Barbara Selby
Headquarters, Washington, D.C.                                           
March 11, 1992
(Phone:  703/557-5609)

RELEASE:  92-31

NASA SELECTS SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATION RESEARCH PROJECTS

   NASA announced today the selection of 39 research proposals 
for immediate negotiation of Phase II contracts in NASA's Small 
Business Innovation Research Program (SBIR).  These proposals 
were submitted by 38 small, high technology firms located in 18 
states.  Total value of these 39 awards will be about $19.5 
million.

   Selections were chosen competitively from a group of 258 
proposals submitted for Phase II continuations of the 90-1 SBIR 
Phase I projects initiated in 1990.  This completes the 
selection process for the 90-1 Phase II proposals.  The total 
number of Phase II proposals selected in this group, including 
those announced earlier, is 137. Total funding for all projects 
will be about $68.5 million.

   SBIR objectives are to stimulate technological innovation in 
the United States by using small business, including minority 
and disadvantaged firms, to help meet federal research and 
development needs and to encourage commercial applications of 
federally funded research innovations.

   SBIR Phase II continues development for the most promising 
Phase I projects which have demonstrated technical feasibility 
and highest potential value to NASA as research innovations.  
Selection criteria include technical merit and innovation, 
Phase I results, value to NASA, commercial potential, and 
company capabilities.  Funding for each Phase II contract can 
be as much as $500,000 for a period of performance up to 
2-years.   

   The SBIR program is managed by NASA's Office of Commercial 
Programs, NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C., and all 
individual SBIR projects are managed by nine NASA field 
centers.  

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EDITOR'S NOTE:  A listing of companies selected for this 
program is
available at NASA Headquarters (Phone:  202-453-8400) and all 
NASA
field centers.
            NASA 90-1 PHASE II - STEP 2 (Groups 1 and 3)
                         AWARD DISTRIBUTIONS
                           March 11, 1991
 
STATE        AWARDS   FIRMS
 
Alabama            3            3
California        13          12
Connecticut      1            1
Florida              1            1
Georgia             1            1
Maryland          1            1
Massachusetts  6            6
Michigan          1            1
Minnesota        1            1
New Jersey      1            1
Nevada             1            1
New York         1            1
Ohio                 3            3
Oregon             1            1
Tennessee        1            1
Utah                 1            1
Texas               1             1
Virginia            1             1
 
              AWARDS DISTRIBUTION BY NASA FIELD CENTER
 
NASA CENTER                        AWARDS              FIRMS
 
Ames Research Center                 2                        2
  Moffett Field, CA
 
Goddard Space Flight Center        2                        2
  Greenbelt, MD
 
Jet Propulsion Laboratory             6                        
6*
  Pasadena, CA
 
Johnson Space Center                  7                        
7
  Houston, TX
 
Kennedy Space Center                 3                         
3
  Kennedy Space Center, FL
 
Langley Research Center              3                         
3
  Hampton, VA
 
Lewis Research Center                 3                         
3
  Cleveland, OH 
 
Marshall Space Flight Center        12                      12*
  Marshall Space Flight Ctr, AL
 
Stennis Space Center                     1                          
1
  Stennis Space Center, MS
                                                  ___                      
___
 
        Totals                                   39                        
39
 
        * One firm selected for award in each of two centers.

                                March 11, 1991
           National Aeronautics and Space Administration
         Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program
 
                   90-1 Phase II Group 1 and 3 Selections
Proposals Selected for Negotiation of SBIR Phase II Contracts
                 Sorted by Field Center & Company Alpha
 
    Ames Research Center
 
Heuristicrats
1678 Shattuck Avenue, Suite 310
Berkeley, CA 94709-1631
Andrew Mayer  415-845-5810
90-1-06.04-5810      (ARC )
Decision-Theoretic Control Of Artificial Intelligence 
Scheduling
Systems
 
Hypersonics, Inc.
164 Ferne Court
Palo Alto, CA 94306-4607
Raul J. Conti  415-856-3013
90-1-02.03-3013      (ARC )
Innovative Model For Reacting Flows
 
 2 Selections from Ames Research Center
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    Goddard Space Flight Center
 
Detector Technology, Inc.
P.O. Box K-300
Brookfield, MA 01506
Peter W. Graves  508-867-5411
90-1-08.09-5411A     (GSFC)
Manufacturing Large Area, High-Gain Microchannel Plates for 
Military,
Space Science, & Commercial Applications
 
Physical Sciences, Inc.
20 New England Business Center
Andover, MA 01810
Robert Weiss  508-689-0003
90-1-08.01-0003      (GSFC)
An Iodine Standard Lamp
 
 2 Selections from Goddard Space Flight Center
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory
 
Covalent Associates, Inc.
10 State St
Woburn, MA 01801
Victor R. Koch  617-938-1140
90-1-10.06-1140      (JPL )
Overcharge Protection Additives For Rechargeable Lithium 
Batteries
 
