R&D 100 Archive of Winners
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| Product | Organization | Co-Developers |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 A/B | Hewlett-Packard Co. | Bill Risley |
| 2CM405 Permanent Magnet Motor | General Electric Co. | C. T. Luddy |
| Alkali Metal Detector | General Electric Co. | Andrew S. Zarchy |
| Alloy Analyzer, Model 9266 | Texas Nuclear Corp. | Peter F. Berry |
| Ames TDA 3772-3775 | Miles Laboratories | Robert C. Boguslaski, John F. Burd, Robert J. Carrico |
| Anisotropic Manganese-Aluminum-Carbon Permanent Magnet | Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd. | Takao Kubo |
| ANL Small Sample Calorimeter, CDP-29-2 | Argonne National Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy) | R. N. Lewis, R. B. Perry |
| ATC-810 Twin Engine CPT/IFR Flight Simulator | Electronic Associates Inc. | Hugh Martin, James Patmore, Donald Albanese |
| Attenuated Total Internal Reflection Aerosol Impacter | Argonne National Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy) | Stanley A. Johnson, Paul T. Cunningham |
| Barkhausen Noise Stress Measurement System, Series 200 | Southwest Research Institute | John R. Barton |
| Bertea Optical Transducer | Parker Hannifin Aerospace Group | C. Ed Stevens |
| Carbon Dioxide Electrode, ISE 10-22-00 | HNU Systems Inc. | Edwards Atwood, John N. Driscoll, James F. Fowler |
| Carte Series I Programmable Assembler | General Electric Co. | |
| Cassette Coater Model 3180 | Varian Associates | |
| Consolidation by Atmospheric Pressure | Cyclops Corp. | L. W. Lherbier, W. B. Kent, J. D. Buzzanell |
| Control Data Cyber 205 Computer System | Control Data Corp. | Raymond C. Kort |
| Corguide | Corning Glass Works | |
| Cryogenic Microminiature Refrigerator LN2102 | MMR Technologies Inc. | Robert Duboc, Steve Garvey |
| Cryogenic Microminiature Refrigerator LN2102 | MMR Technologies Inc. | William Little |
| Curved Channel Microchannel Plate | Galileo Electron Optics Corp. | Paul R. Henkel |
| Deft Industrial Water-Borne Coating | Deft Inc. | Richard A. Albers |
| Demand Oxygen Controller | Tritec Inc. | Keven Chen, Gerald Durken |
| Diagnostic Immunology Slide | General Electric Co. | Ivar Giaever |
| Diamond Machined Optics Process | Honeywell Inc. | Floyd E. Johnson |
| Dow XFS 4167.16 L Pressure Reverse Osmosis Permeator | Dow Chemical Co. | A. R. Marsh |
| Drexon D-1201A Optical Memory Disc | Drexler Technology Corp. | Jerome Drexler, Eric W. Bouldin |
| Droplet Sizing Interferometer DSI 3003 | Spectrum Development Laboratories Inc. | William D. Bachalo |
| DTA 1700 System | Perkin-Elmer Corp. | Simon Babil, Harold Hill, Mike O'Neill, Sid Cohen |
| Eldon Direct-Fired Gas Water Heating System | A. O. Smith Corp. | Harry E. Wood |
| Electric Vehicle Battery Charging System | Argonne National Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy) | William H. Deluca |
| Electron Cooling System | Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory | Peter M. McIntyre |
| Extreme Ultraviolet Monochromator | Oak Ridge National Laboratory (Union Carbide ) | Paul J. Caldwell, E. T. Arakawa |
| Extrion RE-580 | Varian Associates | Dan Downey |
| Flame Retardant Polyolefins | Borg Warner Corp. | Yuval Halpern, Clifton Fleenor |
| Fluoroelastomer 2182 | 3M Co. (Commercial Chemicals) | Bruce H. Spoo, Allan T. Worm |
| Gas-Trac Model NGX-4 | IIT Research Institute, Northern Illinois Gas | James E. Batz |
| GC Sample CDS Model 320 | Chemical Data Systems | |
| Gelled Chemcial Pigs | Dow Chemical Co. | Robert J. Purinton |
| Geodynamic Acuumulated Strain Sensor GAS2 | NASA (Langley Research Center), U.S. Bureau of Mines | Joseph S. Heyman, Larry P. Yoder |
| Gould ES 1000 | Gould Inc. | Emmanuel Allard |
| GT-29 Coating | General Electric Co. | John R. Rairden, Ronald W. Smith, Mark G. Benz |
| HA11408, HA11418 | Hitachi Ltd. | Jinichiro Suzuki |
| HTC-5000, HTRC 5000 Holocamera | Spectron Development Laboratories | J. D. Trolinger |
| Hydran 201 | Hydro-Quebec Research Institute | G. Belanger, G. Missout |
| Image Plane Plate | PPG Industries | Fred M. Ernsberger |
| Improved Acoustic Emission Tranducer | National Bureau of Standards (Dept. of Commerce) | Thomas Proctor |
| Integrated Optical Spectrum Analyzer | Westinghouse Electric Corp. | D. Mergerian |
| Iodine-Stabilized Laser System | National Bureau of Standards | Howard P. Layer |
| Karatex Adhesive | Metsaliiton Theollisus Oy | Kaj G. Forss, Agneta G. M. Fuhrman |
| LARC-TP1 | NASA (Langley Research Center) | Terry L. St. Clair, Anne K. St. Clair, Vernon L. Bell |
