http://www.rdnj.org/ en-gb © 2011 The Research & Development Council of New Jersey mark@nospam.com (Administrator) mark@nospam.com (Administrator) Fri, 18 May 2012 07:28:06 -0700 Fri, 18 May 2012 07:28:06 -0700 http://backend.userland.com/rss e107 (http://e107.org) hourly 1 60 http://www.rdnj.org/news.php?item.7.1 Newark (March 1, 2012) - The Research & Development Council of New Jersey announces the release of the Edison Patent Award Nomination application for 2012, available for download here. The Council annually honors the most exceptional efforts of New Jersey scientists and inventors, along with their organizations, with the awarding of the prestigious Edison Patent Award. Nomination applications must be submitted by May 4, 2012.

“Thomas Edison has over 1,000 patents credited to him and with his accomplishments began a long line of great patent work in New Jersey. Today this work is still being done in New Jersey and it deserves to be recognized,” says Council Chairman Dr. Ian Shankland, Vice President & CTO of Honeywell Specialty Materials in Morris Township. Edison Patent Award winners will be selected by the Council’s Patent Award Committee, which is made up of several of New Jersey’s top researchers. The winners will be announced in May and honored at the Council’s awards ceremony at the Liberty Science Center on the evening of November 8, 2012.

In 2011, the Thomas Alva Edison Patent Award was awarded to thirteen New Jersey organizations and 40+ scientists, including Avaya, BASF, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Celgene, ExxonMobil, Honeywell, Immunomedics, NJIT, Novartis, Rutgers, Siemens, UMDNJ, and U.S. Army ARDEC. Each award winner is honored with a unique tribute film that premieres in the IMAX Theater of the Liberty Science Center. Past films can be viewed at www.rdnj.org.

The Edison Patent Award may be awarded in several categories, depending upon the particular year’s nomination lot; note that depending upon submissions, more than one patent award may be awarded per category. Categories include, but are not limited to: Agriculture, Biomaterials, Biotechnology, Consumer, Defense, Energy, Environmental, Homeland Security, Industrial Processes, Information Technology, Medical Health, Pharmaceutical, Technology Transfer and Telecommunications.


]]> Newark (March 1, 2012) - The Research & Development Council of New Jersey announces the release of the Edison Patent Award Nomination application for 2012, available for download here. The Council annually honors the most exceptional efforts of New Jersey scientists and inventors, along with their organizations, with the awarding of the prestigious Edison Patent Award. Nomination applications must be submitted by May 4, 2012.

“Thomas Edison has over 1,000 patents credited to him and with his accomplishments began a long line of great patent work in New Jersey. Today this work is still being done in New Jersey and it deserves to be recognized,” says Council Chairman Dr. Ian Shankland, Vice President & CTO of Honeywell Specialty Materials in Morris Township. Edison Patent Award winners will be selected by the Council’s Patent Award Committee, which is made up of several of New Jersey’s top researchers. The winners will be announced in May and honored at the Council’s awards ceremony at the Liberty Science Center on the evening of November 8, 2012.

In 2011, the Thomas Alva Edison Patent Award was awarded to thirteen New Jersey organizations and 40+ scientists, including Avaya, BASF, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Celgene, ExxonMobil, Honeywell, Immunomedics, NJIT, Novartis, Rutgers, Siemens, UMDNJ, and U.S. Army ARDEC. Each award winner is honored with a unique tribute film that premieres in the IMAX Theater of the Liberty Science Center. Past films can be viewed at www.rdnj.org.

The Edison Patent Award may be awarded in several categories, depending upon the particular year’s nomination lot; note that depending upon submissions, more than one patent award may be awarded per category. Categories include, but are not limited to: Agriculture, Biomaterials, Biotechnology, Consumer, Defense, Energy, Environmental, Homeland Security, Industrial Processes, Information Technology, Medical Health, Pharmaceutical, Technology Transfer and Telecommunications.


]]> General Nathan Rix Wed, 28 Mar 2012 10:22:29 -0700 http://www.rdnj.org/news.php?item.7.1 http://www.rdnj.org/news.php?item.6.1 Special Awards for Congressman Rodney Frelinghuysen, Stockton College President Herman Saatkamp and Merck Inventors Dr. Ann Weber and Nancy Thornberry
Newark, NJ (September 8, 2011) . . . Over 40 inventors and thirteen New Jersey companies, universities and the U.S. Army will be honored by the Research & Development Council of New Jersey this year with the organization’s coveted Thomas Alva Edison Patent Award. Avaya, BASF, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Celgene, ExxonMobil, Honeywell, Immunomedics, NJIT, Novartis, Rutgers, Siemens, UMDNJ, and U.S. Army ARDEC will all be recognized for innovative patent work spanning thirteen R&D categories, including: biomaterials, defense, environmental, industrial processes, information technology, manufacturing, materials technology, medical health, medical imaging, pharmaceutical, pharmaceutical process, renewables, and telecommunications.
“The Council established the Thomas Alva Edison Patent Award to ensure that the significant and diverse research and development work done by scientists and their respective New Jersey organizations receives the superstar recognition it deserves in this state,” says Ian Shankland, (Vice President and Chief Technology Officer of Honeywell Specialty Materials) and Chairman of the R & D Council of New Jersey.

