Biofuels production, whether from corn or cellulosic sources, produces [...]]]> Cambrian is excited to announce that it has been selected by the Environmental Protection Agency for a highly-competitive two-year project to commercialize proprietary technology that will decrease the energy intensity of biofuels stillage treatment. The project builds on a successful Phase I effort described here.

Biofuels production, whether from corn or cellulosic sources, produces significant volumes of stillage waste that must be treated before release. Traditional approaches to stillage treatment such as aeration technology require energy, thereby increasing the greenhouse gas emissions associated with producing each gallon of fuel. Leveraging its proprietary waste-to-energy platform Cambrian has developed a scalable solution to the problem of biofuels stillage treatment using novel microbes to generate electricity directly during the treatment process.

“Moving off of foreign oil will require improvements across our entire bio-fuels infrastructure,” notes Dr. Matthew Silver, Cambrian’s CEO and Principal Investigator on the project. “Cambrian’s portfolio of highly advanced environmental products are designed to close resource cycles while making money for our clients. We are particularly excited about our biofuels stillage product, and look forward to working with the EPA SBIR program and our project partners to bring the system to market.”

The project kicked-off in early October at Cambrian’s Boston office, with participation from the EPA. Co-Investigators include Justin Buck, Cambrian CTO. For more information please contact: info@cambrianinnovation.com

Boston, MA (May 9, 2011) – Cambrian Innovation™ (Cambrian) is the proud recipient of two prestigious grants for continued research and product development. Cambrian has been awarded a NASA Small Business Innovation Research grant for a water treatment system. In addition, the company [...]]]> Funding will allow continued advances in sensor technology and water treatment innovation

Boston, MA (May 9, 2011) – Cambrian Innovation™ (Cambrian) is the proud recipient of two prestigious grants for continued research and product development. Cambrian has been awarded a NASA Small Business Innovation Research grant for a water treatment system. In addition, the company has received a grant from The National Science Foundation’s Industrial Innovation and Partnerships Division to continue work on bio-electrochemical sensor technology.

“The two projects demonstrate Cambrian Innovation’s creative approach to environmental product development, and re-affirm our leading position in the commercialization of bio-electrochemical systems,” said Justin Buck, Cambrian co-founder and chief technology officer. “Together with our partners we foresee large markets for our sensor product and expect our proprietary treatment scheme to be an important addition to NASA’s water processing capability.”

NASA’s Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program is a highly competitive three-phase award system, which provides qualified small businesses with opportunities to propose innovative ideas that meet the specific research and development needs of the Federal Government. As a SBIR recipient, Cambrian will work to develop a novel water technology system using bio-electrochemical processes. These systems work to treat water while also creating a viable, usable byproduct, such as electricity, methane or hydrogen.

The National Science Foundation (NSF) funds research and education in science and engineering through grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements. The Foundation accounts for approximately 20 percent of federal support to academic institutions for basic research. With the awarded NSF grant, Cambrian will fund a project supporting the development of evolutionary, low-cost, real-time sensor technology based on bio-electrochemical systems. These sensor technologies, once developed, will help the environmental and agricultural sectors track damaging chemicals, fertilizer run-off and harmful pollutants on a large scale.

Cambrian receives these grants after a period of marked growth for the company. In 2009, Cambrian, then known as IntAct Labs LLC, won the top Ignite Clean Energy prize awarded by the MIT Enterprise Forum. Resulting from its win, Cambrian was awarded more than $100k in cash prizes, legal services, and real estate consulting. Additionally in 2009, the company was nominated to be a TiE50 Most Innovative Cleantech Company in the U.S. The company received corporate and private capital investments in 2010, and is currently located in Boston’s seaport district.

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Cambrian Innovation™ is an environmental product development company focused on moving revolutionary scientific discoveries from bench to market. As a world leader in the commercialization of bio-electrochemical systems, our technological platform has application to a range of industries including wastewater treatment, renewable natural gas, distributed sensing, and aerospace. Cambrian is building an innovative product platform with a network of collaborators in industry, academia, and government. We also provide market and technical feasibility analysis for corporate and government clients interested in quickly determining the validity of novel technologies, and are actively seeking partners with which to continue developing and innovating novel technologies.

Cambridge, MA (Feb. 16, 2011) – Cambrian Innovation™ (Cambrian), formerly IntAct Labs LLC, is pleased
to announce its formal name change today. The Somerville-based company, founded in 2006, is an [...]]]> Somerville-based environmental product development company, now known as Cambrian Innovation™, will address the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee on February 17

Cambridge, MA (Feb. 16, 2011) – Cambrian Innovation™ (Cambrian), formerly IntAct Labs LLC, is pleased
to announce its formal name change today. The Somerville-based company, founded in 2006, is an environmental product development company focused on moving revolutionary scientific discoveries – especially those in the renewable technology sector – from the bench to market. To accompany its new name, Cambrian has also launched a new website: http://cambrianinnovation.com.

Cambrian’s co-founder and CEO, Dr. Matthew Silver, has been asked by Senator Mary L. Landrieu (D) to testify before the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee. The hearing on Thursday, February 17 will focus on pending Small Business Innovation Research legislation, and the ways in which government can improve funding mechanisms for early stage innovation.

You can watch the video here.

“We’re honored to testify before the U.S. Senate under our new name,” said Silver. “The past few years have yielded incredible development success for the Cambrian team. We look forward to scaling and marketing our platform of water sensing and remediation technologies with our partners in the coming years. ”

Silver’s testimony follows a period of marked growth for the company. In 2009, Cambrian, then known as IntAct Labs LLC, won the top Ignite Clean Energy prize awarded by the MIT Enterprise Forum. Resulting from their win, Cambrian was awarded over $100k in cash prizes, legal services, and real estate consulting. Additionally in 2009, the company was nominated to be a TiE50 Most Innovative Cleantech Company in the U.S. This recognition has allowed Cambrian to move forward with their vision to evolve and develop sustainable technology.

Cambrian identifies, validates and commercializes advanced technologies that can move industrial infrastructure from a linear to a cyclical system – moving from wasteful to sustainable. Cambrian Innovation integrates cutting edge advances in biotechnology and environmental remediation to make the cyclical use of resources profitable.

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Cambrian Innovation™ is an environmental product development company focused on moving revolutionary scientific discoveries from the bench to market. As a world leader in the commercialization of bio-electrochemical systems, Cambrian technological platform has applications for a range of industries including wastewater treatment, renewable natural gas, distributed sensing, and aerospace.

Cambrian is building its product platform with a network of collaborators in the Industry, Academia, and Government sectors. This platform allows the rapid and effective conversion of conceptual scientific advances into marketable products. Cambrian also provide market and technical feasibility analysis for corporate and government clients interested in quickly determining the validity of novel technologies.