Featured Winner: Dataware Ventures
Tucson, AZ
Company
Founded in 2012 by Snodgrass, Debray, and Zhang, Dataware Ventures now has nine employees. They have been developing a working prototype of their technology, funded by the investment to date of over $1.5M.
A patent application for the technology was submitted in December 2012.
Technology
Field Specialization is Dataware's new technology for dynamic code optimization. The primary objective of field specialization is to increase the performance of an application without requiring any major changes to that application's source code.
Field specialization eliminates overheads arising from overly-general code that is unnecessary for particular inputs, resulting in code that is significantly smaller and faster.
In their words
“We are happy to have received a Phase I SBIR from NSF. The ACA SBIR training I attended last summer , which included relevant intellectual property protection considerations and helpful advice on how to proceed after receiving the award, was a critical part of being successful the first time around.”
Featured Winner: SenesTech
Flagstaff, AZ
Company
Founded by two scientists with a deep love for animals, SenesTech is a biotech platform and research company that has developed an innovative technology for managing animal populations by fertility control. They develop non-lethal treatments that have the potential to be more effective, more humane, and less invasive to the environment than traditional management methods
Technology
SenesTech believes its technology is the first of its kind in the world to be delivered orally. They have developed and patented species-specific protocols for animal population control by targeting the ability to reproduce.
For example, the active ingredients in their formulations chemically accelerate the depletion of eggs in female rats and cause testicular disruption in male rats. After ingesting the prescribed dose of theirbait treatment, rats become infertile. The protocol has been refined and optimized to achieve follicle depletion and testis disruption without causing systemic toxicity or adverse side effects. Studies indicate that when used as directed the formulation is environmentally neutral, and will not affect the food chain.
A winner of the 2015 Tibbets Award, they have received Phase I funding from the NIH, followed by $1.1M in subsequent funding for the pilot program in NYC.
Commercialized
They are currently gearing up for the process of EPA registration, after which it will be available for commercial sale. Meanwhile, recent tests ranging from the New York Subway, the neighborhoods of Metropolitan Boston, and the rice fields in Southeast Asia have yielded promising results. Once the EPA registration is complete, the path to commercialization will be accelerated by strategic partnerships with a major manufacturer, and a leading pest control service provider who is actively seeking an alternative to traditional pest management methods.
In their words
“We would not be where we are today, poised for commercialization, without the help of theSBA through our SBIR grant,” said Dr. Loretta Mayer, cofounder and Chief Scientific Officer. “The SBIR award grant funded our first pilot in the NYC subway system and put us on the map.” “We have been so fortunate to receive not only federal help, but support from the state level as well. The Arizona Commerce Authority (ACA) continues to promote us and helps connect us with the right partners to move our business forward.”
Featured Winner: Hydronalix
Sahuarita, AZ
Company
Hydronalix is an engineering and design firm that develops high speed unattended devices for littoral and brown water operations. Headquartered out of Sahuarita, AZ in 2009 by Anthony Mulligan, the company has grown to a permanent staff of 15 employees and now has 16,000 feet of production, office, and engineering space.
Technology
Hydronalix was recently named by the US Small Business Administration as a 2015 Tibbetts Award recipient for EMILY (Emergency Integrated Lifesaving Lanyard). EMILY is a 4-ft long remote controlled buoy can cruise through rip-currents and swift water at speeds up to 22 mph to reach distressed swimmers faster than human lifeguards. SBIR seed funded advanced power systems, navigation, and composite structure systems which integral and key to the success of the companies robotic boat systems. The SBIR technology and program funding has enabled a small desert based rural company to succeed with an international product line constituting more than 50% of its sales revenues.
Commercialized
Hydronalix has received a Phase I and II from the Navy and several Phase IIIs from NOAA, Navy, and DARPA. Their primary product, EMILY, has been put to use in the US by first responder Fire Departments as well as tsunami and storm flood rescue response needs in Indonesia, Mongolia, South Korea, Japan, and numerous other countries.
In their words
The SBIR program has been an instrumental and vital tool for the founders to leverage multiple programs along with their own capital to build a rural based high technology company. Credibility of the SBIR program was also of great assistance in securing Phase III funding and the valuable recognition and support of other federal agencies such as the U.S. Department of Commerce who has been a significant help in assisting the companies export growth. The Company has also leveraged state level assistance from the Arizona Commerce Authority with their SBIR program outreach activities and a recently completed RevAZ micro-grant to develop advanced computer modeling and CNC precision tooling for volume manufacturing of its high performance composite boat hulls and decks. The successful grant program produced two new advanced EMILY systems which have completed sea trials and this effort is now transitioning to the next generation export product.
