2009 STTR Phase 1 Awards

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

2009 Phase 1

Proposals Selected for Negotiation of Contracts

RESEARCH INSTITUTION

Brigham Young University
435 Crabtree Building
Provo, UT 84602-0002
Concepts ETI, Inc.
217 Billings Farm Road
White River Jct, VT 05001-9486
Robert Hewett (802) 280-6170
09-1-T9.01-9927 MSFC
Extremely High Suction Performance Inducers for Space Propulsion

Carnegie Mellon University
5000 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890
ProtoInnovations, LLC
1908 Shaw Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15217-1710
Dimi Apostolopoulos (412) 916-8807
09-1-T1.02-9872 ARC
Reliable Autonomous Surface Mobility (RASM) in Support of Human Exploration

Carnegie Mellon University
5000 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3815
Astrobotic Technology, Inc.
4551 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3524
David Gump (412) 682-3282
09-1-T6.02-9912 JSC
Scalable Gravity Offload System

Carnegie Mellon University
5000 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3815
Ciespace Corporation
319 Olde Chapel Trail
Pittsburgh, PA 15238-1255
Rodney Phelps (412) 621-1400
09-1-T8.01-9986 LaRC
An Automated High Aspect Ratio Mesher for Computational Fluid Dynamics

Carnegie Mellon University - Silicon Valley
NASA Research Park, Building 23
Moffett Field, CA 94305-2823
TRACLabs, Inc.
100 N.E. Loop 410, Suite 520
San Antonio, TX 78216-4727
David Kortenkamp (210) 822-2310
09-1-T1.02-9928 ARC
Integration of Notification with 3D Visualization of Rover Operations

Cornell University
120 Day Hall
Ithaca, NY 14853-2801
Structured Materials Industries, Inc.
201 Circle Drive North, Suite 102/103
Piscataway, NJ 08854-3723
Gary Tomp (732) 302-9274
09-1-T4.01-9882 GSFC
Hybrid Integrated Photonics for Ultrahigh Throughput Optical Signal Processing

George Mason University
4400 University Drive
Fairfax, VA 22030-4444
Research South, Inc.
555 Sparkman Dr. Suite 1612
Huntsville, AL 35816-3431
Lawrence Spradley (256) 721-1769
09-1-T8.01-9965 LaRC
Mesh Generation and Adaption for High Reynolds Number RANS Computations

Georgia Institute of Technology
505 10th Street, NW
Atlanta, GA 30332-0420
CFX Battery, Inc.
1300 W Optical Drive, Suite 300
Azusa, CA 91702-3251
Sohrab Hossain (626) 610-0660
09-1-T3.01-9864 GRC
Biotemplated Nano-Structured Materials for Advanced Li-ion Batteries

Lighting Innovations Institute
20700 North Park Blvd.
University Heights, OH 44118-4581
Energy Focus, Inc.
32000 Aurora Road
Solon, OH 44139-2814
Nicholas Berchtold (440) 715-1300
09-1-T10.02-9869 SSC
Innovative Solid State Lighting Replacements for Industrial and Test Facility Locations

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
77 Massachusetts Avenue, Building E19-750
Cambridge, MA 02139-4307
Aurora Flight Sciences Corporation
9950 Wakeman Drive
Manassas, VA 20110-2702
Scott Hart (703) 369-3633
09-1-T2.01-9974 DFRC
Extensible Data Set Architecture for Systems Analysis

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
77 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02139-4301
LongWave Photonics, LLC
2711 Centerville Rd
Wilmington, MA 19808-1645
Alan Lee (310) 650-6276
09-1-T7.01-9887 KSC
Terahertz Quantum Cascade Laser Based 3D Imaging

Missouri University of Science and Technology
202 Centennial Hall, 300 West 12th Street
Rolla, MO 65409-1330
CFX Battery, Inc.
1300 W Optical Drive, Suite 300
Azusa, CA 91702-3251
Sohrab Hossain (626) 610-0660
09-1-T6.01-9868 JSC
Advanced Li/CFx Primary Batteries with Non-Flammable Electrolytes

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
110 8th Street
Troy, NY 12180-3590
Simmetrix, Inc.
10 Halfmoon Executive Park Dr.
Clifton Park, NY 12065-5630
Mark Beall (518) 348-1639
09-1-T8.01-9896 LaRC
Generation and Adaptive Modification of Anisotropic Meshes

Rochester Institute of Technology
One Lomb Memorial Drive
Rochester, NY 14623-5603
Firefly Technologies
2082 Hackberry Lane
Shakopee, MN 55379-4622
Michael Nesnidal (608) 698-0935
09-1-T3.01-9972 GRC
Nanowire Photovoltaic Devices

Sandia National Laboratories
P.O. Box 5800
Albuquerque, NM 87185-0557
ACTA, Inc.
2790 Skypark Drive, Sutie 310
Torrance, CA 90505-5345
James Hudson (310) 530-1008
09-1-T5.01-9983 JPL
QMU in Integrated Spacecraft System Models

Stanford University
Office of Sponsored Research, 340 Panama Street, MC 4100
Stanford, CA 94305-4100
ADVR, Inc.
2310 University Way, Building 1
Bozeman, MT 59715-6504
Betsy Heckel (406) 522-0388
09-1-T4.01-9939 GSFC
A Compact, Waveguide Based Programmable Optical Comb Generator

The Curators of the University of Missouri
300 W. 12th Street
Rolla, MO 65401-1330
M4 Engineering, Inc.
4020 Long Beach Blvd
Long Beach, CA 90807-2683
Kevin Roughen (562) 981-7797
09-1-T5.01-9926 JPL
Quantification of Uncertainties in Integrated Spacecraft System Models

