Lansing-based Niowave has received two new contracts with the U. S. Department of Energy (DOE) for a combined total of $1.5 million.
“Both projects are developing technologies that will open up whole new markets for Niowave in the future,” says Dr. Terry Grimm, president.
The first contract is to research and develop a 1500 MHz superconducting radio frequency (SRF) cavity used within the accelerator at the $1 billion National Synchrotron Light Source-II (NSLS-II) project to be operational at the Brookhaven National Laboratory on Long Island, N.Y. by 2016.
The Michigan Emerging Technology Fund also contributed $125,000 for commercialization, plus $125,000 in private investment.
The second contract will develop a 500 MHz superconducting radio frequency cavity in collaboration with the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (JLAB) in Newport News, Va.
The two contracts aim to develop cavities for future SRF electron accelerators allowing a reduction in the their overall size. The accelerators then can be used in applications like x-ray machines for cancer therapy and tunable x-ray and gamma sources.
“With two other similar projects awarded earlier this year, Niowave is now becoming known as a world-wide expert in spoke technology,” Grimm says.
Source: Dr. Terry Grimm, Niowave
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