Home | Site Map | Contact      About InnoVision   Program Overview   Advisory Board   Sponsors   Affiliate Organizations   Dates and Deadlines   Contact Information   Dr. Charles Townes  Recognition Program   Award Categories   Award Application   Judging   Finalists   Winners   Gala Information   Young Innovator  Technology Forum   What is a Forum   Forum Agenda   Upcoming Forums   Hosting a Forum Presenting Sponsor: Finalists 2009 Finalist2008 Finalist2007 Finalist2006 Finalist2005 Finalist2004 Finalist2003 Finalist    2009 Sustainability Sponsored By: Sealed Air  T&S Brass Founded in 1947, the company introduced its full line of foodservice plumbing products and established T&S as the premiere manufacturer in the industry a mere three years later. T&S is among the first commercial plumbing manufacturers to be registered by UL to ISO 9001 certification. Within the plumbing/foodservice industry, the spray valve is used in conjunction with a pre-rinse unit to prepare food, clean dishes, etc. Because of the heavy use of water in these environments, water conservation is the primary concern. Additionally, specific laws have been established to regulate the acceptable gpm (gallons per minute) a pre-rinse unit can use in these facilities. With the B-0108 JetSpray, T&S Brass has developed a product that gives the user a device that is legally acceptable, environmentally friendly and can operate as a low-flow unit without sacrificing performance. http://www.tsbrass.com        Video   ( High Resolution ) -- ( Download )  Upstate Forever Founded in 1998 Upstate Forever has over 3,500 members and a staff of 21. The membership-based, nonprofit organization covers ten counties (Abbeville, Anderson, Cherokee, Greenville, Greenwood, Laurens, Oconee, Pickens, Spartanburg, and Union) with three main programs: Land Trust, Sustainable Communities, and Clean Air and Water. In 2007, Upstate Forever purchased a 1916 single family home for “Green Renovations.” The house had deteriorated badly and contained asbestos, termite damage, rotted woodwork, and fire damage, all of which had to be addressed before it could begin the actual renovation work. After several regulatory hurdles (City of Greenville’s Design and Preservation Commission) construction and renovation work began in early 2008. The staff moved in to its completed workspace on October 1, 2008. http://www.upstateforever.org        Video   ( High Resolution ) -- ( Download )   2009 Technology Application Award Sponsored By: Fuji Photo Film, Inc.  Zipit Wireless Zipit Wireless is a Greenville, SC based company that focuses on delivering fully connected, wireless IP devices that use the company’s unique strengths in wireless connectivity, user-friendly device software, and server infrastructure to enable administration, and access to Internet services. While the company is primarily known for its Zipit Wireless Messenger products that enable teens & pre-teens to stay in touch with their friends without depending on the family computer, the company has now begun to expand into other areas, all while continuing to build upon the IP that was created and used in the teen focused messenger products. The core device and services technology that was developed and brought to market in the Zipit Wireless Messenger, and Zipit Z2 products has been leveraged in this HP Smart Wi-Fi Display. The device technology enables the digital picture frame (DPF) to connect to the internet directly, upon being enabled to do so from the server, and gather the Internet content directly from the device. The Zipit back end infrastructure that enables the user to configure and push content to their device has also been enhanced to immediately pull in the content from all of the popular Internet services (Facebook/MySpace…) as well as to send SMS messages directly a person’s cell phone enabling camera phone pictures to appear on the DPF. Zipit also implemented the great out of box experience process of the Zipit Z2 in the HP Smart Wi-Fi Display. The ease of use approach enables users to easily configure and control their frame with easy to understand steps and layout. Due to the way Zipit has implemented the device/server technology and infrastructure, Zipit can enable 100s of thousands of Wi-Fi connected displays to be shipped with ease to provide a great customer experience. The Zipit server is not the bottleneck to the content but the enabler to the world wide web for Zipit enabled devices such as the HP Smart Wi-Fi Display. http://www.zipitwireless.com        Video   ( High Resolution ) -- ( Download )  University of South Carolina Upstate USC Upstate is a co-educational, state-assisted, comprehensive metropolitan institution, and a senior campus of the University of South Carolina System. The Spartanburg Regional Campus, as it was first known, opened its doors in the fall of 1967 to 177 students on the first floor of the Spartanburg General Hospital nursing residence. Enrollment continued to increase, which resulted in the school becoming a four-year university in 1975. In 1994, the University began offering graduate degrees. Today's thriving campus boasts 328 acres and an enrollment of 5,000 students. In June of 2009, the Information Technology Divisions’ Client Services department implemented a proof of concept and pilot for a local cloud computing initiative, “Spartans Green Sky”. Cloud computing refers to large amounts of information and processing resources available for access from a local area network or wide area network, using a personal computer, cell phone or other device. One component of cloud computing that was implemented is Virtual Desktop Services, in which personal