New Jersey Inventors Hall of Fame James West (born 1931)
George Elwood Smith (born 1930)
Eugene Irving Gordon (1930–2014)
Selman Abraham Waksman (1888–1973)
Willis Haviland Carrier (1876–1950)
Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931)
Samuel Leeds Allen (1841–1918)
Seth Boyden (1788–1870)
American honorary association founded in 1987
The New Jersey Inventor's Hall of Fame was established in 1987 to honor individuals and corporations in New Jersey for their inventions . Award recipients are recognized at the annual Award Banquet Dinner. The New Jersey Inventors Hall of Fame operated from 1987 to 2002 at the New Jersey Institute of Technology , from 2003 to 2007 with support from the Research and Development Council of New Jersey . Starting in 2008 it was under the aegis of Stevens Institute of Technology Office of Academic Entrepreneurship. In 2010, Greenberg Traurig became a co-sponsor of the organization.
Hall of Fame Inductees
Name
Year
Invention
NJ affiliation
Seth Boyden
1989
malleable iron
Newark, New Jersey worked
John Stevens (inventor)
1989
various innovations
Hoboken, New Jersey lived
Jan A. Rajchman
1989
read-only memory
Radio Corporation of America
Albert Einstein
1989
theoretical physics
Institute for Advanced Study
Alfred Vail
1989
telegraph
Speedwell Ironworks
Thomas A. Edison
1989
various innovations
Edison laboratory
Leo Sternbach
1989
benzodiazepines
Hoffman-La Roche
Selman Waksman
1989
streptomycin
Rutgers University
Roy Weber
1989
Intelligent Network Services - 800 Number
Bell Labs
Vladimir Zworykin
1989
television
Radio Corporation of America
Jerome H. Lemelson
1990
Oberlin Smith
1990
magnetic recording
Bridgeton, New Jersey lived
Hannibal Goodwin
1990
Newark, New Jersey lived
Edward Weston (chemist)
1990
New Jersey Institute of Technology
Karl G. Jansky
1992
radio telescope
Bell Labs
Albert Rose (physicist)
1992
video camera tube
Radio Corporation of America
Paul K. Weimer
1992
thin-film transistor
Radio Corporation of America
John H. Sinfelt
1992
unleaded gasoline
ExxonMobil
James Hillier
1992
electron microscope
Radio Corporation of America
Solomon Andrews (inventor)
1992
dirigible
Perth Amboy, New Jersey lived
Walter Lincoln Hawkins
1992
Bell Labs
Charles Joseph Fletcher
1993
aerospace innovations
Franklin, New Jersey lived
Sidney Pestka
1993
Hoffmann-La Roche
Robert Wendell Lucky
1993
Bell Labs
Walter Brattain
1994
transistor
Bell Labs
William Shockley
1994
transistor
Bell Labs
John Bardeen
1994
transistor
Bell Labs
Glenn Dimmick
1995
Sound Motion Picture Recording
RCA
Les Paul
1996
guitar pickup
Mahwah, New Jersey lived
Harry F. Olson
1996
Radio Corporation of America
James L. Flanagan
1997
Rutgers University
Richard Howland Ranger
1997
Radio Corporation of America
Alfred Y. Cho
1997
Bell Labs
Allen Balcom DuMont
1998
television
DuMont Television Network
William O. Baker
1998
synthetic rubber
Bell Labs
Edwin Howard Armstrong
1998
FM radio , regenerative receiver , superheterodyne receiver
Alpine, New Jersey worked
Arthur Leonard Schawlow
1999
Bell Labs
Morton A. Kreitchman
1999
fluid control valves
Valcor Engineering Corporation
Willis Haviland Carrier
1999
air conditioning
Newark, New Jersey worked
Simon Lake
2000
submarine innovations
Pleasantville, New Jersey born
Arthur Nobile
2000
prednisone
Newark, New Jersey born
Martin Goetz
2000
software
Applied Data Research
Lee de Forest
2001
audion tube
Eger V. Murphree
2001
fluid catalytic cracking
ExxonMobil
Donald L. Campbell
2001
fluid catalytic cracking
ExxonMobil
Arun Netravali
2001
HDTV
Bell Labs
Gerald Ash
2001
Dynamic Non-Hierarchical Routing
Bell Labs
Herwig Kogelnik
2002
Bell Labs
John Augustus Roebling
2002
suspension bridge innovations
Trenton, New Jersey worked
Samuel Leeds Allen
2004
Flexible Flyer
Moorestown Township, New Jersey
James M. Early
2004
Early effect
Bell Labs
Calvin Souther Fuller
2005
photovoltaics
Bell Labs
Gerard A. Alphonse
2005
IEEE
Dennis MacAlistair Ritchie
2006
programming languages
Bell Labs
Kenneth Lane Thompson
2006
programming languages
Bell Labs
Harold Stephen Black
2006
negative feedback amplifier
Bell Labs
Henry Orenstein
2006
various toys
Topper Toys
James West
2008
electret microphone
