National laboratories are the primary submitting organization on 51 of this year’s 100 R&D 100 Award winners, with Oak Ridge alone accounting for 18. Companies account for 21. The 2026 winners, announced today by R&D World, were selected from 149 finalists across six categories, 38 of them in Process/Prototyping. This year’s judging panel included more than 50 industry professionals from around the world.Winners are grouped below by category and listed alphabetically by product name. Each listing includes the official product name, the primary submitting organization, and any co-developing organizations, as provided to R&D World.
All Finalist, Winner, and additional logos are available for download here.
Also in the 2026 program:
Nine of the winners listed below also took a Special Recognition medal.
- Special Recognition: Green Tech winners
- Special Recognition: Corporate Social Responsibility winners
- Special Recognition: Market Disruptor winners
- 2026 R&D 100 Finalists
Announcements coming soon:
- R&D Technician of the Year: August 10
- R&D Researcher of the Year: August 11
- R&D Leader of the Year: August 12
The 2026 R&D 100 gala banquet will be held at the Grand Hyatt Scottsdale Resort in Arizona on November 19, 2026.
ANALYTICAL/TEST
| Organization/Developer | Product Name |
|---|---|
| Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Co-developer: Ginkgo Bioworks Holdings, Inc. (Ginkgo)
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Anaerobic Microbial Phenotyping Platform (AMP2) |
| OUR United Corporation
Co-developers: The Second Affiliated Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University; The First Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University; Qilu Hospital of Shandong University; The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi’an Jiaotong University; Beijing Tiantan Hospital of Capital Medical University
|
CybeRay Pro |
| University at Buffalo, State University of New York | Determining the Percentage of Recycled Plastic Content in a Plastic Product |
| Hitachi, Ltd.
Co-developers: Hitachi High-Tech Corporation; Nagano Automation Co., Ltd.
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Globe Scan: A Non-Contact Laser Dimensional Scanning Probe |
| ScienceEdge Inc.
Co-developer: Prof. Jun Hirotani, Kyoto University
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InFocus κ FDTR: Thermal Property Microscope |
| Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory | OsteoSEE |
| University of Pittsburgh
Co-developer: Sensible Photonics
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Photonic BMS |
| Argonne National Laboratory
Co-developer: Kyma Technologies
|
RADXtract |
| Spear Bio Inc. | SPEAR UltraDetect™ BD-pTau 217 Assay |
| Oak Ridge National Laboratory | Thermostable Serine Recombinase Assisted Genome Engineering (tSAGE): 90% Faster Foreign DNA Insertion for Thermophilic Microbes |
| Waters Corporation
Co-developers: Indiana University; Megadalton Solutions
|
Waters Xevo™ CDMS |
IT/ELECTRICAL
| Organization/Developer | Product Name |
|---|---|
| Los Alamos National Laboratory | Architector |
| Hitachi America, Ltd.
Co-developers: Hitachi America, Ltd.; Hitachi Energy
|
Hitachi Energy’s Optimization product offering |
| Los Alamos National Laboratory | ICONS: Integrated Composite Optical Neutron Sensor
GOLD · SPECIAL RECOGNITION: MARKET DISRUPTOR
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| Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Co-developers: New Sun Road, P.B.C.; Casa Pueblo
|
Microgrid Orchestrator—A Distributed Controller for Networked Microgrids |
| Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Co-developer: BMW Group (Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft)
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ORNL & BMW 22kW Polyphase Wireless Power Transfer System with Rotating Magnetic Fields |
| Southwest Research Institute | Parallelogram Synchronized Truss Assembly (PaSTA) |
| Los Alamos National Laboratory
Co-developers: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory; Nevada National Security Site; Oak Ridge National Laboratory; Pacific Northwest National Laboratory; Sandia National Laboratories
|
Persistent DynAMICS |
| Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory
Co-developer: NASA Space Communications and Navigation (SCaN) Program
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PExT – Polylingual Experimental Terminal |
| Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
Co-developers: Mitsubishi Electric Plant Engineering Corporation; Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratory; Nagoya University; Japan Atomic Energy Agency
|
Radioactive airborne particulate monitor |
| Toyota Central R&D Labs., Inc.
