R&D 100 Archive of Winners
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| Product | Organization | Co-Developers |
|---|---|---|
| 17Cr4Ni Super X Stainless Steel | Crucible Materials Corp. | Geoffrey Rhodes |
| Acpmaps | Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory | |
| Alarmed Fiber Optic Model FAM 131 | Hughes Aircraft Co., U.S. Air Force | |
| ANZA Plus | HNC Inc. | Todd Gutschow, Robert Hecht-Nielson |
| Arsine Generators | AT&T Bell Laboratories, Electron Transfer Technologies | |
| Atomic-Emission Detector for Gas Chromatography | Hewlett-Packard Co. | Bruce Quimby, James J. Sullivan |
| Atomika XSA 8000 | German Government Research Institute, Perkin-Elmer Corp. | J. Knoth, H. Schwenke |
| BETA Double Rotor | Estonian Academy of Sciences, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy) | , Alexander Pines |
| Binder-Enhanced Densified Refuse Derived Fuel Pellets | Argonne National Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy), University of North Texas | Oscar O. Ohlsson, William W. Schertz, Kenneth E. Daugherty, Barney Venables |
| Braille Mouse Model II | NASA (Langley Research Center) | H. Douglas Garner |
| CAS Model 000200 Image Analysis System | Cell Analysis Systems Inc. | James W. Bacus, Ralph S. Hernicz |
| Chelation Ion Chromatography | Dionex Corp., National Institute of Standards & Technology | John M. Riviello, H. M. Kingston, Archava Siriraks |
| Coated Diffraction Gratings | Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy) | Troy W. Barbee, Daniel Dietrich, Jay V. Bixler |
| ColorEdge | Eastman Kodak Co. (Copy Products ) | |
| Composite Optical/X-ray Laser Microscope | Princeton University (Plasma Physics Lab.), Princeton X-Ray Laser Inc. | |
| Conductive Lattices | Los Alamos National Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy) | Steven P. Armes, Mahmoud Aldissi |
| Confocal Laser Scan Microscope | Carl Zeiss Inc. | Volker Wilke |
| Czochralski Silicon Crystal Growth Method | Toshiba Corp. | Hitoshi Hirano |
| Dextrous Hand Master Series 1 | A. D. Little Inc., Exos Inc. | , Beth Marcus |
| Diagnostic System for Ethernet Local Area Networks | Network General Corp. | Leonard J. Shustek |
| Digitally Synthesized AC Voltage | National Institute of Standards & Technology | Nile M. Oldham, Paul S. Hetrick |
| Diorganophosphites | Union Carbide Corp. | David R. Bryant |
| E-MACS | NASA (Langley Research Center) | Terence S. Abbott |
| E-SEM | ElectroScan Corp. | G. D. Danilatos |
| Electrically Driven Ion Exchange Membrane Process | Allied Signal Inc. (Aquatech Systems) | F. Chlanda, K. Mani |
| Electro-expulsive Surface Deicing Dystem (EESS) | NASA (Ames Research Center) | Leonard Haslim |
| Escascope | VG Isogas Ltd. | Peter Coxon |
| Evaporative Light Scattering Detector for HPLC | Varex Corp. | Augustyn Wysisnski, Bert Kitchenham |
| Fiberfrax | Carborundum Co. | D. J. Bailey, P. M. Boymel, J. M. Cerdan |
| Flurothane II and IV | DeSoto Inc. | Kenneth E. Jasenof, Clark A. Higginbotham, Ron J. Lewarchik |
| Four Mbit CMOS DRAM, Models TC514100J/Z, TC514400J/Z | Toshiba Corp. | Osamu Ozawa |
| Frequency Dependent Impedance Measurement Sensor (FDIMS) | College of William and Mary | David E. Kranbuehl |
| FreshHold | Hercules Inc. | Harry S. Anderson, William T. McNabola |