Along with the patent awards, individual honors will be given to Dr. Ann Weber and Nancy Thornberry, Merck researchers behind the development of Januvia, a major breakthrough in diabetes treatment; they will be the 2011 co-recipients of the Council’s Science & Technology Medal. For his decades of continuing work to maintain science and technology as a national priority, Congressman Rodney Frelinghuysen (NJ-11) will receive the 2011 Chairman’s Award, which recognizes extraordinary commitment to R&D as the foundation of U.S. leadership in technological progress and innovation. Dr. Herman Saatkamp, President of The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, will be honored as the Council’s 2011 Educator of the Year for shaping educational programs and outreach to bring together industry and communities and build on the strength of region’s economy.

This year’s award winners will be honored at the Council’s 32nd Thomas Alva Edison Patent Award Ceremony & Reception on November 10, 2011 at the Liberty Science Center, home to the nation’s largest IMAX Theater, where a short original film will pay tribute to the work of the honorees. Council President Anthony Cicatiello says, “Some of the most innovative R&D in the world is done right here in New Jersey. The Council is proud not only to celebrate our foremost scientists, but to bring their work to life on the big screen so every New Jerseyan can see the faces of those who are changing our world.”

2011 THOMAS ALVA EDISON PATENT AWARD WINNING PATENTS AND INVENTORS
Avaya and individual inventor Stephen Milton will receive a patent award in the telecommunications category for “Method and Apparatus Extending Calls to Internal Switch Extensions Out to External Network Endpoints” (U.S. Patent 6,751,309).

BASF Corporation’s “Catalyzed SCR Filter and Emission Treatment System” (U.S. Patent 7,902,107) invented by Joseph Patchett, Joseph Dettling and Elizabeth Przybylski, will receive a patent award in the environmental category. Joseph Patchett and Joseph Dettling were also 2010 Thomas Alva Edison Patent Award Winners.

Bristol-Myers Squibb and inventors Rajeev Bhide, Zhen-Wei Cai, Ligang Qian, Stephanie Barbosa, Louis Lombardo and Jeffrey Robl will be honored with a patent award in the pharmaceutical category for “Pyrrolo[2,1-f][1,2,4]Triazine Inhibitors of Kinases” (U.S. Patent 6,869,952).

Celgene and single inventor Robert Hariri will be honored in the biomaterials category for “Tissue Matrices Comprising Placental Stem Cells, and Methods Making the Same” (U.S. Patent 7,914,779)

ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company and inventors Kevin Furman, Gary Kocis, Michael McDonald, Chad Reiman, Jin-Hwa Song (who has since left the company), and Philip Warrick were selected for a patent award for “System for Optimizing Bulk Production Allocation, Transportation, and Blending” (U.S. Patent 7,797,205) in the industrial processes category.

Honeywell International Inc. and inventing duo Brian Gibson and Fred Durrenberger will be recognized in the materials technology category for “Extrudable PVC Compositions” (U.S. Patent 7,645,819).

Immunomedics and co-inventors Drs. William J. McBride and David M. Goldenberg will receive a patent award in the medical imaging category for “Methods and Compositions For Improved F-18 Labeling of Proteins, Peptides and Other Molecules” (U.S. Patent 7,597,876).

New Jersey Institute of Technology’s “Thermoset Epoxy Polymers from Renewables Resources” (U.S. Patent 7,619,056) invented by Anthony East, Michael Jaffe, Yi Zhang and Luiz Catalani, will receive a patent award in the renewables category.

Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, along with inventors Wen-Chung Shieh and John Carlson, will be recognized in the pharmaceutical process category for “Method of Manufacture of (-)-Galanthamine in High Yield and Purity Substantially Free of Epigalanthamine” (U.S. Patent 5,428,159).

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey will be recognized in the manufacturing category for “Technology for Continuous Folding Sheet Materials” (U.S. Patent 7,115,089), invented by Basily B. Basily, Elsayed A. Elsayed, and Daniel Kling.

Siemens Corporation and inventors Yefeng Zheng, Adrian Barbu (who has since became professor at Florida State University), Bogdan Georgescu, Michael Scheuering, and Dorin Comaniciu will receive a patent award in the information technology category for “System and Method for Segmenting Chambers of a Heart in a Three Dimensional Image” (U.S. Patent 7,916,919).

University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey will be recognized in the medical health category, along with inventors David Seifer and David MacLaughlin, for “Mullerian Inhibiting Substance Levels and Ovarian Response” (U.S. Patent 7,241,577).

U.S. Army Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center and inventors Thomas Kiel, Allen Brokaw, Frank Petrosillo, Katrina Tubayan, Matthew Hummers, Ryan Hooke, and Kirk Deligiannis will receive a patent award in the defense category for “Blast Shield for Armored Vehicle” (U.S. Patent 7,942,092).