2014 AZ Winners
Award Title |
Agency |
Award Amount |
City |
SBC |
Failure Avoidance in Microelectronics Due to Coefficient of Thermal Expansion (CTE) Mismatch of Substrates and Adhesives |
Department of Defense |
$ 100,000 |
Tucson |
Global Engineering Research and Technologies |
Industrial Production Methods for Ultra-High-Strength Fibers based on Double-Walled Carbon Nanotubes |
Department of Defense |
$ 378,824 |
Tucson |
Materials & Electrochemical Research (MER) Corp. |
Optical System for Precision Atomic Clocks and Stable Oscillators |
Department of Defense |
$ 748,023 |
Tucson |
NP Photonics, Inc. |
Multiscale Lagrangian-Eulerian Algorithm for Determining the Vorticity Confinement Term for Rotorcraft Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) Computations |
Department of Defense |
$ 999,946 |
Phoenix |
D&P LLC |
Conformal Onboard Light-weight Durable Passive Low-cost Aquatic Thermal Emission System (COLDPLATES) |
Department of Defense |
$ 148,870 |
Tucson |
Paragon Space Development Corporation |
Improved TPS for Analog and Mixed-Signal Bad-Actor SRUs |
Department of Defense |
$ 750,000 |
Tucson |
Ridgetop Group, Inc. |
Improved Test Program Sets for Bad-Actor Circuit Card Assemblies in VDATS |
Department of Defense |
$ 750,000 |
Tucson |
Ridgetop Group, Inc. |
Ultra Sharp Fiber Architectures for Ceramic Composites |
Department of Defense |
$ 79,999 |
Tucson |
Materials & Electrochemical Research (MER) Corp. |
Multi-Source Integrated Cooling Heating and Power System |
Department of Defense |
$ 750,000 |
Chandler |
Energy Quest Technologies Inc. |
Thick Composite Crack Analysis |
Department of Defense |
$ 249,913 |
Tucson |
Global Engineering Research and Technolo |
Innovative Approaches to Produce Narrow, Long and Curved Core Passages in Large Metallic Investment Castings |
Department of Defense |
$ 409,249 |
Tucson |
Materials & Electrochemical Research (ME |
Heterojunction GeSn based Photonic Devices |
Department of Defense |
$ 150,000 |
Scottsdale |
QuantTera |
HCI and C2 for Autonomous Air Evacuation of Casualties |
Department of Defense |
$ 500,000 |
Phoenix |
Kutta Technologies, Inc. |
Efficient Cargo and Personnel Handling System |
Department of Defense |
$ 498,607 |
Tempe |
SAFE, Inc. |
Technology to Regulate Circadian Rhythm for Health and Performance |
Department of Defense |
$ 149,837 |
Scottsdale |
Brain State Technologies LLC |
Non-Mechanically Moving Solar Directing System for Photovoltaic Modules |
Department of Defense |
$ 359,277 |
Tucson |
TIPD, L.L.C. |
Innovative Tactical Bulk Fuel Delivery System Restraint System |
Department of Defense |
$ 79,750 |
Tempe |
SAFE, Inc. |
Real-Time Mode Shape and Aeroelastic System Identification Toolset for Flight Test |
Department of Defense |
$ 747,125 |
Scottsdale |
ZONA Technology, Inc. |
A High Power Density Rotary Engine for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles |
Department of Defense |
$ 1,109,562 |
Tucson |
Materials & Electrochemical Research (ME |
Modeling and Simulation (M&S) Uncertainty Quantification Using an Ant Swarm Model |
Department of Defense |
$ 879,358 |
Goodyear |
Prime Solutions Group, Incorporated |
Coherent Imaging Laser Source |
Department of Defense |
$ 749,858 |
Tucson |
AdValue Photonics Inc |
Innovative Unified Damage Mechanisms-Based Model to Predict Remaining Useful Life for Rotorcraft Structures |
Department of Defense |
$ 80,000 |
Tempe |
SAFE, Inc. |
Active Combustion Control of Augmentor Dynamics using Robust High-Frequency Energy Deposition |
Department of Defense |
$ 79,999 |
Tucson |
Physics, Materials & Applied Math Research, L.L.C. |
Ultra High Temperature Refractory Materials |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
$ 749,994 |
Tucson |
Advanced Ceramics Manufacturing |
A Compact Lightweight Infrared Imaging Interferometer for Space-Based Platforms |
Department of Defense |
$ 749,960 |
Tucson |
Hart Scientific Consulting International |
Powerful Source of Collimated Coherent Infrared Radiation with Pulse Duration Fewer than Ten Cycles |
Department of Defense |
$ 149,738 |
Tucson |
NP Photonics, Inc. |
Scale up of EO polymers and their utilization in novel nano-imprinted sub-wavelength waveguide-based Modulators and Arrays |
Department of Defense |
$ 749,999 |
Tucson |
TIPD, L.L.C. |
Holographic Video Display Using Novel Guided-wave Scanning System |
Department of Defense |
$ 750,000 |
Tucson |
TIPD, L.L.C. |
Direct Digital Fabrication and Characterization of New Low Cost Titanium Alloys |
Department of Defense |
$ 899,799 |
Tucson |
