Phase I Release I Awards by State

SBIR/STTR Fiscal Year 2012 Phase I Awards
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Arizona


Technical Topic:

Nuclear Physics Electronics Design and Fabrication

Company:

Zipton Labs LLC 1475 N Scottsdale Road STE 200 Scottsdale, AZ 85257-3538

Project Title:

Wide Bandgap Gallium Phosphide Detectors

Project Summary:

This project will demonstrate the feasibility of avalanche photodiodes made from gallium phosphide grown on silicon virtual substrates. To increase material quality and decrease dark-current noise, gettering will be performed on the substrate and epilayer. The photodetectors will give superior UV quantum efficiencies to that of UV-sensitized silicon photodiodes at a price point much lower than other wider bandgap alternatives.

California


Technical Topic:

Instrumentation and Tools for Materials Research Using Neutron Scattering

Company:

Adelphi Technology, Inc. 2003 East Bayshore Rd. Redwood City, CA 94063-4121

Project Title:

Compound Magnetic Lens for Providing Focused, Polarized Neutrons

Project Summary:

The enhancement of neutron beam lines with the use of magnetic lenses as neutron focusing and imaging optics could benefit U.S. industrial, government, and academic R&D on these beam lines. Improving the R&D output of these beam lines is of important benefit to the U.S. economy and technology.


Technical Topic:

Increasing Adoption of HPC Modeling and Simulation in the Advanced Manufacturing and Engineering Industries

Company:

Advanced Rotorcraft Technology, Inc. 635 Vaqueros Avenue Sunnyvale, CA 94085-3524

Project Title:

High Fidelity Wind Turbine Analysis Tool Leveraging High Performance Computing (HPC)

Project Summary:

Under this SBIR, Advanced Rotorcraft Technology, Inc. will develop the Wind Turbine Comprehensive Analysis System (WTCAS). WTCAS will provide turnkey wind turbine analysis functionality to allow the wind industry to better analyze and implement novel wind turbine designs that improve performance and reliability, reduce acoustic noise, and lower maintenance costs.


Technical Topic:

Nuclear Physics Electronics Design and Fabrication

Company:

Advanced Science and Novel Technolog 27 Via Porto Grande Rancho Palos Verdes, CA 90275-4878

Project Title:

Multi-Channel Time-to-Digital Converter for Pulse Shape Analysis

Project Summary:

The proposed multi-channel time-to-digital converter provides highly accurate representation of time intervals in the form of binary codes. It features eight conversion channels with a possibility to deliver full information about eight sampling points on the input signal and is beneficial for the DOE experiments, as well as military and commercial applications in medical, space, aircraft, and automotive industries.


Technical Topic:

Ancillary Technologies for Accelerator Facilities

Company:

Alameda Applied Sciences Corporation 3077 Teagarden Street San Leandro, CA 94577-5720

Project Title:

Nb Coatings for Bellows used in SRF Accelerators

Project Summary:

Alameda Applied Sciences Corporation proposes to use existing cathodic arc deposition hardware to provide a cost-effective upgrade for existing phosphor bronze accelerator bellows. AASC’s commercial business will benefit from licensing this technology for upgrading many of today’s cutting edge accelerators.


Technical Topic:

Nuclear Physics Accelerator Technology

Company:

Alameda Applied Sciences Corporation 3077 Teagarden Street San Leandro, CA 94577-5720

Project Title:

MgB2 coatings for future SRF accelerators

Project Summary:

This project will increase the state of the art in MgB2 film deposition using a novel dual cathodic arc vacuum source to deposit MgB2 on Nb substrates in a single step.


Technical Topic:

Nuclear Physics Isotope Science and Technology

Company:

Alameda Applied Sciences Corporation 3077 Teagarden Street San Leandro, CA 94577-5720

Project Title:

High Separative Power Vacuum Arc Centrifuge

Project Summary:

This project will demonstrate a robust, cost effective isotope separation technology to efficiently produce rare isotopes for medical diagnostics, research and industrial applications.


Technical Topic:

Radio Frequency Accelerator Technology for High Energy Accelerators and Colliders

Company:

Alameda Applied Sciences Corporation 3077 Teagarden Street San Leandro, CA 94577-5720

Project Title:

Linear Gas Jet with Tailored Density Profile

Project Summary:

This project will demonstrate a test bed to reduce the cost of laser plasma accelerator development. Laser plasma accelerators have the potential to reduce the cost and size of particle accelerators for medicine, industry and science.


Technical Topic:

Instrumentation for Electron Microscopy and Scanning Proble Microscopy

Company:

Anasys Instruments Corp 121 Gray Avenue Suite 100 Santa Barbara, CA 93101-1809

Project Title:

Resonance-Enhanced Infrared Nanospectroscopy (REINS) based on Atomic Force Microscopy

Project Summary:

This STTR project will provide nanoscale measurement and mapping of the chemical composition of a wide range of materials and biological samples. This project will have extensive applications in materials and life sciences, including accelerated development of novel materials including those for energy generation, storage and conservation.


Technical Topic:

Carbon Cycle Measurements of the Atmospthere and the Biosphere

Company:

Applied Spectra, Inc. 46661 Fremont Blvd Fremont, CA 94538-6410

Project Title:

New Technology of Rapid Isotopic Measurement of Soil Organic Manner to Quantify Carbon Sequestration in Climate Change Studies

Project Summary:

This project will demonstrate and evaluate a new technology called LAMIS (Laser Ablation Molecular Isotopic Spectroscopy) which was developed to address the measurement of carbon and nitrogen isotopes. LAMIS provides isotope ratio measurements in real-time, at atmospheric pressure (no mass spectrometer) and without sample preparation.


Technical Topic:

Instrumentation for Electron Microscopy and Scanning Proble Microscopy

Company:

Asylum Research Corporation 6310 Hollister Ave Santa Barbara, CA 93117-3115

Project Title:

High Throughput Ionic and Electronic Transport Probing System

Project Summary:

Nanoscale probing and testing is essential to rapid evaluation and development of candidate energy storage materials. This project will develop a High Throughput Ionic and Electronic Transport Probing System to quickly evaluate these materials for their potential for increasing battery and fuel cell energy density and efficiency.


Technical Topic:

Advanced Network Technologies and Services

Company:

Aurrion, Inc. 130 Robin Hill Road STE 300 Goleta, CA 93117-3153

Project Title:

Integrated 100Gb/s Transmitter Chips

Project Summary:

This project will improve the performance of individual semiconductor chip-based components and also allow the integration of all of these components into a single chip enabling the power and size of a typical XFP module today. Wafer scale integration and foundry fabrication also will ultimately enable a significantly lower cost for these modules.


Technical Topic:

Atmospheric Measurement Technology

Company:

Brechtel Manufacturing Incorporated 1789 Addison Way Hayward, CA 94544-6900

Project Title:

Development of a Compact Instrumentation Package for Characterization of Aerosols, Turbulence and Surface Characteristics in the Arctic from Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Project Summary:

Brechtel Manufacturing Incorporated (BMI) proposes to develop a new air quality and climate change-relevant instrument suite to measure the size distribution of airborne nanoparticles. The device will be simple to use, inexpensive, easily deployable for remote operation, and offer sensitivity to a broad range of particles found in the air we breathe.


Technical Topic:

Advanced Sources for Accelerator Facilities

Company:

Calabazas Creek Research, Inc. 690 Port Drive San Mateo, CA 94404-1010

Project Title:

Asymmetric Immersed Pole Undulators for Advanced Radiation Sources

Project Summary:

Calabazas Creek Research, Inc. (CCR) is proposing to develop a high-field, short-period magnetic undulator, the Asymmetric Immersed Pole (AIP) undulator, for applications in high-energy accelerator light sources. The AIP undulator will extend the performance of light sources and their applications to nano-materials, applied physics, chemistry, biology, and the commercial, medical, and military technologies they support.


Technical Topic:

Radio Frequency Accelerator Technology for High Energy Accelerators and Colliders

Company:

Calabazas Creek Research, Inc. 690 Port Drive San Mateo, CA 94404-1010

Project Title:

Advanced Klystrons for High Efficiency Accelerator Systems

Project Summary:

This project will develop a type of klystron that will drive particle accelerators much more efficiently. The klystrons will be useful for research and medical accelerators, and other DoD and commercial applications.


Technical Topic:

Advanced Concepts and Technology for High Intensity Accelerators

Company:

Calabazas Creek Research, Inc. 690 Port Drive San Mateo, CA 94404-1010

Project Title:

1300 MHz PPM Focused Klystron for Project X

Project Summary:

Calabazas Creek Research, Inc. (CCR) is proposing to develop a 0.5 MW – 1 MW PPM-focused klystron. The advanced design of this device is expected to result in system costs that are significantly lower than those possible with conventional klystrons. The klystron will be useful for research and medical accelerators and other DoD and commercial applications.


Technical Topic:

Fusion Science and Technology

Company:

FAR-TECH, Inc. 10350 Science Center Drive, Suite 15 San Diego, CA 92121-1136

Project Title:

Fully Parallel MHD Stability Code

Project Summary:

FAR-TECH, Inc. plans to develop an effective numerical plasma stability analysis tool
which will be used in examination of different plasma confinement approaches and in
performance assessment of existing and proposed fusion experiments on the pass to
develop commercially feasible nuclear fusion reactor.


Technical Topic:

Nuclear Physics Accelerator Technology

Company:

FAR-TECH, Inc. 10350 Science Center Drive, Suite 15 San Diego, CA 92121-1136

Project Title:

RF Heating Modeling Tools for Electron Cyclotron Resonance Ion Sources

Project Summary:

This project will develop software that will decrease the cost of operating sources of highly charged ions that are used in nuclear physics research as well as applications such as proton therapy.


Technical Topic:

Ancillary Technologies for Accelerator Facilities

Company:

Gener8 Incorporated 535 Del Rey Ave. Sunnyvale, CA 94085-3514

Project Title:

Integrated 2.0 Micron Modelocked Laser for E-SASE Advanced Accelerator Applications

Project Summary:

We propose a novel new architecture for a mode-locked laser at 2.0 microns that is designed to achieve sub-100 fs pulse widths for application to free-electron laser (FEL)-based light sources that are using the enhanced self-amplified spontaneous emission (ESASE).


Technical Topic:

Genomic Science and Related Biotechnologies

Company:

GigaGen Inc. 409 Illinois St San Francisco, CA 94158-2509

Project Title:

Massively Parallel Single Cell Transcriptomics

Project Summary:

Biofuel and ecology researchers want to understand this variation microorganisms single cell level, but conventional technology for single cell analysis is slow and expensive. We propose a new technology that will make single cell analysis much faster and cheaper, which has important applications in biofuels, ecology, and biomedicine.


Technical Topic:

Advanced Clean Energy Research

Company:

Green Pacific Biologicals, Inc. 409 Illinois St San Francisco, CA 94158-2509

Project Title:

A Novel Oil Secretion Mechanism for Cost-Effective Algal Biofuel Production

Project Summary:

This project will develop novel bioengineering solutions that, if successful, will reduce
production costs of renewable algae biofuels to around $50/barrel.


Technical Topic:

Nuclear Physics Accelerator Technology

Company:

InnoSense LLC 2531 West 237th Street Suite 127 Torrance, CA 90505-5245

Project Title:

Refractory Oxides with Tunable Porosity and Geometry as Versatile Fast-Release Solid Catchers for Rare Isotopes

Project Summary:

This project will support the DOE program objectives, which aim to develop refractory, solid catchers for the efficient production of rare isotopes of single-species molecular vapors. The proposed technology will help to promote understanding of how stars explode or how elements from iron to uranium are created.


Technical Topic:

Radio Frequency Accelerator Technology for High Energy Accelerators and Colliders

Company:

INTA 2281 Calle de Luna Santa Clara, CA 95054-1002

Project Title:

High Power S-Band Vacuum Dry Load for SLAC Linac using Innovative Highly Conductive Materials and Novel Manufacturing Technologies.

