44 Hunt Street                                                             

         Watertown, MA  02472  

                                                    

The project will investigate two promising nuclear detector materials that will have major impact in medical imaging, physics, homeland security, scientific studies as well as commercial applications.

                                                                               

                                                                                    

         Radiation Monitoring Devices, Inc.                       Novel Parallax Free Sensor for     

         44 Hunt Street                                                     Molecular Imaging                   

         Watertown, MA  02472-4699

                                                  

This project will allow realization of the full potential of current state-of-the-art X-ray/γ- ray systems used in medical imaging, scanning equipment at airports, seaports and border control points, detectors for homeland security, and in small animal research, which is vitally important for the rapid and cost-effective development of new drugs.

                                                                                     

         Radiation Monitoring Devices, Inc.                       A Novel Microfluidic Detector with 

         44 Hunt Street                                                     Position Sensitivity               

         Watertown, MA  02472-4699                                                  

                                                                                    

This project will investigate a promising detector technology, which will have major impact in medicine and health-care, scientific studies, health care, homeland defense as well as industrial applications.

 

                                                                                 

         TOPIC:  ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES AND MATERIALS FOR FUSION ENERGY SYSTEMS 

    

          STTR Project

         Composite Technology Development,                  High-Performance Magnet

           Inc.                                                                   Technology for Fusion Applications

         2600 Campus Drive                                                          

         Suite D                                                                    

         Lafayette, CO  80026                                                       

 

High performance magnets are a key component of the fusion energy programs under development by the U.S. Department of Energy.  This project seeks to extend the state of the art in magnet technology to ensure the reliable operations of these future machines.

 

                                                                          

         HyPerComp Inc.                                                 Rapid Turnaround MHD Modeling      

         2629 Townsgate Rd., Suite 105                           Ability for Liquid Breeder Blankets

         Westlake Village, CA  91361                                              

                                                                                    

This project will develop rapid simulation capabilities that will enable dramatic savings in the cost associated with testing and reduce the risk in ITER and other fusion based test devices. 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

                                                                              

         Hyper-Therm High-Temperature              Low Conductivity SiC-Based Ceramic 

           Composites, Inc.                                               Composites for Fusion Blanket Flow 

         18411 Gothard Street                                          Channel Inserts                    

         Unit B

         Huntington Beach, CA  92648

                                               

Fusion energy is the long term source of clean, non-polluting power, but development of new materials that can operate in the high neutron flux environment of a fusion reactor is required. This project addresses the development of a high temperature material compatible with the fusion energy environment that also possesses the necessary component specific properties to address one of the limitations on advancing fusion power along the road to viability.

   

 

Materials Modification, Inc.                              Nano Tungsten for Diverter Plates  

            2721-D Merrilee Drive                                                      

            Fairfax, VA  22031                                                         

 

Nuclear reactors can benefit from improved tungsten plate material for more reliable heat extraction without contaminating the nuclear reactor with erosion debris. This project will undertake efforts to further advance work into the production of tungsten plate with very fine grain structure, bringing out its highest reliability as a key metal.

                                                                                

                                                                                     

         TOPIC:  FUSION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY                                      

                                                                                    

         Lodestar Research Corporation                           Linear Analysis and Verification   

         2400 Central Ave.  P-5                                       Suite for Edge Turbulence          

         Boulder, CO  80301                                                       

                                                                                     

This project will develop a sophisticated computer software standard for the analysis and verification of plasma simulation codes. These simulation codes are increasingly employed to understand, predict and optimize the performance of fusion energy production for laboratory experiments and the international fusion energy project, ITER.

                                                                                    

         Rockfield Research Inc.                                       Improved Controls for Fusion RF    

         2 Olde Lyme Road                                              Systems                            

         Winchester, MA  01890                                                      

                                                                                     

A modernized transmitter protection system will be designed and a prototype built for the current drive experiment on the Alcator C-Mod tokamak fusion experiment at the MIT Plasma Science Fusion Center. This will increase the utility, economy, and safety of that fusion experiment; and the design will be generally extendable to future fusion, high energy, and phased array radar facilities.

  

 

         Tech-X Corporation                                            Analysis of RF Heating of Fusion   

         5621 Arapahoe Ave                                            Plasmas Using the Delta-f          

         Suite A                                                                Particle-in-Cell (DFPIC) Method    

         Boulder, CO  80303-1379                                                     

                                                                                                                                                                

The development of fusion energy depends on a detailed prediction of the heating of the plasma and associated driven currents. This project would provide the ability to compute these effects through the application of novel algorithms that will efficiently use future high-performance computing systems.

                                                                                        

         Third Dimension Technologies                              Holographic Density Measurements for

         3601 Bluff Point Drive                                         the Disruption Mitigation Test Stand

         Knoxville, TN  37920-2805                                and the LTX Device                 

                                                                                    

This project will use a high-resolution, high-speed diagnostic using laser digital holography for three dimensional studies of magnetic fusion energy devices, with the goal of improving confinement for commercial magnetic fusion energy generation. Commercial use of the technology for ultra-precision measurement will increase U.S. manufacturing competitiveness.

 

       Woodruff Scientific, LLC                                       Compression of Compact Tori        

        4501 Shilshole Ave NW                                                      

        Suite 130                                                                   

    Seattle, WA  98107  

                              

Significant problems exist for mainline fusion reactor concepts: e.g. production of the sustaining magnetic fields, and reducing size and complexity of the system to be commercially viable. Some of these problems can be circumvented by compressing plasma rings, which is what we propose here.

 

                                                                             

         TOPIC:  HIGH ENERGY DENSITY PHYSICS FOR INERTIAL FUSION ENERGY              

                                                                                    

         MSNW, LLC                                                     Plasma Liner Compression of Compact

         8551 154th Avenue NE                                       Toroids to Fusion Conditions        

         Redmond, WA  98052                                                         

 

High temperature fusion plasma is to be created in a small-scale device with the potential of greatly simplifying the generation of useful fusion energy. The results from this research will have broad application to the field of high energy density physics, as well as other fusion devices such as the international fusion reactor ITER.

                                                                                   

         Research Applications Corporation                      Enhanced Model for Fast Ignition   

         148 Piedra Loop                                                            

         Los Alamos, NM  87544-3837    

 

Fast ignition offers a potentially low cost route to success by the United States with Inertial Confinement Fusion, but modeling its phenomenology has proven difficult. This project will develop, refine and disseminate reliable computer simulation models for the fusion community, hastening the day when fundamental understanding leads to fusion yields exceeding break-even.