Balaji Srinivasan -- University of New Mexico
Balaji Srinivasan has invented a high power, mid-infrared laser that can be used in ultrafine intra-ocular and endoscopic surgery including removal of epiretinal membranes, glaucoma, vision correction, trans-myocardial revascularization, and in dentistry. Such a laser is an invaluable tool for several surgical applications because of its strong absorption rate that leads to ultrashort penetration and enables precise surgery with minimal damage. Environmentally, his invention can be used to measure ambient air quality and aids in monitoring hazardous gas.
Daniel Hartmann -- University of California at San Diego
Daniel Hartmann designed a microlens fabrication technique that offers several advantages over conventional technologies including room temperature processing and ultra low-cost. These advantages make this technique a strong candidate for use in the construction of microlenses for commercial applications such as board-to-board, chip-to-chip, and even on-a-chip free-space and fiber-optical interconnects within computers, displays and switching/imaging systems.
This year's winners were selected from among 33 finalists whose projects were reviewed by a committee of esteemed judges including mathematicians, engineers, biologists, chemists, environmentalists, physicists, computer specialists, members of the medical and veterinary profession, and specialists in creativity and invention. More
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