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2012 R & D 100 Award Winners
Wed, 06/20/2012 - 7:49am
R&D Magazine
2012
R&D 100 Winners
Press release: R&D Editors Announce 2012 R&D 100 Awards
The 2012 R&D 100 Award Winners are listed below in alphabetical order by the name of the primary developer company.
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Primary Developer
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2012 R&D 100 Winning Technology (Category)
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Co-developers/Contributors
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| Adelphi Technology Inc. | High Output Neutron Generator DD-100 Series (Beam Instruments) | Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory |
| AdValue Photonics | 2 Micron High Power Mode-Locked Fiber Laser (Lasers and Photonics) | |
| Agilent Technologies Australia (M) Pty Ltd | Agilent 4100 Microwave Plasma-Atomic Emission Spectrometer (MP-AES) (Analytical Instruments) | |
| Argonne National Laboratory | Globus Online (Software) | The University of Chicago |
| Argonne National Laboratory | High-Energy Concentration-Gradient Cathode Material for Plug-in Hybrids and All-Electric Vehicles (Energy Technologies) | Hanyang University ECOPRO Co. Ltd. |
| Argonne National Laboratory | Large Area Microchannel Plates (Imaging Technologies) | Incom, Inc. Berkeley Space Sciences Laboratory |
| Argonne National Laboratory | Ultra-fast and Large-scale Boriding (Process Science) | Istanbul Technical University (I.T.U.) Bodycote Thermal Processing |
| Arkema Inc. | Plexiglas Rnew Biopolymer Alloys (Materials Sciences) | Arkema France – G. R. L. |
| ArrayPower | Sequenced Inverter (Electrical Devices) | |
| attocube systems AG | FPS3010 – Real Time Interferometric Sensor (Electronic Instrumentation) | |
| Battelle Memorial Institute | LS10 Liquid Scanner (Safety and Security) | |
| Bio-Rad Laboratories Inc. | QX100 Droplet Digital PCR System (Life Sciences) | |
| Broadcom | BCM4360, BCM4352, BCM43526, BCM43516 and BCM43460 (Communications) | |
| Brookhaven National Laboratory | Platinum Monolayer Electrocatalysts for Fuel Cell Cathodes (Energy Technologies) | N.E. Chemcat Corporation |
| Bruker AXS Inc. | Photon 100 (Analytical Instruments) | |
| CertainTeed | Landmark Solaris Solar Reflective Shingles (Energy Technologies) | |
| Dow Chemical | Dow Polymeric Flame Retardant (Chemicals) | |
| Eaton Corporation | LifeSense Hydraulic Hose Condition Monitoring System (Mechanical Systems) | Purdue University |
| EMD Millipore | Samplicity Filtration System (Laboratory Equipment) | |
| EWI | AcousTech Machining (Mechanical Systems) | |
| FATA Hunter Inc. | Asymmetric Rolling Mill: A Novel Route for Processing Sheet and Plate (Mechanical Systems) | Oak Ridge National Laboratory Magnesium Elektron North America |
| FEI | Vion Plasma Focused Ion Beam (Imaging Technologies) | |
| Harvard University, Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering | Slippery Liquid-Infused Porous Surfaces (SLIPS) (Materials Sciences) | |
| Headwall Photonics Inc. | Hyperspec Recon (Imaging Technologies) | |
| Horiba Scientific | Verde Hyperspectral Imaging Camera (Imaging Technologies) | Snapshot Spectra Inc. |
| Idaho National Laboratory | Wireless Spectrum Communications (Communications) | |
| Image Insight Inc. | GammaPix Libraries (Safety and Security) | Advanced Fuel Research Inc. |
| Industrial Technology Research Institute, Taiwan | ae Plasma - Atmospheric environment plasma coating technology (Thin Film and Vacuum Technologies) | |
| Industrial Technology Research Institute, Taiwan | AVA Clamp - Clamp-on voltage and current meter technology (Electronic Instrumentation) | |
| Industrial Technology Research Institute, Taiwan | Light&Light - A19 LED Light Bulb Technology (Electrical Devices) | |
| Industrial Technology Research Institute, Taiwan | Lignoxy - LBP, lignin-based polymer technology (Materials Science) | |
| Industrial Technology Research Institute, Taiwan | Sidelighter -Optical microstructure-based concentrator photovoltaic technology (Energy Technologies) | |
