Agricultural Research Service
William J. Connick, Jr.
Effective dissemination of the alginate process technology, which incorporated chemical and biological pesticides in granular formulations to industry and research organizations.
Joseph F. Flanagan, Dr. Eugene F. Guy, Dr. Virginia H. Holsinger, Dr. George A. Somkuti, Dr. Marvin P. Thompson
Transfer of science and technology resulting in the commercial production of lactose-reduced milk and milk products for lactose-intolerant individuals.
Air Force Wright Laboratories
Paul J. Erbland, Richard D. Nuemann, Jerold Patterson, Neil J. Sliski
Leadership in developing and transferring state-of-the-art computer programs with very special application.
David L. Judson, Devin A. Satz, Gerald C. Shumaker
Establishing, demonstrating and transferring a mayor breakthrough in computer system integration manufacturing technology.
Army Armament RD&E Center
John H. Underwood
Leadership in the technology transfer of new fracture analysis methods as evidenced by his chairmanship of three national ASTM symposia on the topic.
Army Engineering Waterways Experiment Station
Timothy D. Ables, Capt. Wylie K. Bearup, William F. McCleese, John M. Scanlon
Development and implementation of a comprehensive technology transfer plan for the US Army Corps of Engineers repair, evaluation, maintenance, and rehabilitation (REMR) research program.
William H. McAnally, Jr., William A. Thomas
Design and development of a powerful state-of-the-art numerical modeling system for predicting flow and sedimentation and for leadership in making the system available to practicing engineers.
Army Natick RD&E Center
Armand V. Cardello, John Kapsalis, Owen Maller, Patricia Prell
Development and application of a unique system for the sensory and objective description and classification of edible fish species for use by government laboratories and the American fishing industry.
Tedio Ciavarini
Pioneering efforts to establish and foster the ASTM Retort Pouch Subcommittee F-2.4 and for providing singular technical support to contractors on all aspects of packaging and packing for the Neal ready-to eat combat ration.
Naval Civil Engineering Laboratory
Richard W. Drisko
Creativity in the transfer of important technology on maintenance painting to state and local governments and the private sector.
Naval Command Control Ocean Surv. Center
Dr. Jerry D. Stachiw
Outstanding performance while providing initiative, management and leadership in the area of nonmetallic materials technology transfer.
Naval Research Laboratory
Howard Lessoff
Established the Liquid Encapsulated Czoohralski (LEC) gallium arsenide growth and wafer finishing technology.
Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division
Eugene C. Fischer
Distinguished leadership in the development of chemically controlled release technology and the subsequent transfer and adoption of this technology worldwide.
National Institute of Standards and Technology
James F. Ely
Leadership and innovation in the development and transfer of computer codes and data to allow the rapid implementation of large-scale enhanced oil recovery and supercritical solvent separation projects in the United States.
Staff Members, Manufacturing Engineering
Development of the Automated Manufacturing Research Facility and unusual creativity and innovation in transferring federally developed technology to industry, universities, and the general public.
Ames Laboratory, Iowa State University
John McClelland, Linda Seaverson
Development and commercialization of a new photoacoustic cell for Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy.
Argonne National Laboratory
Robert F. Domagala, James E. Matos, James L. Snelgrove, Henry R. Thresh, Armando Travelli, Thomas C. Wiencek
Developing a proliferation-resistant nuclear fuel for research reactors and transferring the fabrication technology to commercial fuel element producers.
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Russell N. Dietz
Leadership and initiative in developing and commercializing an air infiltration measurement system that will result in more comfortable homes and energy-efficient buildings.
Energy Technology Engineering Center
Nathan J. Hoffman
Promoting technology transfer between academic and federal laboratory sectors by suggesting graduate thesis topics of mutual interest to the Department of Energy and university research departments.
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Hans Brujines
Transfer of the LLNL-developed Cray time-sharing system to firms in private industry seeking to provide less costly supercomputer environments.
Dr. Douglas R. Stephens
Success in using cooperative agreements to transfer underground coal gasification technology to industry and foreign countries.
Los Alamos National Laboratory
James D. Doss
Transfer of an optical keratoplasty device to Radtech, Inc.
Oak Ridge Institute for Science & Education
Cheryl F. Allred, Shirley A. Fry, Harold Hodges, Judy S. Lambert, Clarence C. Lushbaugh, Robert C. Ricks, Anna H. Sipe
Developing new treatment techniques, providing technical assistance, and disseminating information to government agencies, industry and hospitals to improve the handling of radiation accidents.
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Michael S. Blair, E. Johnathon Soderstrom, Dr. Tuan Vo-Dinh
Noteworthy contributions toward the commercialization of the fiber optics luminoscope, resulting in a licensing agreement with Environmental Systems Corporation of Knoxville, Tennessee.
Chain T. Liu, Anthony C. Schaffhauser, Vinod K. Sikka, E. Johnathan Soderstrom
Noteworthy contributions toward the commercialization of aluminide alloys and, specifically, toward the achievement of a licensing agreement with Cummins Engine Company, Inc.
Pacific Northwest Laboratory
Fredrick G. Burton, Dr. Dominic A. Cataldo, Dr. Peter Van Voris
Initiative and uncommon creativity in transferring a biobarrier technology into products that prevent unwanted root growth and vegetation from roadways, septic tanks, sewer lines, buried gas lines, and irrigation heads.
Dr. Steven R. Doctor, Thomas E. Hall
For their initiative and uncommon creativity in transferring the "STAFT-UT Signal Processing for High Resolution Imaging" to private industry for its application at electric utilities.
Langley Research Center
Terry L. St. Clair
Developed POLYIMIDESULFONE 9PIS02, a thermoplastic, high modulus polymer, and transfer of production technology to the chemical, electronics, and aerospace industries.
Federal Highway Administration
Charles R. Stockfisch
Outstanding effort in the transfer of traffic engineering technology to the public and private sectors at the national and international level.