Balu Balachandran is a Distinguished Fellow and the Group Leader for the Ceramics and Covetic Materials group in the Applied Materials Division at
Argonne National Laboratory,
Chicago,
USA.[1]
R&D 100 Awards – Four Awards (The R&D 100 Awards are internationally recognized as the “Oscars of Innovation.” They have been awarded for the best high-technology inventions in a given year since 1962).
2011, R&D 100 Award for the development of advanced ceramic capacitors for power inverters
2004, R&D 100 Award for the development of hydrogen transport membranes
1995, R&D 100 Award for developing dense ceramic membranes for natural gas conversion
1993, R&D 100 Award for developing an efficient new production process for high-Tc powders
Federal Laboratory Consortium (FLC) Awards for Excellence in Technology Transfer – Two Awards (Awards given by FLC for transferring technology to industry)
1996, Award for Excellence in Tech Transfer for transferring the process to manufacture phase-pure high-Tc powders to industry
1995, Award for Excellence in Tech Transfer for transferring membrane technology to industry
FLC Awards of Merit – Two Awards (Awards given by FLC for transferring technology to industry)
1994, Award of Merit for transferring the superconductor powder process
1992, Award of Merit for transferring the cryogenic current lead technology