U.S.
Department of Energy
Small Business Innovation Research Program and
Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Mississippi, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin, Wyoming
Plasma Processes, Inc.
Flowing Liquid Lithium Walls Using
4914
Moores Mill Road
Engineered Surfaces
Huntsville,
To
enable liquid wall fusion devices, control of the liquid metal is required.
This project will develop technology needed for controlling the flow of
liquid lithium, a liquid metal under high heat flux.
Bioengineering Resources, Inc.
CO2 Sequestration in Cell Biomass
Cost-effective methods are needed to mitigate the effects of greenhouse gas emissions. This project will develop technology to convert carbon dioxide into animal feed while simultaneously removing hydrogen sulfide from the environment.
STTR Project
Materials and Power Technologies, LLC
10217 E. Calle Costa Del
Sol
Microstructures
Research Institution: University of Arizona
Remote wireless sensors need electrical power sources more capable than batteries. This project will develop microstructures that use temperature differentials to generate electricity.
STTR Project
MER Corporation (Materials and
Electrochemical Research)
Temperature Shape Memory Alloys for
Research
Institution: University
of
This project will fabricate materials to build heat engines that convert low-grade waste heat from industrial operations into usable mechanical work and storable energy.
MER Corporation (Materials and
Energy Efficient Membrane Reactor
Electrochemical Research)
for Fuel Reforming
Novel technology and design result in improved energy efficiency as well as reduced weight and volume of a fuel reformer for production of hydrogen.
MER Corporation (Materials and
Novel Heat Exchangers with
Electrochemical Research)
Enhanced Surface
7960
South Kolb Road
Tucson,
Novel technology and design enables production of very compact and highly-efficient heat exchangers. As a result, overall size, weight, and cost of thermal management devices will be significantly reduced.
STTR Project
Adelphi Technology, Inc.
High
Brightness Neutron Source for
981-B Industrial Road
Radiography
Research
Institution: Lawrence
Berkeley
National Laboratory
The proposed radiographic imaging system will increase the safety, reliability, and efficiency of nuclear power plants and other industrial facilities. Imaging inside of thick steel, lead or even uranium for the detection of voids, corrosion and cracks will be possible.
STTR Project
Aerosol Dynamics, Inc.
A Compact, In-Situ Instrument for
2329 Fourth Street
Organic Acids
Research Institution: Colorado
State
University
New techniques are needed for characterization of organic compounds in ambient atmospheric aerosols in order to investigate their sources and environmental affects. This project will develop a new automated in-situ instrument for one set of these compounds, the carboxylic acids.
Alameda
Applied
Sciences Corporation
Coaxial Energetic Ion Depostition of
Suite 230
Copper RF Cavities for Particle
This project will develop technology to enhance high-energy particle accelerators used in fundamental physics research. The enhanced accelerators will achieve higher energy at lower cost than present designs.
STTR Project
2235 Polvorosa Avenue
Heavy Ion Fusion
Research Institution: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Ions are pulled from molten metal by means of applied high voltage and acceleration. This process provides only a small number of ions per emission site, but they have extremely low fluctuation. Through the use of nanotechnology, the number of emissions will be increased, while low fluctuation is retained, to obtain a high current beam over a small area. The application of this technique will provide highly defined ion beams for heavy ion fusion.
Altex Technologies Corporation
Compact Heat Exchanger for
650
Nuttman Street
Micro-Turbine-Based Cooling,
Suite
114
Heating, and Power
Santa
Clara, CA 95054-2620
Implementation of fuel efficient combined heat and power systems is constrained by the size, weight, and cost of hot water heat exchangers. The development of the proposed Compact Heat Exchanger will reduce hot water heat exchangers to the size, weight, and cost needed for extensive application of Combined Heat and Power systems to institutional, commercial, and residential markets.
Amonix, Inc.
A High Efficiency PV to Hydrogen
3425 Fujita Street
Energy System
Torrance,
CA 90505-4018
This project will utilize clean solar power to generate hydrogen resulting in a cost-effective, efficient, ecologically-sound integrated system.
STTR Project
Benemann Associates
High Rate and Yield Hydrogen
This project will use biotechnology to develop bacterial fermentations from sugars, starches and other biomass resources. The bacterial fermentations should overcome current limitations of yields and rates, and produce renewable, zero-pollution hydrogen at costs competitive with hydrogen from fossil fuels.
Broadata Communications, Inc.
Ultra-High-Speed Optical Data
2545 West
237th Street
Packet
Switching
Suite K
This project will develop an ultra-high-speed network processor platform based upon patented technology enabling dramatically increased transmission speeds. Applications include ultra-high-speed optical data packet switching.
Calabazas Creek Research
Development of a 200 MHz,
Calabazas
Calabazas Creek Research
Improved Magnetron Injection Guns This project will reduce or eliminate performance
degradation in high power gyrotons and gyroklystrons caused by non-uniform
emission from electron guns. Maintenance
of performance levels will reduce costs and risk, and enable gyroton and
gyroklystron use in fusion research, high energy accelerators, defense
applications, and industrial heating systems.
Enerftech Corporation
Waste-Heat Driven Micro-Steam
1929
California Street
Cycle (MSC) Scroll Turbine System
20937
Comer Drive
Multiple
Beam Klystron
Saratoga, CA
This project will develop technology to provide support,
having increased efficiency and reduced size and cost, for proton drift tube
linacs used in high energy accelerators and colliders.
The technology will lead to reduced linac cost and improved performance.
20937
Comer Drive
an
Inverted Magnetron Injection Gun
Saratoga, CA
This project will develop an advanced microwave amplifier
for use in high-energy accelerators. The
concepts will also be useful in amplifiers for fusion, radar, and scientific
instrumentation.
20937 Comer
Drive
for Gyrotrons
Saratoga, CA 95070-3753
This project will develop a water-based, scroll-turbine technology to reduce the cost of converting low-temperature waste heat into power. Environmental benefits include the elimination of organic fluids, which can be toxic and flammable, and are associated with ozone depletion and global warming.
Expert Microsystems, Inc.
Adaptive On-Line Monitoring for
This project will develop software to determine automatically whether signals from a nuclear power plant (or any industrial process) indicate a future equipment problem. Early detection of equipment problems will prevent unplanned shutdowns and efficiency reductions due to unexpected process failures, and, in turn, will increase production, reduce operating costs, and improve safety.
FAR-TECH, Inc. Efficient 3D Plasma Ion Source
10350
Science Center Drive
Modeling with Adaptive Mesh
Building 14,
San Diego, CA 92121-1129
This project will develop an efficient, 3D computer
simulation program for plasma ion sources that are needed for fusion energy
research. By eliminating much trial
and error, the program should realize large cost savings, and find application
in National and commercial projects that require plasma-based ion sources, such
as ion plasma implantation.
FAR-TECH, Inc.
High Precision Integrated
10350
Science Center Drive
Beam-Position, Emittance, and
Building 14, Suite
150 Third-Moment Monitor
San Diego,
This project will develop a system of instruments for
monitoring the beam in accelerators used in research and medicine.
The system would permit more precise and cost-effective control of
accelerators for applications ranging from high-energy physics to cancer
treatment.
FAR-TECH, Inc.
Optimization of
Building 14, Suite
150
Charge-Breeder Ions
This project will produce a comprehensive set of numerical simulation tools for optimizing sources of radioactive ions. Optimizing these radioactive ion sources should lead to enhanced ion characterization and optimization, efforts that are important for nuclear physics studies and commercial applications, such as advanced materials processing.
Farasis Energy, Inc.
Novel, High Energy Density
851 W. Midway Avenue
Intermetallic Anode Material for
This project will develop a class of high energy density, lithium-ion-battery anode material. This material could lead to rechargeable batteries with twice the current run time of commercially available cells.
Farasis Energy, Inc.
Novel, Redox Stabilized Li-Ion
851 W. Midway
Avenue
Rechargeable Cell
This project will develop a low-cost safety protection system for Li-ion cells. The safety protection system should enable the introduction of large, multi-cell packs required in the growing environmental technologies industry.
Fermionics Corporation
CdZnTe Detector Advancement
This project will develop technology to enhance the understanding of cadmium-zinc-telluride, the material of choice for producing state-of-the-art, room-temperature gamma-ray detectors and arrays. These detectors and arrays should find use in medical applications, non-proliferation, security inspection, and industrial processing control.
STTR Project
First Point Scientific, Inc.
Ion Beam Drift Compression
5330
Derry Avenue
Technology for HCX
Suite J
Agoura
Hills,
Research Institution: Lawrence
This project will lead to the experimental demonstration of
a key element of heavy ion fusion technology, the final compression of the ion
beam for interaction with the fusion target.
Its success will forward efforts to use heavy ion fusion to meet
long-term power needs.
G. H. Gillespie Associates, Inc.
Open Architecture Software
P.O. Box
2961
Integration System for Particle Beam
Del
Mar, CA
92014-5961
Optics
This project will develop advanced software tools to
improve the productivity of workers in organizations using particle beams, such
as, research laboratories, medical institutes, semiconductor manufacturers, and
nano-technology centers.
Gamma Medica, Inc.
Cervical Spect Camera for
The new camera proposed has tremendous potential to facilitate minimally invasive surgeries with the attending benefits as well as to limit the need for follow-up surgeries. This translates into reduced time, complexity and costs that today’s procedures (bilateral neck exploration) are currently accruing.
Gener8, Inc.
High Throughput Fermentation and
Building 4L
This project will develop a microreactor system that will have broad application in microbial physiology, cell culture research, process research, and more specifically, fermentation development. The microreactor system will impact diverse industries ranging from pharmaceutical development to bioremediation of toxic waste.
Genomatica, Inc.
Computational Platform for Flux
5405 Morehouse Drive
Analysis Using
13C-Label Tracing
Suite
210
This project will establish a software platform for developing computer models that simulate bacterial metabolism. These models should improve our understanding of energy-related biological processes and enable their use to address issues of energy production, carbon fixation, and bioremediation.
Haimson Research Corporation
Development
of a High Efficiency
Haimson Research Corporation
Development of a High Gain, High
HyPerComp, Inc.
Development of a Canonical
Hyper-Therm High-Temperature
Ceramic Composite Fuel
Composites, Inc.
Encapsulation in High
Efficiency,
Unit B
Advanced nuclear technologies present the only low cost
method for clean power generation. Technologies
must be developed to improve safety and nuclear proliferation resistance of
conceived future reactor designs utilizing materials that reduce the high level
waste generated.
InnoSense, LLC
Long-Term, Autonomous Measurement
25970 Eshelman
Avenue
of Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide Using
Lomita, CA 90717-3223
an Ormosil
Nanocomposite-Based
This project will develop a robust sensor for monitoring
carbon sequestration activities at an affordable cost.
Kent Sea Tech Corp
Large-Scale Microalgae Cultivation
3350
Scott Boulevard
Output
Circuit for a Spatial
Building 60
Modulation High Power Microwave
Santa
Clara,
The successful development of a high-efficiency, high-power
microwave amplifier capable of operating at short wavelengths would represent a
significant advance in radio frequency source technology, and would have a
positive impact on linear collider construction and operating budgets.
3350
Scott Boulevard
Power
Traveling Wave Relativistic
Building 60
Klystron
Santa
Clara,
CA
This
project strives to achieve two orders of magnitude reduction of the input power
to a high power klystron amplifier, without loss of stability or efficiency
(output power). This would represent a significant advance in radio frequency
source technology and would have a positive impact on linear collider
construction and operation budgets.
31255
Cedar Valley Drive
Approach to Liquid Metal MHD
Suite
327 Computations and Experiments
Westlake,
HyPerComp
is developing a pioneering liquid metal MHD code environment which has already
attracted significant interest in the nuclear fusion community in the design of
liquid metal heat transfer concepts.
Gas Abatement
This project will develop biological processes to reduce the emission of greenhouse gas into the atmosphere while recycling agricultural waste products that negatively impact the environment.
LS Technologies, Inc.
Discovery of Dense Ce Activated
Medical detectors need to be highly efficient, and have high resolution, fast speed of response, and low cost. This project will search for the best medical detector scintillator that meets all of these needs.
MacroMetalics, Division of Elcon
Development
and Testing of a
1009
Timothy Drive
Demountable Sheet Electron Beam
San Jose,
This project will develop a beam analyzer to enhance the
performance of particle colliders used in high energy physics.
