U.S.
Department of Energy
Small Business Innovation Research Program and
Alabama, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin
ALABAMA
Alabama
Cryogenic Engineering, Inc.
A Hydrostatic Processing Facility
P.O. Box
2470
for Superconducting Wire
Huntsville, AL
This project will
develop a process for the production of advanced superconducting wire,
needed as an enabling
technology for the next generation of high energy physics colliders.
STTR Project
Plasma Processes, Inc.
Engineered Tungsten Surfaces for
4914
Moores Mill Road
Huntsville,
University
of
This project will develop engineered tungsten surfaces to
increase the performance
and lower the costs of fusion energy devices.
International Technology
New
Stable Cathode Materials for
Enchange,Inc.
OLEDs
7080 N Cathedral Rock Place
Tucson,
This project will develop advanced
materials enabling technology to improve the
performance of light emitting diodes
used in optical display instruments.
MER Corporation (Materials and
Advanced
Thermal Barrier Coatings
Electrochemical Research)
for
Turbine Components
7960 South Kolb Road
Tucson
,
This project will develop jet engine coatings that will allow the higher
operating
temperatures needed for greater efficiency, lower fuel usage, and greater
reliability.
MER
Corporation (Materials and
High
Performance Solid Polymer
Electrochemical Research)
Electroyte
for Lithium Batteries
7960 South Kolb Road
Tucson
, AZ
This project will
develop a low cost, high performance, solid polymer electrolyte
for lithium based
batteries used for automotive, electronics, and virtually all
secondary power
requirements.
Sion Power Corporation
Multi-Layer Anode Stabilization
9062 S. Rita Road
Layer
For Preventing Dendrites and
Tucson
,
Batteries
Rechargeable lithium-sulfur batteries have
the energy density required to meet
strategic and commercial needs, but they
currently suffer from limited cycle life due
to anode corrosion. This project will
develop technology to decrease anode
corrosion and increase battery life.
CALIFORNIA
3DGeo Development, Inc.
Generalized Shot-Profile
4633 Old Ironsides Drive Wave-Equation Imaging
Suite
401
Santa Clara,
This project will develop a method
for accurately creating 3-D subsurface
images of geologically complex areas
to reduce the risk of drilling for oil
and gas, minimize the environmental
impact of drilling activities by reducing
the number of wells drilled, and
improving the oil and gas production per well.
Advanced Science and Novel
Ultra
High Speed Analog to Digital
Technology Company
Converter with Ternary Digital
28119 Ridgefern Court
Output
Rancho Palos Verdes
,
This project will develop new
integrated circuits to reduce the complexity of data systems
used in next generation nuclear
physics experiments and in waste control
management and chemical facilities
processing.
Alternative Energy Systems
Distributed Intelligent Agents for
Consulting,
Inc.
Decision Making at Local DER Levels
1945 Camino Vida Roble
Suite A
Carlsbad
,
This project will
develop technology for the control of distributed energy resources
(DER) within an electric
grid, thus facilitating acceptance of DER.
Calabazas Creek Research
A Finite Element, Adaptive Mesh,
20937 Comer Drive
Particle-In-Cell Code
Saratoga
,
This project will develop software to
dramatically reduce the computational cost of modeling
charged particle devices and systems,
used in high energy physics research.
Calabazas Creek Research
Sheet Beam Klystron for Accelerators
20937 Comer Drive
Saratoga
, CA
This project will
develop a radio frequency source that will further the development
of advanced particle
accelerators used to study the basic forces of nature and for
diagnosis and treatment
of diseases.
DSP Alloys
A High Current Density, Low
4235 Toch Street
Magnetization, Tubular Filamented
San Diego
, CA
This project will
develop improved superconductor materials required for future
high field magnetic
applications in high energy physics.
Davis Energy Group, Inc.
An Integrated Residential Heating,
123 C Street
Cooling, Dehumidification, and
Davis,
This project will
develop an automatic residential heating and cooling system
that maintains
conditions within accepted limits for comfort and health while
reducing energy costs to
users, and reducing emissions from
natural gas and coal
combustion.
ELTECH Precision, Inc.
Ball Grid Array Compatible Optical
5042 Wilshire Blvd.
Packaging and Assembly Process
Suite
524
Los Angeles
,
This project will
develop high-density chip-to-chip computer connections
with applications in
supercomputers and communication networks.
ELTECH Precision, Inc.
High-Speed Centralized Intrusion
5042 Wilshire Blvd.
Detection Device
Suite 524
Los Angeles
,
This project will
develop an intrusion detection system for future computer networks
used by the Department
of Energy.
ELTECH Precision, Inc.
Pulse-Synchronized
5042 Wilshire Blvd.
Serializer/De-Serializer-Based
Suite
524
Interconnect
Los Angeles
,
This project will
develop a high-throughput data transmission device to improve data
transmission for High
Energy Physics research experiments and other applications
using supercomputers and
communication networks.
FARTECH, Inc.
High Precision Integrated Beam
10350 Science Center
Drive
Position and Emittance Monitor
Bldg 14,
San Diego
, CA
This project will
develop instrumentation for monitoring accelerator beams,
permitting
more precise and cost-effective control of
accelerators used in
applications from high-energy physics
to cancer treatment.
FARTECH, Inc.
State-Space
Parameter Modeling Tool
10350 Science Center
Drive
for Enhanced Mode Discrimination and
Bldg 14,
San Diego
,
This project will
develop a modeling tool that will facilitate calculations needed to
develop advanced
detectors for fusion reactors.
Farasis Energy, Inc.
Novel, Combinational Approach to the
851 W. Midway Avenue
Development
of Cathode Catalysts for
Alameda
,
This project will
develop technology to greatly accelerate the screening of new families
of potential catalysts,
needed to lower fuel cell costs.
Genomatica, Inc.
Establishing a Computational
5405 Morehouse Drive
Infrastructure for Systems Biology
Suite 210
San Diego, CA
92121-4722
This project will develop software
needed for a computer model of bacteria,
which will be used to improve our
understanding of energy-related biological processes
related to
energy production, carbon fixation, and bioremediation.
HyPerComp, Inc.
Practical
Simulations of Two-Phase
31255 Cedar Valley Drive
Flows with Wall Effects
Suite
327
Westlake
,
This project will
develop technology to enable potential efficient thermal management of
fusion energy systems,
and paves the way for their safe, reliable, economic and
environmentally benign
operation.
Hyper-Therm High-Temperature
Ultra-Hard Nanostructured Silicon
Composites,
Inc.
Carbide
for Deep-Hole Drilling
18411 Gothard Street
Unit B
Huntington Beach
,
This project will
utilize advanced materials to reduce the cost of deep-well drilling
of energy resources such
as geothermal, oil, and natural gas.
IPITEK
Low-Cost
Distributed Sensing for Gas
2330 Faraday
Avenue
Pipelines
Carlsbad
,
This project will
develop a cost-effective technology for continuous monitoring
of pipelines in
metropolitan areas, adding a new
dimension of security
for our nation’s
energy infrastructure.
Infotility
Distributed
Intelligent Agents for
3000 Executive Parkway Decision Making at Local Distributed
San Ramon
,
This project will develop
intelligent, smart software components to improve
the reliability, efficiency,
security, and stability of the
transmission and distribution
network.
Intematix Corporation
Combinatorial Screening of Advanced
351 Rheem Boulevard
Scintillators for High Resolution
Moraga
,
This project will
develop and apply a high throughput screening process to significantly
speed up the discovery
of the efficient scintillators needed for developing
advanced particle and
photon detectors in nuclear physics research.
Laboratory Catalysts Systems, LLC
Discovery and Optimization of New
914 Westwood Boulevard
Heterogeneous Catalysts for the
Suite
334
Direct Production of Propylene Oxide
Los Angeles, CA
Combinatorial Methods
This project will develop new catalysts that can convert abundant
resources into an
important intermediate chemical in the petrochemical industry efficiently
and cleanly.
Los Gatos
Research
Novel Ultrasensitive Instrumentation
67 East Evelyn
Avenue
for Trace Gas Measurements in the
Suite 3
Field
Mountain View
,
This project will develop a novel
compact, rugged, relatively inexpensive instrument
based on a new laser-based technology
to measure concentrations and fluxes
of gases for detailed studies of the
environment, medical diagnostics
for detection of common disease,
monitoring and control of industrial processes, and
for measurements of chemical and
biological agents.
MacConnell Research Corporation
Cell-Free Protein Synthesis for
6195 Cornerstone Court East
High-Through-Put Proteomics
#114
San Diego, CA 92121-1303
This project will develop technology
for producing milligram quantities
of proteins encoded by cloned or
newly predicted genes, which will
reduce the cost of active protein
production in laboratories studying functional
genomics, proteomics, and other basic
research applications.
