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Office of the Director

Awards

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2019 - Judson C. French Award---Alain Rufenacht

For outstanding scientific leadership, industrial engagement and customer service for the NIST Programmable Josephson Voltage Standard reference instrument.

2019 - Safety Award---Bernard Brusko, David Henry, Ted Hobbes, Philip Kaiser, Bron Lackey, Robert Mathews IV, Kathryn Ritchie, Steven Smith, Thomas E. Weister

For development and execution of a new safety culture program within OFPM resulting in significant improvements in organizational safety performance.

2019 - Gold Medal Award---Clare M. Allocca, Sheng Lin-Gibson

For extraordinary national and international leadership in promoting biotechnology innovation, manufacturing and trade through standards development.

Montgomery, Borchert, Rose, McBride, Sriram

2019 - Bronze Medal Award---Oliver Borchert, William Haag Jr., Tim McBride, Douglas Montgomery, Scott Rose, Murugiah Souppaya, Kotikalapudi Sriram

For leadership in public/private collaborations that have advanced the security of national and global network infrastructures.

2019 - Bronze Medal Award---Val Miller

For leading a national calibration laboratory proficiency testing (PT) program for state weights and measures and industry laboratories

2019 - Edward Uhler Condon Award---Peter Mell, Dylan Yaga

For excellence in exposition that effectively demystifies blockchain technologies and provides authoritative guidance on its use.

2019 - William P. Slichter Award---Nada Golmie, Kate A. Remley

For leadership of the NIST 5G mmWave Channel Model Alliance to accelerate the development and deployment of next-generation communications technology.

2019 - Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers---Franklyn Quinlan

For generating the world’s most stable electromagnetic signals and making a 10,000-fold improvement in the ability to measure those signals.

2019 - Presidential Rank Award---Donna Dodson

For her technical acumen, leadership, and worldwide impact in the area of cybersecurity, including its applications in artificial intelligence and cryptography.

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2019 - Bronze Medal Award---Charles E. Oliver, Katie Schlatter, Tiffany Atchison, Michael Blumer, Ray Holiday, Jody Sandel, Norman Bergren, Margaret Crews, Tim Drapela, Petrina Potts

For developing and implementing a central ordering and delivery program for compressed gases and liquid cryogens for the NIST Boulder campus.

2019 - Distinguished Career Award---Donald J. Pierce

For 30 years of innovative engineering contributions to the design of world-leading neutron instruments and beam delivery systems.

2019 - Eugene Casson Crittenden Award---Michael Braine

For developing a 24/7 lab environmental monitoring system that protects expensive equipment by alerting staff to potential problems in real time.

2019 - Silver Medal Award---Denis Bergeron, Jerome LaRosa, Hans Pieter Mumm, Svetlana Nour, Mark A. Tyra

For advancing nuclear reactor monitoring and nuclear nonproliferation by developing a novel, first-of-a-kind detector for measuring antineutrinos.

Thompson, Mohamoud, Vijayaverl, Dmuchowski, Senseney

2019 - Bronze Medal Award---Zak Mohamoud, Justin Senseney, Rathini Vijayaverl, Steven Dmuchowski, Kristy Thompson

For exceptional contributions implementing the new grants review process using Google's G-Suite Cloud services.

2019 - Director's Award for Excellence in Administration---Danni Leicht

For outstanding administrative leadership and support of the Public Safety Communications Research project.

2019 - Safety Award---Ross Haynes

For outstanding contributions to safety and facilities management at the division and OU level within MML.

2019 - Gold Medal Award---Ramaswamy Chandramouli

For developing the security recommendations for operating system virtualizations used in cloud technologies around the world.

2019 - Bronze Medal Award---David R. Novotny, Jeanne Quimby, Kate A. Remley, Richard Candell

For innovative measurement methods and a first-ever guide that enables manufacturers to realize the benefits of wireless technologies in factories.

Stocker, Zheng, Renegar, Soons, Thompson

2019 - Bronze Medal Award---Robert M. Thompson, Thomas B. Renegar, Johannes A. Soons, Michael T. Stocker, Xiaoyu A. Zheng

For novel contributions to the field of forensics by digitally preserving ballistic evidence from the John F. Kennedy assassination, for the benefit of future generations.

2019 - Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers---Behrang Hamadani

For innovative and cutting-edge research in the measurement of photovoltaic materials, dedicated leadership in developing standards, and outstanding mentorship.

2019 - B. Stephen Carpenter Award---James E. Norris

For establishing and leading the Standard Reference Photometer program, which is central to the worldwide system of ozone monitoring.

2019 - Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers---Elijah Petersen

For pioneering toxicity measurement methods for nanomaterials to help industry and the public sector assess the environmental, health and safety impacts of products such as carbon nanotubes.

2019 - Ron Brown Excellence in Innovation Award---Adam Jacoff, Kenny Kimble, Kamel Saidi, Ann Marie Virts

For outstanding development and dissemination of standard test methods used worldwide to evaluate and improve bomb-disposal robots and operators.

2019 - Bronze Medal Award---Thomas Gnaupel-Herold, Carelyn Campbell, Michael Katz, Eric Lass, Lyle Levine, Mark Stoudt, Maureen Williams, Fan Zhang, Thien Phan

For identifying improved post-processing treatments for additive manufacturing metal alloys that resolve a critical issue of mechanical part failure.

2019 - Colleagues' Choice Award---Zak Mohamoud, Justin Senseney

For significantly enhancing the ability of NIST staff to perform their work and collaborate with colleagues within and outside of NIST.

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