Small Business Innovation Research
EPA SBIR Awards FY2001
Name
and Address of Awardee Title of SBIR
Project Phase I Award Phase II Award Total
FY $ FY $
AIR
ADA Technologies, Inc.
Englewood, CO 80112-5840
High-Capacity, Regenerable Sorbent
for Removal of Mercury From Flue Gas 2000 $69,995 2001 $224,976 $294,971
Sorbent Technologies Corporation A Low-Cost, High-Temperature Mercury
Sorbent for Coal-Fired Power Plants 2000 $69,990 2001 $225,000 $294,990
Atmospheric Glow Technologies Reducing Diesel Soot With an Atmospheric
Plasma Metallic Filter 2001 $64,557 2002 $224,580 $289,137
Eltron Research, Inc. Regenerable Catalytic Sorbents
for the Removal of Mercury From Flue Gas 2001 $69,996
En'Urga, Inc. A Pollution-Free Aerosol Dispenser 2001 $70,000
Membrane Technology and Research,
Inc. A Membrane Process To Recover
and Use Methane Emissions 2001 $70,000
Midé Technology Corporation High-Authority Fuel Injection 2001 $69,983 2002 $224,926 $294,909
Thermacore, Inc. Planar Heat Pipe Preheater/Substrate
for Low NOx Catalytic Combustion 2001 $70,000
HAZARDOUS AND
SOLID WASTE
Lynntech, Inc. A Novel Method for Converting
a Negative Value Waste Into a Commodity Chemical 2000 $70,000 2001 $225,000 $295,000
National Recovery Technologies,
Inc. Sensor Fusion for Contaminant
Detection and Removal From Plastics Recycle Streams 2000 $70,000 2001 $225,000 $295,000
Climax Research Services Extraction and Recovery of Pure
Nickel Metal From Hazardous Plating Sludge 2001 $70,000
MSE Technology Applications, Inc.
Metals Recycling From Waste Sludges
by Ammoniacal Leaching Followed by Solvent Extraction 2001 $70,000
MONITORING AND
ANALYTICAL
American Research
Corporation of Virginia Polymer-Based Competitive
Flow Sensor Detects Contaminants in the Field 1999 $70,000 2001 $225,000 $295,000
Apogee Scientific, Inc. Sample Conditioning System for
Real-Time Mercury Analysis 2000 $69,935 2001 $225,000 $294,935
JCP Technologies, Inc. MEMS Biosensor for In Situ Drinking
Water Analysis 1999 $70,000 2001 $225,000 $295,000
Lynntech, Inc. A New Microfluidic System for
the Determination of Cryptosporidium Oocysts in Water 2000 $70,000 2001 $225,000 $295,000
Aerodyne Research, Inc. Remote Sensing Instrument for
On-Road Heavy-Duty Diesel NOx and PM Emissions 2001 $70,000 2002 $224,647 $294,647
Air Instruments & Measurements,
Inc. Optical Monitor for Noninvasive,
Chemical- and Size-Differentiated Characterization of Airborne
Aerosols 2001 $69,783
Boston MicroSystems, Inc. Portable Engine Emission Analyzer 2001 $70,000
Chromatofast, Inc. Portable Fast GC System for Field
Environmental Monitoring and Measurement Problems 2001 $70,000
Ciencia, Inc. Cryptosporidium Detection System 2001 $70,000
Dakota Technologies, Inc. Subsurface In Situ Volatile Organic
Contaminant Sampling Using Multiple Sorbent Traps With Rapid
On-Site/Off-Site Quantitative Speciation 2001 $70,000
Echo Technologies, Inc. A New Biosensor for Rapid Identification
of Bacterial Pathogens 2001 $69,733 2002 $224,965 $294,698
Eltron Research, Inc. Miniaturized Electrochemical Sensor
for Cr(VI) in Groundwater and Surface Water 2001 $69,999 2002 $224,995 $294,994
Frontier Geosciences, Inc. Low-Level Speciation of Cyanide
in Waters 2001 $70,000
Nanomaterials Research Corporation Nanocomposite Sensor Array for
the Detection of Multiple Toxic Air Pollutants 2001 $70,000
