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2004
Tekne Award categories and recipients are:
LIFETIME
ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Dean H. Ted Davis, University of Minnesota Institute of Technology,
was honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award for his years
of leadership and innovation.
INNOVATION
AWARD
Honors a business, academic institution or business/academic
collaboration that has demonstrated leadership, dedication
and excellence in the development of an innovation in areas
such as digital technology, nanotechnology, MEMS, or medtech/biotech,
genomics/bioinformatics or other areas of life sciences research
with the potential to contribute significantly to Minnesota’s
technology-based economy.
- Emerging company
recipient is NVE Corporation, Eden Prairie
- Established
company recipient is 3M, Performance Materials Division,
St. Paul.
LEADERSHIP
AWARD
Honors an outstanding individual who, beyond a specific innovation
or achievement, has contributed significantly to Minnesota’s
technology expansion.
- Emerging company
recipient is Mark Shavlik, Shavlik Technologies.
- Established
company recipient is Dr. Richard Flynn,3M.
TECHNOLOGY
COMPANY AWARD
Recognizing emerging companies (annual revenues under $50
million) and established companies (annual revenues of $50
million+) or division within an established company that exemplify
the entrepreneurial spirit, and promises continued economic
growth through technology development and/or application in
the following six categories:
Advanced
Manufacturing – Advanced materials and
chemicals, machinery and equipment, electronics and components,
measuring instruments, photonics, optics and lasers, and computer
and peripheral equipment.
- Emerging company
recipient is The Protomold Company, Maple
Plain
- Established
company recipient is 3M, St. Paul.
Biotechnology
– Agriculture, environmental, food science and pharmaceuticals.
(Companies in this category were not singled out as emerging
or established.)
- Emerging company recipient is Medisyn Technologies,
Minnetonka.
- Established
company recipient is Cargill, Minneapolis.
IT-Software,
Communications, and Infrastructure –
Software, networking, communications, and wireless equipment
and products.
- Emerging company
recipient is Compellent Technologies, Eden
Prairie.
- Established
company recipient is Stellent, Eden Prairie.
Medical
Technology – Devices, diagnostics and
equipment.
- Emerging company
recipient is Incisive Surgical, Plymouth.
- Established
company recipient is Medtronic, Minneapolis.
Technology
Services – Finding innovative solutions
for a client’s use of technology.
- Emerging company
recipient is Jasc Software, Eden Prairie.
- Established
company recipient is Digital River, Eden
Prairie.
Technology
User - Innovative application of products
or services resulting in dramatic business improvement or
market advantage.
- Emerging company
recipient is Thralow Inc., Proctor.
- Established
company recipient is Northwest Airlines,
St. Paul.
Innovation in Teaching
- recognizes excellence in education by creating exciting
learning opportunities for students through the innovative
use of technology.
- Mark Deming of Orchard Lake Elementary School in Lakeville
was honored with the Innovation in Teaching Award. Mark's
multiple school technology initiatives have brought the
district's oldest elementary school up to par with new schools.
When faced with a space crunch, Deming created a Mobile
Computer Lab that brings laptops into the classroom. He
also turned the morning announcements into a student-run
multimedia show that is considered a daily "must see."
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