R&D 100 Archive of Winners
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| Product | Organization | Co-Developers |
|---|---|---|
| ACIMET Process | Institute of Gas Technology | |
| Actua 2100 Concept Modeler | 3D Systems | |
| ASE 200 Accelerated Solvent Extractor | Dionex Corp. | |
| ATM OC-12c Protocol Engine | GigaNet Inc., Sandia National Laboratories (U.S. Dept. of Energy) | |
| Autonomous Environmental Sentinel AES | Battelle Memorial Institute, Ocean Sensors | |
| BAX System | Du Pont Co. (Qualicon subsidiary) | Richard Baxter |
| BENCHMARC | Benteler Industries, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy) | |
| BlackIce | Applied Sciences | |
| BSIM3v3 | University of California (Berkeley) | Chenming Hu |
| Catalyzed Electrochemical Oxidation | EOSystems, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy) | |
| Ce:LiSAF Laser System | Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy), Lightning Optical Corp. | |
| Ceramicrete | Argonne National Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy) | Arun Wagh, Dileep Singh |
| Core Separator | LSR Technologies | Leo Smolensky, S. Ronald Wysk |
| Corn Gluten Herbicide | Iowa State University | Nick Christians |
| Cost-effective TiB-Reinforced P/M Titanium Matrix Composite | Toyota Inc. (Central R&D Lab.) | Takashi Saito, Tadahiko Furuta, Hiroyuki Takamiya |
| Debris-Free X-Ray Source | University of Central Florida (Center for Research and Education in Optics and Lasers) | |
| Digital Feeder Monitor | Texas A&M University (Engineering Experiment Stationn) | Don Russell, Carl Benner, Michael Aucoin |
| Document Copying Deterrent System | Lucent Technologies/Bell Laboratories | Jack Brassil, Nicholas Maxemchuk, Lawrence O'Gorman |
| Dripless Bubbler | Iowa State University | David Hsu, Thadd Patton |
| DT211NA Acrylic Emulsion | Dow Chemical Co. | |
| Eastman AQ 1350 | Eastman Chemical Co. | |
| Electronic Dipstick | Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy) | Thomas McEwan |
| Empore Rad Disks | 3M Co., Argonne National Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy), IBC Advanced Technologies | |
| Fiber Optic Twin Colum Technology Pressure Inductor | LEL Corp. | |
| Freewing Tilt-Body | Freewing Aerial Robotics Corp., Glenn L. Martin Wind Tunnel | Hugh Schmittle |
| Fruitrim | Liquid Sugars | Robert Lynch |
| Gas Barrier Coating | PPG Industries | |
| Gencell 101 | Genase Inc., Oak Ridge National Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy) | |
| Gobel Mirror | Siemens AG | |
| Green Fluorescent Protein | Clontech Laboratories | Steven Kain, Paul Kitts |
| High-Temperature Superconductor Fabrication Technology | American Superconductor Corp. | William Brockenborough |
| Horizon Battery | Centerior Energy, Consolidated Edison Co., Edison International, Electric Power Research Institute, Electrosource Inc., Empire State Electric Energy Research Corp., Houston Lighting & Power Co., New York State Electric & Gas Co., OG&E Electric Services | |
| Hydrospindle Hydrostatic Self-Compensating Spindle Bearing | Aesop Inc., Ford Motor Co., General Motors Corp., Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.), National Center for Manufacturing Sciences, Olofson Machine Tools, Setco/Whitnon | |
| IMiG-MRI | Intermagnetics General Corp., Surrey Medical Imaging Systems | |
| IMIX-PTS System | Princeton Gamma Tech | |
| InFocus | Infinity Photo-Optical Co. | H. Jay Margolis |
| IS4000 Solder Paste Statistical Process Control System | Alpha Metals, Eaton Corp., Electronic Manufacturing Productivity Facility, Marquette University, Rockwell Collins | |
| ISOQUANT Protein Deamidation Kit | Promega Corp. | |
| Laboratory on a Chip | Oak Ridge National Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy) | J. Michael Ramsey, Stephen Jacobson |
| Latching Faraday Rotator | Lucent Technologies/Bell Laboratories | Vincent Fratello, C. David Brandle, Steven Licht |
| LB7671 Laser Diode | Hitachi Ltd. | |
| Liquid Multilayer/Polymer Multilayer Processes | Moltech Corp., Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy) | |
| Lithography System for Flat Panel Displays | Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy) | M. D. Perry |
| Low Density Linear Polyethylene | Phillips Petroleum Co. | E. A. Benham, M. P. McDaniel, M. A. Smith |
| Low Temperature/Pressure Aerogel Process | NanPore, Sandia National Laboratories (U.S. Dept. of Energy), University of New Mexico | |
| Lynx Video Adapter | BH Electronics | John DeCramer |
| Magnetic Flux Imaging System | Argonne National Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy), Phase Metrics, Russian Academy of Sciences (Institute of Solid State Physics) | George Crabtree |
| MC15U3LCG Small DC Motors Utilizing Vapor Lubricant | Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. (Motor Engineering Research Laboratory) | |
| Millimeter Wave Fabric Inspection System | Argonne National Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy) | |
| Miniature Low Cost Terabit/s Optical Amplifier | Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy) | |
| MIRAFLEX Fiber | Owens-Corning | Sandy Krezmien-Funk |
| MMVS100 Mercury Vapor Sensor/NMT Noncontact Micromechanical Thermometer | Consultec Scientific, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy) | |
