NASA SBIR: Selected Successes


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Accurate Automation Corporation, Chattannoga, TN 
Flight Tests of the Low Speed Characteristics of a Hypersonic Waverider Configuration 
Accurate Automation Corporation, Chattannoga, TN 
Neural Control System for Propulsion System
Accurate Automation Corporation, Chattannoga, TN 
Hypersonic Neurocontrol Actuator and Testbed (LoFLYTE®) 
Accurate Automation Corporation, Chattannoga, TN 
Neural Air Data Sensing and Control for Hypersonic Vehicles 
Advanced Ceramics Corp.(ACC), Lakewood, OH 
Durable Interface Coatings for Ceramic Matrix Composites 
Advanced Ceramics Research Inc., Tucson, AZ 
High Pressure and Temperature Fused Deposition System 
Advanced Modular Power Systems, Inc., Ann Arbor, MI
          AMTEC Energy Conversion Technology
Advanced Projects Research, Inc., La Verne, CA
Enhanced Combustion Pulsejet Engine (ECPE) for March 0 to 3 Applications
Advanced Research & Applications Corp., Sunnyvale, CA 
ALPHA Radiographic Detector 
Advanced Technology Materials, Inc., Danbury, CT
High Temperature Gallium Nitride-Based Sensors and Electronics
Aerodyne Research, Inc., Billerica, MA
          High Temperature Combustion Diagnostic Method Utilizing Rayleigh Scattering
Aerodyne Research, Inc., Billerica, MA
        Turbomachinery Flowfield Temperature Measurement Linear Imaging Diagnostics
Aerodyne Research, Inc., Billerica, MA
Optimization of Silicon Carbide Production
Aerometrics, Sunnyvale, CA 
Phase Doppler Particle Analyzer 
Aerometrics, Sunnyvale, CA 
Simultaneous Measurement of Temperature, Size, and Velocity of Drops in Sprays 
AI Signal Research, Inc., Huntsville, AL 
PC-Based Vibration Monitoring & Diagnostics System (PC-VMDS) for Machinery
AI Ware, Beachwood, OH 
Design of Experiments Module 
American Electronics, Inc., Vienna, VA
VHF Radar Sensor for Measurement of  Terrestrial Vegetative Biomass
Analysis and Measarument Services Corp. (AMS)
New Instrumentation Technologies for Testing the Performance of Solid Rocket Motor Nozzles
ARNAV Systems, Inc., Puyallup, WA
General Aviation Electronic Pilot Reports
Artep, Inc., Columbia, MD
Collimators for X-Ray, Gamma Ray, and Neutron Astronomy
Aspen Systems, Inc., Marlborough, MA
Flexible Insulation Blanket Using Ultra-low Density Aerogel
AST Engineering Services, Inc., Englewood, CO 
Qase Rt: Engineering Software Tool 
Aurora Flight Sciences Corporation, Manassas, VA
Remotely Piloted Stratospheric Aircraft
Aurora Flight Sciences Corporation, Manassas, VA
Single Lever Power Control for General Aviation and Unmanned Aircraft
AZ Technology, Inc., Huntsville, AL 
Space Portable SpectroReflectometer (SPSR)

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Ballistic Recovery Systems, Inc., South St. Paul, MN
The BRS Parachute Recovery System
Barr Associates, Inc., Westford, MA 
Image Quality, Space Qualified Interference Filters
Barringer Patents, Inc., Golden, CO
Radar Remote Detection System for Sub-Surface Features
Bauer Associates, Inc., Wellesley, MA
Laser-based Measurement Technique for Optical Surfaces 
Bend Research, Inc., Bend, OR
Liquid-Sorbent/Membrane-Contactor (LSMC) for CO2 Removal 
Bend Research, Inc., Bend, OR 
Membrane-based Washwater Recovery System 
Biospherical Instruments, Inc., San Diego, CA 
Moored Oceanographic Spectroradiometer 
Biospherical Instruments, Inc., San Diego, CA 
Marine Instrument for Measuring Primary (Phytoplankton) Production 
Biotronics Technologies, Inc., Waukesha, WI 
ChemScanTM: On-Line, UV Spectrometer
Boulder Innovative Technologies (BIT) Inc., & ZeoponiX, Inc., Louisville, CO
Built-In Plant Nutrient
Brimrose Corporation of America, Baltimore, MD
Compact Near-Infrared Spectrometer


