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Associate Director for Laboratory Programs

Awards

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2021 - Arthur S. Flemming Award---Alexey Gorshkov

Dr. Gorshkov’s creating strong interactions between photons gives a basis for technology using light rather than electrons to perform operations/computations.

2021 - Gold Medal Award---Jason Austermann, James Beall, Gene Hilton, Johannes Hubmayr, Jeffrey Van Lanen, Michael Vissers, Jordan Wheeler

For enabling terahertz and millimeter-wave cameras of unmatched size and sensitivity, now deployed on terrestrial and sub-orbital telescope missions.

2021 - Presidential Rank Award---Nathan Newbury

For outstanding leadership and pioneering contributions to fiber-based optical frequency combs for record-breaking optical time transfer and spectroscopy.

2021 - Bronze Medal Award---Vytautas Reipa, Vincent Hackley, Blaza Toman

For design and development of a system of traceable measurements that enable risk assessments of nanoparticles that exhibit photocatalytic activity.

2021 - Distinguished Career Award---Michele Cooley

For a career of federal service and outstanding administrative and organizational contributions to NIST and other agencies spanning over 40 years.

2021 - Gold Medal Award---Oliver Borchert, Douglas Montgomery, Kotikalapudi Sriram, Patrick Gleichmann

For developing innovative technologies that resolved critical internet vulnerabilities and dramatically improved internet robustness.

2021 - Bronze Medal Award---Rick Davis

For development of new Standard Reference Material cigarettes for regulatory compliance testing of the ignition propensity of residential furnishings.

2021 - Bronze Medal Award---Joshua Pomeroy, Michael Stewart, Jr., Jonathan Wyrick

For developing new techniques to successfully manufacture atomic-scale electronic and quantum devices.

2021 - Edward Bennett Rosa Award---Elijah Petersen

For leadership in the development of an international guidance document on conducting ecotoxicity testing of manufactured nanomaterials.

2021 - Silver Medal Award---Jeffrey Hudgens, Kyle Anderson, Ioannis Karageorgos, Robert Brinson, III, Frank Delaglio, Luke Arbogast, John Marino, Ryan Evans, Anthony Kearsley

For developing and promoting adoption of methods to determine protein structure that increase patient access to life-saving biosimilar drugs.

2021 - Bronze Medal Award---Lawrence D. Nadel, Michael Garris, Heather Evans

For creating the NIST AI Community of Interest, which has galvanized cooperation across NIST to reap the benefits of AI for metrology.

2021 - Bronze Medal Award---Dennis Everett

For establishing a new world-class gear measurement capability in response to an urgent request from the U.S. gear manufacturing industry.

2021 - Arthur S. Flemming Award---John Schiel

Dr. Schiel led NIST scientists in developing the world's first monoclonal antibody reference material, which assures the performance of biopharmaceuticals.

2021 - Gold Medal Award---Carl Williams

For his sustained and visionary leadership, positioning the U.S. as a global leader of the emerging quantum economy.

2021 - Bronze Medal Award---Srivalli Telikepalli, Dean Ripple, Michael Carrier, Kristen Steffens, Christopher Montgomery, Nicholas W. M. Ritchie, John Lu

For development of a novel reference material that mimics the particles found in protein-based drugs and supports accurate measures of drug quality.

2021 - Edward Uhler Condon Award---Scott Diddams

For outstanding communication of complex research and measurements in a comprehensive and clearly illustrated review of optical frequency combs.

2021 - Gold Medal Award---Naomi Lefkovitz, Kaitlin Boeckl, Nakia Grayson, Maihuong Nguyen, Lisa Carnahan, Victoria Pillitteri, Adam Sedgewick, Dylan Gilbert

For exceptional leadership in developing, and driving adoption of, a novel framework to manage privacy risk while maximizing the beneficial uses of data.

2021 - Bronze Medal Award---W. Stuart Dols, Brian Polidoro, Dustin Poppendieck, Steven Emmerich, Lisa Ng

For development, application and dissemination of the Fate and Transport of Indoor Microbiological Aerosols (FaTIMA) tool in response to COVID-19.

