Other Awards and Honors
2007 Impact on Scientific Community
Don Stevens identified as one of top innovators and entrepreneurs for 2007
In its October 2007 issue, Seattle Business Monthly magazine named Maury White from Infinia Corporation and Don Stevens from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory among its Top 25 Innovators & Entrepreneurs for 2007. The magazine selected the 25 "emerging talents" based on recommendations from venture capitalists, academics, trade groups, and business leaders from various industries. White, Infinia''s Chief Technology Officer and one of its founders, helped develop the Kennewick, Wash. company''s Stirling engine technology for solar-electric generators, combined heat and power systems, and emerging-nation rural electrification. Stevens, a senior project manager and chemist at PNNL in Richland, Wash., is devising ways to convert cellulose-based byproducts, like poplar trees and corn stalks, into biomass-based fuel and products. (announced 12/17/2007)