U.S. Department of Energy
Small Business Innovation Research Program
and
Small Business Technology Transfer Program
FY 2001 Phase I - Awards by Topic

FUSION ENERGY SYSTEMS

TOPIC:  FUSION PLASMA SCIENCE RESEARCH                                      

  

Applied Pulsed Power, Inc.                        Pulsed, Inductively Generated
Box 1020 Langmuir Lab                             Streaming Plasma Ion Source for
95 Brown Road                                          Heavy Ion Fusion Linacs
Ithaca, NY  14840                                                          

    

FARTECH, Inc.                                         Ross Filter Soft X-Ray Imaging
3146 Bunche Avenue                                 System for Time Resolved Spectral
San Diego, CA  92122-2247                     Measurements in Magnetically
                                                
                 Confined Plasmas                   

 

Tech-X Corporation                                   CoDeveloper: A Secure, Web-Invocable
5541 Central Avenue                                  Collaborative Software Development
Suite 135                                                    Tool
Boulder, CO  80301                                                         

                                                                                      

Tech-X Corporation                                   Interactive Analysis and
5541 Central Avenue                                  Visualization of Fusion Data on Many
Suite 135                                                    Processors
Boulder, CO  80301                                                         

 

TOPIC:  ENABLING TECHNOLOGY FOR FUSION PLASMA EXPERIMENTS                  

                                                                                    

Composite Technology                               Innovative Organic and Inorganic
 Development, Inc.                                     High-Pressure Laminate Insulation
1505 Coal Creek Drive                              or Fusion and Superconducting
Lafayette, CO  80026-2782                       Magnets                            

     

Eltron Research, Inc.                                  Inorganic-Organic Hybrid Materials:
4600 Nautilus Court South                         Diacetylene-Siloxanes as Radiation
Boulder, CO  80301-3241                         Resistant Electrical Insulator for
                                                                  Plasma Fusion Confinement Systems 

   

Luxel Corporation                                      Fabrication of Polyimide Inertial
P.O. Box 1879                                           Fusion Energy Target Capsules by a
Friday Harbor, WA  98250                        Fully Automated Process              

  

MER Corporation                                      SiC-Based Laser Fusion Optics
7960 South Kolb Road
Tucson, AZ  85706                                                          

                                                                                        

Physical Optics Corporation,                      Interferometric Target Tracking
  Information Technologies                          System for Fusion Experiment
  Division
20600 Gramercy Place
Building 100
Torrance, CA  90501                                                        

                                                                                       

Superconducting Systems, Inc.                    Sealed, High-Heat Capacity,
90 Rumford Avenue                                   Cable-in-Conduit Superconductors
Waltham, MA  02453                                                         

                                                                                       

TOPIC:  ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES AND MATERIALS FOR FUSION
SYSTEMS             

                                                                                    

Applied Thin Films, Inc.                              A Novel Reactive Processing Method
1801 Maple Avenue                                   to Join SiC Components for Fusion
Suite 5316                                                  Applications
Evanston, IL  60201

                                                       

FM Technologies, Inc.                                Joining of Advanced SiCf/SiCm
10529-B Braddock Road                           Composites for Fusion Energy
Fairfax, VA  22032-2236                           Applications                       

 

STTR Award
NPL Associates, Inc.                                 Free Surface Flowing Liquid-Plasma
912 West Armory Avenue                         Interaction Facility
Champaign, IL 61821

The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois                                                                                    

    

Think Tank, Inc.                                         Doppler Laser Radar for
405 Moser Lane                                         Non-Intrusive Liquid Metal Flow
Knoxville, TN  37922-4060                       Characterization                   

                                                                                    

Thor Technologies, Inc.                              High Conductivity, Low-Cost Sic/Sic
7600 Jefferson, NE                                    Composites
Albuquerque, NM  87109                                                     

 

TOPIC:  ADVANCED CONCEPTS AND TECHNOLOGY FOR HIGH
ENERGY ACCELERATORS      

    

Advanced Energy Systems, Inc.                  Axisymmetric, Emittance-Compensated
27 Industrial Building                                  Electron Gun
Unit E
Medford, NY  11763                                                         

                                                                                     

Calabazas Creek Research                         Gridded Sheet Beam Electron Gun for
20937 Comer Drive                                   High Power RF Applications
Saratoga, CA  95070-3753                                                   

                                                                                    

Haimson Research Corporation                  A Microwave Beam Monitoring
3350 Scott Boulevard                                 System for Direct Measurement
Building 60                                                 of Ultra Short Electron Bunches
Santa Clara, CA  95054-3104                                                       

                                                                                    

Luxel Corporation                                      Ultra-Thin Optical Diagnostic
P.O. Box 1879                                           Filters for Plasma Wakefield
Friday Harbor, WA  98250                        Accelerators                       

    

Omega-P, Inc.                                            Femtosecond Planar Electron Beam
202008 Yale Station                                   Source for Micron-Scale Dielectric
Suite 100                                                    Wake Field Accelerator
New Haven, CT  06520                                                        

                                                                             

STTR Award
Ralph B. Fiorito Company                        Optical Phase Space Mapping of
3 Lauer Terrace                                        Relativistic Charged Particle Beams
Silver Spring, MD  20901-4904

University of Maryland
                                                                           

  

SVT Associates                                          Advanced Strained-Superlattice
7600 Executive Drive                                 Photocathodes for Polarized Electron
Eden Prairie, MN  55344                           Sources    

                          

Simulation Technology                                Tau3p-Based Interactive Design
  & Applied Research                                 Automation Software
11520 North Port
Washington Road, Suite 101B
Mequon, WI  53092-1195                                                     

                                                                                    

World Physics                                            A New Permanent Magnet
 
Technologies, Inc.                                     Design System
1105 Highland Circle
Blacksburg, VA  24060-5618                                                 

                                                                                    

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

                                                                                     

Alameda Applied                                        Solid State RF PC Pulse Compression
 
Sciences Corporation                               for High Power Microwave Generation
2235 Polvorosa Avenue
Suite 230
San Leandro, CA  94577-2249                                                

                                                                                     

Calabazas Creek Research                         Improved Magnetron Injection Guns
20937 Comer Drive                                   for High-Power Gyrotrons and
Saratoga, CA  95070-3753                        Gyroklystrons   

                   


Duly Research, Inc.                                    A High-Power, Ceramic, RF Generator
1912 MacArthur Street                              and Extractor
Rancho Palos Verdes, CA  90275 

                                         

Omega-P, Inc.                                            Quasi-Optical 34 GHZ RF Pulse
202008 Yale Station                                   Compressor
Suite 100
New Haven, CT  06520

Omega-P, Inc.                                            KA-Band RF Transmission Line
202008 Yale Station                                   Components for a High-Gradient
Suite 100
New Haven, CT  06520
  

Omega-P, Inc.                                            Quasi-Optical Millimeter-Wave
202008 Yale Station                                   Accelerating Structure
Suite 100
New Haven, CT  06520

Omega-P, Inc.                                            Robust RF Accelerator Structures
202008 Yale Station                                   at 34.272 GHZ
Suite 100
New Haven, CT  06520                                                       

                                                                                    

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

                                                                                     

STTR Award
Accelerator Technology                            Virtual-Impact Particle Sizing for
207 Dellwood
                                            Precursor Powders of Nb3Sn and Bi-2212
Bryan, TX  77801
                                      Superconductors

Texas Engineering Experiment Station

  

STTR Award
Alabama Cryogenic                                  Innovative Processing Methods for
Engineering, Inc.                                       Superconducting Materials
P.O. Box 2470
Huntsville, AL  35804-2470                                                                                                                           

Concurrent Technologies Corp.      

