ARS Poultry Microbiological Safety Research Unit
Norman Stern, Stanley Bailey, Nelson Cox, Leroy Blankenship
For developing and transferring to the poultry industry mucosal competitive exclusion technology to diminish salmonella and campylobacter colonization in the intestinal tracts of chickens.
ARS
Kenneth Eskins, George Fanta
Developed transfer of a new oil-water-starch emulsion with uniquely broad industrial uses.
ARS Northwest Irrigation and Soils Research Laboratory
Robert E. Sojka, Rodrick D. Lentz
For outstanding efforts in developing and transferring polyacrylamide (PAM) technology to reduce furrow-irrigation erosion and save agricultural soils.
ARS Food Animal Protection Research Laboratory
Donald E. Corrier, David Nisbet, Hohn R. Deloach
In recognition of the development of a problotic culture for the reduction of salmonella colonization in poultry, thus significantly contributing to human health.
National Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST) Materials Science and Engineering Polymers Diversion
Anthony J. Bur
For the development and transfer of sensors for real-time monitoring of plastics processing.
NIST Building and Fire Research Laboratory
A. Hunter Fanney, Brian P. Dougherty
For the development and transfer of a photovoltaic solar water heating system.
Air Force Wright Laboratories
Robert A Tetla Jr., Charles Kibert
Developed and transferred a replacement agent for Halon 1301 in unoccupied spaces and Halon 1211.
Air Force Wright Laboratories
Charles F. Buynak
For the transfer of rapid large area inspection to commercial aircraft, automotive, and boating industries via a series of hands-on demonstrations at the potential users' sites.
John E. Leland
For the absorption cooling technology developed for electronics cooling and transferred to a commercial product.
Naval Medical Research Institute
Carl H. June, David M. Harlan
For the development of energy therapy for organ transplantation and autoimmune disease through CRADAs.
AlliedSignal Federal Manufacturing and Technologies
Jack Quint, Janie Carr, Bob Helen, Chris Baumgart, Jim Creager, Dick Neyer, Tim Troupe, Dave Mauntjoy,
Kim Linder
For development and transfer of the detection of Karnal bunt (a fungal disease of wheat) using digital optics and a pattern recognition system.
Tom E. Hand, George W. Bohnert, Mike Powers
For the development and transfer of Synergy CCS precision cleaning agent; An Elegant Solution To A Complex Environmental Problem.
Argonne National Laboratory
G.W. Crabtree, U. Welp, V.K. Vlasko-Vlasov, V.I. Nikitenko
For the development and transfer of a noninvasive technique for the evaluation of the performance of superconducting components using magneto-optical imaging of the magnetic fields in superconductors.
Mitchell D. Erickson, Kent Orlandini, Lesa Smith, Gary Goken, Keith M. Hoffman, Ron L. Bruening
For the development and transfer of Empore Rad Disks, which replace conventional radiochemical sample preparation methods, reducing the number of steps and therefore reagent and waste volumes and overall costs.
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Peter Z. Takacs, Manfred Grindel
For the commercialization of the Long Trace Profiler, an ultraprecision optical surface-profiling instrument.
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Thomas E. McEwan, Patrick Welsh, Gregory Dallum
For the development and transfer of an electronic dipstick that determines fluid level by measuring the time it takes for an electrical impulse to reflect from the surface of liquid in a container.
Booth R. Myers, Hao-Lin Chen, Glenn Meyer, Dino Ciarlo
For the development and transfer of a sealed-tube electron-beam gun for material processing.
Luis E. Zapata, Lloyd A. Hackel, Damon Mateo
Transferred high-power, high-uniformity diffuse reflector technology for a rapid thermal processor for semiconductor crystallization, activation, and annealing.
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Dave Benson, Steve Burch, Matt Keyse, Tom Potter, Ed Tracy, Robert Rehn, Terry Penney, Richard Boss, Andreas Vlahinos
For the development and transfer of a variable-conductance vacuum-insulated catalytic converter to eliminate cold-start automotive pollution.
Jerry Olson, Sarah Kurtz, Alan Kibbler, Charlene Kramer, Daniel Friedman
For the development and transfer of gallium-indium phosphide/gallium-arsenide monolithic series-connected tandem solar cells for powering satellites.
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
L.A. Boathner, Ron Feenstra
For the development and production of new single-crystal substrates for the growth of epitaxial electro-optic and superconducing thin films.
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
James E. Carroll III, Gregory A. Silva, Roy D. Wiprud
Developed software for Pacific Northwest use, creating a company, obtaining a license to commercialize the invention, and pioneering the lab's entrepreneurial leave program.
Jeffrey E. Surma, Wesley E. Lawrence, Gautam Pillay, Loren H. Schmid, Garry H. Bryan
For expanding catalyzed electrochemical oxidation from limited defense use to broad waste treatment applications and attracting a commercial partner through expertise and customer responsiveness.
Craig C. Conner, Linda M. Connell, Robert G. Lucas, Eric J. Makela, Z. Todd Taylor
For the development and transfer of MECcheck, an innovative took kit that makes the Model Energy Code understandable and accessible to thousands of users.
David W. Koppenaal, Charles J. Barinaga, Gregory C. Elden
For coupling ion-trap spectrometry with plasma ionization, then convincing an industrial partner that this revolutionary technology would be a valuable product line.
Pittsburgh Energy Technology Center
Henry Pennline
For the transfer of a flue-gas cleanup technology, the moving-bed Copper oxide process.
Sandia National Laboratories
Harold S. Morgan
For the development and validation of modeling tools for use in finite element analysis to predict tire performance and improved tire manufacturing processes.
NIH National Center for Human Genome Research
R. Michael Blaese
For the development of gene therapy as a clinically useful procedure for training genetic diseases.
Langley Research Center
Christopher L. Rumsey, Robert T. Biedron
For the development and transfer of Computer CFL3D for the analysis of viscous flow over complex configuration.
Billy Upchurch, David Schryer, Patricia Davis, Kenneth Brown, Erik Kielin
For the development and transfer of low-temperature oxidation catalysts.