About the Research & Development Council of New Jersey
The Research & Development Council of New Jersey is a nonprofit organization dedicated to cultivating an environment that supports the advancement of research and development throughout New Jersey. The Council is composed of senior representatives from industry, academia and government. Many R&D Council members represent today’s Fortune 500 companies.
]]> Special Awards for Congressman Rodney Frelinghuysen, Stockton College President Herman Saatkamp and Merck Inventors Dr. Ann Weber and Nancy Thornberry
Newark, NJ (September 8, 2011) . . . Over 40 inventors and thirteen New Jersey companies, universities and the U.S. Army will be honored by the Research & Development Council of New Jersey this year with the organization’s coveted Thomas Alva Edison Patent Award. Avaya, BASF, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Celgene, ExxonMobil, Honeywell, Immunomedics, NJIT, Novartis, Rutgers, Siemens, UMDNJ, and U.S. Army ARDEC will all be recognized for innovative patent work spanning thirteen R&D categories, including: biomaterials, defense, environmental, industrial processes, information technology, manufacturing, materials technology, medical health, medical imaging, pharmaceutical, pharmaceutical process, renewables, and telecommunications.
“The Council established the Thomas Alva Edison Patent Award to ensure that the significant and diverse research and development work done by scientists and their respective New Jersey organizations receives the superstar recognition it deserves in this state,” says Ian Shankland, (Vice President and Chief Technology Officer of Honeywell Specialty Materials) and Chairman of the R & D Council of New Jersey.

Along with the patent awards, individual honors will be given to Dr. Ann Weber and Nancy Thornberry, Merck researchers behind the development of Januvia, a major breakthrough in diabetes treatment; they will be the 2011 co-recipients of the Council’s Science & Technology Medal. For his decades of continuing work to maintain science and technology as a national priority, Congressman Rodney Frelinghuysen (NJ-11) will receive the 2011 Chairman’s Award, which recognizes extraordinary commitment to R&D as the foundation of U.S. leadership in technological progress and innovation. Dr. Herman Saatkamp, President of The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, will be honored as the Council’s 2011 Educator of the Year for shaping educational programs and outreach to bring together industry and communities and build on the strength of region’s economy.

This year’s award winners will be honored at the Council’s 32nd Thomas Alva Edison Patent Award Ceremony & Reception on November 10, 2011 at the Liberty Science Center, home to the nation’s largest IMAX Theater, where a short original film will pay tribute to the work of the honorees. Council President Anthony Cicatiello says, “Some of the most innovative R&D in the world is done right here in New Jersey. The Council is proud not only to celebrate our foremost scientists, but to bring their work to life on the big screen so every New Jerseyan can see the faces of those who are changing our world.”

2011 THOMAS ALVA EDISON PATENT AWARD WINNING PATENTS AND INVENTORS
Avaya and individual inventor Stephen Milton will receive a patent award in the telecommunications category for “Method and Apparatus Extending Calls to Internal Switch Extensions Out to External Network Endpoints” (U.S. Patent 6,751,309).

BASF Corporation’s “Catalyzed SCR Filter and Emission Treatment System” (U.S. Patent 7,902,107) invented by Joseph Patchett, Joseph Dettling and Elizabeth Przybylski, will receive a patent award in the environmental category. Joseph Patchett and Joseph Dettling were also 2010 Thomas Alva Edison Patent Award Winners.

Bristol-Myers Squibb and inventors Rajeev Bhide, Zhen-Wei Cai, Ligang Qian, Stephanie Barbosa, Louis Lombardo and Jeffrey Robl will be honored with a patent award in the pharmaceutical category for “Pyrrolo[2,1-f][1,2,4]Triazine Inhibitors of Kinases” (U.S. Patent 6,869,952).

Celgene and single inventor Robert Hariri will be honored in the biomaterials category for “Tissue Matrices Comprising Placental Stem Cells, and Methods Making the Same” (U.S. Patent 7,914,779)

ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company and inventors Kevin Furman, Gary Kocis, Michael McDonald, Chad Reiman, Jin-Hwa Song (who has since left the company), and Philip Warrick were selected for a patent award for “System for Optimizing Bulk Production Allocation, Transportation, and Blending” (U.S. Patent 7,797,205) in the industrial processes category.

Honeywell International Inc. and inventing duo Brian Gibson and Fred Durrenberger will be recognized in the materials technology category for “Extrudable PVC Compositions” (U.S. Patent 7,645,819).

Immunomedics and co-inventors Drs. William J. McBride and David M. Goldenberg will receive a patent award in the medical imaging category for “Methods and Compositions For Improved F-18 Labeling of Proteins, Peptides and Other Molecules” (U.S. Patent 7,597,876).

New Jersey Institute of Technology’s “Thermoset Epoxy Polymers from Renewables Resources” (U.S. Patent 7,619,056) invented by Anthony East, Michael Jaffe, Yi Zhang and Luiz Catalani, will receive a patent award in the renewables category.

Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, along with inventors Wen-Chung Shieh and John Carlson, will be recognized in the pharmaceutical process category for “Method of Manufacture of (-)-Galanthamine in High Yield and Purity Substantially Free of Epigalanthamine” (U.S. Patent 5,428,159).

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey will be recognized in the manufacturing category for “Technology for Continuous Folding Sheet Materials” (U.S. Patent 7,115,089), invented by Basily B. Basily, Elsayed A. Elsayed, and Daniel Kling.

Siemens Corporation and inventors Yefeng Zheng, Adrian Barbu (who has since became professor at Florida State University), Bogdan Georgescu, Michael Scheuering, and Dorin Comaniciu will receive a patent award in the information technology category for “System and Method for Segmenting Chambers of a Heart in a Three Dimensional Image” (U.S. Patent 7,916,919).

