Author: Benny Pearman

SynMatter LLC has been awarded a NASA Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant to develop next-generation omniphobic, antimicrobial coatings for spacecraft for contamination control and planetary protection. This omniphobic, antimicrobial coating is applicable for many types of spacecraft within NASA’s portfolio, be they satellites, rovers, space stations, or capsules for human space travel. They can…

SynMatter would like to wish all a peaceful, safe and joyous holiday and new year. May 2022 deliver on its promise.

SynMatter is pleased to announce that Mohammad Rostampour has joined the company as a Postdoctoral Fellow under the Innovative Postdoctoral Entrepreneurial Research Fellowship (I-PERF) program. Funded by the NSF, the I-PERF program (https://iperf.asee.org) recruits, trains, mentors, matches, and funds early-career Science and Engineering (S&E) doctoral degree recipients to participate in innovative entrepreneurial activities at some…

SynMatter has received a Phase II SBIR award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to develop high-performance anticorrosion coating additives for protection metals. Please review https://www.sbir.gov/sbirsearch/detail/1840781 for a brief synopsis of the project. SynMatter is seeking a PhD graduate in Chemistry, Materials Science, Chemical Engineering, Life Sciences or related academic programs to join our fast-growing…

SynMatter is delighted to announce that Dillon Campbell has joined the company. He has an education in Chemical Engineering and extensive experience working on particles and coatings. In his capacity as Chemical Engineer, Dillon will conduct coatings formulation and optimization work, spearhead coatings testing and be instrumental in guiding scale-up design and manufacturing. Please join…

SynMatter LLC has been awarded a National Science Foundation (NSF) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II grant of $1M to commercialize products based on its next-generation Smart Particle technology. This grant is a continuation of the successful Phase I that demonstrated the high performance of its durable, highly hydrophobic, anticorrosive Smart Particles that have the…

  SynMatter is proud to announce the selection as a winner in the Seventh Round of funding from the Florida-Israel Joint Innovation Partnership. Space Florida, the aerospace and spaceport development authority for the State of Florida, and the Israel Innovation Authority, an independent, publicly-funded agency created to address the needs of the local and international…

SynMatter was selected from a pool of over 50 startups and small businesses to present at Florida Venture Forum’s 2nd annual Florida Aerospace Capital Forum. Held at the Guidewell Innovation Center in Lake Nona, the event featured 16 presenting companies, four showcase companies and an opportunity to engage with the Florida Venture Forum investment community…

As one of the top 21 startups, AkzoNobel flew SynMatter to Amsterdam to participate in an accelerator program. Filling in holes, seeing how colors are made and measured, painting in VR and reality with paints we made ourselves, and most importantly, meeting with AkzoNobel experts ranging from coatings to sustainability to IP to marketing was…

SynMatter is pleased to announce that it has received a 2019 TechConnect National Innovation Awardee at the TechConnect World Innovation Conference 2019 taking place in mid-June in Boston, MA. The TechConnect Innovation Awards identify the top 15% of submitted technologies as ranked by the TechConnect Corporate & Investment Partner Committee. Innovation rankings are based on…