Senator Blumenthal applauds honorees, which captured $38 million in federal R&D grants in 2010
The Connecticut SBIR Office, an initiative of Connecticut Innovations (CI), today honored the 64 Connecticut companies that won 2010 federal Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) awards with a celebration at the Inn at Middletown. The federal SBIR and STTR programs provide more than $2 billion in competitive federal research and development grants each year to small, high-tech, innovative businesses throughout the U.S.
Speakers addressing the audience of Connecticut entrepreneurs included: U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal; Catherine Smith, chair, Connecticut Innovations, and commissioner, Department of Economic and Community Development; Mun Choi, Ph.D., professor and dean, School of Engineering, University of Connecticut; and Deb Santy, director, Connecticut SBIR Office. Representatives from Connecticut’s congressional offices were also on hand to congratulate the winners.
Santy thanked the University of Connecticut School of Engineering for sponsoring the event and provided metrics showing the state is continuing to bring in substantial federal dollars.
“This year Connecticut companies won 138 awards,” Santy said. “When you add up all three phases of this program, including Phase III commercialization, the total dollar amount for the state is $60 million.”
The event was hosted by the Connecticut SBIR Office and sponsored by the University of Connecticut School of Engineering.
2010 Awardees:
Phase I Awards
A2 Technologies, LLC NSF – Phase 1 Portable, Miniaturized Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrometer for Analysis of Inaccessible, Complex Surfaces
Achillion Pharmaceuticals NIH – Phase 1 Novel Antibacterial Agents That Target DNA Replication in Mycobacterium tuberculo
Advanced Fuel Research, Inc. NASA – Phase 1 Laser Stethoscope for Use in Noisy Spacecraft Environments
Advanced Fuel Research, Inc. NASA – Phase 1 Regenerable Trace-Contaminant Sorbent for the Primary Life Support System (PLSS)
Affomix, Inc. NIH – Phase 1 A bifunctional antibody screening system for both phage display and yeast two-hyb
Affomix Corporation NIH – Phase 1 DEVELOPMENT OF A METHOD TO MULTIPLEX CHIP-SEQ AND CHIP-CHIP EXPERIMENTS
Affomix, Inc. NIH – Phase 1 High-throughput screening and identification of scFv antibodies against glycosyla
Air-Lock, Inc. NASA – Phase 1 Design of a Self Don/Doffing Rear Entry Planetary Suit to Interface with a Suit Port/Lock
Applied Mathematics, Inc. Navy – Phase 1 Environmentally Constrained Naval Search Planning Algorithms
Applied Physical Sciences Corporation Navy – Phase 1 Development of Magnetostrictive Energy Harvesting of Mechanical Vibration Energy
Applied Physical Sciences Corporation Navy – Phase 1 External Pipe Sound Pressure Level Sensor
Applied Physical Sciences Corporation Navy – Phase 1 High Gain Array of Velocity Sensors
Applied Physical Sciences Corporation Navy – Phase 1 Marine Mammal Mitigation Miniature Acoustic Detection Subsystem (MADS)
Artificial Cell Technologies, Inc. NIH – Phase 1 SYNTHETIC NANOCAPSULE MALARIA VACCINES
Axiome Advisors, LLC NSF – Phase 1 Electrochemical Conversion of Complex Fuels to Electrical Energy
