content: SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                            Washington, D.C. 20549
  
  
                                   FORM 8-K
  
  
                                CURRENT REPORT
                Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities
                             Exchange Act of 1934
  
  
          Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): September 27, 2001
  
  
                              SONEX RESEARCH, INC.
                (Exact name of registrant as specified in Charter)
  
  
           Maryland                  0-14465                52-1188993
        (State or other           (Commision file         (IRS employer
        jurisdiction of               number)           identification no.)
         incorporation)
  
  
  
                      23 Hudson Street, Annapolis, MD 21401
                     (Address of principal executive offices)
  
  
                                (410) 266-5556
               (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
  
  
                                      N/A
           (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
                                         1
  ITEM 5. - OTHER EVENTS
  
  
       On September 27,  2001, Sonex  Research, Inc. (the  "Company") posted the
  following report on its website (www.sonexresearch.com):
  
  
  
                       SONEX HOLDS ANNUAL SHAREHOLDER MEETING
  
  
  ANNAPOLIS,  MARYLAND,  September 27, 2001 - SONEX RESEARCH,  INC. (OTC BB: SONX)
  today held its  Annual  Meeting of  Shareholders.  At the start of the  meeting,
  Chairman Myron A. "Mike" Wick,  III,  announced a few changes in the composition
  of the Company's Board of Directors,  following which Dr. Andrew A. Pouring, CEO
  and founder of Sonex,  reported on progress made toward the commercialization of
  the patented Sonex Combustion System (SCS) emissions reduction technology.
  
  Shareholders  in attendance  were  provided  with a written  "Order of Business"
  which  contained the following  cautionary  language:  "Those in attendance  are
  reminded  that oral  'forward-looking'  statements  within  the  meaning  of the
  Private  Securities  Litigation  Act of 1995 (the "Act"),  including  statements
  based on expectations, estimates, projections and assumptions by management, are
  made under the 'safe  harbor'  provisions of the Act.  Cautionary  language with
  respect to such  forward-  looking  statements  is  presented in the 2000 Annual
  Report previously delivered to shareholders."
  
  
  Board of Directors:
  
  Mr. Wick told the shareholders of the following changes at the Company:
  
  Mr. John H. Drewanz,  a resident of the Annapolis area who has  participated  in
  the Company's recent private  financings,  will be joining the Board in October.
  Mr.  Drewanz is well-known to the  Company's  management,  who are eager to work
  with him.  Initially,  Mr.  Drewanz will focus his  attention  on assisting  Dr.
  Pouring in marketing the SCS to additional companies in the automotive industry.
  Mr. Wick welcomed him to the Board.
  
  Mr. Nuno Brandolini, a director of the Company since 1982, agreed to resign from
  the Board this month.  Mr.  Brandolini  helped  finance the Company prior to and
  following its IPO in 1985. Mr. Brandolini,  a resident of New York whose work as
  a merchant  banker  requires  extensive  travel,  felt that the Company would be
  better served by a director who lives in the area as does Mr. Drewanz.  Mr. Wick
  expressed the Company's thanks to Mr. Brandolini for his many contributions over
  the years.
  
  Following today's shareholder  meeting, Mr. Lawrence H. Hyde will be retiring as
  president of Sonex.  Mr. Hyde, who retired  several years ago from his career in
  the automotive industry, is spending more of his time traveling around the world
  in pursuit of his goal to visit  every  country in the world,  and thus has less
  time to devote  to the  Company.  He will  remain a member of the Board and will
  continue to provide  technical  input and  oversight  for Sonex on behalf of the
  Board.  Mr.  Wick  thanked Mr. Hyde for his past  contributions,  including  the
  
  
                                        2
  significant  amounts of capital he has  invested in the  Company.  Mr. Wick said
  that there are no plans to name a  replacement  currently  because the president
  position at Sonex has been part-time given the focus of the Company on research.
  He noted,  however,  that when the Company  reaches the stage,  hopefully in the
  near future, when potentially  significant  business and financial  transactions
  require more  attention,  the president  position will become  prominent and the
  Board will then seek to fill that position.
  
