AEPTEC Microsystems Wins Tibbetts Award From the Small Business Administration.Business Editors/Hi-Tech Writers ROCKVILLE, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--October 2, 2001 This month, AEPTEC Microsystems, Inc., also known as 3e Technologies International, Inc., received the prestigious Tibbetts Award, which recognizes excellence in the Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR SBIR Small Business Innovation Research (program/grant) SBIR Space Based Infra-Red SBIR Speaker-Boundary Interference SBIR Site Backsurface-referenced Ideal Plane/Range (silicon wafers) ) program, an organization that funds research and enables growth of small businesses. AEPTEC was honored for the development of Earth Alert, a comprehensive and efficient operational system that increases communication capabilities between Emergency Operating Centers (EOC EOC Emergency Operations Center EOC Equal Opportunities Commission (UK) EOC Educational Opportunity Center EOC End Of Course EOC Epithelial Ovarian Cancer EOC Environment of Care (JCAHO) ) and first responders in the field, by improving situational awareness Situation awareness or situational awareness [1] (SA) is the mental representation and understanding of objects, events, people, system states, interactions, environmental conditions, and other situation-specific factors affecting human performance in of hazardous events in areas of operation. This emergency management system tightly integrates the preparedness, response, mitigation, and recovery phases of hazard management. AEPTEC was selected for the Tibbetts Award for their Earth Alert project developed for NASA NASA: see National Aeronautics and Space Administration. NASA in full National Aeronautics and Space Administration Independent U.S. Goddard Space Flight Center The Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) is a major NASA space research laboratory established on May 1, 1959 as NASA's first space flight center. GSFC employs approximately 10,000 civil servants and contractors, and is located approximately 6.5 miles northeast of Washington, D.C. . The purpose of Earth Alert is to provide emergency warning of a catastrophic event using a graphic map display relayed over existing commercial infrastructure. Sufficient warning and information about life-threatening situations can be sent to remote field workers via wireless Palm devices from a central operating center by using the existing pager infrastructure and enhanced pagers with graphical screens. The Palm devices show weather and traffic events on the screen by displaying location intelligent information. Examples of hazards addressed by Earth Alert include tornadoes, hurricane watches and warnings and traffic reports. Earth Alert enables large numbers of people to receive timely warnings specific to their area, with a graphical representation of the threat immediacy to spur life-saving action when needed. The system integrates two-way paging, graphical paging, and location finding. Additionally, AEPTEC has recently built a state-of-the-art Telematics Center in Blairsville, PA. As a result of the NASA SBIR contract, AEPTEC was able to fully staff the office with a team of 13 employees consisting of an Operations Manager See datacenter manager. , a Technical Lead, Software Programmers, Information Systems Analysts, and a LAN Administrator See network administrator. (job) LAN administrator - A person who installs and maintains LAN hardware and software. A LAN administrator troubleshoots network usage and computer peripherals. . The Earth Alert project draws on the area's technically proficient college graduates from local universities, as well as, talented local professionals. In addition, AEPTEC was able to successfully hire through the PAiD (Pennsylvania Association for Individuals with Disabilities) organization. "The selection of AEPTEC Microsystems for the Tibbetts Award is a great honor. Earth Alert has been one of our key accomplishments this year and it is wonderful for our employees and partners to be recognized in this way," said Steven Chen, President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of AEPTEC Microsystems. "The SBIR program has enabled our company to take the innovation risks necessary for this breakthrough telematics solution." With Earth Alert, AEPTEC is assisting the Federal Emergency Management Agency The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is the federal agency responsible for coordinating emergency planning, preparedness, risk reduction, response, and recovery. The agency works closely with state and local governments by funding emergency programs and providing technical (FEMA FEMA, n.pr See Federal Emergency Management Agency. ) as well as state Emergency Management Agencies in disaster alert. In addition, AEPTEC is also working closely with the U.S. Navy for shipboard ship·board n. 1. The condition of being aboard a ship: on shipboard. 2. Archaic The side of a ship. adj. wireless sensors, automated maintenance, wireless local area networks and inventory tracking. This prestigious award, named for Roland Tibbetts, the founder of the SBIR program, is granted annually to those small businesses, individuals, organizations and projects judged to exemplify the best in SBIR achievement. In selecting the award recipients, the judges examined the economic impact of the technological innovation, the business achievement, the effective collaborations, and state and regional impact and support. The national ceremony to recognize the recipients of the Tibbetts Awards will be held in Washington, D.C. on October 2, 2001. The event will include a specially arranged program of high-level briefings addressing issues of consequence to technology firms and the SBIR community, a luncheon and a Capitol Hill reception. For more information about AEPTEC and Earth Alert, please contact Nancy Hulbert at 301/670-6779, ext. 432 or e:mail us at info@aeptec.com. |
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