computer software is run on remote servers and piped to simple desktop machines equipped with screens and keyboards. USC Upstate is using this model to reduce the number of computers in student labs that need to be upgraded and replaced annually. Since the processing power is performed on the remote servers, the desktops do not need to be upgraded unless they completely fail, and then they can be replaced with lower cost virtual PCs, with little desktop processing or storage, that can use 70 percent less power than conventional PCs and reduce technical support costs by up to 40 percent. In our traditional student lab environment computers were on a four year replacement cycle. Every summer we would replace two or three labs, and during that process all lab computers would get a new image of software that would have to be loaded on every computer. Faculty were frustrated because once this process was complete it was difficult to add additional application software during the school year because the entire process of building and testing the image with each piece of software and then imaging the computers was so time consuming. With the virtual desktop model, the software can be tested on a virtual test server and once certified the image is literally moved over to the production server and all computers in the lab receive the new desktop image the next time they start up. This saves our minimal staff an enormous amount of time, allows us to upgrade patches and add new software in a timely manner during the school year, or anytime the faculty desire. Another component of this project is application virtualization. This software decouples applications from operating systems and packages them into individual files on the “Spartans Green Sky” servers. This allows student to run a departmental application on their own personal computers, no matter what platform or operating system they have. The students do not need to go to the labs to work on department specific specialized software anymore; they have access from their dorm room or home via the Internet. http://www.uscupstate.edu        Video   ( High Resolution ) -- ( Download )  Techtronic Industries North America Founded in 1985, TTI has a long history of world-famous brands stretching back at least one hundred and fifty years. TTI’s entry is a RIDGID® R3400 Fiber Cement Saw. This entire tool is designed to keep the user safe from harmful dust particles while maintaining tool-less bevel adjustment and superior cutting speeds. Features of the RIDGID R3400 include active dust extraction system 33% smaller than the competition (11.7 lbs) Less than 8 amps are drawn Additives in the body and handles sufficiently protect the user from static electric shock New blade design http://www.ttigroupna.com        Video   ( High Resolution ) -- ( Download )   2009 Technology Development Award Sponsored By: Spiro Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership  KEMET Electronics Corporation KEMET Corporation applies world-class service and quality to deliver industry-leading, high-performance capacitance solutions to its customers around the world. KEMET offers the world's most complete line of surface-mount and through-hole capacitor technologies including Tantalum, Ceramic, Film, Aluminum, Electrolytic, and Paper types. KEMET capacitors – some smaller than a grain of salt – are fundamental components that store, filter, and regulate electrical energy and current flow. They are found in virtually all electronic applications and products used today, including those in the computer, telecommunication, automotive, military and aerospace, medical, industrial/instrumentation (including lighting), and consumer market segments. "High Reliability" (Hi-Rel) versions of KEMET capacitors have shared in every important military/aerospace effort from the first Telstar to Viking, the Apollo moon landing, the Patriot missile, and the Mir and International Space Stations. KEMET capacitors were also present in both the Pathfinder probe and the Sojourner rover during their historic explorations of Mars. The company markets its capacitors to a large and diverse group of original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), electronics manufacturing services (EMS) providers, and electronics distributors around the world. Production is measured in the billions of pieces per year. Tantalum pentoxide is a highly-preferred dielectric for capacitors due to its reliability and high capacitance capability in a small package. The first Tantalum capacitors employed a wet electrolyte as the cathode and were introduced around 1940. These devices are well-suited to high-voltage applications but are not surface-mountable (i.e., they cannot be mounted to circuit boards using high-speed, automated “pick-and-place” machines) and have high equivalent series resistance (ESR). In the 1950’s, the technology made a major leap forward with the introduction of solid electrolyte Tantalum capacitors based on manganese dioxide (MnO2) as the cathode. These devices could be surface mounted, were more volumetrically efficient, and exhibited greatly reduced ESR compared to the wet Tantalum devices. In the late 1990’s, the introduction of intrinsically conductive polymer (ICP) as a replacement for the MnO2 cathode again revolutionized the capacitance landscape. The use of conductive polymer offered a new cathode material set – one a thousand times more conductive than MnO2 – with a more benign failure mode (non-burning). These improvements allowed Tantalum-polymer capacitors to rapidly gain popularity throughout the design community as engineers quickly took advantage of this new technology