R&D 100 Archive of Winners
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| Product | Organization | Co-Developers |
|---|---|---|
| 2097-T861 | Aluminum Company of America, Lockheed Martin (Tactical Aircraft Systems) | |
| 3D Stress | Southwest Research Institute | David Ferrill, Alan Morris, D. Brent Henderson |
| Adsorption Integraged Reaction Process | KSE Inc. | James Kittrell |
| AEC Motion Free Scanning System | Applied Electro-Optics Corp. | Dan Stancil, Ed Schlesinger, Tim Deis |
| Air-Spade | Concept Engineering Group Inc., U. S. Army (Humanitarian Demining Program) | Richard Nathenson |
| Antek Model 8060 CLND | Antek Instruments | |
| Atlas Human cDNA Expression Array I | Clontech Laboratories Inc. | |
| ATSC Digital Television Standard | General Instrument, HDTV Grand Alliance, Lucent Technologies/Bell Laboratories, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.), Philips Consumer Electronics Co., Sarnoff Corp., Thomson Consumer Electronics, Zenith Electronics Corp. | |
| Automatic Tip Exchange | Digital Instruments | Craig Prater |
| Automotive Powder Clear Coat | BMW, PPG Industries Inc. | , Karen Barkac |
| AV-250 Analytical Viscometer | DJScientific | Ron Smith |
| Beating Heart CABG with Mechanical Stabilization | CardioThoracic Systems Inc. | Charles Taylor, Federico Benetti |
| BioProbe | Park Scientific Instruments | David Braunstein, Thai Nguyen, Quoc Li |
| BRACELET | Hydro-Quebec, MAX'SUN Technologies Inc. | Jean Marc Bourgeious, Francois Lalonde, Gilles Missout |
| CalSpec | Oak Ridge National Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy) | Panos Datskos |
| Cary 50 UV/VIS Spectrophotometer | Varian Australia Pty Ltd. | Michael Hammer |
| Composer | Leybold Inficon | Carl Gogol |
| COMRAD | Center for Photonic Materials and Devices, Ludlum Measurements Inc., Radiation Safety Engineering Inc., Sandia National Laboratories (U.S. Dept. of Energy) | |
| Convuluted Thermocouples for Ceramics Measurements | HITEC Products Inc., NASA (Lewis Research Center), U. S. Army (Research Laboratory) | |
| Corterra Polymers | Shell Chemical Co. | |
| CS/BS Antenna | Mitsubishi Electric Corp. | Izuru Naito, Shigeru Makino |
| Cynergy Sanitary Fluid Handling Components | Fluoroware Inc. | Jim Linder |
| Cyrax Portable 3D Laser Mapping and Imaging System | Cyra Technologies, Los Alamos National Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.) (Lincoln Laboratory) | |
| DirectRay Direct to Digital X-ray Image Capture System | Sterling Diagnostic Imaging Inc. | Lothar Jeromin, Denny Lee |
| DVD Rewritable Disc and Drive | Hitachi Ltd. | Motoyasu Terao |
| Echometer | Candid Logic Inc., Ford Motor Co. | Boris Khaykin, George Mozurkewich, Mark Nulman |
| Electro-optic High Voltage Sensor | Idaho National Engineering and Env. Lab (U.S. Dept. of Energy) | Thomas Crawford, James Davidson, Gary Seifert |
| EPRI DFD Process | ALARON Corp., Bradtec Ltd., Consumers Energy, Electric Power Research Institute, PN Services, University of West England | , Christopher Wood, Michael Roller |
| GBC Optimass 8000 | GBC Scientific Equipment Pty Ltd. | |
| GenePrint PowerPlex System | Promega Corp. | James Schumm |
| Heat Capacity Measurement System | Quantum Design Inc. | Randall Black |
| High Throughput Biomass Gasifier | Battelle Memorial Institute, Burlington Electric Dept., Future Energy Resources Corp., National Renewable Energy Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy) | Mark Paisley, Herman Feldmann |
| High-Performance Electromagnetic Raodway Mapping & Evaluation System | Federal Highway Administration, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy) | , Stephen Azevedo |