The Regents of the University of Michigan
3003 South State Street, Room 1072
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1274
Picometrix, LLC
2925 Boardwalk Drive
Ann Arbor, MI 48104-6765
Robin Risser (734) 864-5600
09-1-T7.01-9931 KSC
Time-Domain Terahertz Reflection Holograhic Tomography Nondestructive Evaluation System

The SCI Institute of the University of Utah
72 S. Central Campus Drive
Salt Lake City, UT 84112-9200
ARIBEX
744 S 400 E
Orem, UT 84097-6322
Clark Turner (801) 226-5522
09-1-T7.01-9948 KSC
Three-Dimensional Backscatter X-Ray Imaging System

The University of Iowa, Div. of Sponsored Programs
2 Gilmore Hall
Iowa City, IA 52242-1320
Giner, Inc.
89 Rumford Avenue
Newton, MA 02466-1311
Anthony LaConti (781) 529-0500
09-1-T6.01-9988 JSC
Magnetically Modified Asymmetric Supercapacitors

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
Emily Melgarejo (805) 582-0582
09-1-T1.01-9862 ARC
Advanced Structural Health Monitoring System for Comprehensive Real-Time Vehicle Characterization

The University of Washington
1100 NE 45th Street, Suite 300
Seattle, WA 98105-4696
Stirling Dynamics, Inc.
4030 Lake Washington Blvd NE #205
Kirkland, WA 98033-7870
Dennis Messenger (425) 827-7476
09-1-T2.01-9961 DFRC
Aeroelastic/Aeroservoelastic Uncertainty and Reliability of Advanced Aerospace Vehicles in Flight and Ground Operations

University of Central Florida
4000 Central Florida Blvd., ENGR1-307
Orlando, FL 32816-2450
Orion Propulsion, Inc.
1525 Perimeter Pkwy Suite 250
Huntsville, AL 35806-3581
Gregory Zsidisin (256) 327-7611
09-1-T9.01-9844 MSFC
Carbon Nano-Composite Ablative Rocket Nozzles

University of Connecticut
438 Whitney Road Extension, Unit 1133
Storrs, CT 06269-1133
Sustainable Innovations, LLC
160 Oak St.
Glastonbury, CT 06033-2336
Trent Molter (860) 652-9690
09-1-T10.01-9906 SSC
Hydrogen Recovery System

University of Hawaii
2530 Dole Street, Sakamaki D-200
Honolulu, HI 96822-2309
Sierra Lobo, Inc.
426 Croghan Street
Fremont, OH 43420-2448
Mark Haberbusch (419) 499-9653
09-1-T10.01-9918 SSC
Gaseous Helium Reclamation at Rocket Test Systems

University of Illinois
OSPRA, 1901 S. First Street, Suite A
Champaign, IL 61820-7473
IllinoisRocstar, LLC
60 Hazelwood Drive; P. O. Box 3001
Champaign, IL 61826-3001
William Dick (217) 417-0885
09-1-T5.01-9952 JPL
Efficient Quantification of Uncertainties in Complex Computer Code Results

University of Michigan
3003 South State Street, Room 1058
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1274
ElectroDynamic Applications, Inc.
P.O. Box 131460
Ann Arbor, MI 48113-1460
Jonathan Zagel (734) 786-1434
09-1-T3.01-9881 GRC
High Power High Thrust Ion Thruster (HPHTion): 50 CM Ion Thruster for Near-Earth Applications

University of Michigan
Room 1061, 3003 S. State Street
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1274
Streamline Numerics, Inc.
3221 NW 13th Street, Suite A
Gainesville, FL 32609-2189
Siddharth Thakur (352) 271-8841
09-1-T9.01-9969 MSFC
Advanced Unsteady Turbulent Combustion Simulation Capability for Space Propulsion Systems

University of Texas at Dallas
Box 860688, MP 15
Richardson, TX 75083-0688
Lynntech, Inc.
Lynntech, Inc.
College Station, TX 77840-4023
G. Hisaw (979) 693-0017
09-1-T2.01-9899 DFRC
Acoustic Reduction of Flow Separation

Vanderbilt University
2301 Vanderbilt Place Station B #7749
Nashville, TN 37235-7749
TRACLabs, Inc.
100 N.E. Loop 410, Suite 520
San Antonio, TX 78216-4727
David Kortenkamp (210) 822-2310
09-1-T1.01-9857 ARC
Distributed Diagnosis, Prognosis and Recovery for Complex Systems

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
1880 Pratt Drive, Suite 2006
Blacksburg, VA 24060-0000
Tao of Systems Integration, Inc.
144 Research Drive
Hampton, VA 23666-1325
Siva Mangalam (757) 220-5040
09-1-T2.01-9944 DFRC
Wide Range Flow and Heat Flux Sensors for In-Flight Flow Characterization

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Blacksburg, VA 24061-0001
Nanosonic, Inc.
1485 South Main Street
Blacksburg, VA 24060-5556
Lisa Lawson (540) 953-1785
09-1-T6.01-9894 JSC
Self Assembled Carbon Nanotube Enhanced Ultracapacitors

Wright State University
3640 Colonel Glenn Hwy
Dayton, OH 45435-0001
Tech-X Corporation
5621 Arapahoe Avenue, Suite A
Boulder, CO 80303-1379
Leslie Rosczyk (303) 448-0727
09-1-T3.01-9893 GRC
Next-Generation Ion Thruster Design Tool to Support Future Space Missions

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

2009 Phase 1

Proposals Selected for Negotiation of Contracts

RESEARCH INSTITUTION

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