National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program

2010 Phase 2

Proposals Selected for Negotiation of Contracts

TOPIC LIST

Aeronautics Research A1 Aviation Safety A2 Fundamental Aeronautics A3 Airspace Systems A4 Aeronautics Test Technologies Exploration Systems X1 In Situ Resource Utilization X2 Advanced Propulsion X3 Life Support and Habitation Systems X4 Extra-Vehicular Activity Technology X5 Lightweight Spacecraft Materials and Structures X6 Autonomous Systems and Avionics X7 Human-Robotic Systems X8 High-Efficiency Space Power Systems X9 Entry, Descent, and Landing (EDL) Technology X10 Cryogenic Propellant Storage and Transfer X11 Exploration Crew Health Capabilities X12 Exploration Medical Capability X13 Behavioral Health and Performance X14 Space Human Factors and Food Systems X15 Space Radiation Science S1 Sensors, Detectors and Instruments S2 Advanced Telescope Systems S3 Spacecraft and Platform Subsystems S4 Low-Cost Small Spacecraft and Technologies S5 Robotic Exploration Technologies S6 Information Technologies Space Operations O1 Space Communications O2 Space Transportation O3 Processing and Operations O4 Navigation

Aeronautics Research A1 Aviation Safety Ophir Corp 10184 West Belleview Avenue, Suite 200 Littleton, CO 80127-1762 Eric Sainz (303) 933-2200 10-2-A1.04-9528 LaRC Multifunction Lidar for Air Data and Kinetic Air Hazard Measurement MUSYN Inc P.O. Box 13377 Minneapolis, MN 55414-5377 Gary Balas (651) 602-9732 10-2-A1.07-8520 DFRC Adaptive Linear Parameter Varying Control for Aeroservoelastic Suppression Global Engineering and Materials, Inc 11 Alscot Drive East Lyme, CT 06333-1303 Jim Lua (860) 398-5620 10-2-A1.12-8884 ARC Probabilistic Remaining Useful Life Prediction of Composite Aircraft Components Mitek Analytics LLC 281 El Verano Avenue Palo Alto, CA 94306-2937 Dimitry Gorinevsky (650) 400-3172 10-2-A1.15-8747 ARC Distributed Data Mining for Aircraft Health Management Return to top A2 Fundamental Aeronautics Aerodyne Research, Inc. 45 Manning Road Billerica, MA 01821-3976 George Wittreich (978) 663-9500 10-2-A2.02-8821 LaRC An Instrument to Measure Aircraft Sulfate Particle Emissions Combustion Research and Flow Technology 6210 Keller's Church Road Pipersville, PA 18947-1020 Katherine Young (215) 766-1520 10-2-A2.03-9826 GRC High Fidelity Simulation of Jet Noise Emissions from Rectangular Nozzles Tao of Systems Integration, Inc. 144 Research Drive Hampton, VA 23666-1339 Siva Mangalam (757) 220-5050 10-2-A2.06-8327 JSC High Frequency Measurements in Shock-Wave/Turbulent Boundary-Layer Interaction at Duplicated Flight Conditions Frendi Research Corporation 7561 Wall Triana Highway Madison, AL 35757-8327 Kader Frendi (256) 679-2662 10-2-A2.06-8769 ARC A High Order Accuracy Computational Tool for Unsteady Turbulent Flows and Acoustics Phoenix Integration 1715 Pratt Drive, Suite 2000 Blacksburg, VA 24060-6472 Robin Campbell (540) 961-7215 10-2-A2.08-8708 LaRC Analysis and Design Environment for Large Scale System Models and Collaborative Model Development Sukra Helitek, Inc. 3146 Greenwood Road Ames, IA 50014-4504 