San Diego Supercomputer Center
Grant in 2024
The San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) enables international science and engineering discoveries through advances in computational science and data-intensive, high-performance computing. It provides access to a vast array of data and computational resources and services for all UC researchers who need cyberinfrastructure beyond their own laboratories, classrooms, departments, and academic units. SDSC’s research cyberinfrastructure includes: data-intensive computing resources to the academic and industrial communities through the RCI program's Triton Shared Computing Cluster (TSCC), a high-impact data analysis and preservation system featuring a large-scale disk storage facility, a data analysis facility for petascale research, and a shared research cluster; Gordon, the first high-performance supercomputer to use massive amounts of flash-based memory to speed solutions for data-intensive problems; Trestles, which also features flash-based memory, with a design tailored to the majority of user jobs rather than a handful of researchers who run jobs at thousands of core counts; a green data center equipped to house co-location servers; and an environment for all things related to data, including management, mining, curation, analysis, visualization, access and preservation as well as data storage technologies. Along with its broad spectrum of software, hardware, networking, and information resources, SDSC also offers users full-time support including 24-hour helpdesk services, code optimization, training, portal development, and a variety of other services. San Diego Supercomputer Center was founded in 1985.
Wavelogix specializes in developing an IoT sensing and data analytics platform aimed at enhancing infrastructure testing and monitoring. The company primarily focuses on public infrastructure, commercial construction, and precast concrete markets. Its innovative system provides real-time, in-place measurements of concrete strength without requiring pre-established maturity curves or indices. This capability ensures that construction engineers have access to accurate data, which simplifies workflows and facilitates informed, data-driven decisions regarding materials selection, construction schedules, budgets, and the allocation of critical resources. By digitizing the construction industry, Wavelogix aims to improve operational efficiency and optimize project outcomes.
DFW International Airport
Grant in 2023
Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport is the primary airport serving the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex in the U.S. state of Texas.
MCity is an autonomous vehicle research center located on the University of Michigan campus in Ann Arbor, Michigan. It serves as a unique testing facility that integrates early-stage research, real-world testing, and on-road vehicle deployments. MCty brings together industry, government, and academia to collaborate on advancements in transportation, focusing on enhancing safety, sustainability, and accessibility. The center is home to renowned researchers and provides an innovative urban environment for testing new mobility technologies, aiming to benefit society as a whole.
The Emerald Tutu
Grant in 2022
The Emerald Tutu is a company focused on developing floating landscape infrastructure aimed at mitigating the impacts of climate change. It designs and creates an interconnected system of fibrous floating mats that are infused with biomatter, which serve to absorb and transfer energy across the network. This innovative infrastructure is intended to reduce flooding onshore and protect coastal areas from extreme weather events, thereby enhancing the usability and safety of waterfront amenities. The Emerald Tutu's solutions address environmental challenges while promoting sustainable development in vulnerable coastal regions.
LeapFrog Design
Grant in 2022
LeapFrog Design specializes in creating natural water treatment and reuse systems tailored for residential use. These systems focus on enhancing water conservation and improving living conditions by providing households with greater water security, flexibility, and abundance. The company's innovative approach involves treating and recycling greywater using plants and natural materials, thereby promoting sustainable practices that benefit both users and the environment.
SkyGig is a communication technology company headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan, specializing in millimeter-wave wireless communications. The company focuses on developing innovative beamforming technology designed to enhance wireless broadband communication, making it more scalable and cost-effective. SkyGig aims to provide seamless broadband connectivity globally, empowering both businesses and individuals with high-speed data transmission capabilities that overcome the limitations of traditional infrastructure.
AirMettle operates a software-defined storage platform designed to streamline data analytics processes. Its core offering is a system that converts diverse data formats into those compatible with analysis tools, thereby minimizing network traffic and reducing the need for costly memory resources in higher-level analytics applications. This enables users to efficiently extract valuable insights from their data.
