R&D 100 Archive of Winners
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| Product | Organization | Co-Developers |
|---|---|---|
| 3-Series Guided Microwave Spectrometer | Epsilon Industrial | B. Randall Jean, Gary Warren, E. Lynn Whitehead |
| 32-bit Digital Optoelectronic Processor | Opticomp | Peter Guilfoyle |
| 3D Printing Process and Machine | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.), Soligen | Emmanuel Sachs, Michael Cima, Yehoram Uziel |
| 3DQ GC/MS | Hitachi Instruments Inc., Teledyne Electronic Technologies | Paul Kelly, Don Hoekman, Steve Bradshaw |
| Abrasive Belt Camlobe Grinder | General Motors Co. (Technical Center) | Jan Lee, Ernie Wasserbaech, Henry Patterson |
| AcoustoSizer | Colloidal Dynamics Pty. Ltd., Matec Applied Sciences, University of Sydney | Richard O'Brien, David Cannon |
| Active Millimeter-Wave Pyrometer | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.), Pacific Northwest Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy), T&R Associates | Paul Woskov, Daniel Cohn, Jeffrey Surma, Charles Titus |
| Air Bearing LVDT Amplifier | Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy), Lion Precision | David Hopkins, Ray Herbst |
| Alphabond Hydratable Alumina Binder | Alcoa Technical Center, Aluminum Company of America | Alan Pearson, Robert Marra, Kenneth Moody |
| APC NbTi Superconductors | Supercon | James Wong, Mark Rudziak, Terence Wong |
| AquaTrace | Ford Motor Co., Meeco Inc. | |
| AutoProbe VP | Park Scientific Instruments | Brian Trafas, Franz Giessibl |
| Bartas Iris Verification System | Los Alamos National Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy) | Roger Johnston, W. Kevin Grace |
| Benchtop Emissometer Model 205 WB | Advanced Fuel Research Inc., On-Line Technologies Inc. | James Markham, Karen Kinsella, Robert Carangelo |
| Blackglas Process | AlliedSignal Research & Technology | Roger Leung, Stephen Gonczy |
| Boreas B100 Cryocooler | Boreas Inc. | J. Alan Crunkelton |
| Chromosome Specific Composite DNA Probes | Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy) | James Tucker |
| Columbus TC 2000 Talking Compass for the Blind | Robotron Pty Ltd. | Milan Hudecek, Richard Collett, Michael Thomson, Adrian Fagarasan, Donovan Baarda, Peter Veprek |
| Cumene Process | Dow Chemical Co. | |
| DAQCard-700 | National Instruments | Jaffar Shah, James Bednar, Howard Tsoi |
| DeltaTherm 1000 | NASA (Langley Research Center), Stress Photonics Inc. | , Jon Lesniak, Brad Boyce, Hechun Cai |
| DEMON | Bell Communications Research (Bellcore) | |
| Diphonix Ion Exchange Resin | Argonne National Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy), Eichrom Industries, University of Tennessee (Knoxville) | E. Philip Horwitz, Michael Gula, Spiro Alexandros |
| Directed Light Fabrication of Complex Metal Parts | Los Alamos National Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy) | Gary Lewis, David Cremers, Ronald Nemec |
| DTI 1100C Virtual Window | Dimension Technology | Dan Hollands, Todd Touris, Jesse Eichenlaub |
| Elastodynamic O-Ring Seal Tester | AECL Research | R. G. Wensel, R. Metcalfe, L. W. Lyall |
| Fuji Pictrostate 200 | Fuji Photo Film USA | |
| Fujix Pictrogrpahy 3000 | Fuji Photo Film | |
| GIGAswitch | Digital Equipment Corp. | Bob Simcoe, Bob Thomas, Barry Spinney |
| Gould JTCAM and AM Foils | Gould | Dino DiFranco, Craig Hasegawa, Shiuh-Kao Chiang |
| Heat Seat | Battelle Memorial Institute, R. G. Barry Corp. | |
| High-Efficiency Multilayer Dielectric Gratings | Hughes Electrooptic Systems, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy) | , Michael Perry |
| High-Performance Silicon Photovoltaic Cell | Amonix Inc., Electric Power Research Institute, Sandia National Laboratories (U.S. Dept. of Energy), SunPower Corp., U. S. Department of Energy | |
| INSITE Process | Dow Chemical Co. | |
| Integrated Belting System | Starcraft Automotive | Grant Farrand |
| Interfacial Force Microscope | Sandia National Laboratories (U.S. Dept. of Energy) | Jack Houston, Terry Michalske |
