Contact: Michael Baum, michael.baum@nist.gov
Subject: ATP Awards Announced 18 Nov 1994
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ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM
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U.S. Department of Commerce + Technology Administration
National Institute of Standards and Technology
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ATP 1994 General Competition
A High-Density and High-Speed Read-Only Optical Data Storage
System
Calimetrics, Richmond, CA
Develop a CD-ROM and CD player with a tenfold increase over
conventional single- speed CD-ROM technology in both storage
capacity and data transfer rates.
Requested ATP funds: $1,808 K
Est. project budget: $2,495 K
Announced: November 1994
A Process for Biocatalytic Desulfurization of Crude Oil
Energy BioSystems Corporation, The Woodlands, TX
Develop a biocatalytic desulfurization process that employs
bacteria to remove sulfur from crude oil cost effectively.
Requested ATP funds: $2,000 K
Est. project budget: $2,600 K
Announced: November 1994
A Software Technology for Optimizing On-time Performance in the
Transportation Industry
Union Switch & Signal, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA
Develop and demonstrate a distributed, software-based
technology that handles intermodel transportation logistics
on both a local and nationwide basis.
Requested ATP funds: $2,000 K
Est. project budget: $2,924 K
Announced: November 1994
Accelerated Commercialization of Diamond-Coated Round Tools and
Wear Parts
Norton Diamond Film, Northboro, MA
Kennametal, Inc., Latrobe, PA
Develop diamond-coated tools, wear components, and tools
that last 10 to a 100s times longer than present generation
counterparts.
Requested ATP funds: $2,005 K
Est. project budget: $4,168 K
Announced: November 1994
Advanced Sorbents for Reducing the Cost of Oxygen
Praxair, Inc., Tonawanda, NY
Synthesize, characterize, and demonstrate oxygen-selective
materials for use as sorbents in air separation systems.
Requested ATP funds: $1,220 K
Est. project budget: $2,794 K
Announced: November 1994
Application of Gene Therapy to Treatment of Cardiovascular
Diseases
Progenitor, Inc., Columbus, OH
Develop a supply of primitive stem cells that might provide
the basis of cell-based therapies for vascular disorders,
antirejection and anticlot coatings, and "mini-organs" for
in-body delivery of therapeutic agents
Requested ATP funds: $1,996 K
Est. project budget: $2,795 K
Announced: November 1994
Collaborative Decision Support for Industrial Process Control
Abnormal Situation Management Consortium, Honeywell
Technology Center, Minneapolis, MN
Amoco Oil Company, Chicago, IL
Applied Training Resources, Houston, TX
BP Oil, Cleveland, OH
Cheveron Research & Tech Comp., Richmond, CA
Exxon Research & Engineering, Florham Park, NJ
Gensym Corporation, Cambridge, MA
Mobil Research And Development, Princeton, NJ
Shell Oil Company, Houston, TX
Texaco, Belair, TX
Demonstrate the technical feasibility of collaborative
decision-support technologies that can improve the
performance of operations personnel who supervise industrial
process control.
Requested ATP funds: $8,148 K
Est. project budget: $16,629 K
Announced: November 1994
Computer-Integrated Revision Total Hip Replacement Surgery
Integrated Surgical Systems, Inc., Sacramento, CA
IBM Corporation, Yorktown Heights, NY
Develop and demonstrate a computer-integrated robot system
that can assist physicians in revision total hip replacement
surgery.
Requested ATP funds: $2,051 K
Est. project budget: $4,186 K
Announced: November 1994
Development of Rapid Thermal Processing to Produce Low Cost Solar
Cells
Solarex Corporation, Frederick, MD
Develop low-cost photovoltaic modules for solar energy
production by replacing time- consuming, high-temperature,
furnace-based manufacturing steps with rapid thermal
processing.
Requested ATP funds: $1,790 K
Est. project budget: $3,052 K
Announced: November 1994
Development of Improved Functional Properties in Renewable-
Resource-Based Biodegradable Plastics
Cargill, Inc., Wayzata, MN
Explore ways to improve the thermal properties of polylactic
acid, a biodegradable polymer that could replace some non-
degradable plastics.
Requested ATP funds: $1,994 K
Est. project budget: $5,220 K
Announced: November 1994
Development of Improved Catalysts using Nanometer-Scale
Technology
Catalytica, Inc., Mountain View, CA
Microfluidics International Corp., Newton, MA
Develop and demonstrate the manufacturability of catalysts
with enhanced activity and selectivity for use in the
chemical and petroleum refining industries.
Requested ATP funds: $1,994 K
Est. project budget: $4,155 K
Announced: November 1994
Diamond Diode Field Emission Display Process Technology
Development
SI Diamond Technology, Inc., Houston, TX
Supertex, Inc., Fort Worth, TX
Develop and demonstrate the critical processing technology
needed to develop a flat- panel display based on a new
concept employing diamond-coated cathodes.
Requested ATP funds: $3,465 K
Est. project budget: $7,072 K
Announced: November 1994
Die Casting Technician's Digital Assistant
Edison Industrial Systems Center, Toledo, OH
AI Ware, Cleveland, OH
Doehler-Jarvis, Toledo, OH
Develop and demonstrate a neural network adviser that can
increase significantly both process reliability and product
quality in the manufacture of complex aluminum die castings.
Requested ATP funds: $3,790 K
Est. project budget: $7,621 K
Announced: November 1994
Dual Purpose Ceramic Membranes
BP Chemicals, Cleveland, OH
Praxair, Incorporated, Tonawanda, NY
Seattle Specialty Ceramics, Inc., Woodinville, WA
University Of Missouri - Rolla, Rolla, MO
Develop ceramic mixed-conducting membrane processes for
separating and purifying industrial products as a means of
lowering costs and providing a basis for development of new
products.
Requested ATP funds: $5,200 K
Est. project budget: $11,909 K
Announced: November 1994
Engineered Surfaces for Rolling and Sliding Contacts
Caterpillar Inc., Mossville, IL
General Motors, Power Train Division, Romulus, MI
The Timken Company Research, Canton, OH
Evaluate the synergistic effects of promising engineered
surface technologies for systems containing rolling and
sliding contacts, such as bearings and gears.
Requested ATP funds: $2,971 K
Est. project budget: $6,481 K
Announced: November 1994
Enhanced Molecular Dynamics Simulation Technology for
Biotechnology Applications
Moldyn, Inc., Cambridge, MA
Take multibody dynamics techniques developed within the
aerospace industry, adapt for simulations of biological
molecules, and demonstrate system performance.
Requested ATP funds: $1,988 K
Est. project budget: $3,329 K
Announced: November 1994
Film Technologies to Replace Paint on Aircraft
3M/3M Center, St. Paul, MN
United Airlines, San Francisco, CA
Develop environmentally sound, multi-layer film which are
more aerodynamically efficient to replace paint used to coat
aircraft exteriors.
Requested ATP funds: $6,126 K
Est. project budget: $12,375 K
Announced: November 1994
FLC/VLSI High-Definition Image Generators
Displaytech, Inc., Boulder, CO
Develop low-cost "image on a chip" technology for advanced
display, printing, and computing applications.
Requested ATP funds: $1,745 K
Est. project budget: $3,251 K
Announced: November 1994
High Information Content Display Technology
Kopin Corporation, Taunton, MA
MIT, Cambridge, MA
Philips Consumer Electronics Co., Knoxville, TN
Develop next-generation liquid-crystal projection display
technology capable of producing the high-quality, high-
resolution images needed for monitors, multimedia
applications, and high-definition TV.
Requested ATP funds: $6,097 K
Est. project budget: $12,443 K
Announced: November 1994
High Resolution Multimedia Laser Projection Display
Laser Power Corporation, San Diego, CA
Proxima Corporation, San Diego, CA
Develop a new projection display technology based on red,
green, and blue solid-state lasers.
Requested ATP funds: $1,695 K
Est. project budget: $3,495 K
Announced: November 1994
Low-Cost Elastomeric Composites with Application to Vehicle Tires
AlliedSignal Inc., Morristown, NJ
Investigate processes for manufacturing low-cost, three-
dimensional composites and demonstrate the technology in an
automobile tire.
Requested ATP funds: $2,000 K
Est. project budget: $4,152 K
Announced: November 1994
Molecular Recognition Polymers as Anti-Infectives
GelTex Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Waltham, MA
Develop novel, polymer-based therapies for gastrointestinal
diseases caused by two pathogens: Cryptosporidium parvum, a
protozoan that infects some AIDS patients, and human
rotavirus, which affects children.
Requested ATP funds: $2,000 K
Est. project budget: $7,860 K
Announced: November 1994
Molecular Recognition Technology for Precise Design of Protein-
Specific Drugs
CuraGen Corporation, Branford, CT
American Cyanamid Company, Pearl River, NY
Design drugs with a strategy in which short protein segments
that bind to disease-related proteins serve as leads for
non-protein therapeutic agents aimed at major illnesses,
including cancer and cardiovascular disease.
Requested ATP funds: $2,379 K
Est. project budget: $5,286 K
Announced: November 1994
Rapid Agile Metrology for Manufacturing
Consortium for Non-Contact Gauging, Ohio Aerospace
Institute, Cleveland, OH
Central State University, Wilberforce, OH
Chrysler Corporation, Detroit, MI
Cleveland Area Manuf. Prog., Cleveland, OH
Eaton Corporation, Cleveland, OH
GE Aircraft Engines, Cincinnati, OH
GE Corporate R&D, Schenectady, NY
Giddings & Lewis, Dayton, OH
Industrial Technology Institute, Ann Arbor, MI
Intelligent Automation Systems, Cambridge, MA
NASA Lewis Research Center, Brookpark, OH
TRW, Inc., Cleveland, OH
University Of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
Design and develop a flexible, high-speed, high-accuracy
measurement system based on optical sensors, a precision
five-axis positioner, and an integrated control system.
Requested ATP funds: $4,267 K
Est. project budget: $8,761 K
Announced: November 1994
Rapid Solidification Powder Metallurgy for High-Nitrogen
Stainless Steels
Crucible Compaction Metals Division, Oakdale, PA
Develop new corrosion-resistant steels for marine and other
corrosive environments using rapid solidification powder
metallurgy for high-nitrogen stainless steels.
Requested ATP funds: $908 K
Est. project budget: $1,629 K
Announced: November 1994
Single-Chip Receiver Front-End With Integrated Filters
Texas Instruments, Dallas, TX
TFR Technologies, Inc., Redmond, OR
Demonstrate a single-chip receiver front-end in which radio-
frequency filters are integrated with the low-noise
amplifier, mixer, voltage-controlled oscillator and
resonator.
Requested ATP funds: $2,192 K
Est. project budget: $4,473 K
Announced: November 1994
Standardization of 2-D Protein Analysis Using Manufacturable Gel
Media
Large Scale Biology Corporation, Rockville, MD
Develop economical production methods for reproducible media
used in two-dimensional electrophoresis and then use the
system to detect and characterize protein-level effects of
pharmaceuticals in animal test systems.
Requested ATP funds: $1,902 K
Est. project budget: $3,347 K
Announced: November 1994
Technologies for HTS Components for Magnetic Resonance
Applications
Intermagnetics General Corporation, Latham, NY
DuPont R&D, Superconductivity Group, Wilmington, DE
Demonstrate the feasibility of three concepts for enhancing
the performance of magnetic resonance devices through the
use of high-temperature superconducting thin films.
Requested ATP funds: $2,852 K
Est. project budget: $5,734 K
Announced: November 1994
Three-Phase Circulatory Flow Reactor Technology for Vapor-Phase
Organic Oxidations
Praxair, Inc., Tarrytown, NY
Develop three-phase circulatory flow reactor technology as a
means of reducing costs and improving productivity in
organic oxidation processes.
Requested ATP funds: $855 K
Est. project budget: $1,944 K
Announced: November 1994
Transgenic Cotton Fiber with Polyester Qualities via Biopolymer
Genes
Agracetus, Inc., Middleton, WI
Develop a genetically engineered version of cotton that
outperforms standard cotton fibers in such properties as
dyeability, strength, resistance to wrinkling, and
shrinkage.
Requested ATP funds: $1,131 K
Est. project budget: $1,888 K
Announced: November 1994
Treatment of Diabetes by Proliferated Human Islets in
Photocrosslinkable Alginate Capsules
VivoRx, Inc., Santa Monica, CA
To demonstrate the feasibility of proliferating human islet
cells as a donor source for encapsulated cell therapy in the
treatment of Type I diabetes.
Requested ATP funds: $2,000 K
Est. project budget: $16,925 K
Announced: November 1994
Ultra-Low k Dielectric Materials for High-Performance
Interconnects
Texas Instruments, Dallas, TX
Integrate novel dielectric materials (amorphous Teflon and
silicon-dioxide-based xerogel) into on-chip interconnects in
order to overcome problems with interconnect delay.
Requested ATP funds: $1,971 K
Est. project budget: $5,559 K
Announced: November 1994
Program on MANUFACTURING COMPOSITE STRUCTURES
Automotive Composite Structures: Development of High-Volume
Manufacturing Technology
Automotive Composites Consortium (ACC), Dearborn, MI
General Motors, Warren, MI
Chrysler Corporation, Auburn Hills, MI
Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, MI
Develop a composites-manufacturing process called Structural
Reaction Injection Molding into a cost-effective means of
producing large automotive structural parts such as the box
of pickup trucks.
Requested ATP funds: $3,273 K
Est. project budget: $6,680 K
Announced: November 1994
Composite Production Risers
Composite Production Risers Joint Venture, Houston, TX
Amoco Performance Products Inc., Alpharetta, GA
Amoco Production Company, Houston, TX
Brown & Root USA Inc., Houston, TX
Brunswick Composites, Lincoln, NE
Conoco Inc., Ponca City, OK
Hercules Inc., Wilmington, DE
Hydril Company, Houston, TX
Shell Development Company, Houston, TX
Stress Engineering Services, Inc., Houston, TX
University Of Houston, Houston, TX
Develop composite-based materials that can significantly
reduce the weight and cost of offshore oil operations by
displacing costlier and heavier steel components.
Requested ATP funds: $3,565 K
Est. project budget: $7,168 K
Announced: November 1994
Development of Manufacturing Methodologies for Vehicle Composite
Frames
The Budd Company, Troy, MI
Develop a cost-effective manufacturing method for making the
frames of light trucks that are 75 pounds lighter than
conventional steel frames, thereby increasing the vehicles'
fuel efficiency.
Requested ATP funds: $2,000 K
Est. project budget: $3,312 K
Announced: November 1994
High-Performance Composites for Large Commercial Structures
DuPont, Newark, DE
Brunswick Technologies, Inc., Brunswick, ME
DOW, Freeport, TX
John Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
Develop a proven composites-manufacturing process from its
present state as a hand-labor-intensive, craftsman-like
process into an advanced manufacturing practice for making
large composite structures for many civil infrastructure
uses.
Requested ATP funds: $6,724 K
Est. project budget: $13,465 K
Announced: November 1994
Innovative Manufacturing Techniques to Produce Large Phenolic
Composite Shapes
Morrison Molded Fiber Glass Company (MMFG), Bristol, VA
Develop large cost-effective, high-performance composite
shapes that last longer and are maintained more easily than
the concrete and steel that is now aging and deteriorating
in the country's infrastructure.
Requested ATP funds: $2,000 K
Est. project budget: $3,153 K
Announced: November 1994
Low Cost Manufacturing and Design/Sensor Technologies for Seismic
Upgrade of Bridge Columns
Composite Retrofit Corporation, subsidiary of XXsys
Technologies, Inc. , San Diego, CA
Composite Retrofit Corporation, San Diego, CA
Hercules Incorporated, Magna, UT
Shell Chemical Company, Houston, TX
Trans-Science Corporation, La Jolla, CA
Develop composites-based retrofitting technology to increase
the strength, safety, and structural integrity of bridges
and other structures, which recent earthquakes have shown to
be structurally deficient.
Requested ATP funds: $1,372 K
Est. project budget: $2,744 K
Announced: November 1994
Low-Cost Automotive Manufacturing With Injection Molding PET
Composites
AlliedSignal Inc., Research & Technology, Morristown, NJ
Reduce the capital cost of producing automotive components,
such as inner door panels, by developing a highly
controllable and cost-effective process for creating
composite replacements for the conventional steel versions.
Requested ATP funds: $2,000 K
Est. project budget: $4,408 K
Announced: November 1994
Low-Cost Advanced Composite Process for Light Transit Vehicle
Manufacturing
U.S. Electricar, Santa Rosa, CA
Advance USA, East Haddam, CT
CIBA-Geigy Corporation, Anaheim, CA
Develop a cost-effective composites manufacturing process
that can produce large automotive components that are easily
designed and manufactured, require no painting, and are
recyclable.
Requested ATP funds: $10,500 K
Est. project budget: $21,785 K
Announced: November 1994
Manufacturing Composite Flywheel Structures
Dow-United Technologies Composite Products, Inc. ,
Wallingford, CT
Develop a cost-effective method for making strong
lightweight flywheels made out of composite materials such
as graphite and glass-reinforced epoxy polymer for the
purpose of storing energy in future generations of electric
vehicles.
Requested ATP funds: $519 K
Est. project budget: $1,038 K
Announced: November 1994
Manufacturing Composite Structures for the Offshore Oil Industry
Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Marine Division,
Sunnyvale, CA
ABB Vetco Gray Inc., Houston, TX
Hercules, Wilmington, DE
Offshore Technology Research Center, College Station, TX
Reading & Bates Drilling Company, Houston, TX
Texaco, Inc./Deepstar, Bellaire, TX
Westinghouse Electric Corp., Sunnyvale, CA
Develop and test processes for manufacture of composite
structures for economically feasible deepwater off-shore oil
applications.
Requested ATP funds: $2,382 K
Est. project budget: $4,814 K
Announced: November 1994
Polymer Matrix Composite Power Transmission Devices
New Venture Gear, Inc., Troy, MI
Hercules Aerospace Company, Wilmington, DE
Quantum Consultants Inc., East Lansing, MI
Develop composite materials, manufacturing methods, and
design and test protocols that sum into a versatile,
affordable, high-performance composites technology well
suited for power transmission systems in automotive
vehicles.
Requested ATP funds: $3,093 K
Est. project budget: $6,186 K
Announced: November 1994
Spoolable Composite Tubing
Spoolable Composite Tubing Joint Venture, November 1994, TX
Amoco Corporation, Naperville, IL
Dowell Schlumberger, Inc., Rosharon, TX
Elf Atochem North America, Inc., Birdsboro, PA
Hydril Company, Houston, TX
Mobil Exploraton & Producing Service, Dallas, TX
Phillips Petroleum Company, Bartlesville, OK
Shell Chemical Company, Houston, TX
Shell Development Company, Houston, TX
The Dow Chemical Company, Freeport, TX
University Of Texas, Houston, TX
Access deepwater oil reserves that are now too expensive or
technically impossible to tap with conventional steel-based
components by developing long continuous lengths of tubular
composite material as a cost-effective replacement that can
take the stress of the greater depths.
Requested ATP funds: $2,500 K
Est. project budget: $5,015 K
Announced: November 1994
Structural Composites Manufacturing Process
GenCorp, Inc., Akron, OH
Develop a cost-effective manufacturing process for making
lighter weight composite replacements for heavier steel
components in cars as part of the effort to build more fuel-
efficient cars without sacrificing safety, convenience, or
performance.
Requested ATP funds: $2,000 K
Est. project budget: $8,455 K
Announced: November 1994
Synchronous In-line CNC Machining of Pultruded Lineals
Ebert Composites Corporation, San Diego, CA
Develop a cost-effective manufacturing process for making
sophisticated composite-based "snap-and-build" systems for
rapid construction of large segmented structures such as
power transmission towers.
Requested ATP funds: $1,032 K
Est. project budget: $1,335 K
Announced: November 1994
Thermoplastic Composites for Structural Applications
DuPont Fibers, Newark, DE
Cambridge Industries, Inc., Lapeer, MI
Develop a recyclable, cost-effective fiber-reinforced
polyester composite suitable for high-volume applications in
the automotive industry.
Requested ATP funds: $9,559 K
Est. project budget: $19,509 K
Announced: November 1994