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New ATP Awards Announced
in 2004
| FY
2004 Funding as of September 2004 (ATP
FY2004 Competition) |
Automated
Wave-Equation Imaging for Oil and Gas Exploration
3DGeo Development
Develop and demonstrate a next-generation seismic imaging technology
that includes an automated solution to modeling the acoustic propagation
velocity for seismic waves, yielding faster and more accurate images
to guide oil and gas exploration.
- Project Duration:
10/01/04 - 9/30/2006
- Total project (est.):
$2,555,000
- Requested ATP funds:
$1,930,000
Contact: Demitri Bevc,
408-450-7840 X102, dimitri@3dgeo.com
Enabling
Personalized Multimodal Access for People with Severe Communication/Motor
Disabillities
Advanced Interfaces, Inc.
Develop a touch-free, personalized, trainable multimodal interface
to enable effective communication for individuals affected by severe
communication/motor disabilities.
- Project Duration:
10/01/04 - 9/30/2007
- Total project (est.):
$2,485,901
- Requested ATP funds:
$1,988,720
Contact: Priya Baboo,
814-867-8977, pbaboo@advancedinterfaces.com
A
Genetic Engineering Technology Platform for Production of Nove1 Cyclic
Peptide-Based Drugs
AureoGen Biosciences, Inc.
Develop methodologies and tools to enable simple, efficient
genetic engineering of biosynthesis complexes to produce cyclic peptides
for use as antifungal, antibacterial and anticancer drugs.
- Project Duration:
10/01/04 - 9/30/2007
- Total project (est.):
$2,242,542
- Requested ATP funds:
$1,450,508
Contact: Dr. Ake Elhammer,
269-372-3517, ake.p.elhammer@aureogen.com
“Free
Standing” Single Wall Carbon-Nanotube Fuel Cell Electrode
Carbon Nanotechnologies, Inc.
Develop a novel, free-standing single-wall carbon nanotube electrode
assembly containing an immobilized noble-metal catalyst to enable compact
proton exchange membrane fuel cells with superior performance and longer
lifetimes while simplifying manufacturing.
- Project Duration:
10/01/04 - 9/30/2007
- Total project (est.):
$7,379,707
- Requested ATP funds:
$3,616,054
Contact: Thomas Wainerdi,
281-492-5719, twainerdi@cnanotech.com
Scalable
Planar Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Technology for Beyond 200kW
Corning, Inc.
Develop a thin, large area planar solid oxide fuel cell based
on innovative ceramics, device design, and array architecture, for enterprise-level
primary and cogeneration distributed power that can cycle repeatedly
and be more easily fabricated into 200kW power units.
- Project Duration:
10/01/04 - 9/30/2007
- Total project (est.):
$16,030,863
- Requested ATP funds:
$7,996,218
Contact: Monica L. Ott,
607-974-8769, OttML@corning.com
Low
Cost, High Efficiency Chip Scale LED Lamp
Cree, Inc.
Demonstrate a white light-emitting diode (LED) lamp package
with an integrated chip approach that would more than quadruple the brightness
and double the efficiency of existing LED systems and significantly reduce
the cost per lumen.
- Project Duration:
10/01/04 - 9/30/2007
- Total project (est.):
$6,951,195
- Requested ATP funds:
$3,383,865
Contact: Cynthia_Merrell,
919-313-5359, Cynthia_Merrell@cree.com
Processes
for Growing Large, Single Crystal Aluminum Nitride
Crystal IS, Inc.
Develop cost-effective, high-quality, and commercially important,
single-crystal aluminum nitride (AlN) substrates, which are needed for
diverse and important power electronics and optoelectronics applications,
by using an approach that incorporates new techniques of crystal seed
growth, coupled with advanced thermal gradient control, and new crucible
designs, to grow large high-quality, AlN crystal boules.