  
  Before turning the presentation  over to Dr. Pouring,  in their remarks both Mr.
  Wick and Mr. Hyde  separately  cautioned the  shareholders  that while Sonex has
  made significant  progress in the past year, the Company's  short-term cash flow
  position remains  precarious  because revenues have yet to exceed  expenditures.
  Mr. Wick  acknowledged the  extraordinary  efforts of the Company's  officers to
  keep  Sonex  operating  this year under such  difficult  conditions,  which have
  included the deferral of significant current cash compensation.  He also thanked
  those  shareholders who had provided much needed operating capital over the past
  year through their cash investments.
  
  
  The following  discussion  represents a summary of the remarks by Dr. Pouring to
  the shareholders.
  
  
  Diesel Engine Programs:
  
  The primary ongoing programs for the SCS in direct-injected  (DI) diesel engines
  involve  two  foreign  engine  manufacturers.  In  connection  with one of these
  programs,  the SCS has  received  third  party  validation  that will permit the
  Company  to market  its  technology  more  aggressively.  Commercial  viability,
  however,  must still be evaluated through durability testing,  cost analysis and
  other factors.
  
  Specifically,  the evaluation by one of the world's leading  independent  engine
  R&D and  testing  firms of the SCS "Low  Soot"  design  for  "classical"  diesel
  engines for a major  foreign  diesel  engine  manufacturer  has been  completed.
  Pre-production  SCS pistons were  fabricated for this program by  Federal-Mogul,
  one of the world's largest piston  manufacturers.  The testing has confirmed the
  correlation between the SCS features and soot reduction, and the engine R&D firm
  plans to publish  the  findings  in a  technical  paper to be  submitted  to the
  Society of Automotive Engineers early next year. Sonex will now pursue follow-on
  funded programs with this engine manufacturer.
  
  The second program begun this spring by another  foreign engine  manufacturer is
  for technology  transfer of the Company's new Stratified Charge Radical Ignition
  (SCRI) combustion technology.  The SCRI combustion technology attempts to enable
  practical  application of homogeneous  charge  compression  ignition  (HCCI),  a
  process that, in theory,  can lower emissions while also achieving  reduced fuel
  consumption.  Compression  ignition  does not  require  the use of a spark plug;
  however,  the lack of a method for  controlling the ignition point has prevented
  practical  implementation of HCCI. With the SCRI, Sonex believes it has attained
  the control of ignition that will make HCCI viable for  commercial  application.
  The newer SCRI design also reduces NOx (oxides of nitrogen) emissions as well as
  soot,  significant  because  NOx is the  most  difficult  pollutant  for  engine
  manufacturers to reduce.
  
                                         3
  This engine manufacturer, which initially was testing the SCS "Low Soot" design,
  immediately recognized the potential for the SCRI. The objective of this program
  is to  transfer  the SCRI  results  achieved  by  Sonex  on the  single-cylinder
  laboratory  diesel  engine to a modern,  advanced,  multi-cylinder,  medium-duty
  truck diesel engine that employs all of the latest diesel engine technology such
  as  a  high  pressure,   electronically   controlled   injection   system,   and
  turbo-charging.  All of the  work is  being  done at the  engine  manufacturer's
  facility.  To date,  test results on a portion of the operating  range show that
  the SCRI  process is  transferable  to the  multi-cylinder  engine.  The rate of
  progress being made leads Sonex to believe that the emissions reduction and fuel
  consumption  targets set for this program will be achieved by the  conclusion of
  testing.
  
  The potential of this type of combustion is gaining increased  acceptance in the
  industry. Late in November Dr. Pouring will present a Sonex paper on the SCRI at
  an  international  symposium of  combustion  engineers in France that will focus
  exclusively on HCCI, or CAI  (controlled  auto-ignition)  as it is also known in
  Europe.
  
  This month Sonex began work on a subcontract for a military program  involving a
  technology for the reduction of emissions  through  pre-treatment  that has been
  developed by the prime  contractor  for this program.  Over the next few months,
  the Company will evaluate the emissions  reduction  potential of the combination
  of the SCRI process and this pre-treatment technology in the first phase of what
  could become a multi-phase project.
  
