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PI (First Name) |
Institution | Project Start | Project End | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sonnenfroh | David | Physical Sciences Inc. | May 2018 | May 2020 | Ultracompact Laser Ceilometer for Boundary Layer and Cloud Height Retrievals |
| Stanton | Alan | Southwest Sciences, Inc. | April 2017 | September 2019 | Portable nitrous oxide sensor for understanding agricultural and soil emissions |
| Tannian | Bridget | Spectral Sciences, Inc. | May 2019 | May 2021 | Compact, High Performance, Drone-mounted Spectral Imaging System for Ecosystem Carbon-Cycle |
| PI (Last Name) | PI (First Name) | Institution | Project Start | Project End | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albert | Michael | Fibertek, Inc, | February 2017 | February 2018 | Novel Compact Ceilometer |
| Clemens | Peter | Headwall Photonics, Inc. | February 2016 | September 2016 | Minitaurized VNIR-SWIR Hyperspectral Sensor Technology Platform for Unmanned Aerial Systems |
| Pieper | Sean | Sporian Microsystems, Inc. | February 2016 | November 2016 | Miniaturized UAS Spectroradiometer for Quantifying Ecosystems |
| Swanson | Rand | Resonon, Inc. | April 2016 | April 2019 | A Compact, Broad-Band Hyperspectral SpectroRadiometer |
| Ulmer | Chris | Physical Optics Corporation | April 2016 | January 2019 | Mass Spectroscopy for Atmospheric Gas Analysis |
| Zang | Fang | Physical Optics Corporation | February 2016 | November 2016 | High Resolution Miniature Multiband Spectroradiometer for UAS Platforms |
| Thorpe | Michael | Bridger Photonics, Inc. | April 2015 | April 2017 | Lidar-Based High Resolution 3D Imager and Remote Gas Sensor: A New Paradigm for Terrestrial Environmental Monitoring |
| Sabin | Gerald | Rnet Technologies, Inc. | April 2015 | April 2018 | Ground Penetrating Radar System and Algorithms for Fine Root Analysis |
| Stanton | Alan | Southwest Sciences, Inc. | February 2014 | February 2018 | Portable Nitrous Oxide Sensor for Understanding Agricultural and Soil Emissions |
| Walsh | David | Vista Clara Inc. | April 2015 | January 2018 | Low Cost, Autonomous NMR and Multi-sensor Soil Monitoring Instrument |
| Choi | Jae | Physical Optics Corp. | April 2016 | April 2018 | Mass Spectroscopy for Atmospheric Gas Analysis |
| Dupuis | Julia | Physical Sciences Inc. | April 2016 | April 2018 | High Speed VNIR/SWIR Hyperspectral Imager for Quantifying Terrestrial Ecosystems |
| Goldstein | Neil | Spectral Sciences Inc. | April 2017 | April 2019 | Compact, High Performance, Drone-mounted Spectral Imaging System for Ecosystem Carbon-Cycle Characterization and Agricultural Monitoring |
| Ulmer | Chris | Physical Optics Corp. | February 2017 | November 2017 | Low-Power Micro Ceilometer |
| Li-cor Biosciences (SBIR, Phase II) | 2013 | Low Cost Small Sample Volume High Precision Carbon Dioxide Analyzer | |||
| Southwest Sciences, Inc. (SBIR, Phase II) | 2013 | Optical Tomography for 3D Imaging of Fine Roots |
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