Project Summary:

High peak power RF loads are employed to terminate the remaining energy of RF sources in high-energy linear particle accelerators. The proposed project will develop high power loads that can reliably terminate the increased power of modern RF sources.


Technical Topic:

High Energy Density Plasmas and Inertial Fusion Energy

Company:

JANX Service 1530 Grand Ave Piedmont, CA 94611-4330

Project Title:

Study of Implosion Physics of High-Energy z-Pinches

Project Summary:

The project is aiming to make breakthroughs in the driver technology for Inertial Confinement Fusion, which could be a major component of the next generation of the cheap and green energy.


Technical Topic:

Genomic Science and Related Biotechnologies

Company:

Kultevat, LLC 2692 E Street San Diego, CA 92102-2717

Project Title:

Rapid Impedance Methods for Assaying Hydrocarbons and Fermentable Sugars in Plant Materials

Project Summary:

The goal of this project is to develop tools and methods which shorten the time, and reduce the cost, of breeding new, improve bioenergy crops, and enhancing their yield traits.


Technical Topic:

Carbon Cycle Measurements of the Atmospthere and the Biosphere

Company:

KWJ Engineering Incorporated 8440 Central Avenue Suite 2D Newark, CA 94560-3453

Project Title:

High Performance Low Power Electrochemical CO2 Gas Sensor

Project Summary:

This SBIR program will develop a novel sensor that will support the acquisition of high quality data to support carbon cycle management throughout the United States. This sensor will provide reliable data on CO2 ambient changes in a wide variety of locations.


Technical Topic:

Technologies for Subsurface Characterization and Monitoring

Company:

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

Project Title:

Site-Specific Nitrous Oxide Isotope Analyzer for Measuring Bioremediation

Project Summary:

Los Gatos Research proposes to develop a field-deployable analyzer to monitor bioremediation of contaminated soil and groundwater by measuring the emitted nitrous oxide and its isotopes. Such measurements are critical to monitoring and improving bioremediation at contaminated DOE sites.


Technical Topic:

Carbon Cycle Measurements of the Atmospthere and the Biosphere

Company:

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

Project Title:

Portable System for the Measurements of Concentration, Isotopic Composition and Flux of Ambient CH4 and CO2 Released from Soil and Water

Project Summary:

Los Gatos Research proposes to develop a field-deployable analyzer to monitor greenhouse gases (e.g. methane and carbon dioxide) emitted from the soil. Such measurements are critical to better understanding the Earth’s carbon balance and developing unconventional energy sources (e.g. shale gas deposits).


Technical Topic:

High Performance Materials for Nuclear Application

Company:

MATECH / GSM 31304 Via Colinas, Suite 102 Westlake Village, CA 91362-6731

Project Title:

High Temperature SiC/SiC CMCs Tailored for Nuclear Environments

Project Summary:

MATECH seeks to demonstrate high purity stoichiometric SiC/SiC composites using USA’s first low cost, domestic SiC ceramic fibers for use in advanced nuclear reactors. This technology could not only improve America’s energy self-reliance, but generate significant high wage domestic manufacturing jobs.


Technical Topic:

Nuclear Physics Electronics Design and Fabrication

Company:

Pacific Microchip Corp. 3916 Sepulveda Blvd. #108 Culver City, CA 90230-4650

Project Title:

Transceiver ASIC for 100Gbps Detector Data Link

Project Summary:

This project will develop a low power radhard wide temperature range 100Gbps transceiver ASIC. This ASIC will be compliant with the 100Gbps Ethernet (100GbE) standard and will satisfy the data throughput needs of most demanding detector interfaces of nuclear physics instruments such as those required at FRIB.


Technical Topic:

High-Field Superconductor and Superconduction Magnet Technologies for High Energy Particle Colliders

Company:

Particle Beam Lasers, Inc. 18925 Dearborn Street Northridge, CA 91324-2807

Project Title:

Magnet Coil Designs Using YBCO High Temperature Superconductor (HTS)

Project Summary:

This SBIR will advance the use of an exciting new technology for generating magnetic fields. Immediate applications in particle physics are expected and numerous areas of technology could benefit if the work is successful. Young researchers will have the opportunity to contribute significantly to the work of this SBIR.


Technical Topic:

Carbon Cycle Measurements of the Atmospthere and the Biosphere

Company:

Physical Optics Corporation 20600 Gramercy Place, Bldg. 100 Torrance, CA 90501-1821

Project Title:

Carbon Sensor Network System

Project Summary:

Measurement technology is needed to quantify annual net changes of carbon in terrestrial vegetation, and in emissions from various sources, over large areas. A network of all-weather, miniaturized, high-accuracy optical sensors will be developed for simultaneous monitoring of carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, and methane concentrations distributed over large areas.


Technical Topic:

Technology to Support BES User Facilities

Company:

PolarOnyx, Inc. 2526 Qume Drive Suites 17 & 18 San Jose, CA 95131-1870

Project Title:

Mid-Infrared High Energy Ultrafast Fiber Laser for X-Ray Science

Project Summary:

A high energy mid-infrared ultrafast fiber laser system will be developed for next generation long wavelength pumped X-ray sources. It will enable high energy (10 mJ), short pulse (100 fs), and compact high energy study.


Technical Topic:

Advanced Concepts and Technology for High Energy Accelerators

Company:

Radiabeam Technologies, LLC. 1717 Stewart Street Santa Monica, CA 90404-4021

Project Title:

The Next Generation Photoinjector

Project Summary:

This project will develop industrially the next generation electron source, an important tool for advancing future scientific discoveries and American scientific leadership in the world.


Technical Topic:

Advanced Sources for Accelerator Facilities

Company:

Radiabeam Technologies, LLC. 1717 Stewart Street Santa Monica, CA 90404-4021

Project Title:

Laser-Free RF-Gun as a Powerful THz Source

Project Summary:

This project will develop an intense, compact terahertz (T-ray) source. Applications include small container and personnel screening, cancer diagnosis and fundamental research.


Technical Topic:

Nuclear Physics Accelerator Technology

Company:

Radiabeam Technologies, LLC. 1717 Stewart Street Santa Monica, CA 90404-4021

Project Title:

Advance Additive Manufacturing Method for SRF Cavities of Various Geometries

Project Summary:

This project will manuafacture a superconducting accelerator with innovative additive fabrication techniques. This promises to be a less-expensive, more
reliable device for imaging and analysis applications of interest to homeland security as
well as industrial and academic programs.


Technical Topic:

Technology to Support BES User Facilities

Company:

Radiabeam Technologies, LLC. 1717 Stewart Street Santa Monica, CA 90404-4021

Project Title:

Sub-Femtosecond Bunch Length Diagnostic

Project Summary:

This project will develop an ultrafast diagnostic with an unprecedented timing resolution of sub-femtoseconds, the natural time-scale of atomic motion. Such a device will find numerous applications in the areas of medicine, industry, security, and basic research.


Technical Topic:

Technology to Support BES User Facilities

Company:

Radiabeam Technologies, LLC. 1717 Stewart Street Santa Monica, CA 90404-4021

Project Title:

Inverse Compton Source for Extreme Ultraviolet Lithography

Project Summary:

This project will develop an extremely bright source of extreme ultraviolet and X-ray radiation, which can be used for semiconductor manufacturing, medical imaging, and homeland security.


Technical Topic:

Nuclear Physics Instrumentation, Detection Systems and Techniques

Company:

Tungsten Heavy Powder, Inc. 7430 Trade Street San Diego, CA 92121-2410

Project Title:

Development and Testing of New Tungsten Based Absorber Materials with Accordion Geometries for Nuclear Physics Applications

Project Summary:

The proposed research effort would fabricate custom accordion shaped tungsten sheets. In the future, these preformed absorber plates will provide a simple and inexpensive material for the construction of large scale particle detectors in nuclear, high energy and space physics experiments, and for shielding purposes. It may also find commercial applications in x-ray instrumentation, medical imaging, baggage and container inspection, and material analysis.


Technical Topic:

Advanced Network Technologies and Services

Company:

Ultra Communications, Inc. 990 Park Center Drive, Suite H Vista, CA 92081-8352

Project Title:

Embedded Photonic Components for 100 Gbps Data Transport

Project Summary:

This program will develop technology for integrating optical interconnections within high performance ASIC packaging. This innovation to fiber optic component technology increases the performance, reduces the size and reduces the power consumption of optical communications within dense network systems, such as advanced distributed computing systems and data centers. This technology will address the evolution of data transmission requirements, as the trend continues to implement optical components in close proximity to the data source/sink.


Technical Topic:

Catalysis

Company:

UltraCell LLC 399 Lindbergh Avenue Livermore, CA 94551-9291

Project Title:

Integrated Reformer with an Electrochemical Separator using a High Temperature Solid Acid Membrane

Project Summary:

A new reactor will be designed and fabricated to perform hydrogen generation, purification, and compression simultaneously. The new reactor can be used as a standalone hydrogen generator or integrated into a fuel cell system.


Technical Topic:

Advanced Technologies and Materials for Fusion Energy Systems

Company:

Ultramet 12173 Montague Street Pacoima, CA 91331-2210

Project Title:

Robust Cellular Solid Breeder Material for Enhanced Tritium Production

Project Summary:

Nuclear fusion offers a technically viable means of generating energy consistent with current consumption levels and environmental preservation. Establishing the commercial viability of fusion requires the development of advanced materials and structures that allow reliable operation in the demanding reactor environment.


Technical Topic:

Radio Frequency Accelerator Technology for High Energy Accelerators and Colliders

Company:

Ultramet 12173 Montague Street Pacoima, CA 91331-2210

Project Title:

Advanced Manufacturing and Testing of Seamless High-Purity Niobium Superconducting Radio Frequency Cavities

Project Summary:

Large quantities of high-purity niobium radio frequency cavities are needed for particle accelerators in fields as diverse as high-energy physics and airport security. Advanced chemical vapor deposition processing is being developed for economical fabrication of seamless high-purity niobium cavities.


Technical Topic:

Technology to Support BES User Facilities

Company:

Xradia, Inc. 4385 Hopyard Road Pleasanton, CA 94588-2758

Project Title:

Development of Optimized Controls and Hardware for Synchrotron Hard X-Ray Microscopes with Advanced Spectroscopic Capabilities

Project Summary:

Xradia Inc. and Stanford Accelerator Laboratory are jointly developing a solution for elemental and oxidation state analysis in 3-D at nanometer length scale. Key applications for this technology are the development of new, reliable energy conversion and storage solutions based on nanotechnology.


Technical Topic:

Genomic Science and Related Biotechnologies

Company:

Zachary Apte DBA EvolveMol 1442A #444 Walnut St. Berkeley, CA 94709-1405

Project Title:

A Microfluidic Platform for the Discovery and Functional Annotation of Metagenomic Enzymes

Project Summary:

This project will develop a high-throughput, microfluidic platform technology to identify genes and metabolic networks involved in producing enzymes with specific activity. This technology will take a enzyme substrate and rapidly find metagenomic sequences involved in its conversion. The method allows quick sampling of the enormous functional reservoir of novel genes from a metagenome for applications in bioenergy, biosequestration, bioremediation and beyond.

Colorado


Technical Topic:

Advanced Technologies and Materials for Fusion Energy Systems

Company:

Advanced Conductor Technologies LLC 3271 Big Horn St Boulder, CO 803013246-

Project Title:

REBCO Coated Conductor Cables for Fusion Magnets

Project Summary:

The development of high-performance magnet cables made from high-temperature superconductors is necessary for the US to maintain their leadership position in superconductivity research, materials science, and fusion research.


