2010
Small Business Innovation
Research
And
Small Business Technology
Transfer Programs
Technical Topic Descriptions
OFFICE OF ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
1. Hydrogen, Fuel Cells, and Infrastructure Technologies Program
a. Energy Storage for Intermittent
Renewable Resources
b. Fuel Cell Balance-of-Plant
c. Advanced Hydrogen Storage for Early Market Applications
d. Low-Cost Dispensing for Material Handling and Specialty Vehicles
2. Advanced Solar Technologies
a. Manufacturing Tools for
Reliability Testing
b. Module and
System Manufacturing Metrology and Process Control
c. Photovoltaics (PV) System Diagnostic Tools
3. Advanced Thermoelectric
Technologies
a. Cooling in Buildings, Industry, and
Vehicles
b. Advanced Waste Heat Recovery
4.
Geothermal Energy Technology Development
a. High Temperature Downhole Logging and Monitoring
Tools
b. Cements for EGS Applications
c. Drilling Systems
d. Fracture Characterization Technologies
e. Working Fluids for Binary Power Plants
f. GHP Component R&D
g. Innovative System/Loop Designs
5. Production of Biofuels from Cellulosic Biomass
a. Biomass Moisture Management and Drying
b. Least-Cost Biomass Format for Efficient Logistics
c. Separation Technologies for Biochemical Conversion of Lignocellulosic
Feedstocks
d. Oil Extraction from Microalgae
e. Pyrolytic Conversion of High Moisture Content
Biomass to Bio-Oil
f. Distributed Sorted Municipal Solid Waste Conversion to Biofuels
6. Advancements for
Subcomponents Critical to Electric Drive Vehicle Power Inverters and Motors
a. High-Performance DC Bus Capacitors for Power Inverters in Electric Drive
Vehicles
b. Alternative Production Techniques for Homogenous Magnet Alloys
c. High Temperature Packaging
d. Non Obtrusive Semiconductor Die Temperature Measurements
7. Wind
Energy Technology Development
a. Manufacturing and Assembly
b. Component Reliability
c. Condition Monitoring
OFFICE
OF BASIC ENERGY SCIENCES
8. Technologies Related to
Energy Storage for Hybrid and Plug-in
Electric Vehicles
a. Technologies that Allow the Use of a Lithium Metal
Negative Electrode in a Rechargeable Cell
b. Multi-Electron Redox Materials for
High Energy Batteries
c. Technology to Allow the Recovery and Reuse of “High-Value” Materials from
Used Lithium-Ion Batteries
d. New Electrolytes for Lithium-ion Cells
9. Transitional Technologies for Solid State
Lighting
a. Transitional Technology for Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs
b. Transitional Technology for Organic Light Emitting Diodes (OLEDs)
c. Supporting Technologies for Off-Grid SSL Applications
10. Energy Efficient Membranes
for Industrial Applications
a. Membrane Materials with Improved Properties
b. Biofuels and Bioproducts
c. Hydrogen Production
d. Industrial Membrane Process Systems
11. Catalysis
a. Selective Catalytic Conversion of Fossil Feedstocks
b. Biomass Deconstruction and Catalytic Conversion to Fuels
c. Photo- and Electro-Driven Conversion of Carbon Dioxide and Water
12.
Hydrogen Safety, Storage, Delivery, and Production
a. Materials and Processing for Lower-Cost High Pressure Gaseous Fuel
Tanks
b. Reducing the Cost of Fiber Reinforced Polymer Pipelines
c. Hydrogen Odorant Technology
d. Hydrogen Production Process Intensification Technology
13. Technology to Support BES
USER Facilities
a. Synchrotron Radiation Facilities
b. Beam Diagnostic Instrumentation for Free Electron Lasers and 3rd
Generation Light Sources
c. High Power Mercury Spallation Targets
d. Instrumentation for Ultrafast X-ray Science
14. Radio Frequency (RF) Devices
and Components for Accelerator Facilities
a. Klystrons and Inductive Output Tubes (IOTs)
b. Gridded Tubes and Cavities
c. Higher Order Mode Damper Integrated into Beam Pipes
d. RF Cavity Input Couplers
e. RF Power Devices and accessories
f. Modulators for High Level Radio Frequency (RF) Accelerator Systems
g. Low Level Radio Frequency (LLRF) Accelerator Systems
h. Devices for the Manipulation of Electron Beams
15. Advanced
Sources for Accelerator Facilities
a. Electron Gun Technology
b. High Brightness Sources of Negative Hydrogen Ions
c. Undulator Radiation Sources
16. Ancillary Technologies for
Accelerator Facilities
a. Accelerator Modeling and Control
b. Superconducting Technology for Accelerators
c. Cooling of Superconducting Systems
d. Advanced Laser Systems for Accelerator Applications
17. Instrumentation for Electron
Microscopy and Scanning Probe Microscopy
a. Electron Microscopy and Microcharacterization
b. Scanning Probe Microscopy (SPM
18. Instrumentation for
Materials Research using Synchrotron Radiation
a. Beam Line Optics
b. Control of Sample Environment
c. Detectors
19. Instrumentation and Tools
for Materials Research Using Neutron Scattering
a. Advanced Optical Components
b. Advances Sample Environment
c. Software Infrastructure:
20. Novel Membrane and Electrode Development for Advanced
Electrochemical Energy Storage
a. Cost Effective, Highly Selective Membranes for Redox
Flow Batteries
b. Novel Synthesis Approaches for Low Cost, Long Life Li-Ion Batteries
21. High Performance Materials
for Nuclear Application
a. Specialty Steels
b. Refractory, Ceramic, Ceramic Composite, Graphitic, or Coated Materials
c. Assessment and Mitigation of Materials Degradation
22 Advanced Coal Research
a. a. Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Conversion to Fuels & Chemicals
b. Alternative Fuels: Catalytic Reaction Processing of Coal and Biomass
in Ionic Liquids
c. Solid Oxide Fuel Cells: Analytical Tools for In Situ Electrocatalyst Research
d. Development of Air Capture of Carbon Dioxide
23. Fossil Energy Advanced Research
a. Development of Gas Composition Sensor System for Use on
Full Scale Power Generation Systems
b. Advanced Concepts for Powering Wireless Sensors
c. Computer-Aided Development of Novel New Materials for Energy Conversion from
Coal
d. Central Processing Unit (CPU) and Graphical Processing Unit (GPU) Parallel
Development of an Eulerian-Lagrangian Multiphase
Model
e. Development and Demonstration of Advanced Process Engineering Co-Simulator
(APECS) Process/Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) Co-Simulations for Advanced
Energy Systems
24. Climate Control Technology for Fossil Energy Application
a. Advanced Sorbents for CO2 Capture from Existing Coal-Fired Power
Plants
b. Advanced Membranes for CO2 Capture from Existing Coal-fired
Power Plants
c. Characterization of CO2 Geologic Repositories
d. Monitoring of CO2 Geologic Storage
e. Performance of CO2 Storage
f. Alternative Use and Reuse of CO2
25. Coal Gasification Technologies
a. Concepts for Methane-Production
in Gasifiers
b. Concepts for Feeding Coal and Coal/Biomass Mixtures into a High-Pressure Gasifier
c. High Temperature Heat Recovery IGCC
26. Technologies for Clean Fuels
and Hydrogen from Coal
a. Concepts for Novel, Non-Precious-Metal-Based Processes or Membranes for
Recovering Hydrogen from Coal
b. Concepts for Enhanced Catalysts for Water-Gas-Shift and Fischer-Tropsch Processes for Gases from Co-Mingled Coal and
Biomass Gasification
c. Concepts for Direct Liquefaction of Coal/Biomass Mixtures
d. Concepts for Extracting Oil from
Algae
27. Advanced Turbine Technology for Igcc Power Plants
a. Advanced Alloy Development for
High Temperature Turbines
b. Innovative Cooling Approaches
c. Novel Coating Methods for Unique TBC/Bond Coat Architectures that Can
Operate at Higher Temperatures
d. Rapid Manufacturing and Prototyping of Gas Turbine Components
28. Fuel Cell Technologies for Central Power Generation with Coal
a. Direct Utilization of Coal in Fuel Cells
b. Design and Analysis of Manufacturing Systems for
SOFC Cells and Stacks
c. Post-SOFC Residual Fuel Oxidizer for CO2 Capture
29. Oil and Gas Technologies
a. Methane Hydrates
b. Development of Petroleum and Natural Gas Fields
c. Enhanced Recovery of Unconventional Resources
OFFICE OF BIOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH
30. Carbon Cycle Measurements of the Atmosphere and the Biosphere
a. Sensors and Techniques for Measuring Terrestrial Carbon
Sinks and Sources
b. Novel Measurements of Carbon, CO2, and Trace Greenhouse Gas
Constituents of Terrestrial and Atmospheric Media
31. Enhanced Availability of Climate Model Output
a. Accessibility of Climate Model Data to Non-Researchers
32. Atmospheric Measurement Technology
a. Stabilizer Platforms for Radiometers
b. Oxygen-Band Spectrometer
c. Measurements of the Chemical Composition of Atmospheric Aerosols
d. Measurements of the Chemical Composition of Atmospheric Aerosol Precursors
e. Aerosol Size Distributions
f. Aerosol Scattering and Absorption (in situ)
33. Technologies for Subsurface
Characterization and Monitoring
a. Mapping and Monitoring Hydrogeologic Processes in
the Shallow Subsurface
b. Real-Time, In Situ Measurements of Geochemical, Biogeochemical and
Microbial Processes in the Subsurface
34. Imaging and Radiochemistry
a. Radiochemistry and Radiotracers for Imaging
b. Advanced Imaging Technologies
35. Genomic Science and Related Biotechnologies
a. Software Tools for the Systems
Biology Knowledgebase (SBK)
b. Software tools for Export to the Commercial Sector
c. Systems for Growth of Fastidious Microbes
d. Dueterated Macromolecule Resources
OFFICE OF ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC COMPUTING RESEARCH
36. Smart Facilities and Green Networks
a. Standardized Energy Measurement Interfaces, Integration with
Facility Infrastructure, and Energy-Aware Algorithms
b. Green Computer Networks
c. Low Power Portable Platforms Using Intelligent Sensor Processing
37. Cloud Computing
a.
Turn-Key HPC in the Cloud
38. Data Management and Storage
a. Green Storage for HPC with
b. Data Management Tools for Automatically Generating I/O Libraries
c. Integration of Scientific File Representations with Object Database
Management Systems
39. Modeling and Simulation of
Industrially-Relevant Problems
a. Simulation of Engineering Problems
40. Cyber-Security and
Networking
a. NIDS Front-End for Load Balancing at 100 Gbps
41. High Performance Computing Systems
a. Computing Applications Porting
b. Multicore OS Technology
c. Compiler Research for Code Instrumentation
d. Journal-based Storage for Parallel I/O
e. Advanced, Multi-platform Build Systems
f. Commercialization of HPC Programming Environments
g. Portable Linux Distributions for HPC
h. Software Fault Detection
42. Collaboration, Scientific Visualization and Data Understanding
a. Collaborative Data Analysis and Visualization
b. Comparative Visualization
c. Distance/Remote Visualization
d. Interactive Visualization and Analytics
e. Techniques for Integration and Interactive Visual Analysis of
Multi-Disciplinary Scientific Data
43. Nuclear Physics Software and
Data Management
a. Large Scale Data Storage
b. Large Scale Data Processing and Distribution
c. Grid and Cloud Computing
44. Nuclear Physics Electronics Design and Fabrication
a. Advances in Digital Electronics
b. Circuits
c. Advanced Devices and Systems
d. Active Pixel Sensors
e. Manufacturing and Advanced Interconnection Techniques
45. Nuclear Physics Accelerator Technology
a. Materials and Components for Radio Frequency Devices
b. Radio Frequency Power Sources
c. Design and Operation of Radio Frequency Beam Acceleration Systems—
d. Particle Beam Sources and Techniques
e. Polarized Beam Sources and Polarimeters
f. Rare Isotope Beam Production Technology
g. Accelerator Control and Diagnostics
46. Nuclear Physics Instrumentation, Detection Systems and Techniques
a. Advances in Detector and Spectrometer Technology
b. Position Sensitive Charge Particle and Gamma Ray Tracking Devices
c. Technology for Rare Particle Detection
d. Large Band Gap Semiconductors, New Bright Scintillators,
Calorimeters, and Optical Elements
e. Specialized Targets for Nuclear Physics Research
f. Technology for High Radiation environment of Rare
Isotope Beam Facility
47. Nuclear Physics Isotope Science and Technology
a. Novel
or improved production techniques for radioisotopes or stable isotopes
b. Improved radiochemical
separation methods for preparing high-purity radioisotopes
OFFICE
OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
48. Site Remediation and Deactivation & Decommissioning in
the Doe Complex
a. Technologies for In Situ Measurements
of Geochemical, Biogeochemical, and Microbial Processes in the Subsurface
b. New or Improved Waterproof Personnel Protective
Clothing/Equipment (PPC/PPE)—
c. New or Improved Mechanical Shredding Equipment for
Piping
d. New or
Improved Technologies to Stabilize Friable Asbestos for Deactivation and
Decommissioning Activities
OFFICE
OF DEFENSE NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION
49. Remote Sensing
a. Radiological Material Isotopic Attribution Sensor
b. Temperature/Emissivity Separation in Simple Geometries
c. Mid-Infrared Transparent Glass with Optical Index, n = 2
d. Megapixel Low Light Level Imager for Remote Sensing
e. Remote Spectroscopic Detection of Nuclear Reaction Byproducts
f. Waveguide-Coupled Optical Modulator for W-Band Up-Conversion
g. Time History of Optical Emissions
50. Radiation Detection
a. Growth of Radiation Detection Materials
b. Radiation Detector Development
51. Global Nuclear Safeguards
R&D
a. Tags and Seals
b. Safeguards Measurement Sensors
52. Simulation And Software
Tools for Nonproliferation R&D
a. Proliferation History and Knowledge Base Visual Design
b. Radiation Detection Scenario Simulator
c. Data Processing Toolbox
53. Research to Support Nuclear Explosion Monitoring
a. Waveform Communication Technology
b. Measurement of Xe Background, Transport, and Fate
54. Nuclear Forensics
a. Codes for Radiation Transport and Particle Scattering in Urban Settings
OFFICE
OF NUCLEAR ENERGY, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
55. Advanced Technologies for Nuclear Energy
a. New Technology for Improved Nuclear Energy Systems
b. Advanced Technologies for the Fabrication, Characterization of
Nuclear Reactor Fuel for Generation IV Reactor Designs, and Fuel for Advanced
Fuel Cycle Research and Development
c. Materials Accounting and Control for Domestic Fuel Cycles
OFFICE
OF SCIENCE – R&D KNOWLEDGE
DIFFUSION
56. Search, Discovery, and Communication of Scientific and Technical
Knowledge in Distributed Systems
a. Identifying, Searching, Accessing, and Communicating Science (Especially as Presented in Scientific and Technical Databases, Data Sets, and Multimedia)
OFFICE
OF ELECTRICITY DELIVERY AND ENERGY RELIABILITY
57. Advanced Diagnostic Techniques for
Electricity Systems
a. Novel Techniques for Power Line Sag and Temperature
Monitoring
b. Development of Advanced Diagnostic Techniques for Underground Cables
58. Advanced Energy Storage
a. Innovative Compressed Air
Energy Storage
OFFICE
OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS
59. High-Speed Electronic Instrumentation for Data Acquisition and
Processing
a. Special Purpose Chips and Devices for Large Particle
Detectors
b. Circuits and Systems for Processing Data from Particle Detectors
c. Systems for Data Analysis and Transmission c. Systems for Data Analysis and
Transmission
d. Enhancements to Standard Interconnection Systems
60. High Energy Physics Computer
Technology
a. Large Scale Computer Systems
b. Computational Methods for Petascale Physics
c. Software to Support Collaborations of Dispersed Researchers
d. Web Tools and Associated Infrastructure to Support Collaborations
e. Simulation and Modeling Techniques and Systems
61. High
Energy Physics Detectors
a. Particle Detection and Identification Devices
b. Detector Support and Integration Components
62. High-Field Superconductor and Superconducting Magnet Technologies for High Energy Particle Colliders
a. High-Field Superconducting Wire Technologies for Magnets
b. Superconducting Magnet Technology
c. Starting Raw materials and Basic Superconducting Materials
d. Ancillary Technologies for Superconductors
63. Accelerator Technology for the International Linear Collider
a. Superconducting Radiofrequency Cavities
b. Instrumentation for SRF Cavities
c. Cryogenic and Refrigeration Technology for SRF Systems
d. Beam Instrumentation and Feedback Systems
e. Undulators
f. Magnet and Fast Kicker Technology
g. Polarized RF Photocathode Sources
64. Advanced Concepts and Technology for High Energy Accelerators
a. Advanced Accelerator Concepts and Modeling
b. Technology for Muon Colliders and Muon Beams
c. Novel Device and Instrumentation
Development
d. Laser Technology for
Accelerators
e. Inexpensive High Quality Electron
Sources
f. Hardware and Software Solutions for Accelerator Control
g. Computational Tools and Simulation of Accelerator Systems
65. Radio Frequency Accelerator Technology for High Energy Accelerators and Colliders
a. New Concepts and Modeling Techniques for Radio Frequency Acceleration Structures
b. Materials and
Fabrication Technologies for SRF Cavities
c. Concepts and Components for Producing
Radio Frequency Power
d. Modulators for Pulsed RF Systems
e. Switching Technology
for Pulsed Power Applications
f. Energy Storage for Pulsed Power Systems
g. Deflecting Cavities (AKA “Crab Cavities”) for Luminosity Enhancement in Colliders
OFFICE
OF FUSION ENERGY SCIENCES
66. Advanced
Technologies and Materials for Fusion Energy Systems
a. Plasma Facing Components
b. Blanket Materials and Systems
c. Superconducting Magnets and Materials—
d. Structural Materials and Coatings
67. Fusion Science and Technology
a. U.S. ITER Diagnostics
b. Components for Heating and Fueling of Fusion Plasmas
c. Fusion Plasma Simulation and Data Analysis Tools
d. Components and Modeling Support for Innovative Approaches to Fusion
68. High Energy Density Laboratory Plasma (Hedlp)
a. Beam Generation, Compression, and Focusing
b. Fast Ignition