| Large Propeller Type Wind Energy System | NASA (Lewis Research Center) | |
| Laser Doppler Electrophoresis Spectrometer | General Electric Co. | Egidijus Uzgirus |
| Laser Wavelength Reference | National Bureau of Standards | Kenneth C. Harvey |
| LLNL Compuron | Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy) | Daniel C. Thompson |
| Low Cost Chip Carrier | Texas Instruments Inc. | Robert D. Vernon |
| LRS 3200 | Litton Industries Inc. | Juan B. Vallhonrat |
| Magneto Microwave Plasma Etching System HE-818 | Hitachi Ltd. | Hiroshi Okano |
| Midac Silicon Measurement System | Midac Corp. | Jerry Auth |
| Model 1000 Fluoroptic Thermometer | Luxtron Corp. | Kenneth A. Wickersheim, Ronald V. Alves |
| Model 1300 Series Computer Controlled Infrared Spectrophotometer | Perkin-Elmer Corp. | |
| Model 409 Autocorrelator | Spectra-Physics | Richard Boggy, Richard Johnson |
| Model AHP 1700 Air Conditioner | Borg-Warner Thermoelectrics | George F. Boesen, L. T. Mikalauskis |
| Motion Analysis System SP2000 | Spin Physics Inc. | James Bixby |
| Multi Anode Microchannel Array Detector System | University of Colorado (Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics) | J. Gethyn Timothy |
| Newport Research Corp., HC300 | Honeywell Inc. | T. C. Lee |
| Omnicon 7040 Image/X-Ray Analysis System | Bausch & Lomb Inc. | K. Karcich, M. Moore, R. Morton |
| Optical Disc-Type Still Vide Recorder OSR | Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd. | Tomio Yoshida, Takeo Ohta |
| Orion Research Digital pH/Millivolt Meter 611 | Orion Research Inc. | John H. Riseman, John Rudy |
| PA9000 Quartz Digital Pressure Sensor | Gould Inc. | J. P. Corbett, Walter Eisele |
| Passive PNA Vapor Monitor | Oak Ridge National Laboratory (Union Carbide) | Tuan Vo-Dinh |
| Photon Electron-Rejecting Alpha Liquid Scintillation | Oak Ridge National Laboratory ( Union Carbide ) | W. J. McDowell |
| Polychlorinated Biphenyl Disposal Method | Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. | Dane K. Parker |
| Pyrotag | General Electric Co. | Woodfin V. Lignon, Jimmy L. Webb, Chester C. Carson |
| QRF Ion Exchange Process | U.S. Bureau of Mines | |
| Radio Frequency Quadrupole Linac Structure | Los Alamos National Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy) | Edward A. Knapp |
| Remote Fiber Fluorimeter | Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy) | Tomas Hirschfeld |
| Retractable Diamond Core Bit System | U.S. Bureau of Mines | William C. Larson |
| Rhonda III | Quadra-Bubble Memory Technology | Rod Henry |
| RoMHOglas Conductive Mat | Lundy Electronics Systems Inc. | Richard H. Warfel |
| Sala High-Gradient Magnetic Separator | Oak Ridge National Laboratory (Union Carbide ), Sala Magnetics Inc. | E.C. Hise, A.S. Holman |
| Scanning Laser Opthalmoscope | Eye Research Institute of Retina Foundation | Robert H. Webb |
| Secondary Ion Detection System, PHI Model 3500 SIMS II | Perkin-Elmer Corp. | Robert L. Gerlach |
| Self-Restoring Barrier | Southwest Research Institute | Maurice E. Bronstad |
| SIPS-SIMS Scanning Ion Microprobe Model 591 | Gatan Inc. | Peter R. Swann |
| Specimen Transfer Vessel 04-100, Plumbing 04-150 | Perkin-Elmer Corp. | Mark C. Miller |
| Spectra-Chrome 512 | Tracor Northern Inc. | David Fahrbach |
| T3R3 Industrial Robot | Cincinnati Milacron Inc. | Theodore Stackhouse |
| TermiNet 2030 | General Electric Co. | |
| TLC/FID Analyzer | Iatron Laboratories Inc. | |
| Topical Magnetic Resonance Spectrometer | Oxford Research Systems Ltd. | Peter Hanley |
| Toschange Motor | Toshiba Corp. | Sadayoshi Hibino |
| Transcience | Transcience Associates Inc. | Harold H. Kantner |
| Transverse Joulean Heated Soldering Machine TJ2 | AT&T Bell Laboratories | Werner Englemaier, Rocco Bonanni, Hans H. Ammann |
| Turbine-Generator Radio Frequency Monitor | Westinghouse Electric Corp. | F. T. Emery, B. N. Lenderking, R. D. Couch |
| Tyrann M/E | Puropore Inc. | Robert E. Kesting |
| Ultra-7 Thin Film Platinum Sensor | Leeds & Northrup Co. | Ronald Baxter |
| Ultrasonic Interferometer Manometer | National Bureau of Standards | |
| Underground Flexible Drill System | Bendix Corp., U.S. Bureau of Mines | Horace M. Varner |
| Warm-Forged Bevel and Spur Gears | International Harvester Co. | R. P. O'Shea, Otto Novelli, Thomas Watmough |
| Wrought Powder/Metallugy Aluminum Alloys-X7090 | Aluminum Company of America | Walter S. Cebulak |
| X1-2594 Glazing | Dow Corning Corp. | Bernard Van Wert, Beth Gutek, Cedric Currin |