Cybernet Systems Corporation
1919 Green Road, Suite B 101
Ann Arbor, MI 48105
Heidi N. Jacobus  313-668-2567
90-1-05.06-2567      (JPL )
Intelligent Robot/Sensor Operations Planning Systems
 
OCA Applied Optics, Inc.
7421 Orangewood Avenue
Garden Grove, CA 92641
William F. Morgan  714-895-1667
90-1-08.19-1667      (JPL )
Optical Components And Design Tools-Cryogenic Telescopes
 
Polatomic, Inc.
2201 Waterview Parkway, Suite 1712
Richardson, TX 75080
Robert E. Slocum  214-690-2292
90-1-08.15-2292      (JPL )
Universal Helium Magnetometer For Space
 
Superior Vacuum Technology
7388 Washington Avenue
Eden Prairie, MN 55344
James E. Tolan  612-941-8663
90-1-08.09-1929      (JPL )
Strained Type II Superlattice Infrared Detectors
 

Xsirius, Inc.
4640 Admiralty Way, Suite 214
Marina Del Ray, CA 90292
David Haedicke  703-522-8600
90-1-08.24-6655      (JPL )
New Concepts For Hgi2-Scintillator Gamma Ray Spectroscopy
 
 6 Selections from Jet Propulsion Laboratory
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    Johnson Space Center
 
Garman Systems, Inc.
One Blue Ridge Court
Getzville, NY 14068-1192
Daniel J. Inman  716-636-2733
90-1-04.14-2733      (JSC )
Quick Look Modal Testing Of Flexible Structures
 
Photonics Imaging
6975 Wales Road
Northwood, OH 43619
Peter S. Friedman  419-666-1024
90-1-09.06-1024      (JSC )
Surface-Discharge Ac Plasma Color Flat Panel Display For Space
Station Applications
 
Potomac Photonics, Inc.
4720-E Boston Way
Lanham, MD 20706
C. Paul Christensen  301-459-3031
90-1-13.06-3031      (JSC )
An Ultrasensitive Laser Microprobe for Detector of Surface
Contamination
 
Robotics Research Corporation
P.O. Box 206
Amelia, OH 45102-0206
James P. Karlen  513-831-9570
90-1-05.04-9570A     (JSC )
Robot Fault-Tolerant Feedback System
 
Rocky Research
P.O. Box 1086
Boulder City, NV 89005
Uwe Rockenfeller  702-293-0851
90-1-09.11-0851A     (JSC )
High-Temperature-Waste-Heat-Driven Cooling Using Complex 
Compound
Sorption Media
Speech Systems, Inc.
18356 Oxnard Street
Tarzana, CA 91356
Dan Copsey  818-881-0885
90-1-06.05-0885      (JSC )
Language Engineering In Speech Recognition
 
Transitions Research Corporation
15 Great Pasture Road
Danbury, CT 06810
John M. Evans Jr.  203-798-8988
90-1-09.05-8988A     (JSC )
Log-Polar Binocular Vision System
 
 7 Selections from Johnson Space Center
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    Kennedy Space Center
 
ENSCO, Inc.
5400 Port Royal Road
Springfield, VA 22151-2388
Barbara A. Brown  703-321-9000
90-1-06.09-4122      (KSC )
Automated Operations And Maintenance Instruction and Training 
System
 
Konigsberg Instruments, Inc.
2000 Foothill Boulevard
Pasadena, CA 91107-3294
Eph Konigsberg  818-449-0016
90-1-12.11-0016      (KSC )
Development Of A True General-Purpose Biomedical Telemetry 
System
 
Merritt Systems, Inc.
P.O. Box 2103
Merritt Island, FL 32954
Douglas Rosinski  404-855-5321
90-1-05.04-7828      (KSC )
Sensor Based Whole-Arm Obstacle Avoidance For Redundant Robot 
Arm
Manilpulators
 
 3 Selections from Kennedy Space Center
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    Langley Research Center
 
Femtometrics
1001 West 17th Street, #R
Costa Mesa, CA 92627-4512
William D. Bowers  714-722-6239
90-1-08.03-6239      (LaRC)
Develop a Temperature Controlled QCM/SAW Instrument for the 
In-Situ
Chemical Identification of Size Segregated High Altitude 
Aerosol
Particles
 
Nielsen Engineering & Research, Inc.
510 Clyde Avenue
Mountain View, CA 94043-2287
David Nixon  415-968-9457
90-1-02.02-9457B     (LaRC)
Nonlinear Flow Control in Boundary Layers and Channels
 