Bell Labs
Eugene I. Gordon
2008
fiber optics innovations
Bell Labs
George E. Smith
2008
charge-coupled device
Bell Labs
Willard Boyle
2008
charge-coupled device
Bell Labs
Gerhard M. Sessler
2008
electret microphone
Bell Labs
Edward C. Taylor
2008
tetracycline
Princeton University
Herman Sokol
2009
pemetrexed
Bristol-Myers Squibb
Michael Francis Tompsett
2010
First Thermal and Charge Coupled Imager Patents , CCD Cameras and MOS Video ADC
Bell Labs
Lynn Schneemeyer
2011
material science innovations
Rutgers University
Arthur A. Gertzman
2011
Synthetic Bone Graft Materials, Malleable Paste for Filling Bone Defects
Gertzman Enterprises
John Siekierka
2011
Research and Development for Anti-Inflammatory Drug and Delivery Device
Bell Labs
William K. Hagmann
2012
medicinal chemistry innovations
Merck & Co
Elwin Orton
2012
Breakthroughs and Saving the U.S. Dogwood Industry
Rutgers University
Shu- Tung Li
2012
Medical Implants for the Repair and Regeneration of Soft Tissue and Bones
Collagen Matrix, Inc.
Endre Alexander Balazs
2012
Orthopedic Research & Groundbreaking Discoveries in Utilizing Hyaluron for Therapeutic Purposes
Columbia University Medical Center ; Biomatrix, Inc. (NJ Resident)
C. Frank Wheatley Jr.
2013
Power semiconductor devices and integrated circuits and most notably the Insulated-Gate Bipolar Transistor (IGBT)
RCA
Leo Schenker
2013
Patented inventions and discoveries related to touch tone dialing and its immense impact in the public switch telephone network (PSTN)
IEEE
Sander G. Mills
2013
Discoveries in cancer research and most notably the substance Aprepitant, which has had worldwide impact in patient compliance/tolerance for chemotherapy and other cancer treatments
Merck & Co.
Adel A. Ahmed
2013
Bipolar integrated circuit design and worldwide use of the Ground-Fault Circuit Interrupter (GFCI) integrated circuit
RCA
Philip Anderson
2013
Elucidating the electronic structure of magnetic and disordered systems, which allowed for the development of electronic switching and memory devices in computers
Bell Labs
Jack Craft
2014
TV and radio integrated circuit designs
RCA
Rajiv V. Joshi
2014
Development of integrated circuits (IC), memory and predictive analytics
Columbia University (NJ Resident)
John R. Pierce
2014
Information theory and global and satellite communications
Bell Labs
Vladimir S. Ban
2014
Semi-conductor and optical network technologies
RCA
Krishan K. Sabnani
2014
Global communication networks
Bell Labs
Nikola Tesla
2014
Patented inventions transforming electrical engineering principles including alternating current (AC) and the radio
Tesla Electric Light and Manufacturing
Edward Cecelski
VCR , metal disk player
RCA
Dennis D. Jamiolkowski
2015
Absorbable polymers and their applications in implantable medical and surgical devices
Ethicon Inc.
John Fenn
2015
Electrospray Mass Spectrometry (ESMS) technique used in biomedical research
Princeton University
Owen O'Connor
2015
Patented work on novel small molecules, including a pioneering drug portfolio for treatment of lymphoma
Columbia University (NJ Resident)
George Feldstein
2015
Audio, visual and automation technologies
Crestron Electronics
Salvatore Salamone
2016
Oncology research, Therapeutic Diagnostics, health care and medical device services
Rutgers University ; Saladax Biomedical (NJ Resident)
Yann LeCun
2016
Image and speech recognition and advent of Convolution Neural Networks (CNNs)
Bell Labs
Donald Landry
2016
Cardiovascular Biology to cancer research
Columbia University (NJ Resident)
Howard Fidel
2016
Biomedical device patents and medical ultrasound
NJIT
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Inventors of the Year
Other Inventors of the Year
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1990
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2004
2005
2006
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2009
2010
Innovator Award
Name
Year
Field
NJ affiliation
Michael L. Recce
2005
Lillian M. Gilbreth
2005
scientific management
Montclair, New Jersey
Albert Schatz
2005
streptomycin
Rutgers University
John von Neumann
2006
computer science
Institute for Advanced Study
Frank Bunker Gilbreth, Sr.