Materials & Electrochemical Research (ME |
High Voltage Capacitors for DC-Link Applications |
Department of Energy |
$ 993,806 |
Tucson |
Sigma Technologies International Inc |
Automated Analysis and Verification of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) |
Department of Defense |
$ 295,998 |
Tempe |
DataSoft Corp. |
Repair of Gas Turbine Engine Components in Aging Air Force Fleets |
Department of Defense |
$ 149,999 |
Tucson |
Materials & Electrochemical Research (MER) Corp. |
Efficient Photometry from Serendipitous Detection of Stars |
Department of Defense |
$ 149,454 |
Tucson |
Hart Scientific Consulting International LLC |
64MB+ Radiation-Hardened, Non-Volatile Memory for Space |
Department of Defense |
$ 149,820 |
Tucson |
Alphacore, Inc. |
Improved AFSCN FCT Simulator |
Department of Defense |
$ 149,537 |
Tempe |
KinetX, Inc |
Effective Cyber Situation Awareness (CSA) Assessment and Training |
Department of Defense |
$ 359,783 |
MESA |
SANDIA RESEARCH CORPORATION |
In-Place Dynamic Stress Relief |
Department of Defense |
$ 148,985 |
Gilbert |
Proof Engineering |
Commercializing the Effective K-3 Assessment to Instruction (A2i) Intervention to Reduce Cost and to Scale Access to the Benefit of More Students |
Department of Education |
$ 150,000 |
Paradise Valley |
Learning Ovations Inc. |
Commercializing the Effective K-3 Assessment to Instruction (A2i) Intervention to Reduce Cost and to Scale Access to the Benefit of More Students |
Department of Education |
$ 900,000 |
Paradise Valley |
Learning Ovations Inc. |
Innovative Structural and Material Concepts for Low-Weight Low-Drag Aircraft Design |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
$ 749,997 |
Scottsdale |
ZONA Technology, Inc. |
STTR Phase I: The Development and Evaluation of an Intelligent Diabetes Self-Management Tool |
National Science Foundation |
$ 225,000 |
Tucson |
Caduceus Intelligence Corporation |
SBIR Phase I: Low-density parity-check error correction for enhanced reliability of flash memories |
National Science Foundation |
$ 149,961 |
Tucson |
Codelucida, LLC |
Optical System for Precision Atomic Clocks and Stable Oscillators |
Department of Defense |
$ 149,625 |
Tucson |
NP Photonics, Inc. |
CFD-Based Over-Determined Trim Analysis for Optimum Aerodynamic Efficiency |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
$ 124,538 |
Scottsdale |
ZONA Technology, Inc. |
Additive Manufacturing Synthesis of Novel Materials for 3000 Degree |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
$ 125,000 |
Tucson |
MER Corporation |
Parallel Enhancements of the General Mission Analysis Tool |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
$ 89,944 |
Tucson |
THINKING SYSTEMS, INC. |
Integrated Electrolysis&Sabatier System for Internal Reforming Regenerative Fuel Cells |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
$ 124,976 |
Tucson |
Paragon Space Development Corporation |
Linearized FUN3D for Rapid Aeroelastic and Aeroservoelastic Design and Analysis |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
$ 124,813 |
Scottsdale |
ZONA Technology, Inc. |
Broadband Fiber Raman Power-Amplifier for Narrow Linewidth Tunable Seed Lasers Used in Spectroscopic Sensing |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
$ 124,982 |
Tucson |
TIPD, LLC |
High Speed Digitizer for Remote Sensing |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
$ 124,637 |
Tucson |
Alphacore, Inc. |
Ultrastable and Compact Deep UV Laser Source for Raman Spectroscopy |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
$ 125,000 |
Tucson |
TIPD, LLC |
Innovative Seat Restraint Systems for Troops in Rotorcraft |
Department of Defense |
$ 99,951 |
Tempe |
SAFE, Inc. |
Stick-to-Stress Dynamic Flight Simulation for Predicting Fatigue Life and Scheduling Inspections of Aircraft |
Department of Defense |
$ 149,939 |
Scottsdale |
ZONA Technology, Inc. |
Affordable Spinel Transparent Armor |
Department of Defense |
$ 150,000 |
Tucson |
Materials & Electrochemical Research (MER) Corp. |
Low Magnetic Signature Expendable Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) for Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) |
Department of Defense |
$ 80,000 |
Tucson |
Latitude Engineering |
Magnetically-quiet Expendable Sono-Launched Unmanned Aircraft System (MESL UAS) |
Department of Defense |
$ 79,972 |
Tucson |
Sensintel Inc. |
High Power WDM Based Upon Mode Coupling |
Department of Defense |
$ 148,989 |
Tucson |
AdValue Photonics Inc |
A Novel Low-Noise Single-Frequency Fiber Laser for RF Photonics |
