R&D 100 Archive of Winners
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| Product | Organization | Co-Developers |
|---|---|---|
| 3-D electronic packaging | Tessera Technologies | Vernon Solberg (Primary), Young-Gon Kim (Primary), Belgacem Haba (Primary) |
| A new generation of ICs | Sandia National Laboratories (U.S. Dept. of Energy), Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy), Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy), Northrop Gruman Space Technology | None |
| Advancing Raman-based measurement | Concurrent Analytical Inc., Iowa State University | Christian Schoen (Primary), Saren Johnson (Primary), Marc Porter (Primary), Bob Liepert (Primary) |
| Advancing ultrashort pulse measurement | Georgia Institute of Technology, Swamp Optics LLC | Rick Trebino (Primary), Mark Kimmel, Rick Trebino, Mark Kimmel (Primary) |
| Automating ion channel drug discovery | Axon Instruments | Catherine Smith-Maxwell (Primary) |
| Better way to produce cold stuff | Praxair, Inc. | None |
| Better way to test bonds | Idaho National Engineering Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy), Johns Hopkins University (Applied Physics Laboratory), National Institute of Standards & Technology (U.S. Dept. of Commerce), Simplex Technologies Inc. | Bernard Siu (Primary) |
| Bioterror system detects to treat | Los Alamos National Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy), Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy), Rupprecht and Patashnick Co., Inc. | None |
| Blackout buster | Airak, Inc., PPI, U.S. Dept. of Energy | None |
| Can I get that for you? | Mitsubishi Electric Corp., Takano Bearing Co. Ltd. | Naoki Muramatsu (Primary), Nagoya Works (Primary), Kiichiro Takano (Primary) |
| Coating extends seals’ durability | Drexel University, Argonne National Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy), University of Illinois, Chicago | None |
| Controlling quantities on small scales | Sandia National Laboratories (U.S. Dept. of Energy) | Timothy Shepodd (Primary) |
| Controlling the flow | Mykrolis Corp. | Craig Lazinsky (Primary), Staurt Tison (Primary), Ken Tinsley (Primary) |
| Cooled-down IR camera | Oak Ridge National Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy) | None |
| Cooling with composites | GrafTech International Ltd. | Julian Norley (Primary) |
| Cost-effective micro-nano actuator | Independent Consultant, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.) | Gordon Anderson (Primary), Martin Culpepper (Primary) |
| Deep scanning without rotation | Digiray Corp. | Richard Albert (Primary), Jeffrey Garrison (Primary) |
| Determining small-scale shapes | Spectra-Physics (OEM Division), Synergetic Technolgies Inc. | Chris Ball (Primary), Craig Saltiel (Primary) |
| Don’t grow tissues, print them | Sciperio, Inc., Human Architectural Technologies, Inc, University of Arizona | None |
| Electric switch combines speed and power | American Competitivess Institute, Sandia National Laboratories (U.S. Dept. of Energy Storage Program), Solitronics, Virginia Tech | Phil Davis (Primary), Stanley Atcitty (Primary), Jing Leng (Primary), Alex Huang (Primary) |
| Ensuring quality in manufacturing | BALLUFF GmbH | Manfred Jagiella (Primary), Sorin Fericean (Primary) |
| Environmentally friendly inks | Battelle Memorial Institute, Ohio Soybean Council | Bhima Vijayendran (Primary), John Lumpe (Primary) |
| Even higher temperature composites | NASA Glenn Research Center, Maverick Corp. | None |
| Extending fluorescence microscopy | Carl Zeiss, Carl Zeiss Inc. (Light Microscopy Group) | Irv Toplin (Primary), Hubert Bauch (Primary) |
| Fighting fires with 3-D software | Los Alamos National Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy), USDA Forest Service (Rocky Mountain Service Station) | Rodman Linn (Primary), Carleton Edminster (Primary) |
| Finding the needle in the haystack | Battelle, USDx, Inc. | None |
| Fixing assembly line blues | Procter & Gamble Co., Los Alamos National Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy) | None |
| Geothermal benefits from new separator | Two Phase Engineering & Research, Sandia National Laboratories (U.S. Dept. of Energy), Drill Cool Systems | Douglas Jung (Primary), Allan Sattler, Al Champness |
| Global FT-MS gains speed | Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy) | Richard Smith (Primary) |
