Awards for Excellence in Technology Transfer
ARS Southern Regional Research
Ranjit S. Dadan
For pioneering the development and commercialization of a process to produce shelf-stable, milk-based beverages containing acidic fruit juice and coffee flavors.
ARS Sub-Topical Agricultural Research Laboratory
Jimmy R. Raulston
For discovery, development, and commercialization of the Riobravis nematode for control of soil inhabiting insect pests of major economic importance.
ARS Horticulture Research Laboratory
C. Jack Hearn
For development and release of improved citrus varieties which form the backbone of the U.S. citrus industry.
ARS Appalachian Fruit Research
Wojciech J. Janisiewicz, Charles L. Wilson, Michael E. Wisniewski
In recognition of the development and transfer of technology to biologically control post-harvest diseases of fruits and vegetables with antagonistic yeasts and bacteria (microbes).
ARS Soil and Nutrition Laboratory
Donna M. Bivson, Raymond E.B. Ketchum, and Alice Christen
For taxol production by plant cell culture.
ARS Wheat Genetics/Quality Research Unit
R.E. Allan
For superior leadership and accomplishments in developing and transferring new wheat varieties that have resulted in substantial economic and environmental benefits.
ARS National Animal Disease Center
Marcus E. Kehrli, Mark Ackerman, Dale Shuster
For the development and transfer of a diagnostic test to detect carriers of a lethal genetic defect in dairy cattle.
Forest Service Boise National Forest
Lynette Z. Morelan
For outstanding leadership in sharing and developing ecosystem management concepts with public and private partners.
Institute for Telecommunications Sciences
Ronald L. Ketchum, Robert O. DeBolt
For the development of a national plan for augmented global positioning system (GPS) services.
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Michael D. Garris
Developed the NIST Public Domain OCR Package, a form-based handprint recognition system used in evaluating optical character recognition.
Air Force Armstrong Laboratory
Bernard Asiu, Dennis Gettman, J. Michael Spector, Larry Whitehead
Developed the Guided Approach to Instructional Design Advertising (GAIDA).
Air Force Wright Laboratory
Melvin C. Ohmer, F. Kenneth Hopkins, David E. Zelmon, Nils Fernelius, David W. Fisher, Kenneth L. Schepler, Dale L. Fenimore, Margaret H. Rakowsky, Walter Lauderdale, David Bliss, Peter J. Drevinsky, Yung Kee Yeo, Jack E. McCrae, Michael Greg
For nonlinear crystal technology for improved lasers, which was transferred by directly integrating technology transfer into the R&D process.
Naval Research Laboratory
Allen N. Garroway
Developed the nuclear quadruple resonance scanner for contraband detection.
Naval Medical Research Institute
Thomas A. Davis, Kelvin Lee
Developed a large-scale bioreactor technology for growing and expanding bone marrow under a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement.
Ames Laboratory
Thomas Lograsso
For the development of materials referral system hotline and the manufacturing Technical Assistance Program.
Argonne National Laboratory
R.B. Poeppel, J.E. Emerson, S.A. Johnson, U. Balachandran
For developing an efficient new process to produce commercial quantities of pure high-temperature superconductors with superior properties at 40% of the cost of conventional processes.
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Ronald G. Musket, Jeffrey D. Morse
For development of a field-emission cathode for a high-performance, lowcost flat-panel display.
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Bruce Wienke
For his efforts to make the supercomputing resources of Los Alamos available to U.S.-owned businesses.
Irving Bigio
For the development of laser - and nonlaser-based biomedical devices that are now undergoing clinical trials.
National Renewable Energy Laboratorybr />
Gregory Glatzmaier, Kent Scholl, Mark Anselmo, Rasit Doc
For making silicon carbide powder by carbon-coating silica for sintering high-performance ceramic parts.
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Barbara S. Hoffheins, Robert J. Lauf
For conceiving and demonstrating a simple thick film hydrogen sensor and commercializing the products to manufacture it.
Roddie R. Judkins, David P. Stinton
For developing a high-temperature ceramic composite candle filter for removal of hot coal ash and/or char from gases prior to entry into a gas turbine.
Ogbemi Omatete, Claudia Walls
For developing the gelcasting process for making complex shapes in advanced ceramic materials.
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Donald E. Rasmussen, Gerald P. Morgen, Leslie J. Kirihara
For developing and transferring an automated tool profile grinding machine, significantly improving Freeborn Tool Company's position in the international machine tool industry.
John D. Affinito, Mark E. Gross, Laura J. Silva
Transferred a vacuum process for manufacturing lithium polymer batteries.
Mike Brambley, Dave Chassin, Rich Quadrel
For development of a new, widely usable software for energy-efficient design.
Pittsburgh Energy Technology Center
Wu-Wey Wen, Richard P. Killmeyer
For the development of the GranuFlow process for improved fine coal dewatering and reconstitution.
Sandia National Laboratories
Peter Boissiere
For the development of software for remediation applications where the retrieval of hazardous materials precluded the productive use of humans.
Savannah River Technology Center
Terry C. Hazen, Brian B. Looney, John C. Corey
For in-place break down and removal of chlorinated solvents in subsurface water and sediments by natural-gas injection and air stripping.
FAA Technical Center
Jim White
For the development and transfer of cellular concrete as an aircraft arrestor system.