Membrane
Technology and Research,
Membranes for Methane/Nitrogen
Inc. (MTR)
Separation
1360 Willow Road
Suite
103
Menlo Park
,
This project will develop a
cost-effective membrane separation technology
to remove excess nitrogen from raw
natural gas.
Membrane Technology and Research,
High-Preformance,
Inc. (MTR)
Plasticization-Resistant Membranes
1360 Willow Road
for Natural Gas Separations
Suite
103
Menlo Park
,
About 17% of
before it can be used.
This project will develop a
Membrane Technology and Research,
Dehydration
of Natural Gas
Inc. (MTR)
1360 Willow Road
Suite
103
Menlo Park
, CA
This project will develop a new,
lower-cost, membrane separation technology
to process natural gas, particularly
gas obtained from remote offshore platforms,
or produced by small operators.
MetaHeuristics LLC
Development of Lattice-Boltmann
209 W. Alamar Avenue
Methods for Simulation of Complex
Suite A
Fluid Physics and Chemistry in
Santa Barbara,
This project will develop a
computation methodology to simulate flow and
plasma-surface interactions of liquid
metals and molten salts in nuclear fusion reactors,
as well as simulations
of a variety of industrial processes involving complex fluid
physics and chemistry.
NovaWave
Technologies
NO2 Sensor for Urban and Regional
40 Burgoyne Court Air Quality Monitoring
San Mateo,
This project will develop technology
to monitor a greenhouse gas with precision
and accuracy using compact, robust
instrumentation.
NovaWave Technologies
Mid-Infrared Optical Cavity-Based
40 Burgoyne Court
Spectrometer for Multispecies
San Mateo
, CA
Atmospheric Monitoring
This project will develop an
instrument to make ultra-sensitive atmospheric
concentration measurements on a
variety of chemicals to further our understanding of
atmospheric chemistry and dynamics,
as well as pollution monitoring and control.
STTR Project
Paulsson Geophysical Services,
Inc. Testing
and Evaluation of a
1215 West Lambert Road
Single Well Seismic System Using
Brea, CA
and
Clamped Geophones
Lawrence
Berkeley
National Laboratory
Complexities associated with natural
gas reservoirs can result in significant amounts
of natural gas remaining in the
ground when the reservoir is considered depleted.
This
project will develop seismic technology for locating this energy resource.
Photon
Imaging, Inc.
In Vivo Radio-tracer Quantification
19355 Business Center
Drive
with Small Animal Imaging
Suite 8
Northridge, CA 91344
This project will
develop a time-saving imaging technique to determine the amount
of pharmaceuticals in
laboratory test animals which would result in reducing
the total amount of time
required for pharmaceuticals to reach the market.
Photon Imaging, Inc.
19355 Business Center
Drive
Molecular Imaging in Small Animals
Suite 8
Northridge, CA 91344
This project will
develop a new camera that will improve scientists’
ability to develop and
study the effects of new drugs in live animals.
Photon Imaging, Inc.
New
Hybrid Pulse-Processor for X-
19355 Business Center Drive
and
Gamma-Ray Spectroscopy
Suite 8
Northridg
,
This project will develop an
instrument which will result in improved measurement
capability for a wide range of x- and
gamma-ray spectrometers for nuclear physics
research as well as other scientific
and industrial measurement purposes.
Physical Optics Corporation, Photonic Petroleum
Indicator by Electric
Systems
Div.
Relaxation
20600 Gramercy Place
Building 100
Torrance
,
This project will develop a simple,
reliable, flow and composition sensor to provide
highly accurate fluid detection and
flow-rate measurement to oil drillers as drilling is taking place.
Physical Optics Corporation,
Three Dimensional Holographic
Electro-Optics
& Holog. Div.
Archival Memory
20600 Gramercy Place
Building 100
Torrance
,
This project will
develop new memory technology for the high speed storage of
huge volumes
of continuously
generated data from nuclear physics laboratories.
Physical Optics Corporation Photonic
Universal Photo-Acoustic Sensor
Systems Div.
System
20600 Gramercy Place
Building 100
Torrance
,
This project will develop a sensor
system for collecting important data
concerting molten materials in
industrial operations. This process
control
technology will reduce the
consumption of raw materials and energy,
increase labor and capital
productivity, and reduce waste.
Picarro, Inc.
Innovative CO2 Sensor Based on
1050
E. Duane Avenue
Cavity
Ringdown
Suite
1
Sunnyvale,
This
project will develop carbon dioxide sensors that will help scientists to
understand
the
contribution of man-made gases to global warming.
Ultramet
Low-Porosity SiC/SiC Composite
12173 Montague Street
Materials
for Nuclear Energy System
Pacoima
,
This project will develop advanced
materials and structures that will allow nuclear
reactors to operate under the high
temperature, high pressure, and high heat flux
conditions necessary for
cost-competitive energy generation.
Ultramet
Microengineered
Tungsten Firstwall
12173 Montague Street
Structure for Inertial Fusion Energy
Pacoima,
This project will fabricate and
demonstrate an advanced material capable of withstanding
the harsh environment inside an
operating fusion energy reactor.
Xcerla
Corporation
Multi-Party and Multi-Resource
17115 Linda
Morgan Hill
,
This project will develop grid
computing technology to enable resource sharing among
multiple universities and the
efficient utilization of the
Nation’s computing resources.
ADA Technologies, Inc.
Electrodecontamination for
8100 Shaffer Parkway
Mitigation of Airborne Contamination
Suite
130
Littleton
,
This project will develop
electrochemical technology to remove radioactive
contamination from surfaces at
Department of Energy facilities without producing
airborne radioactive contamination.
ADA Technologies, Inc.
Enhanced Materials for Reactive
8100 Shaffer Parkway
Barriers
Suite
130
Littleton
, CO
This project will develop a family of
materials for reactive barriers to groundwater
contaminants that will improve their
hydrological performance, longevity
and the number of contaminants that
can be addressed.
ADA Technologies, Inc.
Situational Awareness Monitor for
8100 Shaffer Parkway
Nuclear Events
Suite 130
Littleton, CO 80013-4124
This project will develop a monitor
for urban areas in order to identify pre-nuclear
event warning signs such as the
presence of nuclear material.
STTR Project
ALD
NanoSolution, Inc.
Novel Polymer Nanocomposite Processing
11711 Chase Ct.
Westminster,
University
of
This project will develop a polymer
particle nanocoating process to fabricate
polymer/ceramic nanocomposites
quickly and at low cost.
Blue Sun Biodiesel
Improvement
of Cool Season Oilseeds
344 E. Foothills Parkway
to Support Economically Competitive
Suite
3E
Bio-Diesel
Production on the Western
Fort Collins
,
This project will develop new
low-input high-yield industrial oilseed crops for a
market-competitive biodiesel product
that is specifically suited for non-irrigated land.
Boundless Corporation
Nanowire Cathode Material for
1730 Conestoga Street SE
Lithium-Ion
Batteries
Boulder
, CO
This project will develop
nanomaterials for lithium-ion batteries that will increase the
active cathode surface area by up to
100 times that of conventional cathode materials,
permitting much higher
power generation.
Coherent Technologies, Inc.
Range-Resolved DIAL for Eye-Safe
135 South
Taylor Avenue
Detection of CO2
Louisville,
This project
will develop a remote laser radar capability that can map large
volumes of
atmospheric carbon dioxide to enable the scientific community to better analyze
and
understand the contribution of excess carbon dioxide to global warming.
Community Power Corporation
Demonstration of an Integrated
8420 S. Continental
Divide Road
Modular Bipower System and
Suite
100
Commerical
Burner for Drying Biomass
Littleton
,
Agricultural
Residues
This project will
develop and demonstrate effective options for agricultural drying
that can also result in
reduced fuel and fertilizer costs.
Composite Technology Development,
Innovative
Inorganic Fusion Magnet
Inc.
Insulation Systems
2600 Campus Drive
Suite D
Lafayette,
This project will develop improved
ceramic insulation for fusion devices that will
help promote the realization of
fusion energy as a practical power source.
Composite Technology Development,
Vacuum
Pressure Impregnation
Inc.
Insulation Systems for High
2600 Campus Drive
Temperature
Fusion Applications
Lafayette
,
This project will
develop innovative, high temperature, electrical insulation systems
for the design of more
efficient fusion devices, ultimately leading to the development
of fusion energy into a
viable commercial energy source.
Eltron Research, Inc.
A Remote and Affordable Detection
4600 Nautilus Court South
System for Cr(VI) in Groundwater
Boulder
,
This project will develop
a versatile, affordable, remote sensor for toxic levels
of chromium in
groundwater and surface water.
Eltron Research, Inc.
Nanoscale Inorganic Ion-Exchange
4600 Nautilus
Court South
Films for Enhanced Electrochemical
Boulder
,
This project will
develop a low-cost, portable, heavy metal detection technology
for efficient,
rapid analysis of metal contamination in water.
Eltron Research, Inc.
