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| | C2P Sciences L3C | Christopher Nicholas | Principal |
Small Business
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Cross-Cutting
| | Illinois low-profit limited liability company owns / operates x-ray diffraction services for catalyst and materials characterization. Personnel with 20 years experience in analysis of diffraction patterns, intensity measurements and expertise in materials ranging from zeolites, metal oxides, and metals. Familiarity with MOFs. |
| IL |
| | Lakril Technologies Corporation | Christopher P Nicholas | President and Co-Founder |
Small Business
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Advanced Manufacturing (Industrial)
| Area of Interest 1 – Advanced Process Technologies to Convert Sustainable Feedstocks to Hydrocarbon Chemicals and Fuels | Lakril Technologies is delivering industrial decarbonization through processes to convert biomass derived feedstocks to on-spec drop-in chemicals at competitive costs. Dehydration technology working for dehydration of lactic acid for acrylic acid.
Strategic backed small business, hungry.
7 person team with analytical capabilities and over 95 years of experience inventing, scaling, and commercializing catalysts and related processes. |
| IL |
| | VerdeTerra | Mark Snyder | Chief Executive Officer |
Small Business
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Carbon Capture
| Energy and Emissions Intensive Decarbonization | At VerdeTerra, we have developed an indoor air purification system that utilizes algae to capture carbon and promoting client health through cleaner air and reduced pollution. Through this, we created a holistic purification system that is backed by science to address a gap in the market and promote efficient energy. We are dedicated to our mission of advancing the SDG goal 13 - Climate Action as we move towards a zero-carbon future.
The origins of this innovation lie in VerdeTerra's commitment to sustainability and environmental stewardship. Recognizing the significant carbon footprint of cement production, VerdeTerra embarked on a journey to develop alternative, eco-friendly solutions that could revolutionize the industry. Building upon research in biotechnology and environmental science, VerdeTerra devised a novel approach that leverages the natural ability of algae to absorb CO2 from the atmosphere. Unlike traditional methods that rely on costly and energy-intensive carbon capture technologies, VerdeTerra's approach utilizes algae as a biological carbon sink, effectively sequestering CO2 emissions while simultaneously producing oxygen through photosynthesis.
This is powered by our Principal's five years in Management Consulting, leading strategy, global multi-disciplinary project management, and sustainable initiatives, two years in research with DoD and NASA SBIR projects. Seven years as a Mechanical Engineer and prior entrepreneurial experience as a Founder. |
| GA |
| | Lakril Technologies Corporation | Christopher P Nicholas | President and Co-Founder |
Small Business
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Advanced Manufacturing (Industrial)
| | Låkril Technologies believes in a world where bio-based sugars are the feedstock for high volume chemicals. Our thermochemical technology platform provides outstanding yields of bio-based based acrylics from lactic acid, a molecule that has been produced commercially via fermentation since the 1880s. This large volume, low-cost feedstock coupled with our acrylic yields allows us to achieve our goal of giving sustainable materials a competitive edge by making them at incredibly low cost so that the transition to low carbon, bio-derived products is effortless for consumers and end users.
We utilize thermochemical catalytic conversion to decarbonize the chemicals industry, with an intense focus on the acrylic acid value chain. We're a Chicago, Illinois based small business in our 3rd year with 5FTE and an IP portfolio around catalyst and chemical engineering processes. We have a full portfolio of Federal and private grants; PI Nicholas spent 15 years at Honeywell UOP inventing and commercializing catalysts before starting Låkril Technologies.
