Tri-Cities Tech Business Update

September 2009 Issue

• SzenSoft receives growth fund loan
  Kennewick, Wash.-based SzenSoft has received $250,000 to fund continued growth and innovation. The funding was provided by the Sirti Technology Growth Fund. more...
• EST president inducted into engineering hall of fame
  Tom Kirchner, president and chief executive officer of Electronic Systems Technology, based in Kennewick, Wash., was inducted into a prestigious engineering hall of fame in August. more...
• TRIDEC's Smith joining Lockheed Martin
  Deanna Smith, previously director of public affairs for the Tri-Cities Development Council, has joined Lockheed Martin and the new Hanford Mission Support Alliance in the communications and external affairs division. more...
• Energy Northwest welcomes new members
  Energy Northwest, based in Richland, Wash., now has 27 member utilities. The agency's board of directors has approved membership applications from the Lewis County Public Utility District and the City of Centralia. more...
• Dade Moeller staff elected to HPS positions
  Two staff members at Dade Moeller and Associates, based in Richland, Wash., have been elected to leadership positions in the Columbia Chapter of the Health Physics Society. more...

• Clean Energy Technology grant funding
  The Department of Energy is accepting Phase I grant applications from qualified small businesses for funds under the Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer program. more...
• Washington Technology Center grant funding
  The Washington Technology Center is accepting grant applications for the Research & Technology Development grant program. more...
• Boeing seeks advanced battery technology
  To meet the increasing life-expectancy and electrical energy storage demands of the next generation of spacecraft, Boeing is exploring novel battery materials, electrochemistry, and cell design that would result in significant increases in energy and life cycle. more...
• New small business stimulus program
  The Washington Technology Center has launched the Microfabrication Laboratory Access Program, a new stimulus program that will award short-term, no-cost access to sophisticated fabrication equipment to help small companies in Washington develop innovative commercial technologies that will create jobs. more...
• Resources online
  1) The column "TLC needed to promote tech products" was published in the Tri-City Herald on July 26. more...

• The Business Case for Going Green
  SEPTEMBER 10. REGISTER BY SEPTEMBER 8. Theddi Wright Chappell will be the next speaker in the Tri-Cities Research District Speaker Series. more...
• Nuclear Industry seminar
  SEPTEMBER 18.  Washington State University is hosting a professional development seminar on the "Status of the Nuclear Industry" on September 18. more...
• 2009 Micro Nano Breakthrough Conference
  SEPTEMBER 21-23. REGISTER BY SEPTEMBER 11. The 2009 Micro Nano Breakthrough Conference will be held September 21-23 at the DoubleTree Hotel and Executive Meeting Center in Portland, Ore. more...
• Governor's Life Science Summit 2009
  SEPTEMBER 22. The Washington Biotechnology and Biomedical Association will report on progress and future goals for the state's life sciences industry at the annual Governor's Life Science Summit on September 22 in Seattle, Wash. more...
• Wind Power for Communities workshops
  SEPTEMBER 23 and 24. REGISTER BY SEPTEMBER 9. Northwest Sustainable Energy for Economic Development is conducting two workshops for rural landowners, public officials and community members interested in learning more about wind energy development. more...
• Gesa SmartMap Expo 2009
  OCTOBER 1. The Tri-Cities Development Council will hold its annual Gesa SmartMap Expo, on October 1 at the Trade, Recreation, and Agricultural Center in Pasco, Wash. more...
• Workforce and Economic Development Conference
  OCTOBER 27-29. The Workforce and Economic Development Conference will be held in Spokane, Wash. in October. more...
• Entrepreneur University 2009 - Dig In, Branch Out
  NOVEMBER 5. The Northwest Entrepreneur Network's annual Entrepreneur University event will be held in Bellevue, Wash. more...
• Harvesting Clean Energy 2010
  FEBRUARY 7-9, 2010. The 10th annual Harvesting Clean Energy Conference will be held at the Three Rivers Convention Center in Kennewick, Wash., in February. more...
• Life Science Innovation Northwest Conference
  MARCH 16-17, 2010. The Washington Biotechnology and Biomedical Association will hold the first Life Science Innovation Northwest Conference in Seattle in March. more...

• PNNL named Energy Frontier Research Center
  Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in Richland, Wash., has been named as an Energy Frontier Research Center by the Department of Energy. more...
• Energy Secretary visits PNNL
  Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu visited Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in August and called on its scientific staff to deliver the innovative science and transformational technologies that can help solve the United States' energy challenge. more...
• Climate research and smart grid funding
  The Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in Richland, Wash. has received nearly $6 million through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to advance climate research and to further its ability to analyze "smart" power grids. more...

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Tri-Cities Tech Business Update is published by the Economic Development Office at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Each month, we send you an e-mail message, giving you the link of news, tips, awards, upcoming events, and other information about local technology-based businesses and organizations that support them. With business and community partners, our goal is to build and diversify the Tri-Cities economy—adding skilled jobs in primary-sector industries that bring in outside dollars. Currently, more than 1,100 tech-related businesses, investors, and economic development stakeholders subscribe to the newsletter, mostly in the Mid-Columbia area and the rest of the Pacific Northwest. This newsletter (RL-P00-009) supports PNSO's vision for the future of the Hanford Site and surrounding area through the creation of research opportunities, new industries, and new business clusters.