Biomedisyn Corporation NIH – Phase 1 NEUROPROTECTIVE AND ANTIVIRAL EFFECTS OF BMD-101 AND BMD-104 IN HIV INFECTION
BST Systems, Inc Navy – Phase 1 Novel Methods to Improve Performance of Silver-Zinc Batteries
Connecticut Analytical Corporation NASA – Phase 1 Ambient Preservation of Clinical Analytes
Connecticut Analytical Corporation DHS – Phase 1 Electrospray Based High Vacuum Diffusion Pump for Mass Spectrometers
Connecticut Analytical Corporation DHS – Phase 1 Electrospray Stand-off Detection of Trace Species in Air of Currency
Connecticut Analytical Corporation NASA – Phase 1 Electrospray Vacuum Diffusion Pump for Analytical Instruments
Connecticut Analytical Corporation NASA – Phase 1 Variable Surface Area Thermal Radiator
Embedded Systems, LLC Air Force – Phase 1 Improved Full Authority Digital Engine Control (FADEC) System
Fairfield Crystal Technology, LLC NSF – Phase 1 A Novel Crystal Growth Technology for Production of ZnO Single Crystal Substrates for Light Emitters and Detectors
Flemming Tinker, Inc. NASA – Phase 1 ELID Grinding of Large Aspheric Optics
Flemming Tinker, Inc. NASA – Phase 1 Fabrication Technology for X-Ray Optics and Mandrels
FuelCell Energy, Inc. Army – Phase 1 Development of a Butanol Fuel Processor for Person-Portable Fuel Cell Power Systems
FuelCell Energy, Inc. DOE – Phase 1 Thermochemically Integrated Solid State Hydrogen Separator and Compressor
Fuss & O’Neill, Inc. NSF – Phase 1 MnO2 as Novel Cathode Catalysts for Power Generation and Wastewater Treatment In Microbial Fuel Cells (MFCs)
Global Engineering and Materials, Inc. Air Force – Phase 1 Modeling and Simulation of Hybrid Materials/Structures for Sustainment Applications
Global Engineering and Materials, Inc. Navy – Phase 1 Fire Simulation and Residual Strength Prediction Tool for Aluminum Ship Structures During and After Fire
Global Engineering and Materials, Inc. Navy – Phase 1 Fire Simulation and Residual Strength Prediction Tool for Aluminum Ship Structures During and After Fire
Global Engineering and Materials, Inc. Navy – Phase 1 Fracture Evaluation and Design Tool for Welded Aluminum Ship Structures Subjected to Impulsive Dynamic Loading
Global Engineering and Materials, Inc. NASA – Phase 1 Mesh Independent Probabilistic Residual Life Prediction of Metallic Airframe Structures
Global Engineering and Materials, Inc. Air Force – Phase 1 Multi-scale Physics-Based Models for High Strength Titanium Alloys Accounting for Higher-Order Microstructure Statistics
Global Engineering and Materials, Inc. NASA – Phase 1 Probabilistic Remaining Useful Life Prediction of Composite Aircraft Components
HandHold Adaptive, LLC DoED – Phase 1 Handheld technology for students with autism spectrum disorder
Helix Therapeutics, LLC NIH – Phase 1 BETA-GLOBIN GENE CORRECTION USING PEPTIDE NUCLEIC ACIDS FOR THE TREATMENT OF SICK
L2 Diagnostics, LLC NIH – Phase 1 A serologic assay to measure successful Lyme borreliosis antibiotic therapy
L2 Diagnostics, LLC NIH – Phase 1 BIO-MONITORING METHYLENE DIPHENYL DIISOCYANATE (MDI) EXPOSURE AND BODY BURDEN
LBI, Inc. Navy – Phase 1 Compact Control Module for Short Towed Arrays
LBI, Inc. Navy – Phase 1 Station-Keeping Low-Visibility Craft
Lifepharms, Inc. NIH – Phase 1 Discovery of novel agents against M. tuberculosis.
