U.S. Department of Transportation
Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program
2007 DOT SBIR Phase I Recommendations
07-FH1 DPS Receiver/Demodulator with Location Determination by Time/Phase Difference of Arrival
07-065 Peter F. Swaszek
57 Brayton St .
East Greenwich, RI 02818-3301
PI: Peter F. Swaszek
Phone: 401-884-5942
DGPS-Based Trilateration Positioning Receiver
07-FH2 Time-Resolved Microwave Thermoreflectometry for Corrosion Detection in Concrete
07-039 Newport Sensors, Inc.
7 Murasaki St .
Irvine , CA 92617
PI: Maria Q. Feng
Phone: 949-378-8666
Microwave Thermoreflectometry for Corrosion Detection in Concrete
07-FH3 Tools to Improve Real-Time Highway Construction Quality Control
07-011 Advanced Design Consulting USA, Inc.
126 Ridge Rd. – P.O. Box 187
Lansing , NY 14882
PI: Eric Van Every
Phone: 607-533-3531
Concrete Environmental Monitoring System
07-FH4 Quick Highway Incident Detection and Incident Warning System
07-061 Central Signal, LLC
2912 Syene Rd.
Madison , WI 53713
PI: Ahtasham Ashraf
Phone: 608-237-1780
Low-cost, Low-power Wireless Sensor Network based Highway Incident Detection & Warning System
07-FM1 Safety Belt Devise or Technology to Increase Usage by Commercial Motor Vehicle Drivers and their Passengers
07-066 The Tenik Group, Inc.
6967 Lakemont Circle
West Bloomfield, MI 48323-2071
PI: Dr. Jeffrey Tenebaum
Phone: 248-706-1528
Belt Shift Interlock Delay/Deaccelerator with Learning Curve Software to Increase Seatbelt Usage On Commercial Vehicles
07-056 Beltran, Inc.
1133 East 35 th Street
Brooklyn, NY 12210-4243
PI: Dr. Lev Reznikov
Phone: 718-377-0227
Safety Belt Device or Technology to Increase Usage by Commercial Motor Vehicle Drivers and Their Passengers
07-PH1 Pipeline Safety:
- Nanotechnology tools for Internal Corrosion of Pipelines
- Development of Risk Protocol for LNG Facilities
- Design Optimization for Soft Crack Arrestors
07-024 Engineering Mechanics Corporation of Columbus (EMC 2 )
3518 Riverside Drive, Suite 202
Columbus, OH 43221-1735
PI: Dr. Gery Wilkowski
Phone: 614-459-3200 x228
Design, Development, and Testing of Optimized Composite “Soft Crack Arrestors”
07-013 Integran Technologies U.S.A., Inc.
2541 Appletree Drive
Pittsburgh, PA 15241
PI: Dr. Virgil Provenzano
Phone: 301-675-3730
Crack Arrest and Structural Repair of High Strength Steel Piping by In-Situ Sleeving of Nanostructured Materials
07-PH2 Hazardous Materials:
- Emerging Technologies Applicable to Hazardous Materials Transportation
07-009 Quimba Software, Inc.
4 West 4th Ave. Suite A
San Mateo, CA 94402-1616
PI: Robert Dourandish
Phone: 650-342-3337
A First Responder Tool for Rapid, Efficient, and Effective Response to Hazardous Material Incidents
07-NH1 Development of Consolidated Six-Degree-of-Freedom Kinematics Sensor Array for Impact Testing
07-067 Diversified Technical System Inc.
909 Electric Ave. Ste. 206
Seal Beach, CA 90740
PI: Mike Beckage
Phone: 562-493-0158 x108
6 Dimensional Sensor Package (6DSP)
07-028 Archangel System Inc.
1635 Pumphrey Avenue
Auburn, AL 36832
PI: Dr. Sangram Redkar
Phone: 334-826-8008 x22
Body Orientation Sensor System (BOSS)
07-NH2 Non Contact Roof Measurement System for Use in Dynamic Rollover Testing
07-015 Boxboro Systems LLC
34 Pierrepont Rd.
Newton, MA 02462-1118
PI: Daniel F. Handman
Phone: 978-257-2219
Multi-Point Optical Sensor-Based Roof Measurement System for Use in Dynamic Rollover Testing
07-045 Photon-X, Inc.
4835 University Square, Ste 8
Huntsville, AL 35816-1845
PI: Blair A. Barbour
Phone: 256-704-3416 x501
Dynamic Non-contact 3D Measurement System for Rollover Testing
07-FT1 Linear Induction Motors (LIM) Door Closer for Rapid Rail Vehicles
no recommendation
07-FT2 Hybrid Propulsion for Rail Locomotives
no recommendation
07-FT3 Methods for Upgrading Existing Automatic Train Control (ATC) Sytem
no recommendation
07-FT4 Very High Speed Third Rail Insulator Cleaning
07-084 Mini LLC
710 Bradley Blvd.
Bethesda, MD 20817
PI: Arun Vohra, P.E.
Phone: 240-731-8846
Automated High Speed, Low Water Consumption Insulator Cleaning
07-022 Phonenix Science & Technology, Inc.
27 Industrial Avenue
Chelmsford, MA 01824
PI: Dr. Raymond B. Schaefer
Phone: 978-367-0232
High Speed Photolytic Cleaning of Third Rail Insulators
07-FT5 Better/Faster Braking Systems
no recommendation
07-FR1 Locking Mechanism for Rotating Seats
07-050 Kustom Seating Unlimited, Inc. (KSU)
3000-3003 Madison Street
Bellwood, IL 60104-2263
PI: Michael A. Nolan, PE
Phone: 336-605-1908
Locking Mechanism for Rotating Seats
07-FR2 Quick-release Emergency Egress Panel on Cab Car End Doors
07-059 TIAX LLC
15 Acorn Park
Cambridge, MA 02140-2301
PI: Richard Stringfellow
Phone: 617-498-5655
Quick-release Emergency Egress Panel on Cab Car End Doors
07-FR3 Continued Communication Capability in the Event of a Train-line Break in Passenger Train
07-034 dFuzion, Inc.
215 36 Iredell Terrace
Ashburn, VA 20148-5032
PI: Robert J. Borgovini
Phone: 703-946-8961
Wireless Passenger Communications System
These are the 2007 DOT SBIR phase I recommendations
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If your name is not on the list and you would like a debriefing please email the contracting officer, Orin.D.Cook@volpe.dot.gov, please include the offerors name (small business name), address, research topic number, and proposal number.
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