University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey will be recognized in the medical health category, along with inventors David Seifer and David MacLaughlin, for “Mullerian Inhibiting Substance Levels and Ovarian Response” (U.S. Patent 7,241,577).

U.S. Army Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center and inventors Thomas Kiel, Allen Brokaw, Frank Petrosillo, Katrina Tubayan, Matthew Hummers, Ryan Hooke, and Kirk Deligiannis will receive a patent award in the defense category for “Blast Shield for Armored Vehicle” (U.S. Patent 7,942,092).

About the Research & Development Council of New Jersey
The Research & Development Council of New Jersey is a nonprofit organization dedicated to cultivating an environment that supports the advancement of research and development throughout New Jersey. The Council is composed of senior representatives from industry, academia and government. Many R&D Council members represent today’s Fortune 500 companies.
]]> General Kim Case Wed, 05 Oct 2011 12:33:32 -0700 http://www.rdnj.org/news.php?item.6.1 http://www.rdnj.org/news.php?item.5.1
Newark, NJ (June 29, 2011) - Research & Development Council of New Jersey (R&D Council) announces its selection of 19 Merit Scholars for 2011. Each year, the R&D Council awards $1,500 and $750 scholarships to outstanding community college students studying in a STEM field. Merit Scholars are selected based on applicants’ grade point average, field of interest, extracurricular activities, financial need, other awards, and post-graduation career goals. As a broad coalition of senior representatives from industry, academia, and government, the members of the R&D Council make these scholarships available through donations. The contributing members of the 2011 R&D Council of New Jersey Merit Scholarships are: Bristol-Myers Squibb, Celgene, ExxonMobil, General Magnaplate, Montclair State University, Novartis, PSEG Foundation, Reckitt Benckiser, Roche, Sabinsa Corporation, Stevens Institute of Technology.

2011 Merit Scholars are:
Mercer County Community College
• Michael Benson
• Marriam Gul
• Mia Matovic
Essex County College
• Nicholas Carmona
• Cynthia Dominguez
• Renata Martin
• Deby Rimolo Raritan Valley Community College
• Philip Beach
• Hameed Khan
Bergen Community College
• Minji Ko
• Mi Ra Kim
• Geunhee Lee Camden County College
• Natalia Isaac
• Paulina Kruszewski
Passaic County Community College
• Bryan Hunt
Union County College
• Jorge Conde
Burlington County College
• Brian Pressley
Brookdale Community College
• Mia Genovese
Hudson County Community College
• Josephine Udenta
On August 19, 2011 the scholars will attend a luncheon at ExxonMobil’s Research Facility in Annandale to cultivate further interest in their field of study and strengthen their relationship with the R&D community. All recipients will have an opportunity to meet prominent New Jersey-based researchers and innovators in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Two panel discussions will take place, one focusing on pursing a STEM education and the other focusing on pursing a STEM career. The R&D Council’s 32nd Thomas Alva Edison Patent Awards Ceremony & Reception will also feature the 19 Merit Scholars.



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Newark, NJ (June 29, 2011) - Research & Development Council of New Jersey (R&D Council) announces its selection of 19 Merit Scholars for 2011. Each year, the R&D Council awards $1,500 and $750 scholarships to outstanding community college students studying in a STEM field. Merit Scholars are selected based on applicants’ grade point average, field of interest, extracurricular activities, financial need, other awards, and post-graduation career goals. As a broad coalition of senior representatives from industry, academia, and government, the members of the R&D Council make these scholarships available through donations. The contributing members of the 2011 R&D Council of New Jersey Merit Scholarships are: Bristol-Myers Squibb, Celgene, ExxonMobil, General Magnaplate, Montclair State University, Novartis, PSEG Foundation, Reckitt Benckiser, Roche, Sabinsa Corporation, Stevens Institute of Technology.

2011 Merit Scholars are:
Mercer County Community College
• Michael Benson
• Marriam Gul
• Mia Matovic
Essex County College
• Nicholas Carmona
• Cynthia Dominguez
• Renata Martin
• Deby Rimolo Raritan Valley Community College
• Philip Beach
• Hameed Khan
Bergen Community College
• Minji Ko
• Mi Ra Kim
• Geunhee Lee Camden County College
• Natalia Isaac
• Paulina Kruszewski
Passaic County Community College
• Bryan Hunt
Union County College
• Jorge Conde
Burlington County College
• Brian Pressley
Brookdale Community College
• Mia Genovese
Hudson County Community College
• Josephine Udenta
On August 19, 2011 the scholars will attend a luncheon at ExxonMobil’s Research Facility in Annandale to cultivate further interest in their field of study and strengthen their relationship with the R&D community. All recipients will have an opportunity to meet prominent New Jersey-based researchers and innovators in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Two panel discussions will take place, one focusing on pursing a STEM education and the other focusing on pursing a STEM career. The R&D Council’s 32nd Thomas Alva Edison Patent Awards Ceremony & Reception will also feature the 19 Merit Scholars.



