R&D 100 Archive of Winners
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| Product | Organization | Co-Developers |
|---|---|---|
| 3M Ceramic Composite Filter | 3M Co., Oak Ridge National Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy) | , David Stinton |
| 5900UHP | AMETEK | Jack Simmermon, Doug Peterson, Bob Bear |
| Advanced Communications Technology Satellite | NASA (Lewis Research Center) | Richard Gedney |
| Affordable Fiber Reinforced Ceramic Composites | NASA (Lewis Research Center), NYMA Inc. | , Mrityunjay Singh |
| All-Solid-State Laser With Diode Irradiance Conditiong | Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy) | Raymond Beach, Christopher Marshall, Mark Emanuel, Stephen Payne |
| AP-225 | AstroPower | Allen Barnett |
| AromaScanner | AromaScan plc, AromaScan U.S., University of Manchester | Krishna Persaud |
| ARS Chemical Fill Detector | Los Alamos National Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy) | Paul Lewis, Octavio Vela, Randy Roberts, Jerome Chen, Michael Brown, Dipen Sinha |
| Art Guard | Art Guard International | Charlie Butland |
| AURA Superinsulation | Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. | Stanley Rusek |
| Automated Hydrogen Gas Leak Detector | Case Western Reserve University, GenCorp Aerojeet, NASA (George C. Marshall Space Flight Center) | |
| Bioremediation of Chlorinated Solvent with Natural Gas | Westinghouse Co. (Savannah River Tech. Ctr.) | Terry Hazen |
| Bulletproof | Forensic Technology | Roman Baldur |
| Capacitative Deionization with Carbon Aerogel Electrodes | Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy) | |
| CARES/LIFE Software | NASA (Lewis Research Center), Philips Display Components | |
| CEMROX | Amoco Corp. (Research Center), Argonne National Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy), Pittsburgh Energy Technology Center (U.S. Dept. of Energy) | |
| Charge-Induced Voltage Alteration | Sandia National Laboratories (U.S. Dept. of Energy) | Edward Cole, Richard Anderson, Jerry Soden, Bruce Dodd, Christopher Henderson |
| Chirobiotic V | Advanced Separation Technogies, University of Missouri-Rolla | Daniel Armstrong |
| Contraband Detector | Naval Research Laboratory (U.S. Navy), Quantum Magnetics | , Lowell Burnett |
| Corrugate Type Oil Cooler | Toyota Motor Corp. | Masazumi Ohnishi |
| Cross-Linked Enzyme Crystals as Robust Biocatalyst | Altus Biologics | Manuel Navia, Nancy St. Clair |
| Deacidification of Books | Battelle Ingenieurtechnik GmbH | Jurgen Wittekind, Peter Schwerdt |
| Dimension 7000 Autowafer Scanning Probe Microscope | Digital Instruments | Mark Rodgers |
| EKTASPEED Plus | Eastman Kodak Co. | Miriam Heinrichs Zeitlow |
| Electro-Optic Voltage Transducer System | ABB Power T&D Co., Empire State Electric Research Corp., New York Power Authority, Tennessee Valley Authority | |
| EPRI Plasma Ladle Refiner | Electric Power Research Institute (Foundry Office), Maynard Steel Casting | John Svoboda, Alastair Davidson, Frank Kemeny |
| ERACE: Electrical Remediation at Contaminated Environments | Pacific Northwest Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy) | Theresa Bergsman |
| Exo-Melt Process | Oak Ridge National Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy) | Vinod Sikka, Joseph Vought, Seetharama Deevi |
| Fiber Optic Temperature Sensor | Westinghouse Electric Corp. (Savannah River Tech. Ctr.) | Patrick O'Rourke, Ronald Livingston, William Prather |
| Flat-Jet Oxy-Fuel Burner | BOC Group Inc. (Technical Center) | Loo Yap |
| FSI ULE Fiber Model FF101 | Full Spectrum Inc., Iowa State University | Gerald Shirk, Sheila Grant, Steve Martin, Abdelouahed Soufiane |
| Gamma Neutron Assay Technique | Idaho National Engineering Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy) | Rahmat Aryaeinejad, Jerry Cole |
