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CMOS Contract Granted
Aug 1, 2009 — DARPA has awarded an 18-month Phase II contract to HRL Laboratories LLC of Malibu, Calif., for continued work on the COSMOS program. COSMOS, or Compound Semiconductor Materials on Silicon, will focus on improving the yield and density of the heterogeneous interconnect process using the HRL 400-GHz, 250-nm indium phosphide heterojunction bipolar transistor process combined with commercial 130-nm CMOS technology.
Environmental sensing market upwardly mobile
WELLESLEY, Mass. – The global market for environmental sensing and monitoring technologies is expected to increase to $13 billion in 2014, with a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 5.2 percent, up from $9.1 billion in 2008 and an estimated $10.1 billion in 2009,...
European Distribution
Aug 1, 2009 — AMS Technologies AG of Martinsried, Germany, and OEM Tech System Engineering of Minsk, Belarus, a manufacturer of high-voltage power supplies, have signed a distribution agreement. Under the terms of the contract, AMS will sell its partner’s...
Federal Fellowship Program
Aug 1, 2009 — The US Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory based in Richland, Wash., has established the Pacific Northwest Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellowship Program. Currently accepting applications for fall 2009 appointments, the...
Joining Forces
Aug 1, 2009 — In Birkerød, Denmark, Crystal Fibre A/S and Koheras A/S have merged to form NKT Photonics A/S. The new company will design and manufacture commercial- and industrial-class specialty microstructured fibers and high-power fiber amplifiers as well as...
Micromaterials Site Opens
Aug 1, 2009 — Fianium, based in Southampton, UK, has opened a micromaterials processing applications facility in Portland, Ore., in collaboration with Summit Photonics of Lake Oswego, also in Oregon. The site will enable Fianium to work with OEMs to test material...
New Testing Standard
Aug 1, 2009 — ASTM International of West Conshohocken, Pa., has created an international standard, G199, to provide a means of electrochemical testing for corrosion. The Guide for Electrochemical Noise Measurement presents a procedure to test for localized and...
Represented in Japan
Aug 1, 2009 — Linos AG of Munich, Germany, has signed an agreement with Optical Coatings Japan of Tokyo, under which the latter will represent its partner’s range of products and optical solutions throughout Japan. The German company believes that the partnership...
Sharing the Load
Aug 1, 2009 — A partnership between Labsphere Inc. of North Sutton, N.H., and Orb Optronix Inc. of Kirkland, Wash., will change the development, manufacturing and distribution of products at both light-measurement companies. Select LED test instrumentation from...
Sights and Simulators
Aug 1, 2009 — In Camarillo, Calif., Optimum Optical Systems Inc. (OOSI) has received two new contracts. DRS Technologies Inc. of Parsippany, N.J., has awarded the California-based company $3.1 million to deliver the infrared mast-mounted sight from 2010 to 2011,...
Swapping Resources
Aug 1, 2009 — Oclaro Inc. of San Jose and Newport Corp. of Irvine, both in California, have agreed to a strategic asset swap. Newport will receive Oclaro’s New Focus product line in exchange for Newport Spectra-Physics’ high-power laser diode business and $3...
The good – and bad – news on gender differences among science faculty
WASHINGTON – Women who apply for tenure-track positions at research universities are more likely than men to be interviewed and offered a job, but the number of women who apply for the positions is still lower than the number who earn doctorates in the sciences,...
UK Distribution
Aug 1, 2009 — An exclusive distribution agreement has been signed between Stemmer Imaging of Tongham, UK, and Xenics NV of Leuven, Belgium. Cameras for industrial and systems integration applications, produced by the latter company, will be distributed by Stemmer...
Un-Acquired
Aug 1, 2009 — The Visualization Sciences Group (VSG) of Mercury Computer Systems, headquartered in Chelmsford, Mass., has become an independent entity once again. VSG was a stand-alone company prior to the 2004 acquisition of Template Graphics Software by...
Infinite Optics Hires Sales Manager
Jul 28, 2009 — Infinite Optics has hired Stan King as global sales manager. King, who recently returned to the US after spending four years in Europe managing electron-beam gun sales for Ferrotec UK in London, brings to his new position 25 years of experience with...
Agilent Buys Varian for $1.5B
SANTA CLARA, Calif., July 27, 2009 – In a move designed to bolster its transformation into a bioanalytical measurement company, Agilent Technologies said it will buy medical device maker Varian of Palo Alto, Calif., for $1.5 billion in cash.
Sick Names Sales Channel Partner
Jul 24, 2009 — Minneapolis-based Sick, manufacturer of sensors, safety systems, machine vision and automatic identification products for industrial applications, has named automation solutions provider Technology Brewing Corp. as its sales channel partner to the...
Infinera CEO Stepping Down
Jul 23, 2009 — Infinera Corp. of Sunnyvale, Calif., announced that Chairman and CEO Jagdeep Singh plans to step down Jan. 1, 2010, as leader of the day-to-day operations of the company and become executive chairman. Chief Operating Officer Tom Fallon will succeed...
Stimulus Funds Rice Facility
HOUSTON, July 22, 2009 – Rice University physics researchers will no longer have to wait until the dead of night to conduct experiments with instruments highly sensitive to vibration, thanks to $11.1 million in federal stimulus funding from the National Institute of...
Fay Named NeoPhotonics CFO
Jul 21, 2009 — NeoPhotonics announced it has appointed interim chief financial officer J.D. Fay to the post permanently, effective immediately. Fay, who joined NeoPhotonics in May 2007 as vice president of legal affairs and general counsel, had served as interim...
Oclaro Named Strategic Supplier
Jul 21, 2009 — Oclaro Inc. of San Jose, Calif., announced today that it has received official designation as a strategic supplier by telecom solutions provider Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. of Shenzhen, China. The relationship is designed to enable more strategic...
E-paper Device Maker Folds
SOUTHAMPTON, England, July 20, 2009 – Polymer Vision, maker of the rollable e-paper display Readius, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and shuttered its UK offices, putting 50 people out of work, according to media reports.
ILX Secures Development Grant
Jul 20, 2009 — ILX Lightwave Corp., located in Bozeman, Mont., has announced it has received a grant from the Montana Board of Research and Commercialization Technology for the development of high-accuracy optical power measurement of high-power laser diodes. The...
Intersolar Show Size Triples
SAN FRANCISCO, July 17, 2009 -- Today's show is brought to you by the numbers two and three. The Intersolar show just held here tripled in size in a year, expanding from a single floor to an entire convention hall. The number of exhibitors doubled, going from 210 to 437. That...
Jenoptik Optical Systems Formed
Jul 16, 2009 — Jenoptik subsidiaries, Coastal Optical Systems and Liebmann Optical Company have merged to form Jenoptik Optical Systems Inc. The new company has 70,000 sq ft of optical manufacturing space and 100 employees. Since Jenoptik acquired Liebmann in 1999...

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