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September 25, 2003
Energy Department-Funded
Projects Win 35 Research and Development
AwardsWASHINGTON, DC -- Secretary
of Energy Spencer Abraham today announced that researchers
at Department of Energy (DOE) laboratories and companies
with research funded by DOE have won 35 of the 100 awards
given this year by R&D Magazine for the most outstanding
technology developments with commercial potential. Examples
of their work include: a carbon-based coating harder
and slicker than Teflon; a miniature, infrared camera
that can be used for night vision and medical imaging
and to help firefighters see through smoke; a handheld
tool that uses ultrasound pulses to assay the contents
of sealed containers; and an adaptive optics system
that combines technologies from astronomy and micromachining
to advance the study and treatment of retinal diseases.
"The range of these cutting-edge
technologies demonstrates the breadth of expertise at
our national laboratories," Abraham said. "The
accomplishments of these innovative researchers will
benefit our entire Nation."
The DOE researchers winning the
2003 R&D 100 Awards work in 11 of the department's
laboratories across the country. Eighteen of the awards
are shared with businesses and universities. Two of
the awards are for research at companies funded by DOE.
Descriptions of the technologies are available on the
department's Office of Science web site at www.science.doe.gov.
An independent panel of some 60 experts and editors
of R&D Magazine selected the winning technologies.
The awards will be presented at a ceremony in Chicago
in October. The complete list of 2003 R&D 100 Awards
can be found on the R&D Magazine web site at www.rdmag.com
The DOE laboratories receiving 2003 R&D 100 Awards
are:
Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne,
Ill.;
Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory,
Idaho Falls, Idaho;
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, Calif.;
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, Calif.;
Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, N.M.;
National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colo.;
National Energy Technology Laboratory, Pittsburgh, Pa.
and Morgantown, W.Va.;
Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tenn.;
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Wash.;
Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, N.M and Livermore,
Calif.; and
Savannah River Technology Center, Aiken, S.C.
Media Contact(s):
Jeff Sherwood, 202/586-5806
Number: R-03-222
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