Partnerships
Tech-X Corporation closely collaborates with government and private institutions in order to produce scientific solutions for real-world problems. These relationships bring value-added research, resources and industry-specific experience to our projects, advanced technologies and products.
Our Current Partnerships Include:
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US Department of Energy (DOE)
The Department of Energy is the single largest Federal government supporter of basic research in the physical sciences in the United States, providing more than 40% of total Federal funding for this vital area of national importance. It oversees, and is the principal Federal funding agency of, the nation's research programs in high-energy physics, nuclear physics, and fusion energy sciences.
The majority of Tech-X Corporation projects and advanced technologies are based on grants from the DOE. These projects include software tools and components, modeling and simulation applications, and custom applications for managing very large data sets and modeling complex systems. Visit the Tech-X Research Expertise page to learn more about Tech-X Corporation and DOE collaboration.
Brookhaven National Laboratory
The Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory conducts research in the physical, biomedical, and environmental sciences, as well as in energy technologies. Brookhaven also builds and operates major facilities available to university, industrial, and government scientists.
Tech-X Corporation and Brookhaven National Laboratory are developing a parallel 3-D particle code, incorporating novel features for detailed simulations of electron cooling physics for Brookhaven's Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) in projects such as the Magnetized Electron Transport in the Proposed Electron Cooling Section of the RHIC.
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
The Department of Energy's Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory conducts research in high-energy physics to answer the question What is the universe made of? Fermilab's four-mile Tevatron is able to collide proton-antiproton beams, each with energy 0.980 TeV.
Tech-X Corporation and Fermi National Accerlator Laboratory are developing a user-friendly interface for modeling space charge in circular accelerators. Researchers have applied this code to modeling the Fermi Lab booster to improve performance during injection.
General Atomics Technologies
General Atomics and its affiliated companies are one of the world's leading resources for high-technology systems development, ranging from the nuclear fuel cycle to remotely operated surveillance aircraft, airborne sensors, and advanced electric, electronic, wireless and laser technologies.
General Atomics is currently conducting one of the largest U.S. fusion energy experiments in conjunction with the DOE, called DIII-D. Using FastDL, they are able to generate the rapid analysis of experimental data during the few minutes between shots of the DIII-D plasma fusion device, providing researchers with essential real-time feedback.
In addition, Tech-X Corporation and General Atomics are working with the National Transport Code Collaboration (NTCC) to develop a user configurable, Web-invocable application for studying transport in magnetic fusion confinement devices.
Tech-X Corporation and General Atomics are also working together on the general design on the grid service and devising and performing data transfer tests over a WAN for the Data Grids for Large Scale Fusion Simulations.
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)
Scientists and engineers at ORNL conduct basic and applied research and development to create scientific knowledge and technological solutions that strengthen the nation's leadership in key areas of science; increase the availability of clean, abundant energy; restore and protect the environment; and contribute to national security.
Tech-X Corporation and ORNL are working with the National Transport Code Collaboration (NTCC) to develop a user configurable, Web-invocable application for studying transport in magnetic fusion confinement devices.
University of Colorado - Plasma and Beam Physics Group
The Plasma and Beam Physics Group at the University of Colorado carries out research in plasma and beam physics. In addition, the group researches nonlinear dynamics and its application to plasma and beam physics, and investigates the use of object-oriented programming methods in the modeling of beams and plasmas.
Created in collaboration with the University of Colorado, VORPAL from Tech-X Corporation is an object-oriented C++ framework for 1D, 2D and 3D parallel electromagnetic simulation of charged fluids and particles on a structured grid.
ITT Visual Information Solutions
ITT Visual Information Solutions is a provider of complete high-performance data visualization and analysis solutions, including software, consulting and training that turn complex data into useful information.
Working with ITT Visual Information Solutions and building on their IDL(tm) (Interactive Data Language) technology, Tech-X Corporation has developed FastDL, an add-on library that provides a subset of the Message Passing Interface (MPI) from within the IDL interpreter.
Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL)
Fusion energy and plasma physics research is the primary mission of the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory. A collaborative national center for fusion energy and plasma physics research, PPPL is managed by Princeton University for the DOE. An associate mission for PPPL is to provide the highest quality of education in fusion energy, plasma physics, and related technologies.
Tech-X Corporation and PPPL are working with the National Transport Code Collaboration (NTCC) to develop a user configurable, Web-invocable application for studying transport in magnetic fusion confinement devices.
Tech-X Corporation and PPPL are also collaborating on Data Grids for Large Scale Fusion Simulations. PPPL is designing a tool for efficient data streaming from parallel simulations to remote data analysis clusters.
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL)
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory is a DOE national laboratory operated by the University of California. LLNL was founded in September 1952 as a second nuclear weapons design laboratory to promote innovation in the design of our nation's nuclear stockpile through creative science and engineering. Livermore has also become one of the world's premier scientific centers, where cutting-edge science and engineering in the interest of national security is used to break new ground in other areas of national importance, including energy, biomedicine, and environmental science.
Tech-X Corporation and LLNL are working with the National Transport Code Collaboration (NTCC) to develop a user configurable, Web-invocable application for studying transport in magnetic fusion confinement devices.
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL)
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory is a DOE national laboratory operated by the University of California. LBL is a multidisciplinary national laboratory located in Berkeley, California. The Lab conducts unclassified research and employs about1,000 staff scientists. The Lab includes facilities such as the Advanced Light Source and the National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center.
Tech-X Corporation and LBNL are working together on both the IONPACK Library and SciDAC projects.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
The mission of MIT is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.
Tech-X Corporation and MIT are working together on Data Grids for Large Scale Fusion Simulations. MIT is developing extensions for MDSplus allowing for more efficient data transfer and for mixing multiple data formats in the grid service under development.