The New England Innovation Alliance is a consortium of companies performing, supporting, and commercializing federally-funded research and development. The NEIA was founded to provide a forum for the discussion of common issues, to foster collaboration and cooperation, and to promote the mutual interests of the group. Collectively, the members employ more than 1,000 scientists and engineers and perform more than $250 million in sponsored research and development. 

Physical Sciences Inc.       www.psicorp.com

Physical Sciences Inc. provides contract research and development services in a variety of technical areas to both government and commercial customers. PSI’s interests range from basic research to technology development, with an emphasis on applied research. Significant expertise has evolved in the interdisciplinary fields of electro-optics, electrochemistry, composite materials, and electromechanics to complement core capabilities in physical chemistry, materials science, fluid physics, optics, electronics, and computer science. PSI develops and commercializes advanced technologies for the aerospace, energy, environmental, manufacturing, and medical markets.

Radiation Monitoring Devices, Inc. www.rmdinc.com

Radiation Monitoring Devices, Inc., performs R&D on high performance sensors and sensor systems including x-ray gamma ray and neutron detectors and imaging systems, high speed digital x-ray image systems, laser sensor arrays for LIDAR, LIBS and LADAR, magnetic sensors, and chemical and biological detectors. RMD Instruments, LLC, manufactures and sells radiation sensors and instruments based on them for medical diagnosis, medicalresearch, home inspection, nondestructive testing, ROHS, homeland security, and scientific research. Activities range from basic materials science research to commercial production.

Advanced Fuel Research, Inc.    www.afrinc.com

Advanced Fuel Research supplies contract research, product development, and analytical services.  AFR has successfully developed innovative analytical instruments and software products, and has been particularly recognized as a world leader in advanced Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy.  The company’s technology has resulted in successful spin-offs: On-Line technologies commercialized AFR’s FT-IR based technologies, Real-Time Analyzers focuses on FT-Raman spectroscopy, and TurboSense will commercialize  gas turbine diagnostics.

Aerodyne Research, Inc.    www.aerodyne.com

Aerodyne Research develops and produces technology-based research instruments, power systems, and remote sensing systems. Aerodyne uses proprietary technologies in atmospheric and environmental science, combustion and thermal systems, and remote sensing to perform laboratory and field measurements. Programs for government, institutional, and commercial customers are often undertaken in collaboration with leading research universities.

Atmospheric and Environmental Research, Inc. www.aer.com

Atmospheric and Environmental Research is a leading research and consulting company for weather, climate, and environmental information. AER’s products and services include breakthrough work in remote sensing and satellite meteorology, long and short-term weather and climate forecasting, meteorology and atmospheric modeling, and air quality and risk assessment. The company’s applications serve the planning and operational needs of businesses, researchers, and national governments.

Block Engineering  www.blockeng.com 

Block Engineering is a market leader in state-of-the-art Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) field-rated spectrometers that are used for the remote and point detection and identification of chemical and biological agents.

Charles River Analytics, Inc.        www.cra.com

Charles River Analytics applies innovative, cutting-edge, intelligent-systems technologies to difficult problems in: human cognition, information visualization, sensor processing, information fusion, situational awareness, decision management, cyber security, and network optimization for the Departments of Defense and Homeland Security, the intelligence community, NASA, other government agencies, and industry. In our 25-year history, we have produced advanced-prototype software for over 100 R&D projects that convert data into information, augment it with stored knowledge, and use both to respond quickly to complex, rapidly-changing situations and environments.

EIC Laboratories, Inc.         www.eiclabs.com

EIC Laboratories is a research and development corporation serving government and corporate clients. EIC’s expertise includes advanced materials, spectroscopic and analytical instrumentation, and biomedical technology.  Research areas include Raman systems, medical electrodes, biosensors, molecular design and synthesis, adhesives and coating, and materials for batteries and fuel cells.  Among EIC's innovations are the ElectRelease^TM family of electrically disbonding adhesives, Oscar^TM, a fluorescence polarization instrument for locating heavy oil spills on the ocean floor, and multielectrode arrays on flexible polyimide for in vivo stimulation and recording.

Erallo Technologies, Inc.   www.erallo.com

Erallo Technologies delivers systems that integrate leading edge micro electronics and sensors with enabling wireless technologies -- to form automated, hands-free, wireless network systems.  The blending of wireless networks with micro sensors opens a world of monitoring solutions.  Erallo has developed a range of real-time, wireless collection and transmission solutions: from extended body-wearable sensor monitoring systems to capture and automatically transmit physiological data -- to chemical/biological sensor monitoring systems with real-time alerts for homeland security.

Navigator Technology Ventures www.ntven.com

Navigator Technology Ventures provides early stage venture capital for companies developing technology intensive products. The focus of these investments is opportunities in the New England region.

SI2 Technologies, Inc.          www.si2technologies.com

SI2 Technologies, Inc. is an electronics product development company dedicated to designing technologies for the integrated electronic battlefield from undersea to outer space. SI2 uses its unique design and manufacturing technology to integrate electronics directly with the platform structure or system packaging to reduce size, weight, power consumption, and cost relative to conventional electronics solutions. Products range from flexible/conformal antennas and electronics to completely integrated sensor systems.

