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Awards and Scholarships:  Outstanding Inventor Award  •  Chair Award  •  Scholarships Recipients  •  Writing Contest

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Texas Outstanding Inventor Award

1983 Robert P. Popovich and Jack Moncrief for Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis
1984 Gordon H. Matthews for Watsbox Telecommunication System
1985 Robert S. Loof Bourrow for Floating Point Amplifier Recorder and Sonic Logging
1986 Donald R. Smith for Freezing and Cooking Using Forced Air
1987 Serge A. Scherbatskoy for Well Logging
1988 Jack St. Clair Kilby for Integrated Circuit
1990 John L. Burba III for Mixed Metal Hydroxide Fluids
1991 Leslie P. Williams for Foam-Applying Nozzle
1992 David A. Wolf for Bio-Reactor for Mammalian Cell Culture
1993 Paul Culley for System for Controlling the Transferring of Different Widths of Data Using Two Different Sets of Address Control and State Information Signals
1995 Larry Smith for Catalytic Distillation for MTBE Production
1996 Julio C. Palmaz for Expandable Intraluminal Graft, and Method and Apparatus for Implanting an Expandable Intraluminal Graft
1997 Dr. Carlton E. Ash for Stabilized Polyketone Polymer Compositions
1998 Dr. Tsiu Chiu Chan for An Improved Cell Layout Used in the Semiconductor Static Memory Industry
1999 Claude D. Head, III for Segmented Asynchronous Operation of an Automated Assembly Line (computer controlled and operated automated assembly lines for the manufacturing of semiconductor circuits)
2001 Rom D. Young for Method and Apparatus for Using Steel Slag in Cement Clinker Production
2002 Brian C. Clark for Method and Apparatus for Seismic Communication with a Downhole Tool
2003 Donald R. Kelsey for Process for preparing polytrimethylene terephthalate
2004 Dr. George Skidmore for Nanotechnology
2005 Ravi Arimilli for Computer Server designs
2006 Larry Hornbeck of TI for development of the digital micromirror device (DMD)
2007 John Melanson for audio and mixed signal technologies
2008 Robert E. Smith III of National Coupling Company, Inc., for underwater couplings used in offshore drilling

Chair Award

1985-1986 Frank B. Pugsley
1986-1987 D. Carl Richards
1987-1988 James A. Reilly
1988-1989 Tom Arnold
1989-1990 Bernarr R. Pravel
1990-1991 Frank S. Vaden, III
1991-1992 Jack C. Goldstein
1992-1993 V. Bryan Medlock
1993-1994 Louis Pirkey
1994-1995 Gale R. Peterson
1995-1996 William L. LaFuze
1996-1997 Margaret A. Boulware
1997-1998 Jerry R. Selinger
1998-1999 Andrew J. Dillon
2000-2001 William G. Barber
2001-2002 Ned Conley
2002-2003 Robert W. Turner
2003-2004 Kimbley L. Muller
2004-2005 Charles S. Cotropia
2005-2006 Edward G. Fiorito
2006-2007 Molly Buck Richard
2007-2008 Shannon Bates

Women & Minority Scholarship Recipients

2004 Anna Elise McMinn and Amos Olubunmi
2005 Elizabeth McKee, Hope Shimabuku, and John Yang
2006 Valerie Yu-Mei Chen, Debera Wells
2007 Sheila Kadura, Johnson Kuncheria, and Jennifer Librach
2008 Ryan Abbott and Kathy Li

Writing Contest

2007 Leisa Peschel
2008 How-Ying Albert Liou

 

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