NASA 2020 STTR Program Phase I Selections

Proposals Selected for Negotiation of Contracts

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Alabama (2)
Research in Flight
1919 North Ashe Court
Auburn, AL 36830
Roy Hartfield (334) 444-8523
Auburn University
23 Samford Hall
Auburn, AL 36849
20-1-T15.04-4887 AFRC
Early-Design Aeroacoustics Prediction for Distributed Electric Propulsion Vehicles using FlightStream [1]
Streamline Automation, LLC
3100 Fresh Way Southwest
Huntsville, AL 35805
Alton Reich (256) 713-1220
Alabama A&M University
4900 Meridian Street North
Huntsville, AL 35811
20-1-T6.05-5155 LaRC
Testing of COTS Systems in Space Radiation Environments [2]
Arizona (2)
Alphacore, Inc.
304 South Rockford Drive
Tempe, AZ 85281
Andrew Levy (503) 320-5466
Arizona State University
699 South Mill Avenue
Tempe, AZ 85281
20-1-T8.04-5368 GSFC
Metamaterials [3]
Cactus Materials
7700 South River Parkway
Chandler, AZ 85284
Mohammed Rafiqul Islam (480) 213-4704
Arizona State University
699 South Mill Avenue
Tempe, AZ 85281
20-1-T6.06-5608 JSC
Long Term Uses of Potable Water Containing Silver Disinfectant in High Surface to Volume Ratio Metallic Surfaces [4]
California (10)
Aegis Technology, Inc.
12630 Westminister Avenue, Suite G
Santa Ana, CA 92706
timothy lin (714) 554-5511
Cornell University
410 Thurston Avenue
Ithaca, NY
20-1-T15.03-5735 GRC
Solid-State Lithium-ion Batteries for Electrified Aircraft Propulsion Energy Storage [5]
Formalloy Technologies, Inc.
2830 Via Orange Way, Suite H
Spring Valley, CA 91978
Melanie Lang (619) 377-9101
New Mexico State University-Dona Ana
1780 East University Avenue
Las Cruces, NM 88003
20-1-T12.06-6599 JPL
Data-Driven Modeling of Directed Energy Deposition (DED) for Defect-Free Builds using Real-Time Monitoring Approaches [6]
Innosense, LLC
2531 West 237th Street, Suite 127
Torrance, CA 90505
Kisholoy Goswami (310) 530-2011
Yale University
206 Elm Street
New Haven, CT 6520
20-1-T6.06-4928 JSC
Nanomaterials Based In-Line Sensor for Ionic Silver in Spacecraft Potable Water Systems [7]
Innosense, LLC
2531 West 237th Street, Suite 127
Torrance, CA 90505
Kisholoy Goswami (310) 530-2011
University of Utah
201 Presidents Circle, Room 201
Salt Lake City, UT 84102
20-1-T6.07-5335 KSC
In-Space Plant Nutrient: Acicular Surface Modified Polymers for Aiding Faceted Sodium Chloride Separation from Urine [8]
Particle Matters, Inc.
2324 Venndale Avenue
San Jose, CA 95124
Sergey Gimelshein (818) 527-5432
Stanford University
450 Serra Mall
Palo Alto, CA 94304
20-1-T2.04-5261 MSFC
Advanced Design Tools for Electrosail Propulsion Systems [9]
Prewitt Ridge, Inc.
1610 West 7th Street, Unit 501
Los Angeles, CA 90017
Steven Massey (314) 591-7618
University of New Mexico-Main Campus
1700 Lomas Boulevard Northeast
Albuquerque, NM 87131
20-1-T11.03-6433 MSFC
Trusted Working Copies for Distributed Systems Engineering [10]
Rocket Studios
16037 Bassett Street
Lake Balboa, CA 91406
Daniel Sinor (310) 990-5079
California State University-Northridge
18111 Nordhoff Street
Northridge, CA 91330
20-1-T4.03-6408 JPL
Hierarchical State Machine Visualization in Multi-Robot System [11]
SPEC Sensors LLC
8430 Central Avenue
Newark, CA 94560
David Peaslee (510) 574-8300
Curators of the University of Missouri on Behalf of UMSL
One University Boulevard
St. Louis, MO 63121
20-1-T4.04-5080 ARC
Autonomous Environmental Monitoring and Management Platform for Remote Habitats [12]
Stottler Henke Associates, Inc.
1650 South Amphlett Boulevard, Suite 300
San Mateo, CA 94402
Nate Henke (650) 931-2719
University of Colorado Boulder
1111 Engineering Drive
Boulder, CO 80309
20-1-T4.04-5250 KSC
Autonomous Payload Operations on the Lunar Gateway [13]
Stottler Henke Associates, Inc.
1650 South Amphlett Boulevard, Suite 300
San Mateo, CA 94402
Nate Henke (650) 931-2719
Montana State University
Office of Sponsored Programs, PO Box 172470
Bozeman, MT 59717
20-1-T4.04-5249 ARC
Gateway Management through Adaptive, Autonomous, Fault Identification & Diagnosis and Reconfiguration/Replanning/Rescheduling Optimization [14]
Colorado (4)
Altius Space Machines, Inc.
