UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
FORM
8-K
CURRENT
REPORT
Pursuant
to Section 13 or 15(d) of
the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date
of
Report (Date of earliest event reported): August 18, 2008 (August 13,
2008)
SCI
ENGINEERED MATERIALS, INC.
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Commission
file number: 0-31641
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Ohio
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31-1210318
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(State
or other jurisdiction
of
incorporation)
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(IRS
Employer
Identification
No.)
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2839
Charter Street, Columbus, Ohio
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43228
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(Address
of principal executive offices)
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(Zip
Code)
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(614)
486-0261
Registrant’s
telephone number, including area code
Not
Applicable
(Former
name or former address, if changed since last report.)
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the
appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously
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ITEM
8.01 Other events.
On
August
13, 2008 SCI Engineered Materials, Inc. was notified it had been awarded a
two-year contract by the U.S. Department of Energy (“DOE”) for Phase II of a
Small Business Innovation Research (“SBIR”) project titled “Flux Pinning
Additions to Increase Jc Performance in BSCCO-2112 Round Wire for Very High
Field Magnets.” The proposal included a funding request for approximately
$750,000. The final amount of the award is subject to the completion of
financial negotiations with the DOE.
High
Jc
performance in BSCCO-2212 is currently the only superconducting material that
has been successfully manufactured in round wire form that works successfully
in
high magnetic fields over 25Tesla.
The
company previously received a $97,900 DOE Financial Assistance Award for a
Phase
I SBIR that demonstrated that Jc performance can be increased with the addition
of certain additives. The Phase I SBIR was successfully completed in the first
half of 2008 which led to the Phase II application to conduct additional
research.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant
has
duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto
duly authorized.
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SCI
ENGINEERED MATERIALS, INC.
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Date:
August 18, 2008
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By
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/s/
Daniel Rooney
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Daniel
Rooney
President
and Chief Executive Officer
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