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

1999 Phase I and Phase II Awards

  • Phase I (Six Months Period of Performance)
  • Phase II (Twenty-Four Months Period of Performance)

Phase I (Six Months Period of Performance)
Solicitation Number DOT-VNTSC-OST-99-1

Awardee Name
Address
"Topic Title"

Topic Number

Contract Value

Accurate Automation
7001 Shallowford Road
Chattanooga, Tennessee 37421
"Flight Video Recording and Transmission System"

99-FA2

$100,000

AFAB Technologies, Inc. (W)
11420 Fortune Circle, Suite 3
West Palm Beach, FL 33414
"A Compact, Low-Cost Signaling System for Persons in Distress"

99-CG3

$99,544

Custom Manufacturing and Engineering, Inc. (W)
2904 44th Avenue North
St. Petersburg, FL 33714-3804
"Robust Intelligent Monitoring of Varied Approach Lighting Subsystems"

99-FA4

$99,927

Foster-Miller, Inc.
350 Second Avenue
Waltham, MA 02451-1196
"Advanced Wheel/Rail Interaction Force Measurement System"

99-FR1

$99,701

Foster-Miller, Inc.
350 Second Avenue
Waltham, MA 02451-1196
"Roadway Pavement Condition Sensor"

99-NH2

$99,908

Foster-Miller, Inc.
350 Second Avenue
Waltham, MA 02451-1196
"Driver-Vehicle-Interface for a Transit Collision Avoidance System"

99-FT2

$99,928

F&S, Inc./Luna Innovations
PO Box 11704
Blacksburg, VA 24062-1704
"A MEMs-Based Real-Time On-Board Skid Warning System"

99-NH2

$99,944

Image Corp, Inc.
4716 Pontiac Street, Suite 301
College Park, MD 20740
"An Automated Video Processing System for Driver Gaze Analysis"

99-NH3

$99,482

Information in Place, Inc.
501 North Morton Street, Suite 224
Bloomington, IN 47404-3730
"Creating a Global Infrastructure for Virtual Aids to Navigation (V-ATON)

99-CG1

$100,000

Ion Optics, Inc
411 Waverley Oaks Road #144
Waltham, MA 02452
"Development of Protocols and Instrumentation for the Measurement of Exhaust Emissions from Alternatively-Fueled Internal Combustion Engines"

99-RS1

$99,998

MER Corporation
7960 S. Kolb Road
Tucson, AZ 85710
"Development of Light-Weight, Low-Cost Multichannels Membrane Reformer"

99-RS1

$100,000

M-Vision, Inc. (M)
12420 Stanley Drive
Belleville, MI 48111
"A System for Automated Reduction of MPEG-1 Encoded Facial Videos"

99-NH3

$100,000

Multisystems, Inc.
10 Fawcett Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
"Bus Rapid Transit Simulation Model"

99FT1

$97,499

Sharma & Associates, Inc. (M)
5810 S. Grant Street
Hinsdale, IL 60521
"Advanced EOC Cushioning Units with Electrically Activated Lockout"

99-FR2

$95,872

Stress Sensors, Inc.
2785 Heather Road
Golden, CO 80401
"Rapid-Scan, Noninvasive, Stress Measurement Technology"

99-FR3

$99,217

Thoughtventions Unlimited, LLC
40 Nutmeg Lane
Glastonbury, CT 06033-2314
"An Optimized Semi-Flush Flasher"

99-FA5

$100,000

Zaptron Systems, Inc.
415 Clyde Avenue Suite 108
Mountain View, CA 94043
"Accurate Identification of Explosives in Baggage"

99-FA3

$99,899

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


Phase II (Twenty-Four Months Period of Performance)
Solicitation Number DOT-VNTSC-OST-99-1

Awardee Name
Address
"Topic Title"

Topic Number

Contract Value

Foster-Miller, Inc.
350 Second Avenue
Waltham, MA 02451-1093
"Development of Breakaway Guy Wires for Utility Poles"

97-FH4

$489,169

Intelligent Automation, Inc. (W)
2 Research Place, Suite 202
Rockville, MD 20850
"Transportation Control Systems Using Autonomous Agents"

97-RS1

$500,000

Materials & Electrochemical Research (MER) Corp.
7960 S. Kolb Road
Tucson, AZ 85706-3237
"A Low Cost Fire-Retardant Material Alternative for School Buses"

97-NH2

$300,000

Optimus Corporation (M)
8601 Georgia Avenue, Suite 700
Silver Spring, MD 20910
"Automatic Documentation of Crash Scenes using GPS"

97-NH4

$295,757

Raymond & Lae Engineering, Inc.
208 Commerce Drive, Unit 3C
Fort Collins, CO 80524
"Microwave NDT Crack Detection System"

97-FH1

$696,470

Science Research Laboratories, Inc.
15 Ward Street
Somerville, MA 02143
"A New Optical Traffic Monitor"

97-FH3

$499,933

Shenandoah Mountain Geographics, Inc.
1011 Arlington Blvd. S-723
Arlington, VA 22209-2208
"Integrating Imagery into the Tranportation Planning Process"

97-FH2

$499,977

Spectra Research, Inc.
3085 Woodman Drive, Suite 200
Dayton, OH 45420-1173
"Low Cost High Resolution Infrared Laser Range Finder for Pavements"

98-FH7

$499,753

Texas Research Institute Austin, Inc.
9063 Bee Caves Road
Austin, TX 78733-6201
"Guided Wave Ultrasonic Detection of Broken Rail"

97-FR1

$349,903

UTD Incorporated (W)
10242 Battleview Parkway
Manassas, VA 20109
"Phase II Proposal to Develop the Advanced Handbrake Actuator System"

98-FR1

$249,966

UTD Incorporated (W)
10242 Battleview Parkway
Manassas, VA 20109
"Phase II Proposal to Complete Development of the UTD Breakaway Link for Use in Utility Pole Guy Wires"

97-FH2

$498,944

Waveband Corporation
375 Van Ness Avenue, Suite 1105
Torrance, CA 90501
"Passive Millimeter Wave Sensor for Railroad Intrusion"

97-FT1

$399,714

WPH Associates
240 Shore Acres Drive
Biron, WI 54494-1854
"Phase II: Development of a Commercial Model, Vehicle-Based Animal Deterrent"

97-FH5

$299,715

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




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