Cary Forest, Jay Anderson, and John Wallace part of WARF Innovation Awards finalist team

Each fall the WARF Innovation Awards recognize some of the best of inventions at UW–Madison. WARF receives hundreds of new invention disclosures each year. Of these disclosures, the WARF Innovation Award finalists are considered exceptional in the following criteria: Criteria

• Has potential for high long-term impact
• Presents an exciting solution to a known important problem
• Could produce broad benefits for humankind

Cary Forest, Jay Anderson, and John Wallace are part of one of six finalists teams selected by WARF for their disclosure, “High-Energy Plasma Generator for Medical Isotope Production, Nuclear Waste Disposal & Power Generation.” Watch Video Two Innovation Award winners will receive $10,000, split among UW inventors, and will be named at a virtual ceremony December 8. Learn more and register for the event. See all six finalists and watch their videos at WARF’s Innovation Awards website.