Seeking partners either on the lactic acid production side, or the downstream use of acrylic acid components. Let's decarbonize the chemicals value chain together! |
| IL |
| | Iowa State University | Ali Jahanbani Ardakani | Faculty |
Academic
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Renewable Energy Integration (REI)
| | Our team has contributed to many large-scale projects in collaboration with different national labs and industry partners for the decarbonization of the network and planning a path to a cleaner future. We specialize in developing models and optimizing (using several industry-grade software) to provide solutions for the stakeholders under uncertainties. |
| IA |
| | Georgia Tech | Frederick (Randy) Green | Energy & Sustainability Services Group Manager |
Academic
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Industrial Efficiency and Decarbonization Office (IEDO)
| Decarbonizing cement, food, and chemical industries | Our unit would be interested in partnering with organizations that are seeking to connect with the target industries in the state of Georgia. We can potentially help research labs identify specific manufacturers within the state of Georgia who could benefit from the application of their technology in a commercial application. |
| GA |
| | Vertaeon LLC | Rekha Menon-Varma | Managing Partner |
Small Business
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Cross-Cutting
| Topics 1, 2 & 5 | BACKGROUND:
Vertaeon, a Risk and ESG (Environmental, Social & Governance) intelligence firm, aggregates information from multiple internal and external sources, analyzes and delivers insights for decision makers. For this resident of UF Innovate Hub, Gainesville, FL (and Atlanta, GA), Industrial, Semiconductor and Mobility markets are focus areas. Vertaeon's SaaS platform has the capability to assess multitude of indicators including energy and emissions for various sectors, under differing conditions. This dynamic platform can be accessed 24x7 by operational or commercial users. Vertaeon is also a thought leader having published articles and spoken at national conferences on sustainability and enterprise risks.
Additional: Vertaeon is a WBE (women-owned business enterprise) and has a strong focus in building diverse expertise in the area of advanced analytics for core sectors.
CAPABILITIES:
Vertaeon SaaS Platforms for Risk and ESG Analytics aggregate, transform and apply machine learning (ML) to analyze various large scale and disparate data via a proprietary web-based platform. We have the capability to identify and extract relevant information for various segments of a complex supply chain, and to develop actionable insights. We are exploring development of forecasting and prediction models for emissions, and optimization models for resource management. Our team has extensive backgrounds in operations and markets for Steel, Chemical and Forest Products Sectors.
INTEREST: Looking to partner with large or small business, non-profits and academic institutions who are working on decarbonization technologies and commercialization of the same for Topics 1, 2 and 5. |
| FL |
| | Holtec Government Services | Dr. Rick Springman | President of Global Clean Energy Opportunities |
Large Business
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Advanced Manufacturing (Industrial)
| One; Decarbonizing Chemicals & Fuels, Area of Interest Three; Chemicals Value Chain Decarbonization | Holtec Government Services is looking for an Industry Partner whose chemical process the Green Boiler will be designed for to reduce the Industry Partner's carbon emissions. The Holtec Green Boiler is a thermal energy reservoir that produces steam on demand. The Green Boiler uses low cost off peak electrical power from the grid to store as thermal energy through electric heaters. By using off peak electricity, the Green Boiler has a lower operating cost than electric boilers and depending on the location, natural gas. The thermal energy is stored through the proprietary engineered molten salt medium Feorite(TM) that has a heat capacitance while being non-corrosive and containing no rare earth metals. Stored heat is transferred to one of four built in steam generators that output steam at the designed pressure for the process (50 psig minimum, 3,000 psig maximum).
The project plan for the funding is to tailor the Green Boiler for the Industry Partner's chemical process and go from our current level of laboratory testing to the point of successful operational testing and analysis of a scaled pilot Green Boiler system. Please see the following link for a technical bulletin on the Green Boiler for more information.
https://holtecinternational.com/innovation/technical-bulletins/htb-088/
Holtec Government Services is a wholly owned subsidiary of Holtec International with the assigned mission to provide services to federal, state, and municipal governments in the field of carbon-free energy technologies including long duration energy storage, nuclear, solar, geothermal, and wind power. Holtec International is fundamentally an “innovation” company, developing technologies in-house using proven design and fabrication control processes backed by a rigorous quality assurance program. Holtec International has over 220 active patents covering equipment designs, fabrication processes, and materials. Our goal is to help our clients solve their most challenging problems through innovative thinking, practical engineering, advanced fabrication processes, and experienced site implementation teams.
For more information on Holtec's Green Boiler or discuss a potential partnership, please contact Dr. Rick Springman (professional contact information) and Zach Helm email: z.helm@holtec.com cell: (609)209-8270 |
| NJ |
| | Lucent Energy Management | Steven Schwartz | CEO |
Small Business
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Bioenergy
| | Lucent Energy Management is a small business with extensive project management and implementation experience operating in the renewable energy sector.
