....... ... . ; ;.\ ' ... ., ~. ~-~., :.~ ·: :. i . . . ' .... Introduction The U.S. Army has maintained Its competitive edge in the global community by taking advantage of America's oldest enterprises -our small businesses. The best solutions are not necessarily the biggest, and big Innovations don't always come from the largest businesses. Often, it Is the agile, free-thinking , small business which comes up with the most novel solution to an Army problem . The highly competitive Army Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program provides funding to small businesses for innovative solutions to the problems LOCKWOOD LIBRARY UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO NOV 1 9 DOCUMENTS DEPOSITORY LIBRARY 0433 facing today's soldiers and offers small businesses vital, early-stage, capital to produce marketable commercial products and services. In short, the ARMY SBIR program supports the soldier while providing opportunities for small businesses -benefits which will provide a return on Investment for many years. Each year, the Army tracks the return on Its SBIR Investment by surveying past SBIR projects to identify those that have successfully transltloned to the commercial market. Their success stories Illustrate the benefits to the Army, the individual small businesses, and our economy as a whole. The History of SBIR The United States Congress initiated the SBIR Program in 1982 to increase small business involvement in federal research and development (R&D). Recent SBIR legislation extended the program to the year 2000, emphasizing four objectives: Stimulate technology innovation, Increase small business participation in federal R&D, Increase private sector commercialization of technological advances developed through federal R&D , and Increase participation by womanowned and by socially and economically disadvantaged small businesses. Successful SBIR research efforts move through three phases: Feasibility Study Phase I contracts are awarded to small businesses to demonstrate the feasibility of innovative concepts. The SBIR Program is competitive approximately o e in ten proposals is funded. Phase I awards are generally limited to six-month, $1 00,000 efforts. Research and Development Successful Phase I efforts may result in Phase II c ontracts for research , development, and early prototype production . Phase II awards are for up to two years, with a funding ceiling of $750,000. On the next 16 pages, Commercialization Phase Ill c ulm inates all SBIR initia tives . In Pha se Ill, a produc t, process, or service developed in Phase II is marketed outside the SBIR Program . Small firms achieve Phase Ill success by private sector commercializa tion or through non -SBIR government follow-on contracts. we would like to present our latest SBIR companies who have achieved Phase Ill Success! Hot Lunch t A Research, Inc. (TDA) has developed a FIRE FREE™ Heating system to replace the system the Army previously used to heat field rations. The previous system produced a substantial quantity of flammable and explosive hydrogen gas. The FIRE FREE™ system eliminates hazards while maintaining convenience for the soldier. The safety and effectiveness of this new system have been demonstrated through Independent evaluations. All soldiers In the field can benefit from the Improved safety offered by the FIRE FREE™ heater. This system has been adapted for a selfheating beverage package which will heat eight ounces of water by more than 1 00°F Phase Ill Impact • Expected sales-$1 .4M "The size of the potential commercial market for self-heating beverages can be estimated from the fact that Americans drink more than 7 50 billion cups ofcoffee per year." In less than seven minutes. For maximum convenience, the water needed to activate the heater can be Included In the package, and the heater can be activated by a pull-tab. Examples Include a selfheating meal (tray package containing a three-component entree) or