NanoVMs Inc. specializes in providing a managed platform based on unikernel technology, which is designed for both public and private environments. The company's offerings include a fully managed production-ready unikernel platform, a unikernel database that enhances security by preventing shell code exploits, and a unikernel firewall. Additionally, NanoVMs provides managed services, application development, and migration assistance to help businesses adopt unikernel technology. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, NanoVMs is recognized as a leader in the unikernel space, delivering solutions that enable companies to operate their applications more efficiently and securely while minimizing costs.
Infratico is an infrastructure analytics company that specializes in structural health monitoring, focusing on the early detection of issues such as bottom-up cracks to inform stakeholders before visible damage occurs. The company has developed EMbed technology, which enhances precision guidance and checkpointing for autonomous vehicles. This technology facilitates an Infrastructure-to-Everything (I2X) paradigm, allowing smart structures to communicate vital information. By integrating intelligence into pavement and other infrastructure, Infratico aims to improve the safety and efficiency of both autonomous and connected vehicles.
Benchmark Labs
Grant in 2021
Benchmark Labs is a San Francisco-based company specializing in AI-driven weather forecasting systems tailored for the agricultural sector and other industries. The firm provides asset-specific weather information that enhances operational efficiency and infrastructure reliability amidst changing weather conditions. By utilizing IoT sensor technology, Benchmark Labs delivers accurate forecasts that are essential for optimizing renewable energy generation and managing water resources. Its innovative platform enables clients to navigate weather variability effectively, ensuring smoother operations across various applications.
Natrx is an innovative company focused on enhancing coastal resilience and protection through advanced technology and a nature-based approach. By integrating geospatial software and advanced manufacturing solutions, Natrx promotes harmony between natural ecosystems and urban infrastructure. The company's solutions are designed to meet the performance needs of large-scale public and private asset owners, offering sustainable alternatives to traditional methods that are often costly and ecologically harmful. Natrx aims to set a new standard for sustainable resilience, delivering high-performance solutions that not only address environmental challenges but also contribute positively to economic outcomes. Through its technology-first approach, Natrx empowers builders, architects, and ecologists to create infrastructure that enhances both functionality and aesthetic value.
Mazdak International
Grant in 2021
Mazdak International is a capsule pipeline technology company that specializes in deep dredging.
Discrete Lattice Industries
Grant in 2021
Discrete Lattice Industries, founded in 2020 and headquartered in Laguna Beach, California, focuses on the development of programmable and cellular materials that aim to minimize dependence on fixed tooling. The company specializes in offering customizable solutions for user-defined products through the discrete assembly of modular and building-block components. This innovative approach enhances material efficiency and structural performance, thereby enabling businesses to improve their operations across various sectors, including infrastructure, transportation, and renewable energy.
Sustainable Road Engineering
Grant in 2020
Sustainable Road Engineering provides services including roads, parking lots, and driveways. They are actively involved in pavement management, construction, engineering, and providing training to professionals in these fields. They offer engineering and consultation services, pavement evaluation, construction inspection, material testing.
Atlas AI is a business analytics software developer focused on monitoring economic development drivers in emerging markets. The company aims to enhance the allocation and monitoring of significant investments and development programs, including infrastructure initiatives and market expansion efforts. By leveraging advanced machine learning techniques and extensive experience in emerging markets, Atlas AI creates proprietary models that yield dependable socioeconomic estimates. These estimates cover various factors such as land under cultivation, staple crop productivity, household asset wealth, consumption patterns, and access to essential services like reliable power and transportation infrastructure. Currently, Atlas AI is constructing these measures for Sub-Saharan Africa, with the intention of scaling the models for global application. This approach enables both private and public organizations to interactively explore data layers and make informed decisions based on comprehensive visual analyses of socioeconomic conditions.
