R&D 100 Winners for 2023 are announced

Mar 24, 2024

By Paul Heney | August 22, 2023

The 100 Winners of the 2023 R&D 100 Awards have been announced by R&D World magazine. This renowned worldwide science and innovation competition, celebrating its 61st year, received entries from 15 different countries and regions. This year’s esteemed judging panel included 45 well-respected industry professionals from across the world.

The Winners are listed below by category, and then alphabetically by submission name, and include primary submitting organizations and then co-developing organizations, as provided to R&D World.

Please note that Medalists in the Special Recognition categories and the five all-new Professional Award winners have been announced separately.

The 2023 R&D 100 gala banquet will be held in San Diego, Calif. on November 16th. Details can be found here. Or you can register here. Winner logos are available for download here (PDF) and here (.png file).

A sincere congratulations from our whole staff to all of the Winners! We look forward to celebrating with you in San Diego this November.

A Novel Eye drop, the most convenient treatment for wet macular degenerationTheratOcular Biotek Co., Ltd.Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI)

Additively Manufactured Thermally Conductive Collimators for Neutron InstrumentationOak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Neutron Sciences DirectoratePolarOnyx, Inc.

Automated live cell imaging system, Celloger® Mini PlusCuriosis Inc.

Cellpuri, cell concentration systemCuriosis Inc.

EUV N&K and Phase Measurement ToolEUV Tech

FusionScopeQuantum Design, Inc.Quantum Design Microscopy GmbH

High throughput sequencer DNBSEQ-T20_2MGI and Complete Genomics

Intelligent Radio Frequency Ablation is a highly effective and precise radiofrequency ablation technologyIndustrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI)Compal Electronics, Inc.

MAVEN, New Glucose and Lactate On-Line Device for Bioprocess Monitoring and Control908 Devices

MockV® RVLP KitMaravai LifeSciencesCygnus Technologies

NACHOS: NanoSatellite Atmospheric Chemistry Hyperspectral Observation SystemLos Alamos National Laboratory

NanoPak-C-SPE — Electrochemically-Controlled Selective & Rapid Solid Phase ExtractionMillennial Scientific

Noncontact Laser Ultrasound (NCLUS) for Medical ImagingMIT Lincoln LaboratoryMassachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Center for Ultrasound Research Translation (CURT) and Sound & Bright, LLC

OpeN-AM: A Platform for Operando Neutron Diffraction Measurements of Additive ManufacturingOak Ridge National Laboratory

Physics-Informed, Active Learning–Driven Autonomous Microscopy for Science DiscoveryOak Ridge National LaboratoryUniversity of Tennessee, Knoxville

Pre-Symptomatic VOC Detector of Seizure EventsSandia National Laboratories (SNL)KNOW Biological Atlanta, GA

Revio Sequencing SystemPacBio

Tescan Tensor: The World’s First Integrated, Precession-Assisted, Analytical 4D-STEMTescan Orsay Holding, a.s.

Thermo Scientific DynaSpin Single-use CentrifugeThermo Fisher Scientific

Thermo Scientific Orbitrap™ Ascend Tribrid™ Mass SpectrometerThermo Fisher Scientific

Unique eye drop formulation for glaucoma therapyIndustrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI)TheratOcular Biotek Co., Ltd.

A 250 kW All Silicon Carbide Motor Drive for Hybrid Electric AircraftUniversity of ArkansasUniversity of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Wolfspeed, Inc. Ampaire ARPA-E, U.S. Dept. of Energy

Cerberus: Cybersecurity for EV Charging InfrastructureIdaho National Laboratory

High Performing Dual Phases Nano Immersion Coolant for 5G ServersNano and Advanced Materials InstituteHFC Industry Ltd.

Intelligent Pillow for Healthy SleepingNano and Advanced Materials InstituteSuper Rich Moulders Ltd.

