NASA 2021 STTR Program Phase I Selections

Proposals Selected for Negotiation of Contracts

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Arkansas (1)
STEM Resources
1700 Main Street, #165874
Little Rock, AR 72216
Jessie Walker (505) 369-6427
Fayetteville State University
1200 Murchison Road
Fayetteville, NC 28301
21-1-T11.04-1711 LaRC
Augmented Intelligence & Cognitive Support Ecosystem (AICSE) [1]
California (9)
Freedom Photonics, LLC
41 Aero Camino
Santa Barbara, CA 93117
Daniel Renner (805) 967-4900
Purdue University - Main Campus
155 South Grant Street
West Lafayette, IN 47907
21-1-T8.07-1794 GSFC
Photonic Integrated Microwave Spectrometer for Hyperspectral Sounding [2]
Freedom Photonics, LLC
41 Aero Camino
Santa Barbara, CA 93117
Milan Mashanovitch (805) 967-4900
University of California - San Diego
7500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla, CA 92093
21-1-T5.04-2355 GRC
Entangled Photon Transceiver Leveraging Photonic Integrated Circuit Technology [3]
Hedgefog Research, Inc.
1891 North Gaffey Street, Suite 224
San Pedro, CA 90731
Alex Kolessov (310) 935-2206
University of Oklahoma
201 Stephenson Parkway, Suite 3100
Norman, OK 73019
21-1-T8.06-2067 GRC
Opto-Atomic Quantum Squeezer [4]
Intelligent Fiber Optic Systems Corporation
4425 Fortran Drive
San Jose, CA 95134
Behzad Moslehi (408) 565-9004
Stanford University
8445
Stanford, CA 94304
21-1-T13.01-1326 SSC
Intelligent Photonic Micro-Sensor Network for Rocket Propulsion Ground Testing [5]
M4 Engineering, Inc.
4020 Long Beach Boulevard
Long Beach, CA 90807
Kevin Roughen (562) 981-7797
Virginia Tech
0001
Blacksburg, VA 24061
21-1-T12.07-2597 LaRC
Design Tools for Advanced Tailorable Composites [6]
Masten Space Systems, Inc.
1570 Sabovich Street
Mojave, CA 93501
Colin Ake (678) 977-7039
Pacific International Space Center for Exploration Systems (PISCES)
99 Aupuni Street, Suite 212-213
Hilo, HI 96720
21-1-T7.04-2835 KSC
Low-Energy Additive Construction for the Moon and Mars [7]
Nikira Labs Inc.
1074 Wentworth Street, Unit B
Mountain View, CA 94043
Manish Gupta (650) 906-0274
Colorado State University
601 South Howes Street, Suite 500, 2002 Campus Delivery
Fort Collins, CO 80523
21-1-T6.07-2911 KSC
Spectroscopic System for the Accurate Determination of [O2], [CO2], d18O-O2, and d13C-CO2 in Plant Chambers [8]
Photon Spot, Inc.
142 West Olive Avenue
Monrovia, CA 91016
Vikas Anant (626) 228-2610
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
4307
Cambridge, MA 02139
21-1-T5.04-1427 GRC
System Integration and Packaging towards an Integrated Photonic Quantum Repeater [9]
Qubitekk
1400 Norris Road
Bakersfield, CA 93308
Stephanie Rosenthal (760) 599-5104
University of New Mexico - Main Campus
0001
Albuquerque, NM 87131
21-1-T8.06-2455 GSFC
Quantum Light Source for On-Site Detector Calibration [10]
Colorado (7)
Cislune Company
1410 Kalmia Avenue
Boulder, CO 80304
Erik Franks (661) 390-1060
University of Central Florida, Florida Space Institute
Partnership I, Research Parkway
Orlando, FL 32826
21-1-T7.04-2630 KSC
High Efficiency Sintering via Beneficiation of the Building Material [11]
Intelligent Imaging Innovations
3575 Ringsby Court, Suite 102
Denver, CO 80216
Colin Monks (303) 638-8914
Regents of the University of Colorado
3100 Marine Street
Boulder, CO 80303
21-1-T10.04-1550 ARC
REALISE - Remote Experimentation and Analysis Laboratory In SpacE [12]
Space Lab Technologies, LLC
5455 Spine Road, Suite ME
Boulder, CO 80301
Christine Escobar (720) 309-8475
University of Florida
5500
Gainesville, FL 32611
21-1-T6.07-2266 KSC
A Smart Spectral Polarimetric Imager for Autonomous Plant Health Monitoring [13]
Space Lab Technologies, LLC
5455 Spine Road, Suite ME
Boulder, CO 80301
Christine Escobar (720) 309-8475
Regents of the University of Colorado
0001
Boulder, CO 80309
21-1-T10.04-2151 ARC
HEART - Habitat ECLSS Analytics for Resilience Tool for Real Time Habitability Management [14]
TDA Research, Inc.
12345 West 52nd Avenue
Wheat Ridge, CO 80033
John Wright (303) 940-2300
University of Puerto Rico
