Episode 37: SwRI’s 2021 R&D 100 Award Winners

Technology Today

Southwest Research Institute

Technology

4.8 • 19 Ratings

🗓️ 22 November 2021

⏱️ 32 minutes

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SwRI picked up a record three 2021 R&D 100 Awards, representing the top 100 innovations of the year, and we are celebrating our winners. Connected and automated vehicle technology allows vehicles to “talk” to each other and surrounding infrastructure, providing efficient and environmentally-friendly navigation for drivers. SwRI’s revolutionary Catalyzed Diesel Exhaust Fluid is a unique solution that lowers fuel costs and emissions simultaneously, eliminating problematic deposits in the process. Machine learning tool Floodlight™ identifies chemicals in products we consume and use every day, breaking down an overload of data for chemists. R&D World presents the R&D 100 Awards each year. Since 1971, SwRI has won a total of 50 R&D 100 Awards. Listen now as SwRI engineers Sankar Rengarajan, Cary Henry, and Computer Scientist Michael Hartnett discuss the winning technologies and what makes them top innovations of 2021.

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0:00.0	We're celebrating our 2021 R&D 100 award winners.
0:05.0	This prestigious science and technology competition recognizes the top 100 innovations of the year.
0:12.0	SWRI picked up a record three awards this year for a revolutionary diesel exhaust fluid,
0:19.0	game-changing connected vehicle technology, and a cutting-edge
0:22.5	machine learning tool for chemicals. The winners next on this episode of Technology Today.
0:32.2	We live with technology, science, engineering, and the results of innovative research every day.
0:38.7	Now, let's understand it better.
0:40.3	You're listening to the Technology Today podcast, presented by Southwest Research Institute.
0:46.3	Transcripts and photos for this episode and all episodes are available at podcast.swri.org.
0:55.5	Hello and welcome to technology today. I'm Lisa Fenya. It's one of my favorite episodes
1:01.0	where we talk to SWRI's newest R&D 100 award winners. Every year, SWRI enters technologies
1:08.2	into the competition known as the Oscars of Innovation, the prestigious R&D 100 Awards presented by R&D World.
1:16.3	This year we have a record three winners, bringing SWRI's total to 50 R&D 100 awards since 1971.
1:25.2	Our guests today are SWRI engineer, Carrie Henry, who will tell us about the revolutionary
1:31.4	catalyzed diesel exhaust fluid creating cleaner air for all.
1:35.7	We'll also talk to SWRI research computer scientist Michael Hartnett back on the podcast to discuss
1:42.0	floodlight, a machine learning tool that analyzes chemicals
1:45.2	we encounter every day. But we'll start with SWRI engineer Shankar Rengarajin. His team
1:51.3	developed connected and automated vehicle technology that lowers fuel consumption and
1:56.4	emissions by optimizing power management, routing, and speed for passenger and fleet vehicles.
2:02.7	Thanks for being here, Shankar, and congratulations on your team's R&D 100 Award.
2:08.0	Thanks a lot, Lisa. It's great to be here.
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