- Project Duration:
10/01/04 - 9/30/2007
- Total project (est.):
$3,118,722
- Requested ATP funds:
$1,997,872
Contact: Keith R. Evans,
Ph.D., 518-276-3325, evans@crystal-is.com
The
In Vitro Production of Human Monocional Antibodies
Cytimmune Sciences,
Inc.
Develop a
semi-synthetic human immune system on colloidal gold nanoparticles, to make wholly
human monoclonal antibodies in vitro for the treatment of
rheumatoid arthritis and other diseases.
- Project Duration:
10/01/04 - 9/30/2007
- Total project (est.):
$2,879,056
- Requested ATP funds:
$1,999,972
Contact: Lawrence Tamarkin,
Ph.D., 240-864-2796, ltamarkin@cytimmune.com
Reconfigurable
Infrastructure Platform for Systems-on-Chips
DAFCA, Inc.
Develop an infrastructure platform for system-on-a-chip (SoC)
electronics that implements a new kind of reconfigurable embedded debug
logic to detect and fix design errors after fabrication, enabling reduced
design cycle time, bypassing manufacturing defects, and improving yields.
- Project Duration:
10/01/04 - 9/30/2027
- Total project (est.):
$2,584,692
- Requested ATP funds:
$1,828,050
Contact: Peter L.
Levin, Ph.D., 774-204-0021, peter.levin@dafca.com
High-Speed
AFM-based Platform for Quantitative Nanomechanical Measurements
Dow Chemical Company
Develop an atomic force microscopy based platform for high-speed,
high-bandwidth quantitative nanomechanical measurements which provides
structure-property understanding at the nanoscale in order to accelerate
discovery, design, and commercialization of nanomaterials.
- Project Duration:
10/01/04 - 9/30/2007
- Total project (est.):
$13,389,209
- Requested ATP funds:
$6,560,714
Contact: Jeff Schatzer,
989-636-5017, jlschatzer@dow.com
Biotechnology
for Conferring Apomixis (Clonal Seed Production) to Crops
Gemini Life Sciences, Inc.
Develop technologies to stabilize superior crop hybrids
by asexual seed production ("self-cloning") thereby improving
yields of major food, feed, fiber and biomass crops and reducing hybrid
seed production costs.
- Project Duration:
10/01/04 - 9/30/2027
- Total project (est.):
$2,709,999
- Requested ATP funds:
$1,975,002
Contact: Ross Farmer,
208-656-0880, rkwd@srv.net
Advanced
Fuel and Emission Control (AFEC) System Technology Demonstrator
Glennan Microsystems, Inc.
Develop an active combustion control system for gas turbine
engines based on MEMS technology and SiC sensors that will greatly reduce
polluting emissions while extending engine life and preserving fuel efficiency.
- Project Duration:
10/01/04 - 9/30/2008
- Total project (est.):
$6,330,000
- Requested ATP funds:
$3,160,000
Contact: Martin Kress,
216-898-6440, KressM@battelle.org
Unified
Radio Architecture--A Cognitive Radio Platform
Innovative Wireless Technologies, Inc.
Develop a "cognitive radio" software and hardware
platform based on a novel radio-frequency IC chipset that allows interoperability
across different wireless protocols, multiple frequencies, and airlinks,
enabling communications between public safety personnel with different
equipment.
- Project Duration:
10/01/04 - 9/30/2007
- Total project (est.):
$3,512,018
- Requested ATP funds:
$1,999,986
Contact: Eric Hansen,
434-316-5230 X26, ehansen@iwtwireless.com
Targeted
Bacteriophage Therapeutics as Replacement for Conventional Antibiotics
in Aquaculture
Kent SeaTech Corporation
Develop therapies using naturally occurring bacteriophages and
phage-produced enzymes to treat and prevent major bacterial diseases
that threaten commercial aquaculture.
- Project Duration:
10/01/04 - 9/30/2027
- Total project (est.):
$2,612,263
- Requested ATP funds:
$1,999,380
Contact: James M. Carlberg,
858-452-5765, jcarlberg@kentseatech.com
Syntax-
and Rule-based Decoding for Statistical Machine Translation Systems
Language Weaver, Inc.
