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2007 Northeast Regional Award Winners Honored
The Northeast Region recently presented its annual awards honoring individuals and laboratories for outstanding achievements in technology transfer. The award winners were recognized at a ceremony during the 2007 regional meeting in Natick, Massachusetts. Among the winners were:
 Northeast Regional Coordinator Dr. Theresa Baus (left) and FLC Chair-elect J. Scott Deiter (right) present Northeast Deputy Coordinator Lewis Meixler with the 2007 Excellence in Technology Transfer Award for Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory. |
Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, of Princeton, New Jersey received the Excellence in Technology Transfer Award for its successful transfer of the Miniature Integrated Nuclear Detection System (MINDS). An anti-terrorism technology, MINDS was developed for detection of the radiation emitted from a nuclear threat, such as a dirty bomb or from dangerous nuclear material. This technology employs a conventional off-the-shelf hardware approach to detecting the nuclear radiation spectrum coupled with an innovative detection scheme. Using a sodium iodide scintillating crystal to detect X-ray and gamma radiation, the emitted signal is then coupled to a multi-channel analyzer (MCA) with appropriate amplification. The output of the MCA is analyzed by the propriety software developed by PPPL for the identification of specific sources of radiation that may be associated with the threat of nuclear terrorism. The analysis is generally done in a laptop or other conventional computing environment. |
 Northeast Regional Coordinator Dr. Theresa Baus (left), Deputy Northeast Regional Coordinator Lew Meixler (second from left), and FLC Chair-elect J. Scott Deiter (right) present Mary Borges of NUWC Division Newport with the 2007 Regional Laboratory Award. |
The Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC), Division Newport, located in Newport, Rhode Island received the Regional Laboratory Award for its outstanding technology transfer efforts. Among NUWC's accomplishments is the creation of a Technology Partnership Enterprise Office (TPEO); the establishment of an annual Diversity Summit to encourage an inclusive work environment where scientists and engineers are free to explore ideas that may lead to patented inventions and solutions for the Navy; developing relationships with Rhode Island non-profit economic development organizations to foster potential military and commercial partnerships; and maintaining a cooperative research and development (CRADA) and patent licensing program that has been recognized with a number of national FLC awards. |
The Northeast Region congratulates the winners on a job well done.
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