Ganesh Rajagopalan (515) 292-9646 10-2-A2.09-8157 ARC RotCFD: A Viscous Design Tool for Advanced Configurations Micro Cooling Concepts, Inc. 7522 Slater Avenue, #122 Huntington Beach, CA 92647-7738 Jack Fryer (714) 847-9945 10-2-A2.10-8672 GRC Microtextured Surfaces for Turbine Blade Impingement Cooling Return to top A3 Airspace Systems Optimal Synthesis, Inc. 95 First Street, Suite 240 Los Altos, CA 94022-2777 P. K. Menon (650) 559-8585 10-2-A3.01-8032 ARC Accelerating ATM Optimization Algorithms Using High Performance Computing Hardware Lightning Ridge Technologies 4106 Aikins Avenue Southwest Seattle, WA 98116-3518 Chad Jennings (650) 430-0458 10-2-A3.01-8377 LaRC Security and Hyper-accurate Positioning Monitoring with Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) SibellOptics 815 Beauprez Avenue Lafayette, CO 80026-3419 Russell Sibell (303) 913-1772 10-2-A3.02-8135 LaRC Novel Hemispherical Scanner for a Coherent Fiber LIDAR System SibellOptics 815 Beauprez Avenue Lafayette, CO 80026-3419 Russell Sibell (303) 913-1772 10-2-A3.02-8168 LaRC Next Generation Fiber Coherent Lidar System for Wake Vortex Detection Return to top A4 Aeronautics Test Technologies Interdisciplinary Consulting Corporation 5004 Northwest 60th Terrace Gainesville, FL 32652-4061 Louis Cattafesta (352) 359-7796 10-2-A4.01-8522 LaRC MEMS Skin Friction Sensor Makel Engineering, Inc. 1585 Marauder Street Chico, CA 95973-9064 Darby Makel (530) 895-2770 10-2-A4.02-9308 DFRC Combustion/Emission Species Monitoring Ground and Flight Aeronautical Research Using a Gas Microsensor Array Exploration Systems X1 In Situ Resource Utilization Sustainable Innovations, LLC 160 Oak Street Glastonbury, CT 06033-2336 Trent Molter (860) 652-9690 10-2-X1.02-8694 JSC 6 CFM Electrochemical Hydrogen Pump and Compressor Materials and Systems Research, Inc. 5395 West 700 South Salt Lake City, UT 84104-4403 Anthony Decheek (801) 530-4987 10-2-X1.02-8882 GRC Development of a Robust, Highly Efficient Oxygen-Carbon Monoxide Cogeneration System Return to top X2 Advanced Propulsion Plasma Processes, LLC 4914 Moores Mill Road Huntsville, AL 35811-1558 Timothy McKechnie (256) 851-7653 10-2-X2.02-9554 GRC Non-Toxic HAN Monopropellant Propulsion Arkansas Power Electronics International, Inc. 535 West Research Center Boulevard, Suite 209 Fayetteville, AR 72701-6959 Sharmila Mounce (479) 443-5759 10-2-X2.03-9748 GRC Extreme Environment SiC Wireless Sensor Suite for Nuclear Thermal Propulsion Engines e-beam, Inc. 21070 Southwest Tile Flat Road Beaverton, OR 97007-8739 Bernard Vancil (503) 628-0703 10-2-X2.04-9863 JPL Reservoir Cathode for Electric Space Propulsion Return to top X3 Life Support and Habitation Systems Paragon Space Development Corporation 3481 East Michigan Street Tucson, AZ 85714-2221 Carole Hammond (520) 903-1000 10-2-X3.01-9280 ARC Ionomer-membrane Water Processor System Design and EDU Demonstration Giner, Inc. 89 Rumford Avenue Newton, MA 02466-1311 Anthony Vaccaro (781) 529-0500 10-2-X3.03-9702 JPL Portable Sensor for Rapid In Situ Measurement of Trace Toxic Metals in Water Ashwin-Ushas Corp, Inc. 