| FTCS-1 | Los Alamos National Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy) | Tudor N. Buican, John C. Martin |
| Gasless Metal Atomization Nozzle | Martin Marietta Energy Systems Inc., Oak Ridge National Laboratory | David O. Hobson, Vinod K. Sikka, Igor Alexeff |
| Herpchek Test System | DuPont Co. | |
| High Fiber, Noncaloric Flour Substitute | U.S. Dept. of Agriculture | J. Michael Gould |
| High Resolution Mirror Assembly HRMA-17 | Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy) | James H. Underwood, Albert C. Thompson |
| HIVcheck | DuPont Co., E. Y. Laboratories Inc. | J. P. Galvin, Albert E. Chu |
| HQ 913 Hydroloy System | Hydro-Quebec | Raynald Simoneau |
| Hydrometallurgical process for re-covering cobalt from copper ore | U.S. Bureau of Mines | Thomas H. Jeffers, Don C. Seidel |
| Image Editing Workstation | Eastman Kodak Co., Kodak Federal Systems | Billy E. Cates, James T. Reed |
| Infrared Aerosol Analyser (IAA) | Argonne National Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy) | Stanley A. Johnson, Gerald T. Reedy, Romesh Kumar |
| Infrared Molecular Line Lanp IRmoll 1000 | Spectral Sciences Inc. | |
| Isochrom | VG Isogas Ltd. | P. A. Freedman |
| K-CAT | Penwalt Corp. | Roger T. Clark, D. M. Gardner |
| Laser Power Controllers | Cambridge Research & Instrumentation Inc. | Peter J. Miller |
| Liquid Crystal Polarizer/Isolator | University of Rochester | |
| Loria Surface Quality Analyzer | Ashland Chemical Co. | Stephen S. Hupp |
| Low Density Insulation Curly Fiber Batting XUS-13201.00L | Dow Chemical Co. | F. P. McCullough |
| Low Noise Microchannel Plate | Galileo Electro Optics Corp. | W. Bruce Feller, Lee M. Cooke |
| LPS-521 | Acton Research Corp., DuPont Co., Princeton Instruments Inc. | Robert D. Fancy, Roger H. French |
| Metallurgist-XR Model 9277 | Texas Nuclear Corp. | |
| MHP1 | Harrick Scientific Corp., Martin Marietta Energy Systems Inc., Oak Ridge Y-12 Plant | Milan Milosevic, G. Louis Powell, Peggy J. Horton |
| Micropol LC Detector | Ames Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy) | Edward S. Yeung |
| Microwave Ashing System 300 | CEM Corp. | |
| Model 3900 Tunable Constant Wave Sapphire Laser | Spectra-Physics Inc. | Anthony J. Alfrey |
| Model 7500 Noncontact Superconductor Screening System | Lake Shore Cryotronics Inc., Los Alamos National Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy) | |
| Model FX-1000G5 Five Axis Single-Mode Fiber Alignment System | Newport Corp. | Reed Farrar, Bill Muller |
| Model HL1323TR Receptacle Laser Diode Module | Hitachi Ltd. | Tetsuo Kumazawa |
| Model LS-1 Fluorescence Lifetime Spectrometer | Photon Technology International Inc. | Douglas James |
| Model NIR-1000 Tissue Oxygenation Measuring System | Hamamatsu Photonic Systems Corp., University College London | Sueo Miyaki |
| Model PV-460 Lens Stabilizing System for Panasonic Camcorder | Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd. | Mitsuaki Oshima |
| Model S101SdFFF Sedimentation Field-Flow Fractionation Apparatus | FFFractionation Inc. | J. Calvin Giddings, Marcus N. Myers |
| Models LC-0101, -0201, -0401 Carbon Monoxide Oxidation Catalysts | Phillips Petroleum Co. | John H. Kolts |
| Models MGF8001, -8002, and -8003 High Speed GaAs Prescaler | Mitsubishi Electric Corp. | |
| MPC Mark 1 | Texas Research Institute Inc. | |
