R&D 100 Archive of Winners
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| Product | Organization | Co-Developers |
|---|---|---|
| 182 Sensitive Digital Voltmeter | Keithley Instruments Inc. | Ken Reindel, James Niemann, Dave Skerkoski |
| Accent Herbicide | Du Pont Co. (Agricultural Products) | Mary Ann Hanagan |
| Advanced Wind Turbine Blades | Airfoils Inc., Phoenix Industries, Solar Energy Research Institute (U.S. Dept. of Energy) | Dan Somers, Jim Frerotte, James Tangler |
| AerMet 100 | Carpenter Technology Corp. | Raymond M. Hemphill, David E. Wert |
| Alcan Plasma Dross Treatment Process | Alcan International Ltd. | |
| Aluminum Nitride Cavity Substrates | Ceramics Process Systems Corp. | |
| Antron Lumena | Du Pont Co. | W. T. Windley |
| Bellcore Fuel Sensor | Bell Communications Research Inc. | Paul C. Warren, Glen G. Neuberger |
| BYK-W-995 | BYK-Chemie USA | |
| Carbohydrate Conversion Process | Pacific Northwest Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy) | |
| Challenge 6000 | Chemical Fabrics Corp. | Francis M. Enzien, John J. Schramko, Mark Sinofsky |
| Compact Vacuum Insulation | Solar Energy Research Institute (U.S. Dept. of Energy) | David K. Benson, Thomas F. Potter |
| Cr:LiSAF and Cr:LiCAF Lasers | Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy) | |
| Cryptographic Synchonization Loss Detector | Sandia National Laboratories (U.S. Dept. of Energy) | Lyndon G. Pierson, Joseph H. Maestas, Thomas J. Pratt |
| Dinsmore No. 1525 Analog Sensor | Dinsmore Instrument Co. | R. C. Dinsmore |
| Direct Manual Braillewriter | Oak Ridge National Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy) | Lawrence S. Hawk, Joe H. Turner |
| EktaPro EM Motion Analyzer | Eastman Kodak Co. (Motion Analysis Systems ) | |
| Electro-Optical Liquid Sensor | Pacific Northwest Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy) | |
| Electromagnetic Liquid Metal Inclusion Removal Device | Oak Ridge National Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy) | Vinod K. Sikka, David O. Hobson, Igor Alexeff |
| Electronic Image Stabilizer | Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd. | |
| Electrorefining Process for the Recovery of Tranuranics | Argonne National Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy) | |
| ELOMIX Radioactive Waste Removal Process | BRADTEC Ltd., Electric Power Research Institute | Christopher J. Wood |
| ENVIRO-CP System | Oak Ridge National Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy) | Roger Whiting Anderson, Wayne Allen Neff |
| Enzygraphic WEB | Eastman Kodak Co., International Biotechnologies Inc. | |
| Faultfinder | NASA (Langley Research Center) | |
| Firechek Model 13500 | Memry Corp. (Memry Technologies Inc.) | Richard F. Gordon |
| First Coat Coating Composition | Morton International | Karl P. Anderson, Richard T. Moyle |
| Fission Track Method | Brookhaven National Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy) | Anant R. Moorthy, Carl J. Shopfer, Duff Henze |
| Flameless Ration Heater | U. S. Army (Natick R&D and Engineering Ctr.), Zesto Therm Inc. | |
| Fractal Fiberoptics | Galileo Electro-Optics Corp. | Lee Cook, Danna Mancini, Susan Patterson |
| GaInP2/GaAs Tandem Cell | Solar Energy Research Institute (U.S. Dept. of Energy) | Jerry M. Olson, Sarah R. Kurtz |
| Gelsil | Geltech Inc. | Larry Hench, Jean-Luc R. Nogues |
| Gram Negative Bacteria Identification System | Biolog Inc. | Barry R. Bochner |
| Hard X-Ray Lens | Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy) | Richard M. Bionta, Roderick A. Hyde, Kenneth M. Skulina |
| Harpicon Image Pickup Tubes, Series H4318, H4418, and H4438 | Hitachi Ltd., NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corp.) | |
| HBH 1000 | CSIRO, H. B. H. Technologicsl Industries Pty. Ltd. | Peter Delaney, David Mitchell, Martin Harris |