Makel Engineering, Incorporated High Temperature Electronic Nose
1585
Marauder Street
Chico, CA 95973
A high-temperature microsensor system will allow improved efficiency and pollution control for industrial boilers and gas turbine power generators. This technology can be transferred to aircraft and automobilie engines, among others, to reduce energy requirements (and dependence on foreign oil) and significantly reduce pollution.
Membrane Technology and Research, Inc
Bioethanol Production with
This project will develop membrane technology for a low-cost process to convert small, fermentable biomass streams into ethanol.
Membrane Technology and Research, Inc.
Hydrogen Recovery and Carbon
This project will develop a cost-effective membrane process to lower the cost of hydrogen production and separate carbon dioxide, a production byproduct, for sequestration. The process should enhance the use of hydrogen as an environmentally friendly fuel.
Membrane Technology and Research, Inc.
Separation of Carbon Dioxide from
Carbon dioxide emissions from electric power plants contribute to global warming. This project will develop technology to remove carbon dioxide from power plant flue gas for sequestration.
Membrane Technology and Research, Inc.
Stable Membranes for Separating
1360
Willow Road
Hydrogen Containing Petrochemical
Many low-pressure hydrogen containing refinery and petrochemical streams are good candidates for separation by membranes. However, membranes have not been used for these applications because hydrocarbons in the gas stream plasticize the membranes, resulting in collapse and failure. This project will develop membranes to allow low-pressure mixtures that contain low concentrations of hydrogen to be economically separated by membranes for the first time.
MetroLaser, Inc.
Optical Instrument to Measure Cloud
This project will develop technology to measure large cloud drops that exist in low concentration, but have significant influence on cloud radiative properties. The instrument will measure the size of cloud droplets in all practical concentrations.
Nanosys, Inc.
High Efficiency Nanocomposite
2625
This project will develop a revolutionary technology based on engineered nanomaterials to produce high-quality, high-efficiency, and low-cost general illumination. If successful it will offer substantial savings in energy consumption, reduced pollution, and the creation of a new lighting industry.
NovaWave Technologies, Inc.
Compact, Low Cost CO2 Isotope
230A Twin
Dolphin Drive
Ratiometer
This project will investigate a low cost, rugged instrument to monitor carbon dioxide levels with high precision and accuracy. Such hardware is essential for establishing and enforcing worldwide emission standards, and for obtaining a greater understanding of global warming and climate change.
NovaWave
Technologies, Inc.
Ultra-Sensitive, Compact
230A
Twin
Dolphin Drive
Mid-Infrared Spectrometer for
Atmospheric Monitoring
This project will develop an instrument to make highly sensitive atmospheric concentration measurements of a variety of important chemical species, including formaldehyde, carbon monoxide, ethylene, and acetylene. These measurements will impact our understanding of atmospheric chemistry and dynamics, and have numerous applications in pollution monitoring and control.
Open Solutions GP
Grid Network Session Processing
Current data transport technology cannot match the
performance of rapidly-growing network capacity planned for
scientific applications. This
project provides an enabling technology to transport, retrieve, and store data
at Grid network speeds equal to or exceeding 10 Gb/s.
OptiSwitch Technology Corporation
Light Activated Solid-State Switch
STTR
Project
Pacific Fuel Cell Corp
Research Institution: University
of
Conventional polymer electrolyte fuel cells cannot work at
elevated temperatures, because resulting dehydration will cause their membranes
to fail. This project will develop a
nanomaterial-based composite membrane, which can retain high proton conductivity
and mechanical strength at elevated temperatures, for enhanced power output.
Particle Beam Lasers, Inc.
Feasibility Study of a Compact
Pentum Group, Inc.
SAMTP (SONET Application
111 W. El Camino Real, #109
Memory Transport)
This project will develop a new data transfer protocol to
provide low cost, higher speed, and interactive networking between computers
connected through existing long-distance fiber optic links.
The public will benefit through improved quality of video conferencing,
technology collaborations, scientific and engineering simulations, computer
gaming and more efficient use of the telecommunications infrastructure.
Physical Optics,
Hybrid Multianode Photomultiplier
Photonic Systems Division
Tube
Building 100
This project will develop a multi-channel light detector
for particle accelerations. The
inexpensive detector will be highly sensitive and reliable, and have low
crosstalk between channels, which is important in high energy physics. Besides
nuclear physics, the detector can be used in nuclear medical imaging and in
military imaging ladars.
Physical Optics Corporation,
Real-Time Holographic
Electro-Optics & Holography Division
Water-Drop-Size Measurement
20600 Gramercy Place
System
Building 100
6355
Nancy Ridge Drive
for
Hydrogen Thyratron
San Diego,
Highly-reliable, cost effective and compact switches are
not available for many high power systems in use by the Department of Energy and
Department of Defense. This project
will lead to the development of a high-power, highly-reliable and cost-effective
switch that is triggered by a semiconductor laser.
Once developed, this switch will allow for the commercialization of many
high power systems that are hindered by unreliable and costly switches.
18925
Dearborn Street
Gas-Filled Storage Ring for 6-D
Northridge,
This project
will develop a compact, magnetic particle storage ring, filled with compressed
gas, for the cooling of muon and ion beams.
The storage ring should find use at national accelerator sites and
commercial ion laser facilities.
Drop size distribution and concentration in stratus clouds, which cover much of the earth, have a strong impact on global warming. This project will develop a new system, deployed on research aircraft and tethered balloons, or on the ground, to improve stratus cloud monitoring. Benefits include improved fuel efficiency and more efficient commercial irrigation systems.
Radia Technologies
An Inexpensive High-Current
15547
Horseshoe Street
Betatron
Using Fixed-Field
Moreno
Valley,
New Low-Loss Magnetic Materials
This project will use modern advances in physics and
engineering to make a high-power, high-energy electron source, which is compact
and inexpensive, for mail sterilization, cancer treatment, medical device
sterilization and food irradiation.
S-Cal Research Corporation
Thermal Recovery of
Permafrost Melting around Multi-
Branch Wells
The additional facilities required on the Alaskan North Slope will provide good jobs for their planning, installation and operation over a period of several decades. The increase in oil production will provide royalties and taxes to Alaska and extend the life of the TAPS line.
Scientific Solutions
Improved ECR Charge Breeder for
This project will develop an improved device for converting sputtered ion species into beam ions for nuclear physics research.
Seacoast Science, Inc.
A New Low-Power MEMS Sensor
This project will develop a sensor system based on novel MEMS technology that will remotely measure atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide. Carbon dioxide emissions from man-made and natural sources must be monitored for accurate prediction of global climate change.
Seacoast Science, Inc. Badge-Sized Sensor System with
2410 La
Macarena Avenue
Integrated Chemicapacitive
Algorithm for Chemical
Identification
This project will develop a sensor system based on novel Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems technology that will identify fuels and other chemical mixtures used in process industries. Industrial chemical mixtures must be monitored for efficient processing and cost-effective waste management.
Taxon Biosciences, Inc.
SARD: A Novel Surveying Method
This project will develop technology for characterizing complex microbial populations to gain insight into the microbial world. Commercial applications include petroleum and mineral exploration, pollutant detection, and clinical diagnostics.
TelASIC Communications, Inc.
Development of a High Performance
This project will develop a radar system component for high performance, digital-to-analog conversion. The component should find application in sensor/data collection systems for detecting the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and in the wireless commercial market.
Ultramet
Metallic Foam-Based Membranes
12173
Montague Street
for Hydrogen Separation/Purification
This project will develop a hydrogen separation membrane that will reduce the cost of high-purity hydrogen used in chemical process industries as well as industries related to semiconductors, aerospace propulsion, and metal heat treatment.
Vivaray Solutions, Inc.
Wavelength Tunable (700 to 850nm)
389 Kincora Court
Mode-Locked Lasers, with Pulse
GHZ, and Average Output Power
Greater Than 10W
This project will develop a laser that is tunable at high powers. Applications include medicine, industry, and the armed forces.
Wavefront Technology, Inc.
Nanocomposite Polymers for Smart
Nanocomposite
polymers are being investigated which have very unique attributes to save
energy, reduce atmospheric pollutants, when used to implement new types of
solar and daylight control films for commercial, industrial and residential
buildings.
X-Ray Instrumentation Associates
Low-Level Radioactive Xenon
Nuclear weapons tests, even underground, release radioactive xenon gas into the atmosphere. This project will develop an instrument to improve the detection of xenon and increase the likelihood that clandestine weapons will be discovered before they become a significant threat to the Nation.
STTR Project
X-Ray Instrumentation Associates
Multiple-Input Data Acquisition
8450 Central Avenue
System
(MIDAS) for Measuring the
Neutron Scattering
Research Institution: Brookhaven National Laboratory
The continued emission of CO2 and other greenhouse gases by human and natural sources has been a growing cause for concern over the last decade. The proposed device will aid scientists by gathering data on how much CO2 is actually stored in the soil and removed from the atmosphere.
X-Ray Instrumentation Associates
Ultra-Low Background Alpha
8450 Central Avenue
Activity Counter
This project will use digital signal processing techniques to increase the sensitivity of alpha particle detectors 1000 times. These detectors will be used to characterize new, ultra-low, alpha-particle-emitting materials for use in applications that are disrupted by alpha particles from natural radioactivity, such as sensitive nuclear physics measurements and the operation of high density digital electronics chips.
XCom Wireless, Inc.
Compact, Low-Cost, Phased Array
2815 Junipero Avenue
Antennas for Unmanned Air
Years of congressional funding for advanced research into radio-frequency circuitry have enabled the development of powerful radar systems that can track people and vehicles from air and space platforms. This program allows these radar systems to be miniaturized and mounted on unmanned air vehicles for low-cost, effective, and safe remote surveillance that protects our armed forces as well as our National Security interests.
Xradia, Inc.
High Resolution 3D X-Ray
4075 Sprig Drive
Tomography for Inspection of Solid
Extensive research efforts are required to drive down the cost, and increase the reliability of solid oxide fuel cells for widespread use as an alternative energy technology. To solve the problems associated with the development and production of solid oxide fuel cells, a unique 3D x-ray inspection tool is proposed which will be capable of characterizing solid oxide fuel cell components for use in model validation and failure analysis.
ZN Technology, Inc
High Efficiency ZnO-Based LEDs
This project will investigate fabricating white light light-emitting diodes (LEDs) for general illumination from a new material system based on zinc oxide. This material system has the potential for higher efficiency and lower cost than the currently produced white light LEDs.
ADA Technologies, Inc.
Use of Amended Silicates for
8100 Shaffer Parkway
Multi-Pollutant Control in Gasifiers
Coal gasification shows great promise as a technology to decrease U.S. reliance on foreign energy sources. The proposed project will develop a cost-effective means for pollution control in gasifier systems, making coal gasification more attractive and cost competitive for generation of electricity in the U.S.
Barber-Nichols, Inc.
Conversion of Low-Temperature
6325 W. 55th Avenue
Waste Heat to Electric Power
Low temperature heat as a by-product of industrial processes is wasted, as it is currently dispersed into the atmosphere. This project will develop a maintenance-free turbine-generator that can be used to produce cost-effective electric power from these low-temperature heat sources.
Composite Technology Development, Inc.
Innovative, Low Cost
Eltron Research, Inc.
Auto-Thermal Reforming Catalysts
2600
Campus Drive
Radiation-Resistant Fusion Magnet
Suite D
Insulation
Lafayette,
This project will develop high temperature,
radiation-resistant insulation systems for fusion and superconducting magnets.
The insulation systems should enable the design of more efficient fusion
devices, and ultimately lead to the development of new, efficient energy sources
for the Nation.
This project will provide a more environmentally friendly and less expensive way to convert natural gas into hydrogen on an industrial scale.
Eltron Research, Inc.
Catalytic Membrane Reactors: Next
This project is focused on developing the next generation of mixed ion/electron conducting membranes for use in catalytic membrane reactors. The ability of the membrane reactor to simultaneously separate oxygen from air and partially oxidize methane, will reduce reforming costs by up to 40%.
Eltron Research, Inc.
Functionally Graded Aluminum
This project will develop clean technology to produce aluminum nitride/aluminum oxide coatings. These coatings will enable high-temperature corrosion resistance for steel and other alloys.
