Awards
Mesodyne Inc. has been awarded an AFWERX Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase II contract, in partnership with Texas A&M University to develop and field a JP-8 compatible LightCell™ for austere environments: a new class of compact solid-state generator with up to ten times the energy density of a lithium ion battery.
The Massachusetts Innovation Network announced the 25 finalists of the Annual New England Innovation Awards. Twenty six independent judges comprised of innovators, entrepreneurs, professionals and business leaders undertook the challenging task of assessing the innovation entries and selecting the finalists, out of a large pool of high quality applicants. The top-three scoring innovators in each category were chosen to move on to the New England Innovation Showcase, the final and live phase of the competition; they will exhibit their innovations, present a three-minute pitch, and answer questions about their break-throughs on Wednesday, October 21st, for the New England Innovation Award of their category.
Mesodyne Inc. won 2nd place in a competition led by WERCBench Labs as part of its Demo Day. Mesodyne demonstrated its technology that "silently and efficiently converts fuel to electricity in a portable form factor increasing runtime ten times over batteries alone to enable long-endurance portable power for remote applications and mobile platforms like drones and remote sensors."
Mesodyne Inc. has been awarded a National Science Foundation (NSF) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant to conduct research and development (R&D) work on a scalable photonic crystal fabrication process for mesoscale fuel to electricity conversion.