3001 Industrial Lane, Unit #5
Broomfield, CO 80020
Jonathan Goff (801) 362-2310
Virginia Tech
925 Prices Fork Road
Blacksburg, VA 24061
20-1-T4.03-5435 JPL
Autonomous In-space Assembly of Modular Structures [15]
Electro Magnetic Applications
7655 West Mississippi Avenue, Suite 300
Lakewood, CO 80226
Emily Hennerberg (720) 974-1215
Wichita State University
1845 N. Fairmount
Wichita, KS 67260
20-1-T5.03-5050 KSC
Numerical Simulation of Fields in Cavities with Detailed Antenna Modeling [16]
TDA Research, Inc.
12345 West 52nd Avenue
Wheat Ridge, CO 80033
John D. Wright (303) 940-2347
Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI)
250 14th Street Northwest
Atlanta, GA 30318
20-1-T2.05-5396 GRC
A New Oxygen Recovery Process to Reduce Waste from Propellant Tanks [17]
TDA Research, Inc.
12345 West 52nd Avenue
Wheat Ridge, CO 80033
John D. Wright (303) 940-2347
University of Puerto Rico
14, 2534 Avenue Universidad Suite 1401
San Juan, PR 925
20-1-T6.06-5500 JSC
High Capacity Sorbents for Removal of Problematic Contaminants from Processed Wastewater [18]
Connecticut (1)
Precision Combustion, Inc.
410 Sackett Point Road
North Haven, CT 6473
Anthony Anderson (203) 287-3700
University of Connecticut
438 Whitney Road Extension, U-1133
Storrs, CT 6269
20-1-T2.05-5203 GRC
Pressure and Low Temperature Tolerant, High Current Density Solid Electrolyte for Propellant Grade Reactants [19]
Delaware (2)
Docugami, Inc.
3500 South Dupont Highway
Dover, DE 19901
Sandy Moritz (425) 968-2380
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
77 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 2139
20-1-T11.04-6527 LaRC
Next Generation AI-Based Assisted Document Authoring, Recommendation and Understanding [20]
Systems and Proposal Engineering Company (dba SPEC Innovations)
10440 Balls Ford Road, Suite 230
Manassas, DE 20109
Steven Dam (540) 272-0013
George Mason University
4400 University Drive
Fairfax, VA 22030
20-1-T11.04-5376 LaRC
Analytic Standard Operating Procedure Digital Assistant (ASOPDA) [21]
Florida (1)
CTEN Global Strategies, LLC
8415 Southwest 28th Place
Gainesville, FL 32608
Cason Chatham (770) 633-9169
Kennesaw State University
1000 Chastain Road
Kennesaw, GA 30144
20-1-T11.03-6333 GSFC
Hedera Hashgraph based Distributed Ledger for Aerospace Applications [22]
Hawaii (1)
Interstel Technologies, Inc.
91-1036 Waiilikahi Street
Ewa Beach, HI 96706
Miguel Nunes (808) 388-1176
University of Hawaii
2440 Campus Road, Box 368
Honolulu, HI 96822
20-1-T4.03-5557 JPL
Cooperative Control and Localization of Multiple Spacecraft using a Multi-Agent Mission Operations System [23]
Illinois (2)
ATSP Innovations
60 Hazelwood Drive
Champaign, IL 61820
Jacob Meyer (217) 778-4400
Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station
7607 Eastmark Drive
College Station, TX 77840
20-1-T12.01-4984 LaRC
Creep-Resistant Aromatic Polyester Thermosets for Thin-Ply Composites [24]
QuesTek Innovations, LLC
1820 Ridge Avenue
Evanston, IL 60201
Kevin Creely (847) 425-8226
Northwestern University
633 Clark Street
Evanston, IL 60208
20-1-T12.06-5463 JPL
Improved Part-Scale Modeling of Additive Manufacturing Processes [25]
Kansas (1)
Design Analysis & Research Corporation
910 East 29th
Lawrence, KS 66046
Willem Anemaat (785) 832-0434
Regents of the University of Michigan
3003 South State Street
Ann Arbor, MI 48109
20-1-T15.04-5958 AFRC
Open Source Distributed Electric Propulsion MDAO Tool [26]
Kentucky (1)
Adelphi Technology, LLC
2413 Nashville Road, Suite B8
Bowling Green, KY 42101
Charles Gary (650) 575-4555
Western Kentucky University
1906 College Heights Boulevard
Bowling Green, KY 42101
20-1-T6.07-5715 KSC
Compact Ethylene Monitor for NASA Space Missions [27]
Louisiana (1)
Geocent, LLC
111 Veterans Boulevard, Suite 1600
Metairie, LA 70005
Jeff Tomeny (504) 831-1900
The University of Southern Mississippi
118 College Drive, Box #5157
Hattiesburg, MS 39406
20-1-T13.01-5600 SSC
Intelligent Sensor Systems - 2020 [28]
Maryland (3)
Intelligent Automation, Inc.
15400 Calhoun Drive, Suite 190
Rockville, MD 20855
Mark James (301) 294-5221
Stanford University
450 Serra Mall
