California
CALIFORNIA
Company:
Transition45 Technologies, Inc.
1963 North Main Street
Orange, CA 92865-4101
Title:
Advanced Nb-based Intermetallics for Nuclear Applications
Summary:
Niobium-based intermetallics are innovative advances materials that are among the closest to replacing superalloys in very high temperature applications. The successful development and implementation of these alloys may revolutionize technology by allowing for much higher temperature operating conditions for nuclear systems as well as industrial gas turbines and aircraft engines.
Company:
Hi-z Technology Inc.
7606 Miramar Road Suite 7400
San Diego, CA 92126-4210
Title:
Study of the Use of Quantum Well Thermoelectrics for Truck Air Conditioning
Summary:
This project will develop a solid state cooling device which is free of environmentally harmful refrigerant gases and powered by truck exhaust. Phase I of the program demonstrated through a working model that solid state Thermoelectric could be used in a cooling system to cool truck cabs.
Company:
Los Gatos Research
67 East Evelyn Avenue
Suite 3
Mountain View, CA 94041-1529
Title:
Field-Deployable Water Isotope Analyzer for Stream Sampling
Summary:
This project will develop a field-deployable analyzer to continuously monitor water sources and help provide information about the storage, flow pathways, and sources of water. Such measurements are critical to DOE's waste remediation efforts.
Company:
Physical Optics Corporation
20600 Gramercy Place, Bldg. 100
Torrance, CA 90501-1821
Title:
Wind Resource Assessment Lidar
Summary:
The proposed technology provides a cost-effective tool to accurately and efficiently evaluate wind resource conditions at potential sites for future wind farms, enabled by rapid deployment and autonomous operational capabilities.
Company:
Acree Technologies Incorporated
1900 Olivia Road
Unit D
Concord, CA 94520
Title:
Advanced Coatings to Improve the Efficiency, Color Rendering and Life of High Intensity Discharge Lamps
Summary:
This project will lead to a more efficient light that wills ave the United States over 40 TWh of energy per year. This will help reduce the United State's dependence on foreign energy sources and help achieve the DOE goal of developing energy efficient, high-quality lighting technologies by 2025 that can illuminate buildings using 50% less electricity compared to 2005 technologies.
Company:
Luminit, LLC
1850 W. 205 Street
Torrance, CA 90501-1526
Title:
Multifunctional UV Curable Sol-Gel Organic Hybrid Nanocomposite Encapsulation System
Summary:
To meet DOE SAI goals, a protective encapsulant is being developed to increase the efficiency and lifetime of solar cells/modules be providing an oxygen and moisture barrier with super hydrophobic and anti-reflection properties. By mass producing this encapsulant roll-to-roll, the cost of solar cells can be reduced by 50%.
Company:
Altex Technologies Corporation
244 Sobrante Way
Sunnyvale, CA 94086-4807
Title:
Biomass Blending Densification System (BBADS)
Summary:
Biofuels plant production is constrained by the high cost of moving agricultural residues from the farm to a central processing plant. The development of the proposed biomass densification and energy enhancement system will reduce feedstock costs, rendering biofuels plants more competitive with fossil fuels.
Company:
Ultramet
12173 Montague Street
Pacoima, CA 91331-2210
Title:
Innovative Surfaces for Controlled Flow of Molten Lithium
Summary:
Fusion energy is an ideal alternative to fossil fuel energy, providing a greater quantity of environmentally friendly energy than wind, solar, and geothermal sources. Practical application of fusion requires the development of materials and structures that allow operation under the high temperature, high heat flux conditions necessary for cost-competitive energy generation.
Company:
Far-tech, Inc.
3550 General Atomics Ct
Building 15 Suite 155
San Diego, CA 92121-1122
Title:
A Toolset for Kalman Filter Resistive-Wall-Mode Feedback Modeling Including Plasma Rotation
Summary:
The accurate, real-time identification and feedback control of unstable modes is essential for the success of advanced fusion reactors, and the development of these controls will speed the commercialization of efficient, clean fusion power. The proposed feedback tool will provide a key solution for an enhanced detection and feedback control of the instability.
Company:
Far-tech, Inc.
3550 General Atomics Ct
Building 15 Suite 155
San Diego, CA 92121-1122
Title:
Hyper-Velocity High-Density C60-Fullerene Plasma Jet for Disruption Mitigation
Summary:
Plasma jets have many important applications in magnetic fusion energy research. A reliable tool with real-time capability to solve the critical problem of disruption mitigation on future fusion reactors such as ITER will provide also a significant enhancement to other fusion and high energy density physics projects.
Company:
Xia, LLC
31057 Genstar Road
Hayward, CA 94544-7831
Title:
High-Speed, Multi-Channel Detector Readout Electronics for Fast Radiation Detectors
Summary:
This project will develop high speed digital detector readout electronics that will help scientists to more precisely measure nuclear properties and thus better understand fundamental physics. It can also improve the performance of fast radiation detectors used in homeland security applications and other applications requiring precise timing.
Company:
Alameda Applied Sciences Corporation
3077 Teagarden St
San Leandro, CA 94577-5720
Title:
Low Temperature Deposition and RF Analysis of Nb3Sn, an A-15 Superconductor for SRF
Summary:
The proposed effort will continue to explore whether superconducting Niobium (Nb) and Triniobium Tin (Nb3Sn) thin films produced by cathodic arc deposition are useful in Superconducting Radio Frequency accelerator cavities. If these thin-films on Cu or Al eventually replace bulk Nb that could reduce the operating costs of future particle accelerators significantly.