| Industrial Technology Research Institute, Taiwan | TEMM - Thermoelectric material and module technology (Materials Sciences) | |
| Institute for Information Industry (III), Taiwan | RFID-mf: Metal-friendly RFID technology for metallic objects (Communications) | 2D-Alliance Inc. |
| Intel | 2nd Generation Intel Core processor, codenamed “Sandy Bridge” (Information Technologies) | |
| Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory | Compact Variable Collimator (CVC) (Beam Instruments) | Takeda California GNF - Genomics Institute of the Novartis Research Foundation |
| Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory | Laser Ablation Molecular Isotopic Spectrometry (LAMIS) (Analytical Instruments) | Applied Spectra Inc. |
| Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory | Multinozzle Emitter Array (MEA) (Analytical Instruments) | Newomics Inc. |
| Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory | High Velocity Laser Accelerated Deposition (HVLAD) - Corrosion and Wear Resistant Coatings with Extreme Interfacial Bond Strength (Thin Film and Vacuum Technologies) | Metal Improvement Company – Division of Curtis-Wright Corporation |
| Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory | Laser Energy Optimization by Precision Adjustments to the Radiant Distribution (LEOPARD) (Lasers and Photonics) | Meadowlark Optics |
| Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory | Plastic scintillators for neutron and gamma discrimination (Beam Instruments) | Eljen Technologies |
| Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory | Snowflake Power Divertor (Energy Technologies) | Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory EPFL Center for Research in Plasma Physics Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
| Leica Microsystems CMS GmbH | Leica SR GSD (Imaging Technologies) | Max-Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry |
| Los Alamos National Laboratory | Sequedex - Software to classify what organism a DNA sequence came from and what it does (Life Sciences) | |
| Los Alamos National Laboratory | U-TURN - Turning Uranium Around (Process Science) | |
| Los Alamos National Laboratory | Valveless Laser Processing (Lasers and Photonics) | Y-12 National security Complex |
| Los Gatos Research Inc. | NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) Analyzer (Analytical Instruments) | Harvard University |
| Lytro Inc. | The Lytro Light Field Camera (Consumer Products) | |
| Maxwell Technologies Inc. | Engine Start Module (Electrical Devices) | |
| MesoCoat Inc. | PComP (Materials Sciences) | Powdermet Inc. |
| Microsaic Systems | Microsaic 3500 MiD (Analytical Instruments) | |
| Milliken & Company | Concrete Cloth (Materials Sciences) | Concrete Canvas Ltd. |
| Milliken & Company | ResQ FR Fabrics (Materials Science) | |
| MIT Lincoln Laboratory | Lincoln Open Cryptographic Key Management Architecture (LOCKMA) (Software) | |
| MIT Lincoln Laboratory | Route Availability Planning Tool (RAPT) (Safety and Security) | |
| MIT Lincoln Laboratory | Wavelength Beam-Combining Fiber-Coupled Diode Laser (Lasers and Photonics) | TeraDiode |
| MIT Lincoln Laboratory | Wide Field-of-View Curved Focal Plane Array (WFC) (Imaging Technologies) | GL Scientific Inc. |
| NanoSteel Company Inc. | NPM 3100 (Materials Sciences) | |
| NASA Glenn Research Center | Polyimide Aerogels (Materials Sciences) | Ohio Aerospace Institute |
| NASA Glenn Research Center | The SolarVolt module (Energy Technologies) | Entech Solar Inc. |
| National Security Technologies LLC | Multiplexed Photonic Doppler Velocimeter (MPDV) (Analytical Instruments) | Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Los Alamos National Laboratory |
| National Energy Technology Laboratory | Basic Immobilized Amine Sorbent (BIAS) Process for Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Capture (Environmental Technologies) | ADA Environmental Solutions Inc. |