2021 - Bronze Medal Award---Brian Maranville, Paul Kienzle, William Ratcliff

For the development of cloud-based data reduction and visualization software benefiting the U.S. and international neutron scattering communities.

2021 - Jacob Rabinow Applied Research Award---Carl Simon, Jr.

For development and transfer to industry of tools to quantify quality attributes of manufactured fiber-based scaffolds for the regenerative medicine industry.

2021 - Silver Medal Award---Joshua Martin, Winnie Wong-Ng, Martin Green

For developing critical thermoelectric standards, instrumentation, and metrologies that enable the commercialization of energy conversion materials.

2021 - Bronze Medal Award---Yan Lu, Paul Witherell, Benjamin Long

For the development of an additive manufacturing materials database and data portal to accelerate the adoption of additive manufacturing.

2021 - Bronze Medal Award---Andrei Kolmakov

For pioneering scanning-electron-beam imaging and spectroscopy of materials in gas and liquid media.

2021 - George A. Uriano Award---Ellen Ryan, Terese Manley, Craig Connelly, Gary Howarth, II, Joanne Krumel, Jeremy Glenn, Sarah Hughes

For establishing a program to facilitate competitiveness and innovation in the public safety communications research field.

2021 - Bronze Medal Award---Christopher Zangmeister, Jimmy Radney, Jamie Weaver, Matthew Staymates, Robin Materese , Riley Wilson , Richard Press, Leon Geršković

For characterization of the performance and usage of facemasks used to slow the spread of COVID-19, and communication of the results to the public.