9046
San Juan, PR 00681
21-1-T6.06-2093 JSC
Monitoring Systems for Inorganic and Organic Analytes in Spacecraft Water Streams [15]
Ujima Digital
1550 Wewatta, Suite 200
Denver, CO 80202
David Emanuel (904) 444-9000
United States Air Force Academy
2304 Cadet Drive, Suite 3800
USAFA, CO 80840
21-1-T11.05-2986 MSFC
Digital Engineering for Model Based Enterprise [16]
Vescent Photonics, Inc.
14998 West 6th Avenue, Suite 700
Golden, CO 80401
Scott Rommel (303) 296-6766
Lincoln Laboratory
244 Wood Street
Lexington, MA
21-1-T8.07-1991 GSFC
Ultra-narrow Linewidth Lasers for Deployed Quantum Timing Applications [17]
Delaware (2)
Composites Automation, LLC
9 Adelaide Court
Newark, DE 19702
Dirk Heider (302) 831-8898
University of Delaware
0000
Newark, DE 19716
21-1-T12.07-2790 LaRC
Design Tools for Tailorable and Ultra-Thin TuFF Composites [18]
Phase Sensitive Innovations, Inc.
116 Sandy Drive
Newark, DE 19713
Ahmed Sharkawy (302) 898-5544
University of Delaware
0000
Newark, DE 19716
21-1-T5.04-2489 GRC
Entangled Photon Pair Source Based On Thin-Film Lithium-Niobate-On-Insulator Photonic Integrated Circuits [19]
Florida (2)
Mainstream Engineering Corporation
200 Yellow Place
Rockledge, FL 32955
Benjamin Blach (321) 631-3550
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
300 Turner Street Northwest, Suite 4200
Blacksburg, VA 24061
21-1-T12.05-3298 JSC
In-Situ Fabrication of Spacecraft Thermal Protection Systems [20]
Modus Operandi, Inc.
1333 Gateway Drive, Suite 1026
Melbourne, FL 32901
Barbara Cole (321) 473-1401
Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition
6008
Pensacola, FL 32502
21-1-T11.04-1418 LaRC
Vehicle Crew Operations and Maintenance Assistant [21]
Georgia (2)
EdgeDweller, Inc.
1917 East Wildcat Road
Clarkesville, GA 30523
Wolfgang Reichard (404) 414-8889
Georgia Tech Research Corporation (GTRC)
5303
Atlanta, GA 30318
21-1-T11.05-1182 MSFC
Model-based Intelligent Decisions for Higher Innovation Value and Efficiency (MINDHIVE) [22]
Global Technology Connection, Inc.
2839 Paces Ferry Road, Suite 1160
Atlanta, GA 30339
Ash Thakker (770) 803-3001
Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus
225 North Avenue
Atlanta, GA 30332
21-1-T11.05-1297 MSFC
Model-based Enterprise Architecture for Institutional Management Digital Twins [23]
Indiana (1)
Mudawar Thermal Systems Inc.
3495 Kent Avenue
West Lafayette, IN 47906
Issam Mudawar (765) 463-3771
Purdue University - Main Campus
155 South Grant Street
West Lafayette, IN 47907
21-1-T14.01-1272 GRC
Heat Transfer Correlations for Complete Cryogenic Pool Boiling Curve [24]
Maryland (4)
Intelligent Automation, Inc.
15400 Calhoun Drive, Suite 190
Rockville, MD 20855
Mark James (301) 294-5221
University of Maryland
7809 Regents Drive, Lee Building 3112
College Park, MD 20742
21-1-T11.04-2736 LaRC
LINUS: An Intelligent Digital Assistant for UAM Operators [25]
Lambda Consulting/Advanced Nanophotonics
4437 Windsor Farm Road
Harwood, MD 20776
John Hagopian (240) 678-9475
George Mason University
0000
Fairfax, VA 22030
21-1-T8.06-2232 GSFC
Single Photon Generation by Functionalized Quantum Dots on Carbon Nanotube Arrays for Single Photon Detector Calibration and Quantum Entanglement Applications [26]
Orbit Logic, Inc.
7852 Walker Drive
Greenbelt, MD 20770
Ella Herz (301) 982-6234
Regents of the University of Colorado
3100 Marine Street, Room 450
Boulder, CO 80303
21-1-T10.03-1622 JPL
On-board Swarm Control for Autonomy and Responsiveness (OSCAR) [27]
Orbit Logic, Inc.
7852 Walker Drive
Greenbelt, MD 20770
Ella Herz (301) 982-6234
University of Maryland
7809 Regents Drive, Lee Building 3112
College Park, MD 20742
21-1-T10.04-2457 ARC
Lunar FLAPPER [28]
Massachusetts (5)
Charles River Analytics, Inc.
625 Mount Auburn Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Mark Felix (617) 491-3474
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
100 Institute Road
Worcester, MA 50883
21-1-T10.03-1245 JPL
Autonomous Swarming for Teams of Exploration Robots (ASTER) [29]
Geisel Software, Inc.
67 Millbrook Street
