Four companies have been awarded Phase 1 small business grants through the Department of Energy’s Small Business Innovation Research Awards (SBIR)/Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs to collaborate with researchers from the Accelerator Technology & Applied Physics (ATAP) Division at Berkeley Lab. The SBIR/STTR programs are intended to help certain small businesses conduct R&D, with projects required to have the potential for commercialization and meet specific DOE mission-specific R&D needs.
The following four projects are funded by DOE High Energy Physics:
Award: SBIR
Company: RadiaSoft LLC
Topic title: Advanced Concepts and Technology for Particle Accelerators
Project title: Accelerator Simulation Framework for Virtual Test Stands
Project summary: Modern software is indispensable to advancing particle accelerator development, but the effective application of these tools requires significant expertise and computational resources. The proposed work will develop a powerful, easy-to-use software framework for guiding accelerator facility design and operation.
RadiaSoft LLC Principal Investigator: Nathan Cook
ATAP Principal Investigator: Axel Huebl
Award: SBIR
Company: AMPEERS LLC
Topic title: High-field Superconducting Magnet Technology
Project title: Mechanically-robust STAR® wires for 20-T Hybrid Dipole Magnets
Project summary: A new type of superconductor wire technology that can enable ultra-high field magnets is being developed. This new superconductor wire would lead to high-energy accelerators that will unlock the mysteries of the Universe as well as several commercial products that serve medicine, electronics, energy, environment, and security markets.
AMPEERS LLC Principal Investigator: Shengchen Xue
ATAP Principal Investigator: Xiaorong Wang
Award: STTR
Company: Advanced Conductor Technologies LLC
Topic title: High-field Superconducting Magnet Technology
Project title: High-field CORC Solenoid
Project summary: The development of series-connected, low-inductance HTS insert solenoids that generate 40 T in combination with an LTS outsert is necessary for the U.S. to maintain the world leadership position in high-energy physics and material research and power generation through fusion.
Advanced Conductor Technologies LLC Principal Investigator: Danko van der Laan
ATAP Principal Investigator: Xiaorong Wang
Award: SBIR
Company: Alphacore, Inc.
Topic title: High-field Superconducting Magnet Technology
Project title: Cryogenic Power Control/Drive IC for Quench Protection
Project summary: For this program, Alphacore will develop a cost-effective, fully cryogenic IC critical for detection and protection for high-temperature superconductors used for nuclear experimentation, the medical industry, and commercial fusion, reducing failure modes while enabling various control and status monitoring by a remote power controller.
Alphacore, Inc. Principal Investigator: Nazzareno Rossetti
ATAP Principal Investigator: Maxim Martchevskii
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