National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program

2008 Phase 1

Proposals Selected for Negotiation of Contracts

RESEARCH INSTITUTION LIST

Carnegie Mellon University - Silicon Valley
NASA Research Park, Bldg. 23
Moffett Field, CA 94305-1000
Traclabs, Inc.
8620 N. New Braunfels, Suite 603
San Antonio, TX 78217-3586
Jim Anderson (210) 822-2310
08-1-T1.01-9973 ARC
Semantic Summarization for Context Aware Manipulation of Data

Duke University
2200 W. Main Street, Suite 710
Durham, NC 27705-1107
Orbital Technologies Corporation
Space Center, 1212 Fourier Drive
Madison, WI 53717-1961
Eric Rice (608) 827-5000
08-1-T7.01-9961 KSC
Algorthms and Regolith Erosion Models for the Alert Code

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
77 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02139-4301
Aurora Flight Sciences Corporation
9950 Wakeman Drive
Manassas, VA 20110-2702
Scott Hart (703) 369-3633
08-1-T1.01-9978 ARC
Multi-Robot Planetary Exploration Command and Control

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
77 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02139-4301
Creare, Inc.
P.O. Box 71
Hanover, NH 03755-0071
James Barry (603) 643-3800
08-1-T3.01-9974 GRC
Advanced Radiative Emitters for Radioisotope Thermophotovoltaic Power Systems

Mississippi State University
Engineering Research Center
Mississippi State, MS 39762-9627
Tetra Research Corporation
420 Park Avenue West
Princeton, IL 61356-1934
Rex Chamberlain (815) 872-0702
08-1-T9.01-9890 MSFC
Two Phase Flow Tools for Solid Motors with Dynamic Burning Surface Recession

Mississippi State University
210 Carpenter Engineering Bldg.
Mississippi State University, MS 39762-6156
Keystone Synergistic Enterprises, Inc.
698 SW Port Saint Lucie Blvd., Suite 105
Port Saint Lucie, FL 34953-1565
Bryant Walker (772) 343-7544
08-1-T9.01-9919 MSFC
Thermal Stir Welding of High Strength and High Temperature Alloys for Aerospace Applications

Mississippi State University
2 Research Blvd.
Starkville, MS 39759-7649
Streamline Numerics, Inc.
3221 NW 13th Street, Suite A
Gainesville, FL 32609-2189
Siddharth Thakur (352) 271-8841
08-1-T9.01-9947 MSFC
Advanced Simulation Framework for Design and Analysis of Space Propulsion Systems

Montana State University
P.O. Box 172470, 309 Montana Hall
Bozeman, MT 59717-2470
ADVR, Inc.
2310 University Way, Bldg. 1
Bozeman, MT 59715-6504
Betsy Heckel (406) 522-0388
08-1-T4.01-9937 GSFC
Ridge Waveguide Structures in Magnesium-Doped Lithium Niobate

Regents of New Mexico State University
MSC PSL, P.O. Box 30002
Las Cruces, NM 88003-8002
ZONA Technology, Inc.
9489 E. Ironwood Square Drive
Scottsdale, AZ 85258-4578
Jennifer Scherr (480) 945-9988
08-1-T7.01-9952 KSC
Multiscale GasKinetics/Particle (MGP) Simulation for Rocket Plume/Lunar Dust Interactions

Regents of the University of California
c/o Sponsored Projects Office, 2150 Shattuck Avenue, Ste 313
Berkeley, CA 94704-5940
VIPMobile, Inc.
120 Montgomery Street, Suite 2000
San Francisco, CA 94104-4352
Alexis Valerio (415) 632-1235
08-1-T3.01-9981 GRC
InGaN Nanowire Solar Cells

Southern Research Institute
P.O. Box 53305
Birmingham, AL 35255-5305
Plasma Processes, Inc.
4914 Moores Mill Road
Huntsville, AL 35811-1558
Angela Hattaway (256) 851-7653
08-1-T9.01-9931 MSFC
Advanced Materials and Fabrication Techniques for the Orion Attitude Control Motor