Co-developer: Daihatsu Motor Co., Ltd.
|
Smart Power Hub® (SPH) |
| Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) | UNR, Ubiquitous Network-Native Radar Platform |
MECHANICAL/MATERIALS
| Organization/Developer | Product Name |
|---|---|
| Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Co-developer: Samsung Electronics America
|
Affordable Efficient Thermoelectric Dishwasher with Enhanced Drying |
| Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Co-developer: California Institute of Technology
|
Algae composite |
| Purdue University, Indiana, USA | CryoCharge-100™ |
| DuPont | DuPont™ Liveo™ Pharma TPE Ultra-Low Temperature Tubing |
| Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute | DyeMate-SC |
| Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute
Co-developer: Graphex Innovation and Technology Limited
|
EcoFlux |
| National Laboratory of the Rockies | Economic Long-Duration Energy Storage by Using Low-Cost Particle-Based Thermal Energy Storage (ENDURING)
SILVER · SPECIAL RECOGNITION: MARKET DISRUPTOR
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| Savannah River National Laboratory
Co-developers: Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey; Washington State University; Alfred University; University of South Carolina; Missouri University of Science and Technology; Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
|
Engineered Cermets for Advanced Reactor Waste Disposal |
| Toyota Research Institute of North America
Co-developers: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech); MIRISE Technologies Corporation
|
High Power Density Embedded-die PCB–based Automotive Traction Inverter |
| University of Colorado Boulder | Mesoporous optically clear heat insulators (MOCHI) |
| SABIC | NORYL™ V0150TW / V0150IR2 Resins |
| Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) | N₂O CAT: Low Temperature NOx Free N₂O Abatement System |
| National Laboratory of the Rockies | Perforated Membranes for the Efficient Conversion of Carbon Dioxide and Carbon Monoxide to Organic Compounds |
| Pinturas Berel S.A. de C.V | Pintura Autoenfriante |
| University of Pittsburgh
Co-developers: Idaho National Laboratory; National Energy Technology Laboratory
|
REFLEX™ |
| General Motors
Co-developers: Shanghai Jiaotong University; Sairolf Metal Forming Co., Ltd.; Nanjing Steel Co., Ltd.
|
UniSteel 1900 ChainDieForm |
PROCESS/PROTOTYPING
| Organization/Developer | Product Name |
|---|---|
| Argonne National Laboratory | Argonne Rare Earth Magnet Electrorefining Process |
| General Motors LLC | Automated Craftsmanship |
| Taiwan Textile Research Institute (TTRI)
Co-developer: Mizuno Corp.
|
Automated Single-station Manufacturing Process for Seamless, Ultra-Lightweight Footwear |
| Los Alamos National Laboratory
Co-developers: United States Air Force Academy; Plasma Controls LLC
|
Autonomous Ion Mass Spectrometer Sentry (AIMSS) |
| Taiwan Textile Research Institute (TTRI)
Co-developers: Jade Long John Enterprise Co., Ltd.; Far Eastern New Century Corporation; Long John; Tsung Right Industrial Co., Ltd.; Pro Arch International Development Enterprise Inc.
|
Beyond Mono-Material: One-Step Separation and Decolorization of Footwear’s Hardest Waste into Manufacturing-Grade rPET |
| Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute Company Limited
Co-developer: Yau Lee Group
|
CarbonTrust |
| Argonne National Laboratory | Cathode Upcycling Through Precipitation |
| Taiwan Textile Research Institute (TTRI)
Co-developer: Sangtech Lab Inc.
|
CellNet™: Next-Generation Blood Filters – High Purity, Water-Free, and Solvent-Free Surface Functionalization of Fibers |
| Los Alamos National Laboratory | Deimos: Advanced Reactor Testbed |
| Yale University
Co-developers: Purdue University; University of Maryland; Princeton University; Polymer-X Inc.
|
Electrified Plastic Pyrolysis Reactor (EPPR) for Jet Fuel and Diesel Production |
| Argonne National Laboratory
Co-developer: General Motors LLC
|
Electro-Lith |
| Oak Ridge National Laboratory | Electrochemical CO2 Graphitization (ECOG) |
| Pacific Northwest National Laboratory | Flow-Ore™ |
| Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory | FlowVAM |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Plasma Science and Fusion Center
Co-developers: Brookhaven Technology Group Inc.; Tufts University, Mechanical Engineering Department
|
FReTC HTS-Tape High-Current Single-Process Full-Size-Cabling |
| Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) | Grayscale Lithography via Annealed Resin Engineering (GLARE) |
| Pacific Northwest National Laboratory | High-Velocity (HiVe) Joining |
| Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) | IonTwin™ |
| Oak Ridge National Laboratory | MS-PolyFuel™ Technology |
| Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Co-developer: University of Maine, Advanced Structures and Composites Center
|
Multiplexing Extrusion System (MExS) |
| National Atomic Research Institute
Co-developers: DIAN-TANG Resources & Materials Co., Ltd.; SHIANG-YING Refractories Co., Ltd.; Taoyuan District Agriculture Research and Extension Station, MOA
|
NARI ReAl-Sorb System |
| Oak Ridge National Laboratory | Neutral Extractant Advanced Rare Earth Separation Technology (NEAREST) |
| Path Robotics | Obsidian™ |
| Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Co-developers: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL); Florida Industrial and Phosphate Research Institute (FIPR)
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PASTREE: Phosphoric Acid Sludge Treatment for Rare Earths Extraction |
| Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Co-developers: TRISO-X; Arc Impact
|
Programmable Tri-Structural Isotropic (TRISO) Nuclear Fuel |
| Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Co-developer: Coastline Optics, Inc.
