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Office of the Director

Awards

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2018 - Bronze Medal Award---Katrice Lippa, Michael Nelson, Blaza Toman

For the development and implementation of a metrological system for determining the purity of organic chemical compounