SBIR/STTR Research Award
Rapid Concentration of Particles in Large Volumes of Fluid
Award amount
$99,964Program and phase
STTR · Phase IAward year
2006Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Army
- Recipient company
- PHYSICAL SCIENCES INC.
- Proposal award date
- 2006-08-15
- Contract end date
- 2007-02-15
- UEI
- RMG1AZ1ZH8Q7
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- A06-T022
Research abstract
Physical Sciences Inc. proposes an innovative approach to rapidly concentrate (1000:1) bacterial spores from large volumes of water for identification. The technique is based on acoustophoresis – the separation of particles with sound. Since the technology has already been demonstrated on a small scale our primary focus is on scalability for large volumes (1000 L) in short periods of time (10 min). A primary advantage of our proposed technology is that there are no filters to replace, and after concentrating the bacterial spores can be withdrawn with a few drops of water to facilitate their analysis on biochemical spot tests.
Technology keywords
Not reported
Other awards by this recipient
Verified by the same UEI. These are other public SBIR/STTR award pages, not a merged company record.
- Off-axis Laser Event Recorder (OALER)
- TFLN Interconnect for Gigabit-rate Environment Ruggedization (TIGER)
- Advanced Ruggedized Modulators for Onboard Receivers (ARMOR)
- Modular Bypass Valve for Solid Fuel Ramjets
- Bio-inspired Energy Dissipating Structures for Enhanced Airdrop Capabilities
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- Automated Biological Sample Concentration and Detection System
- Rapid Concentration of Particles in Large Volumes of Fluid
- Pathogen Concentration from Complex Water Supplies
Research funding history
1,763 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1983–2026). Reported award amounts total $698,949,224. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II, Phase II – Direct to Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Energy, National Science Foundation, Environmental Protection Agency