| NovaTorque | Gen2.0 PremiumPlus+ Electronically Commutated Permanent Magnet (ECPM) motors (Mechanical Systems) | |
| National Renewable Energy Laboratory | DEVAP: Desiccant-Enhanced Evaporative Air-Conditioning (Energy Technologies) | AIL Research Synapse Product Development LLC |
| National Renewable Energy Laboratory | SJ3 Solar Cell (Energy Technologies) | Solar Junction |
| NT-MDT | Solver Spectrum (Imaging Technologies) | |
| Oak Ridge National Laboratory | Broadband Micromechanical Antenna (Communications) | |
| Oak Ridge National Laboratory | HiCap Adsorbents (Environmental Technologies) | Hills Inc. |
| Oak Ridge National Laboratory | Highest Pinning Force, High-Temperature Superconducting Wires with Double-Perovskite, Tantalate, Nano-Pinning Centers (Electrical Devices) | SuperPower Inc. University of Houston |
| Oak Ridge National Laboratory | Low-Cost, Lightweight Robotic Hand Based On Additive Manufacturing (Mechanical Systems) | |
| Oak Ridge National Laboratory | NanoSHIELD Coatings [Nano – Super Hard – InExpensive - Laser Deposited Coatings] (Materials Science) | Carpenter Technology Corporation Colorado School of Mines Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory |
| Oak Ridge National Laboratory | Radio Channel Simulator (RCSim) (Communications) | Networcism LLC |
| Oak Ridge National Laboratory | Wavelength-shifting scintillator neutron detector (Beam Instruments) | PartTec Ltd. |
| Olympus America Inc. | 4 mm and 8 mm Scaleview Objectives (Imaging Technologies) | |
| Ophir Photonics Group | BeamTrack Laser Power/Position/Size Sensors (Lasers and Photonics) | |
| OptiMedica | Catalys Precision Laser System (Life Sciences) | LUNAR 219 Design LLC National Instruments |
| Oscium | iMSO-104 (Electronic Instrumentation) | |
| P&P Optica Inc. | PPO HyperChannel Spectrometer (Analytical Instruments) | |
| Pacific Northwest National Laboratory | Advanced Carbon-dioxide Removal Unit (Envrionmental Technologies) | Steward Advanced Materials |
| Pacific Northwest National Laboratory | Graphene Nanostructures for Lithium Batteries (Materials Sciences) | Vorbeck Materials |
| Phenomenex Inc. | SecurityGuard ULTRA UHPLC Column Protection System (Laboratory Equipment) | |
| picoSpin LLC | picoSpin-45 NMR Spectrometer (Analytical Instruments) | |
| PixelOptics Inc. | emPower! eyewear (Consumer Products) | |
| Polartec LLC | Polartec NeoShell (Materials Sciences) | Finetex Technology |
| Protea Bioscience Group Inc. | LAESI DP-1000 Direct Ionization System (Analytical Instruments) | |
| Rational Biotechnology Inc. (DBA: Primax Biosciences Inc.) |
iPorator-96 Transfection System (Life Sciences) | |
| Rebellion Photonics | Arrow (Imaging Technologies) | |
| Rigol Technologies Inc. | Rigol DG4000 Series Function/Arbitrary Waveform Generators (Electronic Instrumentation) | |
| RTI International | RTI MicroPEM Sensor (Safety and Security) | |
| Sandia National Laboratories | Microsystem Enabled Photovoltaics (MEPV) (Energy Technologies) | |
| Sandia National Laboratories | Neutristor (Beam Instruments) | |
| Sandia National Laboratories | Sandia Cooler (Electrical Devices) | |
| Sandia National Laboratories | Sandia Digital Microfluidic Hub (Laboratory Equipment) | |
| Southwest Research Institute | Hybrid Ceramic-Sand Core Casting Technology (Process Sciences) | Grainger and Worrall Ltd. |
| Structured Materials Industries Inc. | Low Frequency RF Plasma Source (Thin Film and Vacuum Technologies) | Oak Ridge National Laboratory University of California at Santa Cruz (UCSC) |
| Syrris Ltd | Asia Flow Chemistry System (Laboratory Equipment) | |
| University of Dayton Research Institute | SMART Sensor Systems (Communications) | American Thermal Instruments Inc. Federal Aviation Administration Airworthiness Assurance Team |
| Utility Risk Management Corporation | Thermal Direct (Electrical Devices) | |
| Xradia Inc. | VersaXRM-500 3D x-Ray Microscope (Imaging Technologies) | |
| Zygo Corp. | DynaFiz Laser Interferometer (Lasers and Photonics) |
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