LifePharms, Inc. NIH – Phase 1 NUCLEOSIDE HYDROLASE INHIBITORS FROM NATURAL PRODUCTS FOR LEISHMANIA
Magnetic Development, Inc. DOE – Phase 1 Solar, Ejector-Based VCC Air-Conditioner Utilizing Natural Refrigerants – Recovery Act
Materials Technologies Corporation NASA – Phase 1 DURACON-IR: Durable and Conductive IR witness coatings for High Accuracy IR Thermography
Materials Technologies Corporation Navy – Phase 1 Characterizing the Impact of Control Surfaces Free-Play on Flutter
Materials Technologies Corporation Navy – Phase 1 Thersa, Thermoelastic Residual Stress Analysis System
M Cubed Technologies, Inc. Army – Phase 1 Metallic Encapsulation of Ceramic Tile Arrays
Myometrics, LLC Navy – Phase 1 Artificial Tissue Matrices for Bone Repair
Myometrics, LLC NIH – Phase 1 An EP4 receptor agonist for enhancing alveolar bone regeneration in tooth-extract
Naiad Dynamics US, Inc. SOCOM – Phase 1 High Speed Combatant Craft Automated Ride Control
NALAS Engineering Services, Inc. Navy – Phase 1 Innovative Predictive Tools for Successful Processing of Propylene Glycol Dinitrate for Production of Otto Fuel II
ODIS Air Force – Phase 1 An Optoelectronic Ultra Low Power RAM
ODIS Navy – Phase 1 Integrated Optoelectronics for Optical CDMA
ODIS NASA – Phase 1 Optoelectronic Infrastructure for RF/Optical Phased Arrays
Omega-p, Inc. DOE – Phase 1 High Current Cold Cathode Employing Diamond and Related Materials
Omega-p, Inc. DOE – Phase 1 High-Gradient Two-Beam Electron Accelerator
Omega-p, Inc. DOE – Phase 1 Modified Magnicon For High-Gradient Accelerator R&D
Omega-p, Inc. DOE – Phase 1 Short-Period RF Undulator for a SASE Nanometer Source
Plain Sight Systems, Inc. Navy – Phase 1 Concept and Context Bi-Hierarchical Learning
Precision Combustion, Inc. DOE – Phase 1 Downhole Oxyfuel Steam/CO2 Generator for Production of Gas from Hydrates
Precision Combustion, Inc. Navy – Phase 1 Highly Integrated, Highly Efficient Fuel Reformer/Fuel Cell System
Precision Combustion, Inc. NASA – Phase 1 Novel CO2 Separation and Methanation for Oxygen and Fuel Production
Precision Combustion, Inc. NASA – Phase 1 Novel, Regenerable Microlith Catalytic Reactor for CO2 Reduction via Bosch Process
Prometheus Research, LLC NSF – Phase 1 Data Discovery Tool
Proton Energy Systems, Inc. DOE – Phase 1 Low Cost Large Scale PEM Electrolysis for Renewable Energy Storage
Qualtech Systems, Inc. NASA – Phase 1 Automation for Vehicle and Crew Operations
Qualtech Systems, Inc. Navy – Phase 1 Dynamic Physical/Data-Driven Models for System-Level Prognostics and Health Management
Real-Time Analyzers, Inc. DARPA – Phase 1 A Chip-Scale Sensor for High-Throughput Detection of Multiple Waterborne Pathogens
Recombinant Technologies, LLC NIH – Phase 1 Small Molecule Therapy for Alzheimer’s Disease
Results Group NSF – Phase 1 RAPID Assessment of In-Situ Isolation Systems for Marsh Environments
Rite-Solutions Navy – Phase 1 Integrated Communications System-Next
Rotating Composite Technologies, LLC DOE – Phase 1 Development of a Scalable, Low-Cost Power Generation Water Turbine – Recovery Act
SibTech, Inc. NIH – Phase 1 TARGETED DELIVERY OF CARDIOPROTECTIVE DRUGS
Sonalysts, Inc. Air Force – Phase 1 Voice-Interactive Training Environment for Tactical Exercise Familiarization
Sonalysts, Inc. Navy – Phase 1 Adaptive Fleet Synthetic Scenario Research
Sonalysts, Inc. Navy – Phase 1 Air Anti-Submarine Warfare Modeling and Simulation Tool
Student Employment Services, LLC DoED – Phase 1 School Views (VIEWS): Volunteer, internship, and employment web solutions
Sustainable Innovations, LLC NASA – Phase 1 6 CFM Electrochemical Hydrogen Pump & Compressor
Sustainable Innovations, LLC NASA – Phase 1 Advanced Passive Liquid Feed PEM Electrolyzer
