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Barron Associates has been awarded a third year contract on an on-going effort to study the application of runtime assurance (RTA) methods to turbofan engines with advanced propulsion control algorithms.  The class of advanced control systems being considered cannot be fully certified to the proper Design Assurance Level (DAL) due to their inherent complexity and […]

The U.S. Patent and Trade Office has issued a patent for a GLOVED HUMAN-MACHINE INTERFACE, Patent No. US 9,104,271 Bl, Aug. 11, 2015, inventors Richard Adams (Barron Associates Inc.), Aaron Olowin (Barron Associates Inc.), and Blake Hannaford (University of Washington). The technology stems from developments made under the Glove-Enabled Computer Operations (GECO) NASA Phase II […]

Barron Associates performs cutting-edge research in signal processing, communications, control systems, and related fields, and turns the results into high-quality solutions for real-world problems. Our technologies support a wide variety of application areas, including systems that enable severely impaired individuals to communicate effectively, technologies that improve the safety of air transportation, development environments that facilitate […]

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 […]