| KSE CARE Monitor | KSE Inc. | James Kittrell, Charles Quinlan |
| Large Horsepower Single-Phase Motor Using Written-Pole Technology | Electric Power Research Institute, Entergy Corp., Florida Power and Light Co., Florida Power Corp., Precise Power Corp. | , John Roessel, Ronnie Barber, Richard Morash |
| LaserSonic LSA-3 | Laser Imaging Systems | Thomas McRae |
| Lattice Boltzmann Permeameter | Los Alamos National Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy), Mobil Exploration and Production Technology Center | |
| LC/MS System M-1200H | Hitachi Ltd. | Minoru Sakairi, Hideki Kambara, Yoshiaki Kato |
| Lead-Acid Wet-Cell Battery Bank Monitoring System | Bonneville Power Administration, Electric Power Research Institute, Empire State Electric Energy Research Corp., MCM Enterprise Ltd. | |
| LiMCA II Molten Metal Cleanliness Analyzer | Alcan International, Bomem | |
| Liquid Lens Technology | Lockheed Missiles & Space Co. | Robert Sigler |
| Low-NOx Cell Burner | Babcock & Wilcox (R&D), Electric Power Research Institute, U. S. Energy Dept. | L. W. Rodgers, A. D. LaRue |
| Luminescence Spot Test for PCBs | Oak Ridge National Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy) | Tuan VoDinh, Anjali Pal, Lorna Ramirez |
| MDI Torquetool | Magnetoelastic Devices Inc. | Ivan Garshelis |
| MicroCam SLR | Polaroid Corp. | John Ostrowski, Peter Clark, Doug Miller |
| Microwave Power Module | Northrup (Electronic Systems) | |
| Mini-Factory Machining Cell | Cincinnati Milacron | Tad Piotrowski, Jim Wilson, Jim Davey |
| Miniature Heaters for Optoelectronic Packages | Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy) | Michael Pocha, Daniel Nelson, Oliver Strand |
| Model 9360 Oscilloscope | LeCroy SA | Walter LeCroy, Roland Gentsch, Viktor Hungerbuhler |
| Model RCL5000 Chlorinated Organic Vapor Monitor | Energy Technology Center (U.S. Dept. of Energy), Transducer Research Inc. | Curtis Nakaishi, Joseph Stetter, William Buttner, Philip Loeb |
| Monolithic Ultra High Speed 10 bit A/D Converter | Matsushita Electric Co. | Akira Matsuzawa, Hiroshi Kimura, Takashi Nakamura |
| MRS/PMET Mercury Recovery/Removal Process | Mercury Recovery Systems, Pittsburgh Mineral & Environmental Technology | William Sutton, Thomas Weyland, Casimir Koshinski |
| Multilayer , Thin-Film Multijunction Thermal Converters | Ballantine Laboratories, National Institute of Standards & Technology | Xiang Huang, Donald Novotny, Joseph Kinard |
| NewView 100 | Zygo Corp. | Leslie Desk, James Biegen, Peter de Groot |
| Optical Analyzer | n & k Technology Inc. | Rahim Forouhi, Iris Bloomer |
| Optical Biopsy System | Los Alamos National Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy) | |
| Parallel Dense Equation Solver PDES | Sandia National Laboratories (U.S. Dept. of Energy) | David Womble |
| Parallel Virtual Machine Version 3.2 | Oak Ridge National Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy), University of Tennessee (Knoxville) | Al Geist, Jack Dongarra, Robert Manchek |
| Power Beat Battery | Power Beat International | Peter Witehira |
| PRISM Digital Detector | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.), Princeton Gamma Tech | Charles Waldman, Richard Mott, Daniel Ungar |
| Process for Rapid Growth of KDP | Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (Dept. of Energy), Moscow State University | James De Yoreo, Kenneth Montgomery, Russell Vital, Natalia Zaitseva |
| ProjectLeader | CAChe Scientific Inc. | |
| Propulsion Aircraft Flight Control Softeware | McDonnell Douglas Aerospace, NASA (Dryden Flight Research Facility), U. S. Air Force (Wright Laboratories) | James Urnes, Edward Wells, Frank Burcham Jr., Robert Yeager |
| Radially Expanding Dilator | Inner Dyne Medical Inc. | Will Dubrul |
| RAINBOW | Aura Ceramics, Clemson University, NASA (Langley Research Center), Research Corporation Technologies | , Gene Heartling, Stephanie Wise |
| Rechargeable Li-Ion Battery | Bell Communications Research (Bellcore) | Jean-Marie Tarascon, Dominique Guyomard |
