Janelle Droessler applies MENDS’ flat surface attachment to europium-treated stainless steel. The europium oxide was used as a non-radiological and visual surrogate that fluoresces to demonstrate the effectiveness of MENDS’ removal of surface contamination.
The official 2024 R&D 100 Awards have been announced by R&D World. This renowned worldwide science and innovation competition, celebrating its 62nd year, received entries from 16 different countries and regions. This year’s esteemed judging panel included 56 well-respected industry professionals from across the world.
The Winners are listed below by category, and then alphabetically by submission name, and include primary submitting organizations and then co-developing organizations, as provided to R&D World.
For an interactive exploration of winners and finalists, dive into our interactive showcase of the 2024 R&D 100 Awards.
ANALYTICAL/TEST
| Organization/Developer | Product Name |
|---|---|
| Curiosis Inc. | Automated digital slide scanner, MSP 320 |
| Pacific Northwest National Laboratory | Autonomous Electron Microscope (AutoEM) |
| MIT Lincoln Laboratory Co-developer: MIT |
Autonomous Sparse-Aperture Multibeam Echo Sounder |
| Argonne National Laboratory | AXES: The Complete Advanced X-ray Emission Spectrometry Solution |
| Los Alamos National Laboratory Co-developers: United States Air Force Academy, i2 Strategic Services, LLC |
Compact Space Plasma Analyzer |
| Elegen Corp. | ENFINIA DNA |
| Werfen | GEM Premier 7000 with iQM3 |
| NenoVision s.r.o. Co-developer: Czech Metrology Institute |
LiteScope 2.5 – the cutting-edge of AFM-in-SEM technology |
| 908 Devices | MAVERICK |
| Los Alamos National Laboratory Co-developer: Golden Engineering |
PHOENIX (Portable, High-efficiency, Orthovoltage ENergy, Imaging X-rays) |
| CytoTronics Inc. | Pixel |
| Los Alamos National Laboratory | QUIC-DEPDOSE: Software tools to prepare for and respond to nuclear emergencies |
| Idaho National Laboratory | Scintillation Hydrogel for Isotopic Neutron Emitters (SHINE) |
| Thermo Fisher Scientific | Thermo Scientific Orbitrap Astral mass spectrometer |
| MIT Lincoln Laboratory Co-developer: MIT Department of Mechanical Engineering |
Tunable Knitted Stem Cell Scaffolds |
| Oxford Instruments Asylum Research, Inc. Co-developer: Université de Lyon |
Vero AFM |
IT/ELECTRICAL
| Organization/Developer | Product Name |
|---|---|
| Infinitum | Aircore EC Motor for Data Centers |
| Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) Co-developers: MediaTek Inc., Wiwynn Inc., Alpha Inc., Chunghwa Telecom Laboratories |
Ameba RAN for NTN/TN convergence network |
| Berxel Photonics Co., Ltd. | Berxel iHawk P100 Polarization Structured Light Camera |
| Oak Ridge National Laboratory Co-developers: Volkswagen Group of America, Volkswagen Group Innovation, Volkswagen Group Components, Hyundai-Kia North America Technical Center |
Compact and Lightweight Polyphase Extreme Fast Wireless Charging System |
| MIT Lincoln Laboratory Co-developers: Creare LLC, Lifelens LLC |
Electrooculography and Balance Blast Overpressure Monitoring System (EYEBOOM) |
| Nevada National Security Sites | Electromagnetic Spectrum Management System |
| Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory Co-developer: Rocket Lab USA |
Frontier-X |
| MIT Lincoln Laboratory Co-developer: Kumu Networks |
In-Band Full-Duplex Wireless System with Advanced Interference Mitigation |
| MIT Lincoln Laboratory Co-developers: US Army Medical Material Development Activity, US Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine, Georgia Tech Research Institute, Odic Inc. |
Heat Injury Prevention System |
| Los Alamos National Laboratory Co-developer: Advent Technologies Holdings, Inc. |
Ion Pair Membrane Electrode Assemblies |
| Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) Co-developer: Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation (PSMC) |
MOSAIC, Memory-cube Operability in a Stacked AI Chip for Generative AI |
| CorePower Magnetics Co-developer: Carnegie Mellon University |
Nanocrystalline Axial Flux Electric Motor |