Sustainable Innovations, LLC NSF – Phase 1 Carbon Neutral Renewable Liquid Hydrocarbon Fuel Production System
SW Enterprises, LLC/Chapco, Inc. Navy – Phase 1 Shipboard Clothes Dryers, “Green Technology”
Walz & Krenzer, Inc. Navy – Phase 1 Novel Composite Submarine Hatch Materials and Construction Methods
Yardney Technical Products, Inc. Air Force – Phase 1 Lithium Ion Battery and Ultracapacitors Hybrid for Satellite Power
Yardney Technical Products, Inc. NASA – Phase 1 A Lithium-Air Battery with a High Energy Air Cathode
Yardney Technical Products, Inc. NASA – Phase 1 A Martian Air Battery
Yardney Technical Products, Inc. NASA – Phase 1 Hybrid Battery Ultracapacitor System For Human Robotic Systems
Yardney Technical Products, Inc. Navy – Phase 1 Novel Methods to Improve Performance of Silver-Zinc Batteries
Phase II Awards
Advanced Fuel Research, Inc. Air Force – Phase 2 Turbine Inlet Gas Temperature Measurement System
Aerial Imaging Solutions NOAA – Phase 2 Multiple Digital Camera Mount with FMC
Applied Mathematics, Inc. MDA – Phase 2 Passive Range Estimation from Angle-only Sensor Data (Acq Pointing & Tracking)
Applied Physical Sciences Corporation DARPA – Phase 2 Mobile Offshore Platform for Wind Turbine Power Generation
Applied Physical Sciences Corporation DARPA – Phase 2 Deep UUV Deployed Vector Sensor System
Applied Physical Sciences Corporation Navy – Phase 2 Novel Acoustic Detection Using Advanced Array Technology
Aquatic Sensor Network Technology, LLC NSF – Phase 2 Developing a Real-time High-data-rate Multicarrier Underwater Acoustic Modem
Biomedisyn Corporation NIH – Phase 2 Hupersine For Cognitive and Functional Impairment in Schizophrenia
Biorasis, Inc. NIH – Phase 2 NEEDLE-IMPLANTABLE, WIRELESS MULTI-SENSOR FOR CONTINUOUS GLUCOSE MONITORING
Ciencia, Inc. NIH – Phase 2 PROTEIN MICROARRAY SYSTEM FOR RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS
CyberConnect EZ, LLC NIH – Phase 2 DEVELOPING CONTRACTUAL SERVICE FRAMEWORK FOR BONE HISTOMORPHOMETRY
D-Star Engineering Corporation DARPA – Phase 2 High Power Density TAG Motors for Hybrid Electric Air Platforms
Embedded Systems, LLC Navy – Phase 2 Intelligent Sensor Node for Distributed Engine Control for Advanced Propulsion System Application
Fairfield Crystal Technology, LLC NSF – Phase 2 A Novel Approach for Production of Freestanding GaN Wafers for III-Nitride Light Emitters and Detectors
Fuss & O’Neill, Inc. EPA – Phase 2 Development and Commercialization of Granular Activated Carbon Microbial Fuel Cells for Wastewater Treatment and Power Generation
Genomas, Inc. NIH – Phase 2 MRI DNA Biomarkers for Neuropsychiatric Disease
JS Genetics, LLC NIH – Phase 2 Development of Novel Diagnostics for Fragile X Syndrome
JS Genetics, LLC NIH – Phase 2 Identification of Oligodendrocyte Stimulators
Kovogen, LLC NIH – Phase 2 Hyperpolarized 129-Xenon-Based MRI Probes for Brain Injury
L2 Diagnostics, LLC NIH – Phase 2 EGFR Peptides as Vaccines in Anti-Tumor Immunity
L2 Diagnostics, LLC NIH – Phase 2 New Serodiagnostics for Isocyanate Exposure, A Major Cause of Occupational Asthma
ODIS Air Force – Phase 2 Monolithic InfraRed pixel structures enabled by Thyristor-HFET EO logic
ODIS Air Force – Phase 2 Optoelectronic directional couplers for optical switching fabrics
Omega-p, Inc. DOE – Phase 2 Anti-Breakdown Coatings for High-Gradient Accelerator Structures
Omega-p, Inc. DOE – Phase 2 Electron Gun and Beam Collector for a FOR A 10-MW, 1.3-GHz, Low-voltage, Multi-Beam Klystron
Omega-p, Inc. DOE – Phase 2 RF Cavity Chain and Magnetic Circuit for a 10-MW, 1.3-GHz, Low-Voltage, Multi-Beam Klystron
PGS Medical Research & Electronic Design, LLC NIH – Phase 2 Wireless Cardiorespitory Monitor for Neonates
Plain Sight Systems, Inc. Air Force – Phase 2 Diffusion Geometry Based Nonlinear Methods for Hyperspectral Change Detection