Cadetron, Inc., Atlanta, GA 
Autosolid 
Cambridge Research & Instruments, Inc., Cambridge, MA
Automated Characterization & Calibration of Ultraviolet Spectrophometers Using 
Intensity-Stabilized Lasers 
Cambridge Research & Instruments, Inc., Cambridge, MA 
Electrically Tunable Liquid Crystal Spectral Image Filters 
Carbotek Development  Laboratoeis, Houston, TX
Lunar Oxygen Production from Ilmenite/Fluid Particle Processing
CardioDynamics International Corp., San Diego, CA 
Non-Invasive Hemodynamic Monitoring System 
Cirrus Design Corporation, Duluth, MN
Low Cost Electromagnetic De-Icer for Natural Laminar Flow Airfoils
CFD Research Corporation, Huntsville, AL
          A Probability Density Function (PDF) Method for Turbulent Reacting Flow
CFD Research Corporation, Huntsville, AL
         Advanced CFD Methodology for Fast Flow-Transients
CFD Research Corporation, Huntsville, AL
         Dual-Spry Fuel Nozzle For Low Emissions Gas Turbine Combustors
CFD Research Corporation, Huntsville, AL
Microscopic & Macrocospic Modeling of Layer Growth Kinetics & Morphology
in Vapor Deposition Processing
CFD Research Corporation, Huntsville, AL
         Unstructured Density Based CFD Methodology for Gas Turbine Combustor
Applications
Charles River Analytics, Inc., Cambridge, MA 
Artificial Neural Network Algorithms
Charles River Analytics, Inc., Cambridge, MA 
Hybrid Neural Expert System 
Clever Fellows Innovation Consortium, Inc., Troy, NY 
Alternator and Suspension for Free Piston Stirling Engines 
Composite Optics, Inc., San Diego, CA
Arc-Second Stability of Graphite Fiber Reinforced Composite Optical Bench Via Passive
Thermal Management
Composite Optics, Inc., San Diego, CA
          Light Weight Composite Mirrors for Science Instruments
Computer Motion, Inc., Goleta, CA 
Automated Robotic Assistant for Surgeons 
Conax Buffalo Technologies L.L.C., Buffalo, NY 
Blackbody High Temperature Optical Sensor 
Convolve, Inc., Armonk, NY 
Input Shaping TM Software for Machine Control 
Corning-OCA Applied Optics, Inc., Garden Grove, CA
Aspheric Surface Figuring Using Plasma Assisted Chemical Etching
Corning-OCA Applied Optics, Inc., Garden Grove, CA
Ultra-Lightweight, Large-Aperture, Space-Based Telescope
Creare, Inc., Hanover, NH 
A Capacitive Void Fraction Instrument For Two-Phase Flow in Microgravity
Creare, Inc., Hanover, NH 
Internally Drained Condenser 
Creare, Inc., Hanover, NH 
Long Life Cryogenic Cooler 
Creare, Inc., Hanover, NH 
Droplet Evaporator 
Creare, Inc., Hanover, NH 
Miniature Cryogenic Turboalternator 
Creare, Inc., Hanover, NH 
Ring Buffered Network Bus (RBNB)
Creare, Inc., Hanover, NH 
Unstructured Adapted Meshes 
Cree Research, Inc., Durham, NC 
High Temperature, Silicon Carbide, Power MOSFET 
Cree Research, Inc., Durham, NC 
High Temperature, Silicon Carbide, Power Thyristor 
CSA Engineering, Inc., Palto Alto, CA
         High Damping for Lightweight Structures
Cullimore & Ring Technologies, Littleton, CO
Swales and Associates, Beltsville, MD
         Cryogenic Heat Transport System
CVC Products, Inc., Rochester, NY 
Thin Film Deposition System for Superconducting Materials 
Cybernet Systems Corporation, Ann Arbor, MI 
Intelligent Robot/Sensor Operations System 


Daat Research Corporation, Hanover, NH
Advanced CDF tools for designing combustion systems & material processing
Daedalus Enterprises, Ann Arbor, MI
          Multispectral Spectrometers for Monitoring of Earth Resources
Dean Applied Technology Company, Inc., Huntsville, AL
          Improved Stirling Cycle Technology for Zero-G Spacecraft Refrigeration Systems
Deep Ocean Engineering, Inc., (DOEI), San Leandro, CA
          Underwater Remotely Guided Vehicle
Deformation Control Technology, Inc., Cleveland, OH
          A Software Tool to Design Thermal Barrier Coatings
Digiray Corporation, San Ramon, CA 
Reverse-Geometry Digital X-Ray System 
DRaW Computing Associates, Inc., Philadelphia, PA
Immersive Control of Human Interaction with Multi-Variate Data
Duncan Technologies, Inc. New Castle, CA
Bi-Directional Fiberoptic Coupler
Duncan Technologies, Inc. (DTI), Auburn, CA
Color Hydrogen Flame Imaging System
 Duncan Technologies, Inc. (DTI), Auburn, CA
Smart Laser Ignitor for Reaction Control System (RCS) Thrusters


