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Volpe Center Highlights - May/June 2000

Economic Growth and Trade

Director's Notes | Focus | Safety | Human and Natural Environment |
Mobility | Economic Growth and Trade | National Security

Advance America's economic growth and competitiveness domestically and internationally through efficient and flexible transportation.

DOT/SBIR Program Administered by Volpe (OST)

Mr. Joseph Henebury of the Communications and Technology Outreach Division attended several events in February and March to present the DOT's Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program to the small business community. Mr. Henebury is the Program Director for the DOT's SBIR program, which is managed by the Volpe Center in support of the DOT's Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization. SBIR was established by the U.S. Congress to stimulate technology innovation, use small businesses to meet feder-al Research and Development (R&D) needs, encourage participation by minority and disadvantaged businesses in technological innovation, and increase private sector commercialization of innovations derived from federal R&D.

To publicize the DOT's SBIR program, Mr. Henebury recently attended SBIR/Small Business Technology Transfer Program Workshops in Puerto Rico (at the University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez) and in Florida (sponsored by the Gulf Coast Alliance for Technology Transfer). Along with representatives from other federal agencies with SBIR Programs, Mr. Henebury explained how the SBIR program helps small businesses develop and commercialize their products. He also discussed other high-tech contracting opportunities within DOT. In City of Industry, California, Mr. Henebury, along with Ms. Susan Sandler of EG&G Technical Services, Inc. (a Volpe Center contractor), represented DOT at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration/Jet Propulsion Lab 2000 High-Tech Small Business Conference.

Mr. Henebury also focused on science education during his trip to Puerto Rico. He met with the Chancellor of the University at Mayaguez, Ms. Zulma Toro-Ramos, to discuss educational initiatives and with Dr. Daniel R. Altschuler, the Director of the National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center's Arecibo Observatory, and his staff to discuss methods of improving secondary science education.

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