Zonic Corporation
25 Whitney Drive
Milford, OH 45150
James B. Webb  513-248-1911
90-1-09.01-1911      (LaRC)
Adaptation Of A Multichannel Structural Analyzer As An 
Integrated
Controls/Structures Design And Analysis Tool
 
 3 Selections from Langley Research Center
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    Lewis Research Center
 
Cambridge Hydrodynamics, Inc.
P.O. Box 1403
Princeton, NJ 08542
R. Karp  609-683-1515
90-1-01.01-1515      (LeRC)
Advanced Turbomachinery CFD Design And Analysis Program
 
Structural Integrity Associates
3150 Almaden Expressway, Suite 145
San Jose, CA 95118
P. C. Riccardella  408-978-8200
90-1-04.01-8200      (LeRC)
Real Time Monitoring Of Material Degradation Of Fiber 
Composites
 




Ultramet
12173 Montague Street
Pacoima, CA 91331
Robert H. Tuffias  818-899-0236
90-1-11.05-0236      (LeRC)
Protective Coatings for Copper Alloys in Reusable LOX/Hydrogen 
Rocket
Engines
 
 3 Selections from Lewis Research Center
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    Marshall Space Flight Center
 
Advanced Welding Concepts Inc.
P.O. Box 2857
Huntsville, AL 35804-2857
Richard E. Reeves  205-539-6750
90-1-04.08-2200      (MSFC)
Demonstration of Wire-Based Welding Processes for In-Orbit
Applications
 
Bend Research, Inc.
64550 Research Road
Bend, OR 97701-8599
Rod J. Ray  503-382-4100
90-1-12.03-4100A     (MSFC)
Development Of A Membrane-Based Atmosphere-Control Subsystem
 
Bonneville Scientific, Inc.
918 East 900 South
Salt Lake City, UT 84105
Josephine M. Grahn  801-359-0402
90-1-05.09-0402      (MSFC)
Self-Contained Miniature Dexterous Hand
 
Crystal Research
1441 Sunnyside Terrace
San Pedro, CA 90732
Paul J. Sclichta  213-831-0760
90-1-15.01-0760      (MSFC)
Controlled Nucleation Of Protein Crystal Growth
 
Exos, Inc.
8 Blanchard Road
Burlington, MA 01803
Beth Marcus  617-229-2075
90-1-12.05-2075      (MSFC)
Development Of A Force Feedback Anthropomorphic Teleoperation 
Input
Device For Control Of Robot Hands
Marquest Group Incorporated
8 Otis Park Drive
Bourne, MA 02532
Kurt L. Smrcina  508-759-1311
90-1-08.25-1311      (MSFC)
An Integrated Three Dimensional Underwater Data Acquisition and
Management System for the NBSF
 
McGown, Mullican & Dunn
1305 Clinton St, Suite 300
Nashville, TN 37203
Raymond C. Mullican  615-329-2573
90-1-12.05-3118      (MSFC)
Alternative Illumination Technologies For The Human Habitation 
Of
Space
 
OCA Applied Optics, Inc.
7421 Orangewood Avenue
Garden Grove, CA 92641
Michael J. Delvin  714-895-1667
90-1-08.20-1667      (MSFC)
Aspheric Surface Figuring Using Plasma Assisted Chemical 
Etching
 
PDA Engineering
2975 Redhill Avenue
Costa Mesa, CA 92626
Lynn M. Sheridan  714-540-8900
90-1-11.03-8900B     (MSFC)
An Assessment of the Thermostructural Behavior and Feasibility 
of
Using Rotated Ply Stacking for Carbon-Carbon Cloth Based Nozzle
Components
 
Remtech, Inc.
3304 Westmill Drive
Huntsville, AL 35805
Charles E. Fuller  205-536-8581
90-1-02.04-8581      (MSFC)
Rarefied Gas Effects On Aerobraking/Reentry Vehicles With Wakes
 
SSG, Inc.
150 Bear Hill Road
Waltham, MA 02154
Alan H. McEacharn  617-890-0204
90-1-08.07-0204      (MSFC)
Silicon Carbide - A Low Cost Ultra Lightweight Replacement for 
Large
Aperture Beryllium and Glass Space Optical Systems
 


Seca, Inc.
3311 Bob Wallace Avenue, Suite 203
Huntsville, AL 35805
Richard C. Farmer  205-534-2008
90-1-02.05-2008      (MSFC)
Radiation From Advanced Solid Rocket Motor Plumes
 
12 Selections from Marshall Space Flight Center
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    Stennis Space Center
 
Erdas, Inc.
2801 Buford Highway, Suite 300
Atlanta, GA 30329
Nick Faust  404-248-9000
90-1-07.04-9000      (SSC )
Expert Image Classification System Utilizing Innovative 
Knowledge
Engineering
 
 1 Selections from Stennis Space Center
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39 Total 90-1 Phase II Step 2 - Group 1 and 3 Selections