Lumedyne Technologies Selected to Present at 2012 IEEE/PLANS Conference
Lumedyne Technologies has been selected to present at the biennial Position Location and Navigation System (PLANS) Conference sponsored by IEEE and the Institute of Navigation (ION). Lumedyne will present at session A6 on “Emerging and Alternative Sensor Technologies & Precision Timing Systems.” The purpose of the conference is to provide attendees with the opportunity to learn about navigation technology from well-known industry experts.
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Lumedyne Technologies forms Technology Advisory Board
Lumedyne Technologies is proud to announce the formation of its Technology Advisory Board. The board is pleased to welcome to its ranks Dr. Kurt Petersen, an innovator in MEMS technology since its inception, and Curtis Ray, a historic developer of MEMS actuators and successful executive for multiple MEMS companies. Both Dr. Petersen and Mr. Ray bring a wealth of knowledge and experience to Lumedyne and will act as advisors on the business direction, technology roadmap, IP plan, and more in order to guide Lumedyne Technologies to a bright future.
Lumedyne Technologies, Inc. today announced that CEO Brad Chisum is a semi-finalist for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2011 Award in the San Diego Region. According to Ernst & Young LLP, the awards program recognizes entrepreneurs who demonstrate excellence and extraordinary success in such areas as innovation, financial performance, and personal commitment to their businesses and communities. Brad Chisum was selected as a semi-finalist from nearly 100 nominations in the San Diego area by a panel of independent judges. Award winners will be announced at a special gala event on June 16, 2011 at the Hyatt La Jolla Aventine Hotel.
Lumedyne Technologies has been awarded “Outstanding Commercialization Success” for successful technology transfer of technology developed at a federal laboratory to commercial world. This award is in recognition of the company’s commercialization efforts of a Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS) accelerometer technology developed by SPAWAR Systems Center, San Diego; a research laboratory of the U.S. Navy
Lumedyne Technologies has expanded its IP portfolio by licensing seven new inventions from the U.S. Navy. The licensed inventions were developed at the Space and Naval Wafer Systems Center Pacific, a Naval research laboratory. The new IP will strengthen Lumedyne's existing product offering and allow the company to expand into new markets. Lumedyne will be responsible for the commercialization of the licensed IP.
Dr. Greg Maurer joins Lumedyne as the company's new Vice President of Research and Development. Dr. Maurer is an accomplished scientific management executive with extensive experience in optical sensing, fiber-optic communications, and infrared imaging. He has a track record of innovative product development from conception to product release in both established corporate and entrepreneurial settings, and has been a founder or early executive hire in several early-stage companies. Dr. Maurer received his Ph.D. from the Catholic University of America. He has co-authored over 40 publications and presentations, and holds three patents.
CommNexus has invited Brad Chisum to serve as part of a panel at their event titled "Getting Out of the Gate: Successful Companies Built on DoD Tech Transfers". The event will highlight three local companies built on the successful transition of DoD developed technology to the commercial world.
The Planetary Society will be incorporating Lumedyne's accelerometers in its LightSail-1 spacecraft. The accelerometers will be used to make low-level acceleration measurements of in flight operations while simultaneously demonstrating their suitability for space based applications.
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The San Diego Daily Transcript has invited five local Entrepreneurs for a roundtable discussion on entrepreneurship. The discussion will focus on entrepreneur spirit alive during a challenging economy. Brad Chisum will represent Lumedyne Technologies and share his view points on the current state of Entrepreneurship in the San Diego area. An article covering this roundtable will be available in the San Diego Daily Transcript on 06.10.2010.
Lumedyne's CEO, Brad Chisum has been named a finalist in the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2010 Award in San Diego. Award winners will be announced at a gala event on June 9, 2010 at the Hyatt Regency, La Jolla.
Lumedyne's CEO, Brad Chisum will present the "Lumedyne Success Story", as a CCAT (Center for Commercialization of Advanced Technology) sponsored company, to Congresswoman Susan Davis representing California's 53rd district. Of the hundreds of companies that have been sponsored over the years, Lumedyne was one of two selected to present its story to Congresswoman Davis. CCAT has supported Lumedyne in a variety of ways, including, grant funding, market research, and participation in the CCAT Springboard program.
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The San Diego Daily Transcript has invited the heads of local manufacturers for a roundtable discussion on manufacturing in the San Diego area. The discussion will focus on the local manufacturing environment and its challenges. Brad Chisum will represent Lumedyne Technologies and share his manufacturing experience. An article covering this roundtable will be available in the San Diego Daily Transcript on 03.02.2010.
Lumedyne is proud to welcome Ken Potashner and Linda Spain to the company's Board of Directors. Both individuals were selected for the enhancement they bring to Lumedyne's corporate governance and the strength they bring to the team. For more information please visit www.lumedynetechnologies.com\Leadership.html.
