Named for Roland Tibbetts - acknowledged as the father of the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program - these prestigious national awards are made annually to those small firms, projects, organizations and individuals judged to exemplify the very best in SBIR achievement. The nomination selection and processes are designed specifically not to pit any one geographic area against any other. Significant state and regional variation is assumed. The emphasis is on recognizing those accomplishments where, in the judgment of those close to hand and often most immediately affected, the stimulus of SBIR funding has made an important and significant difference. The 1999 Winners are:
ALABAMA
Otho H. Thomas, Jr.
U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command,
Missile Research, Development, and Engineering Center
SBIR Program Coordinator
ATTN: AMSMI-RD-TI (O. Thomas)
Redstone Arsenal, AL 35898-5243
ARIZONA
SiCom, Inc.
Bob Putman
7585 E. Redfield Road
Scottsdale, AZ 85260
Sigma Labs, Inc.
Richard E. Ellwanger
10960 N. Stallard Place
Tucson, AZ 85737
CALIFORNIA
Beneficial Designs, Inc.
Peter Axelson
5858 Empire Grade
Santa Cruz, CA 95060-9603
Intelligent Systems Technology, Inc.
Dr. Azad M. Madni
2800 28th Street, Suite 306
Santa Monica, CA 90405
Decision Systems
Dr. Von Leirer
23951 Spalding Avenue
Los Altos, CA 94024
COLORADO
Droplet Measurement Technologies
Bill Dawson
2400 Central Avenue
Boulder, CO 80301
CONNECTICUT
Yardney Technical Products, Inc.
Richard Scibelli
82 Mechanic Street
Pawcatuck, CT 06379
DELAWARE
AstroPower, Inc.
Louis C. DiNetta
Solar Park
Newark, DE 19716-2000
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
National Aeronautics & Space Administration
Administrator Daniel Goldin
300 E Street. SW
Washington, DC 20546-0001
FLORIDA
Custom Manufacturing & Engineering, Inc.
Nancy Crews
2904 44th Avenue North
St. Petersburg, FL 33714
HAWAII
ORINCON Hawaii, Inc.
Jerry Moons
970 N. Kalaheo Avenue, Suite C-215
Kailua, HI 96734
IDAHO
Idaho Technology, Inc.
Kirk Ririe
390 Wakara Way
Salt Lake City, UT 84108
ILLINOIS
Thermogen, Inc.
David C. Demirjian, Ph.D.
2225 W. Harrison Street
Chicago, IL 60612
INDIANA
Bioanalytical Systems, Inc.
Peter T. Kissinger
2701 Kent Avenue
West Lafayette, IN 47906-1382
Daniel Burch
Naval Surface Warfare Center
Crane, IN 47522
SpectraCode, Inc.
Edward R. Grant
1291 Cumberland Avenue
West Lafayette, IN 47906
IOWA
Future of Technology and Health, LC
Jeffrey Bishop
312 Summit Drive
Solon, IA 52333
KANSAS
Kansas Technology Enterprise Corporation (KTEC)
Clyde Engert
214 SW 6th Street
Topeka, KS 66603
MAINE
Sea Run Holdings, Inc.
Evelyn Sawyer, President
339 River Road
Arundel, ME 04046
MARYLAND
Herbert J. (Sonny) Kreitman
SBIR/STTR Program Coordinator
13482 Ansel Terrace
Germantown, MD 20874-3452
John (Jack) Sweeney
11445 Rowley Road
Clarksville, MD 21029
Wavix, Inc.
John Borden
531 Calvin Lane
Rockville, MD 20851
Science & Engineering Services, Inc.
Dr. Hyo Sang Lee
4032 Blackburn Lane
Burtonsville, MD 20866
MASSACHUSETTS
Federal Fabrics-Fibers, Inc.
Zvi Horovitz
21 Marie Drive
Andover, MA 01810
Microwave Medical Systems, Inc.
Kenneth L. Carr
310-312 School Street
Acton, MA 01720-5414
AVANT Immunotherapeutics, Inc.
Lawrence J. Thomas, Ph.D.
119 Fourth Avenue
Needham, MA 02494
MICHIGAN
Mechanical Dynamics, Inc. (CONGRESSIONAL NOMINATION)
Michael E. Korybalski
2301 Commonwealth Blvd.
Ann Arbor, MI 48105
MINNESOTA
Cirrus Design Corporation
Chris Maddy
4515 Taylor Circle
Duluth, MN 55811
Pat Dillon Minnesota Project Innovation, Inc.
100 Mill Place
111 Third Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55401-2551
MSP Corporation
Dr. Benjamin Liu
1313 Fifth Street, SE
Suite 206
Minneapolis, MN 55414
Teltech Resource Network Corp.