Department of Defense |
$ 78,828 |
Tucson |
AdValue Photonics Inc |
Power scaling of blue lasers with high peak-power and repetition rate for detection of underwater objects |
Department of Defense |
$ 80,000 |
Tucson |
TIPD, L.L.C. |
Residual Property Prediction for Damage Composite Structures |
Department of Defense |
$ 499,873 |
Tucson |
Global Engineering Research and Technology |
Laser Vibrometry for the Detection of Voids Underneath Aluminum Matting- 2 (AM-2) |
Department of Defense |
$ 79,066 |
Tucson |
Photonics Applications, LLC |
Green Materials for Doubling the Life of Drinking Water Pipeline |
Environmental Protection Agency |
$ 99,693 |
Tucson |
HJ3 Composite Technologies, LLC |
Space-based RF Emitter Detection and Localization Using Field Programmable Gate Arrays |
Department of Defense |
$ 149,987 |
Tucson |
Rincon Research Corporation |
Navsonde Atmospheric Sampler |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
$ 747,448 |
Tucson |
Latitude Engineering |
Atmospheric Lidar with Cross-Track Scanning |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
$ 1,499,467 |
Tucson |
Litespar, Inc. |
Energy-Deposition to Reduce Skin Friction in Supersonic Applications |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
$ 750,000 |
Tucson |
Physics, Materials, and Applied Mathematics Research, LLC |
Secure wireless access points for tactical radios |
Department of Defense |
$ 999,999 |
Tempe |
DataSoft Corp. |
SBIR Phase II: Autoclave Equivalent Composites Via In-Situ Pressurization |
National Science Foundation |
$ 749,995 |
Tucson |
Advanced Ceramics Manufacturing |
Highly Efficient Solid Oxide Electrolyzer&Sabatier System |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
$ 749,526 |
Tucson |
Paragon Space Development Corporation |
Filament-Based Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy for the Standoff Detection of Radiological Materials |
Department of Energy |
$ 999,995 |
Tucson |
Physics, Materials, and Applied Mathematics Research, LLC |
HV Storage Capacitors for High Current Pulse Power Applications |
Department of Energy |
$ 999,444 |
Tucson |
Sigma Technologies International Inc |
Electronic Component Fingerprinting to Determine Manufacturing Origin |
Department of Defense |
$ 999,014 |
Scottsdale |
NanoTEM |
Enhancement of Ballistic Missile Defense System Level Simulation Operations Through Multi-core Processing |
Department of Defense |
$ 99,930 |
Sierra Vista |
RTSync |
Sensitivity Analysis Methods for Complex, Multidisciplinary Systems |
Department of Defense |
$ 746,893 |
Scottsdale |
ZONA Technology, Inc. |
Paragon Dive System (PDS) |
Department of Defense |
$ 1,001,271 |
Tucson |
Paragon Space Development Corporation |
Ultra-High Power Density Metal Supported SOFC Stack for High Efficiency Propulsion and Power Systems |
Department of Defense |
$ 149,999 |
Tucson |
Materials & Electrochemical Research (MER) Corp. |
Surface metrology for x-ray mirrors using deflectometry |
Department of Energy |
$ 149,763 |
Tucson |
Arizona Optical Systems, LLC |
High-Performance Proton Exchange Membranes for Electrolysis Cells |
Department of Energy |
$ 150,000 |
Tucson |
Amsen TechNologies LLC |
Novel manned/unmanned aircraft conversion for Arctic research |
Department of Energy |
$ 225,000 |
Tucson |
Latitude Engineering |
100 W Mode-locked Green Laser for GaAs Photoemission Guns |
Department of Energy |
$ 148,819 |
Tucson |
AdValue Photonics Inc |
High Spatial Resolution Ultrafast Sum-Frequency Generation Microscope |
Department of Energy |
$ 149,997 |
Tucson |
Physics Materials and Applied Mathematics Research LLC |
Surface metrology for x-ray mirrors using deflectometry |
Department of Energy |
$ 999,222 |
Tucson |
Arizona Optical Systems, LLC |
Development of Novel and Emerging Technology for the Enhancement of Fault Diagnostics |
Department of Defense |
$ 79,993 |
Tucson |
Ridgetop Group, Inc. |
Laser-scopic Approach to Identify, Remove and Clean Galvanic Couple Corrosion in Difficult to Access Areas |
Department of Defense |
$ 149,969 |
Tucson |
Physics, Materials & Applied Math Research, L.L.C. |
In Situ, Real-time Monitoring of the Properties of Engine Part Coatings |
Department of Defense |
$ 749,999 |
Sahuarita |
Control Vision Inc. |
Regenerable, heat-Abating, humidity-Neutralizing, Carbon diOxide Removal System (RANCOR) Phase II |
Department of Defense |
$ 980,871 |
Tucson |
Paragon Space Development Corporation |
Weaponized Heating of Ignited Plasma (WHIP) |
Department of Defense |
$ 749,933 |
Tucson |
GEOST, Inc. |
IM Green Propulsion Development |
