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Fiscal Year 2020 Awards

FY20 Solicitation Phase I Awards

To learn more about these projects, visit the SBA award database at https://www.sbir.gov/awards.

Topic Title Award Information and Link to Abstract
Physical Intervention System for Wrong-way Driving on Ramps (20-FH1)

RS Solutions - Scottsdale, AZ
RF Viper System for Wrong-Way Drivers
PI: Jay Berens
Email: Jay.Berens@RSSolutionsinc.com


Traffic & Parking Control Co., Inc. (TAPCO) - Brown Deer, WI
TAPCO Physical Intervention Solution for Wrong-way Drivers on Ramps
PI: Mike Long
Email: michael.long@tapconet.com 

Innovative Layered Composite Metal Deck System (20-FH2)

Acrow Bridge - Parsippany, NJ
Innovative Layered Composite Metal Deck System
PI: Scott Patterson
Email: spatterson@acrow.com


Precast Systems Engineering - Exmore, VA
Modular Lightweight Composite Deck
PI: JP Binard
Email: jp.binard@precastsystemsengineering.com 

Real-time Monitoring and Modeling of Scour (20-FH3) Genex Systems LLC - Newport News, VA
Advancing Bathymetry and Streamflow Survey to Real-Time Scour Prediction: An Automated Algorithm
PI: Chao Huang
Email: chuang@genexsystems.com 
Autonomous Track Inspection Technology (20-FR1) No recommendations for award.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)-Aided Machine Vision for Grade Crossing Safety (20-FR2)

VisioStack Inc. - Greenville, SC
Autonomous Video Inspection System (AVIS)
PI: Joshua Doran
Email: jdoran@visiostack.com


Wi-Tronix, LLC - Bolingbrook, IL
Artificial Intelligence for Monitoring Crossing Infrastructure and to Improve Grade Crossing Safety
PI: Jagadeeswaran Rathinavel
Email: jag.rathinavel@wi-tronix.com

Platform Edge Proximity Detection to Prevent Inadvertent Passenger Car Door Opening (20-FR3) Newport Sensors, Inc. - New York, NY
Intelligent Door Operation System (IDOS)
PI: Masato Mizuta
Email: info@newportsensors.com 
Crushed Aggregate Gradation Evaluation System (20-FR4)

Oceanit Laboratories Inc. - Honolulu, HI
AIM-Rail (AI Measurements for Railroad Aggregate)
PI: Mark Kimura
Email: mkimura@oceanit.com


Sanchez Engineering Services - Alexandria, VA
Sensor Enhanced Mobile Aggregate Evaluation using Computer Vision
PI: Michael Sanchez
Email: michael@sanchezeng.com 

In-Vehicle Occupant Detection System (20-NH1) Zeteo Tech, Inc. - Sykesville, MD
Development of ZTF Occupant Detection System
PI: Wayne Bryden
Email: wayne.bryden@gmail.com 
Development and Validation of Inline Inspection (ILI) Technologies for Circumferential Anomalies and Bending Stresses (20-PH1)

Creare - Hanover, NH
Robust, Field-Ready, Inline Tool for the Accurate Measurement of Pipe Bending Stresses and Crack Detection
PI: Francisco Valentin
Email: fiv@creare.com


JENTEK Sensors Inc. - Marlborough, MA
MWM Array Bending Stress and Crack Detection In-Line Inspection Module
PI: Todd Dunford
Email: Todd.Dunford@jenteksensors.com 


ULC Robotics - Hauppauge, NY
Inline-Inspection for Both Circumferential Cracking and Axial Stress Using EMAT Guided Wave
PI: Baiyang Ren
Email: bren@ulcrobotics.com 

Internal Repair of Steel Transmission Pipelines (20-PH2) QuakeWrap, Inc. - Tucson, AZ
No-Dig Point Repair Technology for Steel O&G Pipelines
PI: Veysel "Firat" Sever
Email: fsever@quakewrap.com 
Geohazard Identification and Quantification for Pipeline Risk Models (20-PH3)

Applied Engineering Management Corporation - Herndon, VA
Managing Geohazards - Quantitative Risk Assessment for Pipelines
PI: Kelley Pecheux
Email: kelley.pecheux@aemcorp.com