Polysiloxane-Transition Metal
4600 Nautilus Court
South
Complex Copolymer Catalysts for
Boulder
, CO
This project will
develop a catalyst for production of valuable specialty chemicals for
scientific research and
commercial purposes.
Environmental Research Technologies
Protein Fold Identification Using
1320 Pearl Street
Support Vector Machine
Suite 108
Boulder, CO 80302
This project will
develop an automated computer based system to predict protein
structure from recently
available genome sequencing information.
Knowledge of protein
structure is essential for understanding protein
function, designing new
drugs to treat human disorders, and identifying pathogens
used as biological
warfare agents.
ITN Energy Systems, Inc.
Selective Adsorption Membranes for
8130 Shaffer
Parkway
Natural
Gas Upgrading
Littleton
, CO
This project will
develop technology to remove large concentrations of carbon dioxide
from natural gas in a
more economical manner.
MultiPhase
Composites
Engineered Ceramic Composite
2425 Tulip Street
Insulators for High Field Magnet
Longmont
,
This project will develop ceramic
insulators that will reduce particle accelerator and
fusion magnet fabrication costs by
providing shaped parts that require no complicated
machining.
Sporian Microsystems, Inc.
SiCN High Temperature MEMS Sensor
4699 Nautilus Court South, #201
Suite
Boulder
,
This project will develop new advances in sensor technology for
application in
science research and industry.
TDA Research, Inc.
High Pressure Economical Process for
12345 West 52nd Avenue
Treating Natural Gas
Wheat Ridge,
This project will develop an
economical process for removing sulfur from natural gas and
petroleum, thereby reducing the $5
billion spent each year by industry to remove this
pollutant.
STTR Project
TDA Research, Inc.
Nanostructured Polymeric Heterogeneous
12345 West 52nd Avenue
Catalyst for Industrial Applications
Wheat Ridge,
University
of
This project will develop industrial
catalysts by a molecular assembly route
that results in extremely uniform
molecular order and superior performance
compared to conventional catalysts.
TDA Research, Inc.
PET Nanocomposites for Beverage
12345 West 52nd Avenue
Container Applications
Wheat Ridge
,
This project will develop a new
material to replace glass and metal beverage containers
that will better preserve freshness,
save energy, and reduce costs for consumers.
TDA Research, Inc.
Sorbents for Removal of Odorants
12345 West 52nd Avenue
from Natural Gas
Wheat Ridge
, CO
This project will develop a low-cost,
high-capacity, expendable sorbent that can
remove natural gas odorants from
natural gas and propane, which will enable the effective
utilization of natural gas in fuel
cells, and remove an important obstacle to the widespread
use of fuel cells for residential
power generation.
Tech-X
Corporation
Accurate
Numerical Models of the
5541 Central Avenue
Secondary
Electron Yield from
Suite
135
Grazing-Incidence
Collisions
Boulder
,
This project will develop numerical
models of interactions among unwanted particles
so that these can be accounted for in
heavy-ion fusion energy simulation codes.
Tech-X
Corporation
A
Data Skimming Grid Portal
5541 Central Avenue
Suite 135
Boulder, CO
80301
This project will develop software
tools to allow scientists and engineers to remotely
and intuitively distill manageable
data sets from large data sets at high-performance computing
sites anywhere in the world.
Tech-X Corporation
Direct Numerical Simulation of ICRF
5541 Central Avenue
Wave-Particle
Interaction
Suite 135
Boulder, CO
This project will develop novel advanced computing techniques to give a
better
understanding of the complicated physical processes involved in using
intense radio waves
to heat the fuel in a fusion reactor to ignition.
Tech-X Corporation
Magnetized Electron Transport in the
5541 Central Avenue
Proposed
Electron Cooling Section of
Suite
135
the
Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider
Boulder
,
This project will
develop a computer code to assist scientists in modeling the design
of an electron cooling
system that will improve the performance of the
Heavy Ion Collider at
Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Tech-X
Corporation
User Friendly Steering and
5541 Central Avenue Diagnostics
for Modeling Space
Suite
135
Boulder
,
This project will develop technology
to enable researchers to use state-of-the-art computer
simulation to improve
high energy accelerators.
CONNECTICUT
FuelCell Energy, Inc.
Molecular Sieve Based Nano-Cathode NanoSciences
Corporation Compact Surface
Omega-P, Inc.
Electron Bunch Length Diagnostic
Omega-P, Inc.
KA-Band Resonant Ring for High-Power
Omega-P, Inc.
Quasi-Optical
34-GHz RF Pulse<
Omega-P, Inc.
Whispering Gallery X-Band Power Omega-P, Inc.
Fast X-Band Phase Shifter Precision Combustion, Inc.
Nano-Zeolite Coatings on Microlith
Precision Combustion, Inc.
Recovery
of Natural Gas From
Steven Winter Associates, Inc.
Development
of HSTAT for HVAC Health
Steven Winter Associates, Inc.
Inflatable
Retrofit Duct Liner US Nanocorp, Inc
Dense
Membrane for Hydrogen
US Nanocorp, Inc
High
Energy Density Rechargeable
3 Great Pasture Road
Structures for PEM Fuel Cells
Danbury
,
This project will
develop new cathode structures that will significantly improve the
performance and reduce
the cost of fuel cells, a non-polluting high
efficiency power source.
115 Hurley Road, #1B
Photomultipliers
Oxford
,
This project will
develop a miniaturized light sensing technology that will enable
the most sensitive form
of light sensing to be extended to portable and space based
applications such as
optical communications, analytical instruments,
sensors and detectors.
202008 Yale Station Device
Suite
100
New Haven,
This project will develop a
measurement device for next generation accelerators needed
to explore the frontiers of physics
and for medical research and treatment.
202008 Yale Station
Testing of Accelerator Components
Suite
100
New Haven
, CT
This project will develop one of
several new components needed to build next
generation particle accelerators for
physics research and medical treatment.
202008 Yale Station
Compressor
Suite
100
New Haven
, CT
This project will develop a radio
frequency pulse compressor to support the
construction of a new particle
accelerator for high energy physics research.
202008 Yale Station
Multiplier
Suite
100
New Haven
, CT
This project will develop a radio
frequency power multiplier, one of several new
components required for a future
high-energy electron-positron collider, needed for
next-generation physics experiments.
202008 Yale Station
Suite
100
New Haven
, CT
This project will develop a fast
phase shifter, one of several new components required to
allow the realization of a
high-energy electron-positron collider needed for next
generation physics experiments.
410 Sackett Point Road
Substrates for High Selectivity
North Haven
, CT
This project will demonstrate the utility of a novel catalyst for the
energy efficient synthesis of important petrochemicals.
410 Sackett Point Road
Methane Hydrate Deposits
North Haven
,
This project will develop a downhole process for economically producing
methane that will expand U.S. accessible energy reserves while also
potentially helping
to prevent global warming.
50 Washington Street
Status and Control
Norwalk
,
This project will develop a cost efficient indoor climate control
technology
that offers improved comfort, and provides early fault detection and
warning
to the homeowner so that
the system is corrected
before a major system
failure occurs.
50 Washington Street
Norwalk
,
This project will test
the insertion of inflatable liners inside home air ducts, similar to
angioplasty in arteries,
to eliminate leaks and cleanse the passage for
the air that homeowners
breathe.
74 Batterson Park Road
Separation
Based on High Proton
Farmington
, CT
This project will develop new membrane technology for the separation of
hydrogen from syngas in advanced coal power systems, increasing the
availability
of hydrogen as a clean burning fuel source.
74 Batterson Park Road
Lithium Sulfur
Farmington
,
This project will develop a high power, high energy density,
cost-effective, long
life battery for electric and hybrid vehicle applications.
DELAWARE
Lightweight Solutions, Inc.
Improved Silicon Carbide Materials Tai-Yang
Research Corporation
Novel Magnetometer for Quadrupole
306 Fashion Circle
for Very High Temperature Fast
Newark
, DE
This project will
develop processing technologies to produce high performance
silicon carbide ceramics
and composites for improved, cost-effective materials
for the nuclear, energy,
aerospace, and automotive industries.
31 Pierson Drive
and Dipole Magnetic Measurements
Hockessin
,
This project will develop a sensitive
yet simple magnetic measurement technique that will
lower the cost and complexity of
measuring the magnetic properties of
accelerator magnets.
Florida Turbine Technologies, Inc.
Hot
Section Material Systems Testing
140 Intracoastal Pointe
Drive
and Development for Advanced Power
Jupiter,
This project will
develop a system for testing the interaction of syngas trace
contaminants with
advanced turbine blade materials and coatings, providing designers
of advanced power
systems with critical data in a timely and affordable manner.
Supergenics LLC
Some Improved Methods of Introducing
1233 Tree Bay Lane
Additional Elements into
Sarasota
,
This project will produce high
quality conductors at relatively low cost to be used
in high field superconducting
magnets, which will be needed to develop and construct
future generations of particle
accelerators for high energy physics research.