| Multistage depressed collector (MDSC) klystron amplifier | NASA (Lewis Research Center), Varian Associates | , Earl McCune |
| OGC1 Partial Pressure Controller and Monitor | Leybold AG (Leybold Inficon ) | Carl Gogol |
| Optical integrated circuit | Honeywell Inc., NASA (Lewis Research Center) | Wayne Walters, Kul B. Bhasin |
| Parallel Computing Software for Scientific Problem | Sandia National Laboratories (U.S. Dept. of Energy) | John Gustafson, Gary Montry, Robert Benner |
| Perfluorosulfonic acid ionomer XUS50197.00 | Dow Chemical Co. | Bobby R. Ezzell |
| Personal Toxic Gas Alarm Model 01 | U.S. Bureau of Mines | C. R. Carpenter |
| Photon Scanning Tunneling Microscope (PSTM) | Martin Marietta Energy Systems Inc., Oak Ridge National Laboratory | T. L. Ferrell, R. C. Reddick, R. J. Warmack |
| Pneumatic Manipulator for Video Probe 2000 for Borescope Models VI105, VI106 | Welch Allyn Inc. | Raymond A. Lia |
| Polimotor 234 | Polimotor Inc., Rogers Corp. | , Matthew Holtzberg |
| Polyalkylsilsesquioxane | General Electric Co. (Astro Space) | Martin Meder |
| Potassium Titanyl Phosphate Nonlinear Optical Crystals | AT&T Bell Laboratories, DuPont Co., Litton Systems Inc. (Airtron) | |
| Private Eye | Reflection Technology Inc. | Allen Becker |
| Radiant Cell Cabin Heater | Alzeta Corp. | Andrew C. Minden |
| Radium 224 Generator | Argonne National Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy) | Robert W. Atcher, John J. Hines, Arnold M. Friedman |
| Real Time Harmonic Closed-Orbit Feedback System | Brookhaven National Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy) | |
| Reflective X-Ray Mask for Lithography | Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy) | N. M. Ceglio, A. M. Hawryluk |
| Repel | Gelman Sciences Inc. | Ehud Shchori |
| Semi Insulating Single Crystal GaAs Wafers | Crystal Specialties Intl. | Russell E. Kremer, Gordon H. Beckhart, Dave Francomano |
| Silicon Fusion Bonding Process for Sensors and Microstructures | NovaSensor | |
| Simion PC/PS2 4.0 | Idaho National Engineering Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy) | D. A. Dahl, J. E. Delmore, A. D. Appelhans |
| Sorbplus | Aluminum Company of America | |
| Spectroscopic Scanning Tunneling Microscope | Solar Energy Research Institute | Lawrence L. Kazmerski |
| Square Dish Solar Collector | Power Kinetics Inc. | William E. Rogers |
| Supernet/Linda | Sandia National Laboratories (U.S. Dept. of Energy), Scientific Computing Associates, Yale University | Robert Whiteside, David Gelernter, Jerrold Leichter |
| Tachion I | Kinetic Systems Corp. | J. W. Tippie |
| TFS Surface Analyzer | Charles Evans & Associates | Bruno W. Schueler |
| Thermal Conductivity Analyzer | Holometrix Inc. (Thermatest) | Karl G. Coumou |
| Thermochemical Enviornmental Energy System | Onsite*Ofsite Inc. | |
| Thermochemical Environmental Energy System | Battelle Pacific Northwest Laboratories (Dept. of Energy) | |
| Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry Data Acquisition System | Schmidt Instruments Inc. | Howard K. Schmidt |
| Transmission Polarizer for Neutron Beams | Martin Marietta Energy Systems Inc., Oak Ridge National Laboratory | H. A. Mook, J. B. Hayter |
| Ultracel | Union Carbide Corp. | Stanley L. Hager |
| Vector Scanning Technique | NASA (Lewis Research Center) | Mark P. Wernet |
| Z-LINK System | Sheldahl Inc. | Ken Gilleo, Deanna Dowdle |