Develop an integrated, statistical phrase-based and syntactic
rule approach to machine translation to improve grammaticality and accuracy
of translated materials, enabling broader use of machine-based translation
by national security, government and business organizations.
- Project Duration:
10/01/04 - 9/30/2007
- Total project (est.):
$3,344,318
- Requested ATP funds:
$1,972,556
Contact: Beth Walsh,
858-724-2500, Beth@clearpointagency.com
Development
and Demonstration of a Multiple, High Current Density Shaped e-Beam
Column With Independent Vector Beam Placement
Multibeam Systems, Inc.
Develop a new technology for a multiple-beam, linear-array electron-beam
lithography system to enable cost-effective production of low-volume
application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs) through direct-write
lithography.
- Project Duration:
10/01/04 - 9/30/2006
- Total project (est.):
$2,707,480
- Requested ATP funds:
$1,999,180
Contact: Tirunelveli
Ravi, 408-855-8400, tsravi@multibeamsystems.com
The
Seamless Detection and Treatment of Cancer with Near-Infrared Absorbing
Nanoshells
Nanospectra Biosciences, Inc.
Develop an integrated approach to the diagnosis and treatment
of cancer allowing more accurate detection and contemporaneous, minimally
invasive treatment using near-infrared absorbing nanoparticles.
- Project Duration:
10/01/04 - 9/30/2007
- Total project (est.):
$2,551,351
- Requested ATP funds:
$2,000,000
Contact: J. Donald Payne,
713-842-2720, dpayne@nanospectra.com
High
Power Density Solid Oxide Fuel Cells for Aerospace Applications
NexTech Materials, Ltd.
Develop a lightweight solid oxide fuel cell that offers five
times the power density of the current state of the art, as well as greater
durability and flexibility of operation, for use in auxiliary power units
for aircraft.
- Project Duration:
10/01/04 - 9/30/2006
- Total project (est.):
$2,549,755
- Requested ATP funds:
$1,999,966
Contact: Jonathon Foreman,
614-842-6606 x110, foreman@nextechmaterials.com
Specialty
Fiber for High Power Fiber Lasers
OFS Fitel, LLC.
Develop a new class of components and manufacturing technologies
for building high-power pulsed optical-fiber-based lasers, with applications
in materials processing, and medical, industrial and scientific instrumentation.
- Project Duration:
10/01/04 - 9/30/2006
- Total project (est.):
$5,665,775
- Requested ATP funds:
$2,000,000
Contact: Sherry Salyer,
770-798-4210, shsalyer@ofsoptics.com
Quantum
Dots for Biomedical and Consumer Applications
Quantum Dot Corporation
Develop quantum dots without the use of cadmium or other elements
with extreme regulatory burdens for use in imaging-based medical diagnosis
and treatment, and develop an industrial-scale flow-based process for
quantum dot production at significantly increased output and reduced
cost.
- Project Duration:
10/01/04 - 9/30/2007
- Total project (est.):
$2,888,524
- Requested ATP funds:
$2,000,000
Contact: Andy Watson,
510-887-8775, ARWatson@qdots.com
TCR
Mimics: A New Class of Antibodies Against HLA-petide Complexes for
Diagnosis and Therapy of Breast Cancer
Receptor Logic, Ltd.
Develop a new class of breast cancer diagnostic and therapeutic
antibodies unique in their ability to recognize tumor proteins presented
by the body's natural antigen display systems known as HLA.
- Project Duration:
10/01/04 – 9/30/2007
- Total project (est.):
$2,722,000
- Requested ATP funds:
$2,000,000
Contact: Tony Taylor,
512-263-3232, x210, ttaylor@receptorlogic.com
Production
of Fully Human Polyclonal Antibodies in Genetically Modified Pigs
Revivicor, Inc.
