For 42 years, the prestigious R&D 100 Awards, sponsored by R&D Magazine, have been helping companies provide the important initial push a new product needs to compete successfully in the marketplace.
Winning an R&D 100 Award provides a mark of excellence known to industry, government, and academia as proof that the product is one of the 100 most technologically significant new products of the year.
The R&D 100 Awards began in 1963 as the I-R 100s, in keeping with the original name of the magazine, Industrial Research. The sole criterion for winning, according to a description released by the magazine, is “demonstrable technological significance compared with competing products and technologies.” Properties noted by judges include smaller size, faster speed, greater efficiency, and higher environmental consciousness.
The DOE ESS Program has received seven R&D 100 Awards and one I-R 100 Award.
- R&D 100 Winner 2022: Iron Nitride Soft MagneticsIron nitride (Fe4N), a new soft magnetic material, is a high-magnetization and high-resistivity soft magnetic alloy. Fe4N soft magnetic components can reduce next-generation smart grid… Read more: R&D 100 Winner 2022: Iron Nitride Soft Magnetics
- 2019 R&D 100 Award Green Tech Special RecognitionTechnology: SiC-based Monolithic Transistor Rectifier Semiconductor Switch Developers: Sandia National Laboratories GeneSiC Semiconductor Sandia National Laboratories, in collaboration with GeneSiC Semiconductor, has won Special Recognition for… Read more: 2019 R&D 100 Award Green Tech Special Recognition
- 2017 R&D 100 AwardTechnology: Control System for Active Damping of Inter-Area Oscillations Today, electric power grids operate well below transmission capacity to avoid widespread outages due to inter-area oscillations.… Read more: 2017 R&D 100 Award
- 2016 R&D 100 AwardGreen Tech Special Recognition Technology: Precision High Power Battery Tester (PHPBT) Developers: Sandia National Laboratories Arbin Instruments U.S. DOE – Office of Electricity, Energy Storage Program… Read more: 2016 R&D 100 Award
- 2015 R&D 100 AwardTechnology: 6.5 kV Enhancement-Mode Silicon Carbide JFET Switch Developers: United Silicon Carbide Inc. Sandia National Laboratories U.S. DOE – Office of Electricity, Energy Storage Program For… Read more: 2015 R&D 100 Award
- 2011 R&D 100 AwardTechnology: Silicon-carbide thyristor Developers: GeneSiC Semiconductor Inc. Sandia National Laboratories U.S. DOE – Office of Electricity, Energy Storage Program U.S. Army/Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center… Read more: 2011 R&D 100 Award
- 2009 R&D 100 AwardTechnology: High-temperature Silicon Carbide (SiC) Power Module Developers: Arkansas Power Electronics International, Inc. Univ. of Arkansas Rohm Co., Ltd. Sandia National Laboratories U.S. DOE – Office… Read more: 2009 R&D 100 Award
- 2003 R&D 100 AwardsTechnology: Emitter Turn-Off (ETO) Thyristor Switch Developers: Solitronics Virginia Tech American Competitiveness Institute U.S. DOE – Office of Electricity, Energy Storage Program Sandia National Laboratories The Emitter… Read more: 2003 R&D 100 Awards
- 2003 R&D 100 AwardTechnology: Fiber Optic Electrical Current Transducer Developers: Airak, Inc. PPI Sandia National Laboratories U.S. DOE – Office of Electricity, Energy Storage Program The Fiber Optic Electrical… Read more: 2003 R&D 100 Award
- 1997 R&D 100 AwardTechnology: PQ2000 Power Quality System Developers: AC Battery Corp. Electric Power Research Institute Oglethorpe Power Corp. Pacific Gas & Electric Corp. Sandia National Laboratories U.S. DOE… Read more: 1997 R&D 100 Award
- 1984 I-R 100 AwardSuperconducting Magnetic Energy Storage: Development and construction of a 10MVA liquid helium cooled Superconducting Magnetic Energy Storage (SMES) device by Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) and… Read more: 1984 I-R 100 Award