FUNDING FOR
EDUCATION, RESEARCH
AND SCHOLARLY ACTIVITIES
(partial listing)

 
SUNY at Buffalo

"Advanced SiC Converter for Embedded Applications"

Contract: SBIR-N00024-04-C-4133
PI/co-PI: D. C. Hopkins, PI-100%
Term: 01 Jan 2004– 31 Aug 2004
Amount: $117K ($69.8K from NRL, $47.2K)

"Component and Systems Development for Power-LineCarrier Controlled Fluorescent Lighting"

Contract: DOE- Nat'l Energy Technology Laboratory (DOE-NETL) and JRS Technology
PI/co-PI: D. C. Hopkins, PI-70%
Term: Sept. 30, 1999 – March 31, 2001
Amount: $682,100 ($409,200 from DOE, $272,840 from JRS)
Phase II: $359,563 ($215,738 from DOE, $143,825 from JRS)
Phase III: $332,668 ($199,601 from DOE, $133,067 from JRS)
 

"Development and Commercialization of Power-Line-Carrier Controlled Fluorescent Lighting Systems"

Contract: New York State Energy Research and Development Authority and JRS Technology
PI/co-PI: D. C. Hopkins, PI-70%
Term: Sept. 30, 1999 – March 31, 2001
Amount: $549,792 ($363,000 from NYSERDA, $186,792 from JRS)

SUNY at Binghamton

"High Temperature, High Voltage Power Module Development"

Contract: Custom Electronics Incorporated (CEI)
PI/co-PI: D. C. Hopkins, PI-100%
Term: November 1996 – October 1997
Amount: $131,186 ($69,090 from CEI, $62,096 BU Match)
(NYSERDA flow-through from CEI, $493,000 Total)

"Power Electronics and Power Packaging Laboratory Program"

Grant: BrushWellman Incorporated (in support of)
PI/co-PI: D. C. Hopkins, PI-100%
Term: received April 1996
Amount: $5,000

"Investigation of a Power Package Incorporating a Direct Attached Ceramic/AlSiC Structure,"

Contract: BrushWellman Incorporated
PI/co-PI: D. C. Hopkins, PI-80%, J. Pitarresi, PI-20%
Term: August 1995 – December 1995
Amount: $9,724

"Laboratory/Classroom Instruction and Research Support (Equipment Grant),"

Grant: Tektronix Incorporated
PI/co-PI: D. C. Hopkins, PI-100%
Term: Received February, 10, 1995
Amount: $38,212.50

"Mitigation of Bio-fouling Using Hydrospark"

Grant: New York State Electric and Gas Corp.
PI/co-PI: J. C. Driscoll, PI-70%, D. C. Hopkins, CI-30%
Term: January 1995 – January 1996
Value: $49,000

"Systems Engineering of Shared Resources: Decision Support for the Concept Design Phase –

Modelling Development,"
Grant: NASA Lewis Research Center
PI/co-PI: D. C. Hopkins, PI-100%, one RA
Supplement 1:
Term: January 1994 – June 30, 1994
Amount: $40,121
Phase I effort:
Term: January 1993 – December 1993
Amount: $68,507

"Assessment of Power Conversion Thrust Area" and "Cost Estimate for the ARM Electronic Circuit Cards,"

Grant: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
PI/co-PI: D. C. Hopkins, 100%
Term: July 1, 1995 – June 30, 1996
Value: (external) $26,500

"Power Electronics and Power Packaging Laboratory,"

(directly solicited and negotiated equipment grants and equipment donations)
Grant: Tektronix Incorporated
PI/co-PI: D. C. Hopkins, PI-100%
Term: September 1994 – June 1995
Value: $119, 000 (BU: $51,000, Tektronix: $61,000)

"High Density Shunt Regulator Development,"

Contract: Martin Marietta Corporation
PI/co-PI: D. C. Hopkins PI-100%
Term: January 1993 – December 1993
Amount: $49,119