Fusion Research Technologies, LLC is a Cambridge, MA based company that has received a grant(s) from the Department of Energy's SBIR/STTR program. The abstract(s) for these grant award(s) are provided as well since they provide insights into Fusion Research Technologies, LLC's business and areas of expertise. The interaction of a thermonuclear plasma and its surrounding "container" significantly affects the performance of magnetic fusion devices, ultimately influencing fusion's viability as an energy source. This project will allow researchers to "see" the effects of these complex processes and provide essential data for understanding and designing fusion devices.

Rockfield Research Inc. is a Winchester, MA based company that has received a grant(s) from the Department of Energy's SBIR/STTR program. The abstract(s) for these grant award(s) are provided as well since they provide insights into Rockfield Research Inc.'s business and areas of expertise. A modernized transmitter protection system will be designed and a prototype built for the current drive experiment on the Alcator C-Mod tokamak fusion experiment at the MIT Plasma Science Fusion Center. This will increase the utility, economy, and safety of that fusion experiment; and the design will be generally extendable to future fusion, high energy, and phased array radar facilities. A modernized transmitter protection system will be designed and a prototype built for the current drive experiment on the Alcator C-Mod tokamak fusion experiment at the MIT Plasma Science Fusion Center . This will increase the utility, economy, and safety of that fusion experiment; and the design will be generally extendable to future fusion facilities.

HY-Tech Research Corporation is a Radford, VA based company that has received a grant(s) from the Department of Energy's SBIR/STTR program. The abstract(s) for these grant award(s) are provided as well since they provide insights into HY-Tech Research Corporation's business and areas of expertise. This project will enhance the primary analyzer for the ITER project which analyzes the effluent gases from this fusion reactor. The enhancement provides for a much faster response time than is currently possible with the ITER-designated, primary analyzer.

Woodruff Scientific, LLC is a Seattle, WA based company that has received a grant(s) from the Department of Energy's SBIR/STTR program. The abstract(s) for these grant award(s) are provided as well since they provide insights into Woodruff Scientific, LLC's business and areas of expertise. Significant problems exist for mainline fusion reactor concepts: e.g. production of the sustaining magnetic fields, and reducing size and complexity of the system to be commercially viable. Some of these problems can be circumvented by compressing plasma rings, which is what we propose here. Many problems exist for mainline fusion concepts that need to be resolved in order to make an economic fusion reactor. The work proposed here supports new concepts that have the potential for mitigating many of those problems.

HyperV Technologies Corporation is a Chantilly, VA based company that has received a grant(s) from the Department of Energy's SBIR/STTR program. The abstract(s) for these grant award(s) are provided as well since they provide insights into HyperV Technologies Corporation's business and areas of expertise. This project will develop a technology for creating high velocity plasma jets. These jets have many practical applications such as fusion energy, pulsed power, defense, materials science, and space propulsion. This project will develop a novel technology for creating high velocity plasma jets. These jets have many practical applications such as fusion energy, pulsed power, defense, materials science, and space propulsion.

Lodestar Research Corporation is a Boulder, CO based company that has received a grant(s) from the Department of Energy's SBIR/STTR program. The abstract(s) for these grant award(s) are provided as well since they provide insights into Lodestar Research Corporation's business and areas of expertise. This project will develop a sophisticated computer software standard for the analysis and verification of plasma simulation codes. These simulation codes are increasingly employed to understand, predict and optimize the performance of fusion energy production for laboratory experiments and the international fusion energy project, ITER. This project will develop a sophisticated computer software standard for the analysis and verification of plasma simulation codes. These simulation codes are increasingly employed to understand, predict and optimize the performance of fusion energy production for laboratory experiments and the international ITER project.