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Air Force Seeks to Apply Mikro’s Breakthrough TOMO^SM Technology to Improve Turbine Blade Cooling

December 30th, 2011

On December 5, 2011, Mikro Systems (MIKRO) was awarded a 2-year $1,250,000 Air Force Advanced Manufacturing Propulsion Initiative (AMPI) contract to apply MIKRO’s patented Tomo-Lithographic-Molding (TOMOSM) technology to Cast-in Cooling Features for Turbine Engines. This will build on work performed under a Phase II SBIR contract “Improved Manufacturing Technologies for Investment Casting Cores,” awarded in [...]

Mikro Signs Collaborative Technology License Agreement

July 12th, 2011

Mikro Systems, Inc. (Charlottesville, VA) and Siemens Energy, Inc. (Orlando, FL) have signed a new collaborative technology license agreement to advance state-of-the-art gas turbine performance, contributing to cleaner, more reliable and affordable energy that is efficiently generated from domestic fuel sources. The agreement reflects growth in U.S. based manufacturing know-how and leadership in cutting-edge technology [...]

Mikro Receives DoE Grant for Clean Energy Technology

September 15th, 2010

Mikro Systems announced today that it has been awarded a multi-year, $1.5 Million Department of Energy grant. Mikro’s project, “Commercialization of Advanced Turbine Blades for IGCC Power Plants” is in support of the National Energy Technology Laboratory and their Advanced Turbine Program, which focuses on “key technologies needed to enable development of advanced turbines that will [...]

Mikro Receives DoE Phase II Grant

August 4th, 2010

Mikro Systems announced today that it has been awarded a two-year, $1 Million Department of Energy grant. Funds from the grant will be used to continue the development of Mikro’s proprietary manufacturing technology that improves the efficiency of gas turbine engines used in power generation and aircraft engines. The company’s patented TOMOsm manufacturing technology allows the use of [...]

Mikro Systems Receives “R&D 100” Award

July 9th, 2010

On July 9th, 2010, Mikro Systems announced that it was on the winning team, led by Los Alamos National Laboratories, for a prestigious 2010 “R&D 100” award. Recognized as the “Oscars of Invention” by the Chicago Tribune, these awards honor the top 100 proven technological advances of the past year. R&D Magazine has presented the [...]

Stuart Uram Joins Advisory Board

April 5th, 2010

Dr. Stuart Uram, founder and former president of Certech, has joined Mikro Systems’ Advisory Board, bringing many years of valuable industry experience to the Mikro team. Certech grew to the largest independent ceramic core company in the world prior to its sale. Dr. Uram is recognized as a premier ceramic engineer and entrepreneur in the [...]

Mikro Expands Facility

March 1st, 2010

Mikro Systems announced today that they have expanded their facility at 1180 Seminole Trail in Charlottesville, Virginia, by 30% to accommodate production expansion and related new personnel. Production is expanding in two areas, two-dimensional anti-scatter grids for medical imaging and ceramic cores for investment casting. Charlottesville, Va.-based Mikro Systems Inc. is a fast-growing technology company [...]

Air Force Contract

January 7th, 2010

On January 7, 2010, Mikro Systems (MIKRO) was awarded a 12-month $250,000 Air Force contract under the Small Business Innovation Research program (SBIR), bringing the total on the project to $1 Million. This is an extension of a Phase II SBIR contract “Improved Manufacturing Technologies for Investment Casting Cores,” which MIKRO was awarded in 2007. [...]

Department of Energy Contract

September 15th, 2009

On August 27, 2009, Mikro Systems (MIKRO) was awarded a $100,000 Phase I research grant by the US Department of Energy (DOE) under the Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) program. Under this grant, MIKRO will apply its Tomo-Lithographic-Molding (TOMO) technology to “Innovative Turbine Cooling Technology” for Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle (IGCC) power plants.

Mikro Accepted Into AIM

July 1st, 2009

Mikro Systems, Inc. was one of only nine Virginia companies to be accepted into the 2009 Accessing International Markets (AIM) export development program sponsored by the Virginia Economic Development Partnership (VEDP).

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