Mr. Brad Chisum, Lumedyne's CEO, has been invited to present at the DoD TTIPT Conference on the topic of "Successful Commercialization of Government Licensed Technology". Lumedyne was invited to present because of the successes the company has had in commercializing government licensed technology.
Lumedyne has been invited to present at the Army Workshop on the Research & Evaluation of NEMS/MEMS at the Sparkman Center, Redstone Arsenal, AL. The objective of the workshop is to identify new NEMS/MEMS technologies suitable for DoD applications.
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Lumedyne has moved to a new location in San Diego to accommodate the company's growth. The new facilities will allow for a new, state-of-the-art test facility and increased office space. The address of the new location is provided below:
9275 Sky Park Ct.
Suite 100
San Diego, CA 92123
Lumedyne's CTO, Dr. Richard Waters, has been invited as a featured presenter at the third annual Nanopower conference. His presentation will focus on the advancements with Lumedyne's high performance vibration energy harvester.
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Mr. Fedja Janzekovic joins Lumedyne Technologies as the company's new Senior Electronics Design Engineer. Mr. Janzekovic brings over 15 years of analog and digital design, embedded systems design, and embedded system programming to the team.
Mr. Ricardo Dao joins Lumedyne Technologies as the companies New Products Engineer. Mr. Dao brings over 25 years of sensor and electronics design and manufacturing to the team. He is the inventor of the first commercially available thermal accelerometer and launched six different thermal accelerometer based products. He will be responsible for bringing new products to market for Lumedyne, including the company's AcXel technology.
Dr. Richard Waters, Lumedyne's Chief Technology Officer, has been invited to be the featured speaker at AFCEA (Armed Force's Communications and Electronics Association) San Diego Chapter's September meeting. The AFCEA is one of the world's premier C4I professional societies. With over 33,000 members on four continents, AFCEA is comprised of political, military and industry leaders. There are 135 different AFCEA chapters in over 30 countries.
Lumedyne Technologies has been awarded a $1.25 million cooperative agreement from the Department of Energy’s National Energy Technology Laboratory for a project titled: “Fabry-Perot MEMS Accelerometers for Advanced Seismic Imaging”. Lumedyne will work with Lawrence Berkeley National Labs (LBNL) to build a new seismic imaging accelerometer that will outperform the current state-of-the-art. The project will conclude with field demonstrations conducted by LBNL of the resulting accelerometer alongside today’s leading sensors.
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Mr. Steve Fanelli joins Lumedyne Technologies as the companies MEMS Engineering Director. Mr. Fanelli brings over 26 years of semiconductor processing experience to the team. He will be responsible of all MEMS process related activities, including manufacturing, process development, and process monitoring.
Lumedyne Technologies has raised $1.5 million dollars from investors. Lumedyne's AcXel accelerometer technology is poised to revolutionize the high performance accelerometer world by delivering the first high performance accelerometer that can take advantage of the MEMS cost structure.
Lumedyne's CTO, Dr. Richard Waters, presented the company's V-Power Energy Harvester technology at the second annual Nanopower conference. The presentation described Lumedyne's high performance vibration energy harvesting technique and the pathway to a MEMS version of the technology.
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Lumedyne's CTO, Dr. Richard Waters, will present the companies V-Power Energy Harvester technology at the second annual Nanopower conference on June 4th. The presentation will be based on the paper titled "Development of an Electromagnetic Transducer for Energy Harvesting of Kinetic Energy and it's Applicability to a MEMS-scale Device."
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Lumedyne Technologies took first place in the Small Business Institute's Case of the Year competition in the Graduate Business Plan/Feasibility category. The submission included a market feasibility study and business plan for Lumedyne Technologies which was based on a CCAT market study. Submitted by Brad Chisum, CEO and founder of Lumedyne, and Dr. Don Sciglimpaglia, Professor of Marketing at SDSU, it is based on use of accelerometer sensing technology licensed from SPAWAR to develop commercial market opportunities
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Dr. Richard Waters will give his presentation entitled “Current State-of-the-Art in MEMS Technologies for Military and Space Applications” at the 12th Annual Components for Military and Space Electronics Conference and Exhibition. The CMSE Conference focuses on the latest advancements and trends in electronic components for military and space applications. As one of the leading MEMS experts to come out of the Navy research laboratories, Dr. Waters will share his insights on how advances in MEMS technology will impact electronic components with a focus on military and space applications.
Lumedyne Technologies is one of the first eleven companies accepted into the Space Angels Network community. The Space Angels Network is a nationwide network of Angel investors with focus on aerospace-related ventures.