Develop pigs with human genes for the production of fully human
polyclonal antibodies that can be used to treat a wide range of infectious and
autoimmune diseases, in cancer treatments, to address the growing threat of antibiotic
resistance, and to provide potential therapeutic agents in the event of a bioterrorist
attack.
- Project Duration:
10/01/04 - 9/30/2007
- Total project (est.):
$2,488,727
- Requested ATP funds:
$1,843,502
Contact: David Ayares,
Ph.D., 540-961-5559, dayares@revivicor.com
Novel
Technologies for Adult Stem Cell Therapeutics
RheoGene, Inc.
Develop novel techniques for site-specific insertion and control
of therapeutic genes in human adult neural stem cells that can be transplanted
to treat incurable ocular diseases.
- Project Duration:
10/01/04 - 9/30/2007
- Total project (est.):
$2,496,968
- Requested ATP funds:
$1,997,574
Contact: Lorraine Keller,
Ph.D, 610-650-8734, lkeller@rheogene.com
Advanced
Vision-Radar Threat Detection (AVRT): A Pre-crash Detection and Active
Safety System
Sarnoff Corporation
Combine vision and radar sensor technology to create a new type
of auto safety system that will detect approaching hazards, measure their
rate of motion, determine if and where a collision will occur, and trigger
mitigating actions, such as applying brakes, pretensioning seat belts,
and firing side airbags, with a near-zero false alarm rate.
- Project Duration:
10/01/04 - 9/30/2007
- Total project (est.):
$10,391,125
- Requested ATP funds:
$5,091,633
Contact: Thomas V. Lento,
609-734-3178, tlento@sarnoff.com
Silicon
Carbide Smart Power Chip
SemiSouth Laboratories, Inc.
Develop and integrate advanced silicon carbide (SiC) power transistors
and power control circuitry within a compact prototype SiC power module
for potential use in commercially available hybrid electric vehicles
and future low-emission electric vehicles.
- Project Duration:
10/01/04 - 9/30/2007
- Total project (est.):
$2,538,372
- Requested ATP funds:
$1,776,466
Contact: Dr. Jeffrey B.
Cassidy, 662-324-7607 x16, jeff.casady@semisouth.com
Wireless
Structural Health Monitoring System
Sensametrics, Inc.
Develop a dense peer-to-peer wireless sensor network for
monitoring the health of structures that has damage assessment and
decision support and is able to include chemical and biological sensors.
- Project Duration:
10/01/04 - 9/30/2007
- Total project (est.):
$2,000,000
- Requested ATP funds:
$1,641,316
Contact: Garo K. Kiremidjian,
650-941-5692, garo@sensametrics.com
Conformal
Direct-Write Technology Enabled, Wireless, Smart Turbine Components
Siemens Wstinghouse Power
Develop embedded sensors capable of withstanding harsh environments
and integrate them in a wireless telemetry system to enable thermal,
mechanical and wear sensing in operating gas turbines for condition-based
maintenance.
- Project Duration:
10/01/04 - 9/30/2008
- Total project (est.):
$5,414,986
- Requested ATP funds:
$2,653,344
Contact: Melanie Forbrick,
407-736-6718, melanie.forbrick@siemens.com
Technology
for Early Detection and Intervention of Cognitive Decline
Spry Learning Co.
Develop technology to monitor, and possibly mitigate, cognitive
decline in older adults by tracking user interaction with computer
applications and assessing over time the rate of cognitive impairment,
thus facilitating earlier intervention and treatment.
- Project Duration:
10/01/04 - 9/30/2007
- Total project (est.):
$1,933,290
- Requested ATP funds:
$1,447,290
Contact: Devin Williams,
503-229-0880, devin@sprylearning.com
Next-Generation
Energy Dispersive Spectrometer for X-Ray Microanalysis
STAR Cryoelectronics, LLC
Develop a next-generation energy-dispersive microcalorimeter
spectrometer to meet critical needs for high-resolution X-ray microanalysis
in the semiconductor industry and materials research.
