R&D MAGAZINE BESTOWS 11 INNOVATION AWARDS TO BATTELLE AND THE NATIONAL LABORATORIES IT MANAGES OR CO-MANAGES

Columbus, Ohio-Battelle and the national laboratories it manages or co-manages for the U.S. Department of Energy won 11 awards in R&D Magazine's prestigious annual R&D 100 Awards. The awards, considered the Oscars of the technology world, recognized the most significant scientific and technological achievements for 2002.

Battelle and the labs it manages or co-manages have received 117 of these awards since 1969. The 2003 winners will be recognized in an October ceremony in Chicago, where R&D Magazine is based.

"We're very proud to have earned this recognition from R&D Magazine and our peers," said Battelle President and CEO Carl Kohrt. "The focus of the R&D 100 Awards, like Battelle's, is on practical and commercially viable solutions and products that come from applied science and technology. Receiving an R&D 100 Award is one of the finest honors we could receive."

In the past, the R&D 100 Awards have recognized products from throughout the U.S. and the world that later became household names, including the flashcube (1965), the automated teller machine (1973), the halogen lamp (1974), the fax machine (1975), the liquid crystal display (1980), the Kodak Photo CD (1991), the Nicoderm antismoking patch (1991) and HDTV (1998).

BATTELLE COLUMBUS

Readily De-Inkable Soy Resin-Based Toners (joint entry with the Ohio Soybean Council)

An environmentally friendly toner that can produce easily deinkable copies for use in electrophotographic copiers and printers. Since the petroleum-based toners used today are not easily deinkable, the use of soy-based toner will help in producing higher quality secondary cellulose fiber from office waste paper generated by copiers, printers, and faxes.

Mystic Infant Inhaler Device (joint entry with BattellePharma, Inc.)

A unique pulmonary drug delivery device based on electrohydrodynamic aerosolization specifically designed to deliver to infants a soft cloud of uniformly sized particles that are easily distributed to the lungs without the need for propellants.

Rare Cell Detection Technology, (joint entry with USDx, Inc.)

A system comprised of a laboratory instrument, reagents and a disposable tube, capable of detecting one cancer cell per 10 ml of whole blood. It does this at the cost of about one-tenth of competitors systems, greatly simplifies the procedure and uses existing centrifuge equipment.

OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY

RAMiTS: Raman Integrated Tunable Sensor

A compact, fully integrated, battery-operated Raman monitor based on solid-state acousto-optic tunable filter technology. It performs analysis of chemical and biological samples in seconds and can identify hundreds of substances, including toxic chemicals, by-products from explosives, biomedical markers, pharmaceuticals and illicit drugs.

Protasis MicroTrapMS : MicroTrap Mass Spectrometer (joint entry with Protasis Corp.)

A highly miniaturized, ion trap mass spectrometer that can be used for applications from on-line screening for toxins in municipal watersheds to detecting hazardous substances at airport checkpoints. MicroTrapMS will enhance real-time capabilities of field engineers to sweep many local areas for pesticides, drugs, explosives and more, at a lower cost than conventional methods.

CF8C-Plus: New Cast Stainless Steel for High-Temperature Performance (joint entry with Caterpillar, Inc.)

CF8C-Plus is designed to drastically improve high-temperature durability, performance and reliability based on a uniquely engineered microstructure alloy development methodology. The method allows the steel to be used at temperatures up to 850 degrees Celsius and resists failure during creep, mechanical fatigue, and thermal fatigue.

UMIR-Cam: Uncooled Micromechanical Infrared Camera

This sensitive, miniature imaging and infrared photo-detection device runs at room temperature and can be used in a number of endeavors, including night vision, industrial process monitoring, and medical imaging.

NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY

High-Rate Vapor Transport Deposition (joint entry with First Solar)

A sophisticated system that quickly and uniformly deposits semiconductor layers for PV module manufacturing. It is mechanically simple, making it reliable and inexpensive to maintain, and is unique because it can deposit thin semiconductor films 2,000 to 20,000 times faster than rival technologies.

PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY

PASS, Product Acoustic Signature System (joint entry with Mehl, Griffin, & Bartek, Ltd.)

An acoustic inspection device that uses ultrasonic pulse echo technology to non-intrusively interrogate and identify the contents of sealed containers. With PASS in hand, border inspectors can tell if the tanker truck or barrel in front of them contains crude oil, vegetable oil, or chemical weapons agents.

FT-MS Proteome Express, Fourier-transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometer

This instrument allows scientists to reach an unparalleled level of understanding proteins, cells, and microorganisms. The FT-MS Proteome Express can measure the mass of peptides, small structural units obtained by cutting proteins into pieces, with such precision that scientists can detect hundreds of thousands of peptide species in a single analysis. This is unmatched by any other analyzer.

The Starlight Information Visualization System

This technology-developed for the U.S. defense community-uncovers key relationships hidden in large, complex, and dynamic information collections. Starlight integrates structured, unstructured, spatial, and multimedia data, offering comparisons of information at multiple levels of abstraction-simultaneously and in near real-time. It now includes a range of other applications, including business and competitive intelligence, cost avoidance, strategic planning, intellectual property management, fraud detection, network analysis, epidemiology, bioinformatics, aviation safety, and law enforcement.

Battelle is a global leader in science and technology. It develops and commercializes technology and manages laboratories for government and commercial customers. Headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, Battelle and the national labs it manages or co-manages have 16,000 staff members and conduct more than $2.7 billion in annual research and development. Battelle innovations include the development of the office copier machine (Xerox), pioneering work on the compact disc, and medical technology advancements.

For more information, visit www.battelle.org or contact Katy Delaney, National Media Relations Manager, at (410) 306-8638 or delaneyk@battelle.org.