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Active and Completed ATP Projects for the State of Michigan

Note: Award amounts listed for joint venture (JV) lead organizations represent amount awarded to the joint venture as a whole. Not all participants are necessarily located in this state—many other joint venture participants in this state participate in joint ventures led by organizations outside this state.

Project No. Participant Project Title
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State Status Project
Duration
ATP Award Project Total
90-01-0154 National Center For Manufacturing Sciences, Inc.- JV Lead

JV Participants:
  . AlliedSignal Laminate Systems
  . AlliedSignal Laminate Systems
  . AlliedSignal Laminate Systems
  . AT&T Micro Electronics
  . Endicott Interconnect Technologies (formerly IBM Corporation)
  . Hughes Aircraft Company
  . Hughes Aircraft Company
  . Hughes Aircraft Company
  . Lucent Technologies, Inc. (formerly AT&T Bell Laboratories)
  . Lucent Technologies, Inc. (formerly AT&T Bell Laboratories)
  . National Center For Manufacturing Sciences, Inc.
  . Sandia National Laboratories
  . Sandia National Laboratories
  . Texas Instruments, Inc.
  . United Technologies Corporation, Hamilton Standard Division
  . United Technologies Corporation, Hamilton Standard Division, Research Div.
Printed Wiring Board Interconnect Systems MI Completed 04/15/1991 -
04/14/1996
$13,782,990.00 $28,457,474.00
90-01-0232 Saginaw Machine Systems, Inc.- Lead Advanced Compensation Techniques for Enhancing Machine-Tool Accuracy MI Completed 04/15/1991 -
11/16/1993
$540,000.00 $640,000.00
91-01-0083 National Center For Manufacturing Sciences, Inc.- JV Lead

JV Participants:
  . Ford Motor Company, Manufacturing Development Center
  . General Motors Corporation, Technical Center
  . Knowledge Technologies International (formerly Concentra: ICAD, Inc.)
  . MSC.Software Corporation (formerly MacNeal Schwendler Corporation)
  . Raytheon (formerly Texas Instruments, Inc.)
  . Spatial Technology Inc.
  . Technology Answers, Inc. (formerly Cimplex Corporation)
  . Teknowledge Corporation
  . United Technologies Corporation, Hamilton Standard Division, Research Div.
NCMS Rapid Response Manufacturing MI Completed 09/28/1992 -
09/27/1997
$19,750,122.00 $45,808,773.00
91-01-0088 Michigan Molecular Institute- Lead Development of Cost-Effective Routes to Compatibilize Polymers in a Commingled Waste Stream MI Completed 08/15/1992 -
08/14/1995
$2,000,000.00 $2,300,445.00
91-01-0177 Altarum (formerly 2mm-Auto Body Consortium)- JV Lead

JV Participants:
  . CDI-Modern Engineering
  . Classic Design, Inc.
  . Comaupico (formerly Progressive Tool & Industries Company (PICO))
  . Daimler Chrysler Corporation
  . Detroit Center Tool, Inc.
  . General Motors Corporation, Technical Center
  . Norgren Automotive (formerly ISI Robotics)
  . Perceptron, Inc.
  . Pioneer Engineering & Manufacturing
  . University of Michigan, Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics
  . Weber Technologies, LLC (formerly ASC, Inc.)
Development of Advanced Technologies and Systems for Controlling Dimensional Variation in Automobile Body Manufacturing MI Completed 09/01/1992 -
10/31/1995
$4,860,498.00 $12,462,236.00
91-01-0178 Ford Motor Company, Scientific Research Labs- JV Lead

JV Participants:
  . Cyclics Corporation (formerly GE Research; GE Corporate R&D)
Cyclic Thermoplastic Liquid Composite Molding for Automotive Structures MI Completed 07/15/1992 -
12/31/1996
$5,291,817.00 $10,799,629.00
91-01-0243 Aastrom Biosciences, Inc.- Lead Human Stem Cell and Hematopoietic Expansion Systems MI Completed 07/01/1992 -
06/30/1994
$1,220,375.00 $2,733,904.00
92-01-0040 General Motors R&D and Planning (formerly GMC, Research And Enviromental Staff- JV Lead