Advanced communications
-Open Radio Access Network (Open-RAN)
-Quantum communications
-Spectrum sharing
-Wireless (RF)
Bioscience
-Bioeconomy
--Biological data
-Bioimaging
-Bioinformatics
-Biomanufacturing
-Biomaterials
-Biometrology
-Biosecurity
--Biosurveillance
--Genomic cybersecurity
--Nucleic acid sequence screening
-Cell measurements
-Engineering / synthetic biology
--Biofabrication
--Cell-free systems
--Genome engineering
--Protein engineering
-Gene delivery systems
-Genome editing
-Genomics
-Glycomics
-Metabolomics
-Microbial measurements
-Proteomics
-Transcriptomics
Buildings and Construction
-Building codes and standards
-Building control systems
-Building damage and repair
-Building economics
-Building materials
-Energy efficiency
-Heating, ventilation and air conditioning equipment
-Indoor air quality
-Structural engineering
-Thermal comfort
Chemistry
-Analytical chemistry
-Chemical engineering and processing
-Chemical thermodynamics and chemical properties
-Molecular characterization
-Theoretical chemistry and modeling
-Thermochemical properties
Electronics
-Electromagnetics
-Flexible electronics
-Magnetoelectronics
-Optoelectronics
-Organic electronics
-Semiconductors
-Sensors
-Superconducting electronics
Energy
-Alternative energy
-Conventional energy
-Electric power / smart grid
-Fuels
Environment
-Air / water / soil quality
-Climate Measurements
-Environmental health
-Greenhouse gas measurements
-Marine science
-Sustainability
Fire
-Fire detection
-Fire dynamics and science
-Fire fighting
-Fire modeling
-Fire risk reduction
-Materials flammability
-Structural fire resistance
-Wildland urban interface fire
Forensic Science
-Digital evidence
-Drugs and toxicology
-Firearms and toolmarks
-Forensic biometrics
-Forensic genetics
-Trace evidence
Health
-Biopharmaceuticals
-Cell and gene therapy
-Clinical diagnostics
--Cancer
--Medical imaging
-Food and nutrition
-Human microbiome
-Precision medicine
-Regenerative medicine and advanced therapy
--Flow cytometry
Information technology
-Artificial intelligence
--AI measurement and evaluation
--Applied AI
--Fundamental AI
--Hardware for AI
--Machine learning
--Trustworthy and responsible AI
-Biometrics
-Cloud computing and virtualization
-Complex systems
-Computational science
-Conformance testing
-Cyber-physical systems
--Smart cities
-Cybersecurity
--Cryptography
--Cybersecurity education and workforce development
--Cybersecurity measurement
--Identity and access management
--Privacy engineering
--Risk management
--Securing emerging technologies
--Trustworthy networks
--Trustworthy platforms
-Data and informatics
--Human language technology
--Information retrieval
--Natural language processing
-Federal information processing standards (FIPS)
-Health IT
-Internet of Things (IoT)
-Interoperability testing
-Location based services
-Mobile
-Networking
--Mobile and wireless networking
--Network management and monitoring
--Network modeling and analysis
--Network security and robustness
--Network test and measurement
--Next generation networks
--Protocol design and standardization
--Software defined and virtual networks
-Privacy
-Software research
--Software testing
-Usability and human factors
--Accessibility
-Video analytics
-Virtual / augmented reality
-Visualization research
-Voting systems
Infrastructure
Manufacturing
-Additive manufacturing
-Factory communications
-Factory operations planning and control
-Interoperability in manufacturing
-Machining
-Manufacturing economics
-Manufacturing quality assurance
-Manufacturing systems design and analysis
-Monitoring, diagnostics and prognostics
-Process improvement
-Process measurement and control
-Product data
-Robotics in manufacturing
--Agility and adaptability
--Collaborative robots
--Dexterous grasping
--Manipulation
--Mobility and industrial autonomous vehicles
--Navigation / actuation / control
--Sensing and perception
-Supply chain
-Sustainable manufacturing
-Systems engineering
-Systems integration
-Technology commercialization
Materials
-Ceramics
-Composites
-Concrete / cement
-Materials characterization
--Composition and structure
--Mechanical properties
--Thermal properties
-Metals
-Modeling and computational material science
-Polymers
-Superconductors
Mathematics and statistics
-Experiment design
-Image and signal processing
-Modeling and simulation research
-Numerical methods and software
-Statistical analysis
-Uncertainty quantification
Metrology
-Amount of substance
-Dimensional metrology
-Electrical / electromagnetic metrology
-Flow metrology and rheology
-Force metrology
-Humidity metrology
-Ionizing radiation metrology
-Mass metrology
-Metric
-Optical / photometry / laser metrology
-Pressure and vacuum metrology
-Thermometry metrology
-Time and frequency metrology
-Weights and measures
Nanotechnology
-Nanobiotechnology
-Nanochemistry
-Nanoelectronics
-Nanofabrication / manufacturing
--Lithography
--Self-assembly
-Nanofluidics
-Nanomagnetics
-Nanomaterials
-Nanomechanics
-Nanometrology
-Nanophotonics
-Nanophysics
-Nanoplasmonics
Neutron research
Performance excellence
-Assessment tools and services
-Baldrige award
-Baldrige examiners
-Baldrige Framework and Criteria
-Best practices
-Leadership development
Physics
-Atomic / molecular / quantum
-Biological physics
-Condensed matter
-Electron physics
-Magnetics
-Nuclear physics
-Optical physics and communications
-Quantum information science
-Radiation
-Spectroscopy
-Thermodynamics
-Time and frequency
Public safety
-Chemical / Biological / Radiological / Nuclear / Explosives (CBRNE)
-First responder preparedness
-Law enforcement
-Public safety communications research
-Response robots
Resilience
-Community resilience
--Recovery
--Resilience metrics
-Disaster and failure studies
-Earthquake risk reduction
-Resilience economics
-Resilient materials
-Windstorm impact reduction
Standards
-Accreditation
-Calibration services
-Conformity assessment
-Documentary standards
-Frameworks
-Quality assurance
-Reference data
-Reference instruments
-Reference materials
-Standards education
Technology transfer
Transportation
-Aerospace
-Automotive