TRAXyL, Inc. is a technology company based in Warrenton, Virginia, founded in 2014. The company specializes in the innovative installation of optical fiber through its FiberTRAX system, which allows for the direct application of optical fiber onto road surfaces without the need for traditional trenching. This method significantly simplifies the deployment of broadband communications, making it particularly beneficial for municipalities, internet service providers, and various organizations looking to enhance connectivity. By enabling the rapid rollout of optical fiber, TRAXyL aims to bridge the digital divide and improve access to high-speed internet in underserved areas, including campuses, hospitals, and military bases, while also supporting the expansion of 5G networks.
ChameleonCloud
Grant in 2020
Cloud services have become ubiquitous to all major 21st century economic activities. However, cloud services and technologies can be significantly more powerful than they are now. A persistent barrier to further advancement has been the lack of a large-scale and open cloud research platforms. With funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF), the Chameleon project will provide such a large-scale platform to the open research community allowing them explore transformative concepts in deeply programmable cloud services, design, and core technologies. Chameleon will allow users to explore problems ranging from the creation of Software as a Service to kernel support for virtualization. This broad range of supported research includes many other areas such as developing Platforms as a Service, creating new and optimizing existing Infrastructure as a Service components, investigating software-defined networking, and optimizing virtualization technologies. The Chameleon testbed, will be deployed at the University of Chicago and the Texas Advanced Computing Center and will consist of 650 multi-core cloud nodes, 5PB of total disk space, and leverage 100 Gbps connection between the sites. While a large part of the testbed will consist of homogenous hardware to support large-scale experiments, a portion of it will support heterogeneous units allowing experimentation with high-memory, large-disk, low-power, GPU, and co-processor units. The project will also leverage existing FutureGrid hardware at the University of Chicago and the Texas Advanced Computing Center in its first year to provide a transition period for the existing FutureGrid community of experimental users. To support the broad range of experiments experiments described above, the project will support a graduated configuration system allowing full user configurability of the software stack, from provisioning of bare metal and network interconnects to delivery of fully functioning cloud environments. A special feature of Chameleon is that it provides for an exceptionally close integration of clouds and networks, which substantially enhances the capabilities of both. In addition, to facilitate experiments, Chameleon will support a set of services designed to meet researchers needs, including support for experimental management, reproducibility, and repositories of trace and workload data of production cloud workloads. The project is led by the Computation Institute at the University of Chicago and partners from the Texas Advanced Computing Center at the University of Texas at Austin, the International Center for Advanced Internet Research at Northwestern University, the Ohio State University, and University of Texas at San Antonio, comprising a highly qualified and experienced team. The team includes members from the NSF supported FutureGrid project and from the GENI community, both forerunners of the NSFCloud solicitation under which this project is funded. Chameleon will also form a set of partnerships with commercial and academic clouds, such as Rackspace, CERN and Open Science Data Cloud (OSDC), and will partner with other testbeds, notably GENI and INRIA's Grid'5000 testbed.
The Emerald Tutu
Grant in 2020
The Emerald Tutu is a company focused on developing floating landscape infrastructure aimed at mitigating the impacts of climate change. It designs and creates an interconnected system of fibrous floating mats that are infused with biomatter, which serve to absorb and transfer energy across the network. This innovative infrastructure is intended to reduce flooding onshore and protect coastal areas from extreme weather events, thereby enhancing the usability and safety of waterfront amenities. The Emerald Tutu's solutions address environmental challenges while promoting sustainable development in vulnerable coastal regions.
SkyGig is a communication technology company headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan, specializing in millimeter-wave wireless communications. The company focuses on developing innovative beamforming technology designed to enhance wireless broadband communication, making it more scalable and cost-effective. SkyGig aims to provide seamless broadband connectivity globally, empowering both businesses and individuals with high-speed data transmission capabilities that overcome the limitations of traditional infrastructure.