JV Participants:
  . GE Global Research Center (formerly GE Research: formerly GE Corporate R&D)
Engineering Design with Injection-Molded Thermoplastics MI Completed 08/17/1993 -
07/31/1998
$5,784,245.00 $11,804,580.00
93-01-0071 Perceptron, Inc.- Lead Robust, Fast 3-D Image Processing and Feature Extraction Tools for Industrial Automation Applications MI Completed 01/01/1994 -
03/31/1996
$1,218,503.00 $2,083,715.00
93-01-0244 National Center For Manufacturing Sciences, Inc.- JV Lead

JV Participants:
  . Aesop, Inc.
  . Ford Motor Company, Alpha Development Center
  . General Motors Corporation, NAO Technical Center
  . Giddings & Lewis Machine Tools (formerly Giddings & Lewis Automation)
  . Manufacturing Laboratories, Inc.
  . Olofsson Machine Tools, Inc.
  . Setco Sales Company
  . Timken (formerly Torrington Company)
Strategic Machine Tool Technologies: Spindles MI Completed 07/01/1994 -
01/31/1999
$3,478,813.00 $7,490,381.00
94-02-0027 Automotive Composites Consortium c/o Daimler Chrysler (formerly General Motors)- JV Lead

JV Participants:
  . Daimler Chrysler Corporation, Organic Materials Engineering
  . Ford Motor Company, Scientific Research Labs
  . General Motors Corporation, Polymers Department
Automotive Composite Structures: Development of High-Volume Manufacturing Technology MI Completed 03/01/1995 -
02/28/1997
$3,273,000.00 $6,680,000.00
94-02-0030 New Venture Gear, Inc.- JV Lead

JV Participants:
  . Hexcel Corporation
  . Quantum Composites, Inc. (formerly Quantum Composites of Midland)
  . Quantum Consultants, Inc.
Polymer Matrix Composite Power Transmission Devices MI Completed 04/01/1995 -
03/31/2000
$3,093,000.00 $6,186,000.00
94-02-0040 ThyssenKrupp Budd Body Division (formerly Budd Company, Design Center)- Lead Development of Manufacturing Methodologies for Vehicle Composite Frames MI Completed 02/01/1995 -
01/31/1998
$2,000,000.00 $3,312,000.00
95-01-0108 Precision Optoelectronics Assembly Consortium (c/o NCMS)- JV Lead

JV Participants:
  . Adept Technology, Inc.
  . Boeing Information, Space & Defense Systems
  . Corning, Inc.
  . Focused Research, Inc.
  . Multi-Lifecycle Engineering Research Center, New Jersey Institute of Technology
Precision Optoelectronics Assembly MI Completed 09/29/1995 -
09/28/1999
$4,936,100.00 $10,181,200.00
95-02-0005 Perceptron, Inc. (formerly Autospect Inc., A Division of Perceptron, Inc.)- Lead Wet Paint Thickness Measurement System MI Completed 09/15/1995 -
09/14/1998
$1,800,274.00 $2,167,496.00
95-02-0006 Saginaw Machine Systems, Inc.- Lead Non-Circular Turning Process for Camshaft Machining MI Completed 09/30/1995 -
09/29/1998
$1,900,272.00 $2,481,931.00
95-02-0008 Near Zero Stamping, Inc. c/o Altarum (formerly Auto Body Consortium)- JV Lead

JV Participants:
  . A. J. Rose Manufacturing Company
  . Allen Bradley Company, Inc.
  . American Iron and Steel Institute
  . Atlas Technologies
  . Autodesk, Inc.
  . Autodie International, Inc.
  . Classic Design, Inc.
  . Daimler Chrysler Corporation
  . Data Instruments, Inc.
  . DELMIA, Corp. (formerly Deneb Robotics, Inc.)
  . Ford Motor Company
  . General Motors Corporation, Flint Metal Fabricating Plant
  . Helm Instrument
  . HMS Company
  . HMS Products Company
  . Lamb Technicon
  . Ohio State University
  . Oxford Automotive (formerly Lobdell-Emery Manufacturing Company)
  . Perceptron, Inc.
  . Sekely Industries
  . Signature Technologies
  . Tecnomatix Technologies, Inc.
  . Tower Automotive
  . Troy Design and Manufacturing
Agile Precision Sheet-Metal Stamping MI Completed 09/15/1995 -
06/30/2000
$8,301,000.00 $17,751,000.00
95-02-0013 Altarum (formerly Intelligent Resistance Welding Consortium)- JV Lead

