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Management Resources

Awards

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2023 - Safety Award---Larry Lucas, Jerome La Rosa, Manuel Mejias, James Adams

For eliminating an extreme risk to NIST's safety and institutional reputation by eradicating a dangerous legacy solution of plutonium.

2023 - Eugene Casson Crittenden Award---Stepan Germanov

For outstanding work as an electrician and superior service to NIST customers in support of the NIST mission.

2023 - Director's Award for Excellence in Administration---Jeffrey McIntyre, Patrick Staines, Alex Garvin, James "Alan" Crabill

For their selfless vision and leadership to safely re-open, expand access to, and improve the Gaithersburg fitness center on behalf of the NIST community.

Photo of Luis Luyo, Michael Beacham, Tyler Gervasio, and Glen Glaeser

2023 - Eugene Casson Crittenden Award---Luis Luyo, Glen Glaeser, Tyler Gervasio, Michael Beacham

For designing and constructing new laboratory facilities that are critical to advancing NIST's efforts in premise plumbing research.

2023 - Director's Award for Excellence in Administration---Mildred Glick, Terry Sorcek, Lucy Tedesco, Misty Roosa, Melissa Banner, Kim Stavish, Brian Copello, Dawn Hurley, Veronica Kinard, Kimberly Goode

For development of the Administrative Management Portal to centralize precise training and resources for the NIST administrative management community.

2023 - Silver Medal Award---Catherine VanCise, Marcelle Loveday , Michael Scott , Crystal Dabney , Jennifer Falvey , Kimberly Haag , Lauren Gueye , Roderick Williams , Stacy Duncan

The group is being recognized for developing and deploying an automated workflow system to streamline and improve oversight of DOC's Federal Acquisition Certification Process.

2023 - Bronze Medal Award---Organizational Representative: George Jenkins, Organizational Representative: Chandan Sastry

For excellence in organizational development accomplished via the creation of an OFRM and OISM Robotic Process Automation (RPA or Bot) capability.

2022 - Colleagues' Choice Award---Stef Britton

For continuously demonstrating creativity, insightful innovation and forward-thinking vision.

Directors Award for Excellence in Administration Awardees

2022 - Director's Award for Excellence in Administration---Kai Ng, Jinming (Jimmy) Chen, Gerard Ly, Kyle Sullivan, Aaron Vaughan, Daniel Diamond, Wanda Reed, Brett Whitworth, Eric Konig

For exceptional contributions implementing a NIST pre-owned technology program through repurposing Dell computers received from other DoC bureaus.

2022 - Colleagues' Choice Award---Terry Raines

For excellence in fabrication services resulting in great scientific impact in quantum nanoscience, national security, and cold atom research at NIST.

2022 - Eugene Casson Crittenden Award---Amy Kolodin

For providing exemplary customer service and operational support in promoting NIST-wide human resource programs.

2022 - Bronze Medal Award---Ronald B. Goldfarb, Dianne L. Poster, John Henry J. Scott, Kathryn Miller, Karen J. Wick

For excellence in editing and publication management of articles for the Journal of Research of the National Institute of Standards and Technology.

2022 - Eugene Casson Crittenden Award---Kevin Redman

For exemplary Fleet Management site services support provided to the Gaithersburg campus during the COVID-19 shutdown and the Phase I campus reopening.

2022 - Bronze Medal Award---Kellie Beall, Danielle Blackwell, David Bradford, Stef Britton, Kimberly A. McDonough, Brenda Perry, Debrah Reed, Jasmine Ventura, Cynthea Wines

For development and implementation of the new ASK HR tool, which has transformed HR service delivery at NIST.

2022 - Eugene Casson Crittenden Award---Darron King

For exemplary service and attention to customer satisfaction with the building utilities on the Boulder Laboratories site.

2022 - George A. Uriano Award---Lisa Jean Fronczek, Kelley Rogers, Zack Valdez, Zahraha Brunner, Jessica Strickler, Jannet Cancino, Dean Iwasaki, Nuria Del Carmen Martinez, Michelle Liu

For leadership in response to the CARES Act appropriations to enable advanced manufacturing to prevent, prepare for, and respond to the pandemic.

2022 - Eugene Casson Crittenden Award---Lionel Everfield

For exceptional leadership and personal initiative in supporting safety and continuity of mission-critical OFPM operations during the COVID pandemic.

2022 - Safety Award---Daniel Gilmore

For outstanding support and initiative in maintaining and continuously improving the Office of Facilities Management Safety Program.

2021 - Bronze Medal Award---Heather Snow, Sue Ha, Tina Rieger, Douglas Ritchey, Kevin Conrad, Jose Sanchez, Jr., Gregory Strouse

For strengthening NIST safety and security by successfully implementing 100% electronic badge scanning at all Gaithersburg gates.

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 - Eugene Casson Crittenden Award---Tommy Armstrong

For sustained superior performance in operations and maintenance focusing on electrical systems on the Gaithersburg campus.

2021 - Director's Award for Excellence in Administration---Dorothy Smothers

For exemplary contributions and stewardship in administering NIST’s Office of Workers’ Compensation Program.

2021 - Bronze Medal Award---Robert Commarota, Cerasela Constantin, Sushama Singh , Simon Frechette , Eric Shirley, Andrea Medina-Smith, Elisabeth Mansfield, Douglas Montgomery, Peter Gehring, Fernando J. Cintron

For development of an IT system to modernize and simplify NIST's publication processes

2021 - Gold Medal Award---Brandon Lane, Steven Grantham, Ho Yeung, David Deisenroth, Jason Fox, Jared Tarr, Jay Nanninga, Clarence Zarobila

For developing the world-class capabilities of the Additive Manufacturing Metrology Testbed and delivering groundbreaking measurements and data.

2021 - Eugene Casson Crittenden Award---Brian Ackley

For critical support and services for the NIST Gaithersburg campus fire protection systems including programming, management, maintenance, and repairs.

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
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-Quality assurance
-Reference data
-Reference instruments
-Reference materials
-Standards education
Technology transfer
Transportation
-Aerospace
-Automotive