Project Grant DESC0024853

Cryomech, Inc. was awarded a $376,740 Project Grant from the Department of Energy Office of Science on June 27, 2022 to develop a closed-cycle, low vibration remote cooler for cryogen-free dilution refrigerators. The funding supports Cryomech in delivering this product through March 26, 2023 under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA #81.049). The Office of Science program aims to advance scientific discovery through delivering major scientific tools. Cryomech's remote cooler...

This two-year, $297,189 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Materials Research aims to develop new approaches for ultra-low temperature refrigeration without reliance on rare helium isotopes. Specifically, researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute will investigate using electrically-tunable spin-orbit interactions in Rashba materials to achieve refrigeration through adiabatic electrification, with a goal of reaching temperatures as low as 0.01 K. If successful,...

This $300,000 National Science Foundation project grant supports the development of a new sub-kelvin refrigerator using superfluid helium vortex cooling. Funded under the Engineering (47.041) program, Yale University will analyze, design, build a prototype, and benchmark a two-stage cooling system combining a superfluid vortex cooler and Joule-Thomson precooler. The system aims to achieve high-capacity cooling below 1K without using helium-3, addressing stockpile depletion issues. By...

Impact Cooling Inc. was awarded a $500,000 Project Grant from the Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) to develop a novel high-density data center cooling solution. The two-year award, made under Funding Opportunity Announcement DE-FOA-0001954 on September 30, 2022, will support Impact Cooling's proposed use of jet impingement cooling technology to achieve dramatically improved heat transfer efficiency using only air. If successful, this technology could...

The National Science Foundation awarded a $225,000 two-year Project Grant to Stanford University under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). The grant will support research into developing materials and techniques to enable sub-kelvin cooling via adiabatic decompression of para-nematic materials. Specifically, Stanford University researchers will identify and characterize rare earth compound materials with thermoelastic properties suitable for cryogenic cooling without...

Raytum Photonics LLC was awarded a $199,993 Project Grant from the Department of Energy Office of Science under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to develop a low insertion loss high power cryogenic Faraday isolator for carbon dioxide wavelengths. The isolator will allow for more efficient transmission of laser light for scientific applications such as spectroscopy. The Office of Science seeks to advance scientific understanding and energy technologies through...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) Project Grant award of $305,000 to Artyc PBC aims to develop an innovative, energy-efficient, and environmentally-friendly magnetocaloric cooling system for temperature-controlled logistics and cold chain applications. The project focuses on overcoming commercialization barriers by designing a compact, high-performance active magnetic cooling device specifically for mobile shipping environments. Key...

Euclid Beamlabs LLC received a $196,567 Project Grant award from the Department of Energy Office of Science on February 22, 2021 to develop an ultra-low vibration closed-cycle cryostat for X-ray applications. The cryostat was intended to support the Office of Science's mission of delivering scientific discoveries and tools that transform understanding of nature and advance U.S. energy and economic security. Specifically, the cryostat was designed to enable new X-ray experiments by maintaining...

The Department of Energy Office of Science awarded a $199,992 Project Grant to Advanced Cooling Technologies Inc. (Act) under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to develop a "Thermally Enhanced Obstructed Flow Board for Hot Spot Mitigation". The project aims to design and produce advanced thermal management solutions such as heat pipes, cold plates, and cooling systems for aerospace, defense, and energy applications. Act, a for-profit manufacturer of...

The National Science Foundation awarded a $298,856 Project Grant to the Regents of the University of Michigan under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) for the period of October 1, 2022 through September 30, 2024. The grant funds the development of superconducting tunnel junction-based solid-state refrigeration to enable cooling from 1 K to sub-100 mK temperatures. Successful demonstration of high cooling rates and temperatures as low as 100 mK would dramatically impact quantum technologies...