9 Red Coach Lane Holmdel, NJ 07733-1138 Prasanna Chandrasekhar (732) 739-1122 10-2-X3.04-8984 JSC High Turndown Ratio, High Delta-Emittance, Variable Emissivity Electrochromics Return to top X4 Extra-Vehicular Activity Technology Reaction Systems, LLC 17301 West Colfax Avenue #405 Golden, CO 80401-4892 Todd Leeson (303) 881-7992 10-2-X4.02-8917 JSC Advanced Supported Liquid Membranes for CO2 Control in EVA Applications Return to top X5 Lightweight Spacecraft Materials and Structures Composite Technology Development, Inc. 2600 Campus Drive, Suite D Lafayette, CO 80026-3359 Lori Bass (303) 664-0394 10-2-X5.01-8692 LaRC Deployable Composite Structures Cornerstone Research Group, Inc. 2750 Indian Ripple Road Dayton, OH 45440-3638 Stephen Vining (937) 320-1877 10-2-X5.03-9924 GRC No-Oven, No-Autoclave, Composite Processing Picometrix, LLC 2925 Boardwalk Drive Ann Arbor, MI 48104-6765 Marsha Gilbert (734) 864-5600 10-2-X5.04-8154 LaRC Miniaturized Time Domain Terahertz Non Destructive Evaluation for In-Orbit Inspection of Inflatable Habitats and Thermal Protection Systems Return to top X6 Autonomous Systems and Avionics TRACLabs, Inc. 100 North East Loop 410, Suite 520 San Antonio, TX 78216-6363 David Kortenkamp (281) 461-7884 10-2-X6.01-8593 ARC Ontological Models to Support Planning Operations Qualtech Systems, Inc. 99 East River Drive East Hartford, CT 06108-3288 Sudipto Ghoshal (860) 257-8014 10-2-X6.01-8871 ARC Automation for Vehicle and Crew Operations RNET Technologies, Inc. 240 W Elmwood Drive, Suite 2010 Dayton, OH 45459-4248 V. Nagarajan (937) 433-2886 10-2-X6.02-8085 MSFC Rad-Hard and ULP FPGA with "Full" Functionality Return to top X7 Human-Robotic Systems Innosense, LLC 2531 West 237th Street, Suite 127 Torrance, CA 90505-5245 Kisholoy Goswami (310) 530-2011 10-2-X7.01-9690 JSC Modified Ionic Liquid-Based High-Performance Lubricants for Robotic Operations Return to top X8 High-Efficiency Space Power Systems Sustainable Innovations, LLC 160 Oak Street Glastonbury, CT 06033-2336 Trent Molter (860) 652-9690 10-2-X8.01-8730 GRC Advanced Passive Liquid Feed PEM Electrolyzer Deployable Space Systems, Inc. 75 Robin Hill, Building B2 Goleta, CA 93117-3108 Brian Spence (805) 693-1319 10-2-X8.04-9339 GRC Modular Ultra-High Power Solar Array Architecture DR Technologies, Inc. 9431 Dowdy Drive San Diego, CA 92126-4336 Steven Sherman (858) 587-4210 10-2-X8.04-9431 GRC Thin Flexible IMM Solar Array Return to top X9 Entry, Descent, and Landing (EDL) Technology Fiber Materials, Inc. 5 Morin St Biddeford, ME 04005-4497 Matthew Levesque (207) 282-5911 10-2-X9.01-9879 ARC Graded Density Carbon Bonded Carbon Fiber (CBCF) Preforms for Lightweight Ablative Thermal Protection Systems (TPS) Return to top X10 Cryogenic Propellant Storage and Transfer Creare, Inc. P.O. Box 71 Hanover, NH 03755-3116 James Barry (603) 643-3800 10-2-X10.01-8855 KSC An Advanced Wet Expansion Turbine for Hydrogen Liquefaction Return to top X11 Exploration Crew Health Capabilities Intelligent Automation, Inc. 15400 Calhoun Drive, Suite 400 Rockville, MD 20855-2737 Mark James (301) 294-5221 10-2-X11.01-8378 