| Red Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Laser Diode | Sandia National Laboratories (U.S. Dept. of Energy) | Richard Schneider Jr., James Lott, Jeffrey Figiel |
| Rehost Computer System | Federal Aviation Administration (Regional Facility, Los Angeles), U. S. Air Force (Armstrong Laboratory) | |
| Replicated Internal Shear Damper | Aesop Inc., LeBlond Makino Machine Tool Corp., Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.), Weldon Machine Tool | Alexander Slocum, Donald Bowers, Eric Marsh, Doug Smith, James Flinchbaugh |
| RFZ 60 Plasma Impedance Probe | Advanced Energy Industries | Randy Heckman, Jim Yost, Rich Scholl |
| SANDROS Software | Sandia National Laboratories (U.S. Dept. of Energy) | Yong Hwang, Pang Chen |
| Seamist | Sandia National Laboratories (U.S. Dept. of Energy), Science and Engineering Associates | , William Lowry |
| Self-Nulling Eddy Current Instrument | Analytical Services and Materials Inc., Lockheed Engineering & Sciences Co., NASA (Langley Research Center) | |
| SHIELD Reliability Test Lab-On-A-Chip | Sandia National Laboratories (U.S. Dept. of Energy) | Eric Snyder, David Campbell |
| Short Stack Memory Components | Irvine Sensors Corp., U. S. Air Force (Rome Laboratory) | John Carson, Richard Linderman, Ralph Kohler Jr. |
| Sinterstation 2000 | Clemson University, DTM | Carl Deckard |
| Smart Air Conditioner CS-GH28F | Matsushita Electric Co. | Katsuhiko Fujiwara, Kazumi Kohyana, Motohiko Naka |
| SMART Molecular Analytical Research Tool | Siemens Industrial Automation Inc. | John Chambers, Robert Sparks, H. David He |
| SmartShield-I | Sunnol Technologies | Stanley Prussin, Stephen Lane, Howard Sprackler |
| Soft Trencher | Battelle Memorial Institute, Concept Engineering Group Inc., Electric Power Research Institute | |
| Solder-Scan QC-100 | ECI Technology, Rockwell International Science Center, U. S. Army Research Laboratory | |
| Solid Phase MicroExtraction Holder/Fiber Assemblies | Supelco Inc. | Janusz Pawliszyn, George Wachob, Venkat Mani |
| Stapleton Electroless Nickel Process | Battelle Memorial Institute, Stapleton Technologies, U. S. Air Force (Armstrong Laboratory) | Prakash Palepu, Phil Stapleton, Phillip Brown |
| SummaChrome Imaging System | Summagraphics | Rainbow Dev. Team |
| Telemetric Heat Stress Monitor | Los Alamos National Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy) | Larry Berkbigler, Joseph Stampler |
| Toroid Cavity Imager | Argonne National Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy) | Klaus Woelk, Jerome Rathke, Robert Klingler |
| Total Knee Geometric Locking System | Finn Gramnas | Finn Gramnas |
| TPH 180 HM Turbomolecular Vacuum Pump | Balzers-Pfeiffer GmbH | Helmut Bernhardt, Rene Larsonneur, Wolfgang Loschthe |
| Transpired Solar Collector | Conserval Engineering Inc., National Renewable Energy Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy) | John Hollick, Charles Kutscher, Craig Christensen |
| Tri-Nox-NOXSORB Technology | Olin Corp., Tri-Mer Corp. | Jerry Kaczur, Michael Sprague |
| Ultrasensitive Ultrasonic Transducer | Los Alamos National Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy) | Ray Dixon, Larry Roe, Albert Migliori |
| Ultrasonic Microstructural Analyzer | Pacific Northwest Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy) | Morris Good, James Skorpik, George Schuster |
| Ultrasonic Viscometer | Argonne National Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy) | Shuh-Haw Sheen, Hual-Te Chien, Apostolos Raptis |
| Uncooled AlGaInAs Lasers for Fiber-in-the-Loop Applications | Bell Communications Research (Bellcore), Lasertron | |
| VHP DV Hydrogen Peroxide Vapor Generator | AMSCO Scientific | |
| Video Photometer | U. S. Bureau of Mines (Dept. of Interior) | John Cocanour III, Donna Harbuck |
| XR-100 X-Ray Detector | Amptek Inc. | John Pantazis, Alan Huber |
| Ytterbium-Doped Apatite Laser Crystals | CREOL University of Central Florida, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy) |