PAX Scientific Awarded ATP Grant 

PAX Scientific was awarded a prestigious Advanced Technology Program grant from the Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).  This three-year, $1.9M research and development grant will support the development of a new class of industrial mixing technology based on PAX’s biomimetic design approach.  PAX’s proposal was one of only 56 funded out of an applicant pool of more than 600.

The Advanced Technology Program (ATP) is a unique federal R&D program designed to support the commercialization of high-risk, high-reward technologies in a broad range of areas, including medical diagnostic techniques, alternative energy, transportation, nanotechnology, and energy conservation, among others.  A battery of industry and technical experts and veterans of technology commercialization review all ATP proposals on the basis of technical merit and potential for broad benefits to the nation. [October 15, 2007]  READ THE PRESS RELEASE

PAX Water welcomes Vice President of Sales

Mark Stephenson joins PAX Water Technologies as VP of sales and strategic alliances.  Mark brings to PWT more than 18 years' experience in water quality testing and management.  He served as CEO of Pionetics Corporation (provider of water purification equipment), president of BioQuest (water sanitizing product manufacturer), and VP of sales and marketing for Hach Company.  When Hach, which provided testing and measurement tools, was purchased by Danaher, Mark continued as the vice president of key accounts for Danaher’s water division. 

PWT’s Jason Oppenheimer continues as the VP of marketing.  [May 9, 2007]

Advanced Mixing Technology

In March, PAX Scientific launched a second subsidiary, PAX Mixer, Inc.  Peter Fiske serves as the new company’s president and CEO, and PAX's business analyst, Abby Wong, moves to PAX Mixer as senior marketing manager.  Peter brings a broad technical and entrepreneurial background to PAX.  He founded RAPT Industries, which developed a new process for rapidly shaping and polishing optical and semiconductor materials.  Peter has also led a research team at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, and served as White House Fellow in 1996 in the Department of Defense.  He has a PhD from Stanford and an MBA from UC Berkeley. 

Building on the design geometries employed by the PAX potable water mixer, this new subsidiary applies PAX’s patented designs to the diverse world of industrial mixing in petrochemical, pharmaceutical, ethanol, and beverage manufacturing.  Streamlined mixing can reduce energy usage, decrease damage to mixed materials, and produce better mixtures in a shorter time.  [May 9, 2007] 

PAX Water Welcomes New Staffer

Neil Spatz joins PAX Water Technologies as a senior electrical engineer.  Neil came to PAX from Royce Instruments Inc. where he helped develop Royce’s next generation die bond tester.  From his work at Silicon Valley and Sonoma County startups, Neil brings more than 20 years' experience in electronic circuit design for semiconductor processing equipment and embedded motion controllers.  He attended SF State, where he got a BS in Electrical Engineering and simultaneously started his career, working at Raytheon Semiconductor, Inc. [February 12, 2007]

Team-building at PAX

On January 19th, PAX Scientific participated in an afternoon of scientific team-building at the Exploratorium museum in San Francisco.  Paired teams of three or four people ran nine timed-and-scored challenges throughout the museum.  While the scorecards were tallied, the teams had the opportunity to experience the museum’s famed Tactile Dome, then reconvened at the Exploratorium’s McBean Theatre to learn which team’s efficient skills and streamlined communication triumphed! [February 12, 2007]