| Model LNCQ01PS Low Noise Red Semiconductor Laser | Matsushita Electrical Industrial Co. | |
| Model: PortaFlow-P1 Portable/In-Situ Stress Strain Microprobe System | Advanced Technology Corp. | |
| MPEG2 Real Time Video Encoder Chip Set | Mitsubishi Electric Corp. (Systems LSI Laboratory) | |
| Network Access Module NAM | Bell Communications Research (Bellcore) (Navesink Research and Engineering Center), Hughes Electronics Research Laboratories, Nortel Technology, Rockwell Science Center | |
| NMT Noncontact Micromechanical Thermometer | Consultec Scientific, Oak Ridge National Laboratory | |
| Optimum-Entropy Training Algorithm for the Development of Artificial Neural Networks | American Welding Institute | Xiaoshu Xu |
| Oxygen Enriched Air Staging | Institute of Gas Technology | Mark Khinkis, Hamid Abbasi |
| PADS | Bell Communications Research (Bellcore), Boeing, MCNC, Nortel, North Carolina State University, University of North Carolina | |
| PDS Powders | Materials and Electrochemical Research Corp., U. S. Army Research Lab | |
| Pegasus 2000 | Zygo Corp. | Peter de Groot |
| Personal Presence System | Bell Communications Research (Bellcore) | David Boyer, Michael Lukacs |
| PHOSter | Westinghouse Electric Corp (Savannah Tech. Ctr.) | Brian Looney |
| Photonic Electric Field Sensor IPES 2001 | SRICO Inc., U. S. Army Research Laboratory (U.S. Army), University of Cincinnati | |
| Photorefractive Liquid Crystal Optical Processor | Argonne National Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy) | Gary Wiederrecht, Michael Wasielewski |
| Plasma Source Quistor | Finnigan Corp., Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy) | Charles Douthitt, David Koppenaal, Charles Barinaga, Gregory Eiden |
| Plasma Window | Brookhaven National Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy) | Ady Hershcovitch |
| PLASMAX | Beta-Squared, Los Alamos National Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy) | , Gary Selwyn |
| Porous Inserts | Battelle Memorial Institute, Gas Research Institute | |
| Potassium Tantalate (Niobate) Substrates | Commercial Crystal Laboratories, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy) | Michael Urbanik, Ron Feenstra, Lynn Boatner |
| Primaset PT Resins | AlliedSignal | |
| Pulsed Discharge Electron Capture Detector | University of Houston, Valco Instruments | Wayne Wentworth, Stanley Stearns |
| Quantox Oxide Monitoring System | Keithley Instruments Inc. | |
| ReVAP | Mobil Technology Co., Phillips Petroleum | |
| Rock Motion Detector | Chalk River Laboratories, HDRK Mining Research Limited | |
| SC-54 | Iowa State University (Research Foundation) | Theodore Kramer |
| Scalable ATM Encryptor | RE/SPEC Inc., Sandia National Laboratories (U.S. Dept. of Energy) | |
| SciFinder Software | Chemical Abstract Service | Randall Cain, Kirk Schwall, John Macko |
| Sealing Glasses | Sandia National Laboratories (U.S. Dept. of Energy) | Richard Brown, Larry Kovacic, Ron Stone |
| SEDIMAT | Indian Valley Industries, New York State Electric & Gas Corp. | |
| SEIMS Embedded Integrated Micromechanical Systems | Sandia National Laboratories (U.S. Dept. of Energy) | Stephen Montague |
| Series 2301 FT-IR Thin Film Monitor | Advanced Fuel Research, On-Line Technologies | , Peter Rosenthal |
| Series 500 Ultrasonic Fingerprint Scanner | Ultra-Scan | |
| Single Transducer Thickness-Independent Ultrasonic Imaging Method | Cleveland State University, NASA (Lewis Research Center), Sonix | |
| SixDOG Sensor | Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy) | Charles Vann |
| Smart Hydrogels and Smart Lyogels | Gel Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.) | |
| Spatial Paradigm for Information Retrieval and Exploratio | Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy) | James Wise |
| Speciated Isotope Dilution Mass Spectrometry | Duquesne University | Skip Kingston |
| Static Synchronous Compensator | Electric Power Research Institute, Tennessee Valley Authority, Westinghouse Electric Corp. | |
| Surface Enhanced Raman Gene Probe | Oak Ridge National Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy) | |
| The Rich-burn/Lean-burn Low NOx Engine | Dresser Industries (Waukesha Engine Institute), South Coast Air Quality Management District, Southern California Gas Co., Southwest Research Institute | |
| Thin Film Rechargeable Lithium Batteries | Oak Ridge National Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy) | John Bates, Nancy Dudney, Christopher Luck |
| THUNDER Actuators | NASA (Langley Research Center) | |
| TRACER Environmental Remediation | ICF Kaiser Engineers, Los Alamos National Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy) | |
| Type IE-910 and Type IE-911 UP IONSIV Ion Exchangers | Sandia National Laboratories (U.S. Dept. of Energy), Texas A&M University, UOP Inc. | |
| Ultra High Density Magnetic Sensors | Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy), Read-Rite Corp. | Daniel Stearns, Robert Rottmayer |
| VT STM | Omicron Vakuumphysik GmbH | Albrecht Feltz |
| Weather Environment Simulation Technology | Southwest Research Institute | Bruce Montag |
| WiNRADIO | Rosetta Laboratories Pty Ltd. | Milan Hudecek |
| Xenith 9000 GQA Gas Quantification Analyzer | R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. (Packaging Div.) |