Spectral Sciences Inc.        www.spectral.com

Spectral Sciences, Inc. is a research and development company dedicated to solving problems from concept to prototype. SSI has developed many industry standard computer codes, as well as unique instrument prototypes, to help in the development of cutting-edge technologies for its clients. Areas of expertise include computer code development for spectroscopy and imaging, optical phenomenology in targets and backgrounds, custom instruments for gas sensing, and techniques for biomedical imaging and radiotherapy.

Triton Systems, Inc.  www.tritonsystems.com

Triton Systems, Inc. is a leading applied materials research and development company. Federal funding supports our initial research into new products and processes relevant to both government and commercial markets. Specific areas of interest include materials for the detection and destruction of chemical/biological agents; optical coatings; nano-materials for barrier applications; metal, ceramic, and polymeric composite materials and processes for military and aerospace structures; and materials for microelectronics.

Visidyne, Inc.    www.visidyne.com

Visidyne is principally a hardware and software company specializing in infrared phenomenology, balloon-borne sensing systems, hyper-phase application techniques, remote sensing, atmospheric nuclear detonation phenomenology, and space physics measurements. The company’s focus is the application of phase core technology to yield a family of non-contact encoders, helmet trackers, micro-satellite station-keeping technology, and hyper-dense wavelength division multiplexing modules.

Vtech Engineering Corporation        www.vtechcorp.com

Vtech Engineering Corporation provides advanced electrical engineering design and electronic product development services to industrial, consumer, and government clients. Vtech’s full system development capabilities include advanced analog circuitry, microcontrollers, DSPs, power circuits, FPGAs, CPLDs, and computer interfaces. In addition, signal processing and data processing algorithms are developed for embedded systems, as well as PC-based systems. New products and instrumentation solutions benefit from system level design, integration, and test processes tailored to early stage development.

Webb Research Corporation          www.webbresearch.com

Webb Research Corporation designs and manufactures scientific instruments for oceanographic research and monitoring. WRC specializes in three areas of ocean instrumentation:  neutrally buoyant, autonomous drifters and profilers; autonomous gliding vehicles; and moored underwater sound sources. The company’s products feature high-reliability and long duty cycles suitable for military, research, and commercial applications.

FarSounder, Inc.        www.farsounder.com

FarSounder, Inc. develops and manufactures 3D forward-looking sonar systems. This patented technology revolutionizes marine navigation, especially in shallow areas. FarSounder FS-3 sonars are capable of generating a complete 3-dimensional image of the sea floor and in-water objects at navigationally significant ranges with a single ping for obstacle avoidance and shallow water navigation. They offer visualization of a clear, easy to understand 3D sonar image. FarSounder’s technology is appropriate for navigation, obstacle avoidance and security and defense applications. We are currently working on a Phase II SBIR for the US Department of Homeland Security.

Foster-Miller, Inc.       www.foster-miller.com

Foster-Miller offers design, engineering, prototyping, and development services to a variety of industrial and government clients. Creative and practical solutions to real-world problems have yielded hundreds of commercial products. Foster-Miller constantly reinvents itself by adopting new technical and business capabilities including custom equipment, product, and process design; robotic systems and engineering design; advanced materials technology development; smart sensor and electronics design; thermal systems development; and transportation systems and structural modeling.

Headwall Photonics, Inc. www.headwallphotonics.comHeadwall Photonics is the leading designer and manufacturer of high performance imaging spectrometers for federal and commercial markets. Headwall’s hyperspectral sensors and Raman imaging instruments have been selected by civilian and military agencies as well as OEMs around the world for use in mission critical applications.  As a pioneer in the development of innovative spectrographs and imaging spectrometers, Headwall enjoys a market leadership position in the manufacture of patented spectral instrumentation based on the company’s core holographic diffraction grating technology.

Inflexxion, Inc.  www.inflexxion.com

Inflexxion™, formerly Innovative Training Systems, is a pioneer in delivering scientifically based solutions to consumers and clinicians in critical areas of health education, prevention, and disease management. Inflexxion develops innovative, time-effective, behavioral health interventions that change lives and conserve costs. Using interactive multimedia and Internet technologies that guarantee user involvement, Inflexxion brings efficiencies and new treatment options to all aspects of health.

InfoSciTex Corporation     www.infoscitex.com

InfoSciTex Corporation is a premier provider of advanced solutions to the life sciences, defense and aerospace, and energy and  environment markets.  IST’s mission is to develop concepts into highly effective products and services for government and commercial applications. IST’s renowned scientists and engineers have collectively completed in excess of 500 research and development programs encompassing a broad array of advanced materials technologies and systems engineering.

