R&D 100 Archive of Winners
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| Product | Organization | Co-Developers |
|---|---|---|
| 5-D Laser Measuring System | Automated Precison Inc. | Kam Lau |
| Absolute Interferometer | Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy) | |
| Advanced Tensiometer | Idaho National Engineering and Env. Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy) | |
| AECL Standard 1996 Recombiner | Atomic Energy of Canada | |
| AGROTAIN | IMC-AGRICO Co. | |
| ApoALert Annexin V Apoptosis Kit | CLONTECH Laboratories Inc. | Guohong Zhang |
| Artificial Retina Chip | Mitsubishi Electric Corp. | Kazuo Kyuma |
| ASR Detect | Los Alamos National Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy) | George Guthrie |
| Aztec | Sandia National Laboratories (U.S. Dept. of Energy) | Ray Tuminaro |
| Biological Microcavity Laser | Sandia National Laboratories (U.S. Dept. of Energy) | Paul Gourley, Mark Gourley |
| Biologically Derived Succinic Acid | Applied CarboChemicals Inc., National Renewable Energy Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy), Oak Ridge National Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy), Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy) | |
| BioPlus High Efficiency Filtration System | Technovation dba PDA Inc. | Rajan Jaisinghani |
| C-Band Microwave Power Module | Northrup Grumman (Electronics & Systems Integration) | |
| CEM Star System 6/2 | CEM Corp. | |
| Closed Loop Induction Process Controller | Delphi Saginaw Steering Systems, Sandia National Laboratories (U.S. Dept. of Energy) | |
| CMP Low Dross Meter | Electric Power Research Institute (Center for Materials Production), Process Engineering Dynamics | Robert Schmitt, Frank Kemeny |
| Computrac 3000 | Arizona Instruments | Walfred Raisanen |
| Constricted Plasma Source | Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy) | S. Andre Anders, Michael Dickinson, Michael Rubin |
| Direct Injection Gasoline Engine | Toyota Motor Corp. | |
| Dry Wash Process | Global Technologies LLC, Hughes Environmental Systems Inc., Los Alamos National Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy) | |
| Dual Luciferase Reporter Assay System | Promega Corp. | |
| Electron Beam Curable Cationic Epoxies | Atomic Energy of Canada, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy) | |
| Enclosed Space Detection System | Lockheed Martin Energy Systems Inc., Oak Ridge National Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy) | |
| Environmentally Protective Iodine Adsorbent | Hitachi Ltd. (Power and Industrial Systems R&D Div.) | |
| ESY9600 Multiplexed Capillary Electrophoresis DNA Sequencer | Ames Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy), Iowa State University | , Edward Yeung |
| Falcon | Amoco, Cray Research, Los Alamos National Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy), PGS Tigress Ltd. | |
| Femtosecond Laser Materials Processing | Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy) | |
| Filmetrics F30 | Filmetrics Inc., Sandia National Laboratories (U.S. Dept. of Energy) | Scott Chalmers, William Brieland |
| Fluorescence Aerodynamic Particle Sizer 2 | Defense Research Establishment, Dycor Industrial Research Ltd., TSI Inc. | |
| Fluorescence Omnilyzer | Brookhaven National Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy), Quantar Technology Inc. | |
| GEOSEIS Mini-Hole Seismic Blast Initiation System | Ensign-Bickford Co., Sandia National Laboratories (U.S. Dept. of Energy), SCB Technology Inc. | |
| Graphical Radio Network Engineering Tool | GTE Laboratories Inc. | |
| High Performance Storage System | IBM (Global Government Industry), Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Sandia National Laboratories | |
| High Sensitivity Exhaust Gas Analyzer | Toyota Motor Corp. | |
| High Speed Fiber Optic VCSEL | Honeywell Intl. (Micro Switch) | |
| IBD-350 Low Defect Density Ion Beam Sputter Deposition System | Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy), Veeco Instruments Inc. | |
| Intelimer Polymer Catalysts and Additives | Landec Corp. | |
| Internally Powered Wheel Technology | ABK International Inc., DataTran Inc. | , Emik Avakian |
| Kinematic Docking System | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.), Teradyne Inc. | Alex Slocum, Michael Chiu |
| Kodak's EC-L Film System | Eastman Kodak Co. | Robert Dickerson, Arthur Haus, Kenneth Huff |
| LARC PETI-5 | NASA (Langley Research Center) | |
| LSI-M64820FP | Mitsubishi Electric Corp. (System LSI Laboratory) | |
| M32R/D Microcontroller | Mitsubishi Electric Corp. (System LSI Laboratory) | |
| Machining Variation Analysis | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.), National Institute of Standards & Technology (U.S. Dept. of Commerce) | |
| MAG*SEP Process for Milk Decontamination | Selective Environmental Technologies Inc. | Adel Hedawi |
| Mass Spectroscopy of Recoiled Ion Analyzer | Argonne National Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy), Ionwerks | |
| Max-Well 2000 | LATA Group | Donald Hitzman |
| MELD CAD Tool for Low Cost Manufacturing of Optoelectronics | Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy) | |
| Metal Ceramic Composite Crucible | Blasch Precision Ceramics, Lockheed Martin Energy Systems Inc., Oak Ridge National Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy) | |
