Innovator of the Year Award 2010

Indian-American researcher Amit Goyal was awarded the '2010 Innovator of the Year' by leading technology publication R&D Magazine at the 48th Annual R&D 100 Awards on 11 November 2010 in Florida. Goyal who is an IIT Kharagpur alumunus is currently a researcher at the US Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) in Tennessee. Goyal has largely contributed in fostering practical use of HTS and development and fabrication of wires which would enable adoption of superconductors in the market. Goyal developed flexible, single-crystal-like, semiconductor substrates for electronic device applications such as solar cells. He has to his credit 300 published papers, 5000 citations and 54 patents. Goyal had earlier received three R&D 100 Awards related to fabrication of HTS wires. R&D Magazine’s awards are regarded as Oscars of Innovation.