Palo Alto, CA 94304
20-1-T15.04-5315 AFRC
Integrated Vehicle-Propulsion-Control Design for DEP-Enabled Aircraft (IDEA) [29]
Orbit Logic, Inc.
7852 Walker Drive
Greenbelt, MD 20770
Ella Herz (301) 982-6234
University of Colorado Boulder
1111 Engineering Drive
Boulder, CO 80309
20-1-T4.03-5760 JPL
IN-PASS: Intelligent Navigation, Planning, and Autonomy for Swarm Systems [30]
Orbit Logic, Inc.
7852 Walker Drive
Greenbelt, MD 20770
Ella Herz (301) 982-6234
Fraunhofer Center for Experimental Software Engineering
5700 Rivertech Court, Suite 210
Riverdale, MD 20737
20-1-T11.03-6321 MSFC
SCRAMBL (Space Communication Reconstruction and Mapping with Blockchain Ledgering) [31]
Massachusetts (5)
Busek Company, Inc.
11 Tech Circle
Natick, MA 1760
Judy Budny (508) 655-5565
Vanderbilt University
2101 West End Avenue
Nashville, TN 37235
20-1-T6.05-6533 LaRC
Radiation Modeling of COTS Power Converters in a Highly Shield Space Environment [32]
Geisel Software, Inc.
67 Millbrook Street
Worcester, MA 1606
Brian Geisel (508) 936-5099
UNLV
4505 South Maryland Parkway
Las Vegas, NV 89154
20-1-T4.03-6090 JPL
Robot Simulation Platform for Source Search and Mapping [33]
Giner, Inc.
89 Rumford Avenue
Newton, MA 2466
Cortney Mittelsteadt (781) 529-0529
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
100 Institute Road
Worcester, MA 50883
20-1-T15.03-5033 GRC
Enabling High Energy Density Li-ion Battery Using Solid Electrolytes [34]
Physical Sciences, Inc.
20 New England Business Center
Andover, MA 1810
B. David Green (978) 689-0003
Auburn University
23 Samford Hall
Auburn, AL 36849
20-1-T13.01-5309 SSC
Intelligent Sensor Systems for Rocket Propulsion Testing [35]
Physical Sciences, Inc.
20 New England Business Center
Andover, MA 1810
B. David Green (978) 689-0003
Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (at Urbana-Champaign)
1901 South First Street, Suite A
Champaign, IL 61820
20-1-T5.04-5470 GRC
Doppler-Compensated Integrated Photonic Time-Bin Entanglement Transceiver [36]
Michigan (1)
Soar Technology, Inc.
3600 Green Court, Suite 600
Ann Arbor, MI 48105
Lindsay Bayles (734) 887-7609
Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI)
205 14th Street Northwest
Atlanta, GA 30318
20-1-T11.04-4665 LaRC
Ada Phase I [37]
Montana (2)
ADVR, Inc.
2310 University Way, Building 1-1
Bozeman, MT 59715
Betsy Heckel (406) 522-0388
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
77 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 2139
20-1-T5.04-5429 GRC
High-purity, high-rate, photon pair source for space-based entanglement distribution [38]
ADVR, Inc.
2310 University Way, Building 1-1
Bozeman, MT 59715
Betsy Heckel (406) 522-0388
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
1901 South First Street, Suite A
Champaign, IL 61820
20-1-T8.06-5430 GSFC
Tunable Narrow-Band Bi-Photon Source in IR Spectral Region for Calibration of High-Performance Transition-Edge Sensors [39]
New Mexico (3)
Goodman Technologies, LLC
9551 Giddings Avenue Northeast
Albuquerque, NM 87109
William Goodman (505) 400-8169
University of Hawaii at Manoa
2500 Campus Road
Honolulu, HI 96822
20-1-T12.05-5275 JSC
Moldable and Curable Silicon Carbide Prepreg For Hypersonic Thermal Protection Systems [40]
Little Prairie Services
14 Dunkin Road
Edgewood, NM 87015
Roger Lenard (505) 220-8029
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
77 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 2139
20-1-T2.04-6118 MSFC
NTR Fuel Testing in MIT Reactor Facilities [41]
Southwest Sciences, Inc.
1570 Pacheco Street, Suite E-11
Santa Fe, NM 87505
Alan Stanton (505) 984-1322
Southwest Research Institute
6220 Culebra Road
San Antonio, TX 78238
20-1-T6.07-5408 KSC
Real Time Ethylene Monitor for Plant Growth Management [42]
New York (1)
Vistex Composites, LLC
11 Opus Boulevard, Suite B
Schenectady, NY 12306
Jaron Kuppers (508) 340-7873
Union College
807 Union Street
Schenectady, NY 12308
20-1-T12.01-6578 LaRC
OOA Process for Manufacture of Large Thin Gauge Composites [43]
Ohio (1)
Applied Optimization, Inc.
3040 Presidential Drive, Suite 100
Fairborn, OH 45324
