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Sunburst Sensors Background
Formed in 1999...
Sunburst Sensors, LLC was established as a vehicle for the transfer of technology from academia to the private sector, starting with the SAMI-CO2 by Professor Michael DeGrandpre, the inventor of the SAMI technology,. He owns the company along with Mr. James Beck, who serves as its CEO.
Sunburst Sensors provides proven technical innovations in autonomous chemical sensing to research professionals around the world. Beyond this, the company has been able to successfully compete for grants via programs such as SBIR, MBRCT, NOPP, NSF, etc. and leverage this R&D funding into real world products.Sunburst Sensors strives to provide its customers high quality chemical sensors for marine and freshwater applications. The SAMI-CO2 and SAMI-pH (Submersible Autonomous Moored Instrument) have been deployed by researchers around the world interested in long term monitoring of pCO2 and pH. In 2011 these instruments were chosen for use by the Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI) – a large scale endeavor funded by the National Science Foundation to construct “a networked infrastructure of science-driven sensor systems to measure the physical, chemical, geological and biological variables in the ocean and seafloor.” Other customers include organizations such as Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute (WHOI), Scripps, OSU-COAS, NASA, USGS, NOAA, etc. Sunburst Sensors has a strong track record of using grant funding to develop successful commercial devices. Based in Missoula, MT, Sunburst has customers in over twenty countries.