Texas Engineering Experiment Station
Office of Sponsored Research, 3000 TAMU
College Station, TX 77843-3000
Physics, Materials, and Applied Mathematics Research, LLC
1665 E. 18th Street, Suite 112
Tucson, AZ 85719-6808
Kevin Kremeyer (520) 903-2345
08-1-T6.01-9972 JSC
AggieSat: Autonomous Rendezvous and Docking Technology Demonstrator

The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois
1901 South First Street, Suite A
Champaign, IL 61820-7473
Rolling Hills Research Corporation
420 N. Nash Street
El Segundo, CA 90245-2822
Brian Kramer (310) 640-8781
08-1-T2.01-9903 DFRC
Novel Real-Time Flight Envelope Monitoring System

The University of Kansas Center for Research, Inc.
2385 Irving Hill Road
Lawrence, KS 66045-7563
American GNC Corporation
888 Easy Street
Simi Valley, CA 93065-1812
Lina Greenberg (805) 582-0582
08-1-T10.01-9854 SSC
Health and Maintenance Status Determination and Predictive Fault Diagnosis System

The University of Texas at Austin
10100 Burnet Road
Austin, TX 78758-4445
CFD Research Corporation
215 Wynn Drive, 5th Floor
Huntsville, AL 35805-1944
Silvia Harvey (256) 726-4800
08-1-T5.01-9954 JPL
Benchmark Numerical Toolkits for High Performance Computing

The University of Texas at Austin
Office of Sponsored Projects, P.O. Box 7726
Austin, TX 78713-7726
Austin Satellite Design
4104 Aqua Verde Drive
Austin, TX 78746-1017
E. Glenn Lightsey (512) 659-4049
08-1-T6.01-9905 JSC
Guidance, Navigation, and Control System for Maneuverable Pico-Satellites

The University of Texas at Austin
P.O. Box 7726
Austin, TX 78713-7726
Emergent Space Technologies, Inc.
6301 Ivy Lane, Suite 720
Greenbelt, MD 20770-6330
George Davis (301) 345-1535
08-1-T6.01-9943 JSC
Picosats for Autonomous Rendezvous and Docking Technology Demonstration

University of Alabama Huntsville
301 Sparkman Drive
Huntsville, AL 35899-0001
Orbital Technologies Corporation
Space Center, 1212 Fourier Drive
Madison, WI 53717-1961
Eric Rice (608) 827-5000
08-1-T3.01-9976 GRC
Advanced Microwave Electrothermal Thruster (AMET)

University of California Los Angeles
56-125B Engineering IV Bldg.
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1594
MicroXact, Inc.
80 Massie Drive
Christiansburg, VA 24073-1071
Paul Hines (540) 392-6917
08-1-T8.01-9920 LaRC
Ultraefficient Themoelectric Devices

University of California Santa Cruz, NECTAR Center
Baskin Engineering Bldg., MS SOE2
Santa Cruz, CA 95064-1077
Structured Materials Industries, Inc.
201 Circle Drive North, Suite 102/103
Piscataway, NJ 08854-3723
Gary Tompa (732) 302-9274
08-1-T8.01-9886 LaRC
High Volume Manufacturing of NanoEngineered High ZT Thermoelectrics for Multiple Energy Generation Applications

University of Central Florida
3100 Technology Parkway
Orlando, FL 32826-0544
Intelligent Automation, Inc.
15400 Calhoun Drive, Suite 400
Rockville, MD 20855-2737
Mark James (301) 294-5221
08-1-T5.01-9935 JPL
HPC Benchmark Suite NMx