Precision Combustion, Inc. OSD – Phase 2 Micro-ignition Components for Heavy Fuel Engines
Precision Combustion, Inc. Army – Phase 2 Flameless Combustion for Kitchen Appliances
Proton Energy Systems, Inc. DOE – Phase 2 Hydrogen by Wire Home Fueling System
Qualtech Systems, Inc. Navy – Phase 2 Advanced Intelligent Web-Based Options to Acquire and Analyze Aircraft Health Data
Queralt, LLC DHS – Phase 2 Highly Scalable Identity Management Tools
R&D Dynamics Corporation DOE – Phase 2 High Efficiency R744 Centrifugal Chiller
R&D Dynamics Corporation Navy – Phase 2 Low Cost Foil Bearing Supported Helium Circulation Fan
Real-Time Analyzers, Inc. NSF – Phase 2 A Label-Free Surface-enhanced Raman Spectroscopy-Capture Assay in Microchips for Biological Warfare Agents
Results Group NIH – Phase 2 Tools to Optimize Patient Presentation Speed after Onset of Exudative Macular Deg
Sonalysts, Inc. Navy – Phase 2 Optimized Manning and Crew Design Tools for Future Surface and Undersea Platforms
Sonalysts, Inc. Air Force – Phase 2 Gaming for Training and Rehearsal for Fifth Generation Fighter Tactics, Techniques and Procedures (TTPs)
Sonalysts, Inc. Air Force – Phase 2 Advanced Visualization Methods for Mission Planning, Course of Action (COA) Evaluation and After Action Review (AAR)
SupraMagnetics, Inc. DOE – Phase 2 A Novel Quaternary Low-Cost PIT Nb3Sn Conductor for HEP Magnet Applications above 12 Tesla
SupraMagnetics, Inc. DOE – Phase 2 Extrudable NbTi Superconductor with Ferromagnetic Pins for Undulator Magnets
Yardney Technical Products, Inc. Navy – Phase 2 Thermally Stable High Energy Lithium-Ion Batteries for Naval Aviation Applications
Yardney Technical Products, Inc. Air Force – Phase 2 Advanced Lithium Ion Batteries for Space-based Applications
Zatorski Coating Company, Inc. Army – Phase 2 Printing Nanostructured Powders (PNP) Process
About Connecticut Innovations Inc.
Connecticut Innovations (CI) is a quasi-public organization dedicated to driving a vibrant, entrepreneurial, technology-based economy in Connecticut. CI stimulates high-tech growth by investing in early-stage Connecticut technology companies, university/industry research collaborations and technology transfer and collaborating with government, business, nonprofit and academic organizations to advance technology growth and promote public policies consistent with CI’s mission. Additionally, CI supports clean energy and energy efficiency initiatives through its administration of the Clean Energy Finance and Investment Authority. For more information on CI, please visit http://www.ctinnovations.com.
About the Connecticut SBIR Office The Connecticut SBIR Office helps high-tech small businesses and entrepreneurs compete for and win federal SBIR/STTR awards. The office also facilitates commercialization by collaborating with industry, government and academia.
The federal SBIR program provides $2 billion in competitive federal research and development grants each year to small, high-tech, innovative businesses throughout the U.S. The SBIR program is funded by 11 federal agencies including Department of Defense, Department of Energy, Department of Health and Human Services, NASA and the National Science Foundation, among others. SBIR funding is aimed at supporting cutting-edge research and development that is useful to the participating federal agencies and will ultimately be commercialized, benefitting government or private sector customers.
The federal STTR Program provides competitive federal research and development grants to small companies working cooperatively with researchers at universities and other research institutions.
For more information, please visit http://www.ctinnovations.com/sbir.