Eltron Research, Inc.
Microscale Voltammetric Mercury
This project will develop a low-cost, portable, heavy metal detection technology to enable efficient, rapid analysis of metal contamination in water. The technology should find use in government and private sector applications.
Eltron Research, Inc.
Optimization of Metal Alloy for
Successful completion of this project will lead to the identification of a low-cost metal alloy that can be used to fabricate robust hydrogen transport membranes. Implementing such membrane technology will result in tremendous cost reduction for hydrogen production from fossil fuels, natural gas, biomass wastes and other feed stocks thus significantly impacting the hydrogen economy.
Eltron Research, Inc.
Robust Membrane Reactor for
This project will develop a robust, low-cost, efficient membrane reactor to extract hydrogen from industrial feedstocks. The reactor should reduce the cost of producing hydrogen from fossil fuels and other feedstock.
STTR Project
Frontline Bioenergy
Development of an
Electrochemical Process
1566 Cedarwood Drive
for High Efficiency CO2
Separation
Longmont,
Research Institution: University
of Colorado
Boulder
The use of coal, an important long-term domestic energy
resource, will eventually necessitate some form of carbon dioxide (CO2)
emissions control technology. Current
CO2 separation approaches to emissions control rely on pressure or
temperature swings that are energy-intensive.
Our project will develop an alternate electrochemical process (as in a
fuel cell) that should dramatically reduce energy requirements for separation,
concentration, and compression of CO2 released fossil-fuel power
plants.
STTR Project
Hazen Research, Inc.
A Continuous Magnetic-Field
4601Indiana Street
Reactor for Scavenging
Metals from
Many wastewater streams contain heavy metals that bioaccumulate and produce detrimental biochemical effects in living organisms. The applicants plan is to develop a new technology that will potentially provide an efficient and cost-effective means for scavenging metals from such streams and concentrating them in forms that are suited to recycling.
STTR Project
ITN Energy Systems, Inc.
Research Institution: University of Colorado
This project will develop cost-effective separation technology to recover chemicals and fuels from biomass. In contrast with energy-intensive and expensive distillation processes in current use, the separation technology should enable biomass products to compete with fossil fuel processing, thereby reducing our reliance on foreign crude oil feedstocks.
Kapteyn-Murnane Laboratories, Inc. Laser Systems Development for the
STTR Project
Lodestar
Research Corporation
Research Insitution: Oak Ridge
National Laboratory This project will develop a numerical model, describing the
interaction of intense radiofrequency waves with the edge of a tokamak fusion
reactor, for the optimization of heating in future burning plasma experiments
such as ITER.
MultiPhase Composites
Moldable Ceramic Composites for
STTR Project
PulseWave, LLC
Use of Pulsewave Technology as a
Research Institution: Western Research Institute The
U.S. contains over one-third of the world’s known oil shale resources, but it is
an undeveloped resource due to high development costs and environmental
problems. This project if successful, will develop a process to remove
the oil component from the shale waste material prior to heat processing. This
would be significant in terms of its potential economic and environmental
benefits.
SPEC, Inc.
A New Instrument for Reliable
This project will develop an instrument to reliably measure
both liquid water content and drop size distribution in stratus clouds, for
validating remote surface-based and space-borne observations of atmospheric
radiation. Commercial applications
include measuring drop size-distribution in industrial, agricultural, and fuel
sprays.
Synkera Technologies, Inc.
Ceramic Microchannel Plates with
Synkera
Technologies, Inc.
Composite Metal-Ceramic Hydrogen
2021
Miller Drive
Separation Membranes
Suite B
Longmont,
CO 80501-6787
4699 Nautilus Court
Unit 205 Photoinjector
Boulder,
This project will develop advanced laser technologies that
are critical for the implementation of new-generation light-source scientific facilities. These facilities will make possible
revolutionary advances in physical, biological, and biomedical research.
The laser technology itself has other science and industrial uses.
1130
Francis Street, #7012
High Field Magnet Applications
Longmont,
This project will develop moldable ceramic insulators to
provide shaped parts that require no complicated machining and reduce insulation
damage leading to costly repair. These
parts should reduce fabrication costs of high field magnets used in particle
accelerators, storage rings, and fusion devices.
2021
Miller Drive
Angular-Biased Channels
Suite B
Longmont, CO
The proposed technology has a potential to overcome the
limitations of the currently used image amplifiers and promote a new generation
of inexpensive radiation detectors and imaging devices with advanced performance
needed in many applications, including counter-terrorism and fundamental
research in high energy and nuclear physics.
This project will develop a relatively low-cost hydrogen separation membrane with high performance, reliability and manufacturability. The membrane will enable energy-efficient production of hydrogen for use as a clean fuel.
TDA Research, Inc.
High Efficiency Conversion of
12345 West 52nd Avenue
Natural Gas to Hydrogen
This project will investigate a high-efficiency, reduced-cost method of converting natural gas to hydrogen while sequestering carbon. The resulting hydrogen should find immediate use in existing applications and long-term use in fuel cells and next-generation vehicles.
TDA Research, Inc.
Lithium Ion-Channel Polymer
12345 West 52nd Avenue
Electrolyte for Lithium Metal Anode
This project will develop an electrolyte material for lithium-ion rechargeable batteries. The material should enable manufacturers to increase battery power for use in electric vehicles.
TDA Research, Inc.
Multicontaminant Warm Gas
12345 West 52nd Avenue
Cleanup
TDA Research will investigate a warm gas cleanup technology that removes sulfur and mercury from synthesis gas. The technology will enable coal gasification plants to clean up synthesis gas economically and permit the integration of gasifier technology with fuels and chemicals production and power generation.
STTR Project
TDA Research, Inc.
Thermally Stable Catalysts for
12345
West 52nd Avenue
Hydrogen Production in
Short Time
Wheat
Ridge, CO
80033-1916
(SCT)
Reactors
This project will develop catalysts that can withstand the very high temperatures of partial oxidation reactors used in the production of hydrogen. Enhanced hydrogen production will lead to its increased availability and use, and a corresponding reduction in the emission of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.
Tech-X Corporation
Advanced 3D Photocathode
Tech-X Corporation
An Abstract Job Handling Grid
5621 Arapahoe Avenue
Service for Dataset Analysis
Suite A
5621
Arapahoe Avenue
Modeling
and Simulations
Suite A
Boulder,
This project will develop software to improve modeling and
design of electron sources.
This project will develop software tools to enable remote data access. Remote access of data will allow analysis of large data sets at high-performance computing sites worldwide.
Tech-X Corporation
Distributed CCA Components and
5621 Arapahoe Avenue
Grid Services for Scientific
Suite A
Computing
This project will develop software tools to facilitate
large-scale computer simulations of physical processes in a thermonuclear
reactor.
Tech-X Corporation
FSML-Fusion Simulation Markup
5621
Arapahoe Avenue
Language
for Interoperability of
Suite A
Data and Analysis Tools
Boulder,
Tech-X Corporation
Grid4GL: Grid Technologies for the
5621 Arapahoe Avenue
4th Generation Languages
Suite A
This project will develop software tools to merge powerful,
scientific data analysis tools with grid technologies.
Tech-X Corporation
High Performance Algorithm for
5621
Arapahoe Avenue
Signal Decomposition in Gamma
Suite A
Ray Detectors
Boulder, CO
80301
This project will develop software to enable the development of high-resolution gamma ray detectors for nuclear physics and nuclear medicine.
Tech-X Corporation
Improving Between-Shot Fusion
5621
Arapahoe Avenue
Data
Analysis with Parallel
Suite A
Structures
Boulder,
Tech-X Corporation
Rapid 3-D Simulation of a
5621
Arapahoe Avenue
Bunch-Length Diagnostic for Laser
Suite A
Boulder,
Frequencies
Future generation high-energy particle accelerators, used
to study the fundamental nature of matter, will likely include plasma-based
components that produce extremely short particle beams.
Existing software is being enhanced to enable the measurement of these
ultra-short electron beams
Tech-X Corporation
SPECS: Small Particle
Electron
Suite A
The Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider at Brookhaven National Laboratory is colliding gold ions to create conditions similar to those that existed a fraction of a second after the Big Bang. This project will develop a 3D simulation code to enhance an electron cooling section in this premier facility.
Tech-X Corporation
Tools for Studying Multipactor in
UQM Technologies, Inc.
Power Converters for Diverse
7501 Miller Drive
Applications
5621
Arapahoe Avenue
Dielectric Waveguide Structures
Suite A
Boulder,
This
work will enable researchers to study ways to improve high-power dielectric rf
structures.
This project will develop technology to convert distributed energy resources into efficient, reliable, cost-effective power for enhancing power supplied by the electric grid. The technology should provide environmental and economic benefits to society.
STTR Project
Vescent Photonics
Optical “Nose” for Rapid, Part-Per-
2927 Welton Street
Trillion
Trace Gas Detection
Research Institution: JILA
This project will construct an optically-based, chemical detection system that can detect any gas-phase chemical at concentrations below one part-per-trillion.
STTR Project
Zolo Technologies, Inc.
Demonstration
of Heat Rate Increase
Technology In with Nueral Net
Optimization
Research
Institution: Stanford
This proposal will develop a sensor technology for optimizing coal-fired power generation while reducing harmful pollutant emissions. Anticipated cost savings to the utility industry are on the order of $4 billion/year.
Advanced Fuel Research, Inc.
Carbon Dioxide Recovery from
87 Church Street
Combustion Flue Gas Using
The release of carbon dioxide (CO2), the most abundant greenhouse gas, leads to global warming. This project will develop technology to capture massive amounts of CO2 produced by the combustion of fossil fuels (e.g., coal and natural gas).
Avalence, LLC
High-Efficiency, Ultra-High
1240 Oronoque Road
Pressure Electrolysis with Direct
This project will develop reliable, efficient technology for using renewable power to cost-effectively produce and dispense hydrogen fuel for the coming hydrogen and fuel cell economy.
NanoSciences Corporation
A Compact Fast PMT for TOF PET
This project will develop a high speed photodetector that will enable significant advances in medical imaging in the area of positron emission tomography scanners which are noninvasive techniques that allow us to look inside the body and provide a window on biology in action.
NanoSciences Corporation APD Injected Vacuum
This project will develop a high-speed photodetector to advance the performance of noninvasive PET scanners that permit researchers to look inside the body and observe biology in action. The improved scanner should allow significant advances in medical imaging.
Omega-P, Inc.
120 MW, 800 MHz Magnicon for a
Omega-P, Inc.
High-Power Ferroelectric Switch for
Omega-P, Inc.
Quasi-Optical 3-dB Hybrid for
STTR Project
STTR Project
Omega-P, Inc.
Research Institution: University
This project will develop thin-film coatings on high-power
microwave components for a future high-energy particle accelerator.
Microwave components that are coated should operate at higher power
levels than uncoated components, thus allowing a more compact and less expensive
accelerator to be designed and built.
PMD Scientific, Inc.
High Resolution Seismometer
STTR Project
Tungsten Graphics
Chromium RenderServer: Remote
Woodbury,
Clusters Research
Institution: Lawrence
Livermore
National Laboratory This project will develop a software infrastructure to
provide geographically-distributed scientific researchers access to centrally
located, powerful computer systems dedicated to interactive visual data
analysis.
Compact Membrane Systems, Inc.
Carbon Dioxide Capture from Large
325 Water Street
Point Sources
199
Whitney Avenu
Future
Muon Collider
New Haven,
CT
Research at future high-energy physics frontiers will
require accelerators of energy higher than those that can be built using present
technology. This project is to
develop radio frequency amplifiers to be used in a future muon collider, to help
keep U.S. scientists at the forefront of this basic scientific frontier.
199
Whitney Avenue
an
X-Band RF Pulse Compressor
New Haven,
CT
Development of an electrically-controlled, high-power
microwave switch is to be carried out which has the potential for increasing
efficiency and affording new flexibility in design for the next linear collider.
Successful completion of this project would lead to lower construction
and operating costs for this research accelerator.
199
Whitney Avenue
Future
High-Energy Accelerators
New Haven,
This project will develop all-metal, quasi-optical devices
that are capable of performing important functions for control of high-power
microwaves in accelerators and in other high power microwave systems which
cannot be controlled using available technology.