beverage (coffee, tea, hot chocolate, soup). • Recipient of 1997 Army Phase II Quality Award • U.S. patent applied for • Heaters now in preparation for additional field trials by U.S. Army • Other organizations have requested samples and test quantities Electric Reconnaisance SRICO developed the Photonlc Electric Field Sensor product, IPES-2001, a photonlc electric field measuring device. The electric field modulates an optical beam which Is guided by the IPES-2001. The exiting optical beam carries Information about the field strength and frequency of the electric field. SRiCO's device offers significant Improvements in the measurement of electric fields compared to conventional electrical devices. In some instances, for example medical and biological research, Phase Ill Impact It offers new measurement capabilities not possible using existing products. The photonlc electric field sensor has potential applications In a number of industries including: Aerospace/Avionics; Automotive; Computers; Electric Utilities; Medical instrumentation; Military; Semiconductors; Transportation; and Test and Measurement. "The latest technology in electric field measurement." • $330K in sales to date; U.S. Patent No. 5,267,336 • 1996 R&D l 00 Award for one of the most significant technological innovations of the year. • Benefits include improved measurement accuracy; non-contact measurement capability; remote sensing capability; and electrical isolation; in a small , compact, rugged package. Safe Skies Ensco ~ developing a real-time computer tomography (CT) system module as part of the Automated Baggage Inspection System (ABIS) for Inspection of agricultural products In airport baggage. Advanced technologies, Including a novel, photon-counting X-ray detector and a non-rotating, real-time multi-spectra CT system, are used to discriminate Internal components based on physical and atomic composition. ENSCO Is working In concert with the Army to deliver a fielded ABIS. ABIS has the potential to process at least 1,000 bags/hour and detect many types of concealed objects In containers, such as weapons, explosives, and drugs. The Phase Ill Impact "It will reduce U.S. exposure to terrorist attacks by inspecting baggage for explosives and reduce the amount of contraband entering this country." concealing container may be baggage, shipping crates, briefcases, handbags, etc. It Is expected that this technology will be used to replace line-scanner systems that are currently used at airports, courthouses and other building. The ABIS computer Interface will allow the operator to Input new Information about articles found In bags during manual Inspection In order to expand the knowledge base of the system. KRSI7 • $1.1 M contributed by U.S.Department of Agriculture • Uses a non-rotating CT system design for high reliability, ease of maintenance, and low manufacturing cost • Adaptable to multiple airport operational scenarios • Will prevent agricultural pests from entering the U.S., protecting the U.S. environment and ecosystems . Growing Thin Electronlc devices. cootlngs, dlsploys, sensors, and optical devices are Items each of us use dally. Each of these devices depends on the successful deposition of t hin films. lonwerks developed Instrumentation for MSRI (Mass Spectroscopy of Recoiled Ions) and DRS (Direct Recoil Spectroscopy) for application to real-tlme,ln-sltu control of the growth of semiconductor and Insulator thin films. Based on these technologies, lonwerks developed a reflectron Time of Flight (ToF) analyzer and their Time-to-Digital Converter (TDC)/four anode detector combination. This analyzerIs capable of performing surface analysis using both secondary ion Customers include; Battelle Pacific Northwest Laboratories, IBM Yorktown Heights, University of Manitoba, University of Giessen, University of North Carolina, Texas A&M University and University of Houston. mass spectroscopy(SIMS) and MSRI. The lonwerks reflectron Is also unique In