LeapFrog Design
Grant in 2020
LeapFrog Design specializes in creating natural water treatment and reuse systems tailored for residential use. These systems focus on enhancing water conservation and improving living conditions by providing households with greater water security, flexibility, and abundance. The company's innovative approach involves treating and recycling greywater using plants and natural materials, thereby promoting sustainable practices that benefit both users and the environment.
Curated Networks
Grant in 2020
Curated Networks, founded in 2019 and headquartered in Santa Cruz, California, specializes in developing innovative link-layer and network-layer routing and forwarding technologies. The company aims to transform traditional network configurations by introducing a dynamic quality of service (QoS) and policy-based routing (PBR) framework that accommodates 5G slicing. Curated Networks provides a comprehensive suite of performance and policy options within a default-deny security environment, allowing network operators to deploy both centralized and distributed architectures. This approach enhances network resilience, simplifies management, and lowers operational costs, addressing the challenges of static networks and improving overall efficiency for operators.
Orbit Fab, Inc. is a company focused on developing orbital propellant depots to support satellite servicing operations. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, Orbit Fab creates infrastructure that offers satellite propellant supply in Earth orbit, thereby enhancing the operational capabilities of both existing and new space assets. Its product offerings include the Rapidly Attachable Fluid Transfer Interface (RAFTI) for on-orbit refueling, as well as various prototypes for rigid tankers designed for the International Space Station (ISS). By enabling more flexible fuel management, Orbit Fab aims to facilitate the growth of a sustainable in-space market that supports a range of industries, including communications, Earth observation, space tourism, manufacturing, and mining.
Pearl Street Technologies
Grant in 2020
Pearl Street Technologies specializes in developing advanced simulation, optimization, and design tools for power grid planning through its innovative platform, SUGAR. This platform, which stands for Suite of Unified Grid Analyses with Renewables, is tailored for grid operators, utilities, and project developers. It automates the creation of base case planning models and facilitates the planning of complex contingencies and extreme grid conditions. By leveraging methodologies akin to those used in computer chip design, SUGAR enhances the robustness of power grid analysis. The platform enables utilities and stakeholders to streamline project workflows, reduce network upgrade costs, and effectively integrate renewable energy sources, ultimately supporting the development of a reliable, resilient, and sustainable power grid.
Advanced Paving Technologies
Grant in 2019
Advanced Paving Technologies, founded in 2002 and based in Monterey, California, specializes in the development of innovative asphalt paving machines designed to enhance road rehabilitation. The company focuses on creating equipment that allows for the efficient repair of damaged roads, ensuring that the process is faster, more cost-effective, and environmentally friendly. Its state-of-the-art machines incorporate lidar scanning technology and asphalt mat modeling, along with a multi-segmented variable screed, to produce compact asphalt material that effectively addresses surface variations. This technology minimizes the need for extensive milling during rehabilitation projects, thereby improving the overall efficiency of road contractors and engineers in their efforts to restore road infrastructure.
Axalume is a fabless semiconductor startup focused on developing proprietary technologies that integrate silicon photonic circuits with silicon electronics. This innovative approach addresses critical interconnect bottlenecks faced by servers, datacenters, and high-performance computing systems. The company designs silicon photonic integration circuits, including lasers, co-packaged chipsets, and architecture, aimed at transforming internet data centers to enhance speed, reduce costs, and improve energy efficiency. Axalume's technology is expected to deliver significant advancements, boasting improvements of up to 4.5 times in size density, 3.5 times in energy efficiency, and 2 times in latency when compared to traditional networking components. By providing optical switching chipsets, Axalume enables datacenter operators to offer faster, more secure services with greater scalability and efficiency, positioning itself as a key player in the future of cloud computing and datacenter solutions.
Embedor Technologies
Grant in 2019
Embedor Technologies is a company based in Urbana, Illinois, that specializes in developing wireless sensor systems for monitoring the structural health of civil infrastructure. Their innovative smart sensor platform and software framework support real-time condition assessments, addressing both extreme events and long-term deterioration. By processing and interpreting data directly at the edge devices, Embedor effectively mitigates the data overload often encountered in Internet of Things applications. This approach enhances the reliability of monitoring, allowing clients to improve safety, estimate remaining service life, and reduce maintenance costs for their infrastructure assets.