]]> General Kim Case Wed, 05 Oct 2011 11:56:07 -0700 http://www.rdnj.org/news.php?item.5.1 http://www.rdnj.org/news.php?item.3.1 R&D Council to honor Industry and Academia Inventors at the 31st Thomas Alva Edison Patent Awards Ceremony
Over 30 New Jersey inventors from eight companies and universities will be honored with the 2010 Thomas Alva Edison Patent Award on November 4, 2010 during a ceremony and reception at the Liberty Science Center hosted by the Research & Development Council of New Jersey. This coveted honor recognizes the outstanding work done by New Jersey scientists and their respective organizations by highlighting the most exceptional efforts. These awards, along with individual honors to be received by Nobel Laureate Dr. George E. Smith, Governor Tom Kean and Merck Institute for Science Education’s Dr. Carlo Parravano, will be presented in the nation’s largest IMAX Theater where a film will pay tribute to the work of the honorees. "It is essential to the Council’s basic mission of advancing research and development in New Jersey to celebrate our inventors’ accomplishments," says Tom Degnan, Council Chairman and ExxonMobil Manager. "In doing so, we are not only supporting what has been done, but we are encouraging what remains to be done."
Alcatel-Lucent, Bell Labs and inventors T.V. Lakshman, Thyagarajan Nandagopal, Ramachandran Ramjee, Krishan Sabnani and Thomas Woo will receive a patent award in the telecommunications category for "Softrouter’, a fundamentally new way to architect Internet Protocol routers and networks that has a positive and significant impact on network scalability, security and reliability. Also in the telecommunications category, Nicolas Girard and Stevens Institute of Technology will be recognized for a game-changing invention that provides an ideal smart mobile connection to all users by joining multiple different wireless networks to meet the needs of "always-on", high bandwidth applications.

BASF Corporation’s "Copper CHA Zeolite Catalysts," invented by Wen-Mei Xue, Patrick Burk, Samuel Boorse, Ivor Bull, William Jaglowski, Gerald Koermer, Ahmad Moini, Joseph Patchett, Joseph Dettling and Matthew Caudle, will receive a patent award in the environmental category. This innovative technology, in production for 2011 diesel engines, removes more than 90% of harmful nitrogen oxides (NOx) from diesel engine exhaust over a wide temperature range, in addition to boasting improved resistance and durability compared to earlier zeolite catalysts.

For the patent titled "Polymerization Processes," ExxonMobil and inventors David Y. Chung, Timothy Shaffer, Michael F. MacDonald, Michael G. Matturro, Scott T. Milner, and Robert N. Webb were selected for a patent award in the industrial processes category. This patent’s unique use of a hydrofluorocarbon diluent results in considerable energy savings and higher process throughput in the synthesis of butyl rubber.

In the pharmaceutical category, Lexicon Pharmaceuticals and inventors Arokiasamy Devasagayaraj, Halhong Jin, Brett Marinelli, Lakshama Samala, Zhi-Cai Shi, Ashok Tunoori, Ying Wang and Chengmin Zhang were selected for their invention of novel multicyclic amino acid derivatives for use in the treatment, prevention and management of gastrointestinal diseases and disorders such as irritable bowel syndrome, diarrhea and constipation. A specific compound disclosed in this patent inhibits serotonin production in the GI tract only and is currently in the Phase 2 trials for the treatment of IBS.

Osteotech’s Dave Kaes and John Winterbottom will receive a patent award in the medical category for the invention of a formable and settable polymer bone composite that is used in bone grafting. This unique bone-polymer composite can be used in implantations and is a real advancement in the field of allograft tissue because of its ease in placement, its ability to resist all surgical mechanical forces, and most remarkably, its ability to fully remodel to bone in roughly one year after grafting.

Richard Mammone and Rutgers University will be honored in the IT category for Mammone’s invention of an improved speaker identification and verification system, which recognizes a person’s voice and uses that data to verify subsequent interactions. Mammone’s technology minimized the amount of training utterances to form a model to detect speakers as well as normalized telephone effects. The New Jersey Institute of Technology will also be recognized in the IT category for the invention of a method of robust reversible data hiding which allows the original digital cover image to be recovered without any distortion once the hidden data has been extracted from the cover medium. This technology, created by Yun-Qing Shi, Zhicheng Ni and Nirwan Ansari, has promising applications in digital forensics, intellectual property security and the transmission of medical images.

About the Research & Development Council of New Jersey
The Research & Development Council of New Jersey is a nonprofit organization dedicated to cultivating an environment that supports the advancement of research and development throughout New Jersey. The Council is composed of senior representatives from industry, academia and government. Many R&D Council members represent today’s Fortune 500 companies. More information on Council and the 31st Thomas Alva Edison Patent Awards can be found at: www.rdnj.org.]]> R&D Council to honor Industry and Academia Inventors at the 31st Thomas Alva Edison Patent Awards Ceremony
Over 30 New Jersey inventors from eight companies and universities will be honored with the 2010 Thomas Alva Edison Patent Award on November 4, 2010 during a ceremony and reception at the Liberty Science Center hosted by the Research & Development Council of New Jersey. This coveted honor recognizes the outstanding work done by New Jersey scientists and their respective organizations by highlighting the most exceptional efforts. These awards, along with individual honors to be received by Nobel Laureate Dr. George E. Smith, Governor Tom Kean and Merck Institute for Science Education’s Dr. Carlo Parravano, will be presented in the nation’s largest IMAX Theater where a film will pay tribute to the work of the honorees. "It is essential to the Council’s basic mission of advancing research and development in New Jersey to celebrate our inventors’ accomplishments," says Tom Degnan, Council Chairman and ExxonMobil Manager. "In doing so, we are not only supporting what has been done, but we are encouraging what remains to be done."
Alcatel-Lucent, Bell Labs and inventors T.V. Lakshman, Thyagarajan Nandagopal, Ramachandran Ramjee, Krishan Sabnani and Thomas Woo will receive a patent award in the telecommunications category for "Softrouter’, a fundamentally new way to architect Internet Protocol routers and networks that has a positive and significant impact on network scalability, security and reliability. Also in the telecommunications category, Nicolas Girard and Stevens Institute of Technology will be recognized for a game-changing invention that provides an ideal smart mobile connection to all users by joining multiple different wireless networks to meet the needs of "always-on", high bandwidth applications.