Worcester, MA 01606
Brian Geisel (508) 936-5099
Arizona State University
551 East Tyler Mall, ERC 305
Tempe, AZ 85287
21-1-T10.03-2297 JPL
Communicationless Coordination via Intent Estimation and Intent-Expressive Motion Planning in Multiagent Exploration [30]
LyteChip, Inc.
292 Nevada Street
Newton, MA 02460
Tian Gu (302) 563-5402
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
77 Massachusetts Avenue, North East 18-901
Cambridge, MA 02139
21-1-T8.07-1939 GSFC
High-Performance On-chip Spectrometer for Space Applications [31]
Physical Sciences, Inc.
20 New England Business Center
Andover, MA 01810
B. David Green (978) 689-0003
Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (at Urbana-Champaign)
SPA, 1901 South First Street, Suite A
Champaign, IL 61820
21-1-T5.04-1614 GRC
Quantum-memory Wavelength-Division Multiplexing (QWDM) [32]
Physical Sciences, Inc.
20 New England Business Center
Andover, MA 01810
B. David Green (978) 689-0003
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
4307
Cambridge, MA 02139
21-1-T7.04-1573 KSC
Structural Printing of Solar Melted Regolith [33]
Minnesota (1)
Aster Labs, Inc.
155 East Owasso Lane
Shoreview, MN 55126
Suneel Sheikh (651) 484-2084
The Regents of the University of Minnesota
200 Southeast Oak Street
Minneapolis, MN 55455
21-1-T10.03-1470 JPL
Space Vehicle Swarm Coordination and Control using Temporal Logic [34]
New Hampshire (1)
Creare, LLC
16 Great Hollow Road
Hanover, NH 03755
Robert Kline-Schoder (603) 640-2487
Case Western Reserve University
10900 Euclid Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44106
21-1-T14.01-1649 MSFC
Continuous Correlations for Complete Boiling Curves of Cryogenic Fluids [35]
New Jersey (1)
Continuum Dynamics, Inc.
34 Lexington Avenue
Ewing, NJ 08618
Melissa Kinney (609) 538-0444
Pennsylvania State University
233D Hammond Building
University Park, PA 16802
21-1-T15.04-1416 AFRC
Full-Scale eVTOL Aircraft Performance and Aeroacoustic Test, Evaluation, and Modeling [36]
New Mexico (1)
Emerging Technology Ventures, Inc.
1300 Lavelle Road
Alamogordo, NM 88310
Eugene Hudson (575) 446-9337
Navajo Technical University
0849
Crownpoint, NM 87313
21-1-T11.05-1825 MSFC
Digital Twin Data Acquisition System for Institutional Facility Management [37]
New York (1)
XAnalytix Systems
9424 Pinyon Court
Clarence Center, NY 14032
Pamela Crassidis (716) 741-6395
Rochester Institute of Technology
1 Lomb Memorial Drive
Rochester, NY 14623
21-1-T10.05-2174 GSFC
Multi-agent and Optimization Reasoner for Space Exploitation (MORSE) [38]
North Carolina (1)
Corvid Technologies
153 Langtree Campus Drive
Mooresville, NC 28117
Tracy Williams (405) 410-6552
North Carolina State University at Raleigh
2701 Sullivan Drive
Raleigh, NC 27695
21-1-T9.02-2587 LaRC
Moving Discontinuous Galerkin Solver for Hypersonic Aerothermodynamics [39]
Ohio (3)
NexTech Materials, Ltd.
404 Enterprise Drive
Lewis Center, OH 43035
Andrew Patton (614) 842-6606
Washington State University
1060
Pullman, WA 99164
21-1-T14.01-2398 GRC
Robust and Reversible Metal Supported Solid Oxide Cells for Lunar and Martian Applications [40]
Open Additive, LLC
2750-A Indian Ripple Road
Beavercreek, OH 45440
Randall Pollak (937) 306-6161
University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus
3420 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15260
21-1-T12.06-2998 JPL
Predictive Thermal Simulation for Laser Powder Bed Fusion [41]
Special Power Sources LLC
930 West Ely Street, Suite M1
Alliance, OH 44601
Crispin DeBellis (330) 806-2671
Kansas State University
5100
Manhattan, KS 66506
21-1-T14.01-1369 GRC
Robust, high-performance, contaminants-tolerant, reversible protonic ceramic electrochemical cells for producing Lunar and Martian propellant and generating power [42]
Oklahoma (1)
Raven 3D, LLC
415 Elm Avenue, Apartment 1
Norman, OK 73069
Blake Herren (918) 645-2776
University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus
865 Asp Avenue, Room 212
Norman, OK
21-1-T12.05-1948 JSC
Microwave Assisted Deposition of Cyanate Ester Composites [43]