University of Florida
339 Weil Hall, P.O. Box 116550
Gainesville, FL 32611-6500
NEI Corporation
201 Circle Drive N., Suite 102/103
Piscataway, NJ 08854-3723
Ganesh Skandan (732) 868-3141
08-1-T3.01-9909 GRC
High Capacity and High Voltage Composite Oxide Cathode for Li-ion Batteries

University of Florida
339 Weil Hall, P.O. Box 116550
Gainesville, FL 32611-6550
CFD Research Corporation
215 Wynn Drive, 5th Floor
Huntsville, AL 35805-1944
Silvia Harvey (256) 726-4800
08-1-T7.01-9911 KSC
High-Fidelity Gas and Granular Flow Physics Models for Rocket Exhaust Interaction with Lunar Soil

University of Florida
219 Grinter Hall, P.O. Box 115500
Gainesville, FL 32611-5500
Aerodyne Research, Inc.
45 Manning Road
Billerica, MA 01821-3976
Charles Kolb (978) 663-9500
08-1-T10.01-9862 SSC
Non-Dispersive Atomic Absorption System for Engine Health Monitoring

University of Florida
339 Weil Hall
Gainesville, FL 32611-6250
Combustion Research and Flow Technology
6210 Keller's Church Road
Pipersville, PA 18947-1020
Paula Schachter (215) 766-1520
08-1-T10.01-9945 SSC
Integrated Component and System Analyses of Instabilities in Test Stands

University of Maryland
3112 Lee Bldg.
College Park, MD 20742-5141
Maxion Technologies, Inc.
5000 College Avenue, Suite 3121
College Park, MD 20740-3817
John Bruno (301) 405-8426
08-1-T4.01-9934 GSFC
Tunable, Narrow Line Width Mid-Infrared Laser Source

University of Massachusetts Lowell
600 Suffolk Street, 2nd Floor
Lowell , MA 01854-3692
Applied NanoFemto Technologies, LLC
181 Stedmen Street, Unit #2
Lowell, MA 01851-5201
Jing Chen (978) 761-4293
08-1-T4.01-9873 GSFC
A Thermal-Electrically Cooled Quantum-Dot Middle-Wave Infrared Photodetector with High Quantum Efficiency and Photodetectivity

University of New Orleans
Office of Sponsor Research
New Orleans, LA 70148-0001
Nanohmics, Inc.
6201 East Oltorf Street, Suite 400
Austin, TX 78741-1222
Keith Jamison (512) 389-9990
08-1-T8.01-9857 LaRC
Conformable Thermoelectric Device for Waste Heat Scavenging in Space Applications

University of Oklahoma
731 Elm Avenue, Robertson Hall 134
Norman, OK 73019-2115
Intelligent Automation, Inc.
15400 Calhoun Drive, Suite 400
Rockville, MD 20855-2737
Mark James (301) 294-5221
08-1-T4.01-9948 GSFC
Reconfigurable Weather Radar for Airborne Applications

University of Texas at El Paso
500 W. University Avenue
El Paso, TX 79968-0587
TXL Group, Inc.
2000 Wyoming Avenue
El Paso, TX 79903-3501
David Nemir (915) 533-7800
08-1-T8.01-9965 LaRC
Shockwave Fabrication of High Performance Thermoelectrics

Virginia Tech, Dept. of Aerospace and Ocean Eng.
219-D Randolph Hall
Blacksburg, VA 24061-6150
Nanosonic, Inc.
1485 South Main Street
Blacksburg, VA 24060-5556
Lisa Lawson (540) 953-1785
08-1-T2.01-9941 DFRC
Metal Rubber^TM Sensors for Skin Friction Measurements

Washington State University
Spokane Street, Sloan 120
Pullman, WA 99164-3140
Intelligent Fiber Optic Systems Corporation
2363 Calle Del Mundo
Santa Clara, CA 94085-1008
Behzad Moslehi (408) 565-9000
08-1-T2.01-9951 DFRC
Structural Health Monitoring with Fiber Bragg Grating and Piezo Arrays

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