Patents & Awards

Patents

6,994,829 Fluid Processing Device and Method: Issue Date: 02/07/2006 — James Davis, and Greg Whyatt.

6,984,298 Gas Sensor Having an Insulating Layer: Issue Date: 01/10/2006 — Timothy Armstrong, Suresh Baskaran, Jarrod Crum, John Darab, and John Vienna.

6,974,496 Apparatus for Thermal Swing Adsorption and Thermally-Enhanced Pressure Swing Adsorption: Issue Date: 12/13/2005 — Monte Drost, Dean Matson, Scot Rassat, Victoria Stenkamp, Ward TeGrotenhuis, Vish Viswanathan, and Robert Wegeng.

6,869,462 Methods of Contacting Substances and Microsystem Contactors: Issue Date: 03/22/2005 — Scot Rassat, Victoria Stenkamp, and Ward TeGrotenhuis

6,866,886 Method of Coating the Interior Surface of Hollow Objects (Inc. 13948-B): Issue Date: 03/15/2005 — Steven Forbes, Glenn Hollenberg, Roger Johnson, Shawn Knowles, and David Senor

6,824,689 Carbon Nanotube-Containing Structures, Methods of Making, and Processes Using Same (Incorp.12744-E,12647-E, and E-1811): Issue Date: 12/24/2001 — Chris Aardahl, Ya-Huei Chin, Yufei Gao, Terri Stewart, and Yong Wang.

6,746,515 Method and Apparatus for Thermal Swing Adsorption and Thermally-Enhanced Pressure Swing Adsorption: Issue Date: 04/29/2002 — Monte Drost, Scot Rassat, Ward Tegrotenhuis, Vish Viswanathan, and Robert Wegeng.

6,660,061 Vapor Purification with Self-Cleaning Filter (Incorporates E-1755 and E-1896): Issue Date: 10/26/2001 — Chris Aardahl, William Heath, and Gary Josephson.

6,630,012 Method for Thermal Swing Adsorption and Thermally-Enhanced Pressure Swing Adsorption: Issue Date: 04/30/2001 — Monte Drost, Dean Matson, Scot Rassat, Victoria Stenkamp, Ward Tegrotenhuis, Vish Viswanathan, and Robert Wegeng.

6,532,769 Glass-Ceramic Joint and Method of Joining: Issue Date: 05/01/2000 — Timothy Armstrong, Kerry Meinhardt, Larry Pederson, and John Vienna.

6,430,966 Glass-Ceramic Material and Method of Making*: Issue Date: 07/30/1999 — Timothy Armstrong, Kerry Meinhardt, Larry Pederson, and John Vienna

6,129,973 Microchannel Laminated Mass Exchanger and Method of Making: Issue Date: 10/10/2000 — Joseph M. Perez, Jr., and Robert Wegeng.

6,011,193 Munitions Treatment By Acid Digestion: Issue Date: 06/20/1997 — Monte Elmore, Evan Jones, and Alan Zacher.

5,749,932 Refractory Electrodes For Joule Heating and Methods of Using Same.: Issue Date: 03/29/1996 — Christopher Chapman, Michael Elliott, and David Lamar.

5,421,275 Method and Apparatus for Reducing Mixed Wastefed-Batch Vitrification System for Treating Wastes(Vit-Pak): Issue Date: 05/13/1994 — Christopher Chapman, Michael Elliott, Joseph Perez, Jr., and Richard Peters.

5,410,374 Eyeglass Hinge*: Issue Date: 04/13/1993 — Harry Smith.

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Awards

R&D 100 Awards

R&D 100 Award, 2001, MilliWave Viscometer-high-temperature viscosity measurement technology for process monitoring of hot molten materials such as in glass manufacture and metals refining.

R&D 100 Award, 1998, Self-Assembled Monolayers on Mesoporous Supports (SAMMS)-a new class of materials that can remove metals and radionuclides from aqueous and organic liquids and gaseous streams.

R&D 100 Award, 1996, Catalyzed Electrochemical Oxidation (CEO)-a low-temperature, ambient-pressure process that can replace incineration as a hazardous waste treatment. Also won the Federal Laboratory Consortium Award for Excellence in Technology Transfer (1997).

FLC Awards

Federal Laboratory Consortium Award for Excellence in Technology Transfer, 2003, Engine Exhaust Aftertreatment System Based on Non-Thermal Plasma-Assisted Catalysis-an engine exhaust aftertreatment system that converts harmful oxides of nitrogen (NOx) and particulate matter from vehicle engines into components of clean air.

Federal Laboratory Consortium Award for Excellence in Technology Transfer, 2000, Plasma Enhanced Melter for Waste Conversion — integrates plasma arc and glass melter technologies to provide a process that accepts a wide variety of wastes and converts them to useful products.