We are interested in Tier 1 for Topic 1, specifically for biologically derived chemical and fuel feedstocks.
Our team developed a geothermally cooled, closed-loop, down-hole aqueous “acid gas” separation technology (patented). This process is applicable to nearly every industrial process that generates acid gas mixed with CO, CH4,H2, N2, or O2. Our technology enables an economically viable way to reach carbon negativity with biologic carbon sources. |
| NJ |
| | KSE, Inc. | Jeffrey Kittrell | President |
Small Business
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Bioenergy
| Topic 1, Tier 1 | Global plastics trade was 416M tons in 2019 projected to exceed 1B tons by 2050. The primary raw material for plastics production is petroleum, which is very energy intensive due to both the extraction and refining process, resulting in extensive carbon emissions. KSE has a solution to this proble. KSE technology utilizes a hemicellulose furan pathway to 2,5-furan dicarboxylic acid (FDCA) to polyester synthesis which can supplment legacy petroleum-based processing and maturing cellulos based technologies to meet this growing plastics demand. FDCA acts as a replacment for terepthalic acid in the manufacuter of PET and plasticizers, a market size approaching $60B annually. Targeted level of KSE process performance yields a 90% reduction in GHG emissions, a 45% reduction in energy utilization and a 30 pps improvement in operating marging relative to petroleum based terepthalic acid production. |
| MA |
| | Advanced Thermovoltaic Systems | John Newman | COO |
Small Business
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Advanced Manufacturing (Industrial)
| | Advanced Thermovoltaic Systems is a small business that specializes in manufacturing thermoelectric generation cartridges for use in Waste Heat to Power conversion. Approximately 67% of energy input in the U.S is lost to waste heat (433 billion kWh/yr) in the form of hot equipment surfaces and heated products. Thermoelectric generators (TEGs) can be used to reclaim some of that waste heat and convert it to electricity. |
| CO |
| | AltexTechnologies Corporation | John Kelly | President |
Small Business
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Cross-Cutting
| | Altex Technologies has experience in the development and production and delivery of high-performance heat exchangers that have reduced volume, weight, pressure drop and cost, versus state-of-art heat exchangers. These heat exchangers are produced using ISO9001:2015 certified processes. Energy system applications have covered capacities from Watts to hundreds of Megawatts, with pressures up to 3,000 psi and, at lower pressures, temperatures up to 800C. Besides design and fabrication capabilities, Altex has available on-site wind tunnel and other test facilities to confirm heat exchanger performance ahead of delivery. In addition to heat exchangers, Altex has reactor expertise based on multiple efforts in biomass to drop-in fuels, logistic-fuel desulfurization and reforming, carbon-capture, bioplastics production, biomass pretreatment and the development and fielding of low emissions burners that operate on gas, liquid and solid fuels. Low emissions burners have been fielded for boilers and heaters in California, pollutant abatement reactors for the semiconductor industry and even food broilers for the fast-food industry that have enhanced throughput. Also, Altex has a proven track record of working with commercial, academic and government partners to develop, demonstrate, and commercialize technologies.
We are looking to partner with organizations interested in this FOA who need expertise in the abovementioned areas. |
| CA |
| | Prometheus Materials Inc | John R. Hottle, PhD | Director of Research and Development |
Small Business
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Industrial Efficiency and Decarbonization Office (IEDO)
| Topic Area 4: Decarbonizing Building and Infrarstructure Materials - Cement and Concrete, Asphalt, and Glass | Dr. John R. Hottle, is an expert in materials characterization and analytical research, and understands materials product development at both foundational and application levels possessing over 20 years of experience in materials R&D across academia, government, and industrial sectors. Dr. Hottle has guided the development of multiple products from infancy to large-scale production and has demonstrated successful commercialization of multiple polymer-based products for global distribution. He currently serves as the Director of Research and Development at Prometheus Materials Inc., focusing on the development of carbon-neutral, or carbon-negative, cement and concrete manufactured goods utilizing algae-grown limestone.
