Inventor of the Year Award

The Inventor of the Year award is presented each year in recognition of the contribution that the invention has and/or will make towards society as a whole.

Name Organization Recognized For Year
Dr. Rajiv Laroia Qualcomm Flarion Pioneer work in the area of OFDM (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing) 2011
Barber, et. al. High School Students NYIPLA Young Innovators award for invention related to a Curb Climbing Wheelchair 2011
Dr. Eric R. Fossum Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth Extensive portfolio of patents related to CMOS pixel image sensors 2010
Dr. Bernard S. Meyerson IBM IBM Systems & Technology Group - groundbreaking research in Si/SiGe technology 2008
Dr. Pedro M. Buarque De Macedo Catholic University of America Research related to glass science resulting in variety of beneficial applications 2008
Chang Yi Wang, Ph.D United Biomedical Work in "UBITh Peptide Immunogens" 2007
Uzoh, et al. IBM U.S. Patent No. 6,709,562 – relating to copper interconnect technology for semiconductor integrated circuit chips 2006
Dr. Leendert Dorst   Philips Electronics North American Corporation Work was for Method and Apparatus for Path Planning 2005
Bonnie Bassler, Ph.D     2004
Dr. Jurg Zimmermann Novartis Inventor of the drug imatinib mesylate (STI-571), the active ingredient in anti cancer drug “Gleevec,” an oral treatment for chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) - Novartis 2002
Jay Walker Priceline.com Found priceline.com 2000
Dr. David C. Auth Heart Technology, Inc. Inventor of the ROTABLATOR® device 1994
David T. Green     1991
Dr. John E. Anderson Union Carbide   1989
Dr. Jack Riseman IBM   1988
Dr. Leo H. Sternbach   Inventor of LIBRIUM and VALIUM 1987