JV Participants:
  . Alcan Aluminum Corporation
  . American Iron and Steel Institute
  . Ansys, Inc.
  . Battelle Memorial Institute
  . Daimler Chrysler Corporation
  . DuPont Central Research
  . Ford Motor Company, Advanced Manufacturing Technology Dev. (formerly Ford)
  . General Motors Corporation, NAO, Mid-Lux
  . Johnson Controls, Inc., Automotive Systems Group
  . Lamb Technicon
  . Progressive Tool & Industries Company (PICO)
  . Rockwell Automation (formerly Allen Bradley Company, Inc.)
  . RoMan Manfacturing, Inc.
  . Sensotec, Inc.
  . Tower Automotive
  . Weld Technology Corporation (formerly Robotron)
  . Weld Technology Corporation (WTC), (formerly Medar, Inc.)
Intelligent Resistance Welding MI Completed 09/15/1995 -
09/14/2000
$6,393,000.00 $13,068,000.00
95-02-0019 Lamb Technicon- Lead Agile Precision Line Boring MI Completed 09/15/1995 -
09/14/1998
$1,997,000.00 $2,071,700.00
95-02-0020 Montronix, Inc.- Lead Machine Tool Process Monitoring Diagnostic System MI Completed 09/01/1995 -
05/31/1998
$1,232,074.00 $1,527,549.00
95-02-0035 Altarum (formerly Environmental Research Institute of Michigan (ERIM))- JV Lead

JV Participants:
  . Alcoa, Inc.
  . Daimler Chrysler Corporation
  . Ford Research Labs (formerly Ford Motor Company, Scientific Research Labs)
  . General Motors Corporation, North American Operations Research Analytics
  . Thyssenkrupp Budd Company (formerly Budd Company, Technical Center)
  . U.S. Steel
Springback Predictability in Automotive Manufacturing MI Completed 10/01/1995 -
09/30/2000
$3,759,999.00 $9,032,003.00
95-02-0036 Altarum (formerly Environmental Research Institute of Michigan (ERIM)- JV Lead

JV Participants:
  . 4th State, Inc.
  . A.O. Smith Corporation
  . ABB High Power Semiconductors
  . Black & Decker (formerly Kwikset Corporation)
  . Diversified Technologies, Inc.
  . DuPont
  . Empire Hard Chrome, Inc.
  . General Motors R&D Center (formerly General Motors Corporation)
  . Harley-Davidson Motor Company
  . IONEX
  . North Central Coating Technologies
  . Northrop Grumman (formerly Litton Electron Devices)
  . PVI
Plasma-Based Processing of Lightweight Materials for Motor-Vehicle Components and Manufacturing Applications MI Completed 09/15/1995 -
09/14/2000
$7,690,975.00 $15,543,537.00
95-05-0002 Dow Chemical Company- Lead Breakthrough Process for Direct Oxidation of Propylene to Propylene Oxide MI Completed 09/29/1995 -
09/28/1998
$2,000,000.00 $5,075,789.00
95-11-0017 Thyssen Krupp Budd (formerly Budd Co. Design Ctr.)- Lead Manufacturing Methodologies for Automated Thermoset Transfer/Injection Molding (TIM) MI Completed 09/15/1995 -
09/14/1998
$2,000,000.00 $3,067,850.00
97-01-0255 Energy Conversion Devices (formerly Ovonic Battery Company)- JV Lead

JV Participants:
  . Crucible Materials Corporation (CMC), Crucible Research Center
Advanced Magnesium Alloys Production Process (AMAPP) MI Completed 10/01/1997 -
04/30/2001
$8,206,088.00 $18,904,388.00
97-02-0015 Lamb Technicon Machining Systems- Lead Next Generation Agile Fixturing System MI Completed 01/01/1998 -
12/31/2000
$1,970,930.00 $2,239,530.00
97-02-0018 Automated Powertrain Assembly Consortium (c/o NCMS)- JV Lead

JV Participants:
  . Ford Motor Company
  . MicroDexterity Systems
  . Perceptron, Inc.
  . Progressive Tool & Industries Company (PICO)
Flexible Robotic Assembly for Powertrain Applications (FRAPA) MI Completed 10/01/1997 -
09/30/2002
$3,726,610.00 $7,520,659.00
97-02-0047 Dow Chemical Company- JV Lead