 

DSP Alloys                                                A Tubular Filamented Dispersion
4235 Toch Street                                       Strengthened Powder Alloy Core
San Diego, CA  92117                               Nb3Sn Superconductor               

  

Global Research                                         Ultrasonic Drawing of Advanced A15
 
& Development, Inc.                                Strand, Piece-Length Enhancement,
110 E. Canal Street                                    Bonding, and Stabilizer Attachment
Troy, OH  45373                          

                                                                                     

Paul D. Jablonski                                        A Novel Process for Producing Low
8144 Garnet Avenue, N.E.                        
Cost Sn-Ti Core Rods for Internal
North Canton, OH  44721                         Tin Nb3Sn                          

                                                                                    

Supercon, Inc.                                            Cost Reduction Techniques for
830 Boston Turnpike                                  Producing NbSn2 Intermetallic Powder
Shrewsbury, MA  01545                            for Application in PIT Processed
                                                  
                Nb3Sn Superconductor                

                                                                                    

Supercon, Inc.                                            A Scalable APC Process with a Novel
830 Boston Turnpike                                  Pin Structure for High Field Magnets
Shrewsbury, MA  01545-3301                                                 

   

Superconducting Systems, Inc.                    Enabling Technologies for Inline
90 Rumford Avenue                                   Heat Treatment of Nb3Sn Precursor
Waltham, MA  02453                                Cables Suited to Fabrication of
                                               
                  Nb3Sn Flexible Cables              

                                                                                    

Supergenics                                                A Method to Increase Current Density
1233 Tree Bay Lane                                   in a Mono Element Internal Tin
Sarasota, FL  34242                                  Process Superconductor Utilizing
                                               
                  ZrO2 to Refine the Grain Size      

                                                                                    

TOPIC:  TECHNOLOGIES FOR THE NEXT-GENERATION ELECTRON
POSITRON COLLIDER     

 

Calabazas Creek Research                         Multi-Megawatt Circulator for TE01
20937 Comer Drive                                   Waveguide
Saratoga, CA  95070-3753                                                   

 

Diversified Technologies, Inc.                      Toroidal Pulse Transformer for the
35 Wiggins Avenue                                     Next Linear Collider
Bedford, MA  01730-2314                                                    

                                                                                     

Energen, Inc.                                              Active Vibration Control of NLC
17 D Sterling Road                                     Magnets
Billerica, MA  01862-2518                                                   

                                                                                    

Omega-P, Inc.                                            High-Power Plasma Switch for 11.4
202008 Yale Station                                   GHZ Microwave Pulse Compressor
Suite 100
New Haven, CT  06520                                                        

                                                                                    

STI Optronics, Inc.                                     Permanent Magnet Quadrupoles with
2755 Northup Way                                    Adjustable Field Strength and
Bellvue, WA  98004-1403                         Centerline Movement Compensation   

  

TOPIC:  HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS DETECTORS                                      

                                                                                    

Cremat, Inc.                                               Novel Photodiode for Use in High
45 Union Street                                          Energy Physics
Watertown, MA  02172-2523                                                  

                                                                                     

Lawrence Semiconductor                           Next-Generation Visible Light
Research Laboratory, Inc.                          Photon Counters
2300 West Huntington Drive
Tempe, AZ  85282-3130                                                

        

TOPIC:  HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS DATA ACQUISITION AND PROCESSING                

  

Corporate Computer                                  Intelligent Agents for Search and
   Services Inc.                                            Information Distribution of
5421 Maplewood Place                              Scientific Notebook
Downers Grove, IL  60515                           

                                                                                   

Manhattan Routing, Inc.                              Design and Integration of Analog
75 Maiden Lane                                         Building Blocks for High Energy
Suite 501A                                                 Experiments in Deep Submicron ICs
New York, NY  10038-4810                                                   

  

Tech-X Corporation                                   Web-Invocable Skimming Environment
5541 Central Avenue                                  (WISE): A Framework for Remote
Suite 135
Boulder, CO  80301                                                          

                                                                                    

Tempest Microsystems                               A Low Cost, High Capacity Storage
3525 Del Mar Heights Road                       Module for Data Grids in Particle
#395                                                          Physics
San Diego, CA  92130                                                       

                                                                                    

TOPIC:  NUCLEAR PHYSICS ACCELERATOR TECHNOLOGY                             

                                                                                    

Advanced Energy                                       Continuous Wave, L-Band,
 
Systems, Inc.                                            Cryogenic Photocathode Electron Gun
27 Industrial Building
Unit E
Medford, NY  11763                                                         

                                                                                    

Energen, Inc.                                              An Active Microphonics Control
17 D Sterling Road                                     System
                                                                                       Billerica, MA  01862-2518                               

                           

FARTECH, Inc.                                         Soft X-Ray Diagnostic Tool for
3146 Bunche Avenue                                 Electron Cyclotron Resonance Ion
San Diego, CA  92122                               Sources                            

  

Hypres, Inc.                                               Automatic Setup and Control of a 10
175 Clearbrook Road                                GHz-Bandwidth Transient Digitizer
Elmsford, NY  10523                                 Using VXI-Standard Electronics     

                                                                                    

Hypres, Inc.                                               Novel Digital Beam-Current Detector
175 Clearbrook Road                                with Ultra-High Precision and
Elmsford, NY  10523-1109                       Ultra-Large Dynamic Range          

  

STTR Award
Ralph B. Fiorito Company                        Near Field Diffraction Radiation
3 Lauer Terrace                                        Beam Diagnostics
Silver Spring, MD  20901-4904

University of Maryland

                                                                                    

Sandiaview Software, Inc.                          Probabilistic Methods for
1009 Bradbury Drive, SE                           Model-Based Accelerator Control
Suite 7
Albuquerque, NM  87106                                                     

                                                                                    

Sienna Technologies, Inc.                            Hermetic Metallization of Aluminum
19501 144th Avenue, NE                           Nitride for Radio Frequency Devices
Suite F-500
Woodinville, WA  98072-6463                                                