| MIT Lincoln Laboratory | PADWOS (Portable Aircraft Derived Weather Observation System) |
| MIT Lincoln Laboratory | Precision Photon Synchronization System for Quantum Networking |
| Los Alamos National Laboratory | SAFE: Secure Automatic Failsafe Eraser |
| MIT Lincoln Laboratory | Superconductive Many-State Memory and Comparison Logic |
| Institute for Information Industry | Traffic Violation Catcher |
| Idaho National Laboratory | TRIPWIRE |
| University of Pittsburgh Co-developers: National Energy Technology Laboratory, Sensible Photonics |
UltraSonic Photonics |
MECHANICAL/MATERIALS
| Organization/Developer | Product Name |
|---|---|
| Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) | Agilely Adoptable Demand Responsive Energy Management System (AADREMS) |
| Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) | AI-LCGC, AI Formulated Low Carbon Geopolymer Concrete |
| Axalta Coating Systems | Axalta Primerless Consolidated Coating Process |
| Ames National Laboratory Co-developer: Iowa State University |
Battery Recycling and Water Splitting (BRAWS) Technology |
| Pinturas Berel S.A de C.V. | Berelex Green |
| DuPont | BETAFORCE elastic structural adhesive |
| Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics | Broad PANGUJIE filler wire |
| CHIMEI Corporation Co-developer: Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) |
CO2-Fixing Polycarbonate |
| Dow Packaging & Specialty Plastics Co-developer: Prysmian |
Dow AXELERON 6321 BK; Prysmian Sirocco Microduct Cables |
| Dow (Shanghai) Holding Co., Ltd. | DOWSIL 2080 Resin |
| Dow Performance Silicones (The Dow Chemical Company) | DOWSIL IE-9100 Emulsion |
| Thermo Fisher Scientific | Gibco CTS Detachable Dynabeads |
| Oak Ridge National Laboratory Co-developer: Enginuity Power Systems (EPS) |
High-Efficiency Micro Combined Heat and Power Device |
| Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory | Inexpensive Electrode for Selenium-Laden Wastewater Treatment |
| SABIC’s Specialties Business | LNP STAT-KON High Electrically Conductive Compound |
| The Dow Chemical Company | PARALOID Additives |
| Milliken & Company | Polartec Power Shield Pro |
| Nano and Advanced Materials Institute Co-developer: Harvest Time Facade Limited |
Transparent Sun Nanocurtain |
| DuPont de Nemours, Inc. | Tyvek Trifecta A2 Breather Membrane |
OTHER
| Organization/Developer | Product Name |
|---|---|
| Oak Ridge National Laboratory Co-developer: The University of Tennessee, Knoxville |
InertiaMeter: Cost-Effective Real-Time Power System Inertia Monitor |
| PacBio | Onso short-read sequencing system |
PROCESS/PROTOTYPING
| Organization/Developer | Product Name |
|---|---|
| Taiwan Textile Research Institute (TTRI) Co-developer: AI Machinevision Corp. |
AI self-learning Fabric Inspecting System |
| Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) Co-developer: Holocene Climate Corporation |
APEX CDR |
| Taiwan Textile Research Institute (TTRI) Co-developer: TSRC Corp. |
Bionic Mono-Material Leather |
| Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) Co-developers: Element3 Mineral Selective Technologies, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County |
Direct Lithium Extraction Sorbents |
| Oak Ridge National Laboratory Co-developer: Appalachian Renewal Technologies |
Direct Recycling and Remanufacturing of Li-Ion Battery Electrode Scraps |
| Argonne National Laboratory | Direct recycling process for lithium-ion battery cells |
| Metal Industries Research & Development Centre (MIRDC) | EHE Combustion System |
| MIT Lincoln Laboratory | Engineered Substrates for Rapid Advanced Imaging Sensor Development |
| Spectrum Plastics Group (A DuPont Business) Co-developer: AtriCure |
EPi-Sense ST System |
| Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory | EXUDE Elite Spectral Beam Combining Optic |
| Argonne National Laboratory Co-developer: ACT-ion Battery Technologies |
Hydro4Crystal |
| NanoSeeX Co., Ltd. Co-developer: Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) |
In-Line X-Ray Critical Dimension Metrology System (XRCD) |