Technical Topic:

Advanced Technologies and Materials for Fusion Energy Systems

Company:

Composite Technology Development, In 2600 Campus Drive, Suite D Lafayette, CO 80026-3359

Project Title:

High-Shear-Strength, Radiation-Resistant Electrical Insulations for Plasma Confinement Magnets

Project Summary:

High-performance magnets are a key component of the fusion energy programs under development by the U.S. Department of Energy. This work seeks to extend the state of the art in magnet technology to ensure the reliable operation of these future machines.


Technical Topic:

Atmospheric Measurement Technology

Company:

Droplet Measurement Technologies 2545 Central Avenue Boulder, CO 80301-2865

Project Title:

A Compact, Low Power Depolarization Backscattering Cloud Spectrometer for Water and Ice Discrimination

Project Summary:

An ultra-light, low power instrument is being developed to make airborne measurements of the properties of aerosol and cloud particles, in particular water droplets and ice crystals in Arctic Clouds. This instrument is highly sensitive to particle shape and has immediate applications on commercial aircraft for detecting volcanic ash, dust and ice crystals, all particles that impact engine performance.


Technical Topic:

Technology to Support BES User Facilities

Company:

Kapteyn-Murnane Laboratories Inc. 1855 S 57th Ct Boulder, CO 80301-2811

Project Title:

Advanced Technologies for Compact 100 W-class Ultrafast Ti:sapphire Lasers to Support DOE Facilities Needs

Project Summary:

We propose to develop a high power ultrafast Ti:Sapphire amplifier system whose performance is well beyond the capabilities of current state of art technologies. This system will have very wide applicability in both science and industry, including for new science at the Advanced Photon Source at Argonne National Laboratory.


Technical Topic:

Increasing Adoption of HPC Modeling and Simulation in the Advanced Manufacturing and Engineering Industries

Company:

Light Foundry, LLC 2920 Bluff Street #214 Boulder, CO 80301-1269

Project Title:

User-Centered, Collaborative, Web and Radiance-Based Lighting Simulation, Visualization, and Analysis

Project Summary:

This proposed research effort will create innovative, collaborative lighting analysis and visualization tools based on the Radiance simulation software, which will help a variety of people formulate, manage, and solve complex environmental problems. These tools will help people design green-buildings that are both beneficial to the environment and its occupants.


Technical Topic:

Atmospheric Measurement Technology

Company:

Seaforth, LLC Campus Delivery - 1320 Engineering Research Center - CSU Fort Collins, CO 80523-1320

Project Title:

Versatile Instrument for Broadband Measurements of Aerosol Extinction and Absorption

Project Summary:

Optical properties of aerosols play a key role in air quality, visibility, and potential effects of climate change. The proposed instrument provides new and improved capability in terms of measuring aerosol optical properties to address these challenges.


Technical Topic:

Low Temperature Plasmas

Company:

Symbios Technologies, LLC 116 North College Avenue Suite 7 Fort Collins, CO 80524-4425

Project Title:

Elimination of Biological Matter in Power Plant Cooling Water using Low Temperature Plasma

Project Summary:

The cooling water used in power plants is an ideal breeding ground for bacteria and algae that decrease plant efficiency, drive up operating costs, and sometimes harm human health. We are developing a system that kills these organisms using an low temperature electrical plasma, without the need for added chemicals.


Technical Topic:

High Performance Materials for Nuclear Application

Company:

TDA Research, Inc. 12345 W. 52nd Ave. Wheat Ridge, CO 80033-1916

Project Title:

Crack-free, Oxidation-Immune Coatings for Carbons

Project Summary:

This project will develop coatings that protect advanced materials used in nuclear reactor cores from degrading during both normal operation and accidents, increasing the safety of advanced reactor designs.


Technical Topic:

Advanced Sources for Accelerator Facilities

Company:

Tech-X Corporation 5621 Arapahoe Ave Boulder, CO 80303-1379

Project Title:

Software for Modeling and Design of Diamond Amplifier Cathodes

Project Summary:

Novel high-current, high-brightness, low emittance electron sources are required for operation and major upgrades of existing and future DOE user facilities. High-fidelity software is being developed to enable new capabilities to design advanced, diamond amplifier cathodes.


Technical Topic:

Ancillary Technologies for Accelerator Facilities

Company:

Tech-X Corporation 5621 Arapahoe Ave Boulder, CO 80303-1379

Project Title:

Integrated Modeling of Beam Dynamics, Pulse Propagation and Lasing to Design Next-Generation Free Electron Lasers

Project Summary:

Free electron lasers are a key technology for scientific research, with emerging applications in the industrial processing of materials, and with future applications in shipboard self defense and homeland security. State-of-the-art software will be developed for this growing market.


Technical Topic:

Increasing Adoption of HPC Modeling and Simulation in the Advanced Manufacturing and Engineering Industries

Company:

Tech-X Corporation 5621 Arapahoe Ave Boulder, CO 80303-1379

Project Title:

Packaging PETSc for Commercialization

Project Summary:

Computer-aided engineering is crucial to U.S. manufacturer’s ability to maintain an innovative edge over competitors. We will enable a DOE-funded software library to be more easily used by U.S. manufactures and software vendors in order to strengthen their ability to innovate.


Technical Topic:

Advanced Concepts and Technology for High Energy Accelerators

Company:

Tech-X Corporation 5621 Arapahoe Ave Boulder, CO 80303-1379

Project Title:

Modeling tools and techniques for dielectric laser accelerators

Project Summary:

Future generations of high-energy particle accelerators, used to study the fundamental nature of matter, will likely be powered with lasers. Designs are being developed to enable powerful, efficient laser-driven structures, which can significantly reduce the cost and size of accelerator systems.

Arizona


Technical Topic:

Advanced Concepts and Technology for High Intensity Accelerators

Company:

Omega-P, Inc. 258 Bradley Street New Haven, CT 06510-1106

Project Title:

Electron Gun and Beam Collector for a 650-kW, 1.3-GHz Low-Voltage Multi-Beam Klystron for the Project-X Pulsed Linac

Project Summary:

The quest for understanding the origin of the universe requires continued search for elementary particles, for which high-energy accelerators are necessary tools. This project is to develop the electron gun and electron beam collector for a high-power microwave amplifier with simplified design and thus allow improved performance and cost savings.

Connecticut


Technical Topic:

Advanced Concepts and Technology for High Intensity Accelerators

Company:

Omega-P, Inc. 258 Bradley Street New Haven, CT 06510-1106

Project Title:

RF Cavity Chain and Magnetic Circuit for a 650 kW, 1.3-GHz Low-Voltage Multi-Beam Klystron for the Project -X Pulsed Linac

Project Summary:

The quest for understanding the origin of the universe requires continued search for elementary particles, for which high-energy accelerators are necessary tools. This project is to develop the cavity chain and magnetic circuit for a high-power microwave amplifier with simplified design and thus allow improved performance and cost savings.


Technical Topic:

Catalysis

Company:

Proton Energy Systems 10 Technology Drive Wallingford, CT 06492-1955

Project Title:

Economical Production of Hydrogen Through Development of Novel, High Efficiency Electrocatalysts for Alkaline Membrane Electrolysis

Project Summary:

Proton OnSite manufactures hydrogen generation systems which can be integrated with renewable energy sources to generate hydrogen fuel while producing minimal carbon footprint. This project aims to reduce the cost of this technology through development of improved electrode materials designed to reduce raw material cost and improve electrical efficiency.

Delaware


Technical Topic:

Nuclear Physics Instrumentation, Detection Systems and Techniques

Company:

Applied Diamond, Inc. 3825 Lancaster Pike Wilmington, DE 19805-1559

Project Title:

Thin Diamond for Time-of-Flight Detectors

Project Summary:

Man-made diamond quality has improved sufficiently to allow the manufacture of high performance radiation and particle detectors. This project will investigate thin film diamond preparation techniques to further expand potential applications for this radiation hard material.


Technical Topic:

Membranes for Industrial Applications

Company:

Compact Membrane Systems, Inc. 335 Water Street Newport, DE 19804-2410

Project Title:

Novel Membrane Systems for Olefin/Paraffin Separation

Project Summary:

This project will result in a process that will reduce the cost of manufacturing two widely used polymers, polyethylene, and polypropylene, by increasing the feedstock usage efficiency of the polymerization process.


Technical Topic:

Instrumentation For Ultra-bright or Ultra-fast X-Ray Sources to Enable Materials Research

Company:

Delaware Diamond Knives, Inc. 3825 Lancaster Pike Wilmington, DE 19805-1558

Project Title:

Diamond Refractive Focusing Optics

Project Summary:

Diamond provides the thermal qualities needed to improve the performance of beam lines in advanced photon light sources. This project will develop the manufacturing techniques for producing diamond optics for applications that see the highest heat load while improving the quality of the transmitted beam.

Florida


Technical Topic:

Advanced Network Technologies and Services

Company:

Accelerated Data Works, Inc. 2831-A NW 41st Street Gainesville, FL 32606-6690

Project Title:

Holistic Operations Planning System (HOPS)

Project Summary:

Large-scale computer network planning is a difficult task with limited management-tool support. This software integrates with existing network management systems to provide operators the tools and high level reports needed to reduce costs, make better decisions, and communicate the status of their network with stakeholders.


Technical Topic:

Enhanced Availability of Climate Model Output

Company:

IENTECH LLC 1780 Corsica Drive Wellington, FL 33414--104

Project Title:

A Watershed Based Web Tool Enhancing Climate Model Output Usage

Project Summary:

This watershed based web tool system investigates climate change impacts by animated visualization and readily usable information required for watershed hydrological assessment, drought/flood management, agriculture management, pollution control management and land use planning.


Technical Topic:

High Energy Physics Detectors and Instrumentation

Company:

Sinmat Inc. 1912 NW 67th Place Gainesville, FL 32653-1649

Project Title:

Novel Rapid Chemical Mechanical Polishing (CMP) Process for Fabrication of High Performance CVD Diamond Particle Detectors

Project Summary:

The ultra-smooth CVD diamond crystals based radiation detectors will represent a significant advancement in the fields of high energy physics, X-ray physics and nuclear physics, nuclear power industry and home land security. Ultra-smooth diamonds will help the miniaturization of computer process and other electronic appliances.

Georgia


Technical Topic:

Enhanced Availability of Climate Model Output

Company:

Climate Forecast Applications 845 Spring ST. NW #129 Atlanta, GA 30308-1043

Project Title:

Application of Global Weather and Climate Model Output to the Design and Operatio of Wind-Energy Systems

Project Summary:

CFAN’s proposed wind-energy forecasting decision support tool will resolve limitations of existing forecast solutions to provide improved ability to incorporate wind based power supply into the national energy mix and assist in the proper expansion of capacity in both inland and offshore locales.


Technical Topic:

Advanced Clean Energy Research

Company:

PhosphorTech Corporation 351 Thornton Rd, Suite 130 Lithia Springs, GA 30122-4122

Project Title:

Nanowires for CO2 reforming into fuels by sunlight

Project Summary:

In this phase I SBIR project, we propose to develop a new type of photo-catalyst nanowire structure for high yield CO2 reforming into fuels and useful chemicals by sunlight energy.

Hawaii


Technical Topic:

Advanced Network Technologies and Services

Company:

Referentia Systems Incorporated 155 Kapalulu Place, Suite 200 Honolulu, HI 96819-000

Project Title:

LiveMap: A Multi-domain Network Flow Visualization and Analysis Tool

Project Summary:

Referentia Systems will develop an intelligent network management solution for troubleshooting
network performance. The tool, called LiveMap, will create situational awareness of the network in real
time to enable IT operators to peer into any portion of the network from end-to-end and mitigate issues
over multiple domains.

Illinois


Technical Topic:

Low Temperature Plasmas

Company:

Eden Park Illumination, Inc. 903 N. Country Fair Dr. Champaign, IL 61821-3259

Project Title:

Low Temperature Microplasma UV Lighting Tiles for Water Purification and Sterilization

Project Summary:

Eden Park Illumination, Inc. will perform research for the development and commercialization of large arrays of microcavity plasmas capable of generating light in the wavelength range of UVB and UVC in a slim and flat form factor.