Atlas AI is a business analytics software developer focused on monitoring economic development drivers in emerging markets. The company aims to enhance the allocation and monitoring of significant investments and development programs, including infrastructure initiatives and market expansion efforts. By leveraging advanced machine learning techniques and extensive experience in emerging markets, Atlas AI creates proprietary models that yield dependable socioeconomic estimates. These estimates cover various factors such as land under cultivation, staple crop productivity, household asset wealth, consumption patterns, and access to essential services like reliable power and transportation infrastructure. Currently, Atlas AI is constructing these measures for Sub-Saharan Africa, with the intention of scaling the models for global application. This approach enables both private and public organizations to interactively explore data layers and make informed decisions based on comprehensive visual analyses of socioeconomic conditions.
SkyGig is a communication technology company headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan, specializing in millimeter-wave wireless communications. The company focuses on developing innovative beamforming technology designed to enhance wireless broadband communication, making it more scalable and cost-effective. SkyGig aims to provide seamless broadband connectivity globally, empowering both businesses and individuals with high-speed data transmission capabilities that overcome the limitations of traditional infrastructure.
Stateless is a Boulder, Colorado-based company that focuses on reinventing connectivity through its innovative software-defined interconnect (SD-IX) technology. The company provides colocation providers with tools to dynamically deliver routing, security, and automation services across network interconnection points. Stateless enables these providers to efficiently manage and connect various endpoints, including data centers, tenant sites, and hyperscale clouds. By integrating scalable and fault-tolerant software-based network functions with network function virtualization, Stateless allows cloud service providers to create and manage multi-tenant connectivity services effectively and cost-efficiently. The company was founded as a spinoff from research conducted by co-founders Murad Kablan and Eric Keller.
Mesh++ is a developer of solar-powered wireless communication technologies aimed at providing high-speed WiFi connectivity in outdoor and public spaces. The company specializes in creating solar-powered routers that leverage mobile processing power to deliver reliable internet access, particularly in remote areas and locations that lack conventional infrastructure. By focusing on sustainable energy solutions, Mesh++ enables users to access high-speed internet at a low cost, thereby enhancing connectivity in communities and expanding digital inclusion.
Pearl Street Technologies
Grant in 2018
Pearl Street Technologies specializes in developing advanced simulation, optimization, and design tools for power grid planning through its innovative platform, SUGAR. This platform, which stands for Suite of Unified Grid Analyses with Renewables, is tailored for grid operators, utilities, and project developers. It automates the creation of base case planning models and facilitates the planning of complex contingencies and extreme grid conditions. By leveraging methodologies akin to those used in computer chip design, SUGAR enhances the robustness of power grid analysis. The platform enables utilities and stakeholders to streamline project workflows, reduce network upgrade costs, and effectively integrate renewable energy sources, ultimately supporting the development of a reliable, resilient, and sustainable power grid.
Aware Vehicles
Grant in 2018
Aware Vehicles is a Kansas City, Missouri-based company founded in 2017 that specializes in the development of autonomous drones. These drones are engineered to capture and analyze spectral aerial images, utilizing advanced imaging techniques and artificial intelligence. Aware Vehicles' technology serves various industries, including precision agriculture, defense, disaster response, logistics, and infrastructure. By providing precise asset inspection and enhancing emergency response and communication capabilities, the company aims to deliver innovative solutions that address critical needs across multiple sectors.
Smart Walls produces deployable walls for flood protection of critical infrastructure such as hospitals, utilities, and airports. They fit within the existing landscape and do not obstruct the existing views or significantly impede the use of the surrounding area. They provide structural walls with telescopic technology to reduce excavation needs.
