About
SITTA
SITTA
(Shared Industrial Technology Alliance) is an alliance between
Nicholls State University and South Central Industrial Association
developed to distribute information on current technolgies available
through the U.S. Navy. It is made possibley by a Grant from the
U.S. Department of Energy - In cooperation with The U.S. Navy
- NAVSEA-Carderock and The Houston Advanced Research Center.
Shared
technology brings opportunities
to current and new businesses in the area.
Purpose
Through
this program, local industries have access to advanced technologies
that previously have been available only to the U.S. Navy an dits
contracted partners. The pilot project is designed to serve industries
in south Louisiana. Our partner in this endeavor, the Houston
Advanced Research Center, serves the Texas region through its
Bluewater Consortium. This pilot aims to determine the best ways
to make these technology clusters available to industrial businesses.
Available
Technologies
Fields of interest include hydrogen extraction from seawater (production),
methane hydrate processing (production), carbon sequestration
(production related), extremely high pressure valves and seals
(storage), sensors and monitoring systems storage and /or safety)
and advanced power sources such as fuel cells for marine application.
Program
Administrators
Dr. John Griffin
Dr. John Griffin, P.E., heads the Shared Technology Transfer Project
at Nicholls State University in Thibodaux, LA. He served as an
educator in Louisiana and New Mexico with experience as a petroleum
engineer with major oil and servis companies, and as an independent
consultant. He is an Associate Professor in the Petroleum Services
program at Nicholls. He can be contacted at 985-448-4741.
Dr. Thomas Bryant
Dr. Thomas Bryant is the project's Co-Principal Investigator.
He received his Ph.D. from Massachusetts Institute of Technology
and brings extensive experience working with the National Science
Foundation on tech transfer. He holds the Bollinger Family Endowed
Chair in Entrepreneurship in the College of Business Administration
at Nicholls. He can be contacted at 985-448-4179.
Primary
Goal
The goal of the Nicholls State University project, funded by the
U.S. Department of Energy, is to establish a collaborative process
with local industry for the purpose of sharing U.S. Navy-developed
technology. The goal is to educate private sector businesses by
increasing their awareness of the available vast technolgy resources
developed with taxpayer funding.
NAVSEA-Carderock and the Houston Advanced Research Center are
teaming with Nicholls Statue University to catalog NAVSEA-Carderock
unclassified technologies, rating the level of readiness, and
establishing a web-based catalog. The catalog contains technologydescriptions
including testing summaries an doverviews of related presentations.
More than 600 U.S. Navy patents are available for technolgy transfers.
Access
These technologies will be available to the public via websites,
electronic and printed bulletins and newsletter inserts. Program
advisors envision work shops, presentations at association meetings
and digital online streaming video to disseminate technology explanations.
Below is a list of current technologies. Please click for more
information.
Acoustics
Composite
Materials
Deep
Ocean Mooring/Lifting Lines
Electrical
Wet Connectors for Cables and Fiber
Hydrogen
– General
Mechanical
Seals & Valves
Metallurgy
and Metal Joining Methods
Risked-Based
Systems Engineering
Structural
Fatigue-Induced Cracking
Technology
Assessment Techniques/Processes
Vortex
Induced Vibration
Wireless
Communications
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