Pennsylvania (3)
Bloomfield
2026 E Carson Street, 2nd Floor
Pittsburgh, PA 15203
Sara Longo (412) 965-9301
Carnegie Mellon University
5000 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
21-1-T6.07-1224 KSC
Visual AI for Controlled Environment Agriculture [44]
GOEPPERT, LLC
2200 Arch Street, Unit 504
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Vanya Buvac (267) 687-9996
University of Connecticut
1133
Storrs, CT 06269
21-1-T6.06-1195 JSC
New-generation spacecraft water monitoring with flight ready solid state nanopores [45]
Nokomis, Inc.
310 5th Street
Charleroi, PA 15022
Eli Polovina (724) 483-3946
Pennsylvania State University, EMS Energy Institute
4400
University Park, PA 16802
21-1-T13.01-2556 GRC
Intelligent Sensor Systems [46]
Texas (4)
Astroport Space Technologies, Inc.
110 East Houston Street, 7th Floor
San Antonio, TX 78205
Sam Ximenes (210) 404-2981
The University of Texas at San Antonio
1644
San Antonio, TX 78249
21-1-T7.04-1428 KSC
Induction Furnace-Nozzle for Forming and Placing Lunar Regolith Bricks for Landing Pad Construction [47]
Lynntech, Inc.
2501 Earl Rudder Freeway South
College Station, TX 77845
Darla Hisaw (979) 764-2219
Clemson University
5702
Clemson, SC 29634
21-1-T6.06-1513 ARC
Multi-Analyte Microfluidic Colorimetric Sensor for Inorganic Ions [48]
Pointwise, Inc.
213 South Jennings Avenue
Fort Worth, TX 76104
Nick Wyman (817) 377-2807
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
77 Massachusetts Avenue, North East 18-901
Cambridge, MA 02139
21-1-T9.02-1625 ARC
Rapid and Robust Analysis of High-Speed Environments Using Inviscid Output-Based Adaptive-Mesh Solvers [49]
RE3D Inc
1100 Hercules Avenue, Suite 220
Houston, TX 77058
Michael Strong (732) 580-8754
The University of Tennessee-Knoxville
201 Dougherty Engineering, Building 1512 - Middle Drive
Knoxville, TN 37996
21-1-T12.05-3097 JSC
3D Printing of High Temperature Thermoset Foams for Space Vehicular Thermal Protection Systems [50]
Utah (1)
AnalySwift
5413 Crus Corvi Road
West Jordan, UT 84081
Allan Wood (801) 599-5879
Purdue University - Main Campus
155 South Grant Street
West Lafayette, IN 47907
21-1-T12.07-1562 LaRC
An Efficient High-fidelity Design Tool for Advanced Tailorable Composites [51]
Virginia (5)
Electra Aero Inc
218 North Cherry Street
Falls Church, VA 22046
Tina McGovern (540) 660-2917
University of Southern California
3720 South Flower Street, 3rd Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90089
21-1-T15.04-1254 AFRC
Prediction and Validation of High Lift Performance with Strong Wing Propulsor Interactions [52]
Luna Innovations, Inc.
301 1st Street Southwest, Suite 200
Roanoke, VA 24011
John Forester (434) 220-9449
The Regents of the University of California, Santa Barbara
3227 Cheadle Hall, 3rd Floor
Santa barbara, CA 93106
21-1-T8.07-2178 GRC
Heterogeneous Silicon Photonics Magnetometer and Laser System-on-Chip [53]
Luna Innovations, Inc.
301 1st Street Southwest, Suite 200
Roanoke, VA 24011
John Forester (434) 220-9449
The University of Alabama in Huntsville
0001
Huntsville, AL 35899
21-1-T5.05-2304 MSFC
Embedded Fiber-Optic Sensing for Solar and Electric Sails [54]
Mosaic ATM, Inc.
540 Fort Evans Road Northeast, Suite 300
Leesburg, VA 20176
Chris Brinton (703) 980-3961
Universities Space Research Association
7178 Columbia Gateway Drive
Columbia, MD 21046
21-1-T10.05-1207 LaRC
Machine Learning Explainability and Uncertainty Quantification to Support Calibration of Trust in Automated Systems [55]
Nanosonic, Inc.
158 Wheatland Drive
Pembroke, VA 24136
Amanda Moye (540) 626-6266
Virginia Tech
Virginia Tech MC 0238
Blacksburg, VA 24061
21-1-T13.01-1411 SSC
Wireless Networked, High Temperature, Wide Bandwidth Pressure Sensors for Propulsion System Monitoring [56]
Wyoming (1)
Scientific Simulations, LLC
1582 Inca Drive
Laramie, WY 82072
Dimitri Mavriplis (307) 399-8717
National Institute of Aerospace
100 Exploration Way
Hampton, VA 23666
21-1-T9.02-1964 LaRC
GPU Acceleration of an Adjoint Enabled Real Gas Hypersonic Flow Solver [57]

