CURENT Professor, Yilu Liu, and Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s, Yuru Wu, along with the entire product development team were recognized at the R&D 100 awards ceremony in Scottsdale, Arizona on November 20. Wu accepted the 2025 R&D 100 award at the awards ceremony on behalf of The University of Tennessee, Knoxville and co-developer Oak Ridge National Laboratory. The product submission, Universal GridEdge Analyzer (UGA), was selected by the R&D 100 Awards Judging Committee as one of the 100 most technologically significant new products of the year.
Members of the product development team are Yuru Wu, Biao Sun, Wenpeng Yu, Yilu Liu, Jiahui Yang, Naga Lakshimi Thotakura, Kazi Ishrak Ahmed, Yu Liu, Qian Liu, Chujie Zeng, Yan Wen, Xinlan Jia, Fu Hao, Hongyu Li, Yayu Yang, Yongxin Zhang, and Zelei Han.

Yuru Wu accepts R&D 100 award on behalf of The University of Tennessee, Knoxville and Oak Ridge National Lab at the 2025 R&D 100 awards ceremony in Scottsdale, Arizona.