Omega-P, Inc.
RF Gun with High-Current-Density
199
Whitney Avenue
Field
Emission Cathode
New
Haven,
Research Institution: Florida
International
This project will develop a rugged, high-current cathode to
replace fragile cathodes of limited lifetime in a wide range of vacuum
electronics devices. Benefits
include saving cathode heater power and increasing device lifetime.
105F
Bloomfield, CT
06002
This project will develop a very sensitive seismic sensor
based on unique technology, and be capable of working in very strong magnetic
fields, and will help to achieve a sub-nanometer stability of the final focusing
lenses in the Linear Collider. Future
models will have public benefit advancing knowledge of earthquake and structural
behavior.
Removal of carbon dioxide from large point source gas streams in an economic manner will reduce the cost of power generation. This project will remove these gases in a compact, efficient and economic way.
STTR Project
Elsicon, Inc.
Research Institution: University of Delaware
This project will develop a miniature device that uses properties of light to generate essential information needed for guidance, navigation, and control in both military and commercial settings. The device will be batch-manufactured, using microelectronic tools and techniques along with conventional materials, for high-volume, low-cost availability.
STTR Project
Advanced Magnet Laboratory, Inc.
2730 Kirby Avenue, NE
Arrays for Multiple Beam
Transport
Building 5
Research Insitution: Lawrence
Livermore
National Laboratory
This proposal will develop affordable superconducting magnets that are needed for inertial fusion power production. Implementation of this technology will enhance our standard of living, the quality of our environment, and national security.
Constellation Technology Corporation
Purification System
for Large
7887
Bryan Dairy Road
Quantities of Noble Gas
Suite
100
Largo, FL
33777-1498
Storage and manipulation of very large amounts of data in high-energy physics experiments and in large companies, is negatively affected by performance problems with the software involved. Targeted experiments and subsequent performance enhancements will resolve these problems ensuring that the existing infrastructures will be able to sustain the needs of all users.
Mainstream Engineering Corporation
Demonstration of a Low-Pressure
200 Yellow Place
Water Turbine for Low-Temperature
This project will develop a commercially viable, environmentally friendly system to recover low-temperature waste heat and produce power. Power generation efficiency should increase by 20-30% and result in a payback period of 2-3 years.
Quantum Technology Services, Inc.
RASA Prognostics from State of
This project will develop an operational system to predict an impending failure of specific components on deployed Radionuclide Aerosol Sampler/Analyzer units. By decreasing the length of shutdown for repairs, this approach enables better network capability at a reduced cost.
SeaAg, Inc.
Microalgae Biofixation of CO2 and
705 27th Avenue, SW
Fertilizer Production for Greenhouse
Microalgae are microscopic plants grown in sea and fresh-waters and are currently used for the production of human foods and animal feeds and also in wastewater treatment. This project will use microalgae cultures for the co-production of biofuels with fertilizers for agriculture, thereby reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
Supergenics, LLC
Improved Fin Designs to Reduce
nGimat
Company
Anode Electrolyte Nanocomposites
5315
Peachtree Industrial Boulevard
as Alternative to Carbonaceous
1233 Tree
Bay Lane
Deffective in Internal-Tin Nb3Sn
Sarasota,
In order to maintain the nation’s technical leadership in
high energy physics it is necessary to have an active part in the development
and construction of the future generation of particle accelerators.
To do this, high field superconducting magnets are required and this
project is designed to make high quality conductors at relatively low cost to be
used in these magnets. Similar
conductors can also be used in fusion devices that will be one of the long-term
answers to the global energy problems.
This project will develop technology to improve the output and cycle life of batteries. These improved batteries should lead to more widespread use of hybrid electric vehicles.
STTR Project A hydrogen-powered energy system has been proposed for the
enabling of a green energy economy. Production,
storage, distribution, and application of hydrogen are the main challenges for
hydrogen-based technology. This STTR
project will develop a simplified, more energy-cost-effective method for
hydrogen production.
nGimat Company
Cycled Hydrogen
Production
5315 Peachtree Industrial Boulevard
From Natural Gas Using Novel Oxides
Atlanta,
Research
Institution: Georgia Institute of
Technology
nGimat
Company
Self-Cleaning Surfaces with
5315 Peachtree Industrial Boulevard
Morphology Mimicking
This project will develop materials with self-cleaning surfaces, removing the need for scrubbing, washing and polishing. Self-cleaning glass surfaces will enable higher energy efficiency in solar cells, and simplify design of components used in automotive and architectural applications.
PhosphorTech Corporation
High Extraction Luminescent
This project will discover high-extraction phosphors that increase the efficiency of solid state lighting devices. These new lamps will revolutionize lighting and provide the United States industry with competitive technologies that will significantly reduce global energy use and environmental pollution.
FiveSight Technologies, Inc. An Analysis Process Execution
213 North
Morgan Street
Language and Execution Engine for
Chicago, IL
60607
High
Energy Physics
This project will develop technology for scientific process
management by combining research in the fields of business process management,
Web services, and distributed Grid computing.
I. C. Gomes Consulting and
Development of a Methodology for
Investment, Inc.
Analyzing Performance and
1728 Killdeer Drive
Radiological Impact of Strippers and
The heavy ions interactions with magnets, strippers, collimators, fragmentation targets, and mass separators have important impact on the design of a facility such as Rare Isotope Accelerator. This project is for implementing charged particle transport in electromagnetic field into the MCNPX Monte Carlo transport code. This implementation will allow heavy charged particle transport in both, material medium and in electromagnetic field. The final product has direct application to RIA (Rare Isotope Accelerator) design and also in the medical and aerospace areas.
MUONS, Inc.
Gaseous H2 Absorber for
Muon
STTR Project
MUONS, Inc.
Ionization Cooling Using Parametric
STTR Project
NPL Associates, Inc.
A Dipole Assisted
IEC Neutron Source
Research Insitution: Board of Trustees of the University
of Illinois
Electrostatic fusion confinement suffers from low
efficiencies and short particle confinement times.
A new hybrid plasma confinement concept is proposed that may be developed
as a commercial neutron source and an enhancement of electrostatic reactors.
STTR Project
NPL Associates, Inc.
Research
Institution: University of Illinois
This project will develop a subroutine for a large-scale
plasma (LSP) computer code to calculate the charge exchange and ion stripping
cross sections in heavy ion beam (HIB) transport.
This work is done by data mining from experimental data, handbooks and
calculation results, and further numerical calculations for unsolved data.
Numerica 21 Incorporated
A Net-Aware Development, Support,
Suite 220
DOE Numerical Libraries
The project will develop the requirements and tools for
a national repository of numerical software, a critical component of effective
scientific computer simulations. Project
focus will be long-term maintenance and support of high-quality software whose
development is funded by various government programs.
Optonet, Inc.
100Gb/s-1Tb/s Data
Communications,
552 N.
Batavia Avenue
Beam
Cooling
Batavia,
New particle accelerators, needed to study the fundamental
forces of nature, require a technique to shrink muon beams before acceleration.
This project will develop dense hydrogen gas to reduce the beam size and
lower costs.
MUONS, Inc.
Hydrogen Cryostat for Muon Beam
552 N.
Batavia Avenue
Cooling
Batavia,
Research Institution: Fermi National Accelerator
Laboratory
This project will develop technology to shrink muon beams
in accelerators needed to study the fundamental forces of nature.
The technology will take advantage of the latest advances in
high-temperature superconducting magnets and pressurized high-gradient RF
cavities.
552 N.
Batavia Avenue
Resonances
Batavia,
This project will combine two previously unrelated
accelerator techniques to enable an affordable muon collider at the energy
frontier.
Photodetectors
Wavelength Mux/Demux
Ultra-high-speed data communication networks require compact, 100Gb/s, fiber-optic transceivers at low cost. This project will develop technology capable of directly integrating lasers and photodectectors with an ultra-compact optical spectrometer on a semiconductor chip to realize these high-data-rate transceivers.
STTR Project
Starfire Industries, LLC
1010
Urbana,
Research Instituion: University of Illinois
This advanced plasma simulator will enhance near-term plasma-facing-component development, while supporting long-term liquid surface heat removal. These innovations are necessary for viable fusion power leading to domestic energy independence.
Transducer Technology, Inc.
Novel MEMS Chemical Sensors for
This project will create the first commercially available Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems chemical sensors for gasification and will create new value in the $2B MEMS sensor market. This work enables significantly-improved safety and efficiency energy technologies as well as enabling more rapid acceptance and development of future energy systems.
En'Urga, Inc.
Multi-Electrode Electromagnetic
Business and Technology
Center
This process is focused on developing crucial two-phase flow instrumentation for diagnostics of reactor safety systems in existing and future nuclear reactor power plants. The proposed research would provide a valuable tool to enhance the safety of nuclear reactors, and prevent catastrophic scenarios.
PartTec, LLC
Neutron Detector System Using
This project will result in a dramatic improvement in neutron detection technology. This research will impact some of the nation’s premier neutron sciences research programs.
Trexco, LLC
Heat Energy Recovery and Reuse for
Indianapolis,
IN 46204
Storage Batteries
This project will develop technology for cooling electric power transformers. Cooling the transformers should increase the reliability of the National electrical grid, improve its efficiency, and permit the use of scarce capital for other infrastructure needs of the electric utility industry.
STTR Project
Northern Microdesign, Inc
Fast, Flexible Real-Time Decision
533 193 Street
Processor for
Triggering Nuclear/
Ames,
Time Analysis of Radar, Medical
and Security Images
Research
Institution: Iowa
This project will develop a hardware programmed signal processor architecture to allow demanding nuclear and high energy physics instrumentation problems in real-time and at very low cost. The processor hardware will enable portable and reduced cost image and signal processing in commercial and government applications.
KalScott Engineering, Inc.
High Availability Unmanned Aerial
3226 SW Timberlake Lane
Platform for Carbon Cycle
The project will develop cost-effective monitoring of atmospheric carbon dioxide through the use of unmanned (robotic) aircraft. The monitors should find use in studies of the environment and global climate change
Veris Technologies, Inc.
A Soil Probe for In-Situ Near
601 N. Broadway
Infrared Spectroscopic Measurement
This project will test a soil probe that uses optical spectroscopy to make rapid and inexpensive carbon measurements. The probe will enhance the sequestration and trade of carbon and thereby reduce greenhouse gases
Paras Research Corporation
Application of a Circulating
Fluidized
1511
Woodhurst Street
Bed Process for the Chemical
This project will develop a chemical looping combustion process for solid fuel which will efficiently produce CO2 in-situ which is ready for sequestration. Also, a major energy resource, coal, could be used for advanced combustion technologies which will prolong the service time of coal.
MARYLAND
627 Ridgely Avenue
Cycle
Annapolis, MD 21401-1062
This project will produce power from existing waste heat streams at a cost competitive with grid power. Generating power from waste will conserve fuel supplies, reduce global warming, and increase power supply reliability.
MicroCosm, Inc.
Novel Micro-Nanoprobes and
Suite O
Applications
Columbia, MD 21046-2584
This project will develop detection technology for studies of interacting biomolecules. By enabling highly sensitive, real-time monitoring of any kind of biomolecule, the technology should find use in a wide range of biotechnological areas, such as drug discovery, proteomics, genomics, and clinical diagnostics.
Primet Precision Materials, Inc.
Novel Nanoscale Intermetallic Fuel
13324 Elliot Drive
Cell Catalyst Materials and
This project will use nanoparticle technology to convert new materials into useful materials for fuel cells. These materials should make the fuel cells more practical.
SETECS
Corporation
STONE - Security Technologies for
6100 Stonehenge Place
Open Networking Environments
Rockville, MD 20852
This project will develop a strong security system for Internet Web applications to eliminate the risk of hackers, intruders, malicious insiders, information and identity theft, and operation disruption. The system should find use in commercial arenas and contribute to National security by providing strong protection of Internet data and transactions.
Technology Assessment and Transfer, Inc.
Hybrid Spinel Composites: Unique
133 Defense Highway
Radiation Resistant Refractories
This project will develop hybrid ceramic spinel composites for high-temperature structural components in advanced nuclear reactors. Armor for civilian and military vehicles, such as those transporting VIPS, is an even larger spin-off market.
