Massachusetts
MASSACHUSETTS
STTR Project
Company:
Advanced Thermal Technologies, LLC
91 South Street
Upton, MA 01568-1445
Title:
Low Thermal Resistance Integrated Package and Heat Sink for HEV IGBT Modules
Summary:
This company’s packaging and heat sink technology will support increased heat dissipation that will lead to improved efficiency and reliability for HEV power conversion modules as well as a range of other industrial and commercial power electronics systems. This technology will support enabling packaging solution for more efficient next generation semiconductor materials that will provide benefits to society in the form of more efficient products that consume less energy and contribute to improved environmental quality by reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
Company:
Aerodyne Research, Inc.
45 Manning Road
Billerica, MA 01821-3976
Title:
Chemical Ionization Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometer for Particle and Gas-Phase Organic Speciation
Summary:
Small airborne particles generated from energy-related activities can adversely impact global climate, human health, and visibility. This project will develop an instrument with unique capabilities for identifying and measuring the organic constituents of aerosol particles, leading to a better understanding of the sources, transformations and fates of atmospheric particulate matter.
Company:
Aerodyne Research, Inc.
45 Manning Road
Billerica, MA 01821-3976
Title:
Dual Quantum Cascade Laser System For Simultaneous Measurements of 13CH4 and CH3D Methan Isotopolgues
Summary:
Methane is the second most important greenhouse gas contributing to global warming. This project will produce a laser based isotopic methane monitor that will be used to quantify the various sources of atmospheric methane based on their distinct isotopic signatures in order to assess the impact of methane on global warming and climate change.
Company:
Aerodyne Research, Inc.
45 Manning Road
Billerica, MA 01821-3976
Title:
High Sensitivity SO2 Monitor using Quantum Cascade Laser IR Absorption
Summary:
Understanding the effects of atmospheric constituents on climate requires highly sensitive field measurements, yet current instrumentation is inadequate to provide the detailed information necessary. This project will develop a compact, rugged, low cost optical sensor platform for airborne measurement of nitric acid and other important atmospheric trace gases.
Company:
Agiltron, Inc.
15 Cabot Road
Woburn, MA 01801-1003
Title:
Micromegas Particle Detector
Summary:
This proposed innovation for assembling micromegas particle detectors should reduce costs and reduce time to get results in basic physics experiments trying to answer the question - how is the universe put together?
Company:
Arradiance, Inc.
142 North Road, Suite F-150
Sudbury, MA 01776-1142
Title:
Efficient Manufacture of Extreme Surface Area Microchannel Plate Devices Functionalized by Atomic Layer Deposition Thin Films
Summary:
Efficient manufacture of extreme surface area Microchannel plate devices functionalized by atomic layer deposition thin films is an essential component of next generation high energy physics detector designs as well as novel detection applications in medical discovery and diagnostics and homeland security applications.
Company:
Aspen Aerogels, Inc.
30 Forbes Road, Bldg B
Northborough, MA 01532-2501
Title:
Manufacturing of Large and Highly Transparent Aerogel Tiles with Refraction Indices up to1.1 for Cherenkov Detectors
Summary:
This project will optimize the process to manufacture large aerogel monoliths with high optical clarity for use in Cherenkov radiation detectors. The optimized material will provide the high-energy physics community with an improved particle detection medium and will allow US laboratories to procure the aerogels from a U.S. manufacturer rather than foreign suppliers. The advances made in manufacturing highly transparent aerogels can be broadly commercialized in the Building and Construction market. It will increase the energy efficiency of windows and building fenestrations.
Company:
Aspen Aerogels, Inc.
30 Forbes Road, Bldg B
Northborough, MA 01532-2501
Title:
Superhydrophobic Aerogel as Sorbent Material for CO2 Capture
Summary:
This project will develop a novel CO2 capture solid sorbent for coal fired power plants. The novel aerogel sorbent will 1) effectively remove the CO2 from post combustion flue gas, 2) will be regenerated at low temperature, and 3) will be suited for multiple-cycle use. The new developed technology will enable to retrofit the existing fleet of coal-fired power plants for carbon capture and minimize global warming caused by greenhouse gas emissions.
Company:
Beam Power Technology, Inc.
5 Rolling Green Lane
Chelmsford, MA 01824-4469
Title:
Design of a Converging Elliptic Gun for Elliptic-Beam Klystron Applications
Summary:
This company will use its innovative patented technology to design converging elliptic electron guns used to produce lower cost, more energy efficient elliptic-beam klystrons for research and industry.
Company:
Boston MicroSystems Inc.
30-H Sixth Road
Woburn, MA 01801-1758
Title:
Harsh Environment Gas Composition Sensor Using Novel SiC Resonant MEMS
Summary:
This project will develop a multi-analyte gas sensor that operated in high pressure and temperature condition that will be extremely significant to both commercial energy producers and the Federal government in enabling advanced energy systems including combustion, gasification, fuel cells, and gas turbines.