JV Participants:
  . Decoma International of America, Inc. (formerly Magna International of America)
Nanocomposites New Low-Cost, High-Strength Materials for Automotive Parts MI Completed 01/05/1998 -
01/04/2003
$7,756,992.00 $15,849,983.00
97-02-0053 BalaDyne Corporation- Lead Real-Time Active Balancing for High-Speed Machining MI Completed 10/01/1997 -
09/30/2000
$1,984,113.00 $2,936,487.00
97-04-0019 Energy Conversion Devices, Inc. (ECD)- Lead Continuous Low-Cost Manufacturing System for DVD MI Completed 11/01/1997 -
10/31/1999
$1,979,777.00 $5,915,653.00
97-05-0028 Delmia Corporation (formerly Deneb Robotics, Inc.)- Lead ANTS Scheduling and Execution System MI Completed 10/01/1997 -
06/30/2000
$1,946,580.80 $2,324,580.80
98-01-0014 Howmet Research Corporation- Lead Low-Cost Investment Cast Technology for Microturbines MI Completed 01/15/1999 -
06/30/2001
$1,769,428.00 $2,849,841.00
98-01-0168 Center for Automotive Research (CAR) (formerly Auto Body Consortium, Inc.)- JV Lead

JV Participants:
  . Alcoa (formerly Reynolds Metals Corporation)
  . Atlas Technologies, Inc.
  . Autodesk, Inc.
  . Battelle Memorial Institute
  . Boeing Commercial Aircraft
  . Daimler Chrysler Corporation
  . Erie Press Systems
  . Ford Motor Company
  . Lamb Technicon
  . LTV - Copperweld Corporation
  . Sekely Industries, Inc.
  . Temper Incorporated
  . TOCCO
  . Wayne State University
Hot Metal Gas Forming MI Completed 04/26/1999 -
12/31/2003
$3,000,000.00 $6,900,000.00
98-06-0052 Dow Chemical Company- JV Lead

JV Participants:
  . IBM, Almaden Research Center
Ultra-Low Dielectric Constant Materials for Integrated Circuit Interconnects MI Completed 04/01/1999 -
09/30/2002
$8,556,629.00 $17,605,771.00
98-06-0054 Advanced Embedded Passives Technology Consortium (c/o NCMS)- JV Lead

JV Participants:
  . 3M Company
  . Coretec Denver, Inc. (formerly SAS Circuits)
  . Delphi Delco Electronics Systems
  . DuPont, Microcircuit Materials
  . Electro Scientific Industries, Inc.
  . Foresight Systems, Inc. (formerly Nu Thena Systems, Inc.)
  . Hewlett Packard Corporatioon (formerly Compaq Computer Corporation)
  . MacDermid, Inc.
  . Merix Corporation
  . MicroFab Technologies
  . Northern Telecom, Inc.
Advanced Embedded Passives Technology MI Completed 02/01/1999 -
01/31/2003
$7,804,654.00 $16,106,500.00
99-01-6027 NovoDynamics, Inc. (formerly Nonlinear Dynamics, Inc.)- JV Lead

JV Participants:
  . UOP LLC
Combinatorial Tools and Advanced Data Analysis Methods for Heterogeneous Catalysis: An NDI and UOP Joint Venture MI Completed 11/01/1999 -
10/31/2004
$14,610,224.00 $29,816,783.00
00-00-3945 OG Technologies, Inc.- Lead Smartsmith{Tm}: An Imaging-based High-temperature Deformation Process Control System MI Completed 11/01/2000 -
04/30/2004
$1,994,828.52 $3,087,418.35
00-00-4105 T/J Technologies, Inc- Lead Advanced High-Capacity Materials for Rechargeable Lithium Batteries MI Completed 11/01/2000 -
10/31/2003
$1,995,576.00 $2,799,748.00
00-00-4324 Integrated Sensing Systems, Inc.- Lead Implantable, Batteryless Microsensor with RF Telemetry for Chronic, Remote Monitoring of Biologic Pressures MI Completed 11/01/2000 -
10/31/2003
$1,984,249.00 $2,777,949.00
00-00-4334 Ford Motor Company- JV Lead

