The Medalists in the 2023 R&D 100 Awards Special Recognition categories have been announced by R&D World magazine. This year’s esteemed judging panel included 45 well-respected industry professionals from across the world. Medalists are listed below by category, and include primary submitting organizations and then co-developing organizations, as provided to R&D World.

These and other winners will be celebrated at the R&D 100 Awards Banquet in San Diego on November 16th. Register here.

Please note that the R&D 100 Winners and the five all-new Professional Award winners will be announced separately, later today on this website.

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Special Recognition: Battling COVID-19

GOLD
​​FEVER: Fast Evaluation of Viral Emerging Risks​
Los Alamos National Laboratory

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Special Recognition: Corporate Social Responsibility

GOLD
​​FEVER: Fast Evaluation of Viral Emerging Risks​
Los Alamos National Laboratory

SILVER
Grid Regulation Delivered by Aggregations of Loads (GRID-BAL)
Los Alamos National Laboratory
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; Pecan Street Inc.; University of California, Berkeley

BRONZE
Combating Geographic Inequality in Remote Areas by Erecting High-Standard Basketball Courts from Waste Bicycle Tires
Dow Chemical (China) Investment Co., Ltd.
Meituan, the YAO Foundation

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Special Recognition: Green Tech

GOLD
Deep Resolve – MRI Faster than ever before
Siemens Healthineers

SILVER
Sustainable Ion Exchange Resin for Ultrapure Water Treatment
DuPont

BRONZE
A continuous hot-roll process to manufacture nanograin Neo magnet
Ames National Laboratory

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Special Recognition: Market Disruptor – Products

GOLD
Rapid Response Steel Tooling using Additive Manufacturing
Los Alamos National Laboratory

SILVER
Noncontact Laser Ultrasound (NCLUS) for Medical Imaging
MIT Lincoln Laboratory
Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Center for Ultrasound Research Translation (CURT) and Sound & Bright, LLC

BRONZE
Solution-processed Perovskite Crystalline Films (SPeC)
Los Alamos National Laboratory

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Special Recognition: Market Disruptor – Services

GOLD
Grid Regulation Delivered by Aggregations of Loads (GRID-BAL)
Los Alamos National Laboratory
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; Pecan Street Inc.; University of California, Berkeley

SILVER
Materials Data Driven Design (MAD3)
Sandia National Labs

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Special Recognition logos are available for download here:

Bronze (PDF)
Bronze (PNG)
Silver (PDF)
Silver (PNG)
Gold (PDF)
Gold (PNG)