Its ability to perform SIMS analysis under ultrahigh vacuum conditions. The two techniques are complementary: MSRI provides quantitative elemental Information while SIMS provides qualitative Information regarding the molecular species present on the surface. EEFT32s7 TRP812 08814 HAU82 Phase Ill Impact • 12 TDCs so ld to date. e xceed ing $90K • $300K in gross sales of reflectrons and associated hardware • Completed second CRADA with Argonne National Labs Safe Bullets T exas Research Institute Austin (TRI) recently developed and tested a non-toxic replacement for lead projectiles used In practice rounds In firing ranges, where millions of dollars are currently being spent each year In the remediation of lead contamination. The new substance, Ecomass, has the same density as lead and can be molded Into virtually any shape using standard high-volume production techniques. "Applications in projectiles, weights and medical X-ray shielding make this an exciting development." Alan V. Bray, President Phase Ill Impact • $28K of sales to date Ecomass meets or exceeds the performance of lead In terms of compatibility with current cartridge manufacturing equipment, ballistic characteristics, accuracy, and penetration. Currently, an Army purchase of 75,000 rounds Is pending, which will demonstrate the ability to fabricate large production quantities. In addition to military applications, testing has been completed, Illustrating that Ecomass has radiation shielding capability which could be used in medical facilities. • Ecomass trademark approved, patent pending • $75K pending Army purchase for development effort Virtually Speaking MAK Technologies. Inc. has developed and packaged "VR-Link." This breakthrough networking technology utilizes an easy-to-use software toolkit which has become the most widely used Distributed Interactive Simulation (DIS) Interface software In the world. DIS has radically changed the process by which soldiers train for combat. By connecting many types of simulations Into a shared virtual world, DIS dramatically Increases the training benefit from simulation. Using DIS, soldiers can now train like they fight--In teams. Prior to the Introduction of DIS, simulation was used only In training for tasks such as CIR14 PGEN 4 Phase Ill Impact "VR-Link provided the flexibility and multiple platform support we needed" Vince Golubic, MSEE, White Sands Visualization Test & Analysis Facility piloting an aircraft or operating a specific weapons system. A single soldier would train In a stand-alone, very expensive, high-fidelity simulator with the goal of learning one particular task. The only way for soldiers to train as teams was to send hundreds or thousands of troops with equipment to remote locations to conduct live training scenarios. VR-Link Is now being used extensively by many major U.S. military simulation programs. Beyond the military marketplace, VR-Link Is being Incorporated Into PC-and web-based video games to provide multi-user, 3D, real-time functionality. • 250 customers holding over 400 licenses • Sales exceeding $2 .5M to date • Specific customers include: Boeing; Lockheed-Martin; NorthropGrumman; Raytheon; GTE Government Systems; and Hughes Aircraft . Eco-Software 5HAl has developed a full-scale environmental knowledge base (EnvKB) for operational use. The EnvKB Is an aid for environmentally sustainable building design and specification. so facility designers and construction managers can Incorporate environmental considerations Into their decision processes. EnvKB acts as a repository for environmental data, case studies of good environmental design, and provides a materials database. The system allows users to enter new facts about their project MVSig DEGE7 and then retrieve pertinent design Information based on this knowledge base. EnvK also Includes listings of regulated chemicals, recycling centers. and numerous other facts useful in sustainable design. "The EnvKB acts as publishing mechanism