Paulsson, Inc. - Van Nuys, CA
Fiber Optic Sensors for Direct Pipeline Monitoring Under Geohazard Conditions
PI: Bjorn Paulsson
Email: bjorn.paulsson@paulsson.com 

Scaling up of Composite Metal Foam Manufacturing for HazMat Packaging (20-PH4)

Advanced Materials Manufacturing, LLC - Raleigh, NC
Scaling up of Composite Metal Foam Manufacturing for HazMat Packaging and Transportation
PI: Craig Bobetich
Email: craig.bobetich@advancemnm.com


Intelligent Optical Systems, Inc. - Torrance, CA
Additively Manufactured Metal Foam Rail Tank Car Structures
PI: Paul DiCarmine
Email: pauld@intopsys.com


Powdermet Inc. - Euclid, OH
Scalable Manufacture of Energy Absorbing Composite Metal Foams
PI: Dr. Brian Werry
Email: bwerry@powdermetinc.com 

FY20 Solicitation Phase II/IIB Awards

Topic Title Award Information and Link to Abstract
Driver Engagement/Status Monitoring Technologies for Vehicle Automation Applications (15.1-FH1)

Soar Technology Inc. - Ann Arbor, MI
Driver's Assistant for Intelligent SafetY (DAISY)
PI: Jacob Crossman
Email: j.crossman@soartech.com 

Roadway Hazard Alert System for Motorcycles (15.1-FH3)

Charles River Analytics – Cambridge, MA
Bayesian Assessments and Real-Time Rider Alerting and Cueing for Upcoming Danger Avoidance (BARRACUDA)
PI: Alex Negri
Email: anegri@cra.com 

Technological Enhancements to Improve and Expand Casual Carpooling Systems (16.1-FH1)

Applied Engineering Management Corporation - Herndon, VA
Technological Enhancements to Improve and Expand Casual Carpooling
PI: Kelley Pecheux
Email: kelley.pecheux@aemcorp.com 

Resilient Wayside Structures to Reduce Severity of Passenger Equipment Collisions and Derailments (17.1-FR3)

Protection Engineering Consultants - San Antonio, TX
Resilient Wayside Structures to Reduce Severity of Passenger Equipment Collisions and Derailments
PI: Eric Sammarco
Email: esammarco@protection-consultants.com 

Drone-Based Track Change Detection (180-FR4)

Noble Drone Services, LLC – Springfield, VA
Demonstration of Image-Based Change Detection using a Prototype Drone-Based Track Safety Inspection System
PI: Herbert Henderson
Email: henderson.jeff@flynobledrones.com 

Innovative Techniques for Nondestructive Determination of Fracture Toughness for Pipeline Steels in Transportation Infrastructure (180-PH1)

FBS, Inc. - Bellefonte PA
NDT of Fracture Toughness for Pipeline Steel
PI: Cody Borigo
Email: cborigo@gwultrasonics.com 

Vehicle Communication via Induction Paint (190-FH1)

NanoSonic - Pembroke, VA
Highway Induction Paint to Enable Safety Messaging
PI: Richard Claus
Email: roclaus@nanosonic.com


Nanohmics - Austin, TX
Conformal, Peel-and-Stick Ferrite Waveguide Embedded in Road Striping
PI: Andrew Foley
Email: afoley@nanohmics.com

Improved Condition Monitoring of Traction Motors (190-FR5)

Forcing Function - Montgomery Village, MD
Investigation of Traction Motor Failure Modes and Monitoring Methods
PI: Girija Subramaniam
Email: girija@forcingfunction.org 

Automated, Drone-Based Grade Crossing Inspection (190-FR6)

 

MTRI - Ann Arbor, MI
Automated, Drone-Based Grade Crossing Inspection
PI: Colin Brooks
Email: cbrooksmtriinc@gmail.com 


VisioStack - Greenville, SC
Aerial Crossing Inspection System (AXIS)
PI: Joshua Doran
Email: jdoran@visiostack.com 

Automated Driving Systems (ADS) Test Data Interface (190-NH1)

SEA Ltd. - Columbus, OH
Automated Driving Systems (ADS) Test Data Interface
PI: Gary Heydinger
Email: gheydinger@sealimited.com