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FLC Awards Archive
— 1994
Awards for Excellence in Technology Transfer
Department of Energy
Ames Laboratory
David C. Jiles
For transferring a new magnetic inspection system
to the transportation and public utility industries.
Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory
Alexander Pines
For conceptions, transfer to industry, and implementation-in-place
of Double Rotation Solid-State Nuclear magnetic
resonance probes, which will benefit numerous
industries with high resolution analytical instrumentation.
Michael J. Siminovitch, Chin Zhang
Developed and transferred the lighting fixture
manufacturers of the technology base for convective
venting systems to increase the efficiency of
compact fluorescent downlight fixtures.
Lawrence Livermore National
Laboratory
Daniel C. Thompson
Transferred technology in machine tools for
cutting, milling and shaping with high precision
accuracy for commercial applications.
Paul G. Curtis, Alfred Goldberg,
Richard Landingham, Donald Lesuer, G. Stephen
Root, Michael J. Strum
Transferred technology of superplastic steel
research into production-scale demonstrations
that improve the environment by eliminating
the need to recycle machined waste.
Daniel M. Makowiecki
Transferred a new magnetron ceramic sputtering
source for vacuum coating processes important
to integrated circuits and computer memory disks.
Bruce E. Engelmann, Robert G.
Whirley
Transferred technology of the DYNA3D structural
analysis code through new insights into material
behavior for simulation of dynamic manufacturing
processes and aircraft safely.
Los Alamos National
Laboratory
Donald J. Rej
Negotiated a CRADA between Los Alamos National
Laboratory and General Motors, resulting in
the large-scale demonstration of an advanced,
environmentally conscious manufacturing technology.
National Renewable Energy
Laboratory
James Diebold, Helena Li Chum,
Ralph Overend
Developed and transferred the technology of
the ablative pyrolysis reastor.
Pacific Northwest National
Laboratory
Richard D. Smith, Harold R. Udseth
Leveraged their expertise to ensure that their
breakthrough mass spectrometer interface reached
manufacturers and research swiftly, opening
new doors to scientific investigation.
James C. Barnard, Dennis L. Elliott,
Gene L. Gower, Victor R. Morris, Marc N. Schwartz,
Larry L. Wendell
For developing, integrating, and transferring
new and accurate windpower databases and technologies,
now used by U.S. industry to assist enterprises
worldwide.
Richard J. Littlefield
For developing fast, adaptive communications
software for PNL and transferring it to a major
commercial vendor of massively parallel supercomputers,
thus serving national computing needs.
Pittsburgh Energy Technology
Center
Richard P. Killmeyer, Carl P.
Maronde
Developed and licensed the Micro0Mag Process
for cleaner coals.
Sandia National Laboratories
Robert J. Eagan
Established the Advanced Materials and Processes
for Economic Development Alliance to provide
effective technology transfer to small businesses
in electronics and manufacturing.
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