Company:
Busek Co. Inc.
11 Tech Circle
Natick, MA 01760-1023
Title:
High Current Negative Hydrogen Ion Source
Summary:
This project will combine over two decades of plasma thruster development for space propulsion by applying this technology in a state-of-the art high current negative ion source. The completed source will allow researchers to achieve scientific advancements beyond current capabilities.
Company:
Celltech Power, LLC
131 Flanders Road
Westborough, MA 01581-1031
Title:
Direct Utilization of Coal in Fuel Cells
Summary:
This project will create a breakthrough technology, the Liquid Tin Anode Solid Oxide Fuel Cell that has the potential to revolutionize power production through the direct conversion of coal to electricity. This technology will use coal or biomass in a clean, efficient manner, contributing to our nation’s energy security and environmental quality.
Company:
Diversified Technologies, Inc.
35 Wiggins Avenue
Bedford, MA 01730-2314
Title:
Components for Heating and Fueling of Fusion Plasmas
Summary:
This will design a unique prototype solid-state power system for driving fusion reactors. The new design will reduce hardware costs by approximately 30% compared to currently available state-of-the-art systems.
Company:
Diversified Technologies, Inc.
35 Wiggins Avenue
Bedford, MA 01730-2314
Title:
Drying Enhancement Through PEF Processing
Summary:
This project will assess and develop a method of pre-treating biomass prior to drying it as it is refined into biofuel. A novel use of high voltage called Pulsed Electric Field processing will be adapted to improve the efficiency and lower the cost of biomass drying processes.
Company:
Diversified Technologies, Inc.
35 Wiggins Avenue
Bedford, MA 01730-2314
Title:
Fast Beam Switching Kicker for Electron Beam Cooling
Summary:
This project will develop microwave pulse compression technology. Once demonstrated, this technology will allow the electron-ion collider to be constructed. Both the compression and pulse technologies have applications to defense and industry in areas where high peak and average microwave power are needed simultaneously.
Company:
Diversified Technologies, Inc.
35 Wiggins Avenue
Bedford, MA 01730-2314
Title:
Marx Modulator Optimization for Advanced Accelerators
Summary:
This project will work toward completing the design of an affordable, high voltage short pulse modulator applicable to a large number of U.S. and international accelerator programs.
Company:
Diversified Technologies, Inc.
35 Wiggins Avenue
Bedford, MA 01730-2314
Title:
Ripple Cancellation Supply
Summary:
This project will develop a small supply that cancels this variation, similar to noise-canceling headphones. This will practically eliminate X-ray motion, giving better research results at minimal cost.
Company:
Diversified Technologies, Inc.
35 Wiggins Avenue
Bedford, MA 01730-2314
Title:
Robust High Average Power Modulator
Summary:
The modulators that deliver short electrical pulses for the Spallation Neutron Source at Oak Ridge National Laboratory are not yet reliable, despite ten years of development. This project will design a new modulator that is inherently much more reliable, smaller, and significantly less expensive.
Company:
Diversified Technologies, Inc.
35 Wiggins Avenue
Bedford, MA 01730-2314
Title:
Solid State Pulsed Power System for a Stripline Kicker
Summary:
This project will evaluate kicker driver circuit topologies essential to the next generation of high energy physics particle accelerators worldwide.
Company:
EIC Laboratories, Inc.
111 Downey Street
Norwood, MA 02062-2612
Title:
Low Cost and Highly Selective Composite Membrane for Redox Flow Batteries
Summary:
This project will develop highly economical components for redox flow batteries that will provide cost effective energy storage of renewable resources and also impact the efficiency of the electrical energy transmission grid.
STTR Project
Company:
Envergex, LLC
10 Podunk Road
Sturbridge, MA 01566-1046
Title:
Capture of CO2 by Hybrid Sorption (CACHYS) for Existing Coal-Fired Plants
Summary:
This project will develop a technology to harnesses the synergy between unique sorbents that have been developed, with a novel method of using those sorbents, to capture of CO2 from power plant exhaust gases. It is expected to reduce the cost of CO2 capture by a factor of two relative to current solutions.
Company:
KSE, Inc.
665 Amherst Road
Sunderland, MA 01375-9420
Title:
Acetaldehyde Manufacture by the Selective Photocatalytic Oxidation of Ethane
Summary:
This project will develop a technology that can reduce greenhouse gas emissions, conserve energy, improve efficiency of use of hydrocarbons, and improve U.S. employment in the chemical industry. The selective oxidation technology is also potentially applicable to a wide range of other products from the U.S. chemical industry.
