Vol. 54, Special Issue        February 2002

Technology partnerships

A broad (national lab/industry/government) celebration and press coverage of the operation of the world's first Extreme Ultraviolet Lithography alpha tool was held at Sandia/California facilities in April 2001. Shortly thereafter, at an international SEMATECH-sponsored Next Generation Lithography critical review, experts favored EUVL over competing technologies for fabricating circuits with sub-50-nm features by a margin of 3 to 1. Also, a three-year extension (eight-year running total) of the Virtual National Laboratory CRADA was executed, with additional funding of up to $65M. (8700, 2300) John Goldsmith, jgold@sandia.gov

Sandia and Goodyear Chemical (of the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.) are exploring energy-efficient processes that reduce energy consumption, waste, and emissions. Goodyear will provide engineering and economic models from the company's solution polymer plant, which uses petrochemicals to produce synthetic rubber and specialty polymers. Sandia will use computer-aided design and engineering to test fabricated material recovery devices and quantify results. The agreement was the sixth cooperative research and development agreement between Goodyear and Sandia since 1993 -- and Goodyear Chemical's first. (1300, 6200) Mary Monson, mamonso@sandia.gov

From across New Mexico, small businesses are expressing their appreciation to the state legislature and Sandia for the New Mexico Small Business Assistance Program, a versatile, effective, and immediate economic development tool that solves issues facing small businesses. The program, made possible by an act of the 2001 New Mexico legislative session, enables Sandians to work with small business to solve technical and business problems at no cost to the federal government. The program finished its inaugural years with outstanding results: Sandia experts participated in more than 325 projects. (1300) Mariann Johnston, mjohns@sandia.gov

We have demonstrated the applicability of Sandia's SUMMiT(tm) (Sandia Ultra-planar Multi-Level MEMS Technology) to biological and medical applications. For example, we have designed and manufactured a microtransfection device (a.k.a. cell Pacman) that has shown how MEMS microscopic mechanical and fluid-handling capabilities can be used to handle individual cells. Also, SUMMiT technology is being used at Fairchild Semiconductor's South Portland, Maine, wafer fabrication facility, resulting in a manufacturing source of high-volume MEMS devices for commercial and government products. MEMS technologies can be used to build a wide range of micron-scale devices such as sensors for automobiles, micromirrors for optical switching and projection displays, and microfluidic components for injet printers and chemical/biological detection systems. (1700) Jay Jakubczak, Jayj@sandia.gov

With $1.47 million in royalties earned in FY01, the California site more than doubled its lifetime earnings from licensing for the second year in a row, bringing the site's lifetime royalty income to $2.54 million. Success is the result of three factors: 1) A few very large licenses with up-front fees, including two licenses of µChemlab liquid-phase technologies in FY01 and one license of LIGA process technology in FY00; 2) A software product, JESS, that is a commodity product (37 licenses in FY01); and 3) A number of reliable technologies that continue to generate running royalties year after year. (8500) Denise Koker, dekoker@sandia.gov

A leading chromatography instrument manufacturer, Waters Corporation, has entered into a multi-year cooperative research and development agreement with Sandia to miniaturize High Performance Liquid Chromatography instruments. The company has licensed rights to Sandia's electrokinetic pumping technology and will work with the Labs to jointly develop further microfluidics-based systems. We have also established a licensing agreement with Sandia spin-off, Eksigent Technologies. The technology developed will enhance the µChemLab miniature analysis systems for chem/bio national security needs. (8100, 8300)

The Sandia Science & Technology Park completed a master development plan for the 200+ acres of land outside the Eubank gate and selected BUILD New Mexico as the Master Developer. Two new EMCORE facilities were built in the Park, while Applied Technology Associates and the Sandia Laboratory Federal Credit Union also began construction on new buildings. In addition, the Park was honored with Public/Private Partnership Awards from the New Mexico State Land Office and the Middle Rio Grande Council of Governments. (14004) Jim Clinch, jpclinc@sandia.gov

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