Axalume is a fabless semiconductor startup focused on developing proprietary technologies that integrate silicon photonic circuits with silicon electronics. This innovative approach addresses critical interconnect bottlenecks faced by servers, datacenters, and high-performance computing systems. The company designs silicon photonic integration circuits, including lasers, co-packaged chipsets, and architecture, aimed at transforming internet data centers to enhance speed, reduce costs, and improve energy efficiency. Axalume's technology is expected to deliver significant advancements, boasting improvements of up to 4.5 times in size density, 3.5 times in energy efficiency, and 2 times in latency when compared to traditional networking components. By providing optical switching chipsets, Axalume enables datacenter operators to offer faster, more secure services with greater scalability and efficiency, positioning itself as a key player in the future of cloud computing and datacenter solutions.
Intentionet is a developer of management software that focuses on enhancing network reliability and security. The company specializes in analyzing network configurations to identify errors and automate change testing for both on-premises and cloud-based environments. By proactively addressing potential issues that could lead to outages or security breaches, Intentionet’s software provides clients with improved visibility into their network's security posture and connectivity matrix. This approach allows organizations to deploy and maintain their networks with confidence, minimizing the risks associated with operational disruptions and compliance violations.
Mazdak International
Grant in 2017
Mazdak International is a capsule pipeline technology company that specializes in deep dredging.
Stateless is a Boulder, Colorado-based company that focuses on reinventing connectivity through its innovative software-defined interconnect (SD-IX) technology. The company provides colocation providers with tools to dynamically deliver routing, security, and automation services across network interconnection points. Stateless enables these providers to efficiently manage and connect various endpoints, including data centers, tenant sites, and hyperscale clouds. By integrating scalable and fault-tolerant software-based network functions with network function virtualization, Stateless allows cloud service providers to create and manage multi-tenant connectivity services effectively and cost-efficiently. The company was founded as a spinoff from research conducted by co-founders Murad Kablan and Eric Keller.
Resensys specializes in structural health monitoring solutions utilizing its advanced wireless Internet of Things (IoT) sensor technology, known as SenSpot. This innovative technology allows for high-performance data acquisition while maintaining low power consumption, with devices capable of delivering up to 100 strain samples per second and a battery life of ten years. Resensys offers a variety of SenSpot sensors that monitor critical parameters such as vibration, tilt, inclination, temperature, and humidity. By providing real-time insights into structural integrity, these sensors serve as essential tools for detecting overstrain, metal fatigue, crack formation, and foundation instability. With a focus on safeguarding infrastructure systems like bridges, buildings, and pipelines, Resensys empowers architectural companies to proactively address potential structural issues.
TRAXyL, Inc. is a technology company based in Warrenton, Virginia, founded in 2014. The company specializes in the innovative installation of optical fiber through its FiberTRAX system, which allows for the direct application of optical fiber onto road surfaces without the need for traditional trenching. This method significantly simplifies the deployment of broadband communications, making it particularly beneficial for municipalities, internet service providers, and various organizations looking to enhance connectivity. By enabling the rapid rollout of optical fiber, TRAXyL aims to bridge the digital divide and improve access to high-speed internet in underserved areas, including campuses, hospitals, and military bases, while also supporting the expansion of 5G networks.
Integrated Construction Enterprises
Grant in 2016
Integrated Construction Enterprises provides construction services in the public and private sectors. They offer a complete range of construction-related services including such as design-build with in-house design services construction management, historic preservation and renovation, general construction in all aspects of new and renovation work, and energy conservation and retro-commissioning.
C-Crete Technologies
Grant in 2016
C-Crete Technologies is a pioneering company specializing in the development and commercialization of innovative materials and technologies. They focus on driving advancements in energy, environment, materials, construction, and infrastructure sectors. By integrating expertise in materials science, nanotechnology, multiscale computations, and predictive analytics, C-Crete is creating next-generation solutions for a low-carbon, energy-efficient world. Their flagship innovation is a nanoengineered cement that significantly reduces CO2 emissions and transforms abundant, non-carbonate rocks into cementitious binders, offering substantial energy savings, affordability, and flexibility, while maintaining high performance and user comfort.