for design ideas and case studies -knowledge can be shared within design community using EnvKB as the medium." AXIMg SCOP6 ABFS6 Phase Ill Impact • EPA and DOE have provided additional funding of $440K • Other contribution totaling $70K received to date • Distributed 700 units to members of the architectural and environmental design communities for review. education. and operational use . Seeing Through Earth G eophex. Ltd.. created GEM-2. a new multi-frequency electromagnetic Sensor. The Geophex ElectroMagnetic sensor Is a hand-held, multi-frequency, electromagnetic Induction Instrument. GEM-21s the only broad-band EM Instrument currently available. The ability of GEM-2 to operate at multiple frequencies allows a pseudo 3-D distribution Image of burled targets to be reconstructed which greatly enhances the detectablllty of small or complex targets beneath the Earth's surface. MRKg~ PAMX11s4 UPBNa Phase Ill Impact "A revolutionary new geophysical sensor for environmental geotechnical investigation." Gem-2 has already promoted new and Innovative data acquisition procedures, and Is only the beginning of a family of state-of-the-art EM Instruments being developed and operated by Geophex. GILD3~ JSTNa~ • GEM-2 has been licensed to Geophysical Survey Systems. Inc., in New Hampshire for mass production and worldwide sale in 1997 . • Unit sells for $14K, with expected sales of $1 .4M • Opens a new dimension in data quality and quantity for characterizing buried subsurface features with EM instruments. You Are Here e t Research Corporation developed a personal dead reckoning system which utilizes the Global Positioning System (GPS). This electronic dead reckoning capability will provide position Information In dense jungles and urban canyons or even Inside buildings and tunnels during EW jamming. "You can't get lost with this thing/" The PolntMan™ Dead Reckoning Module (DRM) Is a miniature, self-contained electronic navigation unit that provides the user's position (latitude /longitude) relative to an Initialization point. The DRM Is the first practical implementation of a driftfree dead reckoning navigation system for use by personnel on foot. Position errors are typically less than 3% of the distance traveled from the Initialization point. PARL12 RLLY2· DLTK7 BROC12s4 Phase Ill Impact • U.S. Patent 5,583,776 awarded • 27 evaluation units sold; $55,000 in sales • 1996 Army SBIR Phase II Quality Award Winner • Potential commercial markets in navigation for the blind, medical monitoring and personnel tracking Trucking On The Information Superhighway "We can save our customers millions of dollars with our satellite-based tracking and communications system. This new technology affords customers an inexpensive way to track and monitor their trucks, trailers, and other mobile assets worldwide via the Internet." T Greg Pause, Program Manager, Torrey Science Corporation Iorrey Science Corporation has developed two-way data communication devices that will report location and monitor the operation of vehicles and heavy equipment. The system can also be tailored to monitor load, temperature, pressure, humidity, and other Important variables. This means less downtime for the customer, more effective preventive maintenance, better tracking and theft prevention, and better scheduling of resources. The Torrey Science communicator provides reliable connectivity using a satellite network. The network Is a constellation of small Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites which orbit 775 kilometers above the Earth. The low orbit permits the use of very small, Inexpensive communicators which are not possible for traditional geostationary satellites. Commercial systems are currently being field-tested and certified for operation on Caterpillar heavy equipment to provide a global, wireless solution to the problem of tracking construction vehicles. The system Is ideal for applications requiring reliable communications In a small