Mr. Barry Rogich
2850 Metro Drive
Minneapolis, MN 55425-1566
MISSOURI
Center for Emerging Technologies
Marcia B. Mellitz
4041 Forest Park Avenue
St. Louis, MO 63108
MONTANA
YES Technologies (aka Yellowstone Environmental Science, Inc.)
Robert M. Hunter, Ph.D.
320 S. Willson Avenue
Bozeman, MT 59715
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Daat Research Corp.
Arkady S. Davinsky
7 Hanover Street
Lebanon, NH 03755
NEW JERSEY
Joyce Crisci
CECOM SBIR Program
U.S. Army Communications-
Electronics Command
Attn: AMSEL-RD-DD-TD
Ft. Monmouth, NJ 07703-5201
NEW MEXICO
TPL, Inc.
H.M. (Hap) Stoller
3921 Academy Parkway N. NE
Albuquerque, NM 87109
NEW YORK
Prospective Computer Analysts, Inc.
Ed Wenger
400 Garden City Plaza
Garden City, NY 11530
FED Corporation (CONGRESSIONAL NOMINATION – KELLY)
Gary Jones
Hudson Valley Research Park
1580 Route 52
Hopewell Junction, NY 12533
NORTH CAROLINA
Katherine I. Etzler
North Carolina Small Business & Technology
Development Center
608 Airport Road, Suite B
Chapel Hill, NC 27514
NORTH DAKOTA
Dakota Technologies, Inc.
Gregory Gillispie
2201-A 12th Street North
Fargo, ND 58102-1803
OHIO
Evening Star Productions Ltd.
Mari-Lynn C. Evans
219 Overwood Road
Akron, OH 44313
OKLAHOMA
Nomadics, Inc.
Colin Cumming
1730 Cimarron Plaza
Stillwater, OK 74075
Zivko Aeronautics, Inc.
Mr. William Zivko
502 Airport Road
Hanger 11
Guthrie, OK 73044
OREGON
Northwest Innovative Business &
Technology Center (NIBTEC), Inc.
Peter Schmid
408 SW Second Avenue, Suite 406
Portland, OR 97204
PENNSYLVANIA
M. Technologies, Inc.
Bill Meiklejohn
440 Horsham Road
Suite 1
Horsham, PA 19044-2141
RHODE ISLAND
Aquidneck Management Associates, LTD (Congressional Nominee)
Richard Ficke
28 Jacome Way
Middletown, RI 02842
SOUTH CAROLINA
Leatherwood, Walker, Todd, & Mann, P.C.
Thomas W. Epting
100 E. Coffee Street
Greenville, SC 29602-0087
SOUTH DAKOTA
Microconversion Technologies
Dr. David Galipeau
1457 Sixth Street
Brookings, SD 57006
TENNESSEE
Accurate Automation Corporation
Robert M. Pap
7001 Shallowford Road
Chattanooga, TN 37421
UTAH
Echelon Research Laboratories, Inc.
G. Thomas Heath, President
421 Wakara Way, Suite 360
Salt Lake City, UT 84108
VERMONT
CONCEPTS ETI, INC.
Mr. Eric Olson
4 Billings Farms Road
White River Jct., VT 05001
VIRGINIA
REI Systems, Inc.
Veer Bhartiya
226 Maple Avenue West, Suite 311
Vienna, VA 22180
Daniel H. Wagner Associates, Inc.
Dr. Joseph Discenza
2 Eaton Street, Suite 500
Hampton, VA 23669
K. C. Das, Ph.D.
Office of Innovative Technology
110 South Seventh Street
Richmond, VA 23219
Mr. Vinnie Schaper
Department of the Navy
Office of Naval Research
800 N. Quincy Street, BCT #1, Rm 633
Arlington, VA 22217-5660
Kesh S. Narayanan, Ph.D.
Director,
Industrial Innovation Programs
U.S. National Science Foundation
4201 Wilson Blvd., Room 590
Arlington, VA 22230
WASHINGTON
American Flywheel Systems, Inc.
Bob Bartlett
8586 Hunts Point Lane
Bellevue, WA 98004
WEST VIRGINIA
West Virginia High Technology Consortium Foundation
Laurance A. Milov
1000 Technology Drive, Suite 1000
Fairmont, WV 26554
WISCONSIN
Orbital Technologies & party (STAR Enterprise
Dr. Jeffrey Alberts
913 E. 14th Street
Bloomington, IN 47408
(812) 856-5088
Mr. Eric Rice
Space Center
1212 Fourier Drive
Madison, WI 53717
WYOMING
Wyoming Sawmills, Inc.
Ernest Schmidt
1515 North Sheridan Avenue
P.O. Box 6088
Sheridan, WY 82801