Nanotechnology & materials
William Taylor
Spearheads efforts to commercialize the "plasmatron," a pollution control device that converts diesel fuel to hydrogen, cutting nitrogen oxide emissions by up to 90 percent.
Global
Albena Ivanisevic
Uses microscopic tips to deposit precise patterns of peptides directly onto tissues in the body.
Global
Yi Cui
Demonstrated the possibility of building new structures using the basic ingredients of nanotech.
Global
Mayank Bulsara
Developer of strained silicon.
Global
Tyler McQuade
Creates catalysts to reduce the number of steps needed to synthesize drugs, diminishing environmentally hazardous by-products.