package, and Is particularly useful for remote sites, isolated stations and unmanned equipment. Users can stay In touch with their equipment, no matter where It Is around the globe. Phase Ill Impact • 60 units sold to date. $75K in sales, Patent pending • The potential market for this product is enormous-there are literally millions of truc ks, tractors, trailers and tanks around the world. • Torrey Science's product is specifically designed to handle very harsh operating environments including construction zones. battlefields, and other tough terrains . Controlled Composition '[e J.A . Woollam Co. has found an optically-based way to control the manufacturing of sophisticated materials using the technique of ellipsometry. This technique helps to accurately control material processing parameters. Microelectronic circuits are normally made using the semiconductor material silicon. Under Army SBIR support, J.A. Woollam used this technique to create a "chip" made on a very sophisticated material named "MCT" for use In night vision observation. MCT Is d ifficult to make reproducibly, but the utilization of ellipsometry accurately controls the material composition, growth temperature, and material thickness. " The world-leader In manufacturer of low-cost multi-wavelength ellipsometers for material process control." VIDAa FNLY9 AVGN16s3 MTMC6~ Phase Ill Impact • $2.2 M in ellipsometers sales in the last 2 years . • Multiple patents approved (5,521 ,706 and 5,504,582) • 1996 recipient of the "Fran klin-Jefferson Award" from the Small Business High Technology Institute for "Science, Technology, and Innovation." Don't Touch That DialI C onventional HF antennas (1.5 to 30 MHz) require tuning network couplers to achieve efficient transmission at different frequencies. Network couplers are expensive and require either motor-driven tuning Inductors and capacitors or high voltage tuned diodes to achieve the desired tuning. The tuning time can approach one minute with the net result being delays In transmission and an Inability to rapidly change frequencies to avoid jamming or to achieve significant antijamming capability. Astron addressed these concerns and developed a series of Innovative no-tuning broadband techniques which can be applied to a ircraft, ship, vehicular, and IAAI? CORE12s3 VCAis "Improved performance since it can operate over all frequencies, coincidentally ideal for frequency hopping communications, anti-jam and jamming systems." ground antennas. A 16-foot antenna was built for the Army for vehicular-and ground-portable applications. Other versions Include 25-foot and 35-foot antennas for use on buildings, ships-and a 50-foot long wire version exists for large aircraft. The technology Is capable of applications at frequencies up to microwave frequencies. FFGI3 RADIF4 Phase Ill Impact • Over 100% increased reliability due to elimination of conventional tuning network couplers • $275K in sales to date • Broad coverage patent granted for a variety of applications and frequencies Continued SBIR Success Phase Ill represents the successful culmination of an SBIR project . Phase II success is measured by whether the prototype product or service developed by the small business can meet an Army need; however, in Phase Ill, the small business must develop the prototype into a successful product which can be marketed and sold outside of the SBIR Program. Phase Ill revenues can be obtained from Government or private customers, and cannot use SBIR funds (reserved for Phase I and II ). The Army SBIR Program has sponsored many efforts which have successfully entered the Phase Ill commercialization stage. The Department of Defense and Army surveys have reported 107 Army companies which have achieved Phase Ill sales. Our Phase Ill companies and their total sales to date are listed below ($242.3M and counting). We have also taken this opportunity to update some of the Phase Ill information we have reported in previous years. Many