GRC ESPRIT: Exercise Sensing and Pose Recovery Inference Tool Return to top X12 Exploration Medical Capability TRS Ceramics, Inc. 2820 East College Avenue State College, PA 16801-7548 Wesley Hackenberger (814) 238-7485 10-2-X12.02-9668 GRC Wideband Single Crystal Transducer for Bone Characterization Return to top X13 Behavioral Health and Performance Pulsar Informatics, Inc. 3401 Market Street, Suite 318 Philadelphia, PA 19104-2614 Daniel Mollicone (215) 520-2630 10-2-X13.01-8364 JSC Individualized Stress Detection System Return to top X14 Space Human Factors and Food Systems Orbital Technologies Corporation Space Center, 1212 Fourier Drive Madison, WI 53717-1961 Thomas Crabb (608) 827-5000 10-2-X14.02-9524 JSC Non-Thermal Sanitation By Atmospheric Pressure Plasma Return to top X15 Space Radiation Invocon, Inc. 19221 IH 45 South, Suite 530 Conroe, TX 77385-8746 Mary Delahunty (281) 292-9903 10-2-X15.01-8670 JSC Radiation Alert Immediate Disclosure Science S1 Sensors, Detectors and Instruments Redfern Integrated Optics, Inc. 3350 Scott Boulevard, Building #62 Santa Clara, CA 95054-3104 Jeff Coburn (408) 970-3500 10-2-S1.01-8283 GSFC Development of a Single-Frequency Narrow Linewidth 1.5mm Semiconductor Laser Suitable for Spaceflight Operation Advanced Scientific Concepts, Inc. 135 East Ortega Street Santa Barbara, CA 93101-1674 JoAnn Stettner (805) 966-3331 10-2-S1.01-8570 LaRC 3D Flash LIDAR Real-Time Embedded Processing AdValue Photonics, Inc. 3708 E. Columbia Street, Suite 100 Tucson, AZ 85714-1962 Shibin Jiang (520) 790-5468 10-2-S1.01-9336 LaRC Frequency-Locked Single-Frequency Fiber Laser at 2 Micron Teraphysics Corporation 110 Alpha Park Cleveland, OH 44143-2215 Carole Ream (440) 573-0008 10-2-S1.02-9560 JPL Microfabricated, 94 GHz, 25 W, Helical Traveling Wave Tube Mosaix Technologies, Inc. 176 Melrose Avenue Monrovia, CA 91016-2139 Raoul Tawel (626) 305-5550 10-2-S1.03-9959 JPL A 16384-channel 8GHz Bandwidth Polyphase Spectrometer TechnoScience Corporation P.O. Box 60658 Palo Alto, CA 94306-0658 Jam Farhoomand (650) 838-9833 10-2-S1.04-8656 ARC A 4k-Pixel CTIA Readout for Far IR Photodetector Arrays IntelliEPI IR, Inc. 1250 East Collins Boulevard Richardson, TX 75081-2401 Paul Pinsukanjana (972) 234-0068 10-2-S1.04-8997 JPL High Quantum Efficiency Type II SLS FPAs for Space-Based Applications CoolCAD Electronics 7101 Poplar Avenue Takoma Park, MD 20912-4671 Neil Goldsman (301) 405-3363 10-2-S1.05-8465 GSFC Novel Silicon Carbide Deep Ultraviolet Detectors: Device Modeling, Characterization, Design and Prototyping Voxtel, Inc. 15985 Northwest Schendel Avenue, Suite 200 Beaverton, OR 97006-6703 Debra Ozuna (971) 223-5646 10-2-S1.05-9117 GSFC Large-Area, UV-Optimized, Back-Illuminated Silicon Photomultiplier Arrays Creare, Inc. P.O. Box 71 Hanover, NH 03755-3116 James Barry (603) 643-3800 10-2-S1.07-9544 GSFC An Ultra Low Power Cryo-Refrigerator for Space Space Environment Technologies, LLC 1676 Palisades Drive Pacific Palisades, CA 90272-2111 Hollie Richards (310) 573-4185 10-2-S1.08-8680 LaRC Automated Radiation Measurements for Aviation Safety (ARMAS) Masstech, Inc. 6992 Columbia Gateway Drive, Suite 200 Columbia, MD 21046-2985 Richard Lee (443) 539-1758 10-2-S1.08-8722 GSFC Formaldehyde Profiler Using Laser Induced Fluorescence Technique Los Gatos Research 67 East Evelyn Avenue, Suite 3 Mountain View, CA 94041-1518 Manish Gupta (650) 965-7772 10-2-S1.08-9102 ARC Mobile Greenhouse Gas Flux Analyzer for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Q-Peak, Inc. 135 South Road Bedford, MA 01730-2307 B. David Green (781) 275-9535 10-2-S1.11-8655 GSFC A LIBS/Raman System for Planetary Surface Measurement Return to top S2 Advanced Telescope Systems Espace Inc. 30 Lynn Avenue Hull, MA 02045-2216 Francois Martel (781) 925-3893 10-2-S2.01-8167 JPL Precision Electrospray Thruster Assembly (PETA) BEAM Engineering for Advanced Measurements 686 Formosa Avenue Winter Park, FL 32789-4523 Nelson Tabirian (407) 629-1282 10-2-S2.02-8374 JPL Achromatic Vector Vortex Waveplates for Coronagraphy Boston Micromachines Corporation 30 Spinelli Place Cambridge, MA 02138-1070 Paul Bierden (617) 868-4178 10-2-S2.02-8461 JPL Enhanced Reliability MEMS Deformable Mirrors for Space Imaging Applications Iris AO, Inc. 2680 Bancroft Way Berkeley, CA 94704-1717 Michael Helmbrecht (510) 849-2375 10-2-S2.02-9446 GSFC Picometer-Resolution MEMS Segmented DM Radiation Monitoring Devices, Inc. 44 Hunt Street Watertown, MA 02472-4699 Nancy Marshall (617) 668-6800 10-2-S2.05-8926 MSFC High-Resolution Detector for At-Wavelength Metrology of X-Ray Optics Return to top S3 Spacecraft and Platform Subsystems Applied Material Systems Engineering, Inc.(AMSENG) 2309 Pennsbury Court Schaumburg, IL 60194-3884 Mukund (Mike) Deshpande (630) 372-9650 10-2-S3.02-9946 GSFC The Conductive Thermal Control Material Systems for Space Applications Deployable Space Systems, Inc. 75 Robin Hill, Building B2 Goleta, CA 93117-3108 Brian Spence (805) 693-1319 10-2-S3.03-8462 GRC Affordable Practical High-Efficiency Photovoltaic Concentrator Blanket Assembly for Ultra-Lightweight Solar Arrays Busek Co., Inc. 11 Tech Circle Natick, MA 01760-1023 Judy Budny (508) 655-5565 10-2-S3.04-8878 GRC 20mN, Variable Specific Impulse Colloid Thruster Physical Sciences, Inc. 20 New England Business Center Andover, MA 01810-1077 B. David Green (978) 689-0003 10-2-S3.04-8888 GRC Green Liquid Monopropellant Thruster for In-space Propulsion Plasma Processes, LLC 4914 Moores Mill Road Huntsville, AL 35811-1558 Timothy McKechnie (256) 851-7653 10-2-S3.04-9213 GRC Improved Rhenium Thrust Chambers for In-Space Propulsion GSSL Inc PO Box 909 Tillamook, OR 97141-0909 Kristen Lachenmeier (503) 842-1990 10-2-S3.07-9205 JPL Titan Montgolfiere Terrestrial Test Bed Innovative Dynamics, Inc. 2560 North Triphammer Road Ithaca, NY 14850-9726 Kumar Seetharam (607) 257-0533 10-2-S3.09-7960 JPL Volcanic Ash Nephelometer Probe Toyon Research Corporation 6800 Cortona Drive Goleta, CA 93117-3021 Marcella Lindbery (805) 968-6787 10-2-S3.09-9430 DFRC A Low-Cost, High-Precision Navigator Return to top S4 Low-Cost Small Spacecraft and Technologies Tethers Unlimited 11711 North Creek Parkway South, Suite