Barbara Krivian (937) 431-5100
University of Dayton
300 College Park
Dayton, OH 45469
20-1-T8.04-6260 JPL
Tunable, Reconfigurable Metamaterials Using Liquid Crystal Medium [44]
Oklahoma (1)
Amethyst Research, Inc.
123 Case Circle
Ardmore, OK 73401
Robert Kuester (580) 657-2575
University of California - Santa Barbara
Office of Research - 3227 Cheadle Hall
Santa Barbara, CA 93106
20-1-T5.04-6397 GRC
Ultra-Efficient Integrated Photonic Quantum Transceiver for High-Speed Quantum Communications [45]
Oregon (1)
Nanovox, LLC
15985 Northwest Schendel Avenue, Suite 201
Beaverton, OR 97006
Debra Ozuna (503) 260-6869
Oregon State University
153 Gilbert Hall
Corvallis, OR 97331
20-1-T12.05-6182 JSC
Additive-Manufactured Ablative Thermal Protection Systems [46]
Pennsylvania (2)
Combustion Research and Flow Technology
6210 Keller's Church Road
Pipersville, PA 18947
Neeraj Sinha (215) 766-1520
University of Connecticut
438 Whitney Road Extension, U-1133
Storrs, CT 6269
20-1-T2.05-4812 GRC
Design of Spray Cooling Systems for Chilldown of Propellant Tanks [47]
Edge Case Research, Inc.
3485 Butler Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15201
Brendon Ouimette (412) 455-5444
Carnegie Mellon University
5000 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
20-1-T4.01-6224 ARC
Robust Visual Perception Techniques for Intelligent and Adaptive Space Robotics [48]
South Dakota (1)
VRC Metal Systems
600 North Ellsworth Road
Box Elder , SD 57719
Terree Matson McCoy (605) 716-0061
South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
501 East Saint Joseph Street
Rapid City, SD 57701
20-1-T2.04-6822 MSFC
Additive Manufacturing by High-Pressure Cold Spray [49]
Tennessee (1)
Gloyer-Taylor Laboratories, LLC
112 Mitchell Boulevard
Tullahoma, TN 37388
Paul Gloyer (931) 455-7333
University of Tennessee Space Institute
411 B.H. Goethert Parkway
Tullahoma, TN 37388
20-1-T2.05-4862 GRC
Standards for Impure Propellants [50]
Texas (4)
KAI, Inc.
6402 Needham Lane
Austin, TX 78739
Penelope Koo (512) 301-4170
University of Delaware
210 South College Avenue
Newark, DE 19716
20-1-T12.05-4930 JSC
Additive Manufacturing of Continuous Carbon Fiber Reinforced Phthalonitriles for Thermal Protection [51]
Nanohmics, Inc.
6201 East Oltorf Street, Suite 400
Austin, TX 78741
Mike Mayo (512) 389-9990
The University of Texas at Dallas
800 West Campbell Road
Richardson, TX 75080
20-1-T8.06-5681 GSFC
On-Demand Single-Photon Sources for Correlated Calibration of Single Photon Detectors [52]
Texas Research Institute Austin, Inc.
9063 Bee Caves Road
Austin, TX 78733
Megan Lietha (512) 615-4444
Texas State University
601 University Drive
San Marcos, TX 78666
20-1-T12.05-5304 JSC
Additive Manufacturing (AM) of Thermal Protection Systems (TPSs) Using Preceramic Polymer Resin [53]
TRACLabs, Inc.
100 North East Loop 410, Suite 520
San Antonio, TX 78216
David Kortenkamp (281) 461-7886
Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC
11100 Johns Hopkins Road
Laurel, MD 21044
20-1-T4.01-5037 ARC
Integrating ROS 2 with the Core Flight System [54]
Utah (1)
AnalySwift
5413 Crus Corvi Road
West Jordan, UT 84081
Allan Wood (801) 599-5879
University of Central Florida
4000 Central Florida Boulevard
Orlando, FL 32816
20-1-T12.01-5412 LaRC
Modeling Nonlinear Viscoelasticity and Time-Dependent Yielding of Thin-Ply Composites [55]
Virginia (1)
Elder Research, Inc.
300 West Main Street, Suite 301
Charlottesville, VA 22903
William Goodrum (434) 973-7673
Southwest Research Institute
6220 Culebra Road
San Antonio, TX 78238
20-1-T12.06-4917 JPL
RAMBO: Rapid Additive Manufacturing Build Outcomes [56]
Washington (2)
Convergent Manufacturing Technologies US
1101 North Northlake Way, Suite 200
Seattle, WA 98103
Brian Coxon (206) 434-1976
University of Washington
4333 Brooklyn Avenue Northeast, Box 359472
Seattle, WA 98195
20-1-T12.01-4586 LaRC
Process Simulation & Optimization for Thin-Ply Composites [57]
CubCrafters Inc.
1918 South 16th Avenue
Yakma, WA 98903
Pat Horgan (509) 895-9465
Oregon State University
153 Gilbert Hall
Corvallis, OR 97331
20-1-T15.04-5017 AFRC
ELAS, Electric Lift Augmenting Slats [58]