to replace Tantalum-MnO2 and ceramic capacitors in various applications. These devices exhibited excellent reliability at low working voltages (less than or equal to 10 Volts); however, reliability suffered at higher working voltages and no products were offered for applications exceeding 19 Volts. The development of Tantalum capacitors utilizing pre-polymerized conductive polymer dispersions has enabled KEMET to overcome the previous voltage restrictions. Similar to the revolutionary changes in capacitance landscape when Tantalum capacitors moved from wet to MnO2 and subsequently to polymer cathode systems, this new polymer-based cathode system greatly expands the applications in which capacitors based on Tantalum pentoxide dielectric will be the component of choice. In order to bring this new cathode to market, the development team had to overcome multiple problems with surface wetting and interfacial adhesion, as well as the unique properties of the dispersion itself. The team worked with suppliers to develop ancillary materials compatible with the new cathode system. Advanced analytical techniques such as thermal gravimetric analysis-mass spectroscopy (TGA-MS), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and stress-strain curves enabled the team to better understand the properties of and interactions within the new material set and ultimately develop innovative processing methods to harness the potential of conductive polymer dispersions. Marketed as the T521 series, these 1st-to-market products are currently capable of functioning in 25-Volt applications with higher voltage ratings now in the late stages of development. The T521 series will also offer higher capacitance values when compared to conventional Tantalum-polymer capacitors in all voltage applications exceeding 16 Volts. http://www.kemet.com        Video   ( High Resolution ) -- ( Download )  Benefitfocus Benefitfocus® provides healthcare technology that takes the paper out of the benefits process. The company’s technology solutions reduce costs, expand market share, ensure compliance and improve consumer satisfaction. As the largest healthcare benefits software provider, Benefitfocus currently serves 313,233 employers, 472 carriers and 53.8 million consumers. Benefitfocus gives a competitive edge to carriers, employers and brokers as they help consumers manage complex decisions in the benefits process. By implementing Benefitfocus Software as a Service (SaaS) consumer technology, health plans and employers empower the consumer to take control of their healthcare by offering a clear, concise and easy-to-understand online experience. Benefitfocus’ consumer-directed healthcare portal offers integrated data and management tools that provide one location in which to interact with banks, health plans, healthcare providers and business process vendors. Founded in 2000, Benefitfocus has primary offices in Greenville and Charleston and is the fastest growing technology company in South Carolina. Additionally operating out of satellite locations in 20 cities across the country, Benefitfocus has rapidly become the SaaS leader in a $2 trillion healthcare industry. Benefitfocus’ Communications Platform enables the rapid creation and deployment of enterprise applications and includes Web 2.0 community-based attributes such as wikis, blogs, social networking, open-source, open-content and file sharing. The purpose of The Platform is to allow developers the ability to rapidly build and deploy complex applications in a multi-tenant environment without having to manage the technical details of such a complex model. Clients building an application simply have to begin adding to a predefined framework that includes, but is not limited to: user definition, user roles, single sign-on, default menu structure, standard user interface themes, pre-defined application components, and the ability to embed video content and utilize pre-defined content libraries. The net result is that the client will be able to build complex relations between multiple stakeholders or other enterprise applications in a very short period of time. http://www.benefitfocus.com        Video   ( High Resolution ) -- ( Download )  Hoowaki, LLC Hoowaki, LLC transforms surfaces through its advanced molded microstructure technologies. Founded in 2008, our company changes material properties by changing the structure of the material surface. Our company's first focus is to create super hydrophobic surfaces, similar to those found in nature. Laboratory studies have demonstrated the many possible benefits of these materials, including self-cleaning and water drag reduction. Hoowaki can further improve super hydrophobic surfaces by molding materials with other performance attributes. Our process is currently the only way to create microstructures on a curved surface by molding, and is the only way to create hydrophobic surfaces without coatings. Hoowaki, LLC transforms surfaces using advanced molded microstructure technologies. Our key focus is to create super hydrophobic materials, which retain their initial performance attributes, but can also repel water and self-clean. This technology fits into existing tooling for molds, is used for any molded product regardless of shape, and applies to a wide range of materials. http://www.hoowaki.com        Video   ( High Resolution ) -- ( Download )   2009 Innovation in Education Award Sponsored By: Techtronic Industries North America  CUR2E CUR2E is an organization dedicated to the education of individuals in training in the medical field or intending to enter the medical field in some capacity. The primary goal is to give the