  Despite the continued progress with foreign engine manufacturers,  the Company's
  experience with U.S. manufacturers is disappointing.  The manufacturer for which
  last summer Sonex successfully  completed initial  demonstration  testing of the
  SCS "Low Soot"  design on a diesel  engine has yet to proceed  with an indicated
  follow-on program.
  
  
  Gasoline Engines:
  
  The Company has also been  investigating  the potential  application of the SCRI
  process to DI gasoline  automobile engines.  This week in its laboratory,  Sonex
  concluded a preliminary  investigation  in which it confirmed the feasibility of
  applying SCRI to gasoline engines. The work on this application still has a long
  way to go. The Company has been  seeking  funding from the U.S.  government  for
  this effort.  Sonex is receiving support from Maryland  legislators and hopes to
  participate  in upcoming  Senate  hearings on the national fuel economy  debate.
  Heavy Fuel Engines:
  
  This summer the Company has been working on two contracts from the military with
  respect to its proprietary  patented SCS starting system and modified combustion
  chamber being applied to the conversion of reliable, lightweight, spark ignited,
  two-stroke  gasoline engines to start and operate on JP-5/JP-8 standard military
  fuels  (also  referred  to as "heavy  fuels").  These  engines  are for use in a
  variety of applications  such as small,  remotely  controlled  military unmanned
  aerial  vehicles  (UAVs).  One or both of these projects could lead to follow-on
  contracts  for  prototype  development.  The  Company  also  has  high  hopes of
  receiving a significant  military  contract shortly for a long-term  program for
  the  development  of a small  heavy fuel engine for an  experimental  UAV weapon
  concept.
  
                                        4
  Concluding Remarks:
  
  Dr. Pouring closed his  presentation  by saying that by this time next year, the
  Company  expects to know if its SCS "Low Soot" or SCRI designs are to go forward
  to production.  He added that management will do its best to keep the Company in
  operation  until  then by  generating  cash from  contract  revenue  or  raising
  additional capital if necessary.
  
  
  
                            **********************
  
  
  Sonex Research,  Inc., a leader in the field of combustion  technology,  has its
  SCS technology  protected by numerous patents issued and pending worldwide.  The
  Company is pursuing licensing agreements for the marketing, manufacture and sale
  of diesel truck engine  pistons  incorporating  its patented  technology for the
  reduction of emissions in vehicular direct injected turbocharged diesel engines,
  and has  conducted  demonstration  and  development  programs  with  some of the
  world's largest diesel engine manufacturers. Other SCS designs are being used to
  convert  small  gasoline  engines to heavy fuel use for military and  commercial
  applications.
  
  
  Caution Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
  
  This  announcement,  as well as all  publicly  disseminated  material  about the
  Company, contains information in the form of "forward-looking" statements within
  the meaning of the Private Securities  Litigation Act of 1995 (the "Act").  Such
  statements  are  based  on  current  expectations,  estimates,  projections  and
  assumptions by management with respect to, among other things,  trends affecting
  the Company's  financial  condition or results of  operations  and the impact of
  competition.  Such  statements  are not  guarantees  of future  performance  and
  involve risks and uncertainties,  all of which are difficult to predict and many
  of which are beyond the control of the Company.  In order to obtain the benefits
  of the  "safe  harbor"  provisions  of the  Act  for  any  such  forward-looking
  statements,  the  Company  cautions  shareholders,   investors  and  prospective
  investors  about  significant  factors which,  among other things,  have in some
  cases  affected the  Company's  actual  results and are in the future  likely to
  affect the Company's  actual  results and cause them to differ  materially  from
  those expressed in any such forward-looking statements. Accordingly, readers are
  cautioned  not to  place  undue  reliance  on such  forward-looking  statements.
  Shareholders,  investors and prospective investors should read this announcement
  in  conjunction  with the Company's most recent Annual Report on Form 10-KSB and
  Quarterly Report on Form 10-QSB.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
                                        5
  SIGNATURES
  
  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
  registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
  undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
  
  
  October 4, 2001
  
  
  
