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October 8, 2002

The Advanced Technology Program (ATP) today announced 40 awards potentially totaling $101.6 million in ATP funding matched by an industry cost-share of $92.0 million if carried through to completion. These awards were selected from proposals submitted to the ATP's 2002 competition.

The awards announced today include:

Advanced Thermal Processing and Equipment for Wide-Web YBCO Coated Conductor Composite Wire
American Superconductor Corporation, Westborough, MA

A Medical Informatics Data Model, Software Development Toolkit and Applications to Enable the Use of Clinical Information in Genomic-Based Pharmaceutical Research
Ardais Corporation, Lexington, MA

Continuous Silicon Wafer Manufacturing
ASE Americas, Inc., Billerica, MA

Structural Health Integrated Electronic Life Determination (SHIELD) System
Caterpillar Inc., Mossville, IL

Content Specific Camcorder Jamming for Digital Projectors
Cinea, Inc., Herndon, VA

XML Encryption in Native XML Database
Conclusive Technology, Inc., Vienna, VA

Ultrahigh Density Scalable Digital Control of Microelectromechanical Systems
Corning IntelliSense Corporation, Wilmington, MA

Prototype High-Throughput Electrospinning Process and Applications of Electrospun NanoFibers
eSpin Technologies, Inc., Chattanooga, TN

Cost-Effective Detection of Efficacious and Non-Toxic Drug Targets Via Breakthrough in silico Methods
Gene Network Sciences, Inc., Ithaca, NY

Laser Forming of Complex Structures
General Electric Company, Niskayuna, NY

Nanoengineered Thermal Interfaces Enabling Next Generation Microelectronics
General Electric Company, Niskayuna, NY

Template Synthesis Platform for Nanostructured Materials
General Electric Company, Niskayuna, NY

Expanding Facial Recognition Capability with Novel 3D Imaging Technologies
Genex Technologies, Inc., Kensington, MD

Production of Therapeutic Proteins Through Metabolic Engineering of Yeast
GlycoFi, Inc., Lebanon, NH

Multifuel General Aviation Piston Engine
GSE, Inc., Incline Village, NV

Multi-Terabyte Storage
Imation Corp., Oakdale, MN

High-Performance Rewriteable Recording Media for Holographic Data Storage
InPhase Technologies, Inc., Longmont, CO

Development of a Broad Platform Immunostimulatory Cancer Vaccine
Iomai Corporation, Gaithersburg, MD

Autonomous Pest Monitoring and Control System
ISCA Technologies, Inc., Riverside, CA

Novel Plant-Produced Virus-Like Particles for the Delivery of Rapid and Effective Vaccines
Large Scale Biology Corporation, Vacaville, CA

Chemical Intelligence Platform for Rapid Discovery of Drug Leads
Libraria, Inc., San Jose, CA

Micro Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (SOFC) Based Power Supplies for Handheld Electronics
Lilliputian Systems, Inc., Woburn, MA

Nanophotonic Integrated Circuits for Telecommunications and Computing
Luxtera, Inc., Pasadena, CA

Direct Fuel Power Module
NexTech Materials, Ltd., Worthington, OH

Economic Titanium Alloy Manufacture by Laser Deposition
Optomec, Inc., Albuquerque, NM

Environmentally Benign Micro-Cellular Nano-Composite Foam for Structural and Insulation Markets
Owens Corning, Toledo, OH

An Instrument to Define Human Genetic Risks
Peoples Genetics, Inc., Woburn, MA

Development of High Power Piezoelectric Ceramics and Novel Ultrasound Therapeutic Devices for Minimally Invasive Surgery
Piezotech, LLC, Indianapolis, IN

Pharmacogenomic Prediction of Drug Therapy
Prediction Sciences, LLC, San Diego, CA

Robust Multi-Modal Biometric Algorithm Technology
Quantum Signal, LLC, Ann Arbor, MI

Printed Organic Transistors on Plastic for Electronic Displays and Circuits
Sarnoff Corporation, Princeton, NJ

Low Cost, Highly Scalable Optical Switches Using Digital MEMS Mirror Arrays
SiWave, Inc., Arcadia, CA

Ceramic Matrix Composite Boards for SOP and SIP Electronic Packaging
Starfire Systems, Malta, NY

Immobilized Carbohydrate-Based Drug Discovery Technologies
Surface Logix, Inc., Brighton, MA

Treatment of Cardiovascular Disease Using Tissue Engineering
Tepha, Inc., Cambridge, MA

An Advanced, Disruptive, Intelligence-Based Image Compression Technology
UtopiaCompression Corporation, Santa Monica, CA

Scalable and Reliable Accounting Engine for Inter-Networked Services
Xcerla Corporation, Morgan Hill, CA

Rational Design of Non-Immunogenic Proteins
Xencor Corporation, Monrovia, CA

Achromatic Fresnel Optic for EUV and X-Ray Radiation: An Innovative Camera Concept for Next Generation Lithography
Xradia, Inc., Concord, CA

Advanced Interactive Characters
Zoesis, Inc., Newton, MA

A detailed listing of these awards with links to project fact sheets can be found at http://www.atp.nist.gov/awards/2002list.htm.

ATP provides cost-shared funding to industry-led teams which can include non-profits and universities to help advance particularly challenging, high-risk research and development projects that have the potential to spark important, broad-based economic or social benefits for the United States. The program supports projects that industry cannot fully fund on its own because of significant technical risks.

ATP awards are made on the basis of a rigorous competitive peer review process that considers scientific and technical merit of each proposal. In addition, awards are based on potential for broad-based economic benefits to the nation, the need for ATP funding, and evidence of a clear commercialization pathway and broad diffusion. The ATP accelerates enabling technology research, but does not support product development work. The program is managed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology.

The ATP awards, and the proposed funding amounts, are contingent on the signing of formal agreements between NIST and the project proposers.

Date created: September 30, 2002
Last updated: April 12, 2005