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
|