                                                                                    

Tech-X Corporation                                   ParSEC - Parallel Simulation of
5541 Central Avenue                                  Electron Cooling
Suite 135
Boulder, CO  80301                                                         

                                                                                      

TechSource, Inc.                                        Two-Step Target for Fission Product
P.O. Box 31057                                         Radioactive Beam Production
Santa Fe, NM  87594-1057                                                   

 

TOPIC:  NUCLEAR PHYSICS DETECTORS INSTRUMENTATION AND
TECHNIQUES           

                                                                                     

Adelphi Technology, Inc.                            Large-Area, High-Sensitivity,
2181 Park Boulevard                                 High-Resolution X-Ray Imager
Palo Alto, CA  94306-1543                                                   

                                                                                    

Adherent Technologies, Inc.                        Detector Arrays Based on Fast
9621 Camino del Sol, NE                           Scintillators
Albuquerque, NM  87111                                                

                                                                                     

Adherent Technologies, Inc.                        X-Ray Initiated Epoxy Adhesive for
9621 Camino del Sol, NE                           Detector Assembly
Albuquerque, NM  87111-1522                                                 

                                                                                    

Constellation Technology                            Hemispherical Mercuric Iodide
     Corporation                                           Detector
7887 Bryan Dairy Road
Suite 100
Largo, FL  33777                                                           

                                                                                    

STTR Award
I.C. Gomes Consulting &                         Development of a Computer Code
    Investment, Inc. Inc.                             System for Simulation of Target
11 Huntington Circle, #12                        Performance for the RIA
Naperville, IL  60540                                Isotope Accelerator)

Argonne National Laboratory

 

Intelligent Optical                                        Photonic Crystal Scintillating
Systems,Inc.                                               Fibers
2520 West 237th Street
Torrance, CA  90505-5217                                                   

                                                                                   

IntraSpec, Inc.                                            A New Approach to Silicon Avalanche
P.O. Box 4579                                           Detector Arrays
Oak Ridge, TN  37831                                                       

                                                                                    

NanoSciences Corporation                         Inexpensive, Position Sensitive
Hurley Farms Industrial Park                       Tiled Photomultiplier Arrays for
Building 3, 115 Hurley Road                       Cherenkov Counters
Oxford, CT  06478                                                         

 

NanoSciences Corporation                         Enhanced Efficiency Nanowire
Hurley Farms Industrial Park                       Photocathode for Large PMTs
Building 3, 115 Hurley Road
Oxford, CT  06478                                                          

                                                                                    

Nanosonic, Inc.                                          Nanostructured Externally
P.O. Box 618                                            Cure-Initiated Thermally and
Christiansburg, VA  24068                         Electrically Conductive Adhesives  

                                                                                     

Photon Imaging, Inc.                                   Thick Silicon Photodiodes for High
19355 Business Center Drive                      Efficiency X- and Gamma-Ray
Suite 8                                                        Spectroscopy
Northridge, CA  91344                                                      

                                                                                    

Radiation Monitoring                                  High Resolution Scintillation
   
Devices, Inc.                                          Detector
44 Hunt Street
Watertown, MA  02472-4699                                                  

                                                                                   

Radiation Monitoring                                  A Novel Position Sensitive Detector
    Devices, Inc.                                          for Nuclear Radiation
44 Hunt Street
Watertown, MA  02472-4699                                                  

                                                                                     

Termomecanica                                          Synthesis of Crystalline HgxCdl-xI2,
25 Par del Rio                                            a New Material for Room Temperature
Clifton Park, NY  12065                            X-Ray and Gamma-Ray Detectors   

  

TOPIC:  NUCLEAR PHYSICS ELECTRONICS DESIGN AND FABRICATION                 

                                                                                     

Constellation Technology                            Digital Pulse Processing for Nuclear
  
Corporation                                             Detectors
7887 Bryan Dairy Road
Suite 100
Largo, FL  33777
 
                                                                                    

Ridgetop Group, Inc.                                  Improving Electronic Circuit and
731 W. Organce Tree Place                       System Reliability Using Embedded
Tucson, AZ  85704                                    Prognostics                         

                                                                                    

TOPIC:  NUCLEAR PHYSICS SOFTWARE AND DATA MANAGEMENT                        

 

Physical Optics Corporation,                      Adaptive Storage and Archiving
  
Engineering & Products Division              Database and Compression System
20600 Gramercy Place
Building 100
Torrance, CA  90501                                                        

  

Scientific Data Systems                               Power Optimizing Petabyte Disk
2252 Uranus Avenue                                  System
Las Cruces, NM  88012                                                      

                                                                                    

TOPIC:  ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES FOR NUCLEAR ENERGY                           

                                                                                    

BPW Incorporated                                     An Electrical Condition Monitoring
372 River Drive                                          Approach for Wire and Cable
Dahlonega, GA  30533-5248                                                  

                                                                          

Exa Corporation                                         A New Computational Tool for the
450 Bedford Street                                     Simulation of Three-Dimensional,
Lexington, MA  02420-1500                      Two-Phase Flow and Heat Transfer in
                                                
                  Boiling Water Reactors             

                                                                                     

Gamma Engineering                                    A Multi-Layered Ceramic Composite
  
Corporation                                             for Impermeable Fuel Cladding for
15815 Crabbs Branch Way                        Commercial Water Reactors
Rockville, MD  20855-2635                         

                                                                                    

Hi-Z Technology, Inc.                                 MilliWatt Modules Using Parallel
7606 Miramar Road                                   Circuitry
Suite 7400
San Diego, CA  92126-4210                                                  

                                                                                    

TOPIC:  SENSOR TECHNOLOGY FOR DETECTING THE
PROLIFERATION OF WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION
  

                                                                                    

Multimax, Inc.                                            Efficient Integration of Old and New
1441 McCormick Drive                             Research Tools for Automating the
Largo, MD  20774-5323                           Identification and Analysis of
                                                
                 Seismic Reference Events           

                                                                                    

Nomadics, Inc.                                           Biological Agent Detection System
1024 S. Innovation Way                             for Field Use
Stillwater, OK  74074-1508                                                 

                                                                                     

Weston Geophysical                                   Regional Ground Truth Database
325 West Main Street                                Development in Southern Asia: Phase I
Northboro, MA  01532                              Mining Explosions                

                                                                                     

X-Ray Instrumentation                                Portable Electronics for
   Associates                                               Multi-Channel Digital Coincidence
8450 Central Avenue                                  X-Ray Spectroscopy
Fremont, CA  94560  

 

TOPIC:  SUPPORT TECHNOLOGIES FOR SENSORS USED IN
NATIONAL SECURITY APPLICATIONS                                                        

                                                                                    

Applied Mathematical                                 Web-Interfaced Nonlinear Optical
   