Cermet, Inc. UV
LEDs for
1019 Collier Road
Suite
C1
Atlanta
,
This project will develop
transistor-like, white light sources that last 100,000 hours,
saving substantial energy in general
lighting, automotive lighting, and aviation lighting.
MicroCoating Technologies
CCVD Produced Oxygen Deficient
5315 Peachtree Industrial Boulevard
Nanocrystalline Persovskite for Low
Atlanta
,
Membranes
This project will develop new materials technology for fuel cells,
speeding the
commercialization of fuel cells for efficient and environmentally
friendly
power applications.
PhosphorTech Corporation
Efficient
Hybrid Phosphors for Blue
541 Tenth Street
#154
Atlanta
,
This project will develop a high
performance fluorescent material for next
generation lighting applications that
will result in significant reduction in
global energy use and environmental
pollution.
Containerless Research, Inc.
Fast Exchange Refrigerator for
906 University Place
Neutron Science (FERNS)
Evanston
,
This project will develop an advanced
automatic, programmable, sample handling
system for use in a next-generation
neutron research facility.
I.C. Gomes Consulting & Investment,
Design and Testing of a Fast-Release
Inc.
Tilted Target for RIA
11 Huntington Circle, #12
Naperville
,
This project will develop technology
for producing isotopes needed for advanced
physics studies in facilities such as
the Rare Isotope Accelerator, thereby increasing
the scientific productivity of these
facilities.
STTR Project
MUONS, Inc. / EM Design, LLC Cryogenic Pulse Compressors for
(Joint Venture)
Muon Accelerators
552 N. Batavia Avenue
Batavia, IL
60510-1274
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
This project will develop cryogenic
energy-storage cavities to power next-generation
particle physics accelerators to
improve their efficiency and to lower costs.
MUONS, Inc.
Six-Dimensional Beam Cooling in a
552 N. Batavia Avenue
Gas Absorber
Batavia, IL
60510-1274
This project will use
dense hydrogen gas to reduce both the longitudinal
and transverse
beam sizes for new particle accelerators needed for
tomorrow’s studies of
the fundamental forces of nature.
NuVant Systems, Inc.
Improved
Fuel Cell Cathode Catalysts
10 West 33rd Street
Using
Combinatorial Methods
PH 127
Chicago
,
This project will develop advanced
methods for the identification of new fuel cell
cathode catalysts leading to a
reduction in the high cost of fuel cell engines for automobiles.
TechDrive, Inc.
Highly Conductive Solvent-Free
3255 South Dearborn Street
Polymer
Electrolytes for Lithium
Suite
320
Rechargeable Batteries
Chicago
, IL
This project will develop
electrolytes for next generation lithium-ion batteries,
which will greatly facilitate the
advancement of hybrid electric and electric vehicles,
as well as many other consumer
products.
En'Urga, Inc.
Innovative Instrumentation and
1291-A Cumberland Avenue
Intelligent Diagnostic System for
Business and Technology
West Lafayette
, IN
This project will develop
instrumentation and diagnostics based on state-of-the-art
neural network theory to improve
reactor safety systems for existing and future nuclea
reactor power plants.
Extractica, LLC
Development
of a Catalytically
1116 Avalon Road
Active Solvent for Desulfurization
Lawrence
,
This project will develop a novel
extraction process to reduce the level of sulfur in
gasoline and diesel fuel while using
less energy, less capital investment, and without
degrading the quality of the fuel.
Paras Research Corporation
Development of a Method for
1511 Woodhurst Street
Measuring Carbon Balance in the
Bowling Green
, KY
This project will
develop a method to reduce atmospheric carbon by removing
carbon dioxide from
coal-fired power plant flue gases, and then using it
to produce ammonium
bicarbonate fertilizer, which will help produce biomass that
reduces atmospheric
carbon even further.
Acadia
Optronics,
LLC
Protocol-Transparent, Universal
13401 Valley Drive
Optical
Front-End for 10 Gb/s
Rockville
,
This project will develop a low cost
ultra-fast optical link for high speed
optical communications.
BioSequent
LLC
PRISM:
Software for Protein
8395 Scarlet Glen Ct.
Structure and Function
Millersville, MD 21108-2437
This project will develop software to
determine protein structure and function
by gathering evidence from multiple
genomic sequencing data sources.
Ceramic Composites, Inc.
Enhanced
Performance Carbon Foam
133 Defense Highway
Heat Exchanger for Power Plant
Suite
212
Cooling
Annapolis
,
This project will
increase the efficiency of power plant cooling towers and reduce
their fresh water
consumption by creating a more efficient heat exchanger.
Manufacturing & Technology
An
Advanced Concept for Efficient
Conversion Int'l, Inc.
and Cost-Effective Biomass Drying
6001 Chemical Road
Baltimore
,
This project will develop technology
for drying wet biomass, thereby
enhancing biomass utilization as an
efficient and economical renewable resource.
Multimax, Inc.
A Seismic Event
Discrimination
1441 McCormick
Drive
System
Based on Improved
Largo, MD
20774-5323
Understanding of Lg from Explosions
This project will
provide improved and automated methods for nuclear monitoring
by making use of
recent advances in the understanding of seismic signals from explosions.
R. W. Bruce Associates, Inc.
Joining
of Ceramic Structures for
1594 Chicksaw Road
Advanced High Energy Accelerators
Arnold
,
This project will use high-power,
high-frequency, focused-beam microwaves
to join advanced ceramic tubes,
slated for use in advanced accelerator systems such as
the Next Linear Collider.
Sigma Space Corporation
Fiber Laser Based Water Vapor
9801 Greenbelt Road
Differential Absorption Lidar System
Suite
103
Lanham,
This project will build a meteorological tool to provide continuous,
lower atmosphere
water vapor measurements needed for modeling precipitation and severe
weather prediction.
Technologies and Devices
Novel Low - Cost Technology for
International, Inc.
Solid
12214 Plum Orchard Drive
Silver Spring,
This project will develop a new
technology to reduce the cost of production
of semiconductor light sources used
for low-cost, high energy-efficiency, light
emitting devices for general lighting
Aerodyne
Research, Inc.
Advanced
Aerosol Mass Spectrometer
Aerodyne Research, Inc.
Cavity Attenuation Phase Shift
45 Manning Road
for Aircraft Measurement of Organic
Billerica, MA 01821-3896
Particulate Matter
This project will
develop an instrument for measuring organic particulate matter
in air to support
research in “acid rain,” global climate, and human health.
45 Manning Road
Spectroscopic Detection of Nitrogen
Billerica, MA 01821-3976
Dioxide
This project will
develop new sensor technology that will provide an accurate
and cost effective
measurement for monitoring nitrogen dioxide, a regulated atmospheric
pollutant.
aPeak
Geiger Photodiode Array Readouts for
63 Albert Road
Scintillating Fiber Arrays
Newton
,
This project will develop a detector
array with improved performance for applications
in high-energy physics, nuclear
physics, and national security.
Barrett Technology, Inc.
Low-Cost
Automatic Tool Fixturing
139 Main Street
Based
on Dexterous Robotic Hand
Kendall Square
Cambridge
,
This project will
develop a new robotic hand that automatically adapts to ordinary
commercial power tools,
enabling a robot to enter a contaminated nuclear facility
or disaster scene using
a variety of inexpensive tools.
CeraMem Corporation
A
Novel Oxidation Process for the
12 Clematis Avenue
Conversion
of Coal to Diesel
Waltham
,
This project will
develop an economically-viable, environment-friendly process for
converting coal to
oxygenated transportation fuels, which are known to generate
lower amounts of
pollutants.
CeraMem Corporation
Contamination-Resistant
Two-Phase
12 Clematis Avenue
Membranes
for High-Temperature
Waltham
,
This project will develop economic,
robust, and readily manufactured membrane
modules to extract very-high-purity
hydrogen from advanced coal-based power
plants, required to meet the
increased demand for hydrogen in coming
years (e.g., for use in non-polluting
fuel cells).
CeraMem Corporation
High-Performance,
Low-Cost
12 Clematis Avenue
Pervaporation Modules for Ethanol
Waltham
, MA
This project will
develop membrane-based separation devices that will reduce the costs
for production of fuel
ethanol.
CeraMem Corporation
Novel
Catalytic Technology for
12 Clematis Avenue
Propylene
Epoxidation
Waltham
,
This project will develop a
selective, energy-efficient, methodology to convert propylene
to propylene oxide, thereby reducing
energy consumption and waste generation
in the
CeraMem Corporation
Novel Fischer-Tropsch Reactor
12 Clematis Avenue
Waltham
,
This project will develop a
technology for the more energy-efficient use of domestic
coal and natural gas reserves,
thereby providing cleaner chemicals and fuels
for
Diversified Technologies, Inc.