Technical Topic:

Technology to Support BES User Facilities

Company:

Materials Development, Inc. 3090 Daniels Court Arlington Heights, IL 60004-0000

Project Title:

Manipulation of Samples at Extreme Temperatures for Fast in-situ Synchrotron Measurements

Project Summary:

Advanced materials research using x-rays is critical in making technological advances in areas such as pharmaceuticals, “smart materials” for energy storage, transportation and security technologies. This project will have a strong impact on US capabilities in advanced materials, energy technology and overall manufacturing competitiveness


Technical Topic:

Radio Frequency (RF) Devices and Components for Accelerator Facilities

Company:

Muons, Inc. 552 N. Batavia Ave Batavia, IL 60510-0000

Project Title:

High Power S-Band Vacuum Load

Project Summary:

A high-peak-power RF load will be developed for use in an ultra-high vacuum.


Technical Topic:

Nuclear Physics Accelerator Technology

Company:

Muons, Inc. 552 N. Batavia Ave Batavia, IL 60510-0000

Project Title:

Ribbon Electron Beam Profile Monitor for Bunched Beam Tomography

Project Summary:

New beam tomography systems are being developed to diagnose intense proton beams for the Spallation Neutron Source and other scientific and commercial accelerators.


Technical Topic:

Advanced Technologies and Materials for Fusion Energy Systems

Company:

QuesTek Innovations LLC 1820 Ridge Avenue Evanston, IL 60201-3621

Project Title:

Computational Materials Design of Tungsten Alloys with Improved Fracture Toughness and a Lowered Ductile to Brittle Transition Temperature (DBTT)

Project Summary:

Fusion energy is potentially a safe, environmentally-friendly energy source that relies on low-cost fuel readily available to the US. In order to realize the potential of fusion energy, a number of scientific and engineering hurdles must be overcome. To this end, QuesTek Innovations LLC proposes to develop a new class of tungsten alloys with improved material properties for use in high-temperature, high radiation environments present in fusion energy reactors.


Technical Topic:

High Energy Physics Detectors and Instrumentation

Company:

Vega Wave Systems 1275 West Roosevelt Road, Suite 104 West Chicago, IL 60185-4815

Project Title:

An Optical Bus for Level 1 Trigger Designs in Particle Physics Detectors

Project Summary:

This project will develop very high speed optical communications links based on radiation-tolerant external optical modulators for the next generation of high energy physics particle detectors. Spin-offs are expected to have significant commercial value by improving data transfer and network traffic for large computer network systems, including the internet.


Technical Topic:

Increasing Adoption of HPC Modeling and Simulation in the Advanced Manufacturing and Engineering Industries

Company:

Ziena Optimization LLC 1801 Maple Avenue Evanston, IL 60201-3149

Project Title:

High-Performance Nonlinear Optimization Software for Power Applications

Project Summary:

The results of this project will enable electric utilities and power grid operators to optimize their power distribution efforts over a much larger scale than at present, with the aim of making a substantial contribution to the energy efficiency of the U.S. economy.

Massachusetts


Technical Topic:

Carbon Cycle Measurements of the Atmospthere and the Biosphere

Company:

Aerodyne Research, Inc. 45 Manning Road Billerica, MA 01821-3976

Project Title:

Compact High Precision Field Instrument for all Major Greenhouse Gases

Project Summary:

We will design a highly sensitive trace gas monitor that is unique in simultaneously and rapidly measuring the atmospheric concentrations of the three most important greenhouse gases: carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide. This instrument will quantify the sources and sinks of the gases which primarily drive global climate change.


Technical Topic:

Atmospheric Measurement Technology

Company:

Aerodyne Research, Inc. 45 Manning Road Billerica, MA 01821-3976

Project Title:

LED-Based Photoacoustic Particle Optical Absorption Monitor

Project Summary:

Ambient atmospheric aerosols generated through human activities can exert an influence on the earth’s radiation budget (and thus the 'greenhouse effect') comparable in magnitude with greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide and methane. This device will enable scientist to measure critical optical properties of such aerosols in a routine fashion in order to provide better predictions of climate change.


Technical Topic:

Ancillary Technologies for Accelerator Facilities

Company:

Agiltron, Inc. 15 Presidential Way Woburn, MA 01801-1040

Project Title:

Mode Locked Fiber Ring Laser Based High Power Oscillator System

Project Summary:

High pulse energy mode lock fiber laser with high repetition rate are a long sought goal of optical laser technology, useful for a broad range of research and commercial applications ranging from defense countermeasures to laser surgery. The proposed research will lead to the practical high pulse energy fiber laser to be used as the seeding laser for free electron laser.


Technical Topic:

High Energy Physics Detectors and Instrumentation

Company:

Arradiance, Inc. 142 North Road Suite F-150 Sudbury, MA 01776-1142

Project Title:

Novel Event Counting Microchannel Plate Detectors Capable of Operation at Cryogenic Temperatures

Project Summary:

Arradiance proposes development of novel event counting Microchannel Plates (MCPs) capable of operation at cryogenic temperatures. These devices will be capable of unique single photon/electron/alpha/ion detection with very high spatial and temporal resolution.


Technical Topic:

Membranes for Industrial Applications

Company:

Aspen Products Group, Inc. 184 Cedar Hill St. Marlborough, MA 01752-3017

Project Title:

Permselective Membrane for Separation of Aromatic-Aliphatic Mixtures

Project Summary:

Current methods for separating aromatic and aliphatic hydrocarbons in petrochemical plants are energy intensive and complex. Aspen Products Group, Inc. will develop a highly permeable and selective membrane that will achieve this separation in a more cost-effective manner.


Technical Topic:

Fusion Science and Technology

Company:

Bridge 12 Technologies, Inc. 37 Loring Drive Framingham, MA 01702-8768

Project Title:

A Novel High Efficiency 1.5 MW, 110 GHz Gyrotron with HE11 Output for Plasma Heating

Project Summary:

In this Phase I work, we propose to design a novel magnetic system, a new cavity and a novel internal mode transformer to mitigate the ACI effect to achieve ~60% efficiency. The novel internal mode launcher will result in direct HE11 output from the gyrotron in a corrugated waveguide thus avoiding the need for a large and expensive Matching Optics Unit (MOU) which is necessary for coupling the output power from current generation of gyrotrons (with TEM00-like output) to the HE11 mode in a corrugated waveguide transmission line. A successful achievement of the goals of this project in the proposed Phase I and a future Phase II will lead to the establishment of an alternative source in the United States for high power gyrotrons.


Technical Topic:

Membranes for Industrial Applications

Company:

Clean Membranes, Inc. 100 Waltham Street Lexington, MA 02421-5413

Project Title:

Fouling Resistant Membranes for Efficient Oil Well Wastewater Treatment

Project Summary:

This project will develop efficient, high flux, fouling resistant filtration membranes formed with self-organizing polymers for treating oil well produced water. This will provide energy and cost savings to the industry, decrease materials use, and increase effluent quality, thereby reducing the discharge of contaminated water and enabling wastewater reuse


Technical Topic:

High Energy Physics Detectors and Instrumentation

Company:

Coating Technology Solutions Inc. 36 B Munroe Street Somerville, MA 02143-1009

Project Title:

High Efficiency Diamond Detectors

Project Summary:

Recently, CTS Inc achieved near state of the art performance of diamond detectors in both single crystal and polycrystalline forms. This project will develop microwave plasma CVD deposition methods targeting commercially viable diamond detectors by addressing both detector performance and overall deposition rates.


Technical Topic:

Advanced Concepts and Technology for High Intensity Accelerators

Company:

Diversified Technologies, Inc. 35 Wiggins Ave Bedford, MA 01730-2345

Project Title:

Integrated Resonant Cavity Combined Solid-State Transmitter

Project Summary:

The novel integrated resonant cavity solid-state amplifier will reduce the cost of RF and microwave power by allowing solid-state circuitry to replace the very large vacuum tubes which are progressively becoming obsolete.


Technical Topic:

Radio Frequency Accelerator Technology for High Energy Accelerators and Colliders

Company:

Diversified Technologies, Inc. 35 Wiggins Ave Bedford, MA 01730-2345

Project Title:

High-Energy-Density Storage Capacitors

Project Summary:

Increasing the energy density of available high voltage storage capacitors will reduce the burdensome volume of capacitor banks in pulsed power systems, as well as enable longer and more easily regulated pulsing for klystron modulators.


Technical Topic:

Low Cost, Optimized Redox Flow Battery Electrolytes, Novel Solid Ionic Conducting Membranes, and Rechargeable Air-Breathing Cathodes for Bat

Company:

EIC Laboratories, Inc. as Dharmasena 111 Downey Street Norwood, MA 02062

Project Title:

Nanocatalytic Rechargeable Lithium Air Cathodes

Project Summary:

The goal of this program is to develop a revolutionary battery with very high energy density suitable for electric cars and also load leveling of the electrical grid. The Li-Air battery is the only battery that has the potential of meeting the energy demand of a fully electric vehicle with a range comparable to the present gas-driven automobile.


Technical Topic:

Technologies for Subsurface Characterization and Monitoring

Company:

Giner, Inc. 89 Rumford Avenue Newton, MA 02466-1311

Project Title:

Field Monitor to Measure Chromium and Cobalt in Subsurface Water and Soil

Project Summary:

Giner, Inc. proposes to develop a field-deployable electrochemical sensor with near-real-time response for monitoring chromium and cobalt pollution. The proposed sensor will improve monitoring capabilities by providing fast, reliable, and sensitive on-site quantification of these metals in groundwater, surface water, and soil.


Technical Topic:

Catalysis

Company:

Giner, Inc. 89 Rumford Avenue Newton, MA 02466-1311

Project Title:

Carbon Nitride Supported Iridium Oxide (IrO2) Catalyst for Proton Exchange Membrane Electrolysis

Project Summary:

The proposed innovation aims to develop an advanced catalyst for proton exchange membrane water electrolysis that is inherently active and economically feasible. This effort will make water electrolysis more efficient and competitive compared to other hydrogen production technologies.


Technical Topic:

Advanced Concepts and Technology for High Energy Accelerators

Company:

Incom Inc. 294 Sturbridge Road Charlton, MA 01507-5238

Project Title:

Drive Systems for Photonic Bandgap (PBG) Accelerators

Project Summary:

High-energy physics needs shorter wavelengths and higher energies at much lower cost to probe the fundamental structure of matter. Miniature photonic-bandgap accelerators have potential to increase power and performance while drastically reducing machine size and cost, enabling breakthroughs in high-energy physics, industrial measurement, medical research and diagnostic technology.


Technical Topic:

Ancillary Technologies for Accelerator Facilities

Company:

MagiQ Technologies, Inc. 11 Ward Street Somerville, MA 02143-4214

Project Title:

Synchronization System for Next Generation Light Sources

Project Summary:

MagiQ Technologies is teamed with top scientists from Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory to develop a fiber optic-based synchronization and communication system for control of next-generation light sources.


Technical Topic:

Increasing Adoption of HPC Modeling and Simulation in the Advanced Manufacturing and Engineering Industries

Company:

Newton Energy Group LLC 47 Huntington Rd Newton, MA 02458-2416

Project Title:

pCloud: A Cloud-Based Power Market Simulation Environment

Project Summary:

The project will use cloud computing to develop a new generation of simulators to model the operation of electrical grids. These simulators will be fast and relatively inexpensive to use by industry stakeholders. The technology will improve design and analysis of the U.S. electrical grid and will contribute to improved efficiency of markets for electric energy.