of the companies we highlighted in previous versions of our accomplishments brochure still enjoy con tinued success and product sales. _ , r-I ' ADVANCED MOTION CONTROL ASTRON S rechnotog es $230,000 $375,000 SR ter displaY Their comPUhas resulted in ADVANCED ROTORCRAFT AURORA OPTICS, INC . technologY ed at $J.2M TECHNOLOGY, INC. $25,000 $8,000,000 contracts va/u/es to date. CAPE COD RESEARCH, INC. and $700Ksa ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY & $80,000 RESEARCH, INC. $40,250 CARDINAL SCIENTIFIC, INC . l $1.500 AERODYNE RESEARCH, INC. FOSTER-MILLER. INC. $50,000 CHEMETEK $605,000 $10,000 ALPHATECH, INC. GEO-CENTERS, INC. $30,000 COLEMAN RESEARCH $100,000 CORPORATION ALTERNATIVE SYSTEM CONCEPTS $500,000 GEOPHEX, LTD. $600,000 $2,000,000 COMPUTATIONAL MECHANICS AMHERST SYSTEMS, INC. CORPORATION GINER.INC. $1.200,000 $130,000 $250,000 ANACAPA SCIENCES, INC. CONTINUUM DYNAMICS. INC. GRADIENT LENS CORPORATION$748,000 $120,000 $1,500,000 DEDICATED ELECTRONICS. INC. H&N INSTRUMENTS, INC. $5,059 $50,000 DEFENSE RESEARCH HYPRESTECHNOLOGIES, INC. $699,349$200,000 lAP RESEARCH, INC. DELTA INFORMATION SYSTEMS, INC. $20,000$550,000 11-VI,INC. DESE RESEARCH, INC. $10,000,000$1 '129,270 INDUSTRIAL QUALITY, INC. ANALYTICAL METHODS, INC. EIC LABS, INC. $52,000$1, 105,000 $7,331,000 INFORMATION RESEARCH LAB, INC . ANALYTICAL SOFTWARE INC. ENSCO,I nc. $20,000$150,000 $1,100,000 INTEGRATED SENSORS, INC. APPLIED LOGIC SYSTEMS, INC. ESSEX COR PORATION -... $1,500,000 $25,000 $80,000 I APPLIED TE CHNOLOGY ASSOC., INC. EXTERIOR WALLS SYSTEMS, LTD. $11,000 $100,000 Hypres -r New Jose ARCHITECTURAL ENER GY FERMIONICS CORPORATION Standard 'Phson Array V. CORPORATION $3,500,000 Voft Products . O/tage $1,600,000 and 10 lnc!ua FLOW, INC. Safes to a VO/t Chips C ~ 1 ASPEN SYSTEMS. INC. $10,000 J ate exce · htp $100,000 ~~ ed~~K. INTEGRATED SYSTE MS RESEARCH CORPORATI ON $75,000 INTEGRATED SYSTE MS, INC. $70,826,000 IN TE RSC IE NCE, INC. $230,000 IONWERKS $300,000 J.A. WOOLLAM COM PANY, INC . $2,200,000 KART A TEC HNOLOGY, INC. $2,000,000 KVH INDUSTRI ES, INC. $2,500,000 LASER-GENICS CORPORATI ON $10,000 LAS ER SCIE NCE, INC. $2,500,000 LI GHTWAVEELECTRONICS CORPORATI ON $13,530,000 MAK TE C HNOLOGIES, CIN. $2,500,000 MANATE C H, INC. -..... $15,000 r TexasR, Institute~eorch -, Received l.Jstln, Inc on DEco Patent notific . . Oddit.' N-Check'M at1on repor;ona; distributo; Odded 8 j ed $3 7K · s, and 1-lf7 sales to ,-./vote, -J MATER IALS &ELECTROCHE MICAL RESE ARCH $117,000 MICRO ANA LYSIS &DE SIGN $20,000 MIC RO WAVEMEDI CAL SYS TE MS, INC. $1,345,000 MILLIM ETER WAVE TECHNOLOGY, INC . $3,050,000 MIOX (former Los Alamos Tech. Assoc .) $3,500,000 MISSION RESEARCH CORPORATION $795,000 NEW HORIZONS DIAGNOSTICS $3,000,000 NOISE COM , INC . $650,000 OPHIRCORPORATION $21 ,591,546 OPTELECOM , INC . $300,000 ORTEL CORPORATI ON $500,000 PERil SYSTE MS, INC. (formerly Pe rii, Inc.) $195,000 PH OTONIC SYSTE MS, INC. $350,000 PHYSICAL O PTICS CORPORATI ON $637,000 PHYSICS MATHEM ATI CS & COMPUTE RS, INC . $80,000 POINT RESEARC H CORPORATI ON $55,000 PRECISION COMBUSTI ON, INC. $400,000 PRECISION NAVIGATI ON, INC. $6,000,000 PREDICTI ON SYSTEM S, INC. $7,000,000 PR OSPE CTI VE CO MPUTER ANALYSTS, INC. $3,000,000 Q UANTEXCORPORATION $12,000 QUANTI C INDUSTRIES, INC. $700,000 RA DIATI ON MONITORI NG DE VIC ES, INC . $3,300,000 RALCON CORP ORATI ON $198,000 REDZONE ROBOTICS, INC. $80,000 ROOS INSTR UM ENTS $1 0,000,000 SAT CONTECHNOLOGY CORPORATION $190,000 SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH ASSOC ., INC. $309,000 SCIENTIFIC TECHNOLOGY, INC. $100,000 SENTEC CORPORATION $300,000 SILICON DESIGNS, INC. $65,000 SOFTWARE PRODUCTIVITY SOLUTIONS, INC. $100,000 SON EX ENTERPRISES, INC . $600,000 SOUTHWEST SCIENCES, INC. $560,000 SPARTA, INC. cttve t $225,000 prosP8 AnaiYS C omPuter ce (ESQA) SPECTRA Assuran d RESEARCH, INC. QualitY s continue 1 s $31,000 software ~~ overseas so ~re rowth WI 97 and rn SRICO gd ublinQ in 19 ·n