Physics Research, Inc.                            Waveguide and Photonic Crystal
420 Bedford Street                                     Simulator
Suite 230
Lexington, MA  02420-1526                                                   

                                                                                    

STTR Award
Intelligent Optical                                     Microfluidics Transport and Path
Systems, Inc.                                             Control via Programmable
2520 West 237th Street                             Electrowetting on Dielectric
Torrance, CA  90505                                (EWOD) Card

UCLA Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering Department

 

Physical Optics Corporation,                      Photonic Device Modeling Using a
  
Electro-Optics & Holography                  Neural Network
   Division
20600 Gramercy Place
Building 100
Torrance, CA  90501-1821                                                   

                                                                                     

Polymath Research Inc.                              Modeling and Design Tools for
827 Bonde Court                                       Heterogeneous Photonic Integrated
Pleasanton, CA  94566                              Circuits                           

                                                                                    

Vexcel Corporation                                    Real-Time InSAR Seismic Wave
4909 Nautilus Court                                   Imaging
Suite 133
Boulder, CO  80301                                                         

  

TOPIC:  TECHNOLOGIES FOR TRANSURANIC AND MIXED WASTE
MANAGEMENT            

                                                                                    

ADA Technologies, Inc.                             Ion Mobility Spectrometry-Based
8100 Shaffer Parkway                                Continuous Emissions Monitoring
Suite 130                                                    System for Multiple Metals
Littleton, CO  80127-4107                                                   

                                                                                    

Adherent Technologies, Inc.                        Hydrogen Gettering Formulations
9621 Camino del Sol, NE                           Using Unsaturated Organics
Albuquerque, NM  87111-1522                                                

                                                                                     

CeraMem Corporation                               Process for Removal of Dioxin from
12 Clematis Avenue                                    Incinerator Off-Gas
Waltham, MA  02453                                                          

                                                                                    

First Point Scientific, Inc.                            Advanced NDA Technology for
5330 Derry Avenue                                    Remotely Handled Transuranic and
Suite J                                                        Mixed Waste
Agoura Hills, CA  91301-4500                                               

                                                                                    

MSE Technology                                        Offgas Dioxin Monitoring Using
  
Applications, Inc.                                     Supercritical Fluid Extraction/Solid
200 Technology Way                                  Phase Microextraction to Release
P.O. Box 4078                                           Particulate Dioxins
Butte, MT  59702                                        

                                                                                   

TOPIC:  MONITORING OF DOE SITES, FACILITIES, AND
PERSONNEL                 

                                                                                     

ADA Technologies, Inc.                             Novel In Situ Monitoring System for
8100 Shaffer Parkway                                Groundwaters
Suite 130
Littleton, CO  80127-4107                                                  

  

Aspen Systems, Inc.                                   Personal Cooling System
184 Cedar Hill Street
Marlboro, MA  01752-3017                                                   

  

Burge Environmental, Inc.                           Ground-Water Monitoring System for
6100 South Maple                                      Multiple Sensors
Suite 114
Tempe, AZ  85283-2872                                                       

                                                                                    

Physical Optics Corporation,                      An Advanced Real-Time Data
   
Information Technologies                        Management System
    Division
20600 Gramercy Place
Building 100
Torrance, CA  90501                                                         

                                                                                    

Radiation Monitoring                                  A High Sensitivity Beta Imaging
   
Devices, Inc.                                          System for Surface Assessment
44 Hunt Street
Watertown, MA  02472                                                  

                                                                                      

Radiation Safety                                         Determination of Radionuclide Depth
    Engineering, Inc.                                     Distribution by Collimated Gamma-
3245 N. Washington Street                        Ray Spectroscopy
Chandler, AZ  85225-1121                                        

                                                                                    

STTR Award
YAHSGS, LLC                                           Total Online Access Data System
8516 Oxford Drive
Knoxville, TN  37922

Oak Ridge National Laboratory

  

TOPIC:  ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING TECHNOLOGIES FOR
SOILS, SUBSURFACE SEDIMENTS, AND GROUNDWATER                                         

             

STTR Award
Edenspace Systems                                   Monitoring Phytoremediation
Corporation                                              Process Using the Green Fluorescent
15100 Enterprise Court                            Corporation
Suite 100
Dulles, VA  20151

Purdue Research Foundation

   

Eltron Research, Inc.                                  A Novel Electrochemical Detection
4600 Nautilus Court South                         Strategy for Heavy Metal Monitoring
Boulder, CO  80301-3241                                                     

                                                                                    

Polestar Technologies, Inc.                         CO2-Sensing Nanospheres for Optical
220 Reservoir Street                                   Detection of Bioactivity at the Pore-Scale
Suite 32
Needham Heights, MA  02494                                            

 

Real-Time Analyzers                                   Sensor for Real-Time Analysis of
87 Church Street                                        Heavy Metals and Radionuclides in
East Hartford, CT  06108                           Groundwater                        

                                                                                   

The Nitrate Elimination                                A Nitrate Biosensor for Monitoring
   
Co., Inc.                                                 Groundwater at DOE Sites
334 Hecla Street
Lake Linden, MI  49945                                                     

                                                                                   

TOPIC:  ATMOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT TECHNOLOGY                                 

                                                                                    

Aerodyne Research, Inc.                            Development of a Quantum Cascade
45 Manning Road                                       Laser-Based Detector for Ammonia and
Billerica, MA  01821-3976                        Nitric Acid                        

  

Physical Sciences, Inc.                               Quantum Cascade Laser-Based
20 New England Business                          Center Absorption Spectrometer
Andover, MA  01810-1077                       Measurements of Trace Nitrogen
                                                
                 Species                            

                                                                                    

Research Support                                       A Large Aperture, Spectral Radiance
    Instruments, Inc.                                     Calibration Source for the Ultraviolet
5735 Arapahoe Avenue
Suite 2A
Boulder, CO  80303                                                         

                                                                                 

Yankee Environmental                                Next Generation Shortwave Filter
    Systems, Inc.                                          Shadowband Radiometer
101 Industrial Boulevard
Turners Falls, MA  01376                                              

                                                                                   

Yankee Environmental                                Advanced Low-Cost Solar Tracker
   
Systems, Inc.                                          for Atmospheric Radiation and Optical
101 Industrial Boulevard                             Depth Measurements
Turners Falls, MA  01376                            

 

TOPIC:  BIOLOGICAL CARBON SEQUESTRATION RESEARCH AND
TECHNOLOGY            

                                                                                    

Applied Natural                                          Root Engineering for Self-Irrigation
    Sciences, Inc.                                         that Exploits Soil Depth Dimension
4129 Tonya Trail                                        for Carbon Sequestration
Hamilton, OH  45011                                

                                                                                  

TOPIC:  CARBON CYCLE MEASUREMENTS OF THE ATMOSPHERE
AND THE BIOSPHERE      

                                                                                    