| Sandia National Laboratories Co-developer: Purdue University |
Low-cost Direct Air Capture of CO2 with Clay Nanointerlayers (LDAC3) |
| MIT Lincoln Laboratory | Low-Temperature Additive Manufacturing of Glass Composites |
| Reckitt Benckiser Group | Lysol Air Sanitizer |
| Sandia National Laboratories Co-developers: Pennsylvania State, Dynetics, University of New Mexico |
Machinable, Larger-Scale, Self-Healing RHEAs for Energy and Aerospace Applications |
| Oak Ridge National Laboratory | MBE-DAC: Multifunctional Building Equipment for Direct Air Capture |
| Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) Co-developer: Lincoln Electric |
MedUSA: Large-Scale Multiagent Wire-Arc Additive Manufacturing |
| MIT Lincoln Laboratory | Megachips: Extremely Large-Area Integrated Circuits Constructed from Chiplets |
| Los Alamos National Laboratory | Modular Electrochemical Nuclear Decontamination System (MENDS) |
| Taiwan Textile Research Institute (TTRI) | Mushroom Leather Cultivates System |
| MIT Lincoln Laboratory Co-developer: Harvard University |
Nanocomposite Inks for 3D Printing Radio-Frequency Devices and Radiation Shielding |
| Oak Ridge National Laboratory Co-developer: Re-Du |
Plastic Recycler Catalyst |
| Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) | Plant Multigene Engineering System |
| Argonne National Laboratory Co-developer: PulseForge Inc. |
Rapid thermal processing of solid-state lithium battery ceramic electrolyte materials |
| Oak Ridge National Laboratory | Real-Time Evaluator for Fast and Accurate Installation of Prefabricated Components |
| Thiozen Inc | Thiozen Hydrogen cycle |
| Argonne National Laboratory | Ultra-Fast Selective Delamination (UFSD) of LIB Electrodes |
SOFTWARE/SERVICES
| Organization/Developer | Product Name |
|---|---|
| Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) | AiSNMSR (AI-driven Self-Navigating Miniature Serpentine Robotic System for Natural Orifice Transluminal Endoscopic Surgery) |
| China Steel Corporation (CSC) Co-developer: Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) |
Digital Twin System for Tapping Process (DiTwS-TP) |
| Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) | EGRASS |
| Fierro Computational Mechanics and Materials Science Software Los Alamos National Laboratory |
Fierro Computational Mechanics and Materials Science Software |
| MIT Lincoln Laboratory | FocusNet |
| Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory | gpCAM |
| Institute for Information Industry Co-developers: Humetrics Inc., YungShin Social Welfare Foundation, Compal Electronics, Inc. |
iMat for Smart Care |
| Oak Ridge National Laboratory | IRIS-SDK: Intelligent Runtime System for Extremely Heterogeneous Computer Architectures |
| Argonne National Laboratory | Lagrangian-Eulerian Spark-Ignition (LESI) Model |
| Oak Ridge National Laboratory | MAQ: Machine Learning on Adiabatic Quantum Computers |
| MIT Lincoln Laboratory | Mixture deconvolution pipeline for forensic investigative genetic genealogy |
| Los Alamos National Laboratory | NDα: Nondestructive Alpha Spectrometer |
| MIT Lincoln Laboratory Co-developer: Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
Neuron Tracing and Active Learning Environment |
| Pacific Northwest National Laboratory | Real-time Advanced Imaging Technology |
| Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory | UMap |
| Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Co-developers: Oak Ridge National Laboratory, National Center for Supercomputing Applications, University of Illinois |
UnifyFS |
The 2024 R&D 100 gala banquet was held in Palm Desert (near Palm Springs), California on November 21st. Details can be found here. All Finalist, Winner, and additional logos are available for download here.
A sincere congratulations from our whole staff to all of the Finalists, Winners, Special Recognition winners, and Professional Awards winners. Thanks for everyone for joining us in California in November!
Exciting to see the winners announced! Always inspiring to see innovation recognized. Congrats to all!