Research Projects and Grants

The following is an abbreviated list of research projects and grants performed for government agencies and other funding sources that were directed or co-directed by our principal associates.

United States Environmental Protection Agency

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Small Business Innovation Research. Development

of a novel virus capture system using positively charged silica matrix (SBIR EP-D-050037, Mar 2005-Sept 2005).

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Small Business Innovation Research. A novel method to detect and enumerate viable Cryptosporidium parvum in water using integrated cell culture-rRNA in situ hybridization (SBIR 68-D-99-056, Nov 1999-May 2000).

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency: Coliphage method and optimization and field testing 2000-2001. $160,000.

United States Department of Agriculture

U.S. Department of Agriculture Small Business Innovation Research.  Development of a simple, quantitative kit to test vegetables and fruits for evidence of fecal contamination (SBIR INDK-2005-00257, Apr 2005-Nov 2005).

Abbreviated list of projects, contracts and grants from state agencies and corporations

Suffolk County Department of Public Works, Long Island, New York. Storm water catch

basin insert performance testing. 2006.

Town of Riverhead, Long Island, New York.  Review:  water reuse treatment options. 2005.

Town of Riverhead, Long Island, New York.  Pilot-scale water reuse study. 2004.

Zenon Corporation: Removal of E.coli and coliphages in pilot-scale filtration of drinking water and wastewater. 2000.

For further information about SMI's services, please feel to contact a project manager at (574) 277-4078..