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Barron Associates has been awarded a Phase I SBIR contract to develop upset recovery technology for unmanned vehicles.  Loss of control (LOC) due to upset is one of the main causes of accidents in manned aircraft and is already emerging as a significant causal factor in unmanned aircraft accidents. On manned aircraft, recovery from an […]

Research into the continuing professional development of teachers has used various paper-based observational assessment tools over the years.  Dr. Michael Kennedy, of the University of Virginia Curry School of Education, called on Barron Associates to computerize and expand upon an existing tool used for observing teachers in the classroom.  Written in C sharp, the new […]

Barron Associates has been awarded a Phase II SBIR contract to develop “Real-time Sensor Integrity Management” technology.  Sensor failures are a major flight safety hazard for all types of air vehicles, both manned and unmanned.  Even in vehicles with extensive hardware redundancy, common-mode failures can lead to losses of critical state feedback information, which in […]

Barron Associates is leveraging advances in micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS)-based inertial instruments to develop a novel balance prosthesis for individuals with balance disorders. The BALCAP prosthesis provides feedback to wearers via a substitute sensory channel regarding head orientation and motion, whether the individual is stationary or moving.  Such sensing emulates natural vestibular function; the head-mounted BALCAP […]

A paper entitled “Behavioral intention to use a virtual instrumental activities of daily living system among people with stroke,” co-authored by Barron Associates’ Dr. Richard Adams, was published in the American Journal of Occupational Therapy (AJOT) April 2015 issue. The work covers investigation into the acceptance of a virtual system for practice IADLs among people […]

Rick Adams and Eileen Krepkovich, of Barron Associates, presented and demonstrated the Virtual Occupational Therapy Application (VOTA) research at the 2015 AOTA Annual Conference and Expo in Nashville, TN from April 16-18 2015. The VOTA booth included a hands-on demo of the virtual meal preparation activity and a video covering the array of virtual activities […]

“Behavioral intention to use a virtual instrumental activities of daily living system among people with stroke,” a paper by Rick Adams and our UVa HealthSouth partners Allison Ellington, OT, Marga White, OT, and Paul Diamond, M.D., has been accepted to and published in the American Journal of Occupational Therapy. The paper covers research results of the VOTA […]

A Phase I pilot study was conducted at the Virginia DBVI to investigate the effectiveness of an Android tablet-based prototype non-visual map display in conveying spatial layout information to individuals who are blind through audio-tactile cues. Fourteen (14) individuals completed the study in a partnership with Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) Bioengineering and under the supervision […]

Cylinder power output imbalance is ubiquitous in internal combustion engines and imparts potentially damaging vibrations that can reduce engine component life.  Barron Associates and Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) have successfully completed testing of a prototype Adaptive Inverse Control System (AICS) for Inter-Cylinder Output Balancing.  The AICS prototype diagnosed and mitigated severe and subtle imbalance conditions […]

Technology development from a NAVAIR Phase II SBIR resulted in a patent (1/27/15) for a sonobuoy glide-kit (SEABRD) for guided payload delivery from high altitude deployment. Barron’s technology is unique in that it attaches flight mechanisms directly to the sonobuoy steel outer-housing and does not require a distinct fuselage. Thin wing and tail surfaces combined […]