Department of Defense |
$ 125,000 |
Tucson |
Ogden Engineering & Associates, LLC |
SBIR Phase I: A Personalized Search Engine for Educational Resources |
National Science Foundation |
$ 140,745 |
Scottsdale |
Predictive Technologies Corporation |
SBIR Phase I: An Instruction and Learning Analytics Platform to Improve Learning and Teaching in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics |
National Science Foundation |
$ 150,000 |
Tucson |
YourLabs, LLC |
SBIR Phase I: High Pulse Energy Mid-IR Vertical External Cavity Surface Emitting Lasers (VECSELs) |
National Science Foundation |
$ 150,000 |
Sahuarita |
TPhotonics Inc. |
Performance-Based Simulation Certification (SIMCERT) System |
Department of Defense |
$ 737,874 |
Tempe |
Lumir Research Institute, Inc. |
High-Frequency Energy-Deposition Actuators for Effective Scramjet Control |
Department of Defense |
$ 749,965 |
Tucson |
Physics, Materials & Applied Math Resear |
Automated Analog Electronics Design Tools for Obsolete Parts |
Department of Defense |
$ 149,453 |
Tucson |
Ridgetop Group, Inc. |
Wireless Power for Battlefield Airmen Operation |
Department of Defense |
$ 742,676 |
Chandler |
ArmorWorks, Inc. |
Advanced Helo Display for Zero-Zero Shipboard Landings |
Department of Defense |
$ 80,000 |
Phoenix |
Kutta Technologies, Inc. |
Radiation Hardened Low Power Variable Bandwidth/Resolution Sigma Delta Converters |
Department of Defense |
$ 149,000 |
Tucson |
MIAO IC DESIGN LLC |
Ultra-Broadband, High Dynamic Range Receiver System |
Department of Defense |
$ 79,996 |
Tucson |
Alphacore, Inc. |
Multiscale Lagrangian-Eulerian Algorithm for Determining the Vorticity Confinement Term for Rotorcraft Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) Computations |
Department of Defense |
$ 79,991 |
Phoenix |
D & P LLC |
Immune-based brain cancer diagnostic for rapid, accurate disease classification |
Department of Health and Human Services |
$ 225,000 |
CHANDLER |
HEALTHTELL, INC. |
Enhancing longevity of implanted medical devices |
Department of Health and Human Services |
$ 153,567 |
TUCSON |
PIEZO ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES, LLC |
Detachable Nozzle Piezoelectric Dispense System for Cryo-TEM Sample Preparation |
Department of Health and Human Services |
$ 149,800 |
PHOENIX |
ENGINEERING ARTS, LLC |
Rapid Histone Methyltransferase Profiling with Luminescent Reporters |
Department of Health and Human Services |
$ 274,561 |
TUCSON |
LUCEOME BIOTECHNOLOGIES, LLC |
Targeted Comparative Gene Expression by Sequencing for Companion Diagnostics |
Department of Health and Human Services |
$ 149,958 |
TUCSON |
NUVOGEN RESEARCH, LLC |
Kinome-wide cell-based assays |
Department of Health and Human Services |
$ 239,923 |
TUCSON |
LUCEOME BIOTECHNOLOGIES, LLC |
Enabling Malarial Kinome Directed Drug Discovery |
Department of Health and Human Services |
$ 224,251 |
TUCSON |
LUCEOME BIOTECHNOLOGIES, LLC |
Mobile multifunctional tool for monitoring and management of respiratory diseases |
Department of Health and Human Services |
$ 350,703 |
FOUNTAIN HILLS |
TF HEALTH CORPORATION |
Development of the Partner Pain Support Program |
Department of Health and Human Services |
$ 223,149 |
TEMPE |
GOALISTICS, LLC |
Lab-To-Marketplace: Commercialization of a stretchable microelectrode array |
Department of Health and Human Services |
$ 589,799 |
TEMPE |
BMSEED, LLC |
Improving Interlock Compliance with Computerized Education and Monitoring Systems |
Department of Health and Human Services |
$ 147,151 |
SCOTTSDALE |
AXXESS UNLIMITED, LLC |
Surface-covering gels for broad-spectrum antimicrobial protection following open |
Department of Health and Human Services |
$ 149,967 |
CHANDLER |
SONORAN BIOSCIENCES, INC. |
Slip Flow Chromatography |
Department of Health and Human Services |
$ 1,001,992 |
TUCSON |
BIOVIDRIA, INC. |
Commercialization of a Diagnostic test for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) |
Department of Health and Human Services |
$ 950,698 |
SCOTTSDALE |
IRON HORSE DIAGNOSTICS, INC. |
IGF::OT::IGF SBIR Topic 85 To support the development of target specific molecular imaging agents in combination with existing imaging modalities to detect high risk atherosclerotic plaque. |
Department of Health and Human Services |
$ 225,000 |
TUCSON |
NUVOX PHARMA, LLC |
Nanoparticle-based Sensitizer for Radiation Therapy of Glioblastoma |
Department of Health and Human Services |
$ 1,000,000 |
TUCSON |
NUVOX PHARMA, LLC |
Powered Walk/Run Prosthetic Ankle |
Department of Health and Human Services |