Massachusetts Technology Collaborative www.masstech.org

The Massachusetts Technology Collaborative is the economic development agency for the state’s innovation economy, which is responsible for one-quarter  of all jobs in the state. The agency works with cutting-edge companies to create new jobs and stimulate economic activity in communities throughout the Commonwealth. MTC helps entrepreneurs obtain funds for technology development, particularly through the SBIR/STTR and ATP programs. In addition, MTC manages the state’s $150 million Renewable Energy Trust to increase the supply of and demand for green power while expanding economic activity in the state’s renewable energy industry.

Materials Systems Inc.       www.matsysinc.com

Materials Systems Inc. develops and manufactures advanced materials and custom components for defense and commercial systems customers. MSI’s products range from acoustic transducers for underwater sonar and industrial ultrasound to large sapphire windows for transparent armor and infrared surveillance. Our multidisciplinary technologists translate sophisticated systems requirements into complete solutions that integrate engineering and innovative design with high or low volume manufacturing.

Metabolix, Inc.  www.metabolix.com

Metabolix uses sophisticated biotechnology to produce environmentally-friendly performance plastics and specialty chemicals from renewable resources. The company is a world leader in applying the advanced tools of            metabolic engineering and molecular biology to create efficient production of biopolymers in microbial systems via fermentation and, ultimately, directly in nonfood plant crops. The assets of Biopol™ were acquired from Monsanto to supplement an already strong intellectual property position and to open several markets to rapid development.

NanoComp Technologies, Inc www.nanocomptech.com

Nanocomp Technologies’ (Concord, NH) purpose is to leverage its numerous proprietary and fundamental advancements in the production of very long carbon nanotubes together with a unique ability to fabricate them into physically strong, lightweight, electro-thermally conductive fibers, yarns, felts, and non-wovens. The company’s goal is to create products with revolutionary performance benefits, creating a new generation of advanced structural materials and electro-thermal devices.

Pro-Change Behavior Systems, Inc. www.prochange.com

Based on the best data that the science and practice of behavior change can generate, Pro-Change has produced a proprietary set of tools that can be customized to meet a wide range of challenges. The company’s approach is designed to outperform consistently other commercial behavior change programs in terms of impact. Pro-Change’s interactive technologies offer the most cost-effective modalities for bringing the maximum amount of science to bear on major behavior problems in entire populations.

Q-Peak, Inc.       www.qpeak.com

Q-Peak carries out a wide range of contract research and development programs in the fields of solid state lasers, nonlinear optics, and related technologies. The company’s customers include the government and a variety of private organizations, ranging from emerging companies to major aerospace contractors. Research activities include fundamental investigations of new lasers, nonlinear optical devices, and laser materials, as well as prototype development for entire photonics systems.  Q-Peak has produced devices and systems in volume for commercial applications.

Scientific Systems Company, Inc.      www.ssci.com

Scientific Systems Company is an organization of engineers and scientists that provides state-of-the-art research, development, and consulting services to government and commercial clients. The company’s technical expertise includes intelligent and autonomous control systems, information and communication systems, and signal and image processing systems. SSC actively collaborates with industry, academia, and research institutions to solve complex problems with innovative methods or new technologies.

BlazeTech Corporation      www.blazetech.com

BlazeTech provides research and development, modeling and simulation, and expert witness services.  Our forte is in bridging the gap between theory and practice to solve real problems and develop software and advanced technologies in a timely and cost-effective manner.  Technology development includes conceptual designs, proof-of-concept tests, proto- type development, field testing, and analysis.

TIAX, LLC.            www.tiaxllc.com 

TIAX is a technology processing^SM company. We transform emerging innovations into robust technology platforms ready for hand-off.  Leveraging our technologies, laboratories, and links to external innovation sources, we collaborate with our customers in industry and government  to create new business opportunities and achieve mission objectives.  TIAX is ISO 9001 certified, with offices in Massachusetts and California.

Rynel, Inc.            www.rynel.com

Rynel, Inc. develops and manufactures highly absorbent polyurethane foams and prepolymers (Trepol®) for medical and personal care applications. Formats include rollstock, laminated rollstock, die-cut, impregnated and precision small-part foam molding. Rynel works closely with medical product companies to develop custom solutions to absorbent-foam needs. Rynel is ISO 9001:2000 and ISO 13485:2003 registered.

Beacon Interactive     www.beaconinteractive.com

Beacon's software products answer the basic questions that drive how people get their work done.  What do you do?  What information do you need? And who do you talk to?  Across customers and industry sectors, Beacon delivers user-centric systems that support the human performance of day-to-day work improving both operational efficiency and strategic visibilty into the organization's performance, capabilities and knowledge.

Delsys    www.delsys.com

Delsys designs and markets a variety of products that are mainly used to detect and measure a very low level electrical signal that is generated in a muscle when it contracts (the EMG signal). Our systems also accept sensors that detect signals from the heart (the EKG signal), accelerometers that measure the position and acceleration of a body segment, foot switches that register the position of the foot while walking, and goniometers that measure the angular displacement of body joints. Our innovative technology is used by researchers and clinicians in over 1700 sites in 70 countries throughout the world.