- Project Duration:
10/01/04 - 9/30/2007
- Total project (est.):
$2,762,252
- Requested ATP funds:
$1,833,375
Contact: Robin Cantor,
505-424-6454 x101, rcantor@starcryo.com
Highly
Accurate Large-Format Machining for Mold and Die Production
Stewart Automotive Research, LLC
Develop a large-format, high-speed finish milling machine for
Class-A auto body panels to enable the design and manufacture of a complete
tooling set in one-third to one-half the time now required, at significantly
lower cost.
- Project Duration:
10/01/04 - 9/30/2007
- Total project (est.):
$2,437,640
- Requested ATP funds:
$2,000,000
Contact: Simon Ogier,
713-675-3244, sogier@stewartresearch.com
Selective
Liquid Phase Oxidation of Methane to Methanol
UOP, LLC.
Develop novel catalysts and an integrated reaction process for
low-temperature, low-pressure direct conversion of methane in stranded gas fields
to methanol.
- Project Duration:
10/01/04 - 9/30/2007
- Total project (est.):
$5,000,000
- Requested ATP funds:
$1,999,998
Contact: Michele Weber,
847-391-1319, michele.weber@uop.com
Optoelectronic
Sensing of Liquid Metal Composition
WTe Corporation
Develop a novel process for determining, in situ and
in real time, the chemical composition of molten pools of metals and
alloys, enabling immediate adjustments to composition during melting
and significantly improving the efficiency of smelting, foundry and casting
operations.
- Project Duration:
10/01/04 - 9/30/2007
- Total project (est.):
$2,408,000
- Requested ATP funds:
$1,998,000
Contact: David Spencer,
781-275-6400, dbswte@aol.com
FY
2004 Funding as of May 2004 (Batch
3 of ATP FY2002 Competition)
(For
information on previous FY2002 Competition awards, see May
2003, July 2003 and September 2003) |
3-D
Face Recognition for Security Screening
Advanced Digital Imaging Research, LLC
Develop and test a real-time, three-dimensional facial recognition system that
combines the advantages of both 3D and 2D imaging for use at airport security
checkpoints.
- Project Duration: 5/1/2004 - 4/30/2007
- Total project (est.): $3,189,536.00
- Requested ATP funds: $1,981,989.00
Contact: Kenneth R. Castleman, 281- 535-1889 x427, castleman@adires.com
Instant
Networks Using Coin-sized Ultrawideband (UWB) Localizers
Aether Wire & Location, Inc.
Develop and test coin-sized components for a low-cost wireless network offering
highly accurate three-dimensional positioning and radio-frequency communications.
- Project Duration: 5/1/2004 - 4/30/2007
- Total project (est.): $2,925,692.00
- Requested ATP funds: $1,985,240.00
Contact: Vincent Coli, 408-400-0785, vince@aetherwire.com
Enhancing
the Performance of Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cells
Cabot Superior MicroPowders
Develop and test a new family of surface-modified carbon support materials
for platinum catalysts that will double the power density of polymer electrolyte
membrane fuel cells.
- Project Duration: 5/1/2004 - 4/30/2007
- Total project (est.): $3,944,469.00
- Requested ATP funds: $2,000,000.00
Contact: James Caruso, 505-342 1492 x21, james_caruso@cabot-corp.com
Focused
Individualized Realistic Student Tutoring (FIRST)
Carnegie Speech Company
Develop a software architecture for creating individually focused tutoring
programs in language learning and basic mathematics that can pinpoint the learner's
errors in real time, offer targeted correction, and judge when to switch focus
to maximize learner progress.
- Project Duration: 5/1/2004 - 4/30/2007
- Total project (est.): $2,308,787.00
- Requested ATP funds: $1,909,982.00
Contact: Maxine Eskenazi, 412-268-3858, max@cs.cmu.edu
Fully
Integrated Gigahertz Receiver Front End
Discera, Inc.
Develop microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) devices and processing methods
for making the front end for a "radio receiver on a chip" that is
much smaller, cheaper, and more efficient than today's multichip receivers.