Hybrid
Modulator Upgrade
35 Wiggins Avenue
Bedford
,
This project will develop circuitry to
actively limit energy losses from external faults.
The
circuits will have applicability to a wide range of medical, industrial,
and security-related high voltage systems,
such as X-ray inspection systems.
Diversified Technologies, Inc.
NLC Marx Bank Modulator
35 Wiggins Avenue
Bedford
,
This project will
develop new technology for solid-state, pulsed-power systems for the
Next Linear Collider.
The technology will also have application to
medical, semiconductor,
and food processing systems.
EIC Laboratories, Inc.
Solid-State
Thermal-Neutron Detector
111 Downey Street
Based on Boron-Doped a-Se
Norwood
, MA
This project will
develop an advanced neutron detector suitable for remote
or portable applications
for use in nuclear nonproliferation, radiation safety,
and neutron diffraction
studies.
Energen, Inc.
A
Tuning System for Spoke Cavity
650 Suffolk Street
Lowell,
This project will develop technology
for improved radio frequency accelerating structures,
thereby increasing the reliability
and reducing the costs of accelerator facilities
used in nuclear physics research.
Foster-Miller, Inc.
Efficient
Incandescent Visible Light
350
Waltham
,
This project will
support technology key to the development of high efficiency
incandescent lamps while
simultaneously improving lamp safety, life expectancy,
and light quality.
ICET, Inc.
New
Nanostructured Polymeric
916 Pleasant Street
Membrane
for Direct Methanol Fuel
Unit 12
Cells
Norwood
,
This project will develop improved
membranes for fuel cells that utilize low cost fuels
such as methanol.
By preventing the permeation of alcohol to the air side of the
fuel cell, fuel cell efficiency will
be increased.
Jentek Sensors, Inc.
Characterization
of Solid Oxide Fuel
110-1 Clematis Avenue
Cell Components Using
Waltham
,
This project will develop robust
nondestructive characterization tools that will provide
a means of managing the quality of
solid oxide fuel cells for cleaner
power generation.
Lutronics Inc.
Combinatorial Strategy Toward Fast
28 Ruthellen Road
and Efficient Scintillators
Chelmsford
,
This project will
develop a high speed and high efficiency photon detection
and imaging system for
physics research.
STTR Project
Lutronics Inc.
Novel Approach toward High
28 Ruthellen Road
Performance Energetic Rays Detection
Chelmsford
,
Lawrence
Berkeley
National Laboratory
This project will develop photon detection and imaging technology with
sub-micron
spatial resolution, sub-nanosecond response, and high light output for
nuclear physics research.
Masscal Corporation
Real-Time
Monitoring of Catalytic
96 A. Leonard Way
Surfaces
for Petrochemical Synthesis
Chatham,
This project will develop instrumentation to monitor and improve the
efficiency
of surface catalytic materials used in the petrochemical industry,
thereby extending
catalyst life and saving millions of dollars in energy costs.
NOVA Scientific, Inc.
Microchannel Plate Hard X-Ray
660 Main Street
Imaging Detector
P.O. Box
928
Sturbridge
,
This project will develop a hard
X-ray imaging detector for x-ray diffraction and
scattering, industrial radiography
and tomography, densitometry, surface analysis,
medicine, and counterterrorism.
Radiation Monitoring Devices, Inc.
A Design of a New Readout Sensor for
44 Hunt Street
SPECT
Watertown, MA 02472-4699
This project will develop a small, high performance, animal scanner to
bring
the power of non-invasive functional imaging to detailed studies of the
mouse and rat.
Such a tool will be of great importance in understanding biological
functions and facilitate rapid progress in new drug developments.
Radiation Monitoring Devices, Inc.
A
Novel Design for CZT Gamma Ray
44 Hunt Street
Spectrometers
Watertown
,
This project will investigate a
promising nuclear detector which will have major
impact in scientific studies as well
as in commercial applications.
Radiation Monitoring Devices, Inc.
Fast,
High Resolution PET Detector
44 Hunt Street
Watertown, MA 02472-4699
This project will investigate a novel detector technology for medical
imagining studies
and physics research, as well as oil exploration and other commercial
studies.
Radiation Monitoring Devices, Inc.
High
Performance PET Detector
44 Hunt Street
Watertown, MA 02472-4699
This project will develop a novel detector technology for medical
imaging,
physics research, and commercial applications such as oil exploration
and non-destructive studies.
Radiation Monitoring Devices, Inc.
New N+ Contact for Germanium Strip
44 Hunt Street
Detectors
Watertown
,
This project will investigate a new
detector design that will have applications in fields
such as nuclear and materials
research, nuclear non-proliferation, medical imaging, and astronomy.
Radiation
Monitoring Devices, Inc.
Very
Large, High Gain APDs for
44 Hunt Street
Particle Physics
Watertown
,
This project will develop technology
for a novel detector to be used in particle
physics studies.
It will also have application to oil exploration,
medical imaging, nuclear
non-proliferation, and non-destructive evaluation.
Science Research Laboratory, Inc.
Long-Lifetime
Low-Scatter
15 Ward Street
Neutron Polarization Target
Somerville
, MA
This project will develop a new
technology that will expand the capabilities of existing
U.S. neutron scattering facilities
dedicated to developing improved materials for
the aerospace, computer, and other
industries.
STTR Project
SeaFire Micros, Inc.
High Performance Networks
39 Dodge Street
#319
Beverly,
Ohio
This project will develop a novel
system architecture that addresses the problem of system
delays, as greater network speeds
load down host processor performance.
Supercon,
Inc.
An
Advanced Nonolithic NbTi
830
Shrewsbury
, MA
Superconducting
Quadrupole Magnets
This project will develop a
technology to pursue further improvements in the manufacture
of superconducting wires needed to
produce the magnets for future fusion machines.
Supercon, Inc.
An Internal Tin Tube Process for
830
Shrewsbury
, MA
This project will develop new
fabrication technology for superconducting wire that can meet
the performance needs of
next-generation high energy physics and fusion machines.
Supercon, Inc.
Thermo-Magnetic Continuous
830
Shrewsbury
,
This project will develop
superconducting wire and cable that would allow higher magnetic
fields to be achieved in magnets used
in future high energy physics and fusion machines.
TIAX LLC
LiFePO4
Cathode Material Designed
15 Acorn Park
for Use in Lithium-Ion Batteries
Cambridge
, MA
Hybrid-Electric Vehicles
This project will develop new electrode materials that allow the use of
lithium-ion
technology for electric and hybrid-electric vehicles.
Weston
Geophysical Corporation
Improved Regional Seismic Event
57 Bedford Street
Depth Estimation
Suite 102
Lexington, MA 02420-4550
This project will
contribute to the
foreign countries.
Instrumentation Associates
A GEM of a Neutron Detector
8944 Dexter Gables Lane
Dexter, MI
48130
This project will develop a novel
neutron detector for application at the
Spallation Neutron Source in Oak
Ridge, TN, for monitoring experiments in materials
science, engineering and biology.
SVT Associates
Al(In)GaN-Based High Electron
7620 Executive Drive
Mobility
Transistors on SiC for High
Eden Prairie, MN
55344-3677
Power Radar Applications
This project will
develop high-performance solid-state transistors for civilian
and defense applications
including radar tracking, cellular base stations,
telemetry, and satellite
communications.
Sci-Eng Solutions
Photon Initiated-Marxed Modulators
3304 Laketown Drive
Columbia
,
This program will develop new
electronics technology need for future accelerat
or facilities such as the Next
Generation Linear Collider and the
Neutron Spallation Source.
Resodyn Corporation
Acoustically-Enhanced Extractive
1901
Butte,
This project will develop a novel
acoustic mixing/extraction technology to enhance
the economic feasibility of
converting agricultural materials to usable products.
Resonon Inc.
A Down-Hole Probe for Real-Time Ore
611 N. Wallace
Grade Assessment in "Look Ahead"
Suite
7
Bozeman
,
This project will develop a cost-effective sensor that can locally assess
the ore grade
in real time during mining activities.
The sensor will grade the ore
before it is mined, allowing miners to leave waste rock in place,
resulting in more efficient, safer, and less environmentally
disturbing mining.
Resodyn Corporation
Sonic Enhanced Microbubble Flotation
1901
Butte
,
This project will
develop a cost effective method to increase the recovery of mined minerals
and reduce adverse
impacts of the mining industry on the environment.
STTR
Project
First American Scientific
Combined Drying and Grinding
Corporation of Biomass in One Operation
101 Convention Center Drive
Suite
700
Las Vegas
,
Oak Ridge
National Laboratory
Plant matter and animal manures,
collectively called biomass, can be used as fuel
or fertilizer after being ground
into a powder and dried. This
project
will develop a process that combines
grinding and drying in a single operation, resulting in
lower energy consumption, cost
savings, and environmental benefits.
