FY 2003 Phase I Awards



Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS)
National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitative Research (NIDRR)

Nian-Crae, Inc.
Principal Investigator: James Flint
HARI: Hand-Arm Rehabilitation Interface for Training the Hand Following Paralysis

EM Photonics, Inc.
Principal Investigator: Gregory Behrmann
A Low-cost, High-resolution Pressure Mapping System for Prevention of Pressure Ulcers

Blue Sky Designs, Inc.
Principal Investigator: Dianne Goodwin
Independently Operable Device Mounting and Positioning Technology for People with Disabilities

Vortant Technologies, LLC
Principal Investigator: Phillip Schaefer
A Feel Beyond Fingers for the Blind

AbleLink Technologies, Inc.
Principal Investigator: Steven Stock
Workright: A Customizeble Software System Providing an Interactive Training Environment for Social Skills inth Workplace

Bart Kylstra
Principal Investigator: Bart Kylstra
Manual Wheelchair utilizing Single Lever for Propulsion

Center for Career and Community
Principal Investigator: Mary Ann Hanson
Development of a Career Guidance System for Students with Disabilities

Kevin Erler
Principal Investigator: Kevin Erler
Automated Closed Captioning

Veritune, Inc.
Principal Investigator: David Carpenter
Piano Tuning Device for the Blind

Applied Human Factors, Inc.
Principal Investigator: James Schroeder
CyberCoach: An Automated System to Help Integrate Individuals with Memory Disabilities Into Employment or Independent Living Settings

Intelligent Automation, Inc.
Principal Investigator: Shannon Beltz Mayhew
Story Builder: Programmable Manipulatives to Improve Language, Sequencing and Imaginative Play Skills in Children with Autism

Henter Math, LLC
Principal Investigator: Ted Henter
Development of Virtual Pencil+ Algerbra as a Teaching and Equation Processing Tool for Blind or Visually Disabled Students

Data Harbor, Inc
Principal Investigator: William Cats-Baril
Special Education Administrative Management System

AbleLink Technologies, Inc.
Principal Investigator: Steven Stock
Job Quest: An Internet based, Self-directed Career Exploration and Assessment System for students and adults with significant Intellectual Disabilities

Office of Post-Secondary Education (OPE)

US Teach Inc.
Principal Investigator: Alfredo Quinteros
The development and adaptation of innovative technologies to improve instruction, learning, and achievement in foreign language.

Office of Safe and Drug Free Schools (OSDFS)

HyperGalaxy, Inc.
Principal Investigator: Darwin Airola
Low Cost, Efficacious Disaster Training System and Courses for Elementary/Secondary School Personnel


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