Prometheus Materials Inc.’s Pilot Plant and R&D Center is its focal point for biolimestone production, as well as its industrial concrete and ready-mix manufacturing and materials testing facility. Prometheus Materials Inc.’s Pilot Plant and R&D Center is capable of small-scale biomineral production. Additionally, the Pilot Plant is capable of manufacturing 6-inch and 8-inch concrete masonry units (CMUs), concrete pavers, Grasscrete tiles, and sound absorption panels, as well as ready-mix test forms, such as mortar cubes, cylinders, and test wall segments. Currently, Prometheus Materials Inc. can produce more than 100 CMUs per day from its pilot-scale production line.
Prometheus Materials Inc. possesses conventional wet chemistry and biology laboratories that are capable of executing lab-scale algae cultivation and biomineralization studies and fabricating lab-scale cement and concrete test samples. The R&D center is capable of performing physical and analytical characterizations in accordance with ASTM International standards that include: compressive strength, strength activity index, loss-on-ignition, particle size distribution analysis (PSD), fineness, rheology, pH, leachability, moisture content, air content, sulfate resistance, Raman microscopy, ATR-FTIR spectroscopy, polarized light microscopy (PLM), and Vicat testing. |
| CO |
| | EDP Renewables North America | Martin Motta | Innovation Associate |
Large Business
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Solar
| | EDPR NA is an IPP and Developer of wind, solar, storage, and hydrogen projects in North America. We are interested in finding innovation grant opportunities to decarbonize and push forward sustainability tech in the energy space. |
| TX |
| | BSS Additive | Steve Longpre | Manager |
Small Business
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Advanced Manufacturing (Industrial)
| Industrial material recycling, converting, advanced manufacturing | Hello! We're interested in collaborative R&D to help pilot a new method for recycling decommissioned solar panel aluminum and similar materials into extruded profiles, tubes, rods, wire other shapes for panel remanufacturing, secondary metals supply and other applications. We've identified a licensable technology developed by a US National Lab that's demonstrated significantly lower energy use, carbon emissions, costs and time requirements compared with traditional foundry based aluminum reprocessing. We'd like to demonstrate its viability when integrated with other GHG reduction technologies in New England based pilot level production facility to validate its benefits in the wider circular economy. We received positive feedback from DoE reviewers for our previous concept proposal to DE-FOA-0002985 - Materials, Operation, and Recycling of Photovoltaics (MORE PV). Unfortunately we lacked sufficient teaming partners at that time to move forward with a full application. Since then we've attracted interest from industry, academic and investment partners who may team with us on our next submission. We have extensive background in startups, material development, application design, equipment selection, facility construction, operations, EH&S, training and workforce development for I4.0 industry. Please contact me via email if you'd be interested. We're looking for out of the box thinkers and doers who can help us make this happen. |
| MA |
| | ANSELM Inc. | Nik Chekshin | Founder |
Small Business
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Industrial Efficiency and Decarbonization Office (IEDO)
| 1. Decarbonizing Chemicals & Fuels - Value Chain Decarbonization | ANSELM is SaaS energy efficiency company delivering unmatched results in maximizing the energy efficiency of heat-intensive industries (refining, biorefining, chemicals, etc.) and reducing their carbon emissions with highest profitability. Using our proprietary innovative scientific methodology of digital heat flow modeling and ML-enhanced algorithms, our software platform delivers rapid reduction in avoidable CO2 emissions by identifying highly implementable and profitable ways to minimize waste heat and primary energy consumption. By modeling all heat flows within the facility and simulating all possible ways those flows can interact, the platform identifies most efficient and cost-effective ways to maximize the recuperative heat potential of the facility through capturing waste heat via deep heat integration. The analysis excludes human error, works with raw data already collected by the facility (does not require any measurements on site), and can be performed remotely and in real time. Our proprietary SELOOP analysis removes the existing bottlenecks of the classic first-principles Pinch studies through full financial efficiency analysis with implementability metrics, tailoring heat integration projects specifically to existing configuration and ensuring high ROI.