Advanced Bioconversion Technologies
Ethanol
Production via Consolidated
99 1/2 School Street
Bioprocessing
Lebanon
,
This project will develop a low cost
process for the production of ethanol
from cellulosic biomass using a
genetically engineered bacterium that grows at
high temperatures. The process will
dramatically improve the
feasibility of expanded fuel
production from indigenous, renewable resources.
Advanced Principles Group
State-of-the-Art
Reconfigurable
28 Fieldstone Drive
Board
for Heterogeneous
Hooksett, NH 03106
Computing
This project will
develop computing technology that will increase the signal
processing capabilities
of sensor systems for the detection of the proliferation of weapons
of mass destruction.
AIL Research, Inc.
A
High Efficiency Ventilation Air
P.O. Box
3662
Conditioner
for Residences
50 Washington Road
Princeton
,
This project will develop a new
technology to dry humid air that will improve indoor
air quality while significantly
reducing national energy use and emissions from fossil fuels.
Exelus, Inc.
Cost
Effective Fischer-Tropsch
99 Dorsa Avenue
Technology
Livingston
,
This project will
develop a technology for conversion of natural gas to syn-crude
that is necessary to
efficiently develop the vast natural gas reserves in
North Slope.
Gumbs
Associates, Inc.
Low-Cost Strippable Fixatives
11 Harts Lane
East Brunswick
, NJ
This project will
develop a low-cost coating technology for removing radiological
contamination throughout
the Department of Energy complex.
Harvey D. Schindler
Improved
Method to Convert Coal to
45 Berwyn Place
Liquid Fuels
Fair Lawn
,
This project will
develop a method to reduce the cost of converting coal to liquid fuels
by several dollars per
barrel.
Metcon Industries
Membrane
Separation Combined with
4201 Church Road
Catalytic Biomass Gasification to
Mt.
This project addresses the disposal
problem associated with biomass waste
by increasing
energy/hydrogen output using membrane
separation and catalysis techniques.
NOVA Photonics, Inc.
Conherent Magnetic Field Fluctuation
One Oak Place
Measurements
Princeton
,
This project will refine a measurement tool which provides operator
feedback to
control and improve the performance of fusion devices.
Nanopowder Enterprises, Inc.
Low
Cost and High Performance
201 Circle Drive
Polymer
Nanocomposite Specialty
Suite
102/103
Industrial
Coatings
Piscataway,
This project will develop technology
leading to a new class of low cost,
high performance, environmentally
friendly polymer coatings for a broad rage of
industrial applications.
Princeton
Scientific Instruments,
Ultra-High Speed Thermal Imaging of
Inc.
the Plasma-Facing Surfaces NSTX
7 Deer Park Drive
Monmouth
This project will develop an infrared television camera for use as a
diagnostic tool in
magnetic fusion research.
Universal Display Corporation
Novel
Lower-Voltage OLEDs for
375 Phillips Boulevard
Higher-Efficiency Lighting
Ewing,
This project will
develop a new white lighting technology that offers the potential
for significant gains in
power efficiency, color quality, and environmental impact.
Universal
Display Corporation
Novel Light Extraction Enhancements
375 Phillips Boulevard
for OLED Lighting
Ewing
,
This project will develop a novel technology for producing white lighting
that offers
the potential for significant gains in power efficiency, color quality,
and environmental impact.
Deep
Web Technologies, LLC
Distributed Relevance Ranking in
154 Piedra Loop
Heterogeneous Document Collections
Los Alamos, NM
87544
This project will develop a
computerized data retrieval tool that mines, aggregates,
and displays the most relevant data
to be found within large content bases for use
by researchers who need to comb
through an ever-growing base of information to
find critical content.
Southwest Sciences, Inc.
A
Reliable Optical System for
1570 Pacheco Street
Natural Gas Pipeline Leak Detection
Suite E-11
Santa Fe, NM
87505-3937
This project will develop a
laser-based system to remotely detect leaks from a natural gas
pipeline. The system can be deployed
on aircraft for fast surveys or as point sensors for
monitoring potential trouble spots.
Southwest Sciences, Inc.
High
Precision CO2 Sensor for
1570 Pacheco Street
Balloon
Sonde Atmospheric
Suite E-11
Measurements
Santa Fe, NM
This project will develop
a lightweight, inexpensive carbon dioxide sensor suitable
for weather balloon
measurements critical to understanding the greenhouse
effect and global
warming.
Southwest Sciences, Inc.
System for Imaging Leaks from the
1570 Pacheco Street
Primary Water Loop
Suite E-11
Santa Fe
, NM
This project will
develop a video camera system for imaging invisible gases.
Applications include
monitoring of nuclear power plants, oil refineries,
and natural gas lines.
TPL, Inc.
Nanocomposite
Dielectric Materials
3921
Academy Parkway North,
Albuquerque
,
This project will develop advanced
materials for high energy, pulsed power systems
used in physics research.
TPL, Inc.
Preparation
of High Performance
3921
Albuquerque
, NM
This project will develop technology
for lighter, smaller, more powerful, and
safer rechargeable lithium-based
batteries that will impact the performance
of many commercial and military
devices.
Blasch
Precision Ceramics, Inc.
Cost
Effective Improved Refractory
580 Broadway
Materials
for Gasification Systems
Albany
,
This project will develop advanced
ceramic lining materials for coal gasifiers,
to reduce operating cost and enhance
the feasibility of using coal as fuel for the
generation of electric power and
synthetic gases.
Hypres, Inc.
PXI-Standard Automatic Setup and
175 Clearbrook Road
Control
of a 20-GHz-Bandwidth
Elmsford
,
Beam
Diagnostics
This project will develop an
extremely fast, user-friendly, commercial digital oscilloscope
to measure and record very fast
single-shot pulses of power in high energy
physics experiments.
Joerger
Enterprises, Inc.
Intelligent, High Performance VME
166 Laurel Road
Data Acquistion Module
East Northport,
This project will develop electronics
technology for accelerator control and data
acquisition in nuclear physics
experiments.
Kitware,
Inc.
Scalable Grid Technologies for
469 Clifton Corporate Parkway Visualization Services
Clifton Park, NY
12065-7515
This project will provide
visualization technologies (used to view the results of scientific computation)
as a Web resource.
MesoScribe Technologies, Inc.
Advanced Thermal Spray Fabrication
Long Island
High Technology of Solid Oxide Fuel Cells
Incubator
25 East Loop Rd, Ste
111, Box 103
Stony
This project will
develop an advanced manufacturing technology for
Solid Oxide Fuel Cell
power generation systems to lower production
cost while
maintaining performance,
enabling wide spread use of this clean, high
efficiency, energy
generation technology.
Molecular
OptoElectronics
Fiber
Optic Hydrogen Sensors Based
Corporation
on
Nanosized Metal Alloys
877 25th Street
Watervliet
,
This project will develop a hydrogen
fuel system that will ensure safe and efficient
operation of the next generation
hydrogen powered vehicle.
Nanocrystals Technology, Ltd.
Enhanced Optical Efficiency Package
101 Woodward Hall (Pace Campus)
Incorporating Nanotechnology Based
235 Elm Road
Downconverter
and High Refractive
Briarcliff Manor
,
High-Flux
White Led Lamp with High
Luminous
Efficiency
This project will develop technology
for solid state lighting devices for general
illumination, leading to significant
economic and environmental benefits.
Reveo, Inc.
Polymer White Light Emitting Devices
85 Executive Boulevard
Elmsford
,
This
project will develop technology for improved, lower cost general lighting.
Other applications
include high brightness image displays, sign indicators, and
automobile displays.
SkuTek Instrumentation
Digital Signal Processing
210 Cypress Street
Electronics for Nuclear Physics
#1
Applications
Rochester
,
This project will develop digital electronics to replace the analog electronics
currently used in many nuclear
physics applications in order to improve upon
analog signal processing in experimental
nuclear physics.
Kyma Technologies, Inc.
Gallium Nitride Substrates for
8829 Midway West Road
Improved
Raleigh
,
This project will apply a newly
developed gallium nitride material to traditional
light emitting devices (LEDs),
leading to the development of a low cost, high efficiency
replacement for incandescent
lighting.
Faraday Technology, Inc.
A
Novel Process for the Application
35 Huls Drive
and Finishing on Nanocrystalline
Clayton,
Combustion
Engine Components
This project will develop
nanocrystalline metals that will improve the wear characteristics
and increase achievable temperatures
in internal combustion engines,
thus increasing fuel efficiency.
Hyper Tech Research Inc.
Development of Internal-Tin Nb/Sn
110 E. Canal Street
Strand
for High Field Accelerator
Troy, OH
This project will develop an improved
internal superconductor for next
generation High Energy Physics
accelerator magnets.
IAP Research, Inc.
Industrial
Nano Material Components
2763 Culver Avenue
with High Temperature Corrosion and
Dayton
, OH
Energy
Savings
This project will develop nano-composite materials to increase the
efficiency of turbines
and internal combustion engines and reduce our consumption of fossil
fuels.
