U.S. Department of Transportation
Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program

1999 Phase I Proposals Recommended for Award


Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)

Phase I Recommended for Award

Awardee Name
Topic
Contract Value
Zaptron Systems, Mountain View, CA
"Accurate Identification of Explosives in Baggage"
Proposal 99-155
$99,899
Custom Manufacturing & Engineering, Inc., St. Petersburg, FL (W)
"Robust Intelligent Monitoring of Varied Approach Lighting Subsystems"
Proposal 99-075
$99,927
Thoughtventions Unlimited LLC, Glastonbury, CT
"Semi-Flush Flasher"
Proposal 99-116
$100,000

United States Coast Guard (USCG)

Phase I Recommended for Award

Awardee Name
Topic
Contract Value
Information in Place, Inc., Bloomington, IN
"Virtual Aids to Navigation System"
Proposal 99-080
$100,000
AFAB Technologies, Inc., West Palm Beach, FL (W)
"Innovative Detectability Enhancement and Signaling Devices for Search and Rescue"
Proposal 99-127
$99,544

Research and Special Programs Administration (RSPA)

Phase I Recommended for Award

Awardee Name
Topic
Contract Value
Energy and Environmental Research Corporation, Irvine, CA
"Light-weight, Low-Cost Reformer Technologies for Medium to Heavy Duty Land and Sea Vehicles"
Proposal 99-065
$100,000
Ion Optics, Inc., Waltham, MA
"Development of Protocols and Instrumentation for the Measurement of Exhaust Emissions from Alternatively-Fueled Internal Combustion Engines"
Proposal 99-035
$99,998

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)

Phase I Recommended for Award

Awardee Name
Topic
Contract Value
M-Vision, Inc., Belleville, MI (M)
"Automated Video Glance Data Reduction"
Proposal 99-078
$100,000
ImageCorp., Inc., College Park, MD
"Automated Video Glance Data Reduction"
Proposal 99-082
$99,482
F&S, Inc./Luna Innovations, Blacksburg, VA
"In-Vehicle Tire/Road Friction System"
Proposal 99-024
$99,944
Foster Miller, Inc., Waltham, MA
"In-Vehicle Tire/Road Friction System"
Proposal 99-003
$99,908

Federal Railroad Administration (FRA)

Phase I Recommended for Award

Awardee Name
Topic
Contract Value
Foster Miller, Inc., Waltham, MA
"Advanced Portable Wheel/Rail Interaction Force Measurement Systems"
Proposal 99-002
$99,701
Sharma and Associates, Inc., Hinsdale, IL (M)
"Advanced Cushioning Devices with Electrically Actuated Lockout"
Proposal 99-016
$99,800
Stress Sensors, Inc. Golden, CO
"Non-Contact Real-Time Rapid Scan Stress Measurement Device"
Proposal 99-135
$99,217

Federal Transit Administration (FTA)

Phase I Recommended for Award

Awardee Name
Topic
Contract Value
Multisystems, Inc., Cambridge, MA
"Transit Applications of Virtual Reality and Simulation Modeling"
Proposal 99-007
$100,000
Foster-Miller, Inc., Waltham, MA
"Head-Up Displays for Transit Bus Collision Avoidance Systems"
Proposal 99-004
$99,928