participants experience in significant translational clinical retrospective research in a regional academic medical center addressing issues centering on quality measures and delivery of care to patients and have this research culminate in an abstract, poster/presentation that is accepted to a national/international scientific/medical meeting followed by a manuscript that is published in a peer-reviewed journal. A secondary goal of this educational experience is to give the participants foundational research tools that can be broadly applied to research for the duration of their medical careers. An additional goal is to expose the participants to a nationally innovative medical research program occurring in the Upstate of South Carolina with the intent of providing them the impetus to longitudinally invest their gifts and talents in the Upstate community. The primary objective of this program is to utilize research teams that consist of members of the health care community at a variety of levels and undergraduate students intending on pursuing health careers to perform retrospective clinical research on community relevant hypotheses at a regional medical center. The program also allows students to observe preceptors and residents, exposing them to the clinical aspect of their project and to medicine in general. By combining the clinical research with clinical exposure, students have a more complete grasp of their projects and understand how effective research can be completed within a community medical center. Additionally, the students have the opportunity, by completing quality research, to impact the quality of patient care as well as submit and present their research at national and international meetings. In this manner, they are able to represent the Upstate of South Carolina and Greenville Hospital System, as well as themselves, to the medical community. Also, the research teams are able to see what GHS has to offer in terms of education and thus, the hope is that they will consider GHS for future educational endeavors. Besides the success in research, the research students that have applied to professional schools have been received extremely well. From the first two years, three students have received full-ride scholarships to medical school. In addition, 95% are pursuing the career of their choice. All students have commented on their desire to return to Greenville Hospital System for clinical rotations or residencies.        Video   ( High Resolution ) -- ( Download )  University of South Carolina Upstate The University of South Carolina Upstate is a coeducational, public, comprehensive metropolitan institution that is located in Spartanburg along the thriving economic I-85 corridor. USC Upstate is home to 5,000 students from 38 states and 71 nations. It offers challenging, first-rate academic courses, small class sizes, personal experiences, remarkable diversity, an expansive international community, and a dynamic campus life. More than 17,500 students have earned their degrees with 85 percent of graduates remaining in the Upstate to build their lives and careers. Students in ‘The First 100 Days Project’ will use digital cameras or camera phones of their choice to capture at least one daily photograph for the first 100 days of their first semester at USC Upstate. Nikon cameras will be available for students who do not come to campus with their own camera or camera phone. Stories will actually be created using Microsoft Photostory 3 for Windows and additional openly available resources from sites such as: The Center for Digital Storytelling http://www.storycenter.org/ The University of Houston’s site The Educational Uses of Digital Storytelling http://digitalstorytelling.coe.uh.edu/ Alan Levine’s site 50+ Web 2.0 Ways To Tell a Story http://cogdogroo.wikispaces.com/50+Ways As noted, instructors and students will be provided with initial hands on training with the software in a lab setting and continuing support via a project wiki and to allow for semester-long conversation, sharing and access to additional resources like public domain copyright free or Creative Commons licensed music. In addition, the Department of Instructional Technology staff will provide support and consultation as needed. http://www.uscupstate.edu        Video   ( High Resolution ) -- ( Download )  Greenville County School District Greenville County Schools (GCS) is the largest school system in South Carolina and the 51st largest public school system in the nation serving over 69,000 students. GCS is a consolidated, unified system formed in 1951 when 82 local school districts merged. Today, GCS is comprised of 81 schools (49 elementary, 18 middle and 14 high), four career centers, five child development centers, and seven additional special centers for a total of 97 locations. Twelve of the schools are classified as magnet schools with 12% of the student population attending on choice. GCS serves the 800-square miles of the county, plus parts of Laurens and Spartanburg counties. GCS is the largest employer in Greenville County with over 9,089 employees, of which 5,019 are teachers. District Administration which includes technology accounted for 0.6% of the General Fund Expenditures for 2008-2009. GCS is recognized nationally, having received National Accreditation from the AdvanceED Accredition Commission. “Our vision for effective technology integration is that technology use in the classroom would be seamless and invisible.” – Dr. Fisher, Superintendent During the 2008-2009 school year, Greenville County Schools (GCS) served approximate 7,000 students from 59 in-district sites through interactive videoconferencing (IVC). Interactive videoconferencing is live, two-way audio and video communication between two or more sites. These forms of IVC can be in the form of programs from content providers who enrich the curriculum and experiences of the students who are participating; however, some of the best interactions are the result of school-to-school collaborations. School-to-school collaborations include, but are not limited to course offerings between schools, in-district or out-of-district as well as projects between the two sites. All GCS fourth grade students have the opportunity to connect with the Roper Mountain Science Center (RMSC) located in Greenville, South Carolina. RMSC is currently the only content provider in the State of South Carolina and their faculty and staff teaches a lesson on Astronomy that is related to South Carolina Science Standards to our students. These connections occur throughout the school-year in an effort to connect with every fourth grade classroom at our 49 elementary schools. Each class receives their own program ensuring a small student-to-teacher ratio. Additional content providers were utilized throughout the school year in an effort to connect our students with content matter experts worldwide. Our students were connected with experts from Australia, Canada, Mexico, and across the United States. These content providers shared personal experiences, hands-on activities, and question and answer sessions to increase understanding, foster empathy, and reinforce the concepts being taught in the classroom. School-to-school collaborations occurred in a limited basis during the school year. Six of our high school classes connected with students in-district and out-of-district. Two of our high schools connected in an effort to provide classroom instruction between the two sites for Latin. Two other high schools connected with schools in Mexico for a Spanish collaboration. One of these high schools also connected with a school in Canada for a book study that focused on George Orwell’s 1984. Two other high schools connected with one of our United States Senators in an effort to discuss current national and world events. http://www.greenville.k12.sc.us        Video   ( High Resolution ) -- ( Download )  CQ Media Networks CQ Media Networks was launched as a division of Cynergi Systems, an award-winning AV technology integrator in South Carolina. CQ Media Networks services include: Application design & development Web-based programming & engineering li>H.264 streaming IPTV systems Dynamic Digital Signage HD video conferencing bridging services CQ Media staff began developing solutions for Cynergi customers in 2005. Since then, CQ Media has emphasized steady growth, aggressive use of the latest technology, and innovative ideas to strive for cutting edge solutions. In 2009, the CQ Media division of Cynergi Systems was strategically divested to create an entity that could sell to a nationwide education and healthcare market. South Carolina Eduspace, by CQ Media, is a fully interactive tele-mentoring service that serves the K-12 students and teachers of S.C. Its purpose is to virtually present over 1800 professionals to the classroom using a secure, encrypted, and simple interface with real-time video conferencing, session recording, and assessment in accordance with state and federal education standards. http://www.cqmedia.net        Video   ( High Resolution ) -- ( Download )   2009 Small Enterprise Award Sponsored By: SCLaunch!  WHM Capital Advisors WHM Capital Advisors is a financial advisory firm providing research, analysis and advice to a diversified global client base that includes institutions, corporations and high net worth individuals. Founded in 2002, the firm's areas of expertise are in valuation consulting, succession planning, mergers and acquisitions advice and investment management. In addition, the firm has a related technology company that designs applications to analyze complex financial issues for clients. The technology behind A.Q.U.A.® was originally conceived on Excel spreadsheets mainly used in house as an analysis tool for clients. All of the algorithms used to derive company specific risk premiums, as well as the process flow through the tool were developed by WHM Capital Advisors. A substantial portion of the development work on A.Q.U.A.® was completed while Bill served on the adjunct faculty at the Darla Moore School of Business at the University of South Carolina. The tool has been migrated to a custom web application including a GUI and wiki for assistance. The tool has the capability to provide trends in value over time, as well as provide scenario analysis as a management tool for capital needs decision making. There is also a Needs Analysis module which helps clients determine where the value of their company should be to preserve their standard of living once the company is sold, or transitioned out of their control. Our tool has been designed from the viewpoint of answering the questions posed in various valuation consulting scenarios from exit planning for business owners to IRS compliant valuations for estate tax calculations. http://www.whmca.com        Video   ( High Resolution ) -- ( Download )  SensorTech SensorTech is an advanced materials company commercializing a “smart” polymer technology (smart plastics) originally developed at Clemson University’s Department of Bioengineering. This technology transforms ordinary plastic polymers into electrically conductive sensors that can measure pressure, force, torque, and vibration. Dr. Andrew Clark, the Company’s Chief Technology Officer, led the research to develop this new material and method