Intentionet is a developer of management software that focuses on enhancing network reliability and security. The company specializes in analyzing network configurations to identify errors and automate change testing for both on-premises and cloud-based environments. By proactively addressing potential issues that could lead to outages or security breaches, Intentionet’s software provides clients with improved visibility into their network's security posture and connectivity matrix. This approach allows organizations to deploy and maintain their networks with confidence, minimizing the risks associated with operational disruptions and compliance violations.
Smart Walls produces deployable walls for flood protection of critical infrastructure such as hospitals, utilities, and airports. They fit within the existing landscape and do not obstruct the existing views or significantly impede the use of the surrounding area. They provide structural walls with telescopic technology to reduce excavation needs.
Center for Open Science
Grant in 2015
The Center for Open Science (COS) is a non-profit organization building free tools for open scientific practices, including its flagship infrastructure Open Science Framework (osf.io).
Center for Open Science
Grant in 2015
The Center for Open Science (COS) is a non-profit organization building free tools for open scientific practices, including its flagship infrastructure Open Science Framework (osf.io).
Center for Open Science
Grant in 2015
The Center for Open Science (COS) is a non-profit organization building free tools for open scientific practices, including its flagship infrastructure Open Science Framework (osf.io).
Resensys specializes in structural health monitoring solutions utilizing its advanced wireless Internet of Things (IoT) sensor technology, known as SenSpot. This innovative technology allows for high-performance data acquisition while maintaining low power consumption, with devices capable of delivering up to 100 strain samples per second and a battery life of ten years. Resensys offers a variety of SenSpot sensors that monitor critical parameters such as vibration, tilt, inclination, temperature, and humidity. By providing real-time insights into structural integrity, these sensors serve as essential tools for detecting overstrain, metal fatigue, crack formation, and foundation instability. With a focus on safeguarding infrastructure systems like bridges, buildings, and pipelines, Resensys empowers architectural companies to proactively address potential structural issues.
AppScale Systems
Grant in 2015
AppScale is a managed hybrid cloud infrastructure software that emulates the core AWS APIs. It enables customers to run AWS workloads on AppScale ATS in a service provider data center or on-premises without any code modification or rewriting. AppScale customers are enterprises, government agencies and contractors, and 3rd party service providers. Typical use cases include Dev/Test on-ramp to AWS, repatriation off-ramp from AWS public cloud for competitive or cost reasons, and regulated industries with strict data control requirements.
Rao Research and Consulting
Grant in 2014
Rao Research and Consulting is a research, development, and technology company that develops leading-edge solutions for the highway infrastructure industry. They were meticulously researched and executed, rigorously tested and validated against facts and data, making them impenetrable, and practice.
GridBridge, Inc. is a technology company based in Raleigh, North Carolina, focused on modernizing power delivery systems through innovative solutions. Founded in 2012, the company specializes in developing advanced power delivery systems, including its Energy Router solutions, which enhance the efficiency and reliability of electric distribution. GridBridge's products are designed to facilitate the integration of renewable energy sources and energy storage, thereby supporting the evolution of power systems for consumers and electric utilities alike. By combining advanced electronics with innovative software, GridBridge aims to provide versatile and dependable solutions that improve distribution efficiency and optimize electric flow. As of August 2017, GridBridge operates as a subsidiary of Electric Research and Manufacturing Cooperative, Inc.