Joint Communication Architecture for Unmanned Systems (JCAUS) Security/Cyber Module End Cryptographic UnitMIT Lincoln LaboratoryNaval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Pacific

Ordered Key-value Computational Storage Device (KV-CSD)Los Alamos National LaboratorySK hynix

Scalable Photonic Quantum Memory ModuleMIT Lincoln Laboratory

Schott TO PLUS® headersSchott

The Cryo-FE: A Near-Monochromatic Tuneable Cryogenic Niobium Electron Field Emitter for Ultra-High-Resolution Electron Microscopy and SpectroscopyLawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Transformer WatchmanNational Energy Technology LabUniversity of Pittsburgh Sensible Photonics

Wearable Thin-Film Thermoelectric Cooling Device (TFTEC) for Prosthetics and HapticsThe Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory

Wideband Conformal Continuous-Slot Antenna ArraySouthwest Research Institute (SwRI)

Wrinkle-Free, Flexible and High Contrast Screen for Portable DisplayNano and Advanced Materials InstituteArovia Hong Kong Ltd.

5-tonne per day (TPD) CO2 Capture from Blast Furnace GasTata Steel Ltd.Carbon Clean

80°F Thermostatic Microcapsules Ultra-fine Fiber LeatherTaiwan Textile Research Institute (TTRI)Seda Chemical Products Co. Ltd.

A continuous hot-roll process to manufacture nanograin Neo magnetCritical Materials Institute, Ames National Laboratory

AcousweepThe Hong Kong Research Institute of Textiles and Apparel Ltd. (HKRITA)

Additive manufactured cutting tool for precision machiningKennametal Inc.

AquairUniversity of Maryland, College Park

BETAMATE™ Broad Bake Adhesives for sustainable mass manufacturing of battery electric vehiclesDuPont

Bio-inspired Silicone Sealant for Wet Surface AdhesionNano and Advanced Materials InstituteHenderson Land Development Co. Ltd.

Closed-loop system for PI film manufacturing processes that 99% of VOCs are recycled and reuse.Taimide Tech Inc.Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI)

Critical Rare Earth Free Cerium Gap MagnetsCritical Materials Institute, Ames National LaboratoryBUNTING-DuBois

Dual-Purpose Impact Dissipating Bollard for Road SafetyNano and Advanced Materials Institute

DuPont Styrofoam Plazamate XR Extruded Polystyrene Foam with 30% Higher Thermal ResistivityDuPont de Nemours, Inc, Water and Protection, Performance Building Solutions

EASE: Ether-based Aqueous Separations and ExtractionsIdaho National LaboratoryAmes National Laboratory

FABIA: Fieldable Atomic Beam Isotopic AnalyzerLos Alamos National Laboratory

FilmTec™ Fortilife™ NF1000 Nanofiltration MembranesDuPont

Gravity-free Brassiere Using Bio-inspired Shock-absorbing MaterialsNano and Advanced Materials InstituteSuper Rich Moulders Ltd.; Four K Knitters Ltd.

Greener, Faster and Tougher Polyurea GelcoatPPG

Grid Regulation Delivered by Aggregations of Loads (GRID-BAL)Los Alamos National LaboratoryUniversity of Michigan, Ann Arbor; Pecan Street Inc.; University of California, Berkeley

High Transfer Efficiency Commercial Vehicle Coating SystemAxalta Coating Systems

Highly thermal conductive material for 5G and ADAS applicationThe Dow Chemical Co.

Hyperspectral X-ray Imaging Detector (HXI)Los Alamos National LaboratoryNational Institute of Standards, Boulder, Colo.; University of Colorado, Boulder, Colo.

INFICON Ion Reference Gauge IRG080INFICON Inc.

Innovative LNP™ ELCRES™ Resin: Enables Advancements in Renewable Solar Energy Industry by Achieving the Highest Electrical Tracking Resistance CTI0SABIC

MercLok™ P-640 Amendment for Mercury RemediationAlbemarle Amendments, LLC

Micro-Foaming Pellets (MFPs) for Completely Closed-cell Foamed BottlesNano and Advanced Materials InstituteAce Plastic Ltd.

Solventless Antimisting SYL-OFF™ SL 184 Release Coating – Innovation Breakthrough Enabling Fast and Sustainable Label Market GrowthDow Performance Silicones

Sustainable Ion Exchange Resin for Ultrapure Water TreatmentDuPont Water Solutions

Sustainable low emission zero degassing high voltage cable insulation compoundDow, Inc.

Electro3DSandia National Laboratories (SNL)

Electrochemical Machining System for Intelligent Electrode with Three-Dimensional Variable Curvature (EMS)Metal Industries Research & Development Centre (MIRDC)

FixCarbon Technology: Carbon-Negative Bioplastics from AfforestationInstitute of Nuclear Energy Research (INER), Atomic Energy Council, Executive Yuan, ROC (Taiwan).NZ Bio Forestry Ltd., Inspira Applied Bio Solutions Co., Ltd.