- Project Duration: 5/1/2004 - 1/31/2007
- Total project (est.): $3,734,357.00
- Requested ATP funds: $2,000,000.00
Contact: Tom Breunig, 510-333-5900, tombreunig@discera.com
High-Definition
Video Disc (HDVD)
FAST VDO LLC
Develop and demonstrate compression technology for recording and playback of
high-definition video content on a standard DVD using the current red-laser
DVD player.
- Project Duration: 5/1/2004 - 4/30/2007
- Total project (est.): $2,762,746.00
- Requested ATP funds: $1,656,466.00
Contact: Pankaj Topiwala, 410-309-6066, pnt@fastvdo.com
Secure
Genetic Repository to Enable a Nationwide Post-Marketing Drug Surveillance
and Research Network
First Genetic Trust, Inc.
Design a prototype of an anonymous clearinghouse for sensitive patient medical
data that will enable large-scale studies of the genetic basis of adverse drug
reactions and research into personalized medicines.
- Project Duration: 5/1/2004 - 4/30/2006
- Total project (est.): $2,722,684.00
- Requested ATP funds: $2,000,000.00
Contact: David Wholley, 201- 842-2845, dwholley@firstgenetic.net
Geometric
Surface Classification and Identification by Conformal Structure
Geometric Informatics, Inc.
Develop and refine novel algorithms based on modern geometric theories for
classifying, analyzing, and identifying 3D information that is independent
of surface distortion, embedding, lighting, and image resolution, for use in
biometrics, management of 3D geometry databases, medical imaging, and entertainment.
- Project Duration: 5/1/2004 - 4/30/2007
- Total project (est.): $2,515,976.00
- Requested ATP funds: $1,915,976.00
Contact: Dr. Hugh Rutledge, 617-623-2033, hugh@intlpress.com
Development
of Micro- and Meso-Scale Machine Tool Technology
Ingersoll Machine Tools, Inc.
Develop ultraprecise miniaturized machine tools for micro/meso scale commercial
machining applications at a fraction of current machine costs, with a wide
range of industrial applications including optics, electronics, medicine, biotechnology,
communications, and avionics.
- Project Duration: 5/1/2004 - 4/30/2007
- Total project (est.): $2,809,854.00
- Requested ATP funds: $2,000,000.00
Contact: John Osborn, 815-987-6039, joo@ingersoll.com
Ultracompact
Low-cost Tunable Components for Reconfigurable Optical Networks and Spectroscopic
Sensors
Kiara Networks, Inc.
Design and demonstrate a novel technology platform to enable the fabrication
of low-cost and ultracompact tunable optical components for reconfigurable
optical networks and spectroscopic sensors.
- Project Duration: 5/1/2004 - 10/30/2006
- Total project (est.): $2,295,890.00
- Requested ATP funds: $1,995,000.00
Contact: Neena Jain, 505-268-3600, neena@kiaranetworks.com
A
Distributed ChemTox Platform for Predicting Chemically Induced Toxicity
Leadscope, Inc.
Develop a technology platform that will extract information from heterogeneous
toxicology databases and use it to accurately predict the toxicity of compounds
that might be useful as pharmaceuticals or other chemical products.
- Project Duration: 5/1/2004 - 4/30/2006
- Total project (est.): $2,180,466.00
- Requested ATP funds: $2,000,000.00
Contact: Glenn Myatt, 614-675-3731, gmyatt@leadscope.com
Compact
Pure Hydrogen Generation Systems for PEM Fuel Cell Applications
MesoFuel, Inc.
Develop and demonstrate a compact system for safely generating pure hydrogen
fuel to boost the efficiency of proton exchange membrane fuel cell stacks by
up to 50 percent.