| Metal Compression Forming | Oak Ridge National Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy), Thompson Aluminum Casting Co. | Srinath Viswanathan, Robert Purgert |
| Methane deNOX | Institute of Gas Technology | |
| Methylated Sol-Gel Sorbent | Oak Ridge National Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy), Supelco Inc. | |
| Mimehand Sign Language Animation Processor | Hitachi Ltd. (Central R&D Lab.) | |
| Modular Technetium-99m Concentrator | Oak Ridge National Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy) | Emory Collins, Saed Mirzadeh, F. F. Knapp |
| MotionStar Wireless | Ascension Technology Corp. | |
| Nafion SAC | Du Pont Co. | Mark Harmer, William Farneth, Qun Sun |
| Nanocrystalline Composite Coercive Magnet Powders | Ames Laboratory, Idaho National Engineering and Env. Laboratory | |
| Nanoparticle Processing by Laser-Liquid Interaction Technique | Penn State University | Jogender Singh, Paul Denney, Eric Whitney |
| Nirvana Autobalanced Photoreceiver | New Focus Inc. | Asif Godil |
| Nonintrusive Pressure Sensor | Battelle Memorial Institute, Columbia Gas of Ohio Inc. | |
| NonVolatile Field Effect Transistor | Sandia National Laboratories (U.S. Dept. of Energy) | |
| NOx and Small Particle Filter | Sorbent Technologies Corp., U. S. Air Force (Environics Directorate) | |
| Odyssey Atlasphere | Battelle Memorial Institute, Explore Technologies Inc. | |
| Off-Line Carbon In Ash Monitor | Iowa State University | Robert Brown, David Waller |
| Oil Field Tiltmeter | Lawerence Livermore National Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy), Pinnacle Technologies | |
| PFC Recycle System | American Air Liquide Inc. | |
| Photoelectrochemical Etch for p-Type Semiconductor | U.S. Air Force (Rome Laboratory) | |
| Plasma Source Ion Implantation | Empire Hard Chrome Inc., General Motors Corp., Los Alamos National Laboratory, North Star Research Corp., University of Wisconsin (Madison) | |
| Pneumatic Monitor Using Wheel Speed Sensor | Denso Corp., Toyota Inc. (Central R&D Lab.), Toyota Motor Corp. | |
| Portable Modified Direct Method Test Apparatus | National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) | Fred Garcia, Steven Schatzel |
| PowerMOD High Voltage Pulse Modulator | Diversified Technologies Inc. | |
| PQ2000 Power Quality System | AC Battery Corp., Electric Power Research Institute, Oglethorpe Power Corp., Pacific Gas & Electric Corp., Sandia National Laboratories (U.S. Dept. of Energy) | |
| pRISM+ | Integrated Systems Inc. | |
| PV Optics | National Renewable Energy Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy) | |
| Rapid Installation FRP Highway Bridge | Kansas Structural Composites Inc. | Jerry Plunkett |
| Rapid Size Analysis of Individual DNA Fragments | Los Alamos National Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy), Molecular Technologies Inc. | |
| RCCS-D Rotary Cell Culture System with Disposable Vessels | Synthecon Inc. | Ray Schwartz |
| Refractory Corrosion Monitor | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.), Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy) | |
| Regenerative Active Vehicle Suspension System | Southwest Research Institute | Glenn Wendel, Gary Stecklein |
| Relative Humidity Adaptive Application Process | PPG Industries Inc. (Coatings & Resins Group R&D) | Donald Jones, Mary Ellen Rosenberger |
| RTP Control | Electric Power Research Institute, Empire State Electric Energy Research Co., Honeywell Intl. (Technology Center), New York State Energy R & D Authority | |
| RubberCycle Bioprocess | Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy), Rouse Rubber Industries | |
| S-Check | National Institute of Standards & Technology (U.S. Dept. of Commerce) | |
| Self-Calibrating Time Stretcher | LeCroy Corp. (Research Systems) | |
| ShieldBeam Contactor | Kinetrix Inc., Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.) | |
| Single Point End Use Energy Disaggregation System | Consolidated Edison Co. of New York Inc., Electric Power Research Institute, Empire State Electric Energy Research Co., Enetics Inc., New York State Energy R & D Authority, Rochester Gas & Electric Co. | |
| Smart Fill Fuel Can | Briggs & Stratton Corp. | |
| SmartLink | Keithley Instruments Inc. | Michael Minneman |
| SpectraFlame | AstroPower Inc. | Paul Sims |
| SuperProton | Conductus Inc., Varian Associates (NMR Instruments) | |
| t-Master | Inrad Inc. | Sergei Govorkov |
| Tet-On Tet-Off Gene Expression Systems | CLONTECH Laboratories Inc. | |
| Three-D Roller Locking Sprags | NASA (Goddard Space Flight Center) | John Vranish |
| TraceAIR | Thermo Jarrell Ash Corp., U. S. Army Research Center (U.S. Dept. of Defense), U. S. Navy- Naval Air Research Center (U.S. Dept. of Defense) | |
| TurboTool | Aesop Inc., Boston Digital Corp., Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.), National Center for Manufacturing Sciences, National Science Foundation | |
| Ultra High Gradient Insulator | AlliedSignal FM&T, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy) | |
| Vari-Wave | Lambda Technologies, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy) | |
| VideoShower | Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. | |
| ViruShield Test System | ConverTec Corp. | Robert Greibel, Gregory Gormley |
| ZMI 2001 Measurement Board | Zygo Corp. | Frank Demarest, Kurt Redlitz |