to directly measure contact between two surfaces. In 2005 Dr. Clark and Dr. Martine LaBerge, Professor of Bioengineering at Clemson University, were named co-inventors of this patent pending sensing material. In May, 2007 Chuck Pringle and Dr. Clark founded SensorTech and located temporary offices for the Company at the Clemson University incubator facility in Pendleton, S.C. In July, 2007 SensorTech was admitted into the S.C. Launch! Program and received a University Startup Assistance Grant. The Company moved from Pendleton, SC to Greenville, SC in January, 2008. In June, 2008 SensorTech became the exclusive licensee for the foundational patent with the Clemson University Research Foundation (CURF). It includes 37 broad claims based on the invention of a conductive composite material formed of a polymer and conductive filler. The first commercially available product will launch in late 2009. SensorTech’s patent pending technology converts polymers into “smart plastics” to help make other company’s products and processes more intelligent. The material itself can be used as a sensor or it can be used as a component in other sensors in a wide variety of applications to measure contact force because of its durability, formability, accuracy, cost effectiveness and wide range of measurement. The electrical properties of our smart polymer sensors draw as much as 100 times less current than traditional sensors making them ideal for wireless/battery applications and energy conservation. The formability of our smart polymer sensors enables measurement of 3-D surfaces. Our technology can be developed into load cells and transducers which measure single points of force or pressure distribution sensors which measure multiple points of force. Smart polymer sensors increase productivity and improve performance. http://www.sensortechllc.com        Video   ( High Resolution ) -- ( Download )  BigLeapGPS BigLeapGPS is a personal GPS location company focused on using existing GPS devices tied to an intuitive GPS portal software solution for the specific reason of locating people or things unable to communicate for themselves. BigLeapGPS separates itself from the competition by leveraging a go to market that is based on 100% channel development. This model allows BigLeapGPS to target and go after the best in class and vertical solution providers and distributors to sell their solution via already established channels and customer base. BigLeapGPS has done what is possible to protect against competition through effect execution of our go to market strategy as well as by creating intellectual property around several aspects of the personal GPS location business. We are bringing the most advanced and patented GPS protection solution to multiple markets via channel partners providing the least expensive, most accurate, and easiest to use system available. Developed one of the smallest GPS/GPRS boards available. The board included an accelerometer (movement detection) along with the ability to harvest RF energy from the air (www.powercastco.com). In the same timeframe became patent pending on the board design as well as the processes and operation of the board in two main methods – 1) wireless power transfer or power harvesting allowing for extended battery life and 2) use of accelerometer to allow device to stay in a low power state to again extend battery life. BigLeapGPS has began development of a GPS portal to leverage additional IP including 1) a mobile geofence. A mobile geofence allows for multiple devices (children) to be associated with a single device (parent). If the child device is detected to be too far away from the parent, an alert is sent long with real-time tracking information to connect the child and parent together. Our objectives are simple. Give comfort to parents of young children or children of aging parents. The comfort we give them is the ability to know where their loved on is at any time especially when they are out of sight. Our technology allows a user to device specific zones where the person is allowed and where they are not. If that zone is violated, you are notified. The value of our product is focused on communicating for those who can not. The way a user is impacted is again very clear. If a loved one goes missing you can find them. If they are away from you and wander to far from home, you are notified. The device also has a SOS button so if an emergency happens, a button can be pressed and you are notified. http://www.bigleapgps.com        Video   ( High Resolution ) -- ( Download )   2009 Dr. Charles Townes Individual Achievement Award Sponsored By: Spirit Telecom  Dr. Tom Strange        Video   ( High Resolution ) -- ( Download )   2009 Hall of Fame Award Sponsored By: Sealed Air  Michelin Americas Research Company Michelin Americas Research Company is a Division of Michelin North America, located on a 100-acre site in southern Greenville County and with approximately 900 employees. The Energy Saver A/S tire is Michelin North America’s most fuel-efficient All-Season Passenger car tire developed for the drivers of hybrid and fuel-efficient passenger cars that want to exploit their vehicle’s fuel economy without abandoning dry, wet and wintertime traction. Representing the forefront of Michelin Green X technology, Energy Saver A/S tires can enhance vehicle operating efficiency and environmental impact by reducing fuel consumption and carbon dioxide emissions while delivering year-round traction, even in light snow. http://www.michelin-us.com/        Video   ( High Resolution ) -- ( Download )   Founding Sponsor:    © 2010, Deloitte & Touche cms & web site design by web|aggression