| Hand-held tests helium levels | C-Squared Inc. | David Hawe (Primary) |
| High-res x-ray analysis | Horiba Instruments Inc. | Paul Dinh (Primary) |
| High-throughput superconductors | Los Alamos National Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy) | Dean Peterson (Primary), Paul Arendt (Primary) |
| IC columns maximize productivity | Dionex Corp. | Kannan Srinivasan (Primary) |
| Improving quality of life | UroSolutions Inc. | David Flinchbaugh (Primary) |
| Information from the sky | NASA Glenn Research Center, ZIN Technologies | None |
| Internal breaches reach a block | Iowa State University, Palisade Systems Inc. | Doug Jacobson (Primary) |
| Ion trap MS goes portable | Oak Ridge National Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy), Protasis Corp. | None |
| Lasers carve curves | Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy), Metal Improvement Co., Inc. | None |
| Lead-free matches transform pyrotechnics | Los Alamos National Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy), PyroLabs Inc. | Darren Naud (Primary), Ken Kosanke (Primary) |
| Looking into a live subject | Xenogen Corp. | None |
| Making alloy analysis easier | NITON LLC | Lee Grodzins (Primary) |
| Making your vacation safer | Cox & Company Inc., NASA (Glenn Research Center) | Kamel Al-Khalil (Primary), Andrew Reehorst (Primary) |
| Mass-produced diamond films | Argonne National Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy), Innovative Plasma GmbH | Orlando Auciello (Primary), Hildegard Sung-Spitzi (Primary) |
| Maximizing sound while minimizing size | Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd. | Kazuo Eda (Primary) |
| Measurement of next-gen optics | Hinds Instruments Inc., International SEMATECH | E. Michael Ward (Primary), Bob Wang (Primary), Kyle Spurlock (Primary) |
| Measuring single photons | Moscow State University, NP Test Inc., University of Rochester | Gregory Gol'tsman (Primary), Kenneth Wilsher (Primary), Roman Sobolewski (Primary) |
| Metrology gains a QC tool | Corning Tropel Corp. | Erik Jensen (Primary) |
| Microwave technology accelerates drug discovery | CEM Corp. | Doug Ferguson (Primary) |
| More durable casual wear clothes | Dow Chemical Co. | None |
| More memory | Primaxx Inc. | Paul Hammond (Primary), Robert Grant (Primary) |
| More reliable drug delivery | Battelle Memorial Institute, Battelle Pharm | Steven Schmitt (Primary), William Zimlich (Primary) |
| More uniform fluid flow | Swagelok Co. | James Hanson (Primary), Ronnie Brown (Primary) |
| Multiple surfaces measured | Zygo Corp. | Polly Poulin (Primary) |
| Multiplying transmission capacity | 3M Co. (Composite Conductor Program), Alcoa-Fujikura, Nexas, Performed Line Products, Wire Rope Industries | Herve Deve (Primary) |
| Network delivers array of services | BH Electronics Inc. (Lynx Broadband Division) | Richard Jackson (Primary) |
| New class of nanomaterials | Carbon Nanotechnologies Inc., Rice University | Dan Colbert (Primary), John Margrave (Primary) |
| NMR probe boosts sensitivity | Bruker Biospin Corp., Bruker GmbH | Richard Withers (Primary), Manfred Spraul (Primary) |
| Not in my backyard! | STAR-H Corp., Kintronic Laboratories Inc. | None |
| Novel Q-switch transforms lasers | Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy) | Christopher Ebbers (Primary), Vernon Kanz (Primary), Hitoshi Nakano (Primary) |
| Online analyzer streamlines IMR | Progression Inc. | Vaughn Davis (Primary) |
| Oven improves GC operation | Antek Instruments L.P., MT Systems LLC, Polymicro Technologies LLC, Supelco | None |
| PAC captures mercury emissions | ADA Environmental Solution LLC, Arch Coal, Electric Power Research Institute, First Energy, Kennecott Energy, Ontario Power Generation, PG&E NEG, Southern Company, TVA, We Energies | Michael Durham (Primary) |
| Photovoltaic modules bolstered | National Renewable Energy Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy), First Solar, LLC | None |
| Press here to enter | Fujitsu Microelectronics America Inc. | Emi Igarashi (Primary), Doug McArthur (Primary) |
| Raman shifts to field deployment | Oak Ridge National Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy) | William Madia (Primary) |
| Rapid x-ray scanning | Los Alamos National Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy), HYTEC, Inc. | None |
