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NASA 2018 STTR Program Phase I Selections - Focus Area List
Proposals Selected for Negotiation of Contracts
Focus Area 2 Power, Energy and Storage (3)
Alphacore, Inc.
398 South Mill Avenue, Suite 304
Tempe, AZ 85281
Kimberlee Olson (480) 494-5618
Arizona State University
650 E Tyler Mall Goldwater Center # 208
Tempe, AZ 85281
18-1-T3.02-2213 GRC
Intelligent Power Source Reliability Monitoring and Failure Mitigation System
Phoenix Analysis and Design Technologies
7755 South Research Drive, Suite 110
Tempe, AZ 85284
Ward Rand (480) 813-4884
Arizona State University-Polytechnic
P.O. Box 876011
Tempe, AZ 85287
18-1-T3.03-3883 GRC
Stottler Henke Associates, Inc.
1650 South Amphlett Boulevard, Suite 300
San Mateo, CA 94402-2516
Nate Henke (650) 931-2719
Montana State University
Montana State University
Bozeman, MT
18-1-T3.02-1093 GRC
Intelligent, Autonomous, Distributed Vehicle and Electrical Power System Management
Focus Area 3 Autonomous Systems for Space Exploration (7)
Astrobotic Technology, Inc.
2515 Liberty Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15222
Fraser Kitchell (206) 470-9055
Astrobotic Technology, Inc.
2515 Liberty Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15222
18-1-T4.03-1473 JPL
Mission Coordination and Co-Localization for Planetary Rover Teams
Luna Innovations, Inc.
301 1st Street Southwest, Suite 200
Roanoke, VA 24011
Michael Pruzan (540) 769-8430
Edison Welding Institute
1250 Arthur E Adams Drive
Columbus, OH 43221
18-1-T13.01-1313 SSC
Multi-Function Fluid Measurement System using High-Definition Fiber Optic Sensing
Nanosonic, Inc.
158 Wheatland Drive
Pembroke, VA 24136
Melissa Campbell (540) 626-6266
Virginia Tech
Virginia Tech MC 0238
Blacksburg, VA 24061
18-1-T13.01-5942 SSC
Pegasense, LLC
1511 East State Road 434, Suite 2001
Winter Springs, FL 32708
Svetlana Malocha (407) 766-5783
University of Central Florida
4000 Central Florida Blvd
Orlando, FL
18-1-T13.01-1144 SSC
Sensatek Propulsion Technology, Inc
1736 W. Paul Dirac Drive, Suite 113
Tallahasee, FL 32310
Azryana Soto (850) 348-0687
Florida State University
222 S. Copeland Street
Tallahassee, FL
18-1-T13.01-1183 SSC
Wireless Passive Nanoparticle based Intelligent Sensor System for Extreme Environments
Vecna Technologies, Inc.
7500 Greenway Center Drive, Suite 1130
Greenbelt, MD 20770
Gentiana Spahiu Pina (617) 864-0636
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
77 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA
18-1-T4.03-2132 JPL
Coordination of Heterogeneous Robot Swarms for Planetary Logistics Operations
VisSidus Technologies, Inc.
601 Innovation Way
Daytona Beach, FL 32114
Rachel Campbell (206) 617-2445
The University of Tennessee-Knoxville
527 Andy Holt Tower
Knoxville, TN
18-1-T4.03-6342 JPL
Smallsat Swarm Sparse Aperture SAR for Recon and Surveillance (SSSASAfRaS)
Focus Area 4 Robotic Systems for Space Exploration (2)
CU Aerospace, LLC
301 North Neil Street, Suite 502
Champaign, IL 61820
David Carroll (217) 239-1703
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
601 E John Street
Champaign, IL
18-1-T4.01-3162 ARC
Mesh Robotics, LLC
100 43rd St, Ste 104
Pittsburgh, PA 15201
Michael Wagner (412) 606-3842
Carnegie Mellon University
5000 Forbes Ave.
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
18-1-T4.01-7433 ARC
Deep Learning Applied to Detecting Salient Features and Building Better 3D Models
Focus Area 6 Life Support and Habitation Systems (8)
Mosaic Materials, Inc.
1811 Francisco Street, #4
Berkeley, CA 94703
Jason Husk (925) 289-9623
University of California Berkeley
2150 Shattuck Ave., 10th Floor
Berkeley, CA 94704
18-1-T6.01-1154 MSFC
Efficient CO2 and H2O Removal with Novel Adsorbents for Life Support Applications on Mars
Nanosonic, Inc.
