Louisiana Technology Transfer Office

Louisiana SBIR Outreach MODEL Phase Zero

PHASE 0 PART 1 PHASE 1 Feasibility Concept PHASE 0 PART 2 PHASE 2 Concept Refinement $2,500 Up to $100,000 $2,500 Up to $750,000 PHASE 3 Commercial Market Private Equity

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Louisiana Phase Zero Awards

Part One

Award amount of up to $2,500

Part Two

Award amount of up to $2,500 Specific deliverables must be achieved prior to receiving the award for each part

Eligible Expenditures

• Hire Grant Writer • Travel to Federal Lab • Travel to SBIR Conference • Supplies • SBIR Software

Success Story

Mezzo Systems, Inc.

7167 Florida Blvd Baton Rouge, LA 70806 (225) 706-0191 www.mezzotech.biz

Basic Company Data Year Formed Employees Phae III Sales 2000 SBIR Involvement 12 > $500,000 First SBIR Year 2001 Funding $6.78 million Award Totals 29 Jul-07 International Mezzo Technologies manufactures molding tools with high precision microgeometrics. These molding tools are then used to mass-produce polymer components that are essential in the development of high-tech devices, such as micro heat exchangers, micro combustors, and DNA separators. 5

Success Story Aquaculture Systems Technology, LLC

108 Industrial Ave New Orleans, LA 70121 (504) 837-5575 www.beadfilters.com

Basic Company Data Year Formed Size 1995 SBIR Involvement First SBIR Year 1996 12 Funding $1.51 million Phase III Sales > $1.25 million Award Totals 16

Jul-07

Aquaculture Systems Technology (AST) was founded in 1995 by Douglas Drennan to manufacture, market and sale of the exclusively licensed "Propeller-Washed Bead Filters" and "Bubble-Washed Bead Filters". 6

Contact Information

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Louisiana Technology Transfer Office

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Roy Keller , (225)578-3985 [email protected]

LSU South Campus, Baton Rouge

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Vic Johnson , (228)688-1117 [email protected]

NASA Stennis Space Center, MS

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LSBDC Technology Center

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Bryan Greenwood [email protected]

, (225)578-4848 LSU South Campus, Baton Rouge

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