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Each year a panel of judges made up of University of Maryland
personnel and industry experts selects one winner from groups
of finalists in each of three categories: information science,
life science and physical science.
Awards are presented by Jacques Gansler, University Vice President for Research,
and
OTC Executive Director James A. Poulos III.
 In the Physical Science category, Martin Peckerar (professor of electrical and computer engineering [ECE]) and Neil Goldsman (professor of ECE and the Institute for Systems Research [ISR]), won for their "World's Highest Energy Density Thin-Film Battery." The battery will make possible a number of stronger, smaller products, including wireless sensor networks, active RFID, wearable electronics and medical devices. Yves Ngu, Zeynep Dilli and George Metze from the National Security Agency also worked on this project.
 In the Life Science category, Matt Dowling (a graduate student in the Fischell Department of Bioengineering) and Srini Raghavan (chemical and biomolecular engineering associate professor) were honored for their "nano-velcro" chitosan-based bandage, which could significantly reduce mortality rates among cases with uncontrollable bleeding. The researchers collaborated with Dr. John Hess and Dr. Grant Bochicchio from the University of Maryland School of Medicine.
 In the Information Science category, John Baras (professor of ECE and ISR) was recognized for his work with the Army Research Laboratory on a key exchange system to secure Internet transactions. His invention is of interest for national defense systems, major banking companies, and other industries where secrecy is of great importance.
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| 2009 |
Martin Peckerar,
Neil Goldsman |
World's Highest Energy Density Thin-Film Battery. |
Physical
Science |
| 2009 |
Matt Dowling,
Srini Raghavan |
"nano-velcro" chitosan-based bandage, which could significantly reduce mortality rates among cases with uncontrollable bleeding. |
Life
Science |
| 2009 |
John Baras |
A a key exchange system to secure Internet transactions. |
Information
Science |
| 2008 |
Peter Kofinas,
Daniel Janiak |
Their invention is a molecularly imprinted polymer (MIP) capable of filtering viruses from the blood. |
Life
Science |
| 2008 |
Jaydev Desai,
S. K. Gupta,
Nicholas Pappafotis,
Wojciech Bejgerowski |
The group's invention is a robot that can assist surgeons operating on brain tumors. |
Physical
Science |
| 2007 |
Rama Chellappa, Aravind Sundaresan |
Markerless Motion Capture, which is a way to analyze and express human motion in mathematical terms. |
Information
Science |
| 2007 |
Marino di Marzo, Amr Baz |
Integrating Sensor Monitoring the Allowable Heat Exposure Time for Firefighters. |
Physical
Science
Runner Up |
| 2005 |
Gregory S. Jackson,
Bryan W. Eichhorn and Shenghu
Zhou |
Hydrogen from Hydrocarbon Fuels Without the
High Levels of Carbon Monoxide |
Physical
Science |
| 2005 |
John P. Fisher, Parth Modi, Jennifer
Lynn Moreau, and Sachiko Kaihara |
Biomaterials for Tissue Engineering that Avoid Premature
Degradation |
Life
Science |
| 2005 |
Maria I. Klapa, Harin Kanani |
Metabolomics Technology for Highly Accurate
and Simultaneous Measurement of Hundreds of Metabolites
in Biological Systems |
Information
Science |
| 2004 |
Pamela Ann Abshire, Benjamin Shapiro, Elisabeth Smela (9) |
Cell Sensor Based Pathogen Detection |
Physical
Science |
| 2004 |
K.J. Ray Liu, Zoltan Safar, Weifeng Su |
Coding Techniques for Maximum Achievable Diversity in Space, Time and Frequency for Broadband Wireless Communications |
Information
Science |
| 2003 |
Suneel Ismail Sheikh, Darryll J. Pines |
Navigation Using X-Ray Sources |
Physical
Science |
| 2003 |
Ashok K. Agrawala |
Horus: An RF-Based Location Determination System |
Information
Science |
| 2002 |
Balakumar Balachandran, Miao Yu, Moustafa Al-Bassyioumi |
Fiber Tip-Based Fiber Optic Sensor System |
Physical
Science |
| 2002 |
Peter Sandorn, Pameet Singh |
Mitigation of Obsolescence Cost Analysis (MOCA) |
Information
Science |
| 2001 |
Peter Kofinas, Steven Bullock, Sufi Ahmed |
Controlled Room Temperature Synthesis of Polymer-Templated Magnetic Nanoparticles |
Physical
Science |
| 2000 |
Ashok K. Agrawala (1) |
PinPoint Technology: Locating and Synchronizing Mobile Wireless Nodes |
Information
Science |
| 1999 |
Aristos Christou (2) |
PLZT Spatial Phase Modulator |
Physical
Science |
| 1999 |
Christopher Davis |
Polarizatioon and Wavelength Diversity for Fade Resistance in Optical Wierless Communication Systems |
Information
Science |
| 1998 |
Nariman Farvardin (3) |
Method and Apparatus for Compressing and Decompressing Images |
Information
Science |
| 1997 |
James
Hendler (4) |
Parka-DB™ |
Physical
Science |
| 1996 |
Kawthar A. Zaki |
Rilter Realizations Using New Transmission Media |
Physical
Science |
| 1996 |
Mahammad Moddares (5) |
Software-Based Expert System for Assessing and Monitoring of Nuclear Power Plants |
Information
Science |
| 1995 |
James Sirkis, Harmeet Singh |
Fiber Optic Three Strain Sensor |
Physical
Science |
| 1994 |
John Baras, Aaron Falk, Timothy Kirkwood, Brian Johnson, Anthony Ephremides (6) |
A System Design for a Hybrid Network Data Communications Terminal Using Asymmetric TCP/IP to Support Internet Applications |
Physical
Science |
| 1994 |
Ben Shneiderman (7) |
University of Maryland Widget Library™ |
Information
Science |
| 1987 |
Ben Shneiderman (8) |
Touch Screen Finger Mouse |
None
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(1) Also awarded A. Shankar (CMPS), Ronald Larsen (OIT), and Douglas Szajda
(2) Also awarded Maria Linnik
(3) Also awarded Eiji Atsumi
(4) Also awarded Killian Stoffel, Merwyn Taylor
(5) Also awarded Seyed Mohammad Hadavi
(6) Also awarded Danield Friedman, Narin Suphasindhu, Douglas Dillon
(7) Also awarded Richard Chimera, Marko Teittinen, Ninad Jog, David Carr, Harsha Kumar
(8) Also awarded Richard Potter
(9) Also awarded Denis Wertz (Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Johns Hopkins)
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