science founded 2000 ; 16 years ago 2000 headquarters state college pa united states key people jeremy frank ph.d. president co founder gary koopmann ph.d. co founder weicheng chen ph.d. co founder richard geiger ph.d. vp director of product development jacob loverich ph.d. vp director of research number of employees 20 2011 website www.kcftech.com kcf technologies is a dynamic technology company that develops and commercializes products for industry and the military . the company was founded in november 2000 by three researchers from penn state university and is located in state college pennsylvania . it specializes in energy harvesting wireless sensors underwater navigation and smart material devices . contents 1 products 1.1 smartdiagnostics 1.2 smart tether 1.3 orientation board 1.4 vibration 1.5 energy harvesting 1.6 additional offerings 2 awards and recognition 3 references 4 external links products edit smartdiagnostics edit kcf s wireless smartdiagnostics is a predictive maintenance system that performs machine surveillance to provide a continuous indicator of machine condition and health . vibration data is transmitted on a regular schedule for trend diagnostics . real time status of the machine is delivered to a remote online monitoring station . the condition based monitoring system has been used in industries such as food and beverage oil and gas power generation hvac and paper and pulp . smart tether edit a 40m smart tether cord kcf technologies smart tether aids underwater navigation and positioning . the system offers real time gps positioning for divers and underwater vehicles along with advanced scanning mapping and target marking functions . smart tether includes a series of sensors nodes embedded in the tether itself . these nodes use acceleration magnetic and rate gyro sensors to measure the orientation and track the position of an rov and tether . this data is then transmitted to the control box and displayed on a computer screen in real time . its applications include law and drug enforcement search and rescue homeland security offshore drilling and inland and offshore inspections . orientation board edit kcf s orientation boards are 3 axes dynamic and provide actual orientation in 3d space at 72 times second . they include unique user settable addresses which allow multiple sensors to be daisy chained together . a usb to rs485 adapter provides power and communication and both raw sensor and orientation data are accessible . the unit has diverse applications including marine industrial academic and film usages . it is sold in three unique designs as a bare board with a black anodized aluminum casing and with a housing suitable for marine environments . vibration edit electromagnetic shaker kcf also specializes in a wide variety of vibration equipment . its product line includes shakers meters & testers charge accelerometers integrated chip accelerometers power amplifiers and power suppliers . energy harvesting edit in conjunction with their vibration monitoring equipment kcf has developed thermal power harvesters which provide a cost effective power source for wireless sensors in a wide range of industrial monitoring applications . a fraction of the energy dissipated from warm surfaces on equipment is harvested and stored by the thermal power harvesters . this enables designers of wireless sensor networks to reduce installation and life cycle costs associated with deployment of wireless networks . applications include refrigeration and hvac power generation facilities and printing paper and pulp processing . additional offerings edit kcf technologies provides custom product development as well as noise and vibration consulting services . its primary focus is on the optimal design of structures using hybrid computer programs that integrate acoustic modeling and fem programs with high speed optimization routines . others include modeling particle damping in tire vibration and optimal design of sound reduction enclosures for noise control . awards and recognition edit in 2014 kcf technologies was one of four recipients of the shale gas innovation and commercialization center s shale gas innovation award receiving 25 000 . 1 the president of kcf technologies jeremy frank ph.d. received the penn state alumni association s alumni achievement award on april 8 2011 . this award recognizes an extraordinary level of professional success reached by graduates ages 35 or younger . jeremy received his undergraduate degree from penn state in 1997 and earned graduate degrees there in 2001 and 2005 . 2 in 2008 kcf technologies was a silver level winner of the best of sensors expo 2008 for its energy harvesting wireless sensors . 3 videoray presented kcf with the marcus kolb most innovative videoray accessory award at the 2007 videoray international partnership symposium for its smart tether product . 4 the ben franklin partners of central and northern pennsylvania invested 150 000 in the company which extended kcf s marketing ability . 5 references edit http www.sgicc.org shale gas innovation contest.html http www.shc.psu.edu news news item.cfm id 155 http www.sensorsmag.com sensors mag the best sensors expo 2008 1495 http www.videoray.com stories 51 2007 vips award winners announced http www.keystoneedge.com innovationnews kcflaunches1112.aspx . external links edit kcftech.com smarttether.com retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title kcf technologies & oldid 743493177 categories electronics companies of the united statescompanies based in centre county pennsylvaniatechnology companies established in 2000american companies established in 20002000 establishments in pennsylvaniaprivately held companies based in pennsylvania navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to 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