Company:
Nonlinear Ion Dynamics, LLC
13704 Saticoy Street
Panorama City, CA 91402
Title:
Integrated Spin System for Production of Large Quantities of Stable Isotopes
Summary:
There is an enormous unmet demand of stable isotopes as a result of limitation of existing technologies and lack of domestic supply. A patented evolutionary technology is proposed for separating large quantities of stable isotopes in metallic and gaseous forms efficiently and economically through joint funding by government and private sources.
Company:
Duly Research Inc.
1912 MacArthur Street
Rancho Palos Verdes, CA 90275-1111
Title:
Voltage Droop Compensation for High Power Marx Modulators
Summary:
The proposed voltage droop compensation scheme provides a simple, reliable and cost effective method to allow a high voltage Marx modulator to produce a flattop voltage pulse as specified in the ILC project. Other accelerator facilities which need long pulse modulators will also benefit from the results of this project.
Company:
Far-tech, Inc.
3550 General Atomics Ct
Building 15 Suite 155
San Diego, CA 92121-1122
Title:
Novel Linac Structure for Electron and Proton Accelerators
Summary:
This project will build and test a novel linac accelerating structure. The design could be a breakthrough as it significantly simplifies the structure and is thus cost effective.
Company:
Particle Beam Lasers, Inc.
18925 Dearborn Street
Northridge, CA 91324-2807
Title:
Study of a Final Cooling Scheme for a Muon Collider Utilizing High-Field Solenoids
Summary:
This scheme for cooling muons should facilitate muon colliders, muon radiography for medical and homeland security applications, and condensed matter studies, nanotechnology, and other technologies. The advancement of superconductor technology should extend the field range of nuclear Magnetic Resonance Imaging magnets.
Company:
Alameda Applied Sciences Corporation
3077 Teagarden St
San Leandro, CA 94577-5720
Title:
A Novel Gas Jet for Laser Wakefield Acceleration
Summary:
Laser wakefield accelerators could drastically reduce the size and cost of particle accelerators for medical, research, and industrial applications. The valve developed in this project is an enabling technology to allow accelerators to be built that can operate at higher repetition rates. Such valves may also be used to conduct research on traumatic brain injury, leading to better head protection gear for soldiers and civilians alike.
Company:
Radiabeam Technologies LLC
1717 Stewart Street
Santa Monica, CA 90404-4021
Title:
The Micro Accelerator Platform: A New Particle Source for Industrial, Medical, and Research Applications
Summary:
High-energy X-rays are currently used in cancer therapy, non-destructive testing, and cargo inspection, however, the equipment used to produce them is large and expensive. This project will produce a device using nanotechnology and manufacturing methods from the microelectronics world that is 1000 times smaller and much less expensive than current systems. This transformative technology could bring new hope to cancer sufferers, a better way to inspect our industrial products, and a new tool in baggage and container security.
Company:
Haimson Research Corporation
3350 Scott Boulevard
Building 60
Santa Clara, CA 95054-3104
Title:
Gradient Enhancement Research for Linear Accelerator Structures
Summary:
The enhancement of accelerating gradient would significantly advance radio-frequency linear accelerator technology and would have a positive impact on the design of future linear colliders and accelerators for commercial applications.
Company:
Allcomp Incorporated
209 Puente Ave
City of Industry, CA 91746
Title:
Thermally Conductive, Carbon Foam Material for Constructing Silicon-Based Detector Structures
Summary:
Development of thermally conductive, exceptionally lightweight carbon foam will offer silicon based detector designers new low-cost opportunities for solving complex thermal and structural issues. This carbon foam is the current answer to high temperature heat exchangers for both military and commercial aircraft; replacing aluminum, titanium, or Inconel as core materials.
Company:
Cybosoft, General Cybernation Group, Inc.
2868 Prospect Park Drive
Suite 300
Rancho Cordova, CA 95670-6065
Title:
Intelligent Actuation Control Using Model-Free Adaptive Control Technology
Summary:
This project will result in an intelligent actuation control solution that is critical to controlling future energy plants that can deliver maximum-energy-efficiency, near-zero-emissions, fuel flexibility, and multi-products. This solution can help the U.S. strengthen its energy independence, security, and movement towards a cleaner environment.
STTR Project
Company:
Anasys Instruments Corp
25 W. Anapamu
Suite B
Santa Barbara, CA 93101-5151
Title:
Chemical Infrared Spectroscopic Imaging with Nanometer Spatial Resolution Using Atomic Force Microscopy
Summary:
The goal of this project is to use AFMs to perform chemical analysis on samples via IR spectroscopy at a resolution of sub-30nm. Successful realization of this goal would impact every American industry that relies on scientific research at the nano-scale with the most prominent examples being the Multi-Billion industries of Materials and Pharmaceuticals.
STTR Project
Company:
Aerosol Dynamics, Inc.
935 Grayson Street
Berkeley, CA 94710-2640
Title:
An In-Situ Instrument to Assess the Concentration and Phase Partitioning of Atmospheric Semi-Volatile Organic Compounds
Summary:
U Semi-volatile organic compounds are pervasive in the environment, in urban air, and in the global atmosphere, yet are poorly characterized. The proposed instrument will measure these compounds with hourly time resolution to increase knowledge of sources, formation mechanisms and effects on our environment.
