Each year R&D Magazine recognizes the 100 most technologically significant innovations of the preceding year. Argonne's Chemical Engineering Division has won 24 of these prestigious awards.
| Year |
Division(s)* |
Funding Source** |
Technology |
Researcher(s) |
| 2005 |
CMT |
NIST (through Quallion) |
Self-Contained Battery-Powered bionŽ Microstimulator with Rechargeable Miniature Battery (with Alfred Mann Foundation, Quallion LLC, and Organosilicon Research Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison) |
Khalil Amine, Bookeun Oh, Ilias Belharouak, Qingzheng Wang and Donald Vissers |
| 2001 |
CMT-ETP |
EE |
Argonne Autothermal Reforming Catalyst for Fuel Processors |
Michael Krumpelt, Shabbir Ahmed, Romesh Kumar, John Kopasz, Joong-Myeon Bae, John David Carter |
| 1996 |
ER, CMT |
EM |
Empore Rad Disks (with 3M Company and IBC Advanced Technologies, Inc.) |
Mitchell Erickson, Kent Orlandini (ER), Lesa Smith (CMT) |
| 1994 |
CMT |
SC-BES, Chemical Sciences |
Toroid Cavity Imager |
Klaus Woelk, Jerome Rathke, Robert Klingler |
| 1993 |
CMT-ETP |
EE |
Ceramic Sulfide Materials |
Tom Kaun, Kevin M. Myles, Gary Henriksen, Daniel Simon |
| 1993 |
ET, CMT |
EE |
An Efficient New Process for Commercial Production of Phase-Pure Superconductors |
Uthamalingam Balachandran, Roger Poeppel, James Emerson, Stanley Johnson |
| 1991 |
CMT |
NE |
Electrorefining Process for Recovery of Transuranics from Spent Nuclear Fuel |
Bill Miller, Eddie Gay, John Ackerman, Robert Steunenberg, Zygmunt Tomczuk, Ray Wolson |
| 1991 |
CMT-ETP |
EE |
Bipolar LiFeS2 Battery, the Mark III |
Tom Kaun |
| 1989 |
CMT |
SC-BES, USEPA, NASA |
Infrared Aerosol Analyzer |
Stanley Johnson, Romesh Kumar, Gerald Reedy |
| 1988 |
CMT |
SC-BES |
pH Sensor for High-Temperature/High Pressure Aqueous Environments |
Zoltan Nagy, Robert Yonco |
| 1987 |
CMT-ETP |
EE |
Micro Membrane-Electrode Sensor |
Laszlo Redey, Ira Bloom |
| 1985 |
CMT |
SC-BES, Material Sciences |
Pyroelectrochemical Extraction Process |
Victor Maroni, S. Von Winbush, R. Yonco |
| 1982 |
CMT-ETP |
EE |
Multifunctional Sensor Electrode |
Donald Vissers, Laszlo Redey |
| 1982 |
CMT-ETP, ECT |
FE |
Masked Multichannel Scaler |
D.G. Ettinger, S. Bourne, M. McGee, A. Winicki |
| 1981 |
CMT-ETP |
EE |
Electric Vehicle Battery Charger System |
William H. DeLuca |
| 1981 |
CMT |
SC |
Attenuated Total Internal Reflection Impactor for Aerosol Analysis |
Stanley Johnson, Paul Cunningham |
| 1978 |
CMT |
SC |
Gas Chromatography Cryocollector |
G.T. Reedy |
| 1978 |
CMT |
Unknown |
Fluidized Bed Coal Combustion Process |
A. Jonke, J. Vogel |
| 1977 |
CMT |
EE |
Nonimaging Solar Collector |
William Schertz |
| 1976 |
CMT |
SC |
In-Sodium Tritium Meter |
Romesh Kumar, Donald Raue, Stanley Skladzien |
| 1976 |
ARF, CMT |
EE |
Dielectric Compound Parabolic Concentrator |
R. Winston, William Schertz |
| 1974 |
CMT |
FE |
System for Detecting Water-to-Sodium Leaks from Steam Generators of Liquid Metal Cooled Fast Breeder Nuclear Reactors |
Donald Vissers |
| 1974 |
CMT-ETP |
EE |
High-Capacity Lithium-Sulfur Battery Cell |
R. Steunenberg |
| 1968 |
CMT-EPT |
EE |
Lightweight Electrically Rechargeable Power Cells |
H. Shimotake |