Episode 61: SwRI’s 2023 R&D 100 Winner

Technology Today

Southwest Research Institute

Technology

4.8 • 19 Ratings

🗓️ 20 November 2023

⏱️ 25 minutes

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R&D World Magazine named SwRI’s Wideband Conformal Continuous-Slot Antenna Array a top 100 innovation of 2023, recognizing it as a world-changing, revolutionary technology. The high-performance, high-frequency, direction finding and signal acquisition antenna for naval ships is a compact, powerful new tool enhancing national security and public safety. Hear why the location of this innovative antenna, where it is positioned on a ship’s mast, is also an advantage. Listen now as SwRI Engineer Patrick Siemsen discusses the award-winning antenna and the 1948 theory that served as the inspiration behind its unique design.

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0:00.0	We have a winner. An SWRI technology has won a 2023 R&D 100 award.
0:07.5	The honor is known as the Oscar of Invention and goes to the most significant innovations of the year.
0:13.7	We'll tell you about the groundbreaking naval ship antenna that's starting to make waves on the high seas.
0:19.3	That's next on this episode of Technology Today.
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0:55.3	Hello and welcome to technology today.
0:57.2	I'm Lisa Benia.
0:58.5	The R&D 100 Award, presented by R&D World Magazine, recognizes the 100 most significant innovations of the year.
1:06.9	SWRI has won 52 R&D 100 awards since 1971.
1:12.6	The award goes to disruptors that will change industries and make the world a better place.
1:18.8	Our guest today is SWRI engineer Patrick Seamson.
1:22.5	His team developed a disruptive antenna technology for naval ships.
1:27.0	He's here to tell us why the antenna is a game
1:29.4	changer and its role in national security and public safety. Also, it's the podcast's five-year
1:36.4	anniversary. We've been discussing world-changing technology, science, and engineering since November
1:41.8	2018. This innovative antenna is a great topic for this milestone episode.
1:47.2	Thanks for joining us, Patrick, and congratulations on the R&D 100 Award. Yeah, well, hi. Thanks for
1:52.2	having me. So we want to get right to talking about this game-changing, groundbreaking antenna.
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