BASF Corporation’s "Copper CHA Zeolite Catalysts," invented by Wen-Mei Xue, Patrick Burk, Samuel Boorse, Ivor Bull, William Jaglowski, Gerald Koermer, Ahmad Moini, Joseph Patchett, Joseph Dettling and Matthew Caudle, will receive a patent award in the environmental category. This innovative technology, in production for 2011 diesel engines, removes more than 90% of harmful nitrogen oxides (NOx) from diesel engine exhaust over a wide temperature range, in addition to boasting improved resistance and durability compared to earlier zeolite catalysts.

For the patent titled "Polymerization Processes," ExxonMobil and inventors David Y. Chung, Timothy Shaffer, Michael F. MacDonald, Michael G. Matturro, Scott T. Milner, and Robert N. Webb were selected for a patent award in the industrial processes category. This patent’s unique use of a hydrofluorocarbon diluent results in considerable energy savings and higher process throughput in the synthesis of butyl rubber.

In the pharmaceutical category, Lexicon Pharmaceuticals and inventors Arokiasamy Devasagayaraj, Halhong Jin, Brett Marinelli, Lakshama Samala, Zhi-Cai Shi, Ashok Tunoori, Ying Wang and Chengmin Zhang were selected for their invention of novel multicyclic amino acid derivatives for use in the treatment, prevention and management of gastrointestinal diseases and disorders such as irritable bowel syndrome, diarrhea and constipation. A specific compound disclosed in this patent inhibits serotonin production in the GI tract only and is currently in the Phase 2 trials for the treatment of IBS.

Osteotech’s Dave Kaes and John Winterbottom will receive a patent award in the medical category for the invention of a formable and settable polymer bone composite that is used in bone grafting. This unique bone-polymer composite can be used in implantations and is a real advancement in the field of allograft tissue because of its ease in placement, its ability to resist all surgical mechanical forces, and most remarkably, its ability to fully remodel to bone in roughly one year after grafting.

Richard Mammone and Rutgers University will be honored in the IT category for Mammone’s invention of an improved speaker identification and verification system, which recognizes a person’s voice and uses that data to verify subsequent interactions. Mammone’s technology minimized the amount of training utterances to form a model to detect speakers as well as normalized telephone effects. The New Jersey Institute of Technology will also be recognized in the IT category for the invention of a method of robust reversible data hiding which allows the original digital cover image to be recovered without any distortion once the hidden data has been extracted from the cover medium. This technology, created by Yun-Qing Shi, Zhicheng Ni and Nirwan Ansari, has promising applications in digital forensics, intellectual property security and the transmission of medical images.

About the Research & Development Council of New Jersey
The Research & Development Council of New Jersey is a nonprofit organization dedicated to cultivating an environment that supports the advancement of research and development throughout New Jersey. The Council is composed of senior representatives from industry, academia and government. Many R&D Council members represent today’s Fortune 500 companies. More information on Council and the 31st Thomas Alva Edison Patent Awards can be found at: www.rdnj.org.]]> General Administrator Wed, 28 Sep 2011 12:47:11 -0700 http://www.rdnj.org/news.php?item.3.1 http://www.rdnj.org/news.php?item.2.1 R&D Council of New Jersey Announces 2010 Individual Honorees
For their outstanding contributions to New Jersey’s Culture of Innovation, Nobel Laureate Dr. George Smith, Governor Tom Kean and Merck Institute for Science Education’s Dr. Carlo Parravano will be honored with the Research & Development Council of New Jersey’s 2010 Science & Technology Medal, Chairman’s Award and Educator of the Year award, respectively. These awards, along with the coveted Thomas Alva Edison Patent Awards, will be presented to Smith, Kean, Parravano and 31 inventors from eight companies and universities around the state on November 4, 2010 at the 31st Thomas Alva Edison Patent Awards Ceremony & Reception held at the Liberty Science Center.
An honor created by the Council three decades ago, the Science & Technology Medal is awarded to an individual with extraordinary performance in bringing innovation from the laboratory to the marketplace. Dr. George E. Smith, recipient of one-quarter share of the 2009 Nobel Prize in Physics for his 1969 co-invention of the charge-coupled device, the first practical solid state imaging solution, paved the way for digital cameras and modern day satellite surveillance. A two-time graduate of University of Chicago, M. S. and Ph. D. in Physics, Smith went from student to innovator J right after graduation when he joined Bell Labs in Murray Hill, N.J.. Smith spent his entire career at Bell Labs serving as Head of the Device Concepts Department, a group formed to devise next generation solid state devices, and Head of the VLSI Device Department, where his responsibilities covered the physics of devices made with submicron lithography and their use in high performance digital and analog circuits. Smith has 31 U.S. patents and is the author of over 40 papers.

