Lupine Materials and Technology, Inc.
Rayleigh-backscattering interrogated optical fiber sensors for quench detection in high-temperature superconductor magnets
- Sector
- Energy
- Headquarters
- State College, PA
- Founded
- 2014
- Total capital
- $2.7M
- Federal grants
- $2.6M
- 5 awards · 2017–2022
- Rank in peer group#4 of 25
- Private capital raised
- None on recordNo Form D filings on SEC EDGAR. Some raises are not filed.
- Federal contracts
- $50K
- 1 award · Defense
- Rank in Energy#200 of 998
- Granted patents
- None on recordNo USPTO grants. Applications publish after 18 months.
Capital timeline
Latest events
- Federal grantEnergy · Phase I · Development of a distributed sensor that can simultaneously measure strain and temperature variations based on Rayleigh-backscattering optical fibers$200K
- Federal grantEnergy · Phase II · Irradiation Sensitivity of Rayleigh-backscattering Interrogated Optical Fibers for Real-Time Magnet Monitoring$1.1M
- Federal grantEnergy · Phase I · Irradiation Sensitivity of Rayleigh-backscattering Interrogated Optical Fibers for Real-Time Magnet Monitoring$200K
- Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Rayleigh Interrogated Optical Fiber (RIOF) Quench Monitoring and Control System for DC and AC Operated High Temperature Superconducting Magnets$140K
- Federal contractDefense · Diagnostic Install And Test$50K
- Federal grantEnergy · Phase II · Optical fiber integration into Bi2Sr2CaCu2Ox/Ag/AgX and (RE)Ba2Cu3Ox superconducting coils$1.0M
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Standing among 25 peers
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- Federal grants#4 · top 16%
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Regulatory activity · Energy
- Air Plan Approval; Michigan; Redesignation and Maintenance Plan for the Partial St. Clair 2010 1-Hour Sulfur Dioxide (SO2) NAAQS Nonattainment AreaEnvironmental Protection Agency
- Air Plan Approval; Delaware; 2006 24-Hour Fine Particulate Matter Limited Maintenance Plan for the Philadelphia Nonattainment AreaEnvironmental Protection Agency
- Air Plan Approval; Oklahoma; Updates to the State Implementation Plan for New Source Review Permitting and General SIP ProvisionsEnvironmental Protection Agency
- List of Approved Spent Fuel Storage Casks: NAC International, Inc., MAGNASTOR® Storage System, Certificate of Compliance No. 1031, Amendment Nos. 16 and 17 and Revisions to Amendment Nos. 0 Through 16Nuclear Regulatory Commission
- Epyrifenacil; Pesticide TolerancesEnvironmental Protection Agency
- Fluoxapiprolin; Pesticide TolerancesEnvironmental Protection Agency
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Sources
Federal grants from SBIR/STTR, NIH, NSF and DoD records. Federal contracts from USAspending.gov. Private capital from SEC Form D. Patents from USPTO. Publications from OpenAlex. Regulatory activity from the Federal Register. Press matched on company name.
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