Unlike other industrial decarbonization technologies (carbon capture, low-carbon feedstocks, etc.) requiring large investments ($150 per ton CO2 captured) and long times to implement, ANSELM delivers fast, scalable, and profitable reduction in avoidable carbon emissions (customer gains up to $200 in energy savings and OpEx reduction per ton of CO2 reduced), while improving production capacity and respecting operation limits. We have demonstrated 30% average reduction of operational cost and carbon emissions at refining and chemical facilities with exceptional profitability (average IRR of over 50% with every $1 invested in ANSELM’s EEIP yielding a minimum of $148 in realized efficiency potential) and are looking for more industrial partners to showcase the ANSELM technology.
We are now extending the ANSELM platform to continuous process optimization and are seeking industrial partners for feasibility studies of our newly developed software. In particular, we are looking for refining, biorefining, and chemical production plants, as well as organizations operating energy-intensive units used at such facilities, to partner as data providers for site demonstrations. |
| CA |
| | Holtec Government Services | Myron Kaczmarsky | Vice President |
Large Business
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Advanced Manufacturing (Industrial)
| Any | Holtec Government Services offers its Green Boiler as a means to provide a carbon-free heat input to any one of the industrial processes to be funded under the guidelines of DE-FOA-0003219. Holtec's Green Boiler is a thermal energy storage system, is modular in nature, and has the capability of storing 4.5 MWth per module. It is rated for a high temperature output between 600-700 degrees Celsius. |
| NJ |
| | Organization of Clean Energy and Climate, Inc | Tao Wu | Director of Computing Heat Recycle Center |
Non-Profit
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Industrial Efficiency and Decarbonization Office (IEDO)
| Computing heat recycle technology development | Our Missions:
Develop technologies and systems to demonstrate how residential, commercial and industrial can recycle the computing heat waste as a replacement of traditional heating.
Provide accessible information, engage in advocacy, and collaborate with stakeholders to educate individuals and communities about the urgent realities of climate change and inspire computing heat recycle for a sustainable future.
Our Goals:
Build the center in a way to benefit local community.
As the first of this kind of R&D center, continue to be the leader of this field in the world and bring the best computing heat recycle solution to the world.
Be one of key contributors in achieving carbon neutral efforts. |
| OH |
| | Integrated Dynamics, Inc. | Henry Marcus Markarian | CEO |
Small Business
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Bioenergy
| | Startup based out of Champaign, IL. Venture backed, hungry.
Novel process using hyperthermophiles (~95ºC) and electrolysis to break carbohydrate feedstocks into H2 and CO2 in 18 hours. Looking for partners in the systems, oil&gas, and SAF spaces to do something with the syngas. Flexible with implementation.
Looking to build something great. |
| IL |
| | Robert Bosch GmbH | Viktoria Stoeger | PS/XFH (PS/XFH) |
Large Business
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Integrated Strategies
| SaaS Solution to enhance climate neutrality | Machine learning, AI, UX / UI, Energy Know how, Industrial expertise |
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| | EnviCore Inc. | Shahrukh Shamim | CEO |
Small Business
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Advanced Manufacturing (Industrial)
| Area of Interest 1 – Novel Cement Formulations in Combination with Alternative Supplementary Cementitious Materials (SCM) | EnviCore's technology is based on a transformational approach to converting a diverse set of mineral feedstock into supplementary cementitious materials (SCMs) at low temperatures. The technology involves processing multiple types of mineral feed at low temperatures to achieve activation and successful partial replacement of cement in a concrete mix without sacrificing its early strength.
EnviCore is committed to creating a sustainable world, in partnership with our clients and the communities we serve by repurposing minerals from diverse mining and construction operations into low-carbon cementitious products. |
| Alberta |
| | Holcim (US) Inc. | Rick Darnell | Head of Materials Decarbonization |
Large Business
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Advanced Manufacturing (Industrial)
| Topic 4: Cement and Concrete; Area of Interest 1: Novel Cement Formulations in Combination with Alternative Supplementary Cementitious Materials (SCMs) | Holcim is the number one building materials and solutions provider in the world and the leading cement producer in the US. Our goal is to lead the industry in reducing carbon emissions and accelerating the transition towards low-carbon construction.