| GCmate | JEOL USA | Morio Ishihara, Brain Musselman |
| Gelcasting | Oak Ridge National Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy) | Mark Janney, Claudia Walls, Stephen Nunn, Ogbemi Omatete |
| Glass Polycapillary Neutron Focusing Optic | National Institute of Standards & Technology, State University of New York at Albany, X-Ray Optical Systems | Heather Chen, David Mildner, Raymond Benenson, Qi-Fan Xiao, Vasily Sharov |
| GPS-Squitter | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.) | Paul Drouilhet |
| Gravimetric Gas Flow Calibrator | Oak Ridge National Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy) | Carl Remenyik |
| High Beam Quality Nd:glass Laser System | Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy) | C. Brent Dane, Lloyd Hackel, Mary Norton |
| HINT | Ames Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy) | John Gustafson, Quinn Snell |
| HIPPI-SONET Gateway | Los Alamos National Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy) | Wallace St. John, David DuBois |
| HomeChoice | Baxter HealthCare Corp., DEKA Corp. | Rohit Vishnoi, Dean Kamen |
| Horizontal High Velocity Scrubber for SO2 Removal Using the ThioClear Process | Dravo Lime Co. | Donald Stowe, John College |
| HOYA Flux | Hoya Corp. | |
| Hydride-Dehydride Recycle Process | Los Alamos National Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy) | Bart Flamm, Garlan Isom, Joseph Martz, John Haschke |
| HydroGuide | Aesop, K. Jung GmbH, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.), New Way Machine Components, Weldon Machine Tool, Wilbanks International | Alexander Slocum |
| Hydrohoist | U. S. Bureau of Mines (Dept. of Interior) | Philip Lindahl |
| Indigo-830 | Indigo Medical Inc., Los Alamos National Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy) | , Irving Bigio |
| Injection Molding Process for Rapid Production of Net-shaped Aerogels | Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy) | Lawrence Hrubesh, Paul Coronado, John Poco |
| INOx 2000 Igniton System | ENOX Technologies | Stanley Rich |
| Isonic System Technology | Mead Fluid Dynamics | Norman Framberg |
| Kodak EKTAPRO Motion Analyzer | Eastman Kodak Co. (Motion Analysis Systems ) | |
| LaRC-SI, soluble imide | NASA (Langley Research Center) | Robert Bryant |
| Large Area Rapid Thermal Processor | Intevac RTP System | John Mehlaff |
| Lineman's Robotic Third Arm | Altec Industries, Empire State Electric Energy Research Corp., Intellisys Automation, Long Island Lighting Co. | , Philip Andreas |
| Magnetic Cascade Development | Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. | Hajime Yamamoto, Hiroshi Terada |
| Magnetic Spectral Receiver | Oak Ridge National Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy) | Stephen Kercel, William Dress, Robert Rochelle, Michael Moore |
| Method for Making SiC Powders by Carbon Coating Silica | Coors Ceramics Co. (Golden Technologies Inc.), National Renewable Energy Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy) | Jack Sibold, Howard Brown, Greg Glatzmaier, Rasit Koc, Kent Scholl, Mark Anselmo |
| Microsensor for Volatile Organic Compounds | Los Alamos National Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy) | DeQuan Li, Kendall Springer, Basil Swanson |
| Microwave Plasma Continuous Emission Monitor | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.), Pacific Northwest Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy), T&R Associates | Paul Woskov |
| Miniature Ion Cyclotron Mass Spectrometer | Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy) | Daniel Dietrich |
| Miracle Eye HM-2000 | Hitachi Ltd. | Hideo Todokoro |
| MONITEQ | Consolidated Edison Co., Empire State Electric Research Corp., Hydro-Quebec, New York Power Authority | |
