• IBO won Phase II SBIR “Radiation-Resistant Coatings for Solar Cell Cover Glasses Deposited by Advanced Coating Technology.” The work is being done at Thin Film Technology
• IBO continues to provide consulting services to a number of companies globally.
• Michael Fulton is publishing additional papers on Space Coatings and Solar Space Power application

• Michael Fulton and the IBO team has committed to take the ENTECH (www.entechsolar.com) space power concentrator technology into the terrestrial environment.

• Michael Fulton is a member of the World’s Nest Ventures (www.worldsnest.com) team that features two of the most important sustainable technologies: energy (solar, wind, and hydrogen) and water (www.airtowatercompany.com).

• Michael has made two trips to Singapore setting up a global presence for World’s Nest in South East Asia

Past Projects

• Ion Beam Optics Inc. was formed in 2003:

  • Set up the advanced IR coating facility at Thin Film Technology Inc.

  • Developed the coatings for Boeing advanced development programs

  • Won Phase I SBIR for AFRL “Radiation-Resistant Coatings for Solar Cell Cover Glasses Deposited by Advanced Coating Technology”

  • Developed the UV Blocking Filter on DC93-500 silicone for ENTECH’s concentrator arrays for space power applications

  • Authored papers on technology for depositing coatings in Space

• In 2000 Michael Fulton joined the Rockwell Science Center:

  • Instrumental in the development of the Laser Eye Protection technology for AFRL.

  • Designed and produced the coatings for the hyper-spectral filter for the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.

• Michael Fulton returned to the USA from Singapore in 1997, joining ZC&R Coatings for Optics:

  • He designed and built the worlds first Ion-Assisted Filtered Cathodic Arc Deposition (IFCAD) for optical applications

  • Michael introduced the High Output IAD from Commonwealth Scientific (now Veeco) into production

  • Michael was contacted by NASA regarding the coating of the windows for the International Space Station. He designed the coatings and setup the manufacturing--the job was completed in 2002.