Wilcoxon Research, Inc. Wireless Vibration Energy
This project will design and build a completely self-sustained, truly wireless sensor system which is powered solely from harvested environmental vibration energy and determine its relative efficiency.
Advanced Mechanical Technology, Inc.
Thermally-Activated Cooling from
This project will develop a vapor compressor powered by low-temperature waste heat. As a low-cost, efficient method of cooling, the compressor should reduce energy consumption of mechanically-powered commercial and small-industrial refrigeration equipment.
Aerodyne Research, Inc.
Compact, Autonomous 13CO2 Flux
45 Manning Road
Monitor Using Pulsed Difference
This project will produce an instrument to continuously measure atmospheric carbon dioxide and its isotopic variants. Benefits include greater understanding of the conversion of gaseous carbon dioxide into biological carbon, and strategies to mitigate the effects of fossil fuel combustion on global warming and climate change.
Aerodyne Research, Inc.
Development of Soft-Ionization for
Small, organic, airborne particles, generated from energy-related activities, contribute to the formation of “acid rain” and adversely impact visibility, global climate and human health. This project will develop an instrument with unique capabilities for particle measurement, including real-time measurement of particle size and chemical composition.
Aerodyne Research, Inc.
Hand-Held Phytoremediation
45 Manning Road
Monitor
This project will develop a monitor to evaluate the effectiveness of green plants used to extract contaminants from soil, sediments and groundwater.
Aerodyne Research, Inc.
Sonde Deployable Carbon Dioxide
45 Manning Road
Sensor
This project will develop a small, lightweight sensor that can be mounted on a balloon-borne sonde. The sensor will be used to measure atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide to improve modeling of its global warming potential.
Agiltron, Inc.
Enhancing Charge Injection and
220 Ballardvale Street
Device Integrity in Organic LEDs
Suite D
This project will develop technology that will allow manufacturers of organic light emitting devices to increase device energy efficiency by 5 to 10 times while significantly improving device lifetime and thermal stability.
ALEM-RMD Joint Venture
A New Ceramic Scintillator for
44 Hunt Street
Neutron Detection
The proposed research will investigate a promising neutron detector material, which will have major impact in scientific studies.
Aspen Aerogels, Inc.
Novel Silica Aerogel Panels as
This project will enhance the refractive index of Cherenkov detectors by using fewer aerogel panels with increased size and thickness. Enhancing the refractive index will improve detector particle discrimination and hopefully lead to new discoveries in particle physics.
150-H New
This project will develop a revolutionary solution for next generation scintillation materials that are critical to a variety of high-energy particles, and radiation detection and imaging.
Boston
Applied
Technologies
Maintenance-Free Smart Power
150-H New
This project will develop a maintenance-free smart power system which will greatly benefit energy and power management and remote sensing mission. Success in this project will have big impact to energy storage programs and the country’s economy.
Boston
Applied
Technologies
Tm-Doped Ceramic Laser for Laser
CeraMem Corporation
Advanced SiC-Based Membranes for
12 Clematis Avenue
Hydrogen Separation
This project will develop a novel technology for separating
hydrogen from coal-derived gases for use in “hydrogen economy” applications.
If successfully developed, the technology will help in reducing our
dependence on foreign fossil fuels and reduce emissions from vehicles and
electric power plants.
CeraMem Corporation
Improved Processing Methods for
12 Clematis Avenue
High-Temperature Hydrogen
Improved technologies for hydrogen production are needed
for the transition to a hydrogen-based economy.
This project will develop cost-effective methods to manufacture devices
that use hydrogen-separating membranes to extract hydrogen from advanced
coal-fired power plants.
CeraMem Corporation
Low-Cost High-Temperature
12 Clematis Avenue
Membrane Module for Carbon
150-H New
Woburn,
The ceramic laser technology development in this program
will not only serve Department of Energy’s need, but also be in the Nation’s
best interest. It will put the
This program will develop cost-effective, carbon-dioxide-capture technology to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from fossil-fuel-based power plants that can co-produce hydrogen for use as a vehicle fuel. The technology should enhance efforts to stabilize atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations.
Crystal Systems, Inc.
Development of Solar Grade (SoG)
27 Congress Street
Silicon
Salem, MA 01970-5597
Availability of low-cost solar-grade (SoG) silicon feedstock is critical to maintaining the growth rate of the photovoltaic (PV) industry and developing it as an alternate renewable energy source. This is estimated to conserve 240 billion barrels of oil by 2020, reduce dependence on fossil fuels, and imports; reduce the trade imbalance, add high-value high- technology jobs and place United States back into a commanding position within the PV community.
Diversified Technologies, Inc.
Reentrant 500 k V Connection for
EIC Laboratories, Inc.
Nanocrystal Labels for Multiplex
The limitations of existing organic fluorescent dyes will
be addressed through the development of novel luminescent tags which will
facilitate the simultaneous detection and identification of multiple types of
biomolecules in a wide variety of assays.
Epion Corporation
Improving the Performance of High
Foster-Miller, Inc.
Low-Cost, Environmentally Benign,
350 Second Avenue
High Specific Power Manganese
Waltham, MA 02451-1196
35
Wiggins Avenue
Inverted
Sheet Beam Klystron
Bedford,
This effort will develop an advanced, high voltage
connection for use in the Next Generation Linear Collider. The technology will
support affordable accelerator systems for cancer therapy, X-ray inspection
systems, and food/mail sterilization.
37
Manning Road
Gradient
RF Structures by Surface
Billerica
,
Beams
This project will apply nanotechnology for smoothing and
cleaning to high voltage electrodes used in advanced particle accelerators. The
nanotechnology will allow stronger acceleration fields for high-energy particle
accelerators with reduced size and increased reliability.
for Hybrid Vehicles
This project will develop a low cost super capacitor to replace expensive, environmentally unfriendly batteries as the principal electric storage/delivery device for emerging hybrid electric vehicles. This technology should allow car manufacturers to produce hybrid electric vehicles that can provide cost/performance comparable to today’s internal combustion engine counterparts. Environmental and political benefits include reduced fuel consumption (leading to lower oil imports) and cleaner air (from lower exhaust emissions).
Giner, Inc.
A High-Power Density Fuel Cell
89 Rumford Avenue
Stack
Newton, MA 02466-1311
This project will develop a lightweight fuel cell system to allow high power output per unit volume of the fuel cell. The system should find use in portable applications.
Giner, Inc.
Novel, Low-Cost Solid Membrane
89 Rumford Avenue
Water Electrolyzer
Newton, MA 02466-1311
In order to maintain the nation’s technical leadership in high energy physics it is necessary to have an active part in the development and construction of the future generation of particle accelerators. To do this, high field superconducting magnets are required and this project is designed to make high quality conductors at relatively low cost to be used in these magnets. Similar conductors can also be used in fusion devices that will be one of the long-term answers to the global energy problems
STTR Project
Konarka Technologies, Inc.
Novel Photocatalytic
Energy Converter for
Boott-Cotton Mills Nuclear Safeguards
Applications
100 Foot of
Lowell,
Research
Institution: University
of Massachusetts
This program will develop a system for monitoring
the status of spent nuclear fuels. The
self-powered system provides a tamper-resistant power source that can be
integrated with global positioning systems to locate, evaluate, and track the
spent nuclear fuel.
KSE, Inc.
Reactive Distillation for Vinyl
The chemical industry is important to the U.S. economy, but it has been plagued by environmental waste issues, high energy costs, high feedstock costs, and static productivity. The new reactive distillation technology of this project is designed not only to counter these problems for an important chemical intermediate, but also to develop new theoretical methods to apply the results to other chemicals in the industry.
MicroCell Technologies
Compact Regenerative Energy
67 Sleigh Road
Storage System for Consumer
This project will develop an energy storage system to increase the runtime of portable consumer electronics.
NOVA Scientific, Inc.
Spatial Mapping Neutron Detector
This project will develop a neutron detector with the high resolution and fast response required to fully utilize technology like the new Spallation Neutron Source diffraction residual stress instrument. The new capability will enable neutron diffraction residual stress analysis and lead to the improvement of processes such as automotive metal forming, aircraft fatigue analysis, welding technology, and coating adhesion.
Phoenix Innovation, Inc.
Polythiophosphonate Electrolytes for
This project will develop rechargeable, high energy batteries based upon magnesium chemistry. These batteries will be inherently much safer than state-of-the-art lithium batteries.
Physical Sciences, Inc.
A Rugged, Quantum Cascade
20 New
England
Trace Gas Measurements in
Troposphere
This project will develop a highly sensitive instrument for monitoring trace species in the atmosphere, such as carbon monoxide, which impact the carbon cycle and troposphere ozone production. The precise readings from this instrument should render more accurate models of global climate change and regional air quality, that, in turn, will impact policy decisions relating to resource utilization and energy production.
STTR Project
ProSensing, Inc.
Microwave Radiometer for Remote
Research Institution: University
of Texas
at
This project will develop a type of instrument for temperature measurement of industrial processes that use large amounts of energy. Benefits include reduced energy costs and increased industrial productivity.
Q-Peak, Inc.
High-Pulse-Rate Sources for Active
135 South Road
Imaging Systems
Covert, laser-based imaging systems, mounted on aircraft or in space, can provide high-resolution, three-dimensional pictures for intelligence gathering and nuclear non-proliferation. This project will develop the special laser needed for these systems.
Radiation Monitoring Devices, Inc. A Detector for Combined SPECT/CT
44 Hunt Street
Small animal SPECT/CT scanner using proposed detector technology will have far better performance than current dual modality techniques in use, and will 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 High Purity Silicon X-ray
44 Hunt Street
Detector
This project will investigate a new detector design that will have implications in fundamental scientific studies as well as commercial applications. The detector will be useful in diverse fields as materials research, nuclear non-proliferation, medical imaging, and astronomy.
Radiation Monitoring Devices, Inc.
Fast Microcolumnar Scintillator for
44 Hunt Street
Radionuclide Imaging
The CsI(T1) scintillator is widely used in many important medical and non-medical imaging applications. This project will develop material modifications to allow its use in radionuclide imaging, high speed computed tomography scanners for medical imaging, and homeland security applications. This will significantly enhance the performance of these important imaging modalities, while substantially reducing their cost.
Radiation Monitoring Devices, Inc.
High Performance Small Animal
44 Hunt Street
SPECT Imager
This project will develop detector technology useful in medical imaging studies. Other uses include enhancing national security, studies of diffraction and other areas of physics, and commercial applications supporting oil exploration and nondestructive evaluation.
Radiation Monitoring Devices, Inc.
High Resolution Sensor for Nuclear
44 Hunt Street
Waste Characterization
This project will investigate a promising nuclear detector material which will have major impact in nuclear waste clean-up, safeguards, scientific studies as well as commercial applications.
Radiation Monitoring Devices, Inc.
Novel Scintillator for Nuclear
44 Hunt Street
Physics Studies
This project will develop technology that will be useful in nuclear physics studies and other scientific studies such as high energy physics research, space research, and diffraction. Commercial applications include oil exploration, medical imaging, and nuclear non-proliferation.
Radiation Monitoring Devices, Inc.
Novel Scintillator for PET Imaging
This project will develop detector technology useful in medical imaging studies. Other uses include scientific studies supporting physics and astronomy research as well as commercial applications supporting oil exploration and non-destructive evaluation.
STTR Project
SeaFire Micros, Inc.
Multi-Gigabit OS Bypass System
39
Dodge Street, #319
for
Grid Computing
Beverly,
Research
Institution: The Ohio
State
University
This project will investigate a novel system architecture to address system delays within next-generation, network-scalable supercomputers. Its feasibility will be determined through simulation and high speed network tests.
STTR Project
Specialty Materials, Inc.
Fabrication of
Chemically Doped, High
1449 Middlesex Street
Upper
Critical Field Diboride
Lowell
,
Research
Insitution: Northwestern University
Improved superconducting magnesium diboride wires will be fabricated using
a chemical reaction process and metal casting.
This process is a spin-off of well-established processes developed for
military applications for boron fibers, and should lead to better methods for
diagnosing and treating cancer via improved MRI and radiation-therapy devices.
STTR Project
Yankee Environmental Systems, Inc.
