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U.S. Department of Transportation
Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program

2002 Phase I and Phase II Awards
Solicitation Numbers DTRS57-02-R-SBIR, Solicitation Number DTRS57-01-R-SBIR, and Solicitation Number DTRS57-00-R-SBIR


2002 Phase I Awards
Phase I (Six Months Period of Performance)
Awardee Name
Address
Research Topic Title
Principal Investigator
Topic
Number
Contract
Value
Conrad Technologies, Inc. (M)
Station Square One, Suite 102
Paoli, PA 19301-1314
"High Speed Dynamic 3D Surface Mapping System"
Principal Investigator: M. Mahadeva Reddi, Phone (610) 889-1320
02-NH2 $99,392
Creare, Inc.
Etna Road, P.O. Box 71
Hanover, NH 03755-0071
"A Low-Cost In-Flight Deicing System for Aircraft"
Principal Investigator: Bruce R. Pilvelait, Phone (603) 643-3800 x216
02-FA2 $99,763
Dynamic Research, Inc.
355 Van Ness Avenue, Suite 200
Torrance, CA 90501
"Software to Calculate Occupant Forces in Real-world Crashes"
Principal Investigator: John W. Zellner, Phone (310) 212-5211
02-NH1 $97,037
Foster-Miller, Inc.
350 Second Avenue
Waltham, MA 02451-1106
"Seat Belt Non-usage Warning System"
Principal Investigator: Jeffrey H. Everson, Phone (781) 684-4247
02-NH3 $99,992
Glosten Associates, Inc.
600 Mutual Life Building
605 First Avenue
Seattle, WA 98104-2224
"Ballast Exchange Monitoring System"
Principal Investigator: Kevin J. Reynolds, Phone (206) 624-7850
02-CG2 $82,494
Impact Technologies, LLC
125 Tech Park Drive
Rochester, NY 14623
"A Low Cost Engine Monitoring System for Real Time Propulsion System Malfunction Detection and Diagnosis"
Principal Investigator: Michael J. Roemer, Phone, (585) 424-1990
02-FA1 $99,375
Intelligent Automation, Inc. (W)
7519 Standish Place, Suite 200
Rockville, MD 20855
"Strain Sensors for Unbound Layers in Flexible Airport Pavements Using Pulsed Radar"
Principal Investigator: Eric van Doorn, Phone (301) 222-0444
01-FA3 $100,000
International Electronic Machines, Corp. (M)
60 Fourth Avenue
Albany, NY 12211
"Development of a Portable Data Collection System Assistant with an RF Link to a Laptop"
Principal Investigator: Zack Mian, Phone (518) 449-5504
02-FM1 $100,000
Invocon, Inc.
19221 IH-45 South, Suite 530
Conroe, TX 77385
"Entire Ship Ballast Autonomous Wireless Monitoring System"
Principal Investigator: Mike Walcer, Phone (281) 292-9903
02-CG2 $99,997
Nascent Technology Solutions, LLC
24 Research Drive
Hampton, VA 23666-1325
"Nonlinear Ultrasonic Rail Inspection System"
Principal Investigator: Joseph S. Heyman, Phone (757) 224-0687
02-FR1 $100,000
OptiNav, Inc.
10914 NE 18 Street
Bellevue, WA 98004-2928
"Single Camera Dynamic 3D Surface Mapping System"
Principal Investigator: Robert P. Dougehrty, Phone (425) 467-1118
02-NH2 $99,734
SDR Engineering Consultants, Inc.
2434 Oakdale Street
Tallahassee, FL 32308
"FRP Smart Composite Pipe System"
Principal Investigator: Mohsen A. Shahawy, Phone (850) 386-9197
02-RS1 $100,000
WavesInSolids, LLC
317H Rex Place
Madeira Beach, FL 33708
"Rapid Rail Inspection System (RRIS)"
Principal Investigator: D. Robert Hay, Phone (727) 392-9421
02-FR1 $97,662

2002 Phase II Awards
Phase II (Twenty-Four Months Period of Performance)
Awardee Name
Address
Research Topic Title
Principal Investigator
Topic
Number
Contract
Value
Dakota Technologies, Inc.
2201-A 12th Street N
Fargo, ND 58102-1808
"Development of a Tool for Verification of Ballast Water Exchange"
Principal Investigator: Daniel Engebretson, Phone (701) 237-4908
00-CG2 $300,000
Intelligent Automation, Inc. (W)
7519 Standish Place, Suite 200
Rockville, MD 20855
"Aircraft Wiring Integrity Verification using Psuedo-Random Binary Sequence"
Principal Investigator: Leonard Haynes, Phone (301) 294-5250
01-FA6 $750,000
Materials Sciences Corporation
500 Office Center Drive, Suite 250
Fort Washington, PA 19034-3213
"Evaluation of Composite Joints in General Aviation Structures"
Principal Investigator: Gerald V. Flanagan, Phone (215) 542-8400
01-FA1 $349,979
OPTIMUS Corporation (M)
8601 Georgia Ave, Suite 700
Silver Spring, MD 20910
"Development and Testing of a Pedestrian Alert System"
Principal Investigator: Charles Rodgers, Phone (301) 585-7075
00-FH1 $737,677
SimWright Inc.
9344 Navarre Parkway
Navarre, FL 32566
"Automated Driveway Access Management System Using a 3D Terrestrial Imagery User Interface"
Principal Investigator: Norman Daniel Matthews, Phone (850) 939-8707
00-FH4 $749,911

NOTE: (M) Denotes Minority and Disadvantaged Owned Small Business
(W) Denotes Women-Owned Small Business Concern

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