*Research on the atomic weight of oxygen conducted by Edward Morley at Case Western Reserve University, published in 1895
*Nylon, the first totally synthetic fiber used in consumer products, commercialized by DuPont in 1939
*First U.S. facility to produce acetyl chemicals commercially using coal gasification technology, opened by Eastman Chemical Company in 1983
*Riverside Laboratory for oil refining research, constructed by Universal Oil Products in 1921