158 Wheatland Drive
Pembroke, VA 24136
Melissa Campbell (540) 626-6266
Virginia Tech
403 Durham Hall
Blacksburg, VA 24061
18-1-T7.02-6802 KSC
Hydroponic Rego-rock Produced In-Space for Efficient and Healthy Crop Growth
NuMat Technologies
8025 Lamon Avenue
Skokie, IL 60077
William Morris (847) 929-4186
Northwestern University
633 Clark St
Evanston, IL
18-1-T6.01-1733 ARC
Reaction Systems, LLC
17301 West Colfax Avenue, #160
Golden, CO 80401
Todd Leeson (303) 881-7992
Regents of the University of Colorado
3100 Marine Street
Boulder, CO 80303
18-1-T6.01-1259 JSC
A Supported Liquid Membrane System for Steady State CO2 Control in a Spacecraft Cabin
Space Lab Technologies, LLC
P.O. Box 448
Pinecliffe, CO 80471
Christine Escobar (720) 309-8475
Regents of the University of Colorado
3100 Marine Street
Boulder, CO 80303
18-1-T7.02-2932 KSC
MarsOasis - An Efficient Autonomously Controlled Martian Crop Production System
Sustainable Bioproducts, LLC
920 Technology Boulevard
Bozeman, MT 59718
Rich Macur (406) 579-1370
Montana State University-Bozeman, Center for Biofilm Engineering
Montana State University-Bozeman, Center for Biofilm Engineering
Bozeman, MT 59717
18-1-T7.01-1083 ARC
A Robust Biofilm-Biomat Reactor for Conversion of Mission-Relevant Feedstocks to Products
Sustainable Innovations, LLC
111 Roberts Street, Suite J
East Hartford, CT 6108
Trent Molter (860) 652-9690
University of South Carolina-Columbia
Columbia-Campus
Columbia, SC
18-1-T6.01-1070 JSC
Bifunctional Regenerative Electrochemical Air Transformation for Human Environments
UbiQD
134 Eastgate Drive
Los Alamos, NM 87544
Hunter McDaniel (505) 310-6767
University of Arizona
1177 E. 4th Street, Shantz Building
Tucson, AZ 85721
18-1-T7.02-8052 KSC
Tailoring the Solar Spectrum for Enhanced Crop Yield for Space Missions
Focus Area 9 Sensors, Detectors and Instruments (5)
Aktiwave
241 Ashley Drive
ROCHESTER, NY 14620
Christophe Dorrer (585) 355-2706
Rochester Institute of Technology
1 Lomb Memorial Dr
Rochester, NY
18-1-T8.02-4423 GSFC
Femtosecond-Laser Fabrication of Waveguides in Laser Materials
Nexus Photonics, LLC
2320 De La Vina Street, #12
Santa Barbara, CA 93105
Tin Komljenovic (805) 895-4733
University of California-Santa Barbara
5221 Cheadle Hall
Santa Barbara, CA
18-1-T8.02-3882 GSFC
OEwaves, Inc.
465 North Halstead Street, Suite #140
Pasadena, CA 91107
Debra Coler (626) 351-4200
Georgia Institute of Technology-School of Electrical and Computer Engineering
505 Tenth Street
Atlanta, GA 30332
18-1-T8.02-7183 GRC
Omega Optics, Inc.
8500 Shoal Creek Boulevard, Building 4, Suite 200
Austin, TX 78757
Gloria Chen (512) 996-8833
The University of Texas at Austin
110 Inner Campus Drive
Austin, TX
18-1-T8.02-3833 GSFC
Flash Drive Integrated Label Free Silicon Nano-Photonic Bio-Assays for Space Station Bio-Diagnostics
Structured Materials Industries, Inc.
201 Circle Drive North, Suite 102/103
Piscataway, NJ 8854
Gary Tompa (732) 302-9274
Arizona State University-Tempe
551 E. Tyler Mall St ERC RM 159
Tempe, AZ 85281
18-1-T8.02-2073 GSFC
Focus Area 12 Entry, Descent and Landing Systems (8)
Advanced Cooling Technologies, Inc.
1046 New Holland Avenue
Lancaster, PA 17601
William Anderson (717) 205-0602
Case Western Reserve University
10900 Euclid Ave.
Cleveland, OH 44106
18-1-T9.01-8702 MSFC
Advanced Hot Reservoir Variable Conductance Heat Pipes for Planetary Landers
CFD Research Corporation
701 McMillian Way Northwest, Suite D
Huntsville, AL 35806
Silvia Harvey (256) 726-4858
Los Alamos National Laboratory
P.O. Box 1663
Los Alamos, NM
18-1-T9.01-6232 MSFC
CFD Research Corporation
701 McMillian Way Northwest, Suite D
Huntsville, AL 35806
Silvia Harvey (256) 726-4858
Mississippi State University
Lee Boulevard
Mississippi State, MS
18-1-T9.01-6552 LaRC
Frontier Aerospace Corporation
4109A Guardian Street
Simi Valley, CA 93063
Kevin Schoonover (805) 577-8771
Purdue University-Main Campus
Hovde Hall of Administration
West Lafayette, IN
18-1-T9.01-5313 MSFC
Properties Investigation of High-MON Oxidizers for Use in Deep Space Exploration
Geoplasma, LLC
6703 Odyssey Drive Northwest, Suite 304
Huntsville, AL 35806
Timothy McKechnie (256) 851-7653
North Carolina State University at Raleigh
2701 Sullivan Drive
Raleigh, NC 27695
18-1-T9.01-9992 LaRC
Additive Manufacture of Refractory Metal Propulsion Components
Physical Sciences, Inc.