Company:
Luminus Devices Incorporated
1100 Technology Park Drive
Billerica, MA 01821-4111
Title:
Smart and Efficient Driver for Big-Chip Photonic Lattice LEDs
Summary:
This project will develop low-cost, efficient, smart-grid/smart-metering compatible, electrical drivers for these LEDs. Such drivers will enable more companies to exploit the advantages of the big-chip LED approach and accelerate the move to solid-state lighting.
Company:
Physical Sciences Inc.
20 New England Business Center
Andover, MA 01810-1077
Title:
Cryogenic Visible Light Photon Counting Array for the Neutron Electric Dipole Moment Experiment
Summary:
A collaboration of multiple academic institutions and DOE laboratories is working to measure the neutron electric dipole moment, thereby testing the basic physics of the universe. This project will develop a cryogenic Visible Light Photon Counting array to support this effort.
Company:
Physical Sciences Inc.
20 New England Business Center
Andover, MA 01810-1077
Title:
Novel Gas Composition Sensor System for Monitoring Power Generation Systems
Summary:
This project will develop a novel laser-based system that will leverage technology from the optical telecommunications industry to monitor gas species concentrations in advanced power generation systems. These measurements may be used to improve efficiency in combustion systems and develop future control strategies to reduce emissions. The novel sensor system may also be used to measure pollutants and greenhouse gases including carbon dioxide produced by factories and vehicles.
Company:
Physical Sciences Inc.
20 New England Business Center
Andover, MA 01810-1077
Title:
Time-Domain Terahertz Apertureless Near-Field Scanning Optical Microscopy
Summary:
This project will develop a new scientific instrument that will combine terahertz imaging with an atomic force microscope. This instrument will provide new capability to scientists in multiple disciplines, enabling measurements that are not possible with current technology.
Company:
Q-Peak, Incorporated
135 South Road
Bedford, MA 01730-2307
Title:
Fiber Amplifiers for Laser-Based Accelerators
Summary:
The next generation of particle accelerators needs a fundamentally new approach to be able to advance our understanding the fundamental building blocks of nature. This project will help make possible a promising technique based on laser-driven acceleration. Spin-offs may include compact and inexpensive X-ray sources for improved medical diagnostics.
Company:
Q-Peak, Incorporated
135 South Road
Bedford, MA 01730-2307
Title:
UV Laser for Laser-Ion Stripping of Hydrogen Beams
Summary:
This project will develop a laser that will be one of the key components needed to advance accelerator technology particularly for laser-ion stripping of hydrogen beams and free-electron lasers (FELs). The laser will also find application in micro machining, two photon microscopy and stereo lithography via drilling, solar cell manufacturing and medicine.
Company:
Radiation Monitoring Devices, Inc.
44 Hunt Street
Watertown, MA 02472-4699
Title:
Growth of Semiconductors for Room Temperature Gamma-Ray Detection
Summary:
This project will develop high performance gamma-ray detectors that operate at room temperature are critical to many applications including detection and identification of special nuclear materials.
Company:
Radiation Monitoring Devices, Inc.
44 Hunt Street
Watertown, MA 02472-4699
Title:
High-Performance, CMOS Solid-State Photomultiplier
Summary:
This project will develop a high-performance photodetector for radiation detectors, such as PET and SPECT imagers and scientific instruments.
Company:
Radiation Monitoring Devices, Inc.
44 Hunt Street
Watertown, MA 02472-4699
Title:
High Resolution High Sensitivity Sensor for Radionuclide Imaging
Summary:
This project will permit rapid, economical manufacturing of high performance radiation sensors critical to addressing the immediate needs of nuclear medicine, and allow development of superior methods, drugs and technologies to diagnose and stage, and treatments to curtail and even cure, certain cancers, heart diseases and circulatory system disorders.
Company:
Radiation Monitoring Devices, Inc.
44 Hunt Street
Watertown, MA 02472-4699
Title:
Low Cost, High Performance SPECT Detectors
Summary:
This project will investigate promising nuclear detector materials that will have major impact in medical imaging, physics, homeland security, scientific studies as well as commercial applications.
STTR Project
Company:
Radiation Monitoring Devices, Inc.
44 Hunt Street
Watertown, MA 02472-4699
Title:
Multi-Channel Electronics for Solid-State Photodetectors
Summary:
The proposed research will investigate a promising detector technology, which will have major impact in scientific studies, health care, homeland defense, oil exploration as well as industrial applications.
Company:
Radiation Monitoring Devices, Inc.
44 Hunt Street
Watertown, MA 02472-4699
Title:
New High Resolution, Large Area Detector for SynchrotronApplications
Summary:
This project will develop a high performance, large area, position sensitive X-ray detector that will have a positive impact on basic science, non-destructive testing and medical studies.
Company:
Radiation Monitoring Devices, Inc.