On-Line Technologies, Inc. Exhaust Gas Monitoring for Process
Control and Pollution Reduction in Semiconductor Manufacturing 2001 $69,889
OPTRA, Inc. Fresnel Sapphire Split-Prism Spectrometer
for Engine Emissions Diagnostics 2001 $69,594
Oxley Research, Inc. An Electroanalytical Alumina Sensor
for Use in Aluminum Production 2001 $70,000
Polestar Technologies, Inc. Novel Detection Interface for
Gas Chromatography/Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopic
Analysis 2001 $69,985
Systems & Processes Engineering
Corporation Hand-Held Fluorometer Using SELEX
DNA Aptamer Strip Assays To Detect Cryptosporidium and Encephalitozoon 2001 $70,000
POLLUTION PREVENTION
Continuum Dynamics, Inc. Drift Mitigation by Optimization
of Wingtip Modification 2000 $69,521 2001 $224,980 $294,501
Foster-Miller, Inc. Reduced Cost Sewer Pipe Relining
Using Ultrasonic Tape Lamination 2000 $69,959 2001 $224,867 $294,826
Powsus, Inc. System To Deliver Halon Equivalent,
Hydrogen Fluoride Controlled, Supplemented HFC Gases in Fire
Sensitive, Light Weight, Plastic Extinguishers 2000 $69,482 2001 $224,000 $293,482
Foster-Miller, Inc. Recycled Materials for Repair
and Rehabilitation of Aging Concrete Structures 2001 $69,987
GMI Composites, Inc. Structural Components From Recycled
Fiber-Reinforced Composites 2001 $69,961
Inframat Corporation High-Lubricity Coatings for High-Pressure
Fuel Pumps 2001 $70,000
Lynntech, Inc. Novel Method for Ferrate Production 2001 $70,000 2002 $225,000 $295,000
Membrane Technology and Research,
Inc. Recovery and In-Process Recycle
of Product and Feedstocks From Oxo Plant Reactor Purge Gas 2001 $70,000
Nanomaterials Research Corporation Nano-Engineered Hazardous Metal-Free
Electronic Components 2001 $70,000
National Recovery Technologies,
Inc. A Process for Online Quality Control
of Recycled Plastic Flake 2001 $70,000 2002 $225,000 $295,000
Phoenix Science & Technology,
Inc. Paint Removal From Architectural
Surfaces With an Innovative Pulsed Light Source 2001 $70,000 2002 $225,000 $295,000
Sandhill Industries Development of Recycled Glass
Paving Materials 2001 $62,300
TDA Research, Inc. Nanocomposite Anchored Plasticizers 2001 $70,000
REMEDIATION
Envirogen, Inc. Enhanced In Situ Extraction
of Heavy Metals Using Surfactant Foams 2001 $69,975
Montec Research Innovative Sonic Technology for
Ex Situ Treatment of Mercury-Contaminated Waste 2001 $70,000
WATER
Frontier Geosciences, Inc. Removal of Mercury and Other Heavy
Metals of Industrial and Contaminated Site Waste Waters by Organic
Chelation, Coprecipitation, and High Efficiency Particulate
Removal 2000 $70,000 2001 $225,000 $295,000
Phoenix Science & Technology,
Inc. Innovative Ultraviolet Light Source
for Disinfection of Drinking Water 2000 $70,000 2001 $225,000 $295,000
Compact Membrane Systems, Inc.
MTBE Removal From Drinking Water 2001 $70,000
Eltron Research, Inc. Nontoxic Exotic Species/Organic
Compound Waterway Contamination Control 2001 $69,994 2002 $224,993 $294,987
Ion Physics Corporation A Novel Treatment Method of Drinking
Water 2001 $70,000
Membrane Technology and Research,
Inc. Combined Centrifugal Separator/Membrane
Ultrafiltration System for Shipboard Treatment of Bilge and
Ballast Water 2001 $70,000 2002 $225,000 $295,000
Phoenix Science & Technology,
Inc. Nontoxic Sparker Control of Zebra
Mussels 2001 $70,000 2002 $225,000 $295,000
