The University of Texas System
2007 Award Recipients
Research and innovation developed at a single institution
Award Recipient:
Julio C. Palmaz
University of Texas Health Science Center - San Antonio
The revolutionary Palmaz stent is used in two million patients annually to prevent arteries from collapsing near the heart and elsewhere in the body. The invention is listed as one of the "10 Patents that Changed the World."
Research and innovation developed at multiple institutions
Award Recipients:
Steven Norris
University of Texas Health Science Center - Houston
Alan Barbour
University of Texas Health Science Center - San Antonio
This research team found a protein that is used as a dignostic test for Lyme disease. The test is now commercially available from 11 companies that have obtained U.S. or international licenses.
2007 Award Nominees
Research and innovation developed at a single institution
Seung You
UT Arlington
Enhancing the physical process of heat transfer; microporous coating
Grant Willson and S.V. Sreenivasan
UT Austin
Nanomanufacturing; Step and Flash Lithography
Ray Baughman
UT Dallas
Carbon nanotube yarns and sheets; fuel cell powered artificial muscles
Russell Chianelli
UT El Paso
Material science and energy
Banglin Chen
UT Pan American
Nanoporous metal-organic supramolecules and frameworks; hydrogen storage technology
James Wright
UT Permian Basin
Nuclear chemistry; mathematical modeling
Mauli Agrawal
UT San Antonio
Biomedical devices
Charles Pak
UT Southwestern Medical Center - Dallas
Management of renal stones and management of osteoporosis
Darrell Carney
UT Medical Branch - Galveston
Thrombin and thrombin receptors and cellular signaling
Susan Landry
UT Health Science Center - Houston
Improving school readiness; increasing access to quality childcare
Research and innovation developed at multiple institutions
Khosrow Behbehani
UT Arlington
UT Southwestern Medical Center - Dallas
Automatic postiive airway pressure device for the treatment of obstructive sleep apnea
Marc Feldman and Tom Milner
UT Health Science Center - San Antonio
UT Austin
David Gorenstein
The Gulf Coast Consortium - Baylor College, Rice University, University of Houston, UT Medical Branch - Galveston, UT Health Science Center - Houston, UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
Interdisciplinary collaborative research teams in the biomedical sciences at the intersection of computational, chemical, mathematical, and physical sciences