| High-Performance Cold Forging Oil | Nippondenso Co. Ltd., Toyota Central R&D Laboratories Inc., Toyota Chemical Engineering Co. Ltd. | Kazuhiko Kitamura, Toshihide Ohmori, Masuhiko Kawamura |
| IC/4 Plus Deposition Process Controller | Leybold Inficon Inc. | Carl Gogol, Clarence Hurd, Abdul Wajid |
| Inert Gas Post Cured Crosslinked Polymer Process | NASA (Lewis Reseach Center) | Kenneth J. Bowles, Carl E. Lowell |
| Integrity | Lam Research Corp. | Joseph R. Monkowski, Mark A. Logan |
| Jet Vapor Deposition Process | Jet Process Corp. | Jerome J. Schmitt, Bret L. Halpern, John W. Golz |
| Laser DIP dp 01 | Anakenesis Technologies Inc. | Brian D. Andresen, James F. Foster |
| LeCroy MTD132 8-Channel Time Digitizer | LeCroy Corp. | |
| LINX Networking System Model E558 | Du Pont Co. (Elecronic Imaging Systems) | James A. Mulvaney, R. Monty Taylor, David B. Witt |
| LOF Energy Advantage Low-E Glass | Libbey-Owens-Ford Co., Roy G. Gordon | , Roy G. Gordon, Michael J. Soubeyrand, Peter H. Hofer |
| Long Wavelength Reflectance Modulator | Sandia National Laboratories (U.S. Dept. of Energy) | |
| Low-Palmitic Soybean Oil | Iowa State University | Walter R. Fehr, Earl Hammond |
| Microfluor Detector | Ames Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy) | Edward Yeung |
| Model 1003 Optical Tape Recorder | CREO Products Inc. | |
| Model 1430 Fiber Optic Refractometer | MetriCor Inc. | |
| Model 1990 Moisture Analyzer of Solids | Analytical Laboratory Systems GmbH | Horst Aichmann, George Sevcik |
| Model HN-1120-1 Distribution Unit | Hitachi Ltd. | |
| Model LA-433X Two-Dimensional Quasi-CW Diode Laser Array | Advanced Optoelectronics | |
| Model MC302 Super-Cryogenic Refrigerator | Mitsubishi Electric Corp. | Masahi Nagao, Takashi Inaguchi, Hideto Yoshimura |
| Model QLM13S900-SPEC Lasertron Microwave Laser Module | Lasertron Inc., U. S. Air Force ( Rome Laboratory) | Alex Rosiewicz, Charles W. Tsacoyeanes |
| Model X1-SPEM-I High-Resolution Scanning Photoelectron Microscope | Brookhaven National Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy), IBM Corp. (T.J. Watson Research Center), Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy), State University of New York, Stony Brook | |
| ModeMaster Beam Propagation Analyzer | Coherent Inc. | |
| Modified High-Pressure Gas Atomization Technique | Ames Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy), Iowa State University | Iver Anderson, Barbara Lograsso |
| Multi-Kiloamp,Thousand-Volt Solid-State Dump Switch | Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory | A. T. Visser |
| Nitraclean Surface Mount Soldering System | BOC Group Inc. | Nick Bandyopadhyay, Mark Kirschner |
| Nitride-Zirconia-Zirconia Oxynitride Composites | Ceramics Process Systems Corp. | Ran-Rong Lee, George Franks |
| OctaVisc/OctWash System | Design Scientific Inc. | Dean M. Ball |
| Optical Fiber Current Sensor | 3M Co., NASA (Lewis Research Center), National Institute of Standards & Technology, U. S. Navy (David Taylor Research Center) | , Dingding Tang, Gordon W. Day, Allen H. Rose |
| Optical High-Acidity Sensor | Los Alamos National Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy) | Betty Jorgensen, Howard Nekimken, Pat Carey |
| Parallel-Processing RF Spectrum Analyzer | National Institute of Standards & Technology | Steven L. Rolston, Christoph Westbrook, Poul Jessen |
| PdCr Strain Gage | NASA (Lewis Research Center), Sverdrup Technology Inc., United Technologies Co. | Jih-Fen Lei, C.O. Hulse, D.R. Englund |
| Petroleum Sludge Treatment Process | Onsite*Ofsite Inc., Pacific Northwest Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy) | |
| Photo CD System | Eastman Kodak Co. | |
| Planar Waveguide Spectrometer | Pacific Northwest Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy), University of Washington | |
