SBIR-STTR Award

Child Safety Using Optical and V2X Digital Alerting Technology to Bring School Buses and Students on the Vehicle Grid for Collision Prevention
Award last edited on: 8/5/2022

Sponsored Program
SBIR
Awarding Agency
DOT
Total Award Amount
$644,756
Award Phase
2
Solicitation Topic Code
21-NH1
Principal Investigator
Cory Hohs

Company Information

Haas Inc

1651 North Whipple Street
Chicago, IL 60647
   (312) 758-7826
   info@haasalert.com
   www.haasalert.com
Location: Single
Congr. District: 04
County: Cook

Phase I

Contract Number: 6913G621P800062
Start Date: 6/24/2021    Completed: 12/24/2021
Phase I year
2021
Phase I Amount
$144,763
Across the nation, school buses drive our kids to and from school, in rural, suburban, and large cities – all having the same problem: safely transporting school children. This proposal calls out (1) there is no school bus V2X solution that exists in any meaningful scalable way today (2) there is no readily available solution to solve for school children being struck during evening hours when visibility is low. It's not just school buses that have struckby issues, in fact, the biggest death and injury rate for police, fire, ems, towing, and construction is struckbys. Our team has built solutions with proven outcomes using V2X technologies and optical systems to prevent struck by vehicles in these markets. We propose phase I to experiment with these solutions to determine the best solution for children while being transported by bus.

Phase II

Contract Number: 6913G622C100009
Start Date: 7/25/2022    Completed: 8/22/2023
Phase II year
2022
Phase II Amount
$499,993
Across the nation, school buses drive our kids to and from school, in rural, suburban, and large cities – all having the same problem: safely transporting school children. This proposal calls out (1) there is no school bus V2X solution that exists in any meaningful scalable way today (2) there is no readily available solution to solve for school children being struck during evening hours when visibility is low. It's not just school buses that have struckby issues, in fact, the biggest death and injury rate for police, fire, ems, towing, and construction is struckbys. Our team has built solutions with proven outcomes using V2X technologies and optical systems to prevent struck by vehicles in these markets. We propose phase I to experiment with these solutions to determine the best solution for children while being transported by bus.