$ 1,123,625 |
TEMPE |
SPRINGACTIVE, INC. |
2013 AZ Winners
Award Title |
Agency |
Award Amount |
City |
SBC |
Low Cost Cockpit Head Tracking and Gestural Recognition |
Department of Defense |
$ 1,000,000 |
Phoenix |
Kutta Technologies, Inc. |
Resources Management in Peer-to-Peer Mobile Ad Hoc Network Communications Environments |
Department of Defense |
$ 503,758 |
Tempe |
DataSoft Corp. |
Thick Composite Crack Analysis |
Department of Defense |
$ 80,000 |
Tucson |
Global Engineering Research and Technologies |
Scanning SCOTS Measurements for Corrective Optics |
Department of Defense |
$ 79,847 |
Tucson |
Arizona Optical Systems, LLC |
Scale-Up Production of Large Spinel Reconnaissance Windows |
Department of Defense |
$ 80,000 |
Tucson |
Materials & Electrochemical Research (MER) Corp. |
Contraband Element Imager Technology |
Department of Homeland Security |
$ 104,999 |
Tempe |
Engineering Science Analysis Corporation |
Maritime Critical Infrastructure Protection and Security Unmanned Surface Vessel |
Department of Defense |
$ 750,000 |
Green Valley |
Hydronalix, Inc |
Lightweight Energy-Deposition IED Blast and Momentum Bypass/Mitigation |
Department of Defense |
$ 500,000 |
Tucson |
Physics, Materials & Applied Math Resear |
A Tool to Improve the Prediction of Resonant Stress in Turbine Components |
Department of Defense |
$ 149,990 |
Phoenix |
D & P LLC |
Coherent Imaging Laser Source |
Department of Defense |
$ 148,853 |
Tucson |
AdValue Photonics Inc |
Light-weight, compact SWIR and MWIR imaging interferometer for space |
Department of Defense |
$ 149,731 |
Tucson |
Hart Scientific Consulting International LLC |
IR Transmitting Aspheric Window Optics from Spinel Ceramics |
Department of Defense |
$ 500,000 |
Tucson |
Materials & Electrochemical Research (ME |
Optical Sensor Suite for Anchoring Debris Models |
Department of Defense |
$ 1,000,000 |
Sahuarita |
Control Vision Inc. |
1.55 Micron High Peak Power Fiber Amplifier |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
$ 688,577 |
Tucson |
AdValue Photonics, Inc. |
Tunable Single Frequency 2.05 Micron Fiber Laser Using New Ho-Doped Fiber |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
$ 685,604 |
Tucson |
AdValue Photonics, Inc. |
Geographically-Aware and Targeted Secure Information Dissemination (GATSID) |
Department of Defense |
$ 148,564 |
Phoenix |
Unova Technologies |
Robust End-to-End Trust (RE2ET) |
Department of Defense |
$ 149,814 |
Tucson |
AVIRTEK, INC |
SBIR Phase I: Honeycomb_FRP Composite Sandwich (HCS) Pipe |
National Science Foundation |
$ 150,000 |
Tucson |
QuakeWrap, Inc |
SBIR Phase I: Overhauser-Enhanced MRI (OMRI) Combined With Field-Cycling |
National Science Foundation |
$ 149,960 |
Tucson |
Arizona Magnetic Resonance Research, Inc. |
SBIR Phase I: Increasing Wheat Yield Through Enhanced Plant Architecture |
National Science Foundation |
$ 150,000 |
PHOENIX |
Arcadia Biosciences, Inc. |
STTR Phase I: Reducing Mining Waste and Energy Using a Spectral Imaging Tracking System |
National Science Foundation |
$ 225,000 |
TUCSON |
SPLIT ENGINEERING LLC |
Coacting High Integrity Materials Energetic Release Attenuation (CHIMERA) |
Department of Defense |
$ 149,905 |
Tucson |
Paragon Space Development Corporation |
PATTRN: Predicting, Analyzing and Tracking Training Readiness and Needs |
Department of Defense |
$ 139,881 |
Tempe |
Lumir Research Institute, Inc. |
Multilayer Nanocomposites for Selective Radiofrequency and Microwave Frequency Shielding and Efficient Band Pass Filters |
Department of Defense |
$ 149,999 |
Tucson |
TIPD, L.L.C. |
Efficient Cargo and Personnel Handling System |
Department of Defense |
$ 79,832 |
Tempe |
SAFE, Inc. |
Fiber Optic Bi-Directional Amplifying Repeater |
Department of Defense |
$ 78,801 |
Tucson |
AdValue Photonics Inc |
Holographic Video Display Using Novel Guided-wave Scanning System |
Department of Defense |
$ 150,000 |
Tucson |
TIPD, L.L.C. |
Investment Cast Net Shaped Complex Lubricating Channels |
Department of Defense |
$ 80,000 |
Tucson |
Materials & Electrochemical Research (MER) Corp. |
An Efficient CFD Algorithm for Store Separation Prediction |
Department of Defense |
$ 350,089 |
Phoenix |
D & P LLC |
High Voltage Capacitors for DC-Link Applications |
Department of Energy |
$ 148,783 |
Tucson |
Sigma Technologies International |
Subsurface Communications System for Robotics |
Department of Homeland Security |
$ 999,604 |
Mesa |
Sandia Research Corporation |
Atmospheric Lidar with Cross-Track Scanning |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