Technical Topic:

Low Temperature Plasmas

Company:

Physical Sciences Inc. 20 New England Business Center Andover, MA 01810-1077

Project Title:

RF Microplasma Arrays for Singlet Delta Oxygen Generation

Project Summary:

This project will develop a novel, low-power oxygen microplasma device for treatment of cancer and destruction of harmful biological organisms.


Technical Topic:

Atmospheric Measurement Technology

Company:

Physical Sciences Inc. 20 New England Business Center Andover, MA 01810-1077

Project Title:

Networkable Automated Water Vapor Lidar for Tropospheric Profiling

Project Summary:

This project will produce a new sensor that, when assembled into networks, could help to
increase the predictive capability of both weather forecasts and climate change models.


Technical Topic:

Ancillary Technologies for Accelerator Facilities

Company:

Q-Peak 135 South Road Bedford, MA 01730-2307

Project Title:

High Power Mid-IR Laser System for ESASE

Project Summary:

Revolutionary advances in the fundamental studies of atoms, molecules, and solids have been made possible by development of ultra-high-power, ultra-short pulse lasers, and associated optics. Spin-off applications of the advances cover a wide and diverse area, ranging from diagnostic medicine to remote detection of hidden explosives and other weapons of mass destruction. Our program will make significant progress in the laser technology needed for the next generation of ultrafast X-ray systems, and will also reduce their cost and complexity.


Technical Topic:

Technology to Support BES User Facilities

Company:

Q-Peak 135 South Road Bedford, MA 01730-2307

Project Title:

High-Average Power, High-Energy, 2-um Laser Source for High-Harmonic Generation

Project Summary:

High pulse energy, high rate, picosecond, pulsed drive lasers to be developed in this program are essential for implementation of a new generation of table-top X-ray sources, with early applications in science and long-range uses in medical diagnostics, providing improved resolution over present X-ray systems.


Technical Topic:

Technology to Support BES User Facilities

Company:

Radiation Monitoring Devices, Inc. 44 Hunt Street Watertown, MA 02472-4699

Project Title:

Low Noise, High Rate X-Ray Spectrometer for Synchrotron Applications

Project Summary:

The proposed project aims to investigate a new detector design that will have far reaching implications in fundamental scientific studies as well as commercial applications. It will be useful in diverse fields such as materials studies, health care and space research.


Technical Topic:

High Energy Physics Detectors and Instrumentation

Company:

Radiation Monitoring Devices, Inc. 44 Hunt Street Watertown, MA 02472-4699

Project Title:

Low Radioactivity NaI for Dark Matter Studies

Project Summary:

The proposed research will investigate the promising high purity scintillator material, NaI, that will have a major impact in scientific studies, nuclear non-proliferation, medical imaging, scientific studies as well as commercial applications.


Technical Topic:

Nuclear Physics Instrumentation, Detection Systems and Techniques

Company:

Radiation Monitoring Devices, Inc. 44 Hunt Street Watertown, MA 02472-4699

Project Title:

Multi-Modality Nuclear Spectroscopy

Project Summary:

The proposed research will develop a nuclear detector that will find wide use in nuclear and particle physics, homeland defense, oil well logging, non destructive testing, nuclear treaty verification and environmental remediation.


Technical Topic:

Technology to Support BES User Facilities

Company:

Radiation Monitoring Devices, Inc. 44 Hunt Street Watertown, MA 02472-4699

Project Title:

Manufacturing High Efficiency,yet High Resolution, Scintillator for Wide-Band X-Ray Analysis

Project Summary:

The development of the proposed scintillator will allow exploitation of the full potential of current state-of-the-art X-ray detectors used for synchrotron applications, medical imaging, scanning equipment for border patrol and homeland security, and small animal research (essential to the rapid and cost-effective development of new drugs).


Technical Topic:

High-Field Superconductor and Superconduction Magnet Technologies for High Energy Particle Colliders

Company:

Supercon, Inc. 830 Boston Turnpike Shrewsbury, MA 015545-338

Project Title:

A Ta Doped ITT Type Nb3Sn Conductor with Improved Fabrication Characteristics

Project Summary:

The magnets for the next generation of high energy physics and fusion machines will require the development of superconducting wire capable of high performance at very high magnetic fields. This project seeks to develop a method for improving the manufacture of Nb3Sn superconductor that will produce a lower cost and high performance product


Technical Topic:

Advanced Technologies and Materials for Fusion Energy Systems

Company:

Supercon, Inc. 830 Boston Turnpike Shrewsbury, MA 015545-338

Project Title:

Development of Joint Methods for 2G HTS Tape High-Current Cables

Project Summary:

This project attempts to demonstrate the feasability of a new superconducting cable in order to attain the required high magnetic fields.


Technical Topic:

Low Cost, Optimized Redox Flow Battery Electrolytes, Novel Solid Ionic Conducting Membranes, and Rechargeable Air-Breathing Cathodes for Bat

Company:

TIAX, LLC 35 Hartwell Avenue Lexington, MA 02421-3102

Project Title:

Sodium Intercalation Battery for Stationary Storage

Project Summary:

This DOE award will enable TIAX to develop a rechargeable battery for stationary electrical energy storage applications that will facilitate and expand the penetration of renewable energy generating technologies such as wind and solar, thus increasing the energy and environmental security of the United States.

Maryland


Technical Topic:

Increasing Adoption of HPC Modeling and Simulation in the Advanced Manufacturing and Engineering Industries

Company:

Argo Navis Technologies, LLC 999 Windcroft Pl Annapolis, MD 21401-6578

Project Title:

A Scalable Targeted Debugger for Scientific and Commercial Computing

Project Summary:

Programmer productivity is a key to economic development in IT environments. The larger the computer system or data center, the harder it is to find bugs in the software and the more costly is the delay in not finding the bugs. The Swat project will produce a cost effective and efficient software tool that can help even the least experienced programmer develop correctly running programs in such environments.


Technical Topic:

Increasing Adoption of HPC Modeling and Simulation in the Advanced Manufacturing and Engineering Industries

Company:

Argo Navis Technologies, LLC 999 Windcroft Pl Annapolis, MD 21401-6578

Project Title:

SpeedShop Ease of use Performance Analysis for Heterogeneous Processor Systems

Project Summary:

Supercomputing applications can better utilize hardware resources when performance bottlenecks within software are identified and eradicated; tools that allow a developer to find these problem areas typically require an expert to perform the analysis. This project seeks to allow a non-expert user to employ such tools by providing unified intuitive performance analysis on systems where all the processors are not of the same type.


Technical Topic:

Technology to Support BES User Facilities

Company:

Dynaflow, Inc 10621-J Iron Bridge Road Jessup, MD 20791-9381

Project Title:

Development of an Acoustic Instrument for Bubble Size Distribution Measurement in Mercury

Project Summary:

This project will develop an acoustic diagnostic tool that can meet all the bubble sizing requirements for Spallation Neutron Source (SNS) applications. It will build on the technology of the present state-of-the-art acoustic bubble sizing instrument, the ABS ACOUSTIC BUBBLE SPECTROMETER®©, which works well for void fractions of the order of 0.1% and for bubbles between 20 and 500 μm in diameter.


Technical Topic:

Nuclear Physics Instrumentation, Detection Systems and Techniques

Company:

Technology Assessment and Transfer, 133 Defense Hwy, Suite 212 Annapolis, MD 21401-8907

Project Title:

Nanostructured Ceramic LSO Scintillators Using Dynamic Powder Compaction

Project Summary:

The goal of this project is develop a polycrystalline scintillator material (Lu2SiO5) for nuclear physics applications. Such a process methodology would enable more cost effective manufacturing method for this important scintillator material and open up new avenues of design for both nuclear accelerator facilities and medical scan applications.


Technical Topic:

Increasing Adoption of HPC Modeling and Simulation in the Advanced Manufacturing and Engineering Industries

Company:

Vorcat, Inc. 14 Freas Court North Potomac, MD 20878-2586

Project Title:

Extension of the Vorcat Technology to Moving Boundaries

Project Summary:

This project will develop reliable and efficient strategies for simulating the complex turbulent flows produced by moving boundaries associated with a wide range of next generation energy-related technologies such as wind turbines, ground vehicles, and wave and ocean current power generators.


Technical Topic:

Nuclear Physics Isotope Science and Technology

Company:

Weinberg Medical Physics LLC 5611 Roosevelt Street Bethesda, MD 20817-6739

Project Title:

Semi-automated Lab-on-a-Chip for Dispensing Ga-68 Radiotracers

Project Summary:

This project will solve a technical problem that is hindering American progress in molecular medicine, and restricting US citizens from receiving optimal diagnostic care. Specifically, the project deals with a mother/daughter generator of positron-emitting radiotracers (Ge-68/Ga-68).

Michigan


Technical Topic:

Radio Frequency (RF) Devices and Components for Accelerator Facilities

Company:

Niowave, Inc. 1012 N. Walnut Street Lansing, MI 48906-5061

Project Title:

Development of a Superconducting RF Crabbing System based on a Quarter Wave Resonator for Ultrashort Pulses at Light Sources

Project Summary:

This SBIR project will build a novel “crabbing” cavity that rotates the electron beam in a storage ring x-ray source to produce short pulses of x-ray light – close to one trillionth of one second – for a variety of research purposes.


Technical Topic:

Radio Frequency (RF) Devices and Components for Accelerator Facilities

Company:

Niowave, Inc. 1012 N. Walnut Street Lansing, MI 48906-5061

Project Title:

Continuous Wave Thermionic Copper RF Gun for Compact FELs

Project Summary:

Compact Free Electron Lasers are a new class of tunable high power lasers that offer an economical option for isotope production, novel x-ray sources and other applications. Niowave proposes to develop the high power electron source required to operate the compact Free Electron Laser.


Technical Topic:

Radio Frequency Accelerator Technology for High Energy Accelerators and Colliders

Company:

Niowave, Inc. 1012 N. Walnut Street Lansing, MI 48906-5061

Project Title:

400 MHz LHC Crab Cryomodule with HOM Dampers, Tuners and Couplers

Project Summary:

Recent accelerator upgrades require novel superconducting cavities that deflect the beam to increase the efficiency of the system. This proposal will develop the key components that allow these new deflecting cavities to operate at superconducting temperatures nearly 450 degrees below zero.


Technical Topic:

Nuclear Physics Isotope Science and Technology

Company:

Niowave, Inc. 1012 N. Walnut Street Lansing, MI 48906-5061

Project Title:

Commercial Superconducting Electron Linac for Radioisotope Production

Project Summary:

There is critical need for a domestic supply of radioisotope production for medical and research uses. This project will develop a superconducting electron linear accelerator for use as a cost effective isotope producer.


Technical Topic:

Low Cost, Optimized Redox Flow Battery Electrolytes, Novel Solid Ionic Conducting Membranes, and Rechargeable Air-Breathing Cathodes for Bat

Company:

Vinazene, Inc. 2853 Daleview Dr Ann Arbor, MI 48105-9864

Project Title:

A Single Substance Organic Redox Flow Battery

Project Summary:

This project will advance the state of energy storage by improving the energy density of redox flow batteries. These new batteries will be useful in smoothing the fluctuations in energy supplied by solar or wind power.

Minnesota


Technical Topic:

Atmospheric Measurement Technology

Company:

MSP Corporation 5910 Rice Creek Parkway Suite 300 Shoreview, MN 55126-5025

Project Title:

Real-Time Size-Distributed Measurement of Aerosol Mass Concentration

Project Summary:

This technology will enable the rapid measurement of particles in any atmospheric, outdoor, or work-place environment. The ease and speed of these instruments will substantially increase the soundness of decisions related to protecting human health, protecting US military deployments, and mitigating the effect of energy development on the environment.