|
PROTECT |
| The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Co-developer: Oak Ridge National Laboratory
|
Pulsar-based Timing System – An Alternative Time Reference for Resilient Synchronization |
| MIT Lincoln Laboratory | Quantum Microsystems |
| Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Co-developer: Whirlpool Corporation
|
Recycled Composite Oven |
| General Motors Research and Development | RoboVision Caliper: Generalizable Laser Weld Inspection System |
| Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory
Co-developer: Johns Hopkins University
|
SATURN: Spectrally Augmented Thermal Understanding Reducing Nonconformance |
| Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory | Studying-Polymers-On a-Chip (SPOC) |
| Hitachi America, Ltd. | Supply Chain Intelligence Platform |
| AiMiLi Inc
Co-developers: University of Pittsburgh; Corning Incorporated; AiMiLi Inc.
|
TeleSENSE™: Agentic AI Manufacturing Platform of Distributed Fiber-Optic Sensing Fibers |
| Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Co-developer: Captis Aire LLC
|
Terpenes Conversion to Aviation Fuel |
| Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Co-developer: National Laboratory of the Rockies
|
Thermophilic One-Pot Bioconversion of PET Waste into Value-Added Aromatics |
| Los Alamos National Laboratory | Ultrasonic Acoustic Separation Platform (UltraSep) |
| Idaho National Laboratory | VIBRANT: Visual Benign Reactor as Analog for Nuclear Testing |
SOFTWARE/SERVICES
| Organization/Developer | Product Name |
|---|---|
| MIT Lincoln Laboratory | 5G Interference Canceler |
| Siemens Healthineers AG | AI-Rad Companion (AIRC) Prostate MR: AI-Driven Prostate Cancer Detection and Standardized Reporting |
| Idaho National Laboratory | All Hazards Analysis (AHA) Framework |
| National Laboratory of the Rockies
Co-developers: BNSF Railway; Southwest Research Institute; University of Texas at Austin; University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
|
ALTRIOS |
| Los Alamos National Laboratory | ARCH: Autonomous Robot Control Hierarchy |
| Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)
Co-developer: National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
|
ATLAS-Tx |
| Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Co-developer: Southern California Edison
|
AWARE: Multi-Event Grid Intelligence Platform for Wildfire Prevention and Resilience
BRONZE · SPECIAL RECOGNITION: MARKET DISRUPTOR
|
| Sandia National Laboratories (SNL)
Co-developer: University of Tennessee’s Innovative Computing Laboratory
|
Fenix |
| Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Co-developer: Oklahoma State University
|
GeoWISE (Geothermal heat pump Web-based Integrated Simulation and Economic analysis tool) |
| Argonne National Laboratory | IMPACT |
| Institute for Information Industry (III)
Co-developers: High Tech Computer Corporation (HTC); National Taitung University
|
IntelliGlass™ – Multimodal Human-Centered Optimization Platform for Smart Glasses Interaction |
| Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) | LAPIS |
| Oak Ridge National Laboratory | LuGo: An Enhanced Quantum Phase Estimation Implementation |
| MIT Lincoln Laboratory | Magnetite – Secure-by-Design Real-Time Operating System |
| Automotive Research & Testing Center | OmniDrive – Intelligent Safety Driving System |
| National Laboratory of the Rockies
Co-developers: Sandia National Laboratories; Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL); Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL); Argonne National Laboratory (ANL); Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL)
|
Pele Suite of Exascale Reacting Flow Codes |
| Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory | RadSim |
| Argonne National Laboratory
Co-developers: Illinois Institute of Technology; Encore Consulting Services, Inc.
|
SeQUeNCe: Simulator of QUantum Network Communication |
| Idaho National Laboratory | TELEIOS-BATT: Battery Diagnostic and Prognostic Toolset |
| Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory | TOF-CGI |
| Idaho National Laboratory
Co-developer: Oak Ridge National Laboratory
|
Tritium Migration Analysis Program: TMAP8 |
| Institute for Information Industry (III)
Co-developer: Foxconn Interconnect Technology Limited (FIT)
|
Vision Shepherd |
| Viz.ai | Viz Subdural Plus™ |
OTHER
| Organization/Developer | Product Name |
|---|---|
| Hong Kong Productivity Council
Co-developer: CS Tech Solution Limited
|
CarbonLock Blocks |
Congratulations to all of the 2026 R&D 100 Award winners!
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