$ 199,670 |
Tucson |
Litespar, Inc. |
Modular SiGe 130 nm Cell Library for Extreme Environments |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
$ 124,929 |
Tucson |
Ridgetop Group, Inc. |
Highly Efficient Solid Oxide Electrolyzer&Sabatier System |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
$ 124,626 |
Tucson |
Paragon Space Development Corporation |
Ultra High Temperature Refractory Materials |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
$ 124,972 |
Tucson |
Advanced Ceramics Manufacturing |
Innovative Structural and Material Concepts for Low-Weight Low-Drag Aircraft Design |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
$ 124,951 |
Scottsdale |
ZONA Technology, Inc. |
Energy-Deposition to Reduce Skin Friction in Supersonic Applications |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
$ 124,991 |
Tucson |
Physics, Materials, and Applied Mathematics Research, LLC |
Inflatable Habitat with Integrated Primary and Secondary Structure |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
$ 124,863 |
Tucson |
Paragon Space Development Corporation |
Fault Management: Degradation Signature Detection, Modeling, and Processing |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
$ 124,794 |
Tucson |
Ridgetop Group, Inc. |
In-situ Airborne Sampler for Advanced Guided Dropsonde |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
$ 125,000 |
Tucson |
Latitude Engineering |
Life Improvement of Plain Airframe Bearings by Preventing Contamination |
Department of Defense |
$ 79,995 |
Tempe |
SAFE, Inc. |
Rapid Sample Transport in Austere Environments |
Department of Defense |
$ 98,870 |
Gilbert |
STARA Technologies, Inc. |
Compact Laser System for Airborne Detection of Ocean Mines |
Department of Defense |
$ 79,999 |
Tucson |
TIPD, L.L.C. |
Electromagnetic-Attack-Resistant EO Polymer/Sol-gel Modulator |
Department of Defense |
$ 80,000 |
Tucson |
TIPD, L.L.C. |
Novel Advanced High-Density Materials for Hypersonic Nosetips |
Department of Defense |
$ 79,999 |
Tucson |
Materials & Electrochemical Research (MER) Corp. |
Effective Cyber Situation Awareness (CSA) Assessment and Training |
Department of Defense |
$ 100,000 |
MESA |
SANDIA RESEARCH CORPORATION |
Practical Wind Tunnel Test Methodology for Directed Energy Applications |
Department of Defense |
$ 149,964 |
Tucson |
Physics, Materials & Applied Math Research, L.L.C. |
Biometrics-at-a-distance |
Department of Defense |
$ 999,546 |
Tucson |
VAWD Applied Science & Technology |
Non-Mechanically Moving Solar Directing System for Photovoltaic Modules |
Department of Defense |
$ 149,998 |
Tucson |
TIPD, L.L.C. |
High Energy and Power Density Electrical Energy Storage Device |
Department of Defense |
$ 149,942 |
Tucson |
Advanced Ceramics Manufacturing |
Ultra-Lightweight and Low-Cost Space Telescope Mirrors using CFRP Composites |
Department of Defense |
$ 739,016 |
Tucson |
Composite Mirror Applications, Inc. |
Phase-change Urgent Living Specimen Enclosure (PULSE) |
Department of Defense |
$ 99,172 |
Tucson |
Paragon Space Development Corporation |
HCI and C2 for Autonomous Air Evacuation of Casualties |
Department of Defense |
$ 100,000 |
Phoenix |
Kutta Technologies, Inc. |
Deployable Multi-Band Radio Base Station |
Department of Defense |
$ 79,377 |
Tempe |
KinetX, Inc |
Anchoring Post-Intercept Debris Prediction Tools |
Department of Defense |
$ 100,000 |
Sahuarita |
Control Vision Inc. |
Naturalistic Operator Interface for Immersive Environments |
Department of Defense |
$ 150,000 |
Phoenix |
Unova Technologies |
Low Cost Manufacturing of the Ballistic Resistant Transparent Spinel Windows |
Department of Defense |
$ 307,799 |
Tucson |
Materials & Electrochemical Research (ME |
Single-Chip Read-Out IC for High-Time-Resolution Megapixel-Class Imaging Systems |
Department of Energy |
$ 149,855 |
Chandler |
Alphacore, Inc. |
Development of an Automated System to Measure Chlorinated Volatile Organic Compounds in Groundwater and Soil-Gas: A Tool to Enable Remote Field Monitoring of the Long-Term Migration |
Department of Energy |
$ 139,708 |
Tempe |
Burge Environmental, Inc. |
Direct Digital Secondary Electron Signal Acquisition Probe for Scanning Electron Microscope. |
Department of Energy |
$ 155,000 |
Phoenix |
Sciencetomorrow, Llc |
HV Storage Capacitors for High Current Pulse Power Applications |
Department of Energy |
$ 149,915 |
Tucson |
Sigma Technologies International Inc |
M&S Uncertainty Quantification Using an Ant Swarm Model |
Department of Defense |
$ 98,508 |
Goodyear |