Green SulfCrete
Grant in 2013
SulfCrete™ is an innovative, New York-based company that utilizes recycled materials from the oil and coal industries to produce its keystone product: a high-strength, ultra-impermeable, corrosion-resistant, low-CO2 emission, waterless, sulfur-polymer concrete. We have transformed a previously unworkable product developed in the 1980s by the U.S. Bureau of Mines into one with both commercial viability and enormous market potential. For the past 30 years, years, sulfur-polymer concrete has required the use of a high-cost additive that has made it commercially infeasible. SulfCrete's patented innovations, emerging out of the Environmental and Climate Sciences Department at Brookhaven National Laboratory, have changed this-- making use of alternative, organic additives, over 100x less expensive, to manufacture an all-around superior product.
AppScale Systems
Grant in 2013
AppScale is a managed hybrid cloud infrastructure software that emulates the core AWS APIs. It enables customers to run AWS workloads on AppScale ATS in a service provider data center or on-premises without any code modification or rewriting. AppScale customers are enterprises, government agencies and contractors, and 3rd party service providers. Typical use cases include Dev/Test on-ramp to AWS, repatriation off-ramp from AWS public cloud for competitive or cost reasons, and regulated industries with strict data control requirements.
C-Crete Technologies
Grant in 2013
C-Crete Technologies is a pioneering company specializing in the development and commercialization of innovative materials and technologies. They focus on driving advancements in energy, environment, materials, construction, and infrastructure sectors. By integrating expertise in materials science, nanotechnology, multiscale computations, and predictive analytics, C-Crete is creating next-generation solutions for a low-carbon, energy-efficient world. Their flagship innovation is a nanoengineered cement that significantly reduces CO2 emissions and transforms abundant, non-carbonate rocks into cementitious binders, offering substantial energy savings, affordability, and flexibility, while maintaining high performance and user comfort.
Cloudflare, Inc. is a San Francisco-based software company that specializes in web performance and security services for businesses globally. It operates a cloud platform that integrates various network services, including security solutions such as Cloud Firewall, Bot Management, and Distributed Denial of Service protection. The company enhances website performance through its Content Delivery Network (CDN) and intelligent routing, while also providing optimization tools for content and images. Furthermore, Cloudflare offers reliability solutions like Load Balancing and DNS services, alongside security features aimed at protecting internal resources through Zero Trust Security and Secure Web Gateway. Its consumer offerings include a DNS resolver and a virtual private network (VPN) designed to secure mobile traffic. Cloudflare serves diverse industries, including technology, healthcare, financial services, and government, and was founded in 2009.
CitiLogics, LLC specializes in developing advanced models and analytics tailored for the urban water infrastructure sector, focusing on both water and wastewater management. Established in 2009 and based in Cincinnati, Ohio, the company offers a range of services including real-time model integration with SCADA systems, hydraulic and water quality model calibration, and comprehensive data analysis. CitiLogics also provides an innovative tool named Polaris, which combines a SCADA HMI emulator with real-time network forecasts and scenario management capabilities, allowing clients to explore alternative operational strategies. By employing research-level engineering expertise, CitiLogics assists clients in effectively managing their water distribution systems, enhancing their ability to respond to incidents and optimize asset management. The company serves various stakeholders within the water and wastewater industry and operates as a subsidiary of Xylem Inc.
GridBridge, Inc. is a technology company based in Raleigh, North Carolina, focused on modernizing power delivery systems through innovative solutions. Founded in 2012, the company specializes in developing advanced power delivery systems, including its Energy Router solutions, which enhance the efficiency and reliability of electric distribution. GridBridge's products are designed to facilitate the integration of renewable energy sources and energy storage, thereby supporting the evolution of power systems for consumers and electric utilities alike. By combining advanced electronics with innovative software, GridBridge aims to provide versatile and dependable solutions that improve distribution efficiency and optimize electric flow. As of August 2017, GridBridge operates as a subsidiary of Electric Research and Manufacturing Cooperative, Inc.
ClockSpring|NRI
Grant in 2012
Critica Infrastructure is an infrastructure company that provides performance-critical infrastructure solutions. They offer services that include composite repair, permanent pipeline repair, pipeline integrity, and onshore and offshore pipeline repair.