  SONEX RESEARCH, INC.
  Registrant
  
  
  /s/ George E. Ponticas
  ----------------------
  George E. Ponticas
  Chief Financial Officer
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text: SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                            Washington, D.C. 20549
  
                                   FORM 8-K
  
                                CURRENT REPORT
                Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities
                             Exchange Act of 1934
  
          Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): September 27, 2001
  
                              SONEX RESEARCH, INC.
                (Exact name of registrant as specified in Charter)
  
           Maryland                  0-14465                52-1188993
        (State or other           (Commision file         (IRS employer
        jurisdiction of               number)           identification no.)
         incorporation)
  
                      23 Hudson Street, Annapolis, MD 21401
                     (Address of principal executive offices)
  
                                (410) 266-5556
               (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
  
                                      N/A
           (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
  
                                         1
  ITEM 5. - OTHER EVENTS
  
       On September 27,  2001, Sonex  Research, Inc. (the  "Company") posted the
  following report on its website (www.sonexresearch.com):
  
                       SONEX HOLDS ANNUAL SHAREHOLDER MEETING
  
  ANNAPOLIS,  MARYLAND,  September 27, 2001 - SONEX RESEARCH,  INC. (OTC BB: SONX)
  today held its  Annual  Meeting of  Shareholders.  At the start of the  meeting,
  Chairman Myron A. "Mike" Wick,  III,  announced a few changes in the composition
  of the Company's Board of Directors,  following which Dr. Andrew A. Pouring, CEO
  and founder of Sonex,  reported on progress made toward the commercialization of
  the patented Sonex Combustion System (SCS) emissions reduction technology.
  
  Shareholders  in attendance  were  provided  with a written  "Order of Business"
  which  contained the following  cautionary  language:  "Those in attendance  are
  reminded  that oral  'forward-looking'  statements  within  the  meaning  of the
  Private  Securities  Litigation  Act of 1995 (the "Act"),  including  statements
  based on expectations, estimates, projections and assumptions by management, are
  made under the 'safe  harbor'  provisions of the Act.  Cautionary  language with
  respect to such  forward-  looking  statements  is  presented in the 2000 Annual
  Report previously delivered to shareholders."
  
  Board of Directors:
  
  Mr. Wick told the shareholders of the following changes at the Company:
  
  Mr. John H. Drewanz,  a resident of the Annapolis area who has  participated  in
  the Company's recent private  financings,  will be joining the Board in October.
  Mr.  Drewanz is well-known to the  Company's  management,  who are eager to work
  with him.  Initially,  Mr.  Drewanz will focus his  attention  on assisting  Dr.
  Pouring in marketing the SCS to additional companies in the automotive industry.
  Mr. Wick welcomed him to the Board.
  
  Mr. Nuno Brandolini, a director of the Company since 1982, agreed to resign from
  the Board this month.  Mr.  Brandolini  helped  finance the Company prior to and
  following its IPO in 1985. Mr. Brandolini,  a resident of New York whose work as
  a merchant  banker  requires  extensive  travel,  felt that the Company would be
  better served by a director who lives in the area as does Mr. Drewanz.  Mr. Wick
  expressed the Company's thanks to Mr. Brandolini for his many contributions over
  the years.
  
  Following today's shareholder  meeting, Mr. Lawrence H. Hyde will be retiring as
  president of Sonex.  Mr. Hyde, who retired  several years ago from his career in
  the automotive industry, is spending more of his time traveling around the world
  in pursuit of his goal to visit  every  country in the world,  and thus has less
  time to devote  to the  Company.  He will  remain a member of the Board and will
  continue to provide  technical  input and  oversight  for Sonex on behalf of the
  Board.  Mr.  Wick  thanked Mr. Hyde for his past  contributions,  including  the
  
                                        2
  significant  amounts of capital he has  invested in the  Company.  Mr. Wick said
  that there are no plans to name a  replacement  currently  because the president
  position at Sonex has been part-time given the focus of the Company on research.
  He noted,  however,  that when the Company  reaches the stage,  hopefully in the
  near future, when potentially  significant  business and financial  transactions
  require more  attention,  the president  position will become  prominent and the
  Board will then seek to fill that position.
  
