51ÁÔÆæ Research Foundation.<\/a><\/p>\nMilwaukee-based Advanced Chemical Systems Inc. (ACS) sells wastewater pretreatment systems and chemicals to industrial users, and also provides contaminant removal services. The company\u2019s challenge is to obtain real-time, reliable information about the level of particular contaminants in wastewater.<\/p>\n
Currently, accurate water analysis has to be completed in an off-site lab. The testing can take weeks. Geissinger developed a water-quality monitoring system that immediately detects targeted contaminants using sensor information transported through light.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf this system can be developed economically, everyone\u2019s going to want this for their pretreatment systems,\u201d says ACS President Tom Dougherty. \u201cIt could be a game-changer.\u201d<\/p>\n
The partners are determined to find out. Dougherty applied for a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant with three different federal agencies.<\/p>\n
All three SBIR proposals were well received, with the winning award backed by the National Science Foundation. \u201cThe SBIR grant is a very strong external validation of the work,\u201d Dougherty says.<\/p>\n
\u201cPartnering with an established company has been very beneficial because it provided clear focus on specific sensing applications needed by potential customers,\u201d says Geissinger.<\/p>\n
He and his postdoctoral researcher, Paul Henning, have brought the system this far with funding from the 51ÁÔÆæ Research Foundation\u2019s Bradley Catalyst Grant program.<\/p>\n
Going forward, the team hopes to make the equipment more cost-effective and portable so it can be used in the field. Dougherty estimates it will be ready for business use in two to three years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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