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Brad Chisum, Lumedyne's CEO, will present his lecture entitled "Government Laboratories and Technology Transfer" at SPAWAR Systems Center, San Diego's "Innovation Workshop".
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Lumedyne Technologies was awarded the "Most Promising Technology" at the 5th Annual Energy and Clean Technology Venture Forum. The award was given in recognition of Lumedyne's AcXel accelerometer technology and its benefit to seismic imaging.
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The Federal Laboratory Consortium for Technology Transfer (FLC) has awarded Lumedyne Technologies "Outstanding Commercialization Success" for its commercialization efforts of the accelerometer technology licensed from SPAWAR Systems Center, San Diego.
Lumedyne Technologies has signed Linda Spain as a company Business Advisor. Linda’s experience includes domestic and international engagements, principally in the chemicals and energy sector, with responsibility for business development, finance, strategic alliances, key supply and purchase agreements, mergers/acquisitions/divestitures, and commercialization of technology.
Note: This article was written prior to the company name change.
Lumedyne Technologies has been invited to present at the Banff Energy Venture forum on October 4th and 5th. The Banff Energy Venture forum is Canada's #1 forum the oil & gas industry.
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Lumedyne Technologies has been selected as one of five companies to present at CONNECT's High Technology Venture Roundtable. Lumedyne will present to an exclusive audience of 30 capital providers on September 18th.
Lumedyne Technologies will participate in the Energy and Clean Technology Venture Forum September 27th at Rice University. Lumedyne has been selected as one of five companies out of 75 to give a full ten minute presentation.
The Rice Alliance Technology Venture Forums are some of the largest technology venture forums in North America. Emerging technology companies showcase their new ventures in front of an audience of 500+ investors and venture capitalists, industry representatives, business leaders, advisors/mentors, service providers and entrepreneurs. The Rice Alliance holds 4 Technology Venture Forums a year – one each in energy, information technology, nanotechnology and life science.
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Lumedyne Technologies will be a featured guest on the morning news at KUSI Channel 9 San Diego.
Omega Sensors Incorporated has been renamed Lumedyne Technologies. The Omega Sensors web page and company email address will remain in place during the transition.
George Chamberlin interviewed Brad Chisum about Omega Sensors' NASDAQ opening, the company's recent successes and recognition and what steps the company will take next.
Lumedyne Technologies, formerly Omega Sensors, has been invited to open the NASDAQ stock exchange on August 10th, 2007. The opening will be For details and images, visit: http://www.nasdaq.com/reference/200708/market_open_081007.stm.
Brad Chisum, Lumedyne Technologies CEO, will a speaker at SPAWAR System Center, San Diego's Summer Seminar Series. He has been invited to give a lecture titled "Commercializing Government Technology".
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Omega Sensors has signed Ken Potashner as the company’s Business Strategy Advisor. Mr. Potashner brings over a decade of executive experience including having served as the CEO of Sonic Blue and the CEO of Maxwell Technologies where he was recognized for leading the company in a U.S. record turn around in 1997.
CCAT San Diego has awarded Omega Sensors with a $49,000 grant for the continued development of its MEMS Displacement Sensor Technology.
Omega Sensors won First Place at the University of California San Diego $50K competition beating out more than 70 teams.
Omega Sensors was named a finalist at the DFJ Venture Challenge at the Quadrus Conference Center in Menlo Park. Businesses were evaluated on their product, approach to market, and investment worthiness. The event is sponsored by DFJ and its California affiliates, DFJ Frontier and Zone Ventures.
Omega Sensors was awarded second place at the Tyler New Ventures competition. Business were evaluated on the opportunity and business plan.
Omega Sensors beat out competitors from around the nation in the first Lunar Ventures competition held at the Colorado School of Mines. Teams we asked to present "business opportunities related to lunar and cislunar (Earth-Moon system) space exploration and development". A national panel of judges, selected Omega Sensors' accelerometer over 47 other technologies for being the best space based business opportunity.
The World's Best Technology showcase features technologies from around the world that are poised to revolutionize their business sector. Omega Sensors' technology was name the "Best Technology for 2005" at the showcase two years ago.
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Often referred to as the "Super Bowl of Business Plan Competitions", Moot Corp is the premier business plan competition in the nation. Omega Sensors took First Place beating out 34 teams from around the world and received special honors for the "Most Outstanding Product".
Omega Sensors' Chief Technology Officer, Dr. Richard Waters, was named of the Navy's top scientists of 2006 for his contributions to the science of Micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS). The award was presented by Dr. Deloris M. Etter, Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development and Acquisition.
Omega Sensors took multiple honors at the annual Rice Alliance competition at Rice University. Awards included "Best Energy Business Plan"