| Niton XL Spectrum Analyzer | Niton Corp. | Lee Grodzins, Charles Parsons |
| OXYPRO OR2 Process | Air Products and Chemicals | Vince Magnotta |
| PdCr Thin Film Strain Gauge | NASA (Lewis Research Center), NYMA Inc. | |
| Plasma Polymerized Methyl Silane Photoresist | AT&T Bell Laboratories | Timothy Weidman |
| Plastic Rechargeable Lithium-Ion Battery | Bell Communications Research (Bellcore) | Vasilis Keramidas |
| Polymer Filtration System | Boeing Co. (Defense and Space Group), Los Alamos National Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy) | Mary Nelson, Barbara Smith, Thomas Robinson, Michael Cournoyer, Nancy Sauer, Rowena Gibson, Kennard Wilson, Man Lu, James Jarvinen, Kenneth Mullen |
| Positive Displacement High Pressure Solids Feeder | Stamet Inc. | Donald Firth, Andrew Hay |
| Progressive Scanning Television Camera | Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Nippon Television Network Corp. | |
| Pulse Compression Ultrasonic Test Instrument | Mitsubishi Electric Corp. | Shusou Wadaka |
| PVS Plasma Reactor | Argonne National Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy) | John Parker |
| Quantum 2000 Scanning ESCA Microprobe | Physical Electronics | Paul Larson, Paul Palmberg, Daniel Korolchuk |
| QuickCast Immobilizers and Splints | Landec Corp. | Kevin O'Brien |
| Real Time Ultrasonic Imaging System | Dassault Aviation, Pacific Northwest Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy) | Andre Durruty, Byron Brenden, Gerald Morgen, Larry Kopf |
| Refuge One Air Center | Mines Accident Prevention Association of Manitoba, Rimer Alco North America | , Earl Gardiner, Monte Raber |
| RGM Reverse Geometry X-Ray Miniprobe | Digiray Corp. | Richard Albert |
| RiboPrinter Microbial Characterization System | Du Pont Co. (Food Quality Management Group) | Vinay Chowdhry |
| Rubbery Ruler | University of Melbourne | Alberto Cimmino, Geoffrey Opat, Anthony Klein |
| Sealed Tube Electron Beam Gun | American International Technologies, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy) | George Wakalopulos, Peter Bond, Booth Myers, Hao-Lin Chen, James Davin, Glenn Meyer, Dino Ciarlo |
| Series 300 FT-IR Thin Film Monitor | Advanced Fuel Research, On-Line Technologies | , Peter Solomon |
| Single-Fermenter Cellulosic Biocatalyst | National Renewable Energy Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy) | |
| Slide-A-Lyzer Dialysis Cassette | Pierce Chemical | Carl Clark, Robert Vigna, Gene Ricca |
| Solar 1000 | Fusion Lighting Inc., Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy), U. S. Dept. of Energy | Brian Turner, Francis Rubinstein, Lee Anderson |
| Solid State Vacuum Sensor Model 2000 | Teledyne Brown Engineering Hasting Instruments | Bill Alvesteffer |
| SP10 Autoneutralization Module | Dionex Corp. | John Stillian, Archava Siriraks |
| STABIL-ION Gauge | Granville-Phillips | Daniel Bills |
| Superex Tube | Superex Polymer Inc. | Andrew Harvey |
| TDS 784A | Tektronix Inc. | Eric Etheridge |
| Temate 2000 | Babcock & Wilcox, Taylor Winfield Corp. | |
| Timex Data Link | Microsoft Corp., Timex Corp. | |
| True Wave Single Mode Fiber | AT&T Network Cable Systems | Kenneth Walker |
| TTS-1000 | Oryx Technology Corp. | Bernard Hall |
| Turbine Disk-Rim Ultrasonic Inspection System | Southwest Research Institute | James Crane |
| TySAR | Olin Corp. | Jerry Kaczur, David Cawlfield |
| Vanguard | Buehler Ltd. | Charles Motley, Dennis Hechel |
| VARIAX | Giddings & Lewis | |
| VIPER Fiber Placement System | Cincinnati Milacron | |
| Virtual i-O i-Glasses | Virtual i-O | C. Gregory Amadon |
| Vistamer R | Composite Particles Inc. | Bernard Bauman |
| White Board, Session Directory, Video Conferencing, and Video Audio Tool Software | Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy) | Van Jacobsen, Steven McCanne |