20 New England Business Center
Andover, MA 1810
B. David Green (978) 689-0003
Concurrent Technologies Corporation
100 CTC Drive
Johnstown, PA 15904
18-1-T9.01-8762 MSFC
Regeneratively Cooled Ceramic Matrix Composite Nozzle Assembly for Reduced Weight
Streamline Numerics, Inc.
3221 North West 13th Street, Suite A
Gainesville, FL 32609
Siddharth Thakur (352) 271-8841
Mississippi State University
Lee Boulevard
Mississippi State, MS
18-1-T9.01-2162 GRC
TGV Rockets, Inc.
2519 Benning Road Northeast
Washington, DC 20002
Pat Bahn (240) 462-8848
Edison Welding Institute
1250 Arthur E Adams Drive
Columbus, OH 43221
18-1-T9.01-3963 GRC
Ultrasonic Additive Manufacturing of a deep throttling methane injector.
Focus Area 14 In-Space and Advanced Manufacturing (2)
Applied Optimization, Inc.
3040 Presidential Drive, Suite 100
Fairborn, OH 45324
Mark Zimmerman (937) 431-5100
The University of Tennessee-Knoxville
527 Andy Holt Tower
Knoxville, TN
18-1-T12.02-8852 LaRC
Extensible Modeling to Create Knowledgebase for AM Processing of Alloy GrCop-84
Sentient Science
672 Delaware
Buffalo, NY 14209
Melissa McReynolds (716) 239-8215
University of Nebraska - Lincoln
2200 Vine Street
Lincoln, NE 68583
18-1-T12.02-4053 JPL
Focus Area 15 Lightweight Materials Structures and Assembly / Construction (5)
Composites Automation, LLC
9 Adelaide Court
Newark, DE 19702
Dirk Heider (302) 831-8898
University of Delaware
104 Hullihen Hall
Newark, DE
18-1-T12.01-7112 LaRC
Ultra-Thin Ply Formable Material from Reusable Short Carbon Fiber Composites
NextGen Materials & Processing, LLC
31 Wells Drive
Tewksbury, MA 1876
Konstantine Fetfatsidis (978) 604-1660
University of Massachusetts Lowell
600 Suffolk Street, Suite 212
Lowell, MA 1854
18-1-T12.01-1662 LaRC
Automated Fiber Placement of Thin-Ply Composite Materials for Large Aerospace Structures
Opterus Research and Development, Inc.
4221 Rolling Gate Road
Fort Collins, CO 80526
Thomas Murphey (505) 250-3006
COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY
Sponsored Programs; 601 S. Howes St.
Fort Collins, CO 80523
18-1-T12.01-5482 LaRC
ROCCOR, LLC
2602 Clover Basin Drive, Suite D
Longmont, CO 80503
Stephanie Amend (300) 200-0068
The University of Central Florida Board of Trustees
12201 Research Parkway, Suite 501
Orlando, FL 32826
18-1-T12.01-7072 LaRC
Technical Data Analysis, Inc.
3190 Fairview Park Drive, Suite 650
Falls Church, VA 22042
Scott Bradfield (703) 226-4061
Missouri University of Science and Technology
1201 N. State St.
Rolla, MO
18-1-T12.01-7662 LaRC
Multiscale Design Tool and Process Development of Thin-Ply Composites
Focus Area 18 Air Vehicle Technology (2)
Intelligent Automation, Inc.
15400 Calhoun Drive, Suite 190
Rockville, MD 20855
Mark James (301) 294-5221
University of Maryland-College Park
7950 Baltimore Avenue
College Park, MD
18-1-T15.01-3543 AFRC
Aeroservoelastic Multifidelity Design of Biomimetic Aircraft (AMuBA)
M4 Engineering, Inc.
4020 Long Beach Boulevard
Long Beach, CA 90807
Myles Baker (562) 305-3391
University of Washington-Seattle Campus
1400 NE Campus Parkway
Seattle, WA
18-1-T15.01-6203 AFRC
Novel Aeroservoelastic Scaled Model Design, Fabrication, and Testing
Focus Area 21 Small Spacecraft Technologies (2)
Parabilis Space Technologies, Inc.
1195 Linda Vista Drive, Suite F
San Marcos, CA 92078
David Brynes (619) 750-4484
University of Southern California
3720 S. Flower Street
Los Angeles, CA 90089
18-1-T1.01-8823 MSFC
Valley Tech Systems, Inc.
160 Blue Ravine Road, Suite B
Folsom, CA 95630
Joseph Viola (916) 760-3603
The University of Texas at El Paso
500 W. University Ave
El Paso, TX
18-1-T1.01-3842 MSFC
Refractory Additively Manufactured Affordable Launch Vehicle RCS