During his first year in office, Governor Kean established a commission on science and technology composed of leaders from industry and academia and charged it with making recommendations on how to attract high-tech companies to New Jersey. Resulting from the commission’s recommendations, and Kean’s diligence, was the passage of a $90 million high tech bond issue. Second, and in the form of "challenge grants", Kean tasked universities to use these grants, in addition to seeking private funds, to become experts in subjects of their own choosing and to recruit the best and brightest professors to come to New Jersey. Focused on transforming the state’s economy, Kean strategized on making the state more attractive to business as well as fostering collaboration between industry and academia. Kean’s accomplishments reflect outstanding leadership in uniting industry, academia and the state in pursuit of creating a research-based economy, the purpose for which the Chairman’s Award was created in 2001.

As Executive Director of the Merck Institute for Science Education (MISE), Dr. Carlo Parravano is responsible for the planning, development and implementation of numerous initiatives aimed toward improving science, technology, engineering and math ("STEM") education. These initiatives have included bringing Merck volunteers into the classroom, online mentorships, and even a portable planetarium known as STARLAB that is made available for use by MISE partner districts. Over the course of Parravano’ s sixteen-year leadership at MISE, the institute has received numerous accolades, both locally and nationally, and has been cited for best practices by the National Research Council and National Governors Association. Parravano is a zealous advocate for improving STEM education, testifying in 2008 before Congress’ Education and Labor Committee on the importance of innovation in education through STEM business and education partnerships. Parravano will be honored by the Council as this year’s Educator of the Year.

About the Research & Development Council of New Jersey
Nearly fifty years old, the Research & Development Council of New Jersey is dedicated to cultivating an environment that supports the advancement of research and development in New Jersey. The Council is composed of senior representatives from industry, academia and government. Many R&D Council members represent today’s Fortune 500 companies. More information about the Council can be found at: www.rdnj.org.]]> R&D Council of New Jersey Announces 2010 Individual Honorees
For their outstanding contributions to New Jersey’s Culture of Innovation, Nobel Laureate Dr. George Smith, Governor Tom Kean and Merck Institute for Science Education’s Dr. Carlo Parravano will be honored with the Research & Development Council of New Jersey’s 2010 Science & Technology Medal, Chairman’s Award and Educator of the Year award, respectively. These awards, along with the coveted Thomas Alva Edison Patent Awards, will be presented to Smith, Kean, Parravano and 31 inventors from eight companies and universities around the state on November 4, 2010 at the 31st Thomas Alva Edison Patent Awards Ceremony & Reception held at the Liberty Science Center.
An honor created by the Council three decades ago, the Science & Technology Medal is awarded to an individual with extraordinary performance in bringing innovation from the laboratory to the marketplace. Dr. George E. Smith, recipient of one-quarter share of the 2009 Nobel Prize in Physics for his 1969 co-invention of the charge-coupled device, the first practical solid state imaging solution, paved the way for digital cameras and modern day satellite surveillance. A two-time graduate of University of Chicago, M. S. and Ph. D. in Physics, Smith went from student to innovator J right after graduation when he joined Bell Labs in Murray Hill, N.J.. Smith spent his entire career at Bell Labs serving as Head of the Device Concepts Department, a group formed to devise next generation solid state devices, and Head of the VLSI Device Department, where his responsibilities covered the physics of devices made with submicron lithography and their use in high performance digital and analog circuits. Smith has 31 U.S. patents and is the author of over 40 papers.

During his first year in office, Governor Kean established a commission on science and technology composed of leaders from industry and academia and charged it with making recommendations on how to attract high-tech companies to New Jersey. Resulting from the commission’s recommendations, and Kean’s diligence, was the passage of a $90 million high tech bond issue. Second, and in the form of "challenge grants", Kean tasked universities to use these grants, in addition to seeking private funds, to become experts in subjects of their own choosing and to recruit the best and brightest professors to come to New Jersey. Focused on transforming the state’s economy, Kean strategized on making the state more attractive to business as well as fostering collaboration between industry and academia. Kean’s accomplishments reflect outstanding leadership in uniting industry, academia and the state in pursuit of creating a research-based economy, the purpose for which the Chairman’s Award was created in 2001.

As Executive Director of the Merck Institute for Science Education (MISE), Dr. Carlo Parravano is responsible for the planning, development and implementation of numerous initiatives aimed toward improving science, technology, engineering and math ("STEM") education. These initiatives have included bringing Merck volunteers into the classroom, online mentorships, and even a portable planetarium known as STARLAB that is made available for use by MISE partner districts. Over the course of Parravano’ s sixteen-year leadership at MISE, the institute has received numerous accolades, both locally and nationally, and has been cited for best practices by the National Research Council and National Governors Association. Parravano is a zealous advocate for improving STEM education, testifying in 2008 before Congress’ Education and Labor Committee on the importance of innovation in education through STEM business and education partnerships. Parravano will be honored by the Council as this year’s Educator of the Year.