JV Participants:
  . IdraPrince (formerly Prince Machine Corporation)
  . Intermet Corporation
  . North American Die Casting Association (NADCA)
  . Synventive Molding Solutions (formerly Dynisco Hot Runner System)
Cost-Reduced Magnesium Die Castings Using Heated Runners (CORMAG) MI Completed 11/01/2000 -
10/31/2005
$3,425,748.00 $7,093,948.00
00-00-4538 T/J Technologies, Inc.- Lead Hybrid Ultracapacitor/Methanol Fuel Cell Power Paks for Portable Electronics MI Completed 10/01/2001 -
09/30/2004
$1,985,524.00 $2,967,542.00
00-00-5004 Quantum Signal, LLC- Lead Robust, Multi-Modal Biometric Algorithm Technology MI Completed 11/01/2002 -
10/31/2005
$1,838,970.00 $1,930,918.00
00-00-5475 HandyLab, Inc.- Lead Portable DNA Analysis Device Using Real-Time PCR and On-Chip Electrochemical Detection MI Completed 07/01/2003 -
06/30/2005
$2,000,000.00 $2,500,000.00
00-00-5503 Ford Motor Company- JV Lead

JV Participants:
  . Branson Ultrasonics Corporation (formerly American Technology, Inc.)
  . Edison Welding Institute (EWI)
  . Sonobond Ultrasonics, Inc.
Ultrasonic Metal Welding - Enabling the All Aluminum Vehicle MI Active 07/01/2003 -
09/30/2007
$4,395,000.00 $8,910,000.00
00-00-5521 Center for Automotive Research (CAR)- JV Lead

JV Participants:
  . Altarum Institute
  . American Tooling Center
  . Atlas Tool, Inc.
  . CogniTens
  . Ford Motor Company
  . General Motors Corporation
  . Riviera Tool
  . UGS (formerly EDS)
Building a Virtual Auto Body: The Digital Body Development System MI Active 10/01/2003 -
09/30/2008
$5,286,000.00 $10,827,208.00
00-00-5737 The POM Group, Inc.- JV Lead

JV Participants:
  . Nuvonyx, Inc.
  . Stellite Coatings
Rapid, Ultraprecision Direct Metal Deposition Technology MI Active 09/01/2004 -
08/31/2008
$6,147,055.00 $12,457,476.00
00-00-5738 Dimensional Control Systems, Inc.- Lead SOVA: Stream-of-Variation Analysis System for Multistage Assembly Processes MI Completed 10/01/2003 -
11/21/2006
$1,987,927.00 $2,837,181.00
00-00-5812 Integrated Sensing Systems, Inc.- Lead Multi-Drug, Portable Infusion System for the Treatment of Cancer and AIDS MI Completed 10/01/2003 -
09/30/2005
$1,973,972.00 $2,673,792.00
00-00-5815 Energy Conversion Devices, Inc.- Lead Phase Change Optical Routers MI Completed 10/01/2003 -
09/30/2006
$1,972,246.00 $3,257,157.00
00-00-5940 Discera, Inc.- Lead Fully Integrated Gigahertz Receiver Front End MI Active 05/01/2004 -
01/31/2007
$2,000,000.00 $3,734,357.00
00-00-6249 Dow Chemical Company- JV Lead

JV Participants:
  . Veeco Instruments, Inc.
High-Speed AFM-Based Platform for Quantitative Nanomechanical Measurements MI Active 12/01/2004 -
11/30/2007
$6,560,714.00 $13,389,209.00
00-00-6785 AureoGen Biosciences, Inc. - Lead A Genetic Engineering Technology Platform for Production of Novel Cyclic Peptide-Based Drugs MI Active 12/01/2004 -
11/30/2007
$1,450,508.00 $2,242,542.00
00-00-7188 Micron Manufacturing Initiative, Inc- JV Lead

JV Participants:
  . Chrysler
  . Coherix, Inc.
  . Ford Motor Company
  . General Motors Corporation
  . Roush Enterprises, Inc.
High Definition Metrology and Process-2 Micron Manufacturing MI Active 11/01/2007 -
10/31/2010
$4,956,450.00 $12,007,323.00
00-00-7226 Velcura Therapeutics, Inc- Lead Dual-Action Therapies for Bone Disease MI Active 11/01/2007 -
10/31/2010
$2,000,000.00 $3,299,999.00


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