| In Situ Redox Manipulation | Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy), Schlumberger Ltd. | Jonathan Fruchter |
| INDUCT 95 | Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy) | Peter Vitello |
| INTELLIARC | AccuData Inc., Eastman Kodak Co., IMPACT Engineering, Michigan Jobs Commission Executive Office, National Center for Manufacturing Sciences, National Science Foundation (Office of Small Business Innovation Research) | |
| ISO-torq Rotating Consistency Transmitter | APPA Systems Inc. | Ekhard Preikschat, Mike Stern |
| K2 Smart Shock and ACX Piezo Snow Damper | Active Control eXperts (ACX) Inc., K2 Bike/Noleen Racing | Jeff Moore |
| Lasershot Peening System | Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy), Metal Improvement Co. Inc. | |
| Life-Cycle Advantage | Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy) | Kenneth Humphreys |
| Light Lock Optical Security System | Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy) | Robert Clough |
| Light-Induced Voltage Alteration | Sandia National Laboratories (U.S. Dept. of Energy) | Edward Cole |
| Low Smoke Pyrotechnics | Los Alamos National Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy) | Michael Hiskey, David Chavez, Darren Naud |
| Magnetostrictive Sensor Pipe and Tube Inspection and Evaluation System | Southwest Research Institute | Hegeon Kwun |
| Malt-Based Antimicrobial | Idaho National Engineering and Env. Laboratory | Karen Barrett |
| MARS 5 Microwave Accelerated Reaction System | CEM Corp. | David Barclay |
| MESA | Zygo Corp. | Peter de Groot |
| MICLEAN/MICARE Solvent Cleaning System | MiCELL Technologies Inc., Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy) | Joseph DeSimone, John Fulton |
| MICRO-ION Gauge | Granville-Phillips Co. | Daniel Bills, Paul Arnold, Michael Borenstein |
| Micro-Thermal Analyzer | TA Instruments Inc. | Michael Reading |
| Modular Disk Coextrusion Die | BBS Corp. | Henry Schirmer |
| Multivariate State Estimation Technique | Argonne National Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy) | Kenny Gross, Stephan Wegerich, Ralph Singer |
| NANOGEN | Materials Modification Inc., U. S. Army (Research Laboratory) | Krupashankara Sethuram, Raja Kalyanaraman |
| Near-Frictionless Carbon | Argonne National Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy) | |
| NeuroCybernetic Prostheses System for Vagus Nerve Stimulation Therapy | Cyberonics Inc. | Reese Terry |
| OC-48c/STM-16 Asynchronous Transfer Mode Network Interface Card | Tektronix Inc. | Edward Hershberg |
| On Line CE-FLN System | Ames Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy), Iowa State University, Janis Research Co., Inc. | |
| Optical Ultra High Resolution Dental Imaging System | Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy), University of Connecticut (Health Center) | Bill Colston |
| OptiPro Acoustic Emissions Detector | Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy), Opti-Pro Systems Inc. | Mark Piscotty, John Taylor, Mike Bechtold |
| Painted Bumpers Recycling | Toyota Motor Corp. | Sadao Ikeda |
| Phase ID | Noran Instruments Inc., Sandia National Laboratories (U.S. Dept. of Energy) | , Joseph Michael |
| Pipeline Current Mapper | Radiodetection Corp., Southern California Gas Co. | |
| Plasma Enhanced Melter | Integrated Environmental Technologies LLC | Jeffrey Surma |
| PRODIAG | Argonne National Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy) | Jaques Reifman, Thomas Wei |
| Q-Tool | Aesop Inc., Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.) | Kevin Wasson, Alexander Slocum |