EAI Simulation Associates, Inc., West Long Branch, NJ 
Digital Simulation Computer 
EIC Laboratories, Inc., Norwood, MA 
Raman Spectrograph 
EIC Laboratories, Inc., Norwood, MA 
Variable Transmittance Space Suit Visor 
EIC Laboratories, Inc., Norwood, MA 
A Rechargeable Solid-State Battery 
Electric Propulsion Laboratory, Inc., Monument, CO
          Low Voltage Arc Head Vacuum Welding
ElectroChem Inc., Woburn, MA 
High Efficiency Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell 
Electroformed Nickel, Inc., Huntsville, AL
High Temperature Oxidation-Barrier Coatings for Refractory Metals
Electroformed Nickel, Inc., Huntsville, AL
Improved Electroformed Structural Copper and Copper Alloys for Rocket Components
Eltron Research, Inc., Boulder, CO 
Ionic and Electronically Conducting Ceramic Materials 
EMC Technology, Inc., Cherry Hill, NJ
Passive Temperature Compensating Attenuator
Energy Science Labs, Inc., San Diego, CA 
Composite Regenerator for Stirling Engine 
Energy Science Labs, Inc., San Diego, CA 
Composite Regenerator for Stirling Engine 
Engineering Sciences, Inc., Clarkston, WA
Unified, Multi-Phase, Numerical Method Using Volume-of-Fluid Transport Models
Engineering Research and Consulting, Inc., Tullahoma, TN
Application of Intelligent Systems to Complex Processess
ENSCO, Inc., Springfield, VA
Automated Recertification Training System (ARTS)
ENSCO, Inc., Springfield, VA
Meteorological Monitoring System
Environmental Optical Sensors, Inc., Boulder, CO 
Miniature Ultra-Stable Diode Laser 
Entech, Inc., Keller, TX
          Fresnel Lens Photovoltaic Concentrator Array
E-tek Dynamics, Inc., San Jose, CA 
Tunable Laser Diode and Optical Phase-Lock Loop 
Exfluor Research Corp., Round Rock, TX 
Perfluoropolyether Lubricating Fluids 
Expert Microsystems, Inc., Orangevale, CA
          Real-Time Sensor Validation
Exos, Inc., Woburn, MA 
Sensory Exoskeleton Arm-Master for Robot Control


Fiber & Sensor Technologies, Inc., Blacksburg, VA 
Optical Fiber Strain Gage 
Fibertek, Inc., Herndon, VA
Advanced, Diode-Pumped, Cavity-Dumped Laser for Space-Based Altimetry
Flogiston, Austin, TX
Personal Motion Platform
Focused Research, Inc. Santa Clara, CA
Single Mode Tunable Diode Lasers From 1.9 to 2.3 Microns
Foster-Miller, Inc., Waltham, MA
Application of  Refrigerant Mixtures for Space Thermal Management
Foster-Miller, Inc., Waltham, MA 
Electronically Switchable Bragg Gratings (ESBGs)
Foster-Miller, Inc., Waltham, MA 
Fiber Optic FTIR Spectroscopy
Foster-Miller, Inc., Waltham, MA
          Lightweight Graphite/Aluminum (Gr/AI) Space Radiators for Thermal Management
Foster-Miller, Inc., Waltham, MA 
Liquid Crystal Polymers for Printed Wiring Boards 
Foster-Miller, Inc., Waltham, MA
Near Hermetic Packaging Technology for MMIC Devices
Foster-Miller, Inc., Waltham, MA
Non-Toxic, Resin Transfer Molding (RTM) - Processable, High Temperature Matrix Resin
Foster-Miller, Inc., Waltham, MA
          Processing Technology for Lyotropic Polymers
Frederick A. Costello, Inc., Herndon, VA
         TCONTM Concurrent Engineering Software Suite


