Award-Winning Technology Advances

Here are some of NREL's award-winning fuel and vehicle technologies.

R&D 100 Awards

Current-Interrupt Charging Algorithm developed in 2001. NREL's energy storage team, working with Recombination Technologies and Optima Batteries, was recognized with an R&D 100 Award for developing a current interrupt charging algorithm for lead acid batteries.
BENCHMARC Catalytic Converter invented in 1996. Working with Benteler Industries, Inc., NREL's energy storage team received an R&D 100 Award and an Energy@23 Award nomination for inventing the BENCHMARC catalytic converter.

In 2004, we received two regional technology development awards for CTTS' advanced thermal manikin (ADAM) and the advanced petroleum-based fuels project. These awards are given to recognize excellence in federal technology transfer.
In 1997, we received an award for excellence in technology transfer for the development and transfer of the catalytic converter technology.

In 2002, Center for Transportation Technologies and Systems (CTTS) researcher Matt Keyser received a TR100 award from MIT's Technology Review magazine for being one of the world's 100 top young innovators.

In 1997, we received a technology transfer award in the "federal laboratory to business" category for the transfer of a variable conductance vacuum insulated catalytic converter.

In 1996, we were Discover Award finalists for the variable conductance insulation catalytic converter.

In March 2004, NREL's energy storage team leader, Ahmad Pesaran, and coauthors Thomas Stuart of the University of Toledo and Cyrus Ashtiani of DaimlerChrysler received the Vincent Bendix Automotive Electronics Engineering Award for the best paper at the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) 2004 World Congress in Detroit, Michigan. DOE's Vehicle Technologies Program sponsored the work behind this paper, titled "A Modular Battery Management System for HEVs."

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