| Quantum Leap Boiler | ConEdison, Dunkirk Radiator Corp., National Fuel Gas Distribution Corp., New York Gas Group, New York State Energy R&D Authority, Yankee Scientific Inc. | |
| Radionuclide Aerosol Sampler/Analyzer | DME Corp., Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy) | , Harry Miley |
| Rapid Microdialyzer | Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy) | Richard Smith |
| Rapid PLUS | Emultek Inc. | |
| Rapid Solidification Process Tooling | Idaho National Engineering and Env. Lab | Kevin McHugh |
| Real Time Calibration Metals Emission Monitor | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.), Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy) | Paul Woskov |
| Resistance Bridge Calibrator | AEONZ Ltd., Industrial Research Ltd. | D. R. White |
| Retro-X Gene Expression Systems | Clontech Laboratories Inc., Fred Hutchinson Cancer Institute | Ilya Mazo, Sara Cunningham, Dusty Miller |
| S600 Automated Parametric Test System | Keithley Instruments Inc. | |
| Scanning Electron Microscope Monitor | Hewlett-Packard Co. (ULSI Research Laboratory), National Institute of Standards & Technology (U.S. Dept. of Commerce), Spectel Co. | Andras Vladar, Michael Postek, Mark Davidson |
| SciFinder Substructure Module | Chemical Abstracts Service | Randall Cain, Kirk Schwall, John Macko |
| Self-Assembled Monolayers of Mesoporous Supports | Mobil Technology Co., Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy) | Jirishk Shitnis, Xiangdong Feng |
| Smart Cycler | Cepheid | |
| Solar Ray Windshield Antenna | General Motors Corp., PPG Industries Inc. | Louis Nagy |
| SOLVE | Los Alamos National Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy) | Thomas Terwilliger, Joel Berendzen |
| SpectraCode Model RP-1 Point-and-Shoot System for Polymer Identification | SpectraCode Inc. | |
| SPECTRAmax PLUS with PathCheck | Molecular Devices Corp. | Dean Hafemen |
| STABREX Microorganism Control Chemical | Nalco Chemical Co. | William McCoy, Anthony Dallmier |
| Super-Braze | Materials Resources International | |
| TAT Coatings | Longo Associates, Spray-Tech Inc. | Frank Longo, Gerald Jossick |
| TC1050 CFC | Advanced Ceramics Corp., k Technology Corp. | |
| Terminal Repeller Unconstrained Subenergy Tunnelin | Oak Ridge National Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy) | Jacob Barhen |
| Thin Film Tensile Tester | Ritsumeikan University, Toyota Inc. (Central R&D Lab.) | , Toshiyuki Tsuchiya |
| TINOR | Moltech S. A., University of Cincinati | Vittorio de Nora, J. A. Sekhar |
| TLA 700 Series Logic Analyzers | Tektronix Inc. | Craig Overhage |
| TotalCare System | Hill-Rom Co. | Matt Weismiller |
| Toyota Hybrid System | Toyota Motor Corp. | Takehisa Yaegashi |
| Two-Color Fiber Optic Infrared Temperature Sensor | Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy) | Ward Small |
| Ultra Band Microwave Power Module | Northrop Grumman Corp. | Carl Smith |
| Ultra-High Modulus Steel | Toyota Inc. (Central R&D Lab.) | |
| Underground Radio | Los Alamos National Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy) | David Reagor, Quan Xi Jia |
| UNI-SOLAR Triple-Junction Amorphous-Silicon Solar-Electric Modules | National Renewable Energy Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy), United Solar Systems Corp. | , Subhendu Guha, Jeff Yang |
| Video Mosaic Technology | Sarnoff Corp. | Peter Burt |
| Vistamer Ti Polymer Alloys | Composite Particles Inc. | William Thurber |
| Yeast Strain 1400 | Purdue University (Laboratory of Renewable Resources Engineering), SWAN Biomass Co. | Nancy Ho |