We are open to act as an Industry Partner for Topic 4, Areas of Interest 1 and 2. |
| MI |
| | Global Emissionairy, LLC | Ben Devine, P.E. | Vice President | Engineering |
Small Business
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Industrial Efficiency and Decarbonization Office (IEDO)
| DE-FOA-0003219 FY24 Energy and Emissions Intensive Industries | Background: As a private LLC in the voluntary carbon market, we specialize in developing and commercializing sustainable construction materials, including low carbon asphalt. Our approach combines carbon finance, innovative material formulations, and educational initiatives for DOTs, engineers, and contractors to promote low-carbon technologies.
Interest: We are committed to sustainable infrastructure and emission reduction in the construction sector. Participating in this FOA aligns with our mission to collaborate with partners for a sustainable future. We aim to explore, select, and integrate technologies and methodologies to enhance environmental benefits of sustainable materials, fostering their commercialization and scalability.
Capabilities: Our expertise covers the full lifecycle of sustainable material development, from R&D to implementation, marked by significant emission reductions through proprietary technologies and educational outreach. We've developed a novel carbon emission reduction methodology for cold recycled asphalt, leading to substantial CO2e reductions with ambitious future targets.
Conclusion: As leaders in the voluntary carbon market, we offer insights into the benefits of sustainable materials, evidenced by our impactful projects. We seek teaming partners for this FOA to scale innovative solutions and drive sector-wide change. |
| MD |
| | The McGhee Corporation | Priana McGhee | CEO |
Small Business
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Advanced Manufacturing (Industrial)
| Smart Glass Manufacturing | Our scientific approach not only addresses the immediate technical challenges but also lays the foundation for a sustainable competitive advantage for our company. By pioneering advancements in smart glass technology, we can offer superior products that outperform existing solutions in terms of performance, durability, and affordability. This, in turn, will position us as a leader in the rapidly growing smart glass market, driving revenue growth and market expansion while contributing to a more sustainable future |
| TX |
| | Eighth Generation Consulting, LLC | Saxon Metzger | Professor - Lead Consultant |
Small Business
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Solar
| Decommissioning and Circularity Initiatives | Expert at leading primary grant applications as well as for providing teaming partner support with our experience in community benefits for indigenous people, education and workforce development efforts, and solar and storage decommissioning and circularity experience.
Our current remaining package includes the necessary stakeholders to perform this research, with letters of support as well as full plans for the development of a project advisory committee composed of experts and stakeholders to provide support, direction, and review of input and output from this research proposal. Our teaming package includes the Osage Nation owned Eighth Generation Consulting, with graduate professors from NYU and Wilmington University possessing published research and presentation experience. Our team has earned recognition by the COP15 UN Biodiversity Conference for it’s Sustainability Planning and indigenous collaboration and research, one with extensive experience as a Sustainability Vice Chair and a mentor for indigenous students with the American Indian Science and Education Society as well as earning the title of Chief Librarian of the International Center for MultiGenerational Legacies of Trauma (ICMGLT), which holds special consultative status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations. Our skills also encompass work on software and hardware, assisting organizations such as the Louisiana State University (“LSU”) College of Business, LSU Cybersecurity Clinic, and TryHackMe with the development of large-scale application and technology infrastructure deployments, in service of over 2 million total end users. In addition, we've developed over 50 hours of video training footage and hands-on cloud security laboratories, with extensive experience developing Artificial Intelligence (“AI”)-assisted applications.
Community Benefit Planning is also now a required tasks for many proposals to U.S. federal funding solicitation as per Executive Order 14008 which declared 40% of all federal investments in the areas of clean energy and energy efficiency; clean transit; affordable and sustainable housing; training and workforce development; the remediation and reduction of legacy pollution; and the development of critical clean water infrastructure flow to disadvantaged communities (DAC). This is known as the Justice40 Initiative. Guidance and input from experts is needed to brainstorm and execute community engagement. |
| IL |