D113 Bothell, WA 98011-8808 Robert Hoyt (425) 486-0100 10-2-S4.02-8448 ARC PowerCube: Integrated Power, Propulsion, and Pointing for CubeSats Return to top S5 Robotic Exploration Technologies Ultra Communications 990 Park Center Drive, Suite H Vista, CA 92081-8352 Charles Kuznia (760) 652-0007 10-2-S5.05-9343 JPL Radiation Hardened High Speed Fiber Optic Transceivers for Extreme Environments Return to top S6 Information Technologies StormCenter Communications, Inc. 1450 South Rolling Road, Studio 4029 Baltimore, MD 21227-3863 David Jones (410) 203-1316 10-2-S6.02-9572 SSC A Robust Real-Time Collaboration Technology for Decision Support in Multi-Platform Virtual Globe Environments Tech-X Corporation 5621 Arapahoe Avenue, Suite A Boulder, CO 80303-1379 Leslie Rosczyk (303) 448-0727 10-2-S6.03-9468 LaRC A Rapid Model Fitting Tool Suite Space Operations O1 Space Communications ODIS, Inc. 22 Quail Run Road Mansfield, CT 06268-2768 Lee Pierhal (860) 450-8407 10-2-O1.01-9727 GRC Optoelectronic Infrastructure for RF/Optical Phased Arrays ICs PO Box 2236 McCall, ID 83638-2236 Joseph Feeley (208) 315-0029 10-2-O1.02-9491 GRC Radiation Hard Electronics for Advanced Communication Systems Fibertek, Inc. 13605 Dulles Technology Drive Herndon, VA 20171-4603 James Phillips (703) 471-7671 10-2-O1.04-9435 JPL Multi-kW Uplink Fiber-Laser Beacon with Agile Signal Format Intelligent Automation, Inc. 15400 Calhoun Drive, Suite 400 Rockville, MD 20855-2737 Mark James (301) 294-5221 10-2-O1.06-8084 GRC Security-Enhanced Autonomous Network Management for Space Networking Return to top O2 Space Transportation Transition45 Technologies, Inc. 1739 North Case Street Orange, CA 92865-4211 Edward Chen (714) 283-2118 10-2-O2.02-8307 MSFC Flexible Production of Geometrically Complex Superalloy Components Return to top O3 Processing and Operations Stottler Henke Associates, Inc. 951 Mariner's Island Boulevard, Suite 360 San Mateo, CA 94404-1585 Nathaniel Henke (650) 931-2700 10-2-O3.01-8829 ARC Intelliface - Intelligent Assistant for Interfacing Diagnosis and Planning Systems Techshot, Inc. 7200 Highway 150 Greenville, IN 47124-9515 Mark Deuser (812) 923-9591 10-2-O3.02-9460 JSC Life Science Research Sample Transfer Technology for On Orbit Analysis Aurora Flight Sciences Corporation 1 Broadway, 12th Floor Cambridge, MA 02142-1189 Scott Hart (617) 500-4800 10-2-O3.02-9651 JSC SPHERES/Universal ISS Battery Charging Station WEVOICE, Inc. 1065 Route 22 West, Suite 2E Bridgewater, NJ 08807-2949 Sherry Ye (908) 393-6101 10-2-O3.06-9150 JSC A ZigBee-Based Wireless Sensor Network for Continuous Sound and Noise Level Monitoring on the ISS Return to top O4 Navigation Fine Structure Technology LLC 5114 Balcones Woods Drive, Suite 307 PMB 305 Austin, TX 78759-5212 Matthew Ellis (512) 650-8314 10-2-O4.01-9036 KSC MEMS Gyroscope with Interferometric Detection Tahoe RF Semiconductor, Inc. 12834 Earhart Avenue Auburn, CA 95602-9027 Irshad Rasheed (530) 823-9786 10-2-O4.02-9042 GSFC Miniaturized Radiation Hardened Beam-Steerable GPS Receiver Front End

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