Garman Systems, Inc., Nashville, TN
          Unobtrusive Sensor and Effector Technology with Optical Applications
Geo-Centers, Inc., Newton Centre, MA
Fiber Optic Systems for Composite Process Monitoring and Control 
Geo-Centers, Inc., Newton Centre, MA 
Porous Polymer Optrode Monitoring System
General Pneumatics Corporation (GPC), Phoenix, AZ
Anti-Clogging, Flow-Relating, Joule-Thomson Cryostat
Giner, Inc., Waltham, MA 
Electrochemical Super Capacitors for Electromechanical Actuators


Helpmet Tobotics, Inc., Danbury, CT
Two-Armet, Mobile Sensate, Research Robot
Honeybee Robotics, Inc., New York, NY
Planetary subsurface sample acquisition system
Hypres, Inc., Elmsford, NY 
SQUID Array Amplifiers for Cryogenic Detector Arrays 


I-Kinetics, Inc., Burlington, MA 
I-Bridge: Access to Computer System Resources 
Infrared Fiber Systems, Inc., Silver Spring, MD
          PlastiScan
Innovative Configuration, Inc., Aptos, CA
          Real Time Image Correspondence Algorithm Implementation
Innovative Dynamics, Inc., Ithaca, NY 
Ice Detection Sensor System 
Integrated Sensors, Inc., Utica, NY
         Relative Attitudee and Position Estimation Program
Intelligent Automation, Inc., Rockville, MD 
Six Degree of Freedom Active Vibration Damping 
Intermagnetics General Corporation, Latham, NY
High-Temperature Superconducting Coils for Magnetic Damping of Convection Currents in Crystal Growth Equipment
International  Solar Electric Technology, Inglewood, CA
Light-Weight Flexible Thin Film Solar Cells for Space Applications
Irvine Sensors Corporation, Costa Mesa, CA
           Signal Processing for Spectral Imaging
Irvine Sensors Corporation, Costa Mesa, CA 
Solid-State Data Recorder
Irvine Sensors Corporation, Costa Mesa, CA 
3-D Chip stacking to build cameras, computers
Isothermal Systems Research, Inc.(ISR), Clarkston, WA
          Spray Quench System for Directional Solidification Furnaces
Ithaco, Inc., Ithaca, NY 
Scanning Momentum Wheel (T-Scanwheel®
Iowa Thin Film Technologies, Inc., Ames, IA
Flexible, Lightweight, Amorphous, Silicon Solar Cells Tuned for Air Mass Zero (AMO)
Spectrum
 


Jentek Sensors, Inc., Boston, MA
Nondestructive Characterization of Coatings
 
 

 

 
Knowledge Based Systems, Inc., College Station, TX 
Knowledge Based Mechanisms for Plan Generation 
Kopin Corporation, Taunton, MA 
Hight Volume Metal Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition (MOCVD) Device Water Production
KSE, Inc., Amherst, MA
Air Revitalization by A Novel Photocatalyst


Lambda Research Corporation, Littleton, MA
         Software for Optical Instrument Design and Stray Light Analysis
L'Garde, Inc., Tustin, CA 
Design Tool for Inflatable Structures 
Lightwave Electronics, Mountain View, CA 
Single-Frequency Solid-State Laser Transmitter 
Lightwave Electronics, Mountain View, CA 
Solid-State Laser Oscillator, Modulator, and Amplifier for Space Communications 
Lincom Corporation, Houston, TX
Advanced Simulation Graphics
Lincom Corporation, Houston, TX
Faulty Isolation Using Fuzzy Logic
Lincom Corporation, Houston, TX
SimTool: An Advanced Simulation Support Environment
Lincom Corporation, Houston, TX
VrToolTM
LiteCom, Inc., Canoga Park, CA
Fiber Optic Cable Feedthrough & Hermetic Sealing for Aerospace Environment
LNK Corporation, Inc., Riverdale, MD 
Parallel Processing for Aerial/Satellite Image Understanding
Luxel Corporation, Friday Harbor, WA
Applications of Thin Polyimide Films to X-ray Optics