Technical Topic:

High Energy Physics Detectors and Instrumentation

Company:

SVT Associates, Inc. 7620 Executive Drive Eden Prairie, MN 55344-3677

Project Title:

Large Area GaN-Based Avalanche Photodiodes for Operation in Extreme Environments

Project Summary:

Wide bandgap GaN-based materials are the most promising semiconductors for solar-blind ultraviolet
(UV) detectors, particularly in those applications where the UV components of light needs to be analyzed in the presence of large visible and/or infrared background. This project will develop GaN-based avalanche photodiodes (APDs) as a lower cost, robust and compact alternative to bulky photomultiplier tubes for sensitive and fast detection of light in many applications. Other advantages of the proposed GaN-based APDs include capability to operate in harsh environments, including very high temperatures and high radiation levels, and relative immunity to high magnetic fields, both of which are essential for future DOE high energy physics experiments.


Technical Topic:

Nuclear Physics Accelerator Technology

Company:

SVT Associates, Inc. 7620 Executive Drive Eden Prairie, MN 55344-3677

Project Title:

GaAsSb/AlGaAs Superlattice High-Polarization Electron Source

Project Summary:

Polarized electron emitters isolate and enhance one of the two naturally occuring forms of the electron subatomic particle. This program will create a new, highly efficient source of polarized electrons for use in high energy particle physics research.

New Jersey


Technical Topic:

High-Field Superconductor and Superconduction Magnet Technologies for High Energy Particle Colliders

Company:

HJC Enterprise LLC 5 Badgley Dr New Providence, NJ 07974-2501

Project Title:

On The Use of Highly Densified Bi-2212 Wire for Superconducting Magnet Application

Project Summary:

High-field magnets are essential components of devices used in a number of advanced fields of science, such as NMR and ICR (widely used in drug discovery), and particle accelerators used in high energy physics. This study seeks to determine how to achieve good quality powder packed filaments in cables and magnets.


Technical Topic:

Increasing Adoption of HPC Modeling and Simulation in the Advanced Manufacturing and Engineering Industries

Company:

JMSI Inc. DBA Intelligent Light 301 Route 17N, 7th Floor Rutherford, NJ 07070-2575

Project Title:

FieldView-VisIT : A Modern Engineering Post-Processing System for Ultra-Scale Physics Based Simulations

Project Summary:
Technical Topic:

Fusion Science and Technology

Company:

Nova Photonics, Inc. One Oak Place Princeton, NJ 08540-4701

Project Title:

Measurement of the Radial Electric Field in the Plasma Edge of the Lithium Tokamak Experiment

Project Summary:

A new diagnostic will be developed to support an experiment at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory. This will enable the study of a new regime in plasmas and bring us closer to achieving fusion energy as a clean, safe, and abundant energy source.


Technical Topic:

Increasing Adoption of HPC Modeling and Simulation in the Advanced Manufacturing and Engineering Industries

Company:

Optimal Solutions, Inc. 17 Kershaw Ct Bridgewater, NJ 08807-2595

Project Title:

Optimization-Based Production Scheduling for Complex Manufacturing Plants Delivered as a Service using High Performance Computing Architecture & Algorithms

Project Summary:

This project will address the problem of dimensionality in today’s optimization based approaches to scheduling jobs in manufacturing, which often results in inferior solutions that cannot be scaled to real manufacturing environments. It is expected to result in increased efficiency and global competitiveness in this sector and lead to the creation of new manufacturing jobs.


Technical Topic:

Fusion Science and Technology

Company:

Princeton Scientific Instruments, Inc 7 Deer Park Drive Suite C Monmouth Junction, NJ 08852-1921

Project Title:

U.S. ITER Diagnostics, X-ray Imaging Spectrometer

Project Summary:

The U.S participation in ITER, a full-scale experimental fusion energy device that will pave the way for clean energy, includes a high resolution core imaging x-ray spectrometer. The proposed effort will assess the ability of existing x-ray detector arrays to perform and survive in ITER’s extraordinarily intense radiation environment and where they need improvement.

New Mexico


Technical Topic:

Instrumentation for Advanced Chemical Imaging

Company:

Mesa Photonics, LLC 1550 Pacheco St. Santa Fe, NM 87505-3914

Project Title:

High Spatial Resolution Coherent Ultrafast Spectroscopy

Project Summary:

This project will develop low-cost, high precision instrument to improve medical research, homeland security, and nanomaterials.


Technical Topic:

Technologies for Subsurface Characterization and Monitoring

Company:

Southwest Sciences, Inc. 1570 Pacheco Street, Suite E-11 Santa Fe, NM 87501-3993

Project Title:

Micro-Fluidic Spectrometer for Measuring Groundwater Contamination

Project Summary:

Southwest Sciences proposes to develop a micro-fluidic sensor for measuring heavy metals in groundwater by measuring their uv-visible spectra. High sensitivity will be obtained using cavity enhanced spectroscopy.


Technical Topic:

Advanced Technologies and Materials for Fusion Energy Systems

Company:

TPL, Incorporated 3921 Academy Parkway North NE Albuquerque, NM 87109-4416

Project Title:

Explosive Bonding of Plasma Facing Components

Project Summary:

TPL proposes to explosively clad high-temperature metal layers to steel or copper support structures that will make longer lasting plates for use in hot fusion energy reactors because they will better resist hot plasma erosion. This will enable lower cost electricity to be generated by this technology due to the efficiency of extremely hot plasmas and improving the ability to contain them.

New York


Technical Topic:

Advanced Sources for Accelerator Facilities

Company:

Advanced Energy Systems, Inc. 27 Industrial Blvd Unit E Medford, NY 11763-2286

Project Title:

Development of a Field Emitter Array Based High-Current Electron Injector

Project Summary:

The National Academies has identified this as an area of critical importance to the development of high-power free-electron lasers. Should the program prove successful, not only would the cathodes provide improved economic and reliability performance for existing user facilities such as light sources and FELs, but could also allow penetration into markets presently restricted to thermionic cathodes such as environmental remediation systems for water remediation and flue gas scrubbing.


Technical Topic:

Advanced Concepts and Technology for High Energy Accelerators

Company:

American Undulator as Alexander Mikh 909 Triphammer Rd Ithaca, NY 14850-2508

Project Title:

Accelerator Design that can Provide Very High Gradient with Acceleration Structures Fabricated with integrated Circuit Technology

Project Summary:

The far-term goal of this research is in development and design of accelerator able to provide >1
GeV/m for electrons. This goal will be reached by usage of Si micro-structure made with Lithographic technology common in micro-circuit fabrication. In this project we optimized the dimensions of micro-structure in a view of real technology available at mostly Nano-factories located around. Numerical 3D calculations of swept laser beam illuminated micro-structure will be performed. Design will be ready for fabrication in a Second phase, if awarded.


Technical Topic:

Increasing Adoption of HPC Modeling and Simulation in the Advanced Manufacturing and Engineering Industries

Company:

BUILDlab, LLC 56 Mill Street Dryden, NY 13053-9715

Project Title:

Tools for Auto-Calibration of Building Energy Models and Predictive Control

Project Summary:

The goal of this proposal is to advance energy modeling software and full building sensor networks, optimizing energy-efficiency and performance in the design and operation of buildings.


Technical Topic:

Ancillary Technologies for Accelerator Facilities

Company:

EPIC Consulting 101 Mountain Ridge Drive Mount Sinai, NY 11766-1413

Project Title:

EPICS-Large-Scale High-Performance Integrated Data Storage for Accelerator and Beamline Experiments

Project Summary:

EPICS is an open-source control and data acquisition system that is a de-facto standard at DoE laboratory research facilities in the US. Through SBIR grant funding, a new generation of this software has been released to support physics applications and scientific data representation. This project prototypes the ability to archive these data at rates needed by our nation’s energy and biological scientists to take advantage of the latest XRay lights sources and the state of the art detectors coming available for scientific research.


Technical Topic:

Nuclear Physics Instrumentation, Detection Systems and Techniques

Company:

HYPRES, Inc. 175 Clearbrook Road Elmsford, NY 10523-1109

Project Title:

Digital SQUID Magnetometers for Read-out of Detectors and Magnetic Particles

Project Summary:

Ultra-low noise and extremely sensitive superconducting sensors developed under this program can be used as high-resolution imaging sensors. These digital sensors in multi-channel systems have applications in non-invasive biomedical instruments such as magnetocardiograms, magnetoencephalograms, and in non-destructive evaluation for detection of corrosion and cracks in metals.


Technical Topic:

High Energy Physics Computational Technology

Company:

Kitware Inc. 28 Corporate Drive Clifton Park, NY 12065-8688

Project Title:

In-Situ Analysis of Cosmological Simulations

Project Summary:

Cosmological simulations play a very important role in the DOE High Energy Physics Cosmic Frontier program. Critical challenges facing such simulations include workflow I/O and lack of domain-specific data analysis algorithms. To address this, we propose the development of a cosmology analysis framework for in-situ analysis and data-reduction of cosmological simulations paving a way forward toward the analysis of exascale datasets that are expected within the coming decade.


Technical Topic:

Genomic Science and Related Biotechnologies

Company:

Kitware Inc. 28 Corporate Drive Clifton Park, NY 12065-8688

Project Title:

Cloud Computing and Visualization Tools for KBase

Project Summary:

Genetics and biology researchers are being inundated with data that must be processed with complex computer algorithms. We intend to produce a new open source architecture for systems biology researchers to produce, share, and run their algorithms using scalable cloud computing platforms.


Technical Topic:

Increasing Adoption of HPC Modeling and Simulation in the Advanced Manufacturing and Engineering Industries

Company:

Kitware Inc. 28 Corporate Drive Clifton Park, NY 12065-8688

Project Title:

Graphical HPC Application Suite for Supporting the Product Simulation Lifecycles

Project Summary:

This project will enable wider adoption of advanced HPC functionality by small and medium size manufacturing firms by providing a suite of applications that can address the complete simulation lifecycle. The suite will be built using existing Open Source HPC Toolkits and will be dynamically customizable in order to address the specific needs of targeted vertical markets.


Technical Topic:

Increasing Adoption of HPC Modeling and Simulation in the Advanced Manufacturing and Engineering Industries

Company:

Nutonian Inc. 641 Highland Rd. Ithaca, NY 14850-1411

Project Title:

The Data Genome Project

Project Summary:

This project will develop a new HPC Turnkey system that can automatically find mathematical invariants in large datasets, and then use those invariants to identify new relationships between datasets of different users.


Technical Topic:

Nuclear Physics Software and Data Management

Company:

SkuTek Instrumentation 410 Linden Street Rochester, NY 14620-2442

Project Title:

Time-synchronized Network Architecture for Data Acquisition

Project Summary:

This project will advance digital signal processing electronics which will be cheaper and more flexible
than current solutions. Future applications of our products will include basic science, astrophysics,
Homeland Security, and education.


Technical Topic:

Technology to Support BES User Facilities

Company:

Sydor Instruments, LLC 291 Millstead Way Rochester, NY 14624-5101

Project Title:

Beam Position, Timing and Flux Monitors

Project Summary:

Sydor Instruments will collaborate with BNL to advance a Diamond-based beam monitor for synchrotron beamlines. These machine diagnostics will enable scientists to measure 3rd generation synchrotron “white beams” in terms of how many x-rays there are and where the beam is, to optimize the beam for the intended science goal.

OHIO


Technical Topic:

Increasing Adoption of HPC Modeling and Simulation in the Advanced Manufacturing and Engineering Industries

Company:

AltaSim Technologies, LLC 130 East Wilson Bridge Road Suite 140 Worthington, OH 43085-2327

Project Title:

CMC Manufacturing Technology

Project Summary:

New design tools for advanced materials developed for the US Air Force are too complex and computational intensive for use by small to medium sized businesses. The proposed work will extend access and availability of these design tools to businesses that serve the automotive, chemical processing and energy production sectors.