Prime Solutions Group, Incorporated |
Industrial Production Methods for Ultra-High-Strength Fibers based on Double-Walled Carbon Nanotubes |
Department of Defense |
$ 99,999 |
Tucson |
Materials & Electrochemical Research (MER) Corp. |
Improved Flotation Separation of Rare Earth Ore |
Department of Defense |
$ 99,999 |
Tucson |
Materials & Electrochemical Research (MER) Corp. |
Transformational and Environmentally Efficient Electrochemical and Hydrometallurgy Recovery of Rhenium from Secondary Sources |
Department of Defense |
$ 99,999 |
Tucson |
Materials & Electrochemical Research (MER) Corp. |
Stick-to-Stress Dynamic Flight Simulation for Virtual Flight Test |
Department of Defense |
$ 749,945 |
Scottsdale |
ZONA Technology, Inc. |
Aviator Mission Tasker of Distributed Unmanned Assets |
Department of Defense |
$ 500,000 |
Phoenix |
Kutta Technologies, Inc. |
Model Center-Integrated Reduced Order Multi-fidelity Optimization Scheme for NASA MDAO Framework |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
$ 684,594 |
Scottsdale |
ZONA Technology, Inc. |
SBIR Phase I: Autoclave Equivalent Composites Via In-Situ Pressurization |
National Science Foundation |
$ 149,966 |
Tucson |
Advanced Ceramics Manufacturing |
SBIR Phase I: Wireless Accelerometer Network and Integration with Point Clouds for 3D Stability Monitoring |
National Science Foundation |
$ 149,854 |
TUCSON |
SPLIT ENGINEERING LLC |
Geospecific Displacement Maps for Real Time, Stereoscopic Training Simulation |
Department of Defense |
$ 999,996 |
Chandler |
Renaissance Sciences Corporation |
Heat Resistant Visual Landing Aid (VLA) Lighting Fixtures for Ship Flight Decks and Expeditionary Air Field (EAF) Matting |
Department of Defense |
$ 749,997 |
Tucson |
Breault Research Organization |
High Power, Room Temperature 2.4- 4 micron Mid-IR Semiconductor Laser Optimization |
Department of Defense |
$ 749,925 |
Tucson |
Nonlinear Control Strategies Inc. |
Direct Digital Fabrication and Characterization of New Low Cost Titanium Alloys |
Department of Defense |
$ 150,000 |
Tucson |
Materials & Electrochemical Research (MER) Corp. |
Antimicrobial-releasing gels for preventing infection in total joint arthroplasty |
Department of Health and Human Services |
$ 149,991 |
CHANDLER |
SONORAN BIOSCIENCES, INC. |
Decoy Peptides: Development of a Novel Therapeutic for Metastatic Cancer |
Department of Health and Human Services |
$ 300,000 |
TUCSON |
ARIZONA CANCER THERAPEUTICS, LLC |
Slip-flow chromatography |
Department of Health and Human Services |
$ 100,000 |
TUCSON |
BIOVIDRIA, INC. |
Reduced gluten cereal grains |
Department of Health and Human Services |
$ 689,501 |
PHOENIX |
ARCADIA BIOSCIENCES, INC. |
Commercialization of a Diagnostic test for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) |
Department of Health and Human Services |
$ 165,702 |
SCOTTSDALE |
IRON HORSE DIAGNOSTICS, INC. |
Ultrasensitive Detection of Hepatitis Viruses by Immunoassay Amplification |
Department of Health and Human Services |
$ 145,637 |
PHOENIX |
BCR DIAGNOSTICS, INC. |
Tissue iron measurement by MRI: a new approach to analysis, training and certific |
Department of Health and Human Services |
$ 167,769 |
TUCSON |
DMETRIX, INC. |
Inhibitors of Mycobacterial Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase B (mPTPB) for therapy of |
Department of Health and Human Services |
$ 149,999 |
PHOENIX |
INXSOL, LLC |
Alternative Pathway Inhibitors for Orphan Indication |
Department of Health and Human Services |
$ 526,694 |
TEMPE |
BIOSENSING INSTRUMENT, INC. |
Continuing Development of PPCM Vaginal Contraceptive Microbicide |
Department of Health and Human Services |
$ 2,000,000 |
Scottsdale |
YASO BIOTECHNOLOGY, INC. |
HazReady-Online- Device Agnostic- Multi-player Group Simulation Phase II |
Department of Health and Human Services |
$ 400,000 |
PHOENIX |
INXSOL, LLC |
A pocket-sized device for personal exposure level assessment |
Department of Health and Human Services |
$ 989,607 |
MESA |
TF SENSORS, LLC |
Nuclease Probe Mediated Sequencing |
Department of Health and Human Services |
$ 1,599,493 |
TUCSON |
HIGH THROUGHPUT GENOMICS, INC. |
The Transfusion Chip: Phase II Technology Validation |
Department of Health and Human Services |
$ 1,732,966 |
TUCSON |
GENOMICS USA, INC. |
Development of IMNV Resistant Heritable Transgenic Litopenaeus vannamei |
Department of Agriculture |
$ 95,350 |
Mesa |
TRANSGENADA ENTERPRISES, INC |
A New Approach for Resistant Starch in Wheat |
Department of Agriculture |
$ 100,000 |
Phoenix |
ARCADIA BIOSCIENCES, INC |