Combined Source Micro Power
101 Industrial Boulevard
Plants for Wireless Sensors
Small, self-powered, wireless sensors will be used to save energy in buildings and to improve industrial process control. This project proposes innovative ways of combining ambient power sources like light, vibration, temperature differences, and air flow to provide power to these new sensors.
T/J Technologies, Inc.
Low Cost, High Performance
3850
Research Park Drive
PPSA-Based PEM Fuel Cell
Suite A
Ann
Arbor, MI 48108-2150
This project will develop a material that will enable fuel cells to be cost competitive with conventional power-generating systems.
STTR
Project
T/J Technologies, Inc.
Polymer
Composite Barrier System
Suite A
Ann Arbor, MI 48108-2150
This project will develop technology to reduce the cost and extend the lifetime of solid-state lighting based on organic, light-emitting devices. Commercialization of low-cost, reliable, solid state lighting should reduce the global usage of electricity for lighting by 50%.
Hysitron Incorporated
Quantitative In-Situ TEM
10025 Valley View Road
Nanoindentation Apparatus
Crucial to nanotechnology is the ability to quantitatively measure properties at very small scales. This project will develop a new technology that allows one to observe and quantify the underlying mechanisms responsible for the mechanical behavior of materials, offering the promise of engineering of improved materials.
Sunnyside Technologies, Inc.
Carbon-Monoxide-Free Hydrogen
2010 Hennepin Avenue, East
Production from Natural Gas
Building 2, Suite
213
This project will develop an environmentally-benign, low-cost, high-purity hydrogen production process with applications in energy, agriculture, power generation, transportation, chemical, and defense industries.
Sci-Eng Solutions
Advanced Capacitance Development
SemiSouth Laboratories, Inc.
Radiation-Hardened and
3304
Laketown Drive
for
Marxed Modulators
Columbia, MO
Sci-Eng Solution, LLC, will develop advanced capacitors and
validate their ability to enhance power systems requisite to the Stanford
Silicon and gallium-arsenic integrated circuit technologies have fundamental problems concerning long-term reliability in harsh-radiation and high-temperature environments. To circumvent this problem, this project will develop silicon carbide junction field effect transistor Integrated Circuit capability to allow for reliable circuit technology under harsh conditions for an extended period of time. The availability of smart sensors with radiation hardened high-temperature integrated electronics will have a big impact for nuclear physics and system design in industrial, automotive, space and aerospace applications.
Multi-Phase Technologies, LLC
Automated Impedance Tomography
310 Rebecca Drive
for Monitoring Permeable Reactive
At present, there are no reliable and cost effective methods to monitor permeable reactive barriers, an important new treatment option for groundwater remediation. To solve this problem, this project will investigate using an autonomously-operating system of inexpensive electrodes to monitor the barriers directly.
Multi-Phase Technologies, LLC
Fast, Portable Characterization
310 Rebecca Drive
System, Integrating Time-Domain
Natural Field Magnetic Measurements
This project will develop an instrument that can discriminate between buried containers of hazardous and non-hazardous material. The instrument will allow characterization of transuranic waste containers buried on government sites.
GT Equipment Technologies, Inc.
An Innovative Technique of
Silicon by In-Situ Purification
This project will develop technology that uses cheap and abundant silicon to relieve the shortage of polysilicon, a photovoltaic feedstock.
AGINOVA, Inc.
Detection of Internal Pipeline
1184 Ocean Avenue
Corrosion Using a Wireless Sensor
D-4
Sea Bright, NJ 07760
This project will develop a wireless sensor network inside a gas pipeline with the objective of monitoring the pipeline. The system will recommend maintenance and repair at specific locations in the pipeline.
Chembrane Research and Engineering, Inc.
Membrane-Based Hybrid Process to
NJIT Enterprise
Development
Center III
Capture CO2 from Warm Flue Gas
211 Warren
Street
Coal-based power plants emit flue gas containing carbon dioxide. This project will develop a cost-effective, efficient membrane separation process for capturing the carbon dioxide in flue gas and producing a stream of carbon dioxide ready for subsequent sequestration.
Exelus, Inc.
Step-Out Technology for Producing
99 Dorsa Avenue
Hydrogen from Natural Gas
U.S. demand for hydrogen is now about 9 million tons per year and is anticipated to greatly expand as the country moves toward a hydrogen economy. New technology is being developed which provides a practical route to produce low-cost hydrogen not only for conventional applications but also to make it a viable alternative to gasoline powered vehicles.
Integrated Photonics, Inc.
Single Crystal Molybdates for
This project will develop technology to study neutrinos, the most prolific of all elementary particles. The technology should find use in neutrinoless double-beta decay experiments to increase knowledge of neutrino mass and enhance our understanding of the birth and evolution of the universe.
NEI Corporation
Shape Memory Polymer
201 Circle Drive
Nanocomposites
This project will develop polymer-based materials that allow shape memory composites to respond to new actuating mechanisms, and thereby enable their mechanical properties to rival those of metals.
NOVA Photonics, Inc. Rapidly Tunable, High Throughput
One Oak
Place
Spectral
Filter for Plasma
Princeton,
This project will develop a tunable filter to address the
need for more sensitive and accurate characterization of plasma used in fusion
energy systems. The tunable filter
should enhance the development of fusion as a viable energy source.
7 Deer
Park Drive
Measurement of Plasmas Using
Monmouth
This project will improve measurement of the magnetic field
inside hot plasmas. The measurement
improvements should enhance research to promote the viability of nuclear fusion
as an ecologically attractive source of electric power.
Universal Display Corporation
Transparent, Highly-Efficient, White
375 Phillips Boulevard
OLEDs for Lighting Applications
Because general lighting is responsible for more than 20% of U.S. energy consumption, power-efficient, white lighting technologies with improved color quality and reduced environmental impact are needed. This project will develop transparent organic light-emitting devices with improved power efficiency. Other uses include future smart windows applications.
STTR Project
Adherent Technologies, Inc.
Scintillating Fiber Optic Groundwater
9621 Camino del Sol
Monitors with Radionuclide-Selective
Research Institution: Battelle,
This program will develop fiber optic sensor systems for the monitoring of radionuclides in groundwater. The data provided by these sensor systems will greatly reduce the cost and time required to conduct analyses needed for ongoing remediation efforts.
STTR Project
Alme and Associates
A High Intensity
Neutron Source for
P. O. Box 1388
the
Detection of Unexploded Ordnance
Los Alamos,
Research Institution: Los Alamos
National Laboratory
Detection and removal of unexploded ordnance is a key task in the
decommissioning of military bases and their conversion to civilian use, as well
as the clearing of landmines from former combat areas.
We propose to cut the cost of these efforts by providing a neutron source
that can directly identify high explosives in unexploded ordnance.
STTR Project
Alme and Associates
A Modular Neutron
Source for the
P. O. Box 1388
Detection of Shielded Highly Enriched
Los Alamos,
Research Insitution: Los Alamos National Laboratory
Detection of highly enriched uranium in large shipping
containers is one of the most daunting security problems facing the United States. This project will develop a
neutron source capable of detecting the uranium through active nuclear assay.
STAR Cryoelectronics
Sensitive SQUID-Based Detectors of
25 Bisbee
Court
the Magnetization of Polarized
Suite A
Nuclei
This project will develop a highly sensitive integrated detector, based on superconducting thin films. The detector will have improved manufacturability, and should find use in advanced, magnetic detection systems for nuclear physics research and commercial applications like biomedical imaging.
Scientific Data Systems
Low Cost, Open Grid Services
This project will enhance low cost, high capacity, ATA (Advanced Technology Attachment)-based disk storage systems for use as Open-Grid-Services-Architecture-compliant data storage systems. If successful, the system will allow more efficient sharing of very large data sets from data-intensive scientific experiments.
Southwest Sciences, Inc.
Widely Tunable External Cavity
1570 Pacheco Street
Quantum Cascade Diode Laser for
Suite E-11
Multiple Trace Species
Some of the major uncertainties in climate change are identifying the sources and sinks of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. An instrument will be developed that can measure multiple greenhouse gases simultaneously and very quickly, thereby allowing a better understanding of the global carbon cycle.
TechSource, Inc. Electron Cloud Diagnostic for
Advanced Energy Conversion
An Integrated Turbine Generator for
155 West High Street
Low Head Hydropower
P.O. Box
31057 uadrupole Magnets
Santa Fe,
This project undertakes the development of a conceptual
design for electron diagnostics to be used in quadrupole magnets at
high-intensity proton and positron rings to study electron cloud formation and
trapping.
The proposed technology is an electric generator that can be manufactured at any power level. The component of the system that is moved by the water to produce power is integral to the machine, simplifying installation and reducing overall cost, with no performance penalty over existing technologies.
Advanced Energy Systems, Inc.
Exploration of Long-Life Polarized
27
Industrial Boulevard
Electron Sources
Unit E
Medford,
This project will develop technology to enhance the
development of a long-life source that delivers polarized electrons at low
emittance. The technology would
benefit the design of all electron sources, and may result in a simplification
and cost improvement of linear collider damping systems.
Brookhaven Technology Group, Inc.
Compact Surface
Plasma Source for
East Setauket,
NY
This project will develop a high efficiency, negative ion source for compact surface plasma. The enhanced source will improve productivity of costly, high-energy accelerators, used in fundamental research and applied science for industry, medicine and homeland security.
eVionyx, Inc.
Nanostructured Non-Carbonaceous
6 Skyline Drive
Anode and Separator for High
Rechargeable Li-Ion Batteries
This project will develop a nanostructured electrode for next-generation lithium-ion batteries. These batteries will sustain operation of fully-electric and hybrid-electric vehicles, and give them the same range as vehicles powered by conventional gasoline engines.
STTR Project
Reservoir Labs, Inc.
Automatic Compilation of Firewall
632 Broadway
and Intrusion Detection Rules for
The project supports the simple construction and up-to-date
maintenance of ultra-high-speed secure computer networks.
The proposed technology enables effective use of advanced networking
hardware, automating tasks that have traditionally involved extensive human
effort.
Pixon, LLC
Ultimate Image
Processing for Scanning
100 North Country Road
Transmission
Electron Microscopy
2nd Floor
Setauket,
Research
Institution: Oak Ridge
National Laboratory
Images of atoms captured with advanced electron microscopes suffer from
noise and blur that limit their use for studying the fundamental properties of
materials and developing nanotechnology. In
this project, new mathematical techniques will be applied to improve image
sharpness and eliminate noise.
X-Ray Optical Systems, Inc.
Remote In-Situ Monitoring of Metal
East Greenbush,
NY 12061
Compact Grazing-Incident
Monochromatic Microbeam X-Ray
Fluorescence Analyzer
This project will develop technology to produce an analytical system that can monitor remote environmental contamination of groundwater or monitor continuously the effectiveness of groundwater remediation techniques. The system will permit highly sensitive groundwater analysis using significantly less power than current x-ray techniques, and avoid the need to collect hazardous samples and transport them to a remote lab.
Advanced Monitoring, Inc.
An Innovative Laser-Based Sensor
PMB 101
Syngas
This project will develop a laser-based sensor for directly measuring mercury in product gases produced at coal gasifier facilities.
STTR Project
Digital Optics Corporation Thinner Silicon Detectors and
9815
David Taylor Drive
Novel Interconnections for Robust
Charlotte,
NC
28262
Energy Physics Detectors
Research
Institution: MCNC-RDI
This project will improve manufacturing processes that will
increase the capability and efficiency of detectors for future high energy
physics experiments.
Dot Metrics
Technologies
Novel, Active Layer Nanostructures
9005
Pleasant
This project will merge recently developed, blue light emitting diode technology with color-blended nanoparticles to produce a new type of hybrid semiconductor white light. These solid state white lights should provide superior color quality with reduced energy consumption.
STTR Project
Envirosafe Technologies
Cost Reducing Solar Domestic-
3854 US Highway
64 East
Water-Heater Innovations
Asheboro,
Research
Institution: North Carolina Solar Center
To reduce dependence on foreign oil, the
U.S.
needs widespread utilization of readily available, renewable energy resources.
Applied Natural Sciences, Inc.
Monitoring Volatile Organic Tank
4129 Tonya
This proposal addresses the problem of monitoring tanks containing liquid organic contaminants. We propose the development and the commercialization of microsensors for use by the environmental monitoring community that quickly, safely, and cost- effectively identify tank waste contaminants to aid in clean up activities.