  Before turning the presentation  over to Dr. Pouring,  in their remarks both Mr.
  Wick and Mr. Hyde  separately  cautioned the  shareholders  that while Sonex has
  made significant  progress in the past year, the Company's  short-term cash flow
  position remains  precarious  because revenues have yet to exceed  expenditures.
  Mr. Wick  acknowledged the  extraordinary  efforts of the Company's  officers to
  keep  Sonex  operating  this year under such  difficult  conditions,  which have
  included the deferral of significant current cash compensation.  He also thanked
  those  shareholders who had provided much needed operating capital over the past
  year through their cash investments.
  
  The following  discussion  represents a summary of the remarks by Dr. Pouring to
  the shareholders.
  
  Diesel Engine Programs:
  
  The primary ongoing programs for the SCS in direct-injected  (DI) diesel engines
  involve  two  foreign  engine  manufacturers.  In  connection  with one of these
  programs,  the SCS has  received  third  party  validation  that will permit the
  Company  to market  its  technology  more  aggressively.  Commercial  viability,
  however,  must still be evaluated through durability testing,  cost analysis and
  other factors.
  
  Specifically,  the evaluation by one of the world's leading  independent  engine
  R&D and  testing  firms of the SCS "Low  Soot"  design  for  "classical"  diesel
  engines for a major  foreign  diesel  engine  manufacturer  has been  completed.
  Pre-production  SCS pistons were  fabricated for this program by  Federal-Mogul,
  one of the world's largest piston  manufacturers.  The testing has confirmed the
  correlation between the SCS features and soot reduction, and the engine R&D firm
  plans to publish  the  findings  in a  technical  paper to be  submitted  to the
  Society of Automotive Engineers early next year. Sonex will now pursue follow-on
  funded programs with this engine manufacturer.
  
  The second program begun this spring by another  foreign engine  manufacturer is
  for technology  transfer of the Company's new Stratified Charge Radical Ignition
  (SCRI) combustion technology.  The SCRI combustion technology attempts to enable
  practical  application of homogeneous  charge  compression  ignition  (HCCI),  a
  process that, in theory,  can lower emissions while also achieving  reduced fuel
  consumption.  Compression  ignition  does not  require  the use of a spark plug;
  however,  the lack of a method for  controlling the ignition point has prevented
  practical  implementation of HCCI. With the SCRI, Sonex believes it has attained
  the control of ignition that will make HCCI viable for  commercial  application.
  The newer SCRI design also reduces NOx (oxides of nitrogen) emissions as well as
  soot,  significant  because  NOx is the  most  difficult  pollutant  for  engine
  manufacturers to reduce.
  
                                         3
  This engine manufacturer, which initially was testing the SCS "Low Soot" design,
  immediately recognized the potential for the SCRI. The objective of this program
  is to  transfer  the SCRI  results  achieved  by  Sonex  on the  single-cylinder
  laboratory  diesel  engine to a modern,  advanced,  multi-cylinder,  medium-duty
  truck diesel engine that employs all of the latest diesel engine technology such
  as  a  high  pressure,   electronically   controlled   injection   system,   and
  turbo-charging.  All of the  work is  being  done at the  engine  manufacturer's
  facility.  To date,  test results on a portion of the operating  range show that
  the SCRI  process is  transferable  to the  multi-cylinder  engine.  The rate of
  progress being made leads Sonex to believe that the emissions reduction and fuel
  consumption  targets set for this program will be achieved by the  conclusion of
  testing.
  
  The potential of this type of combustion is gaining increased  acceptance in the
  industry. Late in November Dr. Pouring will present a Sonex paper on the SCRI at
  an  international  symposium of  combustion  engineers in France that will focus
  exclusively on HCCI, or CAI  (controlled  auto-ignition)  as it is also known in
  Europe.
  
  This month Sonex began work on a subcontract for a military program  involving a
  technology for the reduction of emissions  through  pre-treatment  that has been
  developed by the prime  contractor  for this program.  Over the next few months,
  the Company will evaluate the emissions  reduction  potential of the combination
  of the SCRI process and this pre-treatment technology in the first phase of what
  could become a multi-phase project.
  