contracts $330,000 o Million 1 than $3° the ooD· SRS TECHNOLOGIES ·ved trorn recel CO. $1,129,000 SSG, INC . $2.690,000 STOHLER HENKE ASSOCIATES, INC. (SHAI) $51 0,000 SUNREZ CORP ORATION $200,000 TDA RESEARC H $1,400,000 TECHNICAL SOLUTIONS, INC . $7,575,000 TE XAS RESEARC H INSTITUTE $134,000 TORREY RE SEARCH $75,000 TRIFID CORPORATIO N $250,000 UNI VERSAL SENSORS $187,000 VEXCEL CORPORATION $343,000 VHG LABS, IN C. $3,000 VISTA CONTROLS CO RP ORATION $16,000,000 WILFRED BAKER ENGINEERING, INC. $60,000 As.oen s Their Tr Ysterns 1 ''errno , tnc (TEF) save electric Fa • Po senou n Y for itse;r . 9h fue; t.o Yea /f7 lee-t. Oiready revenues a r. Toto; ..>s han exceed $7001( These two pages contain a listing of the companies highlighted within this brochure. If you would like more infomation, please feel free to contact them directly. .. Aspen Systems, Inc. Hamed Borhanian 7 84 Cedar Hill Street Marlborough, MA 0 7 752 (508)48 7-5058 (508)480-0328 tax www. aspensystems.com Astron Corporation Joseph R. Jahoda 22560 Glenn Drive, Suite 7 7 4 Sterling, Virginia 20 7 64-4440 (703)450-55 7 7 (703)450-9753 tax www. astronantennas.com aston@erols. com ENSCO Michele Pennington 5400 Port Royal Road Springfield, VA 22 757 (703)327-4630 (703)32 7-4529 tax pennington@ensco.com Geophex, Ltd. /.J. Won, Ph.D. 605 Mercury Street Raleigh, North Carolina 27603-2343 (9 7 9)893-85 7 5 B lBMD AB ABRI .16 s ACRI ACE HYPRES John Coughlin 775 Clearbrook Road Elmsford, NY 70523 (9 7 4)592-7 7 90 lonwerks Ketti Eipers-Smith 2472 Bolsover, Suite 255 Houston, TX 77005 (773)522-9880 (77 3)522-6735 tax www.ionwerks.com J.A. Woollam Company, Inc. John A. Woollam 645 M Street, Suite 7 02 Lincoln, NE 68508 (402) 477-7507 MAK Technologies, Inc. Sue Hoxie 785 Alewife Brook Parkway Cambridge, MA 02738 (67 7)876-8085 x736 (6 7 7)876-9208 tax shoxie@mak.com Commercialization: he stage a product is in when, following testing and changing as deemed necessary, it is to be brought to the market with a full promotional campaign, either grand or smalL regional or notional. Profit: the reward to the entrepreneur for assuming the risks of establishing, operating, and managing of a given enterprise or undertaking Point Research Corp Robert W. Levi 2740 S. Harbor Blvd. , Suite B Santa Ana, CA 92704-5810 (114)557-6180 (714)557-5175 fax SRICO Fiber and lntergrated Optic Technologies Sri Sriram, Ph.D. 2724 Sawbury Boulevard Columbus, Ohio 43235 (614)199-0664 (800)329-0664 (614)199-2116 fax srisriram@aol.com www.srico.com Stottler Henke Associates, Inc. (SHAI) Amit Aggarwal 2016 Belle Monti Avenue Belmont, CA 94002 (650) 655-7242 Fax (650) 655-7243 aggarwal@shai.com TDA Research William L. Bell 12345 West 52nd Avenue Wheat Ridge, Colorado 80033 (303)940-2355 wbell@tda. com Texas Research Institute Austin, Inc. Michael L. Dingus, Ph.D. 9063 Bee Caves Road Austin, TX 78733-6201 (512)263-21 01 (512)263-3530 fax Torrey Science Michelle M. Mueller 3550 General Atomics Court, Building 14 San Diego, CA 92121 (619) 552-1052 (619) 552-1056 fax mmueller@tsc. net return on investment; the amount earned in direct proportion to the capital invested, The Army conducts an annual awards program to recognize SBIR Phase II (Research and Development Phase) efforts which exemplify the SBIR goal of bringing innovative technologies and products to the marketplace. All Army SBIR Phase II companies whose projects conclude in a given fiscal year are eligible to compete for that year's quality awards. Award winners are selected based on the following three criteria: originality and innovation of research; relevance of the research to the Army mission; and immediate commercialization potential of the research, reflecting the primary goal of bringing technology and products to the marketplace. Each year, the Army selects the five most exceptional Phase II projects and presents awards at a formal awards banquet. The SBIR Quality Awards ceremony is a part of the biannual Army Science Conference Awards