Coherent Technologies, Inc.                       Eyesafe Laser Radar for Precision
655 Aspen Ridge Drive                              Remote Atmospheric CO2 Concentration
Lafayette, CO  80026-9341                       and Wind Vector Velocity Measurement

 

Eltron Research, Inc.                                  Miniaturized CO2 Analyzer Employing
4600 Nautilus Court South                         a Novel Optical Sensor
Boulder, CO  80301-3241                                                    

                                                                                   

STTR Award
Foresters Incorporated                             Measuring Forest Canopy Structure and
Box 11750                                                 Aboveground Biomass with a Laser
Blacksburg, VA  24062                             Scanner

Virginia Tech

                                                                                    

Informed Diagnostics, Inc.                          Ultrasensitive, Portable Isotope
1050 E. Duane Avenue                               Ratio Analyzer
Suite H
Sunnyvale, CA  94085-2627                                                  

                                                                                     

Ion Optics, Inc.                                          Compact, Rugged, Low-Power CO2
411 Waverly Oak Road                             Sensors for Balloon-Borne Measurement
Suite 144                                                   of Atmospheric CO2 Concentration
Waltham, MA  02452                                            

                                                                                    

ZAI/Amelex, Inc.                                        System for the Remote Measurement of
8229 Boone Boulevard                               Carbon Sequestration
Suite 300
Vienna, VA  22182-2623                                                      

                                                                                    

TOPIC:  MEDICAL SCIENCES                                                    

                                                                                    

Advanced Cytometry                                  Miniature, Modular, Multiparameter
    Instrumentation Systems                          Flow Cytometer to Facilitate Drug
Baird Research Park                                   Evaluations
15 76 Sweet Home Road
Amherst, NY  14228-2710                                                     

                                                                                    

Aguila Technologies, Inc.                            High Density CZT Array Assembly
310 Via Vera Cruz                                     Techniques
Suite 107
San Marcos, CA  92069-2630                                                 

 

Photon Imaging, Inc.                                   Internal Gain Drift Photodetector
19355 Business Center Drive                      Based Anger Camera
Suite 8
Northridge, CA  91344                                                      

 

Radiation Monitoring                                  High Resolution, Low Cost
    Devices, Inc.                                          Small Animal PET Imager
44 Hunt Street
Watertown, MA  02472-4699                                                   

 

TOPIC:  GENOME, STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY, AND RELATED
BIOTECHNOLOGIES            

                                                                                    

Chromatin, Inc.                                          FISH Mapping of the Centromere
2201 W. Campbell Park Drive                   Regions of Plant Chromosomes
Chicago, IL  60612-3568                                                    

                                                                                     

Chromatin, Inc.                                          Screening a Maize BAC Library for
2201 W. Campbell Park Drive                   Clones from the Centromeric Region
Chicago, IL  60612-3568                          of the Chromosome                  

                                                                                    

Chromatin, Inc.                                          Fractionation of Centromere Regions
2201 W. Campbell Park Drive                   from Chromosomal DNA
Chicago, IL  60612-3568                                                    

                                                                                    

Genome Data Systems, Inc.                        High-Density Protein Microarrays
127 U.S. Highway 206
Suite 27
Hamilton, NJ  08610                                                        

                                                                                     

Molsoft, LLC                                             GAP: Genomics Annotation Platform
3366 N. Torrey Pines Court
Suite 300
La Jolla, CA  92037                                                        

   

Physical Optics, Photonic                            Microarray Electrophoretic
   
Systems Division                                     DNA Mapping System
20600 Gramercy Place
Building 100
Torrance, CA  90501                                                         

                                                                                    

TOPIC:  HIGH PERFORMANCE NETWORKS                                           

                                                                                    

En Garde Systems, Inc.                              Encryption Black Box (EBB)
4848 Tramway Ridge Drive
Suite 122
Albuquerque, NM  87112                                                     

                                                                                     

Ionic Systems, Inc.                                     Ultra Dense WDM Optical Interconnect
Unit 417                                                     Using Silicon NanoComposites
1430 Tully Road
San Jose, CA  95122                                                                                                                     

   

Los Gatos Research                                   Microresonator Optical
67 East Evelyn Avenue                               Interconnect
Suite 3
Mountain View, CA  94041-1518                                   

                                                                                  

Mendez R&D Associates                           32 x 2.5 Gb/s Optical Code Division
408 Standard Street                                   Multiplexing for Agile Optical
P.O. Box 2756
El Segundo, CA  90245                                                       

                                                                                    

Physical Optics Corporation,                      Multilayer Optical Interconnect
   
Electro-Optics &                                    Based on Holographic Lithography
    Holography Division
20600 Gramercy Place
Building 100
Torrance, CA  90501-1821                                                   

                                                                                   

Scientific Solutions, Inc.                              Development of a Suite of
55 Middlesex Street                                   Ultra-Dense WDM Components Using
Chelmsford, MA  01863                            Novel Liquid Crystal Technology    

 

Systran Federal Corporation                       Optical Routing and Switching System
4027 Colonel Glenn Highway
#210
Dayton, OH  45431-1672                                                     

                                                                                    

TOPIC:  HIGH PERFORMANCE SYSTEMS SOFTWARE                                  

                                                                                    

Mission Critical Linux, Inc.                          Implementation of Hardware
100 Foot of John Street                              Diagnostics from Within the Lunux
Lowell, MA  01852                                    Operating System                   

                                                                                    

SRC Computers                                         Compiling for Application-Specific
4240 N. Nevada Avenue                            Computational Acceleration in
Colorado Springs, CO  80907                    Reconfigurable Architectures       

                                                                                    

TOPIC:  ZERO NET ENERGY BUILDINGS                                          

                                                                                    

AIL Research, Inc.                                     A Liquid-Desiccant Heating/Cooling
P.O. Box 3662                                           System Powered by Solar Energy
50 Washington Road
Princeton, NJ  08543-3662                                                  

                                                                                     

Aspen Systems, Inc.                                   Superinsulation for Ductwork
184 Cedar Hill Street
Marlboro, MA  01752-3017                                                    

  

Steven Winter Associates, Inc.                   Truss-Integrated Thermoformed
50 Washington Street                                 Ductwork
Norwalk, CT  06854-2710                                                    

                                                                                    

TOPIC:  LOW COST POWER ELECTRONICS AND SENSORS FOR
DISTRIBUTED ENERGY RESOURCES

                                                                                     

ARSECO                                                   Low Cost, Modular, Single-Phase
2606 Foothill Boulevard                             Power Converter Unit for
Suite A                                                       Customer-Sited Distributed Energy
La Cresenta, CA  91214                            Resource Technologies              

                                                                                    

Airak, Inc.                                                  An Optically Isolated HV-IGBT Based
9058 Euclid Avenue                                    Mega-Watt Cascaded Inverter Building
Manassas, VA  20110                                Block for DER Applications         

