Focused on advancing clean energy systems
LMT offers:
Lupine is a world-wide leader for technical expertise in optical fiber sensors for high temperature superconducting (HTS) magnets.
The commercial markets for the enhanced optical fiber low temperature sensing technology are those that benefit from the use of superconducting magnets.
- Magnetic fusion reactors
- Advanced motors and generators for wind generation and propulsion
- LMT is the sole provider of optical fibers sensing know-how for HTS magnets in the world
- The need for our IP and expertise will grow as the superconducting magnet market grows
Our Team
Justin Schwartz
Chief Executive Officer | jschwartz@lupinematerials.com
Professor Justin Schwartz serves as the Chief Executive Officer of Lupine Materials & Technology (LMT). He received a B.S. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. After serving as one of the first Science and Technology Agency of Japan Fellows at the National Research Institute for Metals, Japan, he joined the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign as an Assistant Professor. In 1993, he joined the newly-formed National High Magnetic Field Laboratory and the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Florida State University, where he served as the Leader of the HTS Magnets and Materials Group. In 2003, his research group, in collaboration with Oxford Instruments, established the world record for magnetic field generation by a superconducting material.
Funding
Lupine Materials and Technology is actively seeking funding from the U.S. SBIR-STTR programs administered by the Departments of Energy and Defense.
These funds will be used to advance our intellectual property and move our technologies towards products that can either be sub-licensed to end-users or sold via commercial sales.
Federal Funding History
| Year | Award Type | Agency | Project Focus | |
| 2016 | STTR Phase I | DOE | Integration of optical fibers into superconducting coils | |
| 2016 | One NC Small Business Program | One NC | ||
| 2017 | STTR Phase II | DOE | Development of Rayleigh-interrogated optical fiber (RIOF) sensors | |
| 2019 | STTR Phase I | DoD | Development of RIOF sensors for aerospace applications | |
| 2020 | SBIR Phase I | DOE | Irradiation sensitivity of RIOF sensors | |
| 2021 | SBIR Phase II | DOE | Advanced RIOF sensor development | |
| 2022 | SBIR Phase I | DOE | Development of distributed strain and temperature sensors using RIOF | |
| 2024 | SBIR Phase I | DOE | Development of a practical fiber optic system for in-situ, online monitoring of power cable degradation |
Publicity
Dr. Federico Scurti, co inventor of the SMART conductor has won the 2019 MIT-Lemelson award.
SMART conductor is one of LMT’s core technologies that is poised to revolutionize the energy industry.
Contact Us
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