Technical Topic:

Radio Frequency Accelerator Technology for High Energy Accelerators and Colliders

Company:

Euclid TechLabs, LLC 5900 Harper Rd. #102 Solon, OH 44139-1866

Project Title:

Complete Multipacitor Suppression in Dielectric Loaded Accelerators using a Solenoid Field

Project Summary:

Dielectric based particle accelerators offer the possibility of reduced cost and higher efficiency for applications in industry, medicine, and scientific research. We propose to study ways to eliminate an undesirable form of energy absorption that is currently the main obstruction to widespread use of these devices.


Technical Topic:

Nuclear Physics Accelerator Technology

Company:

Euclid TechLabs, LLC 5900 Harper Rd. #102 Solon, OH 44139-1866

Project Title:

Ferroelectric Based High Power Components for L-Band Accelerator Applications

Project Summary:

This project will develop a new electronic device to optimize the power in particle accelerators. The key component is a bar of a “smart” material that changes its properties with an applied electric field.


Technical Topic:

Low Cost, Optimized Redox Flow Battery Electrolytes, Novel Solid Ionic Conducting Membranes, and Rechargeable Air-Breathing Cathodes for Bat

Company:

Faraday Technology, Inc. 315 Huls Drive Clayton, OH 45315-8983

Project Title:

Flow Battery Structures to Improve Performance and Reduce Manufacturing Cost

Project Summary:

This program is developing a rapid, robust manufacturing process for redox flow battery components to lower manufacturing costs while improving performance. Lowering manufacturing costs of redox flow batteries could enable commercial applications in energy storage for utilities, grid service providers and equipment suppliers and create manufacturing jobs in the U.S.


Technical Topic:

Advanced Sources for Accelerator Facilities

Company:

Hyper Tech Research, Inc 539 Industrial Mile Road Columbus, OH 43228-2412

Project Title:

Improvement on Short Period Planer Undulator

Project Summary:

The research is directed towards the development of improved superconducting undulators, the devices that convert the energy of a dedicated synchrotron’s electron beam into short wavelength light or x-rays. The research will lead to the emergence of improved light (or “photon”) sources for use in materials research, industry, and medicine. For example, this includes the processing of semiconductor chips for computers, determining the age of materials through radiocarbon dating, sterilizing medical equipment and food products and the diagnosing and treatment of cancer.


Technical Topic:

High-Field Superconductor and Superconduction Magnet Technologies for High Energy Particle Colliders

Company:

Hyper Tech Research, Inc 539 Industrial Mile Road Columbus, OH 43228-2412

Project Title:

Gun-Drilled Tube Type Nb3Sn with non-Cu Jc values over 3000 A/mm2 (12T-4.2K)

Project Summary:

This project will develop a much improved Nb3Sn superconductor wire for next generation High Energy Physics accelerator magnets, and for commercial applications such as MRI, NMR and accelerators for medical applications.


Technical Topic:

Nuclear Physics Accelerator Technology

Company:

Hyper Tech Research, Inc 539 Industrial Mile Road Columbus, OH 43228-2412

Project Title:

Development of MgB2 Superconducting Coils for Nuclear Physics Applications

Project Summary:

This program pursues the improvement of magnesium diboride superconducting coils for nuclear physics magnet systems. It can improve and reduce the cost of these systems. The R&D will also help progress the use of magnesium diboride superconductor magnets for commercial MRI’s, superconducting fault current limiters, and offshore wind turbine generators.


Technical Topic:

Advanced Sources for Accelerator Facilities

Company:

IAP Research, Inc. 2763 Culver Avenue Dayton, OH 45429-3723

Project Title:

Magnets for Cryogenically-Cooled Permanent Magnet Undulators (CPMU)

Project Summary:

The project will deliver high performance PrFeB permanent magnets that will be suitable for use in cryogenic permanent magnet undulators (CPMU). Such undulators will enable generation of brilliant beams of photons with energies of 50 keV that are currently unavailable in modern Synchrotron Light Sources.


Technical Topic:

Advanced Technologies and Materials for Fusion Energy Systems

Company:

MesoCoat, Inc. 24112 Rockwell Drive Euclid, OH 44117-1211

Project Title:

Fused Coatings for Plasma Facing Components in Fusion Reactors

Project Summary:

The phase I SBIR program will develop a series of nano-/micro-composite coating materials to be applied to Plasma Facing Components using MesoCoat's high energy density fusion cladding process, CermaCladTM. The high-temperature, corrosion resistant coatings and low cost manufacturing process will enable further development of fusion energy devices such as ITER.


Technical Topic:

High-Field Superconductor and Superconduction Magnet Technologies for High Energy Particle Colliders

Company:

MetaMateria Technologies, LLC 1275 Kinnear Road Columbus, OH 43212-1155

Project Title:

High Tc Bi2Sr2CaCu2Ox superconducting powder and wires for high field magnets

Project Summary:

This SBIR program will develop improved process methods for preparing Bi 2212 powder synthesized using solution based techniques production of high temperature superconducting wire.


Technical Topic:

Membranes for Industrial Applications

Company:

Mound Laser & Photonics Center, Inc. 965 Capstone Drive, Suite 308 P.O. Box 223 Miamisburg, OH 45343-0223

Project Title:

Micro-Hole Membrane for Solid-Liquid Separation of Micron-Scale Particulate

Project Summary:

Polymer membranes with laser drilled micro-holes will enable wider and more efficient use of low pressure solid-liquid separation techniques that vastly reduce domestic energy usage in consumer product industries, while also facilitating key techniques for alternative energy production.


Technical Topic:

Advanced Clean Energy Research

Company:

Powdermet, Inc. 24112 Rockwell Drive Euclid, OH 44117-1252

Project Title:

Multilayered Yttria-Stabilized Zirconia Coating for Improved Thermal Abrasion Resistance

Project Summary:

This project improves turbine efficiency through the application of a strong, temperature-resistant ceramic film to the turbine blades. The increased turbine efficiency results in reduced energy usage, environmental impact, and costs.


Technical Topic:

Increasing Adoption of HPC Modeling and Simulation in the Advanced Manufacturing and Engineering Industries

Company:

RNET Technologies, Inc. 240 West Elmwood Drive Suite 2010 Dayton, OH 45459-4248

Project Title:

Catalytic Converter Modeling on Emerging Personal Computers and Small Clusters

Project Summary:

Computer Simulation of catalytic converters is very expensive in terms of high performance computing resources and also takes several days to get the final results. Software design and engineering targeting state-of-the-art computer architectures enables simulation on desktop workstations and generates the results in overnight turnaround time.


Technical Topic:

Advanced Clean Energy Research

Company:

Sem-Com Company, Inc. 1040 N. Westwood Ave. Toledo, OH 43607-3263

Project Title:

Stable Glass-Ceramic Nanocomposites as Compliant Seals for SOFCs

Project Summary:

Over the years many applications have been abandoned because the mismatch between the sealing components was too great to be of practical consequence or because no high CTE glasses were available. A compliant seal technology will open up at least some of these applications to hermetic seal technology. The high CTE hexacelsian glass, especially with the addition of the nano-scale materials will allow a new family of high CTE sealing glasses to be developed that do not exist today. These high CTE glasses would be especially useful in glass-to-metal applications.


Technical Topic:

Advanced Network Technologies and Services

Company:

The Samraksh Company 5980 Venture Drive, Suite 1B Dublin, OH 43017-2237

Project Title:

Programmable,Extensible and Secure perfSONAR Appliance for Multi-domain Enterprise Monitoring

Project Summary:

Multi-domain enterprise network monitoring solution that aids Network Operators in improving the programmability, extensibility and security of perfSONAR.

Oregon


Technical Topic:

Catalysis

Company:

Trillium FiberFuels, Inc. 720 NE Granger Ave. Bldg B Corvallis, OR 97330-9660

Project Title:

Advanced Recombinant Manganese Peroxidase for Synthesis of Lignin Bioproducts.

Project Summary:

Biomass is composed of up to 30% lignin, which is not fermentable. To enable lignin usage to make high-value chemicals, this research will develop a scalable method for producing the lignolytic enzyme manganese peroxidase (MnP). Products from MnP action on lignin will be investigated for potential use in a biorefinery.


Technical Topic:

Technology to Support BES User Facilities

Company:

Voxtel, Inc. 15985 NW Schendel Avenue Suite 200 Beaverton, OR 97006

Project Title:

Picosecond Rate X-Ray Photon Counting Detector

Project Summary:

A novel pixelated detector array will be developed that enables the realization of the improved time-resolving capabilities of modern synchrotrons. This will enable the study of complex and dynamic processes that occur in biological systems.


Technical Topic:

Fusion Science and Technology

Company:

Voxtel, Inc. 15985 NW Schendel Avenue Suite 200 Beaverton, OR 97006

Project Title:

Rad-Hard Dual-Threshold High Count Rate Silicon Pixel Array Detector

Project Summary:

A detector is being developed for x-ray pulse-probe and crystal spectroscopy measurements that include flexible x-ray photon counting modes of operation.


Technical Topic:

High Energy Physics Detectors and Instrumentation

Company:

Voxtel, Inc. 15985 NW Schendel Avenue Suite 200 Beaverton, OR 97006

Project Title:

Large Area, Low Dark Count VIS-UV Solid State Photomultipliers

Project Summary:

A new photodetector is being developed. The detector has greater sensitivity and lower noise than current silicon based photodetectors. The innovation allows large high performance photon counting detectors to be made at low cost.

Pennsylvania


Technical Topic:

Catalysis

Company:

EverNu Technology LLC 306 Camars Drive Warminster, PA 18974-3874

Project Title:

Production of Methacrylic Acid and Other Oxygenated Chemicals Solely from Renewable Non-food Biomass Derived Feedstocks

Project Summary:

The most predominant conventional process is the ACH process, which not only requires large volumes of fossil fuel-based feedstocks, but also consumes large amount of energy and produces large quantity of toxic wastes. Thus, there are strong needs and significant benefits to develop a novel process to enable the production of MAA and other oxygenated chemicals solely from renewable non-food biomass derived feedstocks. In additional to the potential of replacing billion pounds per year of fossil fuel-based feedstocks with ones solely derived from non-food biomasses, the proposed innovation by EverNu also offers two other potentially very significant public benefits by completely eliminating the serious environmental problems and greatly reducing the intensive energy consumption, both of which are inherent of the ACH process.


Technical Topic:

Radio Frequency Accelerator Technology for High Energy Accelerators and Colliders

Company:

Silicon Power Corporation 275 Great Valley Parkway Malvern, PA 19355-1308

Project Title:

MegaWatt Power Electronic Switching Modules with Breakthrough Advances in Stray Inductance, Switching Speed and Energy Density, for Applications with Pulse Widths Down to the Sub-Microsecond Range

Project Summary:

The industry of high voltage power electronic semiconductor switches, created and once dominated by the US, is now almost entirely controlled by foreign interests. We propose to develop a device that will displace all others in many applications and eliminate significant waste of electric energy in large power electronic converters.

Tennesee


Technical Topic:

Instrumentation and Tools for Materials Research Using Neutron Scattering

Company:

ORDELA, Inc. 1009 Alvin Weinberg Drive Oak Ridge, TN 37830-8012

Project Title:

Characterization and Application of a Novel Neutron Detection Method to Replace Helium-3 in Advanced Neutron Detectors.

Project Summary:

Available detector technology limits full utilization of intense neutron beams for advanced materials research at facilities such as the Spallation Neutron Source (SNS) at ORNL. Boron-10 lined pixel-cell detectors would remove limitations on neutron-scattering experiments and could be useful for applications in locating fissile materials for national security applications.

Texas


Technical Topic:

Nuclear Physics Isotope Science and Technology

Company:

Clear Vascular, Inc. 21 Waterway Avenue, Suite 225 The Woodlands, TX 77380-3099

Project Title:

Production of Commerical High Specific Activity Sn-117M Radiochemical and Chelates

Project Summary:

This project will provide new methods for producing commercial quantities of radiochemicals that will have broad applications for and greater efficiency in the treatment of various cancers, vulnerable plaque, autoimmune and other diseases.