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Proposals Selected for Negotiation of Contracts

Arkansas (1)

STEM Resources

Fayetteville State University

California (9)

Freedom Photonics, LLC

Purdue University - Main Campus

Freedom Photonics, LLC

University of California - San Diego

Hedgefog Research, Inc.

University of Oklahoma

Intelligent Fiber Optic Systems Corporation

Stanford University

M4 Engineering, Inc.

Virginia Tech

Masten Space Systems, Inc.

Pacific International Space Center for Exploration Systems (PISCES)

Nikira Labs Inc.

Colorado State University

Photon Spot, Inc.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Qubitekk

University of New Mexico - Main Campus

Colorado (7)

Cislune Company

University of Central Florida, Florida Space Institute

Intelligent Imaging Innovations

Regents of the University of Colorado

Space Lab Technologies, LLC

University of Florida

Space Lab Technologies, LLC

Regents of the University of Colorado

TDA Research, Inc.

University of Puerto Rico

Ujima Digital

United States Air Force Academy

Vescent Photonics, Inc.

Lincoln Laboratory

Delaware (2)

Composites Automation, LLC

University of Delaware

Phase Sensitive Innovations, Inc.

University of Delaware

Florida (2)

Mainstream Engineering Corporation

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Modus Operandi, Inc.

Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition

Georgia (2)

EdgeDweller, Inc.

Georgia Tech Research Corporation (GTRC)

Global Technology Connection, Inc.

Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus

Indiana (1)

Mudawar Thermal Systems Inc.

Purdue University - Main Campus

Maryland (4)

Intelligent Automation, Inc.

University of Maryland

Lambda Consulting/Advanced Nanophotonics

George Mason University

Orbit Logic, Inc.

Regents of the University of Colorado

Orbit Logic, Inc.

University of Maryland

Massachusetts (5)

Charles River Analytics, Inc.

Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Geisel Software, Inc.

Arizona State University

LyteChip, Inc.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Physical Sciences, Inc.

Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (at Urbana-Champaign)

Physical Sciences, Inc.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Minnesota (1)

Aster Labs, Inc.

The Regents of the University of Minnesota

New Hampshire (1)