GRX-810: A 3D Printable Alloy Designed for Extreme EnvironmentsNASA’s Glenn Research Center

Honeywell’s Ethanol-to-Jet Processing TechnologyHoneywell

Liquid Medium Entropy Alloy Catalyst (LMEAC) for Production of CO2-free Hydrogen and High-Value Carbon ProductsLawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Micrometer-based, Customized Production System technologyIndustrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI)

Precise, Continuous, & High-Speed Manufacturing of Thermoplastic Composites Using Additive Manufacturing-Compression Molding (AM-CM)Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)

Rapid Response Steel Tooling using Additive ManufacturingLos Alamos National Laboratory

Solution-processed Perovskite Crystalline Films (SPeC)Los Alamos National Laboratory

Thermo Fisher Scientific Gibco™ CTS™ DynaCellect™ Magnetic Separation System (CTS DynaCellect system)Thermo Fisher Scientific

Titanium Production — a transformative and sustainable processUniversity of UtahIperionX

Annotated Translated Disassembled Code (@DisCo)Idaho National Laboratory

CANDLE (CANcer Distributed Learning Environment)Argonne National LaboratoryOak Ridge National Laboratory Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Los Alamos National Laboratory Fredrick National Laboratory for Cancer Research

Cardinal: Accelerating Discovery in Fusion and Fission EnergyArgonne National LaboratoryIdaho National Laboratory

Climate Risk & Resilience Portal (ClimRR)Argonne National LaboratoryAT&T Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)

Deep Resolve – MRI Faster than ever beforeSiemens Healthineers

FEVER: Fast Evaluation of Viral Emerging RisksLos Alamos National Laboratory

High Efficiency Aspect ratio Deposition/Matrix ALDIndustrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI)

Industrial Control System Cybersecurity Analytic PlatformInstitute for Information Industry

MALA: Materials Learning AlgorithmsSandia National Labs (SNL)Center for Advanced Systems Understanding (CASUS) at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (Germany)

Materials Data Driven Design (MAD3)Sandia National Laboratories (SNL)

Medium- and Heavy-Duty Electric Vehicle Infrastructure – Load Operation and Deployment (HEVI-LOAD)Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Meta Optics StudioSandia National Laboratories (SNL)Stellar Science Ltd. Co.

PowerModelsONM: Optimizing Operations of Networked Microgrids for ResilienceLos Alamos National LaboratoryNational Renewable Energy Laboratory, Sandia National Laboratories, National Rural Electric Cooperative Association

PuckboardMIT Lincoln LaboratoryRevaComm Department of the Air Force–MIT AI Accelerator MIT U.S. Air Force 15th Wing U.S. Air Force 60th Air Mobility Wing U.S. Air Force 437th Airlift Wing Headquarters Air Mobility Command Air Force Research Laboratory Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Installations, Environment, and Energy) Raytheon-BBN

py4DSTEM — an open source software package for electron microscopy data analysisLawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Qnovo’s SpectralX: Intelligent lithium-ion battery management softwareQnovo Inc.

RAVEN — Computational Platform Performing Stochastic AnalysesIdaho National Laboratory

Simulation and Emulation for Advanced Systems (SEAS): Bridging the Gap Between Energy Transition Planning and ImplementationNational Renewable Energy Laboratory

Smart Energy for a Sustainable EcosystemIndustrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI)Taiwan CPC Corp.

SuperNeuro: An Accelerated Neuromorphic Computing SimulatorOak Ridge National Laboratory

The O-RAN energy-efficient private network management technologyIndustrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI)Pegatron Corp.

The reV Model: Unmatched Wind and Solar Generation Detail at ScaleNational Renewable Energy Laboratory

Variorum: Vendor-Agnostic Computing Power ManagementLawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Vitro Architectural Glass — VitroSphere™ Digital Glass SimulatorVitro Architectural Glass

Viz Employs AI to Detect Unruptured Aneurysms and Coordinate Patient CareViz.ai

ZFP: Fast, Accurate Data Compression for Modern Supercomputing ApplicationsLawrence Livermore National Laboratory