333 14th Street
Neutron
Detector
Toledo,
This project will develop devices to
enhance the performance of U.S. neutron source
facilities used for materials, life
sciences, and military research.
NexTech Materials, Ltd.
Low Cost Spray Deposition for SOFC
720-I
Worthington
,
This project will
develop a new method of manufacturing solid oxide fuel cells
that will
reduce costs, simplify processing, and improve cell performance.
Powdermet, Inc.
Nanoengineered
ODS
24112 Rockwell
Feritic/Martensitic Steel for Fusion
Euclid, OH 44117
Application
This project will
develop technology for manufacturing higher strength, higher
temperature steels for
nuclear energy, fusion, turbine engines, glass making, and
heat treating equipment.
UES, Inc.
Development of Protective Coatings
4401 Dayton-Xenia Road
for Single Crystal Turbine Blades
Dayton
,
This project will develop a process for producing thermal barrier
coatings
needed for high temperature protection and improved performance of
turbine
blades in coal-based power generation systems.
STTR Project
EM Design, LLC / MUONS, Inc. Cryogenic Pulse Compressors for
(Joint Venture)
Muon Accelerators
22661 Highway 62
Shady Cove, OR 97539
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
This project will develop cryogenic
energy-storage cavities to power next-generation
particle physics accelerators to
improve their efficiency and to lower costs.
GreenWood
Resources
Modification of the Composite and
333 SW 5th Avenue
Quality
of Hybrid Poplar Biomass in
Suite
502
the
Portland
,
This project will
develop a new generation of hybrid poplar tree tailored specifically for
the needs of the
biofuels and bioproducts industries of the
Rinehart Motion Systems, LLC
Low Cost, High Current Advanced
9 Buckingham Terrace
Inverter Packaging with Integral
Lake Oswego
,
This project will develop new
materials technologies, along with packaging and
assembly techniques, to reduce the
cost and improve the useful life of power electronics
used in advanced hybrid electric
vehicles.
STTR Project
Sunset Laboratory,
Inc.
Advanced Real-Time Monitoring
10160 SW Nimbus Ave.
of Particulate Carbon, Oxygen and
Suite
F8
Tigard
,
Lawrence
Berkeley
National Laboratory
The impact of small aerosol particles
on the earth’s energy balance represents the
largest source of uncertainty in
estimates of global climate change from human activities.
This project will develop real-time
instrumentation to collect data for understanding the
role particles from various
combustion sources play in
climate change.
STTR Project
Advanced Fibers & Powders,
LLC
Novel
Solid Acid Nano-Catalysts
3770 Ridge Pike
for Petrochemical Applications
Collegeville
,
Lehigh
This project will develop
nanotechnology catalysts to increase catalyst activity
for several major petrochemical
conversion processes that will enhance
chemical manufacturing productivity,
reduce energy consumption, and
eliminate major disposal problems.
Burle Industries, Inc.
Large Area PMT
1000 New
Lancaster
, PA
In high energy physics
research, the next generation of nucleon-decay and neutrino
experiments is currently
limited by the current generation of large area light sensors.
This
project will develop economical, large area, high sensitivity light sensors
for these experiments.
Eriez Manufacturing
Evaluation
of a Novel Magnetic
2200 Asbury Road
Activated Carbon Process for Gold
Erie,
This project will
develop a process that will use domestic labor and resources
to improve energy
efficiency and reduce the environmental impact of gold
mining and processing
operations.
Eriez Manufacturing
Feasibility of a Phosphate Recovery
2200
Asbury Road
Circuit
for Existing Waste Streams
Erie,
This project will develop a method to
recover valuable phosphate from the waste stream
of phosphate plants, ultimately
improving plant-wide efficiencies while reducing waste.
EverNu
Technology, LLC
Metal Oxide Catalyst for Methyl
1616 Holly Hill Lane
Ethyl Ketone Production via One-Step
Suite
108
Oxidation of n-Butane
Maple Glen,
This project will develop a novel catalyst and process to produce a
high-volume
commodity chemical from a cheap natural gas component to address the
cost, energy,
and environmental issues of the current process.
Hope Technologies, Inc.
An
Optical Fiber Probe for the
185 East Main Road
Measurement of High Temperatures
Little
This project will
develop a high temperature optical probe with the capability
of outperforming any
other probes presently available with regard to size,
temperature range, and
freedom from external electrical disturbances.
Cryogenic Applications F, Inc.
Transport
of Methane Pellets for
450 Bacon Springs Lane
Advanced Cold Moderators
Clinton
,
This project will
develop a component for a neutron scattering facility, presently
under construction, to
allow a future upgrade that will double the output of neutrons at a few
percent of the original
cost.
Accelerator Technology Corporation
Extrusion of Tin Hole in Subelements
207 Dellwood
for Internal-Tin Nb3Sn
Bryan
,
This project will develop technology
to lower the cost of manufacturing superconducting
wire, leading to major cost
reductions for future high energy facilities, Tokamaks,
and high-field magnets for medical
imaging.
Accelerator Technology Corporation
SiC/HT-9 MMC Composite Tubes for
207 Dellwood
Fuel Cladding
Bryan
,
This project will develop a new
material to provide the extreme strength and fracture
toughness with resistance to higher
temperature, radiation damage, and chemical
corrosion that is needed for cladding
the fuel rods of the next generation of power reactors.
Altuda Energy Corporation
In
Situ Microbial Conversion of
401 Austin Highway
Sequestered
Greenhouse Gases
Suite
209
San Antonio
,
This project will
develop a methodology to convert gases and coal in deep unmineable
coal beds to methane, an
environmentally clean energy resource.
Altuda Energy Corporation
Reduction of Non-CO2 Greenhouse Gas
401 Austin Highway
Emissions Through In Situ
Suite
209
Bioconversion
of Methane
San Antonio
,
This project will collect
methane-consuming bacteria from coal seams and develop
them to reduce methane emissions and
to prevent mine and landfill explosions;
the new bacteria may also be used to
produce cheaper chemicals and cleaner
liquid energy fuels.
CrystaTech, Inc.
Removal
of Sulfur from Diesel Fuels
4616 West Howard Lane
Unit 2500
Austin,
This project will
develop an economical process to remove sulfur from diesel fuels
and convert the sulfur
to fertilizer. This will allow very
low emissions to be
obtained without undue fuel price increases or shortages.
Geotech Instruments, LLC.
Low-Noise Borehole Triaxial
10755 Sanden Drive
Seismometer
Dallas, TX 75238-1336
This project will develop low-noise
instruments for a network of seismic stations
that is used to monitor nuclear
explosions and earthquakes.
STTR Project
GTL Technologies, Inc.
Exothermic Conversion of Methane
2825 Wilcrest Drive
into Methanol or Other Oxygenated
Suite
470
Derivatives
Houston
,
Stevens Institute of Technology
This project will develop a
technology to convert natural gas to liquids which can be
transported in order to economically
utilize the
that are remote from their markets.
Hanby
Environmental Laboratory
Downhole Spectrometric Device for
Procedures (H.E.L.P.), Inc.
the Real-Time Analysis of Fluid
6817 Highway 90
Composition
Katy
,
This project will develop
instrumentation to analyze fluids in real time while drilling
for oil, thereby increasing
efficiencies in the search for and the production of petroleum
STTR Project
InnovaLight,Inc.
Development
of Silicon
6801 North Capital of
Building 2, Suite 225 White
Phosphors
Austin
, TX
University
of
This project will utilize new silicon
nanocrystals as the light emitter in solid state lighting
devices for the general illumination
market, leading to enormous savings
in electricity ($100 billion per
year) and reduced pollution (200 tons of carbon
emissions per year).
In Situ Isotope Services, Inc.
First-Ever
750 Seafoam Road
Acquisition
of Isotope Data on
Houston
, TX
This project will develop and test
the first mobile system to make critical
geochemical measurements of natural
gas at the well site.
Lynntech, Inc.
A
New Composite Proton Exchange
7610 Eastmark Drive
Membrane
Suite
202
College Station,
Current fuel cell technology requires the presence of liquid water in the
cell,
which contributes to catalyst poisoning and loss of power.
This project
will develop new membrane technology that will permit operation
in the absence of water, thereby preventing catalyst poisoning.
Lynntech, Inc.
Low
Temperature Electrochemical
7610 Eastmark Drive
Ammonia
Synthesis
Suite
202
College Station
,
This project will develop an electrochemical ammonia generator that
offers greater
ammonia yields at lower operating temperatures while reducing costs.
Lynntech, Inc.
Novel
Permeable Reactive Barrier
7610 Eastmark
Drive
Materials
for the Mercury Plume
College Station,
This project will develop technology
remove mercury from water, thereby reducing the
cost of treating environmental
problems at contaminated Department of Energy sites.
Lynntech, Inc.