- Project Duration: 5/1/2004 - 4/30/2007
- Total project (est.): $3,052,623.00
- Requested ATP funds: $1,988,189.00
Contact: W. Doyle Miller, 5/1/2004 - 4/30/2007, 505- 314-8160, doyle.miller@mesofuel.com
Nano-Imprint
Lithography Infrastructure for Low Cost Replication at the 65 nm Node and
Beyond
Molecular Imprints, Inc.
Design and demonstrate technology for step and flash imprint lithography (S-FIL),
a novel method of transferring integrated circuit patterns to the surface of
a semiconductor wafer by molding of three-dimensional features potentially
as small as 20 nanometers or less.
- Project Duration: 5/1/2004 - 4/30/2007
- Total project (est.): $36,790,485.00
- Requested ATP funds: $17,623,118.00
Contact: Michael Falcon, 512-339-7760 x208, mfalcon@mlecularimprints.com
Microsphere-Based
Spectroscopic Instruments
Nomadics, Inc.
Develop a highly sensitive spectroscopic detection system, based on microspheres,
for the analysis of chemicals and biomolecules to allow implementation of integrated
lab-on-chip nanofluidic methods, initially targeted at acceleration of drug
discovery.
- Project Duration: 5/1/2004 - 4/30/2006
- Total project (est.): $2,927,702
- Requested ATP funds: $1,948,484.00
Contact: Bruce Cumming, 405-372-9535, bcumming@nomadics.com
Fundamental
Algorithms for Direct Tolerancing and Illumination Optimization
Optical Research Associates
Develop innovative algorithms for the design and tolerancing of microlithography
optics at 193 and 157 nanometers and algorithms for illumination source optimization
in the extreme ultraviolet at 13 nanometers to improve throughput of advanced
semiconductor fabrication lines through 2014.
- Project Duration: 5/1/2004 - 4/30/2007
- Total project (est.): $4,299,575.00
- Requested ATP funds: $1,704,957.00
Contact: Laura Mickens, 626-795-9101, lauram@opticalres.com
High-Speed
Optical Frequency Metrology for Spectroscopy, Interferometry, and Optical
Communications
Precision Photonics Corporation
Develop a femtosecond laser as a "ruler" for measuring optical
frequencies much rapidly and accurately than is now possible, to enhance
optical communications, semiconductor manufacturing, medical diagnoses,
and other activities.
- Project Duration: 5/1/2004 - 3/31/2006
- Total project (est.): $2,945,876.00
- Requested ATP funds: $2,000,000.00
Contact: Nick Traggis, 303-444-9948 x16, ntraggis@precisionphotonics.com
Project
Columbus: Discovering Whole New Worlds of Polar Polymers
Rohm and Haas Company
Develop a new catalysis technology platform that will enable
cost-effective production of new families of high-performance acrylic polymers
and copolymers.
- Project Duration: 5/1/2004 - 4/30/2007
- Total project (est.): $7,242,258.00
- Requested ATP funds: $2,000,000.00
Contact: Kenneth A. Gedaka, 215-641-7940, kgedaka@rohmhaas.com
Targeted
Activation of Multiple Genes in Plants Using a Single Engineered Transcription
Factor
Sangamo BioSciences
Develop and test technology for introduction of a transgene for a single
molecular switch into plants to activate simultaneously multiple genes involved
in synthesis commercially important products.
- Project Duration: 5/1/2004 - 4/30/2007
- Total project (est.): $2,822,639.00
- Requested ATP funds: $834,865.00
Contact: Elizabeth Wolffe, 510-970-6000 x271, lizw@sangamo.com
Microjet
Patch for Transdermal Drug Delivery
StrataGent Life Sciences, Inc.
Develop a novel wearable transdermal drug delivery system using programmable
arrays of high-energy microjets for painless, and precisely controlled and
timed administration of any drug, including injectibles.
- Project Duration: 5/1/2004 - 4/30/2006
- Total project (est.): $2,527,000.00
- Requested ATP funds: $2,000,000.00
Contact: Penny Smout, 408-207-8716, penny@stratagentlifesciences.com
High-Throughput
Crystallization of Membrane Proteins Using Heterogeneous Nucleants
Syrrx, Inc.