Technical Topic:

Nuclear Physics Software and Data Management

Company:

Crossfield Technology LLC 9390 Research Blvd Suite I200 Austin, TX 78759-7366

Project Title:

Software Architecture for High-Speed Synchronous Network Instrumentation

Project Summary:

This project will develop a distributed network instrumentation system that provides high-speed, low-latency data transfer from detectors to a computer or data storage system, and is scalable from one to thousands of channels. The innovative architecture uses commodity network components, and IEEE standards for time synchronization and detector plug-and-play.


Technical Topic:

Increasing Adoption of HPC Modeling and Simulation in the Advanced Manufacturing and Engineering Industries

Company:

Enthought, Inc. 515 Congress Ave. Suite 2100 Austin, TX 78701-3555

Project Title:

A Python Interface to Trilinos/Tpetra for High-Level Access to HPC Solvers

Project Summary:

Software originally developed for the NNSA will be made much more user friendly to enable scientists and engineers throughout industry and academia to easily benefit from its robust performance in HPC computing.


Technical Topic:

Radio Frequency Accelerator Technology for High Energy Accelerators and Colliders

Company:

Shear Form, Inc. 207 Dellwood St. Bryan, TX 77801-2520

Project Title:

Seamless Nb Tubes for SRF Cavities

Project Summary:

Increased deformability in high RRR Nb tube for superconducting radio frequency (SRF) cavities in linear accelerators will be achieved by an improved materials processing method to refine the microstructure. The improved microstructure will be produced by severe plastic deformation processing methods applied to reduce the average grain size, improve microstructural uniformity and texture, improve material ductility, improve SRF cavity performance, and lower SRF cavity manufacturing costs.


Technical Topic:

Increasing Adoption of HPC Modeling and Simulation in the Advanced Manufacturing and Engineering Industries

Company:

Z-Terra Inc. 16225 Park Ten Place, Suite 370 Houston, TX 77084-5089

Project Title:

Enterprise Software for Interactive and Super Efficient Processing of Large Multi-Dimensional Datasets

Project Summary:

This research project combines current research from U.T. Austin with oil and gas state-of-the-art 3-D seismic imaging technology from Z-Terra Inc., to develop super-efficient enterprise software for accurately creating 3-D subsurface images of geologically complex areas. Such imaging technology allows oil-and-gas companies to create 3-D images of the earth and reduce development costs, increase the amount of hydrocarbons recovered and increase the amount of national oil reserves.

Utah


Technical Topic:

Advanced Clean Energy Research

Company:

HiFunda, LLC 2150 South 1300 East, Suite 500 Salt Lake City, UT 84106-4375

Project Title:

Ultra-High Temperature Thermal Barrier Coatings

Project Summary:

The new coating technology developed through this STTR program can help to increase energy efficiency of gas turbines, reduce energy costs, maintain US leadership in the gas turbine equipment, and reduce greenhouse emissions

Virginia


Technical Topic:

High Performance Materials for Nuclear Application

Company:

Aeroprobe Corporation 2200 Kraft Drive, Suite 1475 Blacksburg, VA 24060-6164

Project Title:

Near Net Shape Consolidation of Oxide Dispersion Strengthened Alloy Powders

Project Summary:

Fabrication of ODS alloy structures is problematic due to 1) the inability to utilize any liquid-phase process such as casting, welding, laser cladding, etc. 2) grain coarsening caused by traditional heat treatment processes, 3) lack of geometric flexibility with current solid-state fabrication methods such as extrusion, 4) the need for coating and joining of dissimilar metals in the solid phase. Traditional thermal processing increases grain size dramatically which both reduces creep strength as well as decreases radiation resistance.
Aeroprobe proposes a solid-phase, near net shape consolidation process, friction stir-fabrication (FSF), for ODS alloys and structures that will overcome these current challenges.


Technical Topic:

Advanced Network Technologies and Services

Company:

Fusion Factors LLC 1400 Technology Dr. Harrisonburg, VA 22802-2542

Project Title:

Low-Cost Fiber Optic Network Reflectometer

Project Summary:

This program develops new telecommunications testing equipment to enable monitoring and maintenance of sophisticated optical networks at 10x lower cost and enhanced performance than current equipment. This development effort will address the emerging need for massive deployment of optical network infrastructure with new, much cheaper instruments to test optical signal quality and network faults.


Technical Topic:

Catalysis

Company:

Gate Fuels Inc. 3107 Alice Dr Blacksburg, VA 24060-1600

Project Title:

High-yield Production of Fumarate from Cellulosic Biomass by Recombinant Cellulolytic Bacillus subtilis

Project Summary:

This project will provide a low-cost route for high-yield fumarate production from pretreated non-food cellulosic biomass mediated by recombinant cellulolytic Bacillus subtilis. The cellulose fraction of biomass feedstock contains more than one half oxygen by weight, making it a good starting material for the production of oxygen-containing polymeric monomers. The goal of this project is to develop an industrially-safe recombinant cellulolytic Bacillus subtilis strain that can produce high-yield fumarate from cellulosic materials in a two- step fermentation.


Technical Topic:

Increasing Adoption of HPC Modeling and Simulation in the Advanced Manufacturing and Engineering Industries

Company:

Harmonia Holdings Group, LLC 2020 Kraft Dr, Suite 1000 Blacksburg, VA 24060-6492

Project Title:

HPC Auto-Assistant: Making HPC Software and Tools Easier to Use for the Experienced (Not Expert) User

Project Summary:

Widespread use of HPC makes the U.S. more competitive and improves profits; when lower tier companies use HPC they improve their own profitability, and that of companies they support as sub-contractors. HAA allows smaller companies to use HPC, assisting in economic recovery and in turn the creation of jobs.


Technical Topic:

Advanced Sources for Accelerator Facilities

Company:

MuPlus, Inc. 45 Jonquil Lane Newport News, VA 23606-

Project Title:

High Brightness Superconducting RF Photo Injector Gun Cavity

Project Summary:

A novel design concept is being developed for a superconducting RF gun, which is a key component of next generation light sources that require high brightness electron beams.


Technical Topic:

Advanced Concepts and Technology for High Energy Accelerators

Company:

MuPlus, Inc. 45 Jonquil Lane Newport News, VA 23606

Project Title:

Complete Muon Collider Cooling Channel Design and Simulations

Project Summary:

This project will develop the theoretical principles and numerical simulation tools that are needed for the optimization of beam cooling systems for an energy-frontier muon collider that would complement and eventually overtake the LHC.


Technical Topic:

Technologies for Subsurface Characterization and Monitoring

Company:

NanoSonic, Inc 158 Wheatland Drive Pembroke, VA 24136-3645

Project Title:

Integrated Metal RubberTM Sensors for Subsurface Monitoring

Project Summary:

The proposed integrated Metal Rubber sensor network for subsurface monitoring is of help for the advanced management of remediation. The system can identify potential transfers on a real-time basis, allowing field sites to establish models concerning water transport, chemical migration, mass transfer and microbiologic activity.


Technical Topic:

Increasing Adoption of HPC Modeling and Simulation in the Advanced Manufacturing and Engineering Industries

Company:

Nimbis Services Inc. 1616 Anderson Road McLean, VA 22102-1602

Project Title:

Manufacturing Expertise as a Service Portal

Project Summary:

Technical expertise solution that matches computing, software, and expertise resources from labs, specialists and universities to assist industry.


Technical Topic:

Catalysis

Company:

SuGanit Systems Inc 10903 Hunt Club Rd. Reston, VA 20190-3912

Project Title:

Direct Catalytic Conversion of Lignin to Aromatic Compounds

Project Summary:

A renewable, cost-effective method is proposed for production of aromatic chemicals (monomeric phenols) using lignin, currently a waste stream in biorefineries. This novel method employs homogeneous catalysis of lignin in ionic liquids (low melting temperature salts) with inexpensive catalysts at mild operating conditions.

Washington


Technical Topic:

Technologies for Subsurface Characterization and Monitoring

Company:

Brooks Rand Labs 3958 6th Ave NW Seattle, WA 98107-5058

Project Title:

An Automated, Atomic Fluorescence-Based, Field Deployable Groundwater Mercury Monitoring System

Project Summary:

Brooks Rand Labs proposes to design an automated, field deployable system to measure mercury concentrations in water. This will greatly reduce the cost of measuring mercury in the environment and could lead to a large increase in the availability of data, especially real-time data.


Technical Topic:

Membranes for Industrial Applications

Company:

Eagle Engineering & Testing Services 4110 York St. Bellingham, WA 98229-5010

Project Title:

Development of a Fatty Acid Esterification Catalytic Membrane Reactor

Project Summary:

This project will develop a solid catalytic membrane reactor to eliminate the acid neutralization requirement and the methanol vaporization / distillation steps before proceeding to the transesterification step.The use of Biodiesel in the U.S. is presently hampered by a lack of suitable feedstocks that do not compete with the food industry.


Technical Topic:

Technologies for Subsurface Characterization and Monitoring

Company:

Freestone Environmental Services, In 1100 Jadwin Avenue, Suite 250 Richland, WA 99352-3425

Project Title:

Real-Time, In Situ Measurement of Hexavalent Chromium in Groundwater

Project Summary:

The U.S. Department of Energy is seeking a remote sensor for measuring chromium contamination in groundwater wells. Laboratory methods based on spectrochemical analysis are being adapted for remote, submerged, long-term measurement.


Technical Topic:

Instrumentation for Electron Microscopy and Scanning Proble Microscopy

Company:

Hummingbird Precision Machine Co, db Hummingbird 8300 28th Ct. NE Units 200/300/400 Lacey, WA 98516-7126

Project Title:

Liquid and Full Pressure Range Gas Environmental TEM Specimen Holders for High-Resolution Elemental Analysis

Project Summary:

This project proposes to develop and commercialize electron microscope environmental gas
and liquid specimen holders to give researches radically improved methods for studying energy
storage and generation processes and materials at the nanometer scale. This should facilitate
improvement of batteries and fuel cells and increase efficiency of catalytic processes.


Technical Topic:

Instrumentation for Electron Microscopy and Scanning Proble Microscopy

Company:

Hummingbird Precision Machine Co, db Hummingbird 8300 28th Ct. NE Units 200/300/400 Lacey, WA 98516-7126

Project Title:

Cross-Correlative Double-Tilt Nano-Mechanical Testing Platform for The Transmission and Scanning Electron Microscopes

Project Summary:

Mechanical properties of nano-scale materials are important for ensuring the reliability of new generations of nano-scale electrical and mechanical devices. This proposal focuses on the development of a tool to enable electron microscopy studies of the mechanical properties of materials and their correlation with the atomic structure of the materials.


Technical Topic:

Instrumentation for Electron Microscopy and Scanning Proble Microscopy

Company:

Nion Company 1102 8th Street Kirkland, WA 98033-5666

Project Title:

Ultra High Energy Resolution Electron Spectrometer for Atomic Resolution Studies

Project Summary:

A research instrument that will open a fundamentally new window on the properties of materials at the atomic scale will be designed and built. The instrument will provide a better understanding of the role of key atomic constituents in devices such as efficient batteries and fuel cells. This will help with the design of energy conversion and storage devices of increased efficiency, and bring us closer to a green economy entirely based on renewable resources.


Technical Topic:

Advanced Concepts and Technology for High Energy Accelerators

Company:

STI Optronics, Inc. 2755 Northup Way Bellevue, WA 98004-1495

Project Title:

1-Meter Capillary Discharge for Laser Wakefield Acceleration

Project Summary:

A new type of capillary discharge will be developed for advanced high-energy electron accelerators. Applications for these accelerators include industrial processing, medicine, homeland defense, and high-energy physics.