2006
scientific management
Montclair, New Jersey
Lyman Spitzer, Jr.
2006
theoretical physics
Princeton University
Michael Wong
2008
Ali Abdi
2008
Mohammed Ettouney
2008
Kamalesh Sirkar
2009
New Jersey Institute of Technology
Effat S. Emamian
2009
Raziq Yaqub
2009
Leonard Cimini
2010
Yun-Qing Shi
2010
Linda Brzustowicz
2010
Rutgers University
Yun-Qing Shi
2010
Gordon Thomas
2011
Thomas Nosker
2011
Louis J. Lanzerotti
2012
Ricky John
2012
Yingying Chen & Marco Gruteser & Richard P. Martin
2012
Rajarathnam Chandramouli & K.P. Subbalakshmi
2012
Jenny Zilberberg, Ph.D.
2013
Antonio Valdevit, Ph.D.
2013
Roberto Rojas-Cessa, Ph.D.
2013
Scott C. Kachlany, Ph.D.
2013
Treena L. Arinzeh , Ph.D.
2013
David M. Tschaen, Ph.D.
2014
Andrew W. Stamford, Ph.D.
2014
Somenath Mitra, Ph.D.
2014
T.V. Lakshman, Ph.D.
2014
Jeffrey S. Abrams, M.D.
2014
Corporate Award
Company
Research area
Location
Year
AT&T Bell Laboratories
telecommunications
Berkeley Heights, New Jersey
1989
Merck and Company
pharmaceutical
Rahway, New Jersey
1990
David Sarnoff Research Center
television
Princeton, New Jersey
1991
Bell Communications Research
telecommunications
Livingston, New Jersey
1992
Bristol-Myers Squibb
pharmaceutical
Princeton, New Jersey
1993
Mobil Research and Development Corporation
petrochemical
Princeton, New Jersey
1993
Exxon Research and Engineering
petrochemical
Florham Park, New Jersey
1995
National Starch and Chemical Company
food science
Bridgewater, New Jersey
1996
Johnson & Johnson
health care
New Brunswick, New Jersey
1997
Howmedica
health care
Rutherford, New Jersey
1998
General Magnaplate Corporation
metallurgy
Linden, New Jersey
2009
Hoffman La Roche
pharmaceutical
Nutley, New Jersey
2009
Immunomedics
biotechnology
Morris Plains, New Jersey
2009
Becton Dickinson
health care
Franklin Lakes, New Jersey
2012
Celgene Corporation
2013
Honeywell International Inc.
2014
Trustees Award
Representative Rush Holt (2009)
Dr. Ralph Izzo (2010)
Dr. Jeong Kim (2011)
Dr. Stephen Chu (2012)
Shirley Ann Jackson, Ph.D. (2013)
Greg Olsen, Ph.D. (2014)
Outstanding Contributions Award
Graduate Student Award
2005
Yuanqiu Luo
Shuangquan Wang
2006
Sudhakar Shet
Dimitrios Zarkadas
2008
Zhiqiang Gao
Amey Shevtekar
Hong Zhang
2009
2010
Ms. Jingjing Zhang
Dr. Xiaoling Chen
Dr. Asli Ergun
2011
Milan Begliarbekov
Komlan Egoh
Andrew Ihnen
Eric Stroud
2012
Xiaoling Fu
Linh Le
Seyed Babak Mahjour
Ishan Wathuthanthri
Jie Yang
Yan Zhang
2013
Xuening Chen, Ph.D.
Chun-Hao Lo, Ph.D.
Khondaker Salehin, Ph.D.
Wenting Zhang
2014
Hui Chen
Yexin Gu
Tao Han
Special Award
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2004
2009
2010
2012
Ken Zorovich & Yos Kumthampinij & John C. Earle
2013
2014
Advancement of Invention Award
See also
References
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