Develop nanoscale arrays and processes that improve the crystallization of
medically important proteins, facilitating investigation of these proteins
as possible targets for the design of new medicines.
- Project Duration: 5/1/2004 - 4/30/2007
- Total project (est.): $3,495,696.00
- Requested ATP funds: $1,974,969.00
Contact: Ken Goodwill, Ph.D., 858- 731-3564, ken.goodwill@syrrx.com
Rapid,
Ultraprecision Direct Metal Deposition Technology
The POM Group, Inc.
Develop direct-metal deposition and nanoscale surface-finishing technologies
for an innovative high-speed process for making complex tools and dies.
- Project Duration: 5/1/2004 - 4/30/2008
- Total project (est.): $12,457,476.00
- Requested ATP funds: $6,147,055.00
Contact: Roger Parson, 248-390-6617, rogerp@combine.com
High-Efficiency
Regenerated Cycle Reciprocating Engine
The ReJen Company
Build and test a diesel engine that will exploit the principle of thermal regeneration
to increase energy efficiency from about 35 percent to 55 percent and reduce
emissions.
- Project Duration: 5/1/2004 - 4/30/2006
- Total project (est.): $1,479,799.00
- Requested ATP funds: $600,000.00
Contact: Allan Ferrenberg, 775-849-7861, rejen@sonnet.com
Engineered
Rotator Cuff Tendon Tissue
Tissue Regeneration, Inc.
Design and develop a tissue engineering strategy for rotator cuff tendons utilizing
a patient's own bone marrow cells and a novel biomaterial, to increase surgical
success and reduce cost and rehabilitation time.
- Project Duration: 5/1/2004 - 10/30/2006
- Total project (est.): $2,364,118.00
- Requested ATP funds: $1,966,296.00
Contact: Sue Bohle, 310- 785-0515 x223, sue@bohle.com
Integrated
Concurrent Design of High Efficiency Commercial Buildings
United Technologies Research Center
Develop and demonstrate the ability to increase the energy efficiency of commercial
buildings through the use of integrated concurrent engineering design process
and software tools in the application of heating, cooling, ventilation, hot
water, and combined heat and power systems.
- Project Duration: 5/1/2004 - 4/30/2007
- Total project (est.): $11,141,738.00
- Requested ATP funds: $5,570,804.00
Contact: Paul J. Vitello, 860-610-7617, VitellPJ@utrc.utc.com
Development
of a Human Monoclonal Antibody Discovery Technology
Vaccinex, Inc.
Develop a new library-based technology platform to select a broad array of
fully human monoclonal antibodies in mammalian cells for therapeutic use in
treating cancer, inflammation, and infectious diseases.
- Project Duration: 5/1/2004 - 4/30/2006
- Total project (est.): $2,811,003.00
- Requested ATP funds: $1,993,619.00
Contact: R. Stan Holland, 585-271-2700 x102, sholland@vaccinex.com
Peer-to-Peer
Virtual Reality Learning Environments
Whoola Inc.
Develop a peer-to-peer based architecture for educational software that enables
rich, immersive virtual-reality instructional projects built around "groups
of groups" of learners and including individualized learner support
and evaluation.
- Project Duration: 5/1/2004 - 4/30/2007
- Total project (est.): $2,149,300.00
- Requested ATP funds: $1,987,774.00
Contact: Sidney M. Cole, 214-202-8380, mg@whoola.com
Rapid
Full-Color Digital Hologram Recorder
Zebra Imaging, Inc.
Develop and test a novel system, including new pulsed lasers, for recording
full-color digital holograms with output up to 60 times faster than existing
systems.
- Project Duration: 5/1/2004 - 4/30/2006
- Total project (est.): $3,174,384.00
- Requested ATP funds: $1,947,475.00
Contact: Robin Curle, 512-251-5100 x114, rcurle@zebraimaging.com
Date created: April 28,
2004
Last updated:
September 28, 2004
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