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

2000 Phase I and Phase II Awards
Solicitation Number DOT-SBIR-OST-00-1


2000 Phase I Awards
Phase I (Six Months Period of Performance)
Awardee Name
Address
Research Topic Title
Topic
Number
Contract
Value
Creare, Inc.
PO Box 71
Hanover, NH 03755-0071

"A Standardized Battery Charger for Electric Vehicles with Rapid Charging and Data Management Capabilities"

Principal Investigator: Bruce R. Pilvelait
Phone: 603/643-3800 x216

00-FT2 $99,532
Dakota Technologies, Inc.
2201-A 12th Street, North
Fargo, ND 58102-1803

"Verification of Ballast Exchange by In Situ Measurement of Salinity and Dissolved Organic matter (DOM) by Optical Methods"

Principal Investigator: Daniel Engebretson
Phone: 701/237-4908

00-CG2 $100,000
Earth Mapping International, Inc. (M)
425 Oak Street
Gainesville, GA 30501

"Integrating Satellite Imagery Analysis with GIS-T for Land Use and Change for Measuring the Impact of Transit Investment"

Principal Investigator: Dr. Bishwa Acharya
Phone: 770/237-3376

00-FT4 $99,996
General Engineering and Systems Analysis Co., Inc. (GESAC) (M)
125 Orchard Drive
Boonsboro, MD 21713

"Use of Particle Impact Damper and Laminates in Dummy Thorax Design"

Principal Investigator: T. Shams
Phone: 301/432-5885

00-NH3 $97,877
Lawrence J. Harman,D/B/A LJH Consulting
45 Maple Avenue
Bridgewater, MA 02324

"Applying Remote Sensing to Assessing the Effectiveness of Transit Infrastructure"

Principal Investigator: Lawrence J. Harman
Phone: 508/697-4958

00-FT4 $100,000
MTL Systems, Inc.
3481 Dayton-Xenia Road
Beaver Creek, OH 45432-2796

"Passenger Orientation and Situation Sensing System (POSSM)"

Principal Investigator: Richard K. Hill
Phone: 937/426-3111 x346

00-NH2 $100,000
Oceanit Laboratories, Inc.
1001 Bishop Street, Pacific Tower #2970
Honolulu, HI 96813

"Investigations into the Efficacy of Ultrasound Treatment of Ballast Water"

Principal Investigator: Christopher J. Sullivan, Ph.D.
Phone: 808/531-3017

00-CG1 $99,807
Physical Optics Corporation
Applied Technology Division
20600 Gramercy Place, Building 100
Torrance, CA 90501-1821

"Gallium Nitride Based UV-Superluminescent Diode for Automotive Headlamps"

Principal Investigator: Sean Zhang
Phone: 310/530-1416

00-FH6 $100,000
Planners Collaborative, Inc. (M)
273 Summer Street
Boston, MA 02210

"Innovative Methods for Communicating Transportation Impacts to Targeted Populations"

Principal Investigator: Joseph Brevard
Phone: 617/338-0018

00-FT3 $91,181

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

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2000 Phase II Awards
Phase II (Twenty-Four Months Period of Performance)
Awardee Name
Address
Research Topic Title
Topic
Number
Contract
Value
Architecture Technology Corp.
9971 Valley View Road
Eden Prairie, MN 55344-3552

"MobileWeb: Software for Mobile Web/E-Mail Access over Commercial Satellite Links"

Principal Investigator: Ranga S. Ramanujan
Phone: 612/829-5864, x120

98-CG5 $294,079
Custom Manufacturing & Engineering, Inc.
2904 44th Avenue North
St. Petersburg, FL 33714-3804

"Generic Remote Monitoring Subsystem (GRMS)"

Principal Investigator: Mark Strain
Phone: 727/548-0522 x104

99-FA4 $749,959
Ebert Composites Corporation
651 Anita Street, B-8
Chula Vista, CA 91911-4659

"Pre-Production Development of a Composite Portable Track Loading Fixture"

Principal Investigator: Scott Garrett
Phone: 619/232-1270

98-FR3 $99,307
Foster Miller , Inc.
350 Second Avenue
Waltham, MA 02451-1196

"Specification Development Program for a Transit Bus Operator Display"

Principal Investigator: Dr. Jeffrey Everson
Phone: 781/684-4247

99-FT2 $399,895
Ion Optics, Inc.
411 Waverly Oaks Road, Suite 114
Waltham, MA 02452

"Heavy Duty Marine Diesel Emissions Rate Monitor"

Principal Investigator: James Daly
Phone: 781/788-8777 x118

99-RS2 $249,938
Jack Faucett Associates, Inc.
4550 Montgomery Avenue, Suite 300N
Bethesda, MD 20814-3370

"Development of Destination, Mode and Model Choice Options for Freight"

Principal Investigator: Michael J. Fischer
Phone: 925/943-2177

98-FH6 $499,616
JUSTAK Research & Development, Inc.
PO Box 442
Stuart, FL 34095

"A Portable Electronic Composite Track Loading Fixture"

Principal Investigator: John F. Justak
Phone: 561/283-0253

98-FR3 $99,096
Luna Innovations Incorporated
PO Box 11704
Blacksburg, VA 24062-1704

"A MEM's Based Real-Time On-Board Skid Warning System"

Principal Investigator: Scott Meller
Phone: 540/953-4266

99-NH2 $199,979
Phoenix Scientific Inc.
1790-104 La Costa Meadows Drive
San Marcos, CA 92069-5177

"Design of a New Generation Pavement Characterization Laser System"

Principal Investigator: William J. Herr
Phone: 760/471-5396

98-FH7 $500,000
Physical Acoustics Corporation
195 Clarksville Road
Princeton Junction, NJ 08550

"Acoustic Emission Source Location in Railroad Tank Cars"

Principal Investigator: Adrian A. Pollock
Phone: 609/716-4006

97-FR3 $248,285
Resource Systems Group, Inc.
331 Olcott Drive
White River Junction, VT 05001-2313

"Computer-Based Intelligent Travel System Study"

Principal Investigator: Thomas J. Adler
Phone: 802/295-4999

98-FH5 $499,807
Schwartz Electro Optics
3404 N. Orange Blossom Trail
Orlando, FL 32804

"Automatic Vehicle Body Classification using High-Resolution Laser RADAR"

Principal Investigator: Dr. Amos J. Chenoweth
Phone: 407/298-1802 x150

98-FH3 $249,813
Sharma & Associates, Inc. (M)
5810 South Grant Street
Hinsdale, IL 60521-4912

"Advanced Cushioning Devices with Electrically Actuated Lockout"

Principal Investigator: Vinaya Sharma
Phone: 630/655-4630

99-FR2 $244,794
Zeta-Tech Associates, Inc.
900 Kings Highway North, Suite 208
Cherry Hill, NJ 08034-1516

"Intelligent System for Real-Time Prediction of Railway Vehicle Response to the Interaction with Track Geomentry"

Principal Investigator: Dr. Allan M. Zarembski
Phone: 856/779-7795

98-FR2 $249,584

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

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