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Proposals Selected for Negotiation of Contracts

Alabama (2)

Research in Flight

Auburn University

Streamline Automation, LLC

Alabama A&M University

Arizona (2)

Alphacore, Inc.

Arizona State University

Cactus Materials

Arizona State University

California (10)

Aegis Technology, Inc.

Cornell University

Formalloy Technologies, Inc.

New Mexico State University-Dona Ana

Innosense, LLC

Yale University

Innosense, LLC

University of Utah

Particle Matters, Inc.

Stanford University

Prewitt Ridge, Inc.

University of New Mexico-Main Campus

Rocket Studios

California State University-Northridge

SPEC Sensors LLC

Curators of the University of Missouri on Behalf of UMSL

Stottler Henke Associates, Inc.

University of Colorado Boulder

Stottler Henke Associates, Inc.

Montana State University

Colorado (4)

Altius Space Machines, Inc.

Virginia Tech

Electro Magnetic Applications

Wichita State University

TDA Research, Inc.

Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI)

TDA Research, Inc.

University of Puerto Rico

Connecticut (1)

Precision Combustion, Inc.

University of Connecticut

Delaware (2)

Docugami, Inc.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Systems and Proposal Engineering Company (dba SPEC Innovations)

George Mason University

Florida (1)

CTEN Global Strategies, LLC

Kennesaw State University

Hawaii (1)

Interstel Technologies, Inc.

University of Hawaii

Illinois (2)

ATSP Innovations

Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station

QuesTek Innovations, LLC

Northwestern University

Kansas (1)

Design Analysis & Research Corporation

Regents of the University of Michigan

Kentucky (1)

Adelphi Technology, LLC

Western Kentucky University

Louisiana (1)

Geocent, LLC

The University of Southern Mississippi

Maryland (3)

Intelligent Automation, Inc.

Stanford University

Orbit Logic, Inc.

University of Colorado Boulder

Orbit Logic, Inc.

Fraunhofer Center for Experimental Software Engineering

Massachusetts (5)

Busek Company, Inc.

Vanderbilt University

Geisel Software, Inc.