| Read your car's thoughts | Networkcar | Shannon Murphy (Primary) |
| Record-breaking x-ray generator | AMPTEK Inc. | John Pantazis (Primary) |
| Revolutionary engine components | NASA Glenn Research Center, University of Toledo, Texas A&M University | None |
| Revolutionary microstructure changes | Caterpillar, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy) | Lou Balmer-Millar (Primary), William Madia (Primary) |
| Saving energy by design | Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy), Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Simulation Research Group) | Fred Winkelmann (Primary) |
| Screening focuses on subterranean target | Sandia National Laboratories (U.S. Dept. of Energy), Extreme Engineering | None |
| Seeing circuits | Xradia Inc. | Steve Wang (Primary) |
| Sensor sniffs out toxic agents | Lockheed Martin Naval Electronics & Surveillance (NBC Defense Programs), Sandia National Laboratories (U.S. Dept. of Energy - Microsystems Science Technology & Components Center) | Clifford Megerle (Primary), Stephen Martin (Primary) |
| Server offers bi-directional access | Hitachi Communication Technologies Ltd., Hitachi Ltd. | Masatoshi Makino (Primary), Shinya Tanifuji (Primary) |
| Signal averaging cards go high speed | Acqiris SA, Acqiris USA | David Aebischerat (Primary), Klaas Vogel (Primary) |
| Skis go with the flow | Cerametrics Inc., Head Sport AG | Bud Cass (Primary), Herfried Lammer (Primary) |
| Smaller, cheaper, faster air sampling | Westinghouse Savannah River Company | Cliff Carlson (Primary) |
| Smart steering | Toyota Motor Corp., Toyoda Machine Works, Ltd. | None |
| Smoother than a baby's .... | Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy) | Paul Mirkarimi (Primary) |
| Software analyzes fractures and safety | Southwest Research Institute, NASA Johnson Space Center, Lockheed Martin (Space Operations) | None |
| Software lets you see the difference | Idaho National Engineering and Env. Lab | James Jones (Primary), Gordon Lassahan (Primary), Greg Lancaster (Primary), Debonny - delete name Shoaf - delete name (Primary) |
| Software offers 3-D data management | Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy) | John Risch (Primary) |
| Something for the ACs in the world | Hitachi Home and Life Solution Ltd., Hitachi Ltd. | Takakura Yuhachi (Primary), Shinya Tanifuji (Primary) |
| Spectroscopy acquires flexibility and momentum | Los Alamos National Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy), University of Hawaii | None |
| Super aerogels | Aspen Aerogels Inc., Aspen Systems Inc., NASA (Kennedy Space Center) | Donald Young (Primary), Kang Lee (Primary), James Fesmire (Primary) |
| Supercold to superhot lubricants | NASA (Glenn Research Center) | Christopher DellaCOrte (Primary), Brian Edmonds (Primary) |
| System eliminates idling wastes | IdleAire Technologies Corp. | None |
| Taking vehicle testing further | Southwest Research Institute, General Motors (Powertrain), Anderson Electric Controls | None |
| Taking x-ray detection up a notch | General Electric Co. (Global Research Center) | Clifford Bueno (Primary), Michael Bernstein (Primary) |
| Temperature-regulated chips | International Rectifier | None |
| Test method for Pb-free solder | Toyota Central R&D Laboratories Inc. | Hisaaki Takao (Primary) |
| The power of three | Argonne National Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy) | None |
| This supercomputer keeps its cool | Los Alamos National Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy) | None |
| Transceiver chips shrink to multitask | Hitachi Ltd., Renesas Technology Corp. | None |
| Tune in for the weather | NASA (Glenn Research Center), ViGYAN Inc., WSI Corp. | Glenn Lindamood (Secondary), Bruce Fisher (Secondary), E. Richard White (Primary), Keith Hoffler (Secondary) |
| Video chats roam freely | NTT DoCoMo, Inc., Mitsubishi Electric Corp. | None |
| Vision correction in the 21st century | Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy), Bausch & Lomb, Boston Micromachines Corp., Sandia National Laboratories (U.S. Dept. of Energy), University of Rochester, Wavefront Sciences | None |
| Wall ensures driver safety | University of Nebraska, Lincoln | None |
| What's in that tanker truck? | Mehl, Griffin & Bartek Ltd., Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy) | Chip Block (Primary), Aaron Diaz (Primary) |