3M Scientist Receives Innovator of
the Year Award
Andy Ouderkirk, corporate scientist
for 3M’s Electronics Markets Materials Division, has received the 2013 R&D
Magazine Innovator of the Year Award. This award honors Ouderkirk for
demonstrated skills in leadership and innovation.
He was cited for excellence in
research for inventing advanced optical films used in consumer electronics and
furthering practical development processes. Ouderkirk’s research led to the
creation of 3M multilayer optical film with light management properties that
conserve energy. The thin film is used in smart phones, computer displays,
e-books, tablets and other consumer electronics devices to help improve battery
life.
In his role as one of the company’s
top scientists and member of 3M’s Carlton Society, Ouderkirk propagated
materials research and shared technologies and knowledge in optics, lasers and
polymer processing, adding to the company’s proprietary Light Management
technology platform. Light management serves as a core for product development
of thin films..
Ouderkirk’s studies indicate
innovators bring different skills to the invention process. Specialists bring
depth of knowledge in a discipline. Specialist-generalists explore both depth
in their research with world-class expertise, plus knowledge across disciplines
and patent familiarity. Both are critical to the innovation process. Ouderkirk,
himself, holds 170 patents.
The Innovator of the Year Award is
presented each year to an individual or team who has demonstrated leadership,
creativity, entrepreneurial spirit and success in the pursuit of science and
technology. This year’s ceremony took place Nov. 7 in Orlando.
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