| PM-3580 Family Logic Analyzer | John Fluke Mfg. Co, , Philips International B. V. | , Peter van den Eijnden |
| Polyramix PMX | ELTECH Research Corp., OxyTech Systems Inc. | Carl Brown, Rudy C. Matousek, Louis W. Hruska |
| Primaloft | Albany Inernational Corp., U. S. Army (Natick R&D and Engineering Ctr.) | |
| QLF Coatings | BOC Group Inc. (Airco Coating Technology) | |
| Quantitative Luminscence Imaging System | Pacific Northwest Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy) | |
| Rapid Fuel Analyzer | Oak Ridge National Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy) | B. S. Hoffheins, R. J. Lauf |
| Resonant Ultrasonic Inspection Technique | Los Alamos National Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy) | Albert Migliori, William M. Visscher |
| RF-Wafer Scale Integration | Westinghouse Electric Corp. (Electronic Systems Group) | |
| Rotary Tri-Blade Coupling | Toyoda Machine Works Ltd., Toyota Inc. (Central R&D Lab), Toyota Motor Co. | Hiroaki Asano |
| Self-Replenishing Boric Acid Film Process | Argonne National Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy) | Ali Erdemir |
| Semi-Insulator Detector | EG&G Inc., Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy), Los Alamos National Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy) | M.D. Pocha, C.L. Wang, J.E. Flatley |
| Single Molecule Detector | Los Alamos National Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy) | |
| SLALOM | Ames Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy) | |
| SR-100 | CSE Corp., U. S. Bureau of Mines (Pittsburgh Research Center) | , Gene Pelczarski |
| Starburst Dendrimers | Michigan Molecular Institute | Donald A. Tomalia |
| TCRD Type Sludge Simulator | Toyota Inc. (Central R&D Lab), Toyota Motor Corp. | Hiroshi Moritani, Masuhiko Kawamura, Masahiko Nakada |
| Telemetry-Based Piston Temperature Measurement System | Southwest Research Institute | |
| The Mk III | Argonne National Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy) | Thomas D. Kaun |
| Thermoset Impedance Monitoring and Control System | NASA (Langley Research Center) | Robert L. Fox, David Johnston |
| Thin-Film Cadmium Telluride Photovoltaic Modules | Photon Energy Inc., Solar Energy Research Institute (U.S. Dept. of Energy) | , John Jordan, Scot Albright |
| Thyratron Replacement Solid-State Switch | Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy) | Gary R. Dreifuerst, Bernard T. Merritt |
| TRU Spec, Sr Spec, and U/TEVA Spec Extraction Chromatographic Materials | Argonne National Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy) | E. Philip Horwitx, Mark L. Dietz |
| Type IQI-301 High-Density Glass Scintillator for X-Ray Imaging | Industrial Quality Inc., Lockheed Missiles & Space Co. | |
| Ultimet Alloy | Haynes International Inc. | Paul Crook |
| Ultra-High-Performance Cathode Ray Tube System | EG&G Energy Measurements Inc. | |
| Vapor Liquid Solid Grown Silicon Carbide Whisker | Materials & Electrochemical Research Corp. | R. O. Loutfy, J. C. Withers, Richard R. McCormick |
| Waste Acid Detoxification and Reclamation Sytem | Pacific Northwest Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy) | Evan O. Jones, Wayne A. Wilcox |
| Water-Based Fluorocarbon Non-Stick Coating System | Dow Chemical Co. | Donald L. Schmidt, Charles E. Coburn |
| X-Ray Tomographic Microscope | Georgia Institute of Technology, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy), Materials Data Inc., Sandia National Laboratories (U.S. Dept. of Energy) | |
| XUS-50165.04L | Dow Chemical Co. | John Burba III, Clarence Crabb |
| YB66 Soft X-Ray Monochromator | Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy), National Institute for Research in Inorganic Matl., Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory | Joe Wong |