About the Research & Development Council of New Jersey
Nearly fifty years old, the Research & Development Council of New Jersey is dedicated to cultivating an environment that supports the advancement of research and development in New Jersey. The Council is composed of senior representatives from industry, academia and government. Many R&D Council members represent today’s Fortune 500 companies. More information about the Council can be found at: www.rdnj.org.]]> General Administrator Wed, 28 Sep 2011 12:45:28 -0700 http://www.rdnj.org/news.php?item.2.1 http://www.rdnj.org/news.php?item.1.1

Innovation NJ Coalition to Push for Business-Higher Education
Partnerships to Bolster New Jersey's Economy

Making the most of New Jersey's heritage as a home to innovation and invention will be the key to creating the jobs of the future, and the ongoing goal of a new coalition called Innovation NJ, dedicated to fostering partnerships between businesses and institutions of higher education.
An announcement of the new coalition was made July 15 at AT&T's Global Network Operations Center in Bedminster. The event was hosted by Michael Schweder, president of AT&T New Jersey; who was joined by Thomas F. Degnan Jr., chairman of the Research & Development Council of New Jersey and manager of Breakthrough and Leads Generation for ExxonMobil; Judith Sheft, associate vice president for Technology Development at the New Jersey Institute of Technology; Dr. Kathleen W. Scotto, vice president of Research and interim dean of the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey; and Maxine Ballen, president and CEO of the NJ Technology Council at the event.

Lt. Governor Kim Guadagno also participated in the press conference, speaking about the NJ Partnership for Action-the Christies Administration's three-prong approach to economic development and job creation in the state.

The goal of the coalition is to make New Jersey the best state for hi-tech businesses that rely on turning cutting-edge research and development into life-saving medicines, must-have consumer products, and highly advanced technology services. Such companies offer tremendous opportunities for job growth and typically pay better-than-average salaries.

Innovation NJ will push for government policies that will increase corporate-academic collaboration on research, maintain better public data bases, and promote New Jersey's university research assets. The goal is to help provide existing companies with new technologies, attract new hi-tech companies to New Jersey and help universities attract top research talent.

New Jersey has a storied history when it comes to innovation. Such items as the telegraph (Edison), the adhesive bandage (Johnson and Johnson), the transistor (Bell Labs), the color television (RCA), streptomycin (Rutgers), and measles and mumps vaccines (Merck) were all invented in New Jersey. Innovation NJ intends to build on that history to make New Jersey a center for innovation and invention.

Since Bell System engineers achieved the first voice transmission across the Atlantic in 1915, AT&T has been a catalyst for innovation on a global scale, continuing to this day in New Jersey in facilities that are showpieces for innovation: AT&T Labs in Middletown and the Global Network Operations Center in Bedminster.

"AT&T respects the breadth and scope of what New Jersey has contributed to a global economy," said AT&T's Schweder. "New Jersey is a center for advanced research, and we are pleased to be a part of the Innovation NJ coalition, a vibrant, unparalleled organization that will contribute to reviving New Jersey's economy and quality of life."

Added the R&D Council's Degnan: "New Jersey's culture of innovation and its high concentration of scientists and engineers are two significant reasons why companies choose to conduct their R&D here. Strengthening this 'culture of innovation' will be critical to future job creation and growth and to keeping New Jersey an innovation hub."

Many states are already creating partnerships between corporations and universities where academic research is put to practical use in the business world. New Jersey, however, is falling behind. The state now ranks 18th in the nation in total university research and development expenditures, and 27th in the nation-a full 14 percent below the national average-in the percent of its university research that's funded by private industry. (Source: 2007 National Science Foundation and MEP Consulting analysis.)

"New Jersey's biomedical research community, with partners in academia and industry, represents an invaluable asset to the state," UMDNJ's Dr. Scotto said. "The Innovation NJ coalition will provide the infrastructure to focus our strengths, enhance our dialogue and channel our creativity, so that the pace of discovery accelerates and our most severe health risks are eliminated."

"Invention and innovation together are key drivers of economic prosperity resulting from the implementation of new technologies, new processes and new behaviors," said NJIT's Sheft. "New Jersey has a strong foundation of academic and industry resources and capabilities that in partnership are the basis for long-term economic growth in the state at both an entrepreneurial and corporate level."

Taking advantage of New Jersey's tremendous academic resources and focusing the private-sector economy on new technologies will be the key to creating the jobs of the future.

"Innovation is at the very heart of New Jersey's future," according to the Technology Council's Ballen. "Having an innovation-friendly environment is a prerequisite to having a competitive business climate and economic growth. Innovation attracts investment and new companies who want to relocate to an area where collaborative partners exist, as well as creating high-paying jobs. We must maximize all potential opportunities to stimulate innovation in the state."

The press conference was part of Innovation Week in New Jersey, which also featured appearances from former House Majority Leader and Presidential Candidate Richard Gephardt unveiling new policy recommendations to promote medical innovation and a report on business-higher education partnerships by the NJ Policy Research Organization (NJPRO).]]> General http://www.rdnj.org/comment.php?comment.news.1 Administrator Mon, 26 Sep 2011 21:55:29 -0700 http://www.rdnj.org/news.php?item.1.1