  Despite the continued progress with foreign engine manufacturers,  the Company's
  experience with U.S. manufacturers is disappointing.  The manufacturer for which
  last summer Sonex successfully  completed initial  demonstration  testing of the
  SCS "Low Soot"  design on a diesel  engine has yet to proceed  with an indicated
  follow-on program.
  
  Gasoline Engines:
  
  The Company has also been  investigating  the potential  application of the SCRI
  process to DI gasoline  automobile engines.  This week in its laboratory,  Sonex
  concluded a preliminary  investigation  in which it confirmed the feasibility of
  applying SCRI to gasoline engines. The work on this application still has a long
  way to go. The Company has been  seeking  funding from the U.S.  government  for
  this effort.  Sonex is receiving support from Maryland  legislators and hopes to
  participate  in upcoming  Senate  hearings on the national fuel economy  debate.
  Heavy Fuel Engines:
  
  This summer the Company has been working on two contracts from the military with
  respect to its proprietary  patented SCS starting system and modified combustion
  chamber being applied to the conversion of reliable, lightweight, spark ignited,
  two-stroke  gasoline engines to start and operate on JP-5/JP-8 standard military
  fuels  (also  referred  to as "heavy  fuels").  These  engines  are for use in a
  variety of applications  such as small,  remotely  controlled  military unmanned
  aerial  vehicles  (UAVs).  One or both of these projects could lead to follow-on
  contracts  for  prototype  development.  The  Company  also  has  high  hopes of
  receiving a significant  military  contract shortly for a long-term  program for
  the  development  of a small  heavy fuel engine for an  experimental  UAV weapon
  concept.
  
                                        4
  Concluding Remarks:
  
  Dr. Pouring closed his  presentation  by saying that by this time next year, the
  Company  expects to know if its SCS "Low Soot" or SCRI designs are to go forward
  to production.  He added that management will do its best to keep the Company in
  operation  until  then by  generating  cash from  contract  revenue  or  raising
  additional capital if necessary.
  
                            **********************
  
  Sonex Research,  Inc., a leader in the field of combustion  technology,  has its
  SCS technology  protected by numerous patents issued and pending worldwide.  The
  Company is pursuing licensing agreements for the marketing, manufacture and sale
  of diesel truck engine  pistons  incorporating  its patented  technology for the
  reduction of emissions in vehicular direct injected turbocharged diesel engines,
  and has  conducted  demonstration  and  development  programs  with  some of the
  world's largest diesel engine manufacturers. Other SCS designs are being used to
  convert  small  gasoline  engines to heavy fuel use for military and  commercial
  applications.
  
  Caution Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
  
  This  announcement,  as well as all  publicly  disseminated  material  about the
  Company, contains information in the form of "forward-looking" statements within
  the meaning of the Private Securities  Litigation Act of 1995 (the "Act").  Such
  statements  are  based  on  current  expectations,  estimates,  projections  and
  assumptions by management with respect to, among other things,  trends affecting
  the Company's  financial  condition or results of  operations  and the impact of
  competition.  Such  statements  are not  guarantees  of future  performance  and
  involve risks and uncertainties,  all of which are difficult to predict and many
  of which are beyond the control of the Company.  In order to obtain the benefits
  of the  "safe  harbor"  provisions  of the  Act  for  any  such  forward-looking
  statements,  the  Company  cautions  shareholders,   investors  and  prospective
  investors  about  significant  factors which,  among other things,  have in some
  cases  affected the  Company's  actual  results and are in the future  likely to
  affect the Company's  actual  results and cause them to differ  materially  from
  those expressed in any such forward-looking statements. Accordingly, readers are
  cautioned  not to  place  undue  reliance  on such  forward-looking  statements.
  Shareholders,  investors and prospective investors should read this announcement
  in  conjunction  with the Company's most recent Annual Report on Form 10-KSB and
  Quarterly Report on Form 10-QSB.
  
                                        5
  SIGNATURES
  
  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
  registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
  undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
  
  October 4, 2001
  
  SONEX RESEARCH, INC.
  Registrant
  
  /s/ George E. Ponticas
  ----------------------
  George E. Ponticas
  Chief Financial Officer