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Advanced Residual Stress Sensors To Determine Severity Of Steel Pipeline Mechanical Damage
It is well known that mechanical damage is the leading cause of steel pipeline failures. It is less well known, but equally true, that residual stress plays a critical role in the cracking and failure of pipelines. With DOT SBIR funding G2MT has developed an advanced sensor for measuring the...
In a previous SBIR success story, we discussed the development of a cost competitive, easy-to-use and reliable tool for “in-the-ditch” characterization of mechanical damage (MD) and stress corrosion cracking (SCC) for buried pipelines, as well as internal and external corrosion under insulation (CUI) through insulation and weather protection for exposed pipelines. Since that time, we have made...
ViaSat, Inc.
Carlsbad, CA 92009
Highlights: 2100 employees, $688 million sales
There is no doubt that SBIR funds have made a big difference at ViaSat, a digital communications company specializing in satellite and wireless networking technologies. ViaSat’s first SBIR Phase I contract was from the Navy for the Communication Environment Simulator...
ViewPlus Technologies, Inc.
Corvallis, OR 97333
The story of ViewPlus Technologies starts with a minor eye operation gone awry. One day in 1988, John A. Gardner was a physics professor at Oregon State University. The next, he was blind.
When he returned to work, he encountered enormous barriers. For one, he could no longer understand graphically displayed data,...
Qualcomm Inc.
San Diego, CA 92121
“When you’re being innovative, there are always skeptics.”So says Dr. Irwin Jacobs, co-founder of the world’s leading provider of wireless technology and services, Qualcomm.
Jacobs knows this lesson well. In 1985, Qualcomm was a small company providing R&D to the government. But its real goal was to become...
JENTEK Sensors, Inc.
Waltham, Massachusetts 02453
To deliver a cost competitive, easy-to-use and reliable tool for “in-the-ditch” characterization of mechanical damage (MD) and stress corrosion cracking (SCC) for buried pipelines, as well as internal and external corrosion imaging through insulation and weather protection (called corrosion under insulation, (CUI...
Balfour Technologies
Bethpage, NY 11714
Highlights: Recipient of 22 SBIR Awards showcases the SBIR program
Founded in 1999 by twin brothers, Robert and Richard Balfour, Balfour Technologies began as a consultancy with expertise in simulation and training. The company’s chief offering was a software program, which they decided to develop...
Touch Graphics, Inc.
New York, NY 10018
Like many entrepreneurs, Steven Landau studied a field that ended up having nothing to do with the one he ultimately pursued. An architect by training, after graduating from Harvard’s Graduate School of Design, he went to work in New York. Here, he “discovered that I really had a bent for invention.” He met up with a professor...
With support from FHWA and RITA, researchers are integrating the latest camera technology with traffic control to improve safety at intersections
In 2007, more than 4,600 pedestrians died in traffic crashes in the United States, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). That same year, crashes injured about 70,000 pedestrians. Zeroing in on...
GATR Technologies
Huntsville, Alabama 35803
Benefits of Technology Transfer - Project: Large Inflatable Thin Film Antenna with Rigidized Support Structure
Collaboration helped achieve FCC certification, enabling inflatable antenna technology to aid relief effort
A technology with...