44 Hunt Street
Watertown, MA 02472-4699
Title:
New Room Temperature Semiconductor Detectors for Small Animal SPECT
Summary:
This project will develop a high performance, low cost detector for nuclear medicine. High performance gamma-ray detectors that operate at room temperature are critical to many applications including nuclear medicine.
Company:
Radiation Monitoring Devices, Inc.
44 Hunt Street
Watertown, MA 02472-4699
Title:
Non-Cubic Ceramic Scintillators for Nuclear Non-Proliferation
Summary:
This project will investigate promising nuclear detector designs that will have major impact in nuclear nonproliferation, medical imaging, scientific studies as well as commercial applications.
Company:
Radiation Monitoring Devices, Inc.
44 Hunt Street
Watertown, MA 02472-4699
Title:
Novel Concept in PET Imaging
Summary:
This project will investigate a promising detector technology, which will have major impact in scientific studies, health care, homeland defense, oil exploration as well as industrial applications.
Company:
Radiation Monitoring Devices, Inc.
44 Hunt Street
Watertown, MA 02472-4699
Title:
Novel Concepts for Handheld Radioisotope Identifiers
Summary:
This project will investigate promising nuclear detector designs that will have major impact in nuclear nonproliferation, medical imaging, scientific studies as well as commercial applications.
Company:
Radiation Monitoring Devices, Inc.
44 Hunt Street
Watertown, MA 02472-4699
Title:
Novel Polycrystalline Scintillators for Nuclear Non-Proliferation
Summary:
This project will investigate promising nuclear detector designs that will have major impact in nuclear nonproliferation, medical imaging, scientific studies as well as commercial applications.
Company:
Radiation Monitoring Devices, Inc.
44 Hunt Street
Watertown, MA 02472-4699
Title:
Solid-State Sensor to Directly Replace Coils for Improved Eddy Current Testing (ECT)
Summary:
This project will develop new, high sensitivity, solid-state sensors for rapid, high performance inspection of power plants, bridges, and transportation vehicles.
Company:
Skyacht Aircraft Inc.
110 Pulpit Hill Road
Amherst, MA 01002-4006
Title:
DBA Heavy Lift Systems Tethered Aerostat Crane for Wind Turbine Construction and Maintenance
Summary:
The Tethered Aerostat Crane (TAC) is a brand new type of crane specifically designed for use by the wind energy industry. The TAC will break the economic and logistic logjams created by the conventional ground-based cranes that currently hinder the economic viability of wind power.
Company:
Spire Corporation
One Patriots Park
Bedford, MA 01730-2396
Title:
Next-Generation, LED-based, Adjustable Spectrum, Pulsed Solar Simulator
Summary:
This project will develop a next-generation solar simulator based on light-emitting-diode (LED) technology. The simulator is used to rate the PV module for power output based on international standards at the end of the manufacturing process. Compared to current simulators, this new system will provide higher accuracy, increased reliability, greater versatility, as well as reduced power consumption, maintenance and overall cost of ownership.
Company:
Spire Corporation
One Patriots Park
Bedford, MA 01730-2396
Title:
Photoluminescense for Solar Cell Crack Detection
Summary:
Microcracks in solar cells will be detected using a noncontact, photoluminescent technique that will decrease the cost of solar energy, and improve solar module lifetimes.
STTR Project
Company:
Supercon, Inc.
830 Boston Turnpike
Shrewsbury, MA 01545-3386
Title:
Development of High Current 2G High Temperature Superconductor Cabling Technology
Summary:
This project will demonstrate the feasibility of a new superconducting cable in order to attain the required high magnetic fields.
Company:
Supercon, Inc.
830 Boston Turnpike
Shrewsbury, MA 01545-3386
Title:
High Strength Silver Sheath for Bi2212/Ag Conductor
Summary:
This project will develop material to advance the technology of high temperature, high field superconductors is necessary for maintaining U.S. leadership in the fields of materials science, biomaterials and high energy physics.
STTR Project
Company:
Versatile Dynamics, Inc.
4 Nicholas Lane
Sandwich, MA 02563-1874
Title:
Non-flammable and High Voltage Electrolytes and No Carbonates
Summary:
This project addresses the marriage of high voltage stability, non-flammable electrolytes, under development with lithium battery manufacturing capabilities. This project will result in a practical, rechargeable lithium battery with voltage capabilities that significantly exceed state of the art batteries.
Company:
Weston Geophysical Corp.
181 Bedford St., Suite 1
Lexington, MA 02420-4430
Title:
Improved Time-Dependent Seismic Monitoring Systems for Enhanced Geothermal Reservoir Characterization
Summary:
This project will result in images of subsurface seismic velocity structure and maps of micro-earthquake activity, which would provide direct evidence of fracture locations and parameter changes related to fluid flow as they evolve over time in geothermal reservoirs.