ceremony and dinner in years when that conference is held. During off-years, the awards ceremony is held at a suitably prestigious location in the Washington, DC area. A senior Army Science and Technology official presents the awards to the SBIR companies as well as to their sponsoring Army organization 's Technical Director, SBIR manager, and contract Technical Monitor. Phase II Quality Award winners may be nominated for other e xternal or Department of the Army awards. The Army SBIR Program Management Office ensures that noteworthy Phase II projects receive widespread recognition. The office prepares an SBIR Phase II Quality Award Winners Pamphlet recognizing the top five projects. These pamphlets are distributed at all conferences and other meetings at which the SBIR Program participates, providing visibility and potential marketing opportunities for the award winners within the Army and DoD communities, as well as in the private sector. The Army Phase II Quality Awards are sponsored by the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Research and Technology. The Army SBIR Program Management Office is responsible for executing the awards program. On the next page is a listing of the Quality Award Winners for 1997. Congratulations to all of these companies! 1997 Quality Award Winners Daniel H. Wagne r Associates, Inc . Computer Security Using Automated Speech Identification Sponsored by: US Army Tank-automotive and Armaments Command, Picatinny Arsenal, NJ Focused Energy Holding Co. Guided Landing of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Sponsored by: US Army Missile Command . Huntsville, AL lnnovaTech, lnc. Advanced Engine Protection Sponsored by: US Army Aviation and Missle Command, Ft. Eustis, VA Materials Resourc es. Inc. (MRI) Wear Resistant Coatings Sponsored by: US Army Tank-automotive and Armaments Command, Picatinny Arsenal , NJ TDA Researc h, Inc. Self-Heating Foods Sponsored by: US Army Soldier Systems Command, Natick, MA 1996 Quality Award Winners Computer G raphics System Development Corporation Texture True Sponsored by: U.S. Army Topographic Engineering Center J.A. Woollam Company, Incorpo rated Precision Monitoring Spo nsored b y : U.S. Army Communic ationsElectronics Command Electrokinetics. Incorporated G reen Dirt Sponsored by: U.S. Army Waterways Experiment Station Dive Laboratories, Incorporated Virtuallnfan ry Sponsored by: U.S. Army Simulation, Training , and Instrumentation Command Point Researc h Co rporat ion Point and Navigate Sponsored by: U.S. Army Topographic Engineering Center 1995 Quality Award Winners Intelligent Text Processing, Inc. Virtual Intelligence So ft w are Sponso red by: U.S. Army Research Labora to ry S-TRON Sold ie r's Pe rsonal Adaptive Monitor Sponso red by: U.S. Army Communications-Elect ronics Command Integrated Optical Circuit Consultants Optical Integrated Circuit Sponso red by: U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command, Huntsville, AL Powdered Materials Applications. Inc. Universal Joint Sponsored by: U.S. Army Tank-automotive and Armaments Command Su rfaces Research High Temperatu re Diesel Tribology System Sponsored by: U.S. Army Tank-automotive and Armaments Command 1994 Quality Award Winners Analytic Power Corporation Mobile Electric Powe r Sponso red by: U.S. Army Soldier Systems Command Elatech, Inc. Military Disease Hazards Sponsored by: U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command Ite rated Systems, Inc. Fractal Image Compressions Sponsored by: U.S. Army Research Laboratory Ralcon Corporation Catface Ste reo HMD Sponsored b y : U.S. Army Research Laboratory Yankee Scientific, Inc. Diesel Fueled Refrigerator Sponso red b y : U.S. Army Sold ier Systems Command, Natick, MA Army SBIR Program Management Office U.S. Army Research Office-Washington ATTN: AMXRO-W, Room 8N31 5001 Eisenhower Avenue Alexandria, Virginia 22333-0001 Phone: (703) 617-7425 FAX: (703) 617-8274 http://www.aro.ncren.net/arowash/rt/