October / November 2011

Volume 9 Number 5

The Innovators

  • The Savannah  River engineer is finding far-reaching applications in wireless communications

  • It’s the unsolved problem that triggers creativity—the Livermore engineer knows first-hand

  • At the National Renewable Energy Lab, she’s searching for just the right sort of algae to make fuel

  • The Ames researchers are finding ways to lower the considerable costs of titanium powder for many applications

  • The nuclear physicist at Idaho lab develops solutions and also creates new businesses

  • He understands metals, how they work and how to make them stronger

  • Argonne’s Atmospheric Radiation Measurement  program is probing some of the world’s greatest climate mysteries

  • To create new electronics technologies, it’s necessary to know how materials work

  • The Sandia researcher’s forte is developing unique solutions to complex scientific challenges

  • The Brookhaven scientist developed the nanoprobe, which has numerous and significant applications

  • A Navy technology transfer manager makes all the connections

  • “What I am trying to do is create a thriving ecosystem for tech transfer”