BioFlexis, LLC
Novel Metal Ion Based Estrogen
Metal containing estrogen based small molecules are useful in breast cancer diagnostic imaging and radiotherapy. The metal containing estrogen mimics described in this proposal are of novel design and overcomes the technical limitations currently faced by other approaches.
Enrev Power Solutions
High Cycle Life, Rechargeable
2962 Forest
Lake Drive
Magnesium Batteries for Possible
This project will discover, characterize, and develop low cost, advanced magnesium rechargeable batteries and materials for hybrid-electric and fully-electric vehicles. Benefits include having domestic, rather than foreign, sources for rechargeable batteries, reduced national dependence on imported petroleum-based fuels, and thousands of domestic advanced-skill jobs.
Euclid
TechLabs, LLC
Development of a Tunable Dielectric
This project will develop technology to enhance microwave
devices used in particle acceleration. The
technology will eliminate their need for mechanical tuning and should permit
their manufacture at reduced cost.
Euclid
TechLabs, LLC
Low Loss Ferroelectric Material
Fiberstars
Development of a Distributed
5900
Harper Road, #102
Loaded
Accelerating Structure
Solon,
5900
Harper Road, #102
Development for Accelerator
Solon,
This project will develop “smart” material for use in
advanced and conventional particle accelerators.
Applications include military and commercial electronics, such as
wireless communications and microwave radar.
Light to Directly Replace
Incandescent Accent Lighting
This project will investigate a lighting system to replace wasteful halogen accent lamps. Using state of the art optics, lamp technology, and instant-light capability to form a brilliant and efficient beam, this system should use 75% less energy than halogen lamps.
Fiberstars
Development of Polymer Processing
Optical Fiber, for Use with
Advanced, High Intensity Discharge
(HID) Distributed Accent Lighting
System
This project will develop a low cost, energy efficient system to replace wasteful halogen accent lamps and saving 75% of the energy they consume. The system will use state-of-the-art optics, lamp technology, and optical fiber fabrication to form a brilliant and efficient beam.
STTR Project
A new class of hybrid nanocrystalline permanent magnets
will be studied and synthesized in the proposed research project.
These new magnets will have significantly improved thermal stability and
higher operating temperature leading to better, lighter, smaller, and cheaper
electromagnetic machines and devices.
Global Research and Development, Inc.
High Superconductor Fraction, High
FutureTek USA Corp. Hybrid Nanocrystalline Permanent
2705 Far
Hills
Avenue
Magnets for Beam Focusing in High
Suite
2
Energy Accelerators
Dayton,
Research Insitution:
University
of
110 E.
Canal Street
Engineering Critical Current Density
Troy,
Ultrasonic Wire Drawing
Ultrasonic wire drawing will be used in this project to
manufacture superconductors able to carry large currents in high magnetic
fields. These wires are intended for
building electromagnets able to generate very high magnetic fields for particle
colliders and other instruments used to study the sub-atomic and
atomic/molecular nature of matter.
Global Research and Development, Inc.
Ternary Nb-Ti-Ta Alloys for High
110 E.
Canal Street
Field 2
K Applications--Alloy
Troy,
This project will develop technology to improve the
workhorse alloy superconductor, niobium-tin.
This technology will allow low-cost upgrades to high energy particle
accelerators, before the introduction more expensive advanced materials.
Hyper Tech Research, Inc.
Lower Cost Nb3Sn Internal-Tin
110 E.
Canal Street
Troy,
This project will develop a reduced-cost niobium-tin superconductor wire for fusion energy efforts.
Alchem Field Services
Elimination of Methane from
5909 Northwest Expressway
Landfill Gas
This project will provide a new and novel use for landfill methane, which today constitutes a major source of global warming. Natural gas processing technology will be adapted for use in landfills, converting landfill methane into an environmentally-friendly synthetic diesel fuel that meets new EPA air emissions standards.
Nomadics, Inc.
New, Efficient Nanophase Materials
For general illumination, the existing III-Nitride and III-V semiconductors are expensive and not efficient enough, plus, they have a color ‘gap’ for deep green emission, which is coincidentally the peak of colors seen by the human eye. The new blue and deep green nanophase materials invented at Nomadics offer a promising solution that will be pursued in this project.
Nomadics, Inc.
Surface Plasmon Resonance Sensor
1024 S.
Innovation Way
for Radionuclides
Nomadics proposes development of a novel, highly sensitive, field portable sensor that can be used to detect radionuclides and other analytes of interest for environmental monitoring, industrial chemical detection, biomedical, and homeland security and national defense applications.
Advanced Fluid Technologies, Inc.
Complex Coolant Fluid for PEM
dba Dynalene Heat Transfer Fluids
Cell Systems
This project will develop a complex coolant fluid to address all of the major technical hurdles inherent in coolants currently used in Proton Exchange Membrane fuel cell systems.
STTR Project
Advanced Magnetic and Cryogenic, LLC
Cryostat with Foil and MLI
P.O. Box 85
2210 N. Pewter Drive
Macungie, PA 18062
Research Insitution: Massachussetts Institute of Technology
This project will combine low emissivity thermal insulation material with
conventional multi-layer insulation (MLI) to build cost-effective compact
cryostats for heavy ion fusion beam array transport and other more
general-purpose applications
Advanced Materials Corporation
Light-Weight Nanocrystalline
850 Poplar Street
Hydrogen Storage Materials
This project will develop cost-effective materials to store and transport hydrogen needed for hybrid electric vehicle production. The materials should enhance the push towards a hydrogen economy and increase United States energy independence.
E A Fischione Instruments, Inc.
Precision Holder Technology for
9003 Corporate Circle
In-Situ TEM Experimentation
This project will develop technology to enhance transmission electron microscope performance characteristics. This enhancement will allow real-time experimentation that provides information relating to how materials interact at the atomic level.
INNOVARE, Inc.
Increase Piece Length and Reduce
7277 Park
Drive
Cost of
A15 Superconductor Wire by
Bath,
This project will develop technology to eliminate breaks in
advanced superconductor wire during production.
The technology should enable the development of a robust, cost effective,
commercial production system for advanced superconductors used in high energy
physics and fusion energy development.
STTR Project
KCF Technologies, Inc.
Low-Cost Autonomous Wireless
Research
Institution: Pennsylvania
State
University
Low cost, self-powered wireless sensors that never require battery changing or other maintenance are needed for U.S. industrial production lines, in cars and buildings, and power generation systems. The proposed energy-harvesting wireless sensors will produce improvements in industrial efficiency, safety, and reduced maintenance costs.
STTR Project
Kurt J. Lesker Company
Extended Lifetime Neutron Chopper
This project will develop technology to replace conventional oil-lubricated bearing systems with a newly patented coating material. This will extend the time between maintenance periods and simplify maintenance of the highly activated chopper system, increase cleanliness, and globally reduce energy consumption in any system with such coated bearings.
Materials Sciences Corporation
Neutron and Electron Beam
Choppers are the hearts and souls of neutron spectrometers and end stations of neutron facilities, one of which, the $1. 33b Spallation Neutron Source project, will be the largest in the world in the year 2007. Research and development of innovative chopper technology is critical to success of world-class neutron instruments.
Westmoreland Advanced Materials
Investigation of (CaO)x(Al2O3)x for
Building 210C
Thermal Insulation and Molten
Schreiber
Reducing the energy needs of primary metal manufacturers gives American companies a competitive edge and conserves our energy producing resources. This project reduces non-productive energy loss by up to 35% through the innovative use of compounds and mixtures of compounds with aluminum penetration inhibitors, all currently-available materials.
RHODE ISLAND
Applied Plastics Technology,
Inc.
Advanced Fluoropolymer Vessels
45 Broad
Common Road
for
Ultra-Clean Ionization and
This project will develop plastic vessels for sensitive
particle detection. This technology
should find use in national security equipment and enhance chemical handling,
semiconductor processing, medical equipment and industries where extremely high
material purity is needed.
P.O. Box
45
Scintillation Detectors
Bristol, RI 02809
Ordela, Inc.
Improved Modular, Position-
This project will develop technology for advanced neutron detector systems to enhance the utilization of beam power and resolution of neutron scattering facilities.
STTR Project
3DGeo Development Inc.
Petrophysical Analysis of
16225 Park
Suite
370
Research Institution: The
University
of Texas
at Austin
By applying the proposed research, 3-D seismic data can be used to image oil and gas prospects in complex geological settings, with greater accuracy and higher resolution. Such imaging should reduce extraction costs and development costs while increasing the amount of hydrocarbons recovered and, consequently, national oil and gas reserves.
Applied Physics and Measurements, Inc.
Using Downhole Probes
to Locate
1810 Timber Creek Drive and Characterize Buried
Missouri
City,
This project will use oilfield technology to develop methods for locating and characterizing buried radioactive and low-level hazardous waste. Applications include characterization of inaccessible waste in government subsurface disposal areas around the country.
Blue Sky Electronics, LLC
DAQ Express: A High-Bandwidth
401 Studewood
Data Acquisition Systems for Next
This project will develop a system that can accommodate the increased rates of data in a cost-effective manner, while remaining flexible enough to be used in many different data acquisition systems.
Dunti, LLC
Innovative Cluster Interconnect
1250
Capitol of Texas Highway
Technology
Building 2, Suite 300
Austin, TX 78746
Scientific computations need high performance super computers at low cost. This project will develop technology that enables an interconnect mechanism between computers that will result in low cost, high performance cluster systems for these scientific computations.
Geotech Instruments, LLC
Robust Remote Seismic Station
10755 Sanden Drive
Dallas, TX
75238-1336
This project will develop robust, remote seismic station hardware and software to address problem areas of data reliability and cost. These advances will improve nuclear explosion and earthquake monitoring and reduce its associated hazards and risks.
InnovaLight, Inc.
High Performance, Silicon
6801 North Capital of
Building 2, Suite
225
Emitting Diodes for General
Austin, TX
78731-1780
Lighting
This project will develop solid state lighting devices based on nanocrystal technology to provide low cost, high performance general illumination. Benefits include reduced costs and pollution related to electric power production.
MC International Research, Inc.
Use of Reactive Distillation in
Research in combined reactor/distillation systems can significantly reduce the energy costs of many common chemical products. This project is aimed at reducing the cost of production of ultra clean fuels and plastics.
MPM Technology, LLC
Increasing Ethylene/Propylene Plant
The implementation of Multiple-Phase technology will reduce U.S. petrochemical industry crude oil consumption by 8200 barrels per day by improving energy utilization of 17 trillion BTU per year. Moreover, it will enhance the competitiveness of the U.S. petrochemical industry, and potentially preventing plant closures, loss of approximately 30,000 jobs and $1.2 billion in local and federal tax revenue.
STTR Project
NanoTex Corporation Efficient Nanotube-Based OLEDs
9402 Alberene Drive
Houston,
Research Institution: Lawrence
Berkeley National Laboratory
Solid state lighting (SSL) has the potential to
revolutionize the lighting market through the introduction of highly
energy-efficient, longer-lasting, and more versatile light sources.
STTR Project
Pavilion Technologies, Inc.
Self-Validating
Knowledge-Guided On-Line
10415 Morado Circle
Bldg # 3
Optics and Orbit
in an Electron Storage Ring
Suite
100
Using a Combined Neural Network and
Austin,
Research Institution: SLAC, Stanford University
This project will strengthen expert-system controls, in
both software algorithms and hardware, for process industry applications.
The combination of accelerator physicists, in a basic research national
laboratory, with the practical knowledge and experience of the commercial,
control-systems sector will lead to new solutions for both high-energy physics
and the process industry.
STTR Project
RDSP I LP d.b.a/Rock Solid Images
Novel Use of P-Wave
and S-Wave
2600
Suite
650
Exploration and Development
Houston,
Research Institution: Stanford Rockphysics and Borehol Geophysics Proj.
This project will enhance the detection of subsurface oil
and gas. This in turn will reduce
the number of dry holes drilled and increase
Shear Form
Microstructural Refinement of
2805
Brothers Boulevard
Tantalum for Superconductor
College
Station,
This project will demonstrate the superior performance of pure tantalum, when it is highly refined and introduced into multi-filamentary superconductor wires. The project also will provide the scale-up potential of a materials-processing technology for high energy physics and fusion energy magnet applications.
