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Micro Cooling Concepts, Inc

Huntington Beach, CA · Defense · Private

Microchannel cold plate with integrated microimpingement cooling for high-power semiconductor thermal management

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Sector
Defense
Headquarters
Huntington Beach, CA
Total capital
$9.2M
Federal grants
$2.8M
4 awards · 2020–2024
Rank in peer group#143 of 164
Private capital raised
None on recordNo Form D filings on SEC EDGAR. Some raises are not filed.
Federal contracts
$6.4M
16 awards · Defense, NASA
Rank in Defense#472 of 1442
Granted patents
1
1 pending · first 2016
Rank in peer group#68 of 164

Capital timeline

20062010201420182022FEDERAL ↑EQUITY ↓Cumulative $9.2M$750K$750K$2M$1.0M$850K
20062010201420182022FEDERAL ↑EQUITY ↓Cumulative $9.2M$2M$1.0M

Latest events

  • Federal grantNASA · Phase II · SBIR Phase II - Propellers With Integrated Thermal Management For Electrified Aircraft$850K
  • Federal contractNASA · SBIR Phase II - Propellers With Integrated Thermal Management For Electrified Aircraft$850K
  • Federal contractNASA · SBIR Phase I Propellers With Integrated Thermal Management For Electrified Aircraft$150K
  • Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Integrated Reduced-Expansion Microchannel Cooling for SiC Power Modules$1.0M
  • Federal contractDefense · Research And Development$2M
  • Federal grantNASA · Phase II · Lightweight Recuperator for Electrified Aircraft Propulsion$750K
  • Federal contractDefense · STTR Phase 1$240K
Show 13 earlier federal awards
  • Federal contractNASA · Lightweight Recuperator For Electrified Aircraft Propulsion$125K
  • Federal grantEnergy · Phase I · Dual Coolant Liquid Metal Divertor Development$200K
  • Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf Modern High Efficiency Gas Turbine Engines Typically Operate With Hot Section Temperatures So High That Metal Parts In Those Areas Need To Be Cooled To Maintain Strength And Life Properties. A Well-established Approach To This Bleeds A Portion Of The Compressor Discharge Air To Flow Through And Over Turbine Parts. As Engine Compressor Pressure Ratios Continue To Increase, The Temperature Of This Compressor Discharge Air Also Increases, To The Point That The Cooling Air Itself Needs$750K
  • Federal contractDefense · Igf::cl::igf$80K
  • Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf Modern High Efficiency Gas Turbine Engines Typically Operate With Hot Section Temperatures So High That Metal Parts In Those Areas Need To Be Cooled To Maintain Strength And Life Properties. A Well-established Approach To This Bleeds A Portion Of The Compressor Discharge Air To Flow Through And Over Turbine Parts. As Engine Compressor Pressure Ratios Continue To Increase, The Temperature Of This Compressor Discharge Air Also Increases, To The Point That The Cooling Air Itself Needs $125K
  • Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf SBIR I- Enhanced High Pressure Turbine Blade Cooling$149K
  • Federal contractDefense · Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Contract: "lightweight Recuperatorss For Small Turbine Engines".$99K
  • Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf Other Function - Gas Turbine Engine Technology Is Constantly Challenged To Operate At Higher Combustor Outlet Temperatures. In A Modern Gas Turbine Engine, These Temperatures Can Exceed The Blade And Disk Material Limits By 600 ?f Or More, Necessitating Both Internal And Film Cooling Schemes In Addition To The Use Of Thermal Barrier Coatings. Internal Convective Cooling Is Inadequate In Many Blade Locations, And Both Internal And Film Cooling Approaches Can Lead To Significant Perfo$746K
  • Federal contractNASA · Gas Turbine Engine Technology Is Constantly Challenged To Operate At Higher Combustor Outlet Temperatures. In A Modern Gas Turbine Engine, These Temperatures Can Exceed The Blade And Disk Material Limits By 600 Of Or More, Necessitating Both Internal And Film Cooling Schemes In Addition To The Use Of Thermal Barrier Coatings. Internal Convective Cooling Is Inadequate In Many Blade Locations, And Both Internal And Film Cooling Approaches Can Lead To Significant Performance Penalties In The Engine$99K
  • Federal contractNASA · Our Team Proposes To Define A Diffusion Bonding Process For Aluminum As An Enabling Step To Ultimately Develop An Innovative, Lightweight, Long Life, Aluminum Combustion Chamber Technology For Non-toxic Nofbx(tm) Monopropellant In-space 100 Lbf Rocket Thrusters And Rocket Engines In General. In A Companion Proposal, We Are Investigating Aluminum Injectorheads: The Results From These Two Efforts Will Ultimately Allow US To Produce An Entire Nofbx(tm) Aluminum Engine. On A Strict Density Basis, Th$99K
  • Federal contractNASA · We Propose A Microplate Heat Exchanger For Cryogenic Cooling Systems Used For Continuous Flow Distributed Cooling Systems, Large Focal Plane Arrays, Multiple Cooling Locations, And Very Low Vibration Cooling Systems. Any Dc Cryogenic Flow System Such As Turbo Brayton, Joule-thomson (jt), Or Remote Cooling Applications Require Very High Effectiveness Heat Exchangers To Reduce Input Power. The Parasitic Loads From Heat Exchangers Are A Significant Fraction Of The Overall Load, And High Effectivene$99K
  • Federal contractDefense · Self Contained Two-phase Thermal Management System.$69K
  • Federal contractDefense · 200608!601507!2100!W9113M!USA Space And Strategic Def Cdr !W9113M06C0116 !a!n! !n! ! !20060427!20080428!001557268!001557268!001557268!N!MICRO Cooling Concepts !7522 Slater Ave Ste 122 !huntington Bea !CA!92647!36000!059!06!HUNTINGTON Beach !orange !CALIFORNIA!+000000696140!N!N!000000696140!AC23!RDTE/MISSILE And Space Systems-adv Tech Dev !A2 !missile And Space Systems !caa !mda Support !541710!E! !3! ! ! ! ! !999$696K

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Standing among 164 peers

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Defense · Device

  • Federal grantsBelow median
  • Granted patents#68 · top 41%

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Checked: USPTO inventors; federal award principal investigators; SEC Form D related persons · Oct 23, 2026

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Sources

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