Category: News

John M. Ulliman has joined American Superconductor Corporation as vice president of Business Development and Government Relations. Ulliman was previously employed with Northrop Grumman Corporation.

The Sept.-Oct. issue of Police Fleet Manager commented: “Cryogenic rotors, using today’s technology, are a legitimate solution for some agencies in preventing warped rotors. If you haven’t looked at cryogenic rotors lately, you haven’t looked at cryogenic rotors.”

Flowserve Corp., a global provider of fluid motion and control products and services, received two awards at the Frost and Sullivan Growth Excellence Awards ceremony on September 26.

FIBA Technologies, Inc. received a Manufacture License of Special Equipment from The People’s Republic of China, allowing it to export seamless pressure vessels, tubes, trailers and ISO containers into China.

Air Products has brought its fifth North American hydrogen facility on-steam this year.

CryoCath Technologies, a global leader in cryotherapy products that treat cardiovascular disease, has ranked 69 on Deloitte and Touche’s Technology Fast 500 list, a ranking of the fastest growing technology, media, telecommunications and life sciences companies. Rankings are based on the percentage revenue growth from 2001 to 2005.

Applied Cryogenics and Mumbai-based DNP Global recently formed an agreement that will allow Applied Cryogenics to sell its cryogenic treatment plants in India. DNP Global will manage the sales and marketing of Applied Cryogenics’ product line in India and provide full customer support for the region.

The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) has made Rafael Breiler, professor of chemistry and biochemistry at FSU, a Fellow.

National Stem Cell Holding, Inc.’s new subsidiary, National Stem Cell Laboratory Services, Inc., will manage the company’s umbilical cord blood bank initiative and augment the tissue banking and reproductive services.

HYPRES Inc., a developer of superconducting microelectronics (SME) technology, has successfully tested fabricated integrated circuits with a critical current density of 20 kiloamps per square centimeter.

The Fermi Research Alliance (FRA), LLC recently received a $1.575 billion, five-year contract for management and operation of Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, from the U.S. Department of Energy. A new independent entity, FRA is owned jointly by the University of Chicago and Universities Research Association, Inc.

Administrators at the University of Chicago have bid on a management contract for Fermilab, a CSA Corporate Sustaining Member.

South Florida Sun-Sentinel printed an article on Sept. 18, 2006 about Dr. Michael Davidson, head of the Optical Microscopy Division at Florida State University’s National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, a CSA Corporate Sustaining Member.

Eduardo A.C. Drew Morales has recently been appointed Sales Representative for Latin America, for ACME Cryogenics, Inc., a Corporate Sustaining Member.

CSA board member, James Fesmire, and former long-time board member Stan Augustynowicz recently received the ACE Gold Dollar Award from Mr. Jim Kennedy, Center Director of NASA Kennedy Space Center.

Absolute Zero Campaign, a cooperative effort to promote the upcoming two-part PBS TV series Absolute Zero and the Quest of Cold has published the Absolute Zero Community Education Outreach Guide.

On Oct. 16, researchers from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California and from the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research in Russia announced they discovered a new superheavy element: element 118, reported Science Daily.

Dennis H. Reilley, chairman and CEO of Praxair, will retire as CEO at the end of 2006.

The University of Chicago won a five-year contract on July 31 to continue operating Argonne National Laboratory, ending a process that threatened to damage the university’s stature as a world-class research operation.

CSA Corporate Sustaining Member Air Liquide DTA has named Adamo Screnci Commercial Director.