Real-Time
In-Situ Monitoring of
7610 Eastmark Drive
Combustion
Gas Mixtures by
Suite
202
Microporous Solid Array Sensor
College Station,
This project will develop
instrumentation to monitor and analyze industrial gas mixtures
in real-time under harsh conditions.
STTR Project
Nanohmics, Inc.
Improved Electron Yield and
4302 Rimdale Drive
Spin-Polarization from III-V
Austin
,
Carrier
Drift
Stanford Linear
This project will develop an improved source of electron beams for
high energy physics research accelerators.
Photodigm, Inc.
High Speed Optical Source for High
1155 E. Collins Boulevard, #200
Energy Physics Data Acquisition
Richardson
,
This project will develop low-cost
semiconductor lasers for use in high
energy physics experiments.
These same lasers also would have commercial application
to the deployment of optical fiber to
the home for high speed internet and
entertainment access.
Proportional Technologies, Inc.
Field
Deployable High Resolution
8022 El Rio
High Pressure Xenon Gamma Ray
Houston, TX
77054-4104
Spectrometer
This project will
develop a highly sensitive, low-cost, portable and rugged device to detect
and identify contraband and illicit
radioactive materials for
intelligence, customs, and treaty
verification purposes.
Shear Form
Thermomechanical Processing of Nb
2805 Brothers Blvd.
for Improved Superconductor
College Station, TX
This project will demonstrate the
scale-up potential of a new processing technology
to refine the microstructure of cast
niobium at sizes of interest to commercial
manufacturers of superconducting
wire.
Wenzel Associates, Inc.
Development of Sub-Picosecond Phase
2215 Kramer Lane Stability Signal Multipliers
Austin,
This project will
develop electronics technology to improve beam focus in high
energy physics
accelerators.
Ceramatec, Inc.
Advanced Net-Shape Insulation for
2425 South 900 West
Solid Oxide Fuel Cells
Salt Lake City
, UT
This project will develop insulation
materials for solid oxide fuel cell manufacturers.
Ceramatec, Inc.
Preceramic Precursor Routes
to
2425 South 900 West
Tailorable,
Low-Activation, Silicon
Salt Lake City
, UT
This project will develop new methods
of joining silicon carbide composites, which
do not become highly radioactive
after use, for use as the first wall in fusion power plants.
Ceramatec, Inc.
Tailorable Environmental Barrier
2425 South 900 West
Coatings for Super Alloy Turbine
Salt Lake City,
This project will
develop low cost coatings that offer enhanced corrosion
resistance for turbine
components and process equipment exposed to high temperature
environments associated
with the conversion of coal to synthesis gas.
21st Century Systems, Inc.
Secure Agent-Based Collaboration
12152 Windsor Hall Way
Environment
Herndon
,
The needs of worldwide collaboration
by nuclear physicists and national
accelerator laboratory engineers have
outpaced the World Wide Web. This
project will
develop an infrastructure that
provides a secure environment for these collaborations.
Advanced Resources International,
Methanogenic Conversion of CO2 into
Inc.
Methane: A Breakthrough Geologic
1110 North Glebe Road
Sequestration Technology
Suite
600
Arlington
,
This project will develop a
methodology to utilize bacteria to remediate underground
carbon dioxide storage sites, as well
as to generate new methane resources that could
be exploited as renewable energy
sources.
Airak, Inc.
Low-Cost Modular Highly Reliable
9058 Euclid Avenue
Inverter
Manassas, VA
20110-5308
This project will develop technology
that will increase the ability of energy
generation and storage systems (such
as batteries, fuel cells, and solar arrays)
to operate at different power levels
and in different environments
with high reliability.
FM Technologies, Inc.
Low-Cost Rapid Joining for
4431-H
Chantilly
,
for Fusion Reactors and Other
Commercial
Applications
This project will
develop a joining technology for fabrication and repair of ceramic
materials to be used as
structural components of advanced fusion energy systems.
Innovative
Wireless Technologies,
A
Low Cost National Sensor Network
Inc.
(NSN)
Using Rapidly Deployable
1047 Vista Park Drive
Wireless Technology
Suite A
Forest, VA 24551-4253
This project will
develop a low cost, rapidly deployable national sensor network
that has failsafe
structure, high security, and uses wireless technologies.
Luna Innovations, Inc.
A
New Class of Trimetasphere Based
2851 Commerce Street
Radiopharmaceuticals
Blacksburg, VA 24060-6657
This project will develop unique new
nanomaterials that have potential
as improved radiopharmaceuticals for
use in radiation therapy, leading
to reduced mortality and to improved
quality of life in certain types of
cancer patients.
Luna Innovations, Inc.
Harsh
Enviroment Fiber Optic Sensing
2851 Commerce Street
System
for SOFC Applications
Blacksburg
,
This project will develop a fiber
optic-based harsh-environment sensing system that
will advance the development of solid
oxide fuel cell technology for future
low-emission power generation.
Nanosonic, Inc.
High Temperature-Stable Membrane
P.O. Box
618
Electrode Assemblies for Fuel Cells
Christiansburg,
This project will improve the performance of membrane-based fuel cells by
using a
new class of membrane materials that increase the efficiency
of the system and decrease the cost of the membrane components.
Tunnel Dust, Inc.
A New SRF Cavity Processing
745 Blue Crab Road
Technique for the Elimination of
Suite D
Field Emission and Surface
Newport News,
Cavities
This project will develop new
processing techniques to improve the performance
of particle accelerators for
military, research, and industrial applications.
Tunnel Dust, Inc.
An
Extremely High Power Field
745 Blue Crab Road
Coupled Low Loss RF Transmission
` Suite D
Line
for SRF Cavities
Newport News
,
The project will develop extremely
high power RF couplers that will allow for cost
reductions and performance
improvements of accelerators used in military, research,
and industrial applications.
UTRON, Inc.
Near Net Shape Manufacturing Using
8506 Wellington Road
Combustion Driven Compaction
Suite
200
Manassas, VA
20109-3915
This project will
develop a process to produce durable, fully-dense metallic and composite
parts with much less
waste of scrap metal.
Aculight Corporation
Compact,
Short-Pulse Laser Source This
project will develop novel laser technology required for new sensors
11805 North Creek Parkway South
for
Active Imaging Systems
South Suite 113
Bothell
,
that generate extremely
high-resolution images needed to help remotely detect weapons
of mass destruction.
Asgard Microwave
High-Power RF Window
6010 E. Alki Avenue
Unit #2
Spokane
, WA
This project will develop a new type
of linear accelerator microwave window
to solve the power-handling
limitations of older-type microwave windows.
Luxel Corporation
Low-Cost Fabrication of Inertial
P.O. Box 1879
Fusion
Energy Capsule Supports
515 Tucker Avenue
Friday Harbor
, WA
This project will demonstrate that it
is feasible to mass-produce fuel capsule supports
for an Inertial Fusion Energy power
plant, a necessary step toward demonstrating the
feasibility of fusion as a practical
energy source.
PHDs
Development of Reliable Segmented
813 Barnhart Street
Germanium
Planar Detector Systems
Raymond
,
This project will develop a detector
for gamma rays and x rays for nuclear
physics research and nuclear medicine
that can provide better position and
energy resolution than any other
practical detector system.
Sienna Technologies, Inc.
Aluminum
Nitride RF Windows
19501 144th Avenue, NE
Suite F-500
Woodinville
,
This project will
develop non-toxic replacement materials for industrial uses of toxic
beryllium oxide to help
the environment and also stabilize the market and eliminate
costly labeling and
disposal processes.
STTR Project
Vista
Engineering Technologies, LLC Using
Electrical Resistivity Techniques
8203 W. Quinault
to
Monitor the Long-Term
Building C,
Kennewick,
Lawrence Livermore National
Laboratory
This project will develop technology
to assess the performance of subsurface barriers
that are put in place to clean-up
contaminated groundwater. The system
will provide an earlier warning of
barrier problems, compared to conventional
monitoring techniques.
Simulation Technology & Applied
An Advanced Analysis Tool for
Research
Predicting Parasitic Oscillations in
11520 North Port Washington Road
High Power Klystrons Used in
Suite 101B
Particle Colliders
Mequon, WI
53092-1195
Klystron tubes generate the microwave
power required byhigh-energy
particle accelerators, and tube
failure adds substantial development and operational costs
to new and existing machines.
This project will develop software that will allow engineers to
predict klystron failures before they
are built, thereby lowering the cost of scientific and
commercial particle accelerators.
Virent Energy Systems, LLC
Integrated Reactor Design for
100 South Baldwin Street
Hydrogen Production from
Suite
206
Biomass-Sourced
Reactant Streams
Madison
,
Reforming
(ACR) Process
This project will use a
newly discovered gasification technology to generate hydrogen
from biomass for use as
a chemical reagent to generate value-added chemicals or as a fuel
for fuel cells.