Mainstream Engineering Corporation, Rockledge, FL
QwikBoostTM
Materials & Electrochemical Research (MER) Corporation, Tucson, AZ
Advanced Electrode Materials for Lithium-ion Rechargeable Battery
Materials & Electrochemical Research (MER) Corporation, Tucson, AZ
Processing of Metal Matrix Composites with  Controlled Microstructures
Materials Resources International (MRi), North Wales, PA
Brazing for Furnace Components.
Materials Resources International (MRi), North Wales, PA
Powdered Metal Braze Preforms (WideGapTM) for Joining of C:C Refractory Comp. Materials
Matsi, Inc., Atlanta, Georgia
          Zinc-Oxygen Batteries
Merritt Systems, Inc., Orlando, FL
          Parking Garage Automation System
MetroLaser, Inc., Invine, CA
VibroMetTM / OrionTM
Micro-Bac International, Inc., Round Rock, TX
          Light Driven Waste Remediation System Utilizing Phototrophic Bacteria
Microcosm, Inc., Torrance, CA
Sounding Rocket Validation of Low-Cost Launch Vehicle Techonology
Microwave Monolithics Incorporated, Simi Valley, CA
          Advanced Monolithic GaAs IF Switch Matrix
Microwave Monolithics Incorporated, Simi Valley, CA
          High Efficiency, Low Cost Monolithic RF Module for SARSAT Distress Beacons
Millitech Corporation, South Deerfield, MA 
Space-Qualified-Submillimeter Radiometer 
Mod Works, Punta Gorda, FL
          Human Factors Engineered (HFE) Small Airplane Cockpits
Moldyn, Inc./Photon Research Associates, Cambridge, MA 
Human-Machine-Task CAD Software 
 


Nanomaterials Research Corporation, Longmont, CO
Miniaturized CH4 Sensors
Nektonics, Inc., Cambridge, MA 
Computational Fluid Dynamics Package for Massively Parallel Supercomputing 
Nektonics, Inc., Cambridge, MA 
Nekton: Tool for Coating Process Simulations 
Neocera Inc., Beltsville, MD 
Microwave-Compatible Superconducting Films 
Netrologic Inc., San Diego, CA 
Neural Networks for Intelligent Space Systems
Nielsen Engineering & Research, Inc., Mountain View, CA
Unsteady Triangular Mesh/Navier-Stokes Method for Aerodynamics of Aircraft with Ice Accretion
Nichols Research Corporation, Huntsville, AL
          Development of an Automated Wire Delivery System for Robotic Welding Applications

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Omitron, Inc., Greenbelt, MD
          Spacecraft Supercomputer Prototype
Omnitec Robotics, Englewood, CO
          Autonomous Operation Robotic Vehicle System
Omniview, Inc., Knoxville, TN 
Omniview®, the Virtual Eye 
Optical Networks, Inc., Palo Alto, CA
           A Network/Bus Transceiver with Multi-Channel Fiber Optic Interconnects
Optivision, Inc., Palo Alto, CA
          OptiVideo MPEG Compression Products
Opto-Knowledge Systems, Inc., Torrance, CA
          Novel Neural Network Technology for Very Fast Analysis of Hyperspectral Imagery
Optra, Inc., Topsfield, MA
           Compact Ultraviolet Spectrometer
Osmotek, Covallis, OR
           Waste Water Recovery System


Pacific Monolithics, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA 
Linear and Bi-Phase Integrated Circuit Development 
PCP, Inc.
Ion Mobility Spectrometer
Pegasus Glassworks, Inc., Sturbridge, MA 
High-Gain, Sheared MCPs Using an Innovative Boule Design 
Penn Laboratories, Inc., Dahlonega, GA 
Laser Float-Zone Process Improvements 
Penn Laboratories, Inc., Dahlonega, GA 
Innovative Laser Furnace 
Physical Optics Corporation, Torrance, CA 
Dynamic Coherently Coupled Holographic Optical Element 
Physical Sciences, Andover, MA
Arc Reduction Procedures for Solar Cells
Physical Sciences, Andover, MA
Electrocatalysts for High Efficiency Solid  Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cell 
Physical Sciences, Andover, MA
          Optical Temperature Monitor
Physical Sciences, Andover, MA 
Oxygen Source for Material Degradation Studies 
Physical Sciences, Andover, MA 
High Velocity Surface Accommodation Coefficients 
Plasma Processes, Inc., Huntsville, AL
          Innovative Plasma Nozzle Techniques for Eliminating Overspary
Polatomic, Inc., Richardson, TX 
Universal Helium Magnetometer for Space 
Precision Combustion, Inc., New Haven, CT 
Catalytic Ignition for Rotary Combustion Engines 
Precision Combustion, Inc., New Haven, CT 
A Novel Approach to Catalytic Combustion
Precision Combustion, Inc., New Haven, CT