StrataMagnetic Software, LLC
Formation Tester Immiscible Flow
3000 North Sam
This project will demonstrate new concepts for decreasing the cost of CO2 capture from power plant flue gas. The lower costs should enable reduced greenhouse gas intensity for compliance with government regulations.
StrataMagnetic Software, LLC
Formation Tester Permeability
3000 North Sam
Suite
J2N41
The United States has large, proven gas reserves in low permeability formations, but their economic viability is difficult to assess. This project will develop methods to predict flow properties and increase the efficiency and cost-effectiveness of gas exploration.
Trans Ionics Corporation
High Temperature Pervaporation
The Woodlands, TX 77382
The innovative high temperature membrane and pervaporation process being proposed provides a highly selective, energy efficient and economic solution to a problem of National importance – the reduction of sulfur in gasoline to the Tier 2 level of 30 ppm as mandated by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency effective January 1, 2006 . It is designed to be used in conjunction with, rather than in place of, existing catalytic hydrotreaters to meet this target – a fact that is sure to particularly benefit small and medium-sized independent refiners.
Trans Ionics Corporation
Novel Microporous Membranes for
2408
Timberloch Place, Suite
D-5
Hydrogen Separation from
P.O. Box
130511
Hydrotreater Recycle Gas
The Woodlands, TX 77382
Vast quantities of hydrogen are used by the U.S. refining industry to remove sulfur from gasoline and diesel streams. This project will develop a membrane and process to produce purified hydrogen at a fraction of the energy consumption and cost of current technology.
Trimeric Corporation
Integrating MEA Regeneration with
1025 Booneville Avenue
CO2Compression and Peaking to
This project will demonstrate new concepts for decreasing the cost of CO2 capture from power plant flue gas. The lower costs should enable reduced greenhouse gas intensity for compliance with government regulations.
Z-Seis Corporation
Development of a Magnetically
6209 Windfern
Coupled Borehole Source for Use in
This project will develop a new borehole source technology to provide accurate descriptions of gas reservoirs. Accurate reservoir descriptions will allow the petroleum industry to focus resources on remaining domestic U.S. gas reserves having the greatest potential for improved production. Benefits include enhanced gas recovery, secure supplies, and lower prices.
STTR Project
Z-Seis Corporation
Seismic Modeling
Engines
6209 Windfern
Houston,
Research
Institution: Lawrence
Berkeley National Laboratory
Remaining domestic U.S.
gas and oil reserves require new technology to improve recovery, assure secure
supplies, and lower gas and oil prices. This
project will use advanced computer modeling methods from Lawrence Berkeley
Laboratories to enhance the location of remaining gas and oil.
Znovation, LLC
Fast Cost-Effective Cluster
11003 Centennial Trail
Interconnect
This project will develop fast, cost effective, commodity computers and cluster interconnects. The enhanced computers and interconnects will allow the use of supercomputers for improved modeling and computing capacity in scientific research and private industry.
Zyvex Corporation
MEMS Nanoprobe for Transmission
1321
North Plano Road
Electron Microscopy
There is an urgent need for advanced tools capable of characterizing materials, structures, and devices at the nanometer scale. This project will develop a computer-controlled, manipulator tool that can precisely position nanoscale-sized samples for measuring their electrical and mechanical properties.
Ceramatec, Inc.
Composite, High-Temperature Seals
2425 South 900 West
for Gas Separation Membrane
Seal material is considered a major bottleneck in commercial implementation of high temperature membrane-based technology. Successful development and verification of seal material planned under this project will enable commercial introduction of membrane devices which will lead to job growth in the high- technology industry and result in an environmental benefit to the nation.
Ceramatec, Inc.
Polymer-Derived Silicon Carbide
2425 South 900 West
Membranes for Hydrogen Separation
This project is aimed at developing nanoporous, ceramic membranes for purification and separation of hydrogen. Hydrogen separation is a critical issue in the development of energy systems with reduced emissions, decreased reliance on foreign energy sources, and improved energy security.
Materials and Systems Research, Inc.
Composite Anode Interlayers for
5395 West 700 South
Lithium Batteries with Stable
High Charging Current Densities
This project will lead to cost-effective, commercial lithium batteries for electric and hybrid vehicles.
Advanced Resources International, Inc.
Rigorous Screening Technology for
This SBIR project would provide power plant operators, industrial managers, and government oversight entities, the essential, rigorous tools for screening, selecting, and approving geological sites suitable and safe for long-term storage of CO2. The optimization feature of this CO2 storage site selection “tool kit” would provide significant cost savings for industry.
Black Laboratories, LLC Production
of Seamless
Superconducting radio frequency cavities, used in high
energy physics accelerators, are produced with costly, complex welding methods
that are detrimental to optimum performance.
This program will develop an improved welding method to enable
cost-effective production of seamless high performance accelerators.
STTR Project
Research Insitution: Edison
Welding Institute
New
alloys are being developed for fusion energy systems that are more
environmentally acceptable than fission energy systems in use today. This
project will demonstrate advanced, solid-state and resistance joining
technologies that will enable the use of these alloys for fabricating structural
components in fusion reactors.
STTR Project
Edenspace Systems Corporation
Cellulase Production and Increased
Suite
100
Plants
This project will develop low-cost ways to convert plant
biomass into simple sugars used to produce hydrogen for fuel.
HY-Tech
Research Corporation
Novel, Laser-Based Probe for This project will develop a laser-based sensor for
application to fusion energy systems and the emerging technology of plasma
coatings on engine components for increased energy efficiency and reliability.
HyperV Technologies Corp.
A 200 km/s Plasma Accelerator for
Interwav, Inc.
Ultrasonic Phased Array Technique
This project will develop an ultrasonic method for
determining the size of cracks in dissimilar metal welds in nuclear reactor
vessels. Effective crack sizing
should improve the characterization of vessel flaws that raise safety issues in
nuclear power facilities.
Luna Innovations, Inc.
High-Temperature Fiber Optic
2581 Commerce Street
Sensors for Nuclear Power
This project will develop high-temperature, high-radiation,
fiber-optic sensors and a sensor readout system for use in the harsh environment
of nuclear power plants. These
sensors will enable the power plants to operate with greater efficiency and
safety.
Materials Modification, Inc.
Zinc Oxide Based Light Emitting
2721-D
Merrilee Drive
Diodes
Fairfax, VA 22031
This project will synthesize a novel, transparent,
conducting oxide to improve performance in light emitting diodes.
Nanosonic, Inc.
"Metal Rubber" Nanostructured
This project will develop nanostructured metal-rubber
materials that combine low mechanical stiffness with high electrical
conductivity. The materials should
find use in electronics, industrial process control, energy systems, and
transportation.
Sine Nomine Associates
Open AFS Client Performance
Storage and manipulation of very large amounts of data in
high-energy physics experiments and in large companies, is negatively affected
by performance problems with the software involved.
Targeted experiments and subsequent performance enhancements will resolve
these problems ensuring that the existing infrastructures will be able to
sustain the needs of all users.
Zimmerman Associates, Inc. (ZAI)
Instrumentation Systems for
This project will develop an airborne down-looking radar
system which will be the first remote radar sensor to directly determine
terrestrial biomass and carbon stored in above-ground vegetation.
The system will be faster, less expensive and more accurate than any
existing ground-based manual methods or optically-based remote sensor systems.
Zimmerman Associates, Inc. (ZAI)
Plant and Soil Sequestration of
9302 Lee Highway
Carbon
This project will provide the first commercially-available
airborne remote radar sensor with the ability to conduct detailed measurements
of biomass and carbon for carbon cycle science, the timber industry, and for
monitoring and verification survey services.
Frontier Geosciences, Inc.
A Robust Remote Automated
This project will develop a monitoring device that provides
real-time information regarding concentrations of mercury in liquid wastes and
process streams. The device should
enable many industries to comply with strict
regulations governing the concentration of mercury in stored or discharged
wastes.
STTR Project
InnovaTek, Inc.
Ultra-Trace Molecular Detection
350 Hills Street
Instrumentation Based on Aerosol
Richland,
WA
Preconcentration and Separation
Research
Institution: Pacific
Northwest
National
Laboratory This project will develop an ultra-sensitive sensor to
enhance long-term monitoring of nuclear material production for weapons of mass destruction.
MSNW
Inductive Plasma Accelerator
Radion Technologies
Development of an Advanced
Suite D-404
Modeling Tool
This project will apply technology originally developed as
part of the U.S.national defense program to develop radiation simulation software.
The software will be used to improve the safety and efficiency of
commercial nuclear power generation.
Reeves & Sons, LLC
A Device to Measure Low Levels of
This project will build an ultra-sensitive radiation
detector that will enable cost-effective materials-screening at extremely low
levels of radioactivity. These
materials are needed by scientists searching for rare exotic particles used to
make memory chips for enhanced computer operation
Reeves & Sons, LLC
A Method for Electroforming
2207 North Road 88
Copper with Ultra-Low Levels of
This project will produce ultra-high-purity copper for
scientific experiments in the search for extremely rare events, such as double
beta decay. The copper produced may
have enhanced properties relative to normal copper.
Sienna Technologies, Inc.
Abatement of Nitrous Oxide
19501 144th Avenue, NE
Emissions by Low Temperature
Suite F-500
Catalytic Decomposition
Nitrous oxide is a greenhouse gas that contributes to
global warming. This project will
develop an economically viable abatement technology that will decompose nitrous
oxide to nitrogen and oxygen (air) from a variety of sources including nitric
acid plants, and stationary and mobile combustion sources.
STI Optronics, Inc.
Advanced Gas Jet Nozzle for Laser
The advanced gas jet nozzle is important for scaling laser
wakefield
acceleration to higher energies, which can be used to create more compact and
less expensive electron accelerators. These
accelerators can be used in many applications such as industrial processing,
medical therapy, high-energy particle research, and academia.
STI Optronics, Inc.
Linearized Wigglers for Damping
Next generation high-energy colliders, such as the Next
Linear Collider, use special magnet arrays, called wigglers, to improve the
characteristics of the electron beam. This
project will develop a linearized wiggler that solves critical problems for this
application and, at the same time, reduces wiggler manufacturing costs.
STTR Project
YAHSGS, LLC
Ontological Annotation for
182 Bradley Boulevard
Cross-Scale
Discovery in the
Research Institution: Battelle Pacific Northwest Division
This project will develop technology
that uses semantic, syntactic, and structural information
to enable biomedical researchers to access the enormous quantity of data that
exists in numerous different databases. Genetic Assemblies, Inc.
System Design for Development of a
Genome Scale Reagent Sets in
Pico-Molar Quantities
This project will develop a system capable of producing
large quantities of genetic probes with significantly lower costs and increased
flexibility. This will enable massive medical studies that are economically
infeasible today.
Material Interface, Inc.
Oxidation Protection via
This project will develop nanocrystalline coatings for
stainless steel to prevent the growth of oxide scale that can contribute to
component failure. The coatings will
allow many systems to operate at higher temperatures and lead to improved system
thermal efficiencies and, in turn, reduced costs for energy production.
Square One Systems Design
An Automated Magnet Positioning
This project will develop a heavy-duty support and
adjustment system designed to meet the needs of the next linear collider.
This fully automated system is capable of positioning very large objects
such as electromagnets with ultra-fine precision
116 Villa
Road
Superconducting Radio Frequency
Newport
News,
Niobium
DDl
8260
Greensboro Drive
Joining Technologies for Fusion
Suite
600 nergy Systems
McLean, VA 22102-3852
104
Centre Court
Measuring Neutral Densities in
Radford
Radford,
11316
Smoke Rise Court
Magneto-Intertial Fusion and for
Fairfax
Station,
This project will develop a high-velocity plasma jet
technology to evaluate the cost and efficiency of plasma-jet-driven
magneto-inertial fusion, used in the production of fusion energy.
16436 SE
39th Place
Bellevue,
This project will design and build a high-velocity plasma
accelerator with application to several fusion devices. These include innovative
high energy density approaches as well as the international tokomak experimental
reactor, ITER.
2755
Northup Way
Bellevue,
2755
Northup Way
Rings
Bellevue, WA
615 East
Hansen Street
System
for Use in the Next Linear
P.O. Box
2772
Collider
Jackson, WY 83001