[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 85 (Tuesday, June 8, 2010)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1033]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




         IN HONOR OF CHAD BOUTON, BATTELLE INVENTOR OF THE YEAR

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                          HON. MARY JO KILROY

                                of ohio

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, June 8, 2010

  Ms. KILROY. Madam Speaker, I rise today to recognize the 
accomplishments of Chad Bouton who on April 30, 2010, was named the 
Inventor of the Year for Battelle, the world's largest independent 
research and development organization. Battelle, with its team of 
researchers and inventors like Chad Bouton, helps make central Ohio a 
leader in cutting-edge research.
  Chad came to Battelle in 1997 and since then has shown his true worth 
to this important Columbus, Ohio nonprofit charitable trust by 
excelling in a variety of fields. Chad Bouton has been the primary 
innovator, inventor and/or principal investigator for dozens of medical 
device projects, from enabling paraplegics to control wheelchairs with 
their thoughts to providing surgeons with tools that aid in minimally 
invasive surgical procedures.
  Chad Bouton developed processing algorithms for a medical device that 
allows people to control computers entirely by their thoughts. He also 
was central to the development of a system used in minimally invasive 
surgical procedures that evaluates the potential spread of cancer to 
lymph node tissues and organs. Additionally, his research contributed 
to a detection system to ensure that contrast media injections into a 
patient do not do unwanted damage.
  Chad is known for his expertise in control systems, automated and 
robotics systems, sensor development, and signal processing of 
electrophysiological parameters including neurological types. He also 
has extensive experience in electrical and electromechanical device 
design methodologies and techniques and holds 15 patents with six 
others pending.
  Tangible results of Chad Bouton's success come in various forms, 
first and foremost that his inventions have affected the quality of 
life of patients around the world. He also has been the recipient of 
two R&D Magazine Top 100 awards and a Battelle Outstanding Technical 
Achievement Awards and has published nine works in scholarly journals. 
Chad's prowess has resulted in more than half a billion dollars worth 
of contract research for Battelle.
  I would like to extend my heartfelt congratulations and well-wishes 
to Chad, and wish him great successes in innovations of the future. 
With people like Chad working to use science to help mankind, Columbus, 
Ohio and America will continue to lead the world in compassionate 
research.

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