                                                                                    

CPY Consulting                                         Clamp-On, Untethered Power Interface
409 Overbrook Drive, #27                         Pod
Bozeman, MT  59715                                                         

                                                                                   

Carmel Electric Co.                                    Convertor for Economic Power
27726 Henson Place                                  Generation from Adjustable Speed
Bryant, AR  72022                                     Wind Mills                        

                                                                                    

UQM Technologies, Inc.                            Modular DC/AC Inverter for
425 Corporate Circle                                 Distributed Power
Golden, CO  80401-5635                                                     

                                                                                     

TOPIC:  BIOPRODUCTS AND BIOENERGY RESEARCH                                 

                                                                                     

Altex Technologies                                     Beneficiation of Biomass via the
    Corporation                                           Altex Double Drum Separator
650 Nuttman Street
Suite 114
Santa Clara, CA  95054-2620                                                

        

Community Power                                      Demonstration of Modular Biopower
   
Corporation                                            System Using Poultry Waste
8420 S. Continental Divide Road
Suite 100
Littleton, CO  80127-1                                                      

                                                                  

STTR Award
EERGC Corporation                                Conversion of Animal Waste to Hydrogen
18A Mason Drive                                      by Unmixed Reforming
Irvine, CA  92618

University of North Dakota EERC

                                                                                 

Energy Performance                                   Accumulator Control Systems for a
   
Systems, Inc.                                          High Productivity Whole Tree
7767 Elm Creek Boulevard                         Harvester
Maple Grove, MN  55369                         

                                                                         

TOPIC:  HEAT TRANSFER RESEARCH                                             

                                                                                    

AIL Research, Inc.                                     An Advanced Regenerator for Liquid
P.O. Box 3662                                           Desiccants
50 Washington Road
Princeton, NJ  08543-3662                                                   

                                                                                    

ElasTek, Inc.                                              Developing Desiccant Coatings for
2 Chippewa Court                                      the Elastomer Bed for Optimal
Madison, WI  53711-1959                        Enthalpy Exchange Ventilation      

                                                                                    

MER Corporation                                      Novel Synthesis Method for Producing
7960 South Kolb Road                              Spherical and Elongated Metallic
Tucson, AZ  85706                                    Nanoparticles for Advanced Heat
                                                                 
Transfer Nanofluids                

 

STTR Award
Nanopowder Enterprises, Inc.                  Oxide Dispersed Nanofluids for Next
120 Centennial Avenue                             Generation Heat Transfer
Piscataway, NJ  08854

Argonne National Laboratory

 

TDA Research, Inc.                                    Surfaced Functionalized
12345 West 52nd Avenue                          Nanoparticles for Nanofluids
Wheat Ridge, CO  80033-1917                                                

                                                                                     

TOPIC:  RECOVERY, RECYCLE, AND REUSE OF ENERGY INTENSIVE MATERIALS         

                                                                                     

Adherent Technologies, Inc.                        Recycling of Polystyrene Packaging
9621 Camino del Sol, NE                           from the Food Service Industry
Albuquerque, NM  87111-1522                                                 

                                                                                    

METSS Corporation                                  Recycling of Coated Plastics Used in
300 Westdale Avenue                                Automotive, IT and Commercial
Westdale, OH  43082                                Applications                       

                                                                                      

STTR Award
Product Remanufacturing                        Integrated Remanufacturing/Materials
   
Centers Inc.                                          Recovery Process for Optimum Recycling
168 Railroad Street                                  of Plastics
Huntington Station, NY  11746

Argonne National Laboratory

  

Spectracode, Inc.                                       Development of a Universal Plastic
1291 Cumberland Avenue                          Resin Composition Sensor for Whole
West Lafayette, IN  47906                         Parts and Reground Mixtures        

  

TOPIC:  REACTIVE SEPARATIONS                                                

                                                                                    

Foster-Miller, Inc.                                      PBO Films as Templates for
350 Second Avenue                                   Production of High Efficiency
Waltham, MA  02451                                Nanoporous Composite Membranes     

 

Media and Process                                     Reactive Separation via a
   
Technology, Inc.                                     Hydrothermally Stable Hydrogen
1155 William Pitt Way                                Selective Membrane
Pittsburgh, PA  15238-1368                               

                                                                                      

PTC Value Recovery                                  A Novel Taylor Vortex
900 Briggs Road                                        Extractive-Reaction Process for
Suite 130                                                    Reducing Organic Wastes Dissolved in
Mt. Laurel, NJ  08054                                Aqueous Streams                    

                                                                                    

TDA Research, Inc.                                    A Low-Cost System for the Conversion
12345 West 52nd Avenue                          of HCl to Cl2
Wheat Ridge, CO  80033-1917                                                

                                                                                    

Trans Ionics Corporation                            Novel Membrane Reactor for the
P.O. Box 130511                                       Desulfurization of Transportation
2408 Timberloch Place                               Fuels
Suite D-5
The Woodlands, TX  77382                                                   

                                                                                    

TOPIC:  CATALYST APPLICATIONS AND ENABLING SCIENCE FOR
CHEMICAL MANUFACTURE

                                                                                    

Apyron Technologies, Inc.                          Encapsulated Particles: Improved
4030-F Pleasantdale Road                         Catalyst for the Production of
Atlanta, GA  30340                                    Methanol from CO                   

                                                                                    

Brimrose Corporation                                 Near-Infrared Spectropolarimetry for
   
of America                                             On-Line Measurement of Polymer
5024 Campbell Boulevard                          Rheology
Suite E
Baltimore, MD  21236-4968                                                    

Catalytic Materials Ltd.                              General of Graphite Nanofibers via
1750 Washington Street                             the Catalytic Conversion of Methane
West Holliston
Professional Park
Holliston, MA  01746-2234                                                   

                                                        

CeraMem Corporation                               Two-Step Methane Conversion to
12 Clematis Avenue                                    Alkynes and Dienes
Waltham, MA  02453                                                         

                                                                                    

Envirogen, Inc.                                           Improved Biological Catalyst for
Princeton Research Center                          Oxidation of Alkanes
4100 Quakerbridge Road
Lawrenceville, NJ  08648-4702                                               

                                                                                    

Hydrocarbon Technologies, Inc.                 One-Step Process for Propylene Oxide
1501 New York Avenue                            Production Directly from Hydrogen,
Lawrenceville, NJ  08648                           Oxyen and Propylene by Using a
                                                                 
Dual-Function Nanoparticle Catalyst

                                                                                                                                                                         

TDA Research, Inc.                                    Biphasic Hydroformylation of Higher
12345 West 52nd Avenue                          Olefins with Redox-Switchable
Wheat Ridge, CO  80033                           Surfactants                        

                                                                                      

TOPIC:  MEMBRANES FOR ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SEPARATION
TECHNOLOGIES          

                                                                                      

CeraMem Corporation                               Low-Cost Ceramic Modules
12 Clematis Avenue                                    Incorporating Palladium-Based
Waltham, MA  02453                                Membranes for Dehydrogenation
                                                
                 Reactions                          

                                                                                     

Compact Membrane                                   Low Emission Diesel Engines
   
Systems, Inc.
325 Water Street
Wilmington, DE  19804                                                       

    

ITN Energy Systems, Inc.                           Selective Adsorption Membranes for
8130 Shaffer Parkway                                the Production of Enriched Air
Littleton, CO  80127-4107                                                  

 

Membrane Technology and                         Treatment of Produced Water with
   
Research, Inc. (MTR)                             Fouling-Resistant Nanofiltration
1360 Willow Road                                     Membranes
Suite 103
Menlo Park, CA  94025-1516                                                 

                                                                                     

Membrane Technology and                         Low-Cost, Large-Membrane-Area
   
Research, Inc. (MTR)                             Modules for Gas Separation
1360 Willow Road
Suite 103
Menlo Park, CA  94025-1516                                                 

                                                                                    

Montec Research                                       An Acoustically Enhanced
1901 South Franklin                                   Pervaporation Bioreactor (APB)
Butte, MT  59701                                                           

                                                                                    

NexTech Materials, Ltd.                             Novel Thin-Film Ceria Membrane
720-I Lakeview                                          Materials for Small-Scale Oxygen
Plaza Boulevard                                          Generation Systems
Worthington, OH  43085-4733                              

  

STTR Award
Vertec Biosolvents, LLC                           Advanced Membrane Technology for
411 Business Center Drive                        Biosolvents
Suite 111
Mt. Prospect, IL  60056

Argonne National Laboratory

                                                                                     

TOPIC:  HIGH TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTIVITY FOR
ELECTRIC POWER APPLICATIONS 

                                                                                     

ARACOR                                                  X-Ray Diagnostics for
425 Lakeside Drive                                    High-Temperature Superconductor
Sunnyvale, CA  94086-4701                      Processing    

                      

American Superconductor                          Improved Buffered Substrates for
   
Corporation                                           YBCO Coated Conductors
Two Technology Drive
Westborough, MA  01581                                                      

                                                                                    

MicroCoating Technologies                        On-Line Texture Diagnostics for
5315 Peachtree                                          Coated Conductor Manufacture
Industrial Boulevard
Chamblee, GA  30341                                                        

                                                                                      

Structured Materials                                   Real Time In Situ Composition and
   
Industries, Inc.                                        Thickness Control System for
120 Centennial Avenue                               Deposition of Superconducting Tape
Piscataway, NJ  08854-3900                     Films                              

                                                                                   

UES, Inc.                                                   Development of Textured Buffer Layer
4401 Dayton-Xenia Road                           On Metal Tapes for Oxide
Dayton, OH  45432-1805                          Superconductors                    

                                                                                    

TOPIC:  SENSING TECHNOLOGIES FOR CORROSION PROCESSES                       

                                                                                   

Applicable Electronics, Inc.                         Non-Invasive Techniques to Study
P.O. Box 589                                             Local Passivity Breakdown of Metal
Forestdale, MA  02644                              Alloys in Aqueous Media            

                                                                                     

Faraday Technology, Inc.                           Microelectrode Array for
315 Huls Drive                                           Electrochemical Sensing of Localized
Clayton, OH  45315-8983                         Corrosion                          

                                                                                    

STTR Award
Luna Innovations Incorporated                Multiplexed Optical Fiber Chemical
2851 Commerce Street                             Sensor Arrays for Real-Time In-Situ
P.O. Box 11704                                        Monitoring of the Localized Corrosion
Blacksburg, VA  24060                             Environment

University of Virginia

        

Omega International                                    High Resolution Imaging System for
   
Technology, Inc.                                     Corrosion Measurement
480 Wegner Road
Lakemoor, IL  60050-8653                                                   

                                                                                    

TOPIC:  INTERMETALLIC ALLOYS FOR STRUCTURAL USE                            

                                                                                   

Multi-Phase Services, Inc.                          Development of High-Temperature
2111 Riversound Drive                               Cr-Based Intermetallic Alloys for
Knoxville, TN  37922                                 Structural Applications            

                                                                                    

Powdermet, Inc.                                         Enhanced Moly Silicide Intermetallic
9960 Glenoaks Boulevard                          Alloys
Unit A
Sun Valley, CA  91352-1064                                                 

                                                                                    

TOPIC:  IMPROVED PERMANENT MAGNETS AND PROCESSING
TECHNOLOGIES             

                                                                                    

STTR Award
APS Material, Inc.                                    Plasma Spraying of Nd2Fe12B
4011 Riverside Drive                                Permanent Magnet Materials
Dayton, OH  45405-2364

University of Dayton Research Institute

 

Powdermet, Inc.                                         Nano-Engineered Permanent Magnet
9960 Glenoaks Boulevard                          Materials
Unit A
Sun Valley, CA  91352-1064                                                 

                                                                                     

TOPIC:  NEUTRON AND ELECTRON BEAM INSTRUMENTATION                          

                                                                                  

STTR Award
Containerless Research, Inc.                     Neutron Scattering Instrumentation for
906 University Place                                Measurement of Melt
Evanston, IL  60201-3121

Argonne National Laboratory
 

NOVA Scientific, Inc.                                High Resolution Hybrid MCP Detector
660 Main Street                                         for Thermal Neutrons
P.O. Box 928
Sturbridge, MA  01566-0928                                                 

                                                                                    

NOVA Scientific, Inc.                                Large Format MicroFiber Detector for
660 Main Street                                         Low Energy Neutrons
P.O. Box 928
Sturbridge, MA  01566-0928                                                 

                                                                                     

Neutron Sciences, Inc.                                Sol-Gel Derived Neutron Detector
1256 Lowell View Drive                             Using a Lithiated Glass
Knoxville, TN  37932                                                        

                                                                                    

Nion Co.                                                    Development of an Ultra-Bright
1102 8th Street                                          Electron Source for Scanning
Kirkland, WA  98033                                Transmission Electron Microscopy   

                                                                                    

Ordela, Inc.                                                Pixel-Cell Neutron Detector and
1009 Alvin Weinberg Drive                        Read-Out System Meeting Requirements
Oak Ridge, TN  37830-8012                     of Present and Future Neutron
                                                                 
Scattering Facilities              

                                                                                    

Proportional Technologies, Inc.                   Novel Neutron Detector for High Rate
8010 El Rio                                                Imaging Applications
Houston, TX  77054-4104                                                     

                                                                                    

Radiation Monitoring                                  Pyrolitic Boron Nitride Neutron
   
Devices, Inc.                                          Sensitive Direct Converter Layers
44 Hunt Street
Watertown, MA  02472-4699                                                  

                                                                                   

TOPIC:  LITHIUM-BASED BATTERY TECHNOLOGY FOR ELECTRIC
AND HYBRID VEHICLES  

                                                                                     

EIC Laboratories, Inc.                               Novel Nanocomposite Anodes for
111 Downey Street                                    Lithium-Ion Batteries
Norwood, MA  02062-2612         

                                            

MER Corporation                                      Low Cost MesoCarbon Micro Bead
7960 South Kolb Road                              Anodes for Lithium-Ion Batteries
Tucson, AZ  85706                                                          

                                                                                    

Nanopowder Enterprises, Inc.                    High Retention Capacity
120 Centennial Avenue                               Nanostructured LixFePO4 Cathodes for
Piscataway, NJ  08854-3900                     Rechargeaable Li-Ion Batteries     

                                                                                     

T/J Technologies, Inc.                                 A Novel Cathode Material for High
3850 Research Park Drive                          Power Lithium Rechargeable Batteries
Suite A
Ann Arbor, MI  48108-2150                                                  

                                                                                    

TechDrive, Inc.                                           New Low-Cost Lithium Salts for Small
17 W. 695 Butterfield Road                        and Full Size Rechargeable Batteries
Suite A
Oakbrook Terrace, IL  60181                                                 

                                                                                    

Yardney Technical Products, Inc.               Development of Low-Cost Salts for
82 Mechanic Street                                    Lithium-Ion, Rechargeable Batteries
Pawcatuck, CT  06379-2154                                                  

 

TOPIC:  FUEL PROCESSING AND CONVERSION:  CATALYTIC
CARBONACEOUS FEEDSTOCK GASIFICATION                     

                                                                                     

CeraMem Corporation                              Novel Nano-Structured Catalyst for
12 Clematis Avenue                                   Steam Gasification of Carbonaceous
Waltham, MA  02453                                Feedstocks                         

                                                                                     

TOPIC:  ADVANCED POWER SYSTEMS AND CONTROL DEVICES                         

                                                                                     

ADA Technologies, Inc.                             Treated Silicate Sorbents for
8100 Shaffer Parkway                                Mercury Removal from Flue Gas
Suite 130
Littleton, CO  80127-4107                                                  

  

Physical Sciences, Inc.                                Novel Treatment of Power Plant Fly
20 New England                                         Ash for Use as Low-Cost Mercury
Business Center                                          Sorbent
Andover, MA  01810-1077                                                    

                                                                                     

TOPIC:  FUELS TECHNOLOGIES AND MATERIALS FOR FUEL
APPLICATIONS             

                                                                                     

Advanced Fuel Research, Inc.                    High-Performance Carbon Materials
87 Church Street                                        for Ultracapacitors
East Hartford, CT  06108                                              

                                                                                     

Intematix Corporation                                 Pyrolytic Mass Production of High
351 Rheem Boulevard                                Quality Carbon Nanotubes Using
Moraga, CA  94556                                   Advanced Catalysts Discovered by
                                                 
                  Integrated Catalysts Chips         

                                                                            

MER Corporation                                      Synthesis of Bulk Amounts of
7960 South Kolb Road                              Double-Walled Carbon Nanotubes
Tucson, AZ  85706                                                          

                                                                                    

TDA Research, Inc.                                    Control of Catalyst Poisons from
12345 West 52nd Avenue                          Coal Gasifiers
Wheat Ridge, CO  80033                                                

                                                                                    

TOPIC:  MATERIALS RESEARCH FOR FOSSIL ENERGY
APPLICATIONS                  

                                                                                    

Advanced Fuel Research, Inc.                    Smart Condition Monitor for High
87 Church Street                                        Temperature Turbine Blades
East Hartford, CT  06108                                              

  

Applied Thin Films, Inc.                              Amorphous Coating for Protection of
1801 Maple Avenue                                   Austentic Steel in Coal-Fired
Suite 5316                                                  Environments
Evanston, IL  60201                                                        

                                                                                    

Ceramatec, Inc.                                          Intermediate Temperature Solid Oxide
2425 South 900 West                                Fuel Cell Development
Salt Lake City, UT  84119                                                  

                                                                                    

Ceramatec, Inc.                                          High-Temperature Highly-Efficient
2425 South 900 West                                Ceramic Heat Exchanger
Salt Lake City, UT  84119                                                  

                                                                                     

IPITEK                                                      Smart Phosphors for Turbine Engine
2330 Faraday Avenue                                Measurement and Life Prediction
Carlsbad, CA  92008-7216                                                   

                                                                                    

Jentek Sensors, Inc.                                   Intelligent Probes for Enhanced
110-1 Clematis Avenue                              Non-Destructive Determination of
Waltham, MA  02453                                Degradation in Hot-Gas-Path
                                        
                         Components                         

                                                                                     

Karta Technology, Inc.                               Laser Surface Modification for
5555 Northwest Parkway                           Improving Corrosion Resistance of
San Antonio, TX  78249                            Steels Used in Coal-Fired Power
                                                                 
Systems                            

                                                                                    

NexTech Materials, Ltd.                             Novel Ceria-Based Materials for
720-I Lakeview Plaza Blvd.                        Low-Temperature Solid Oxide Fuel
Worthington, OH  43085-4733                  Cells                               

                                                                                    

US Nanocorp, Inc.                                     Nanostructured Anode Material for
74 Batterson Park Road                             High Performance, Intermediate
Farmington, CT  06032-2597                     Temperature Solid Oxide Fuel Cell  

   

TOPIC:  OIL AND GAS TECHNOLOGIES                                           

                                                                                    

STTR Award
Carbozyme, Inc.                                        CO2 Removal from Natural Gas
NJ Ecocomplex
1200 Florence Columbus Road
Bordentown, NJ  08505

The Sapient's Institute
 

Correlations Company                                Chemical Stimulation of Oil Wells
P.O. Box 730                                             Producing from Carbonate Reservoirs
Socorro, NM  87801-0187                                                    

                                                                                    

Membrane Technology                               Integrated Membrane System for
   
and Research, Inc. (MTR)                      Upgrading Nitrogen-Rich Natural Gas
1360 Willow Road
Suite 103
Menlo Park, CA  94025-1516                                                 

                                                                                      

Membrane Technology                               Zero-Emission Natural Gas Glycol
   
and Research, Inc. (MTR)                      Dehydrator System with Improved
1360 Willow Road                                     Drying Capacity
Suite 103
Menlo Park, CA  94025-1516                                                 

                                                                                    

Nanosonic, Inc.                                          Electro-Optic Control System for
P.O. Box 618                                            Stimulation of Oil and Geothermal
Christiansburg, VA  24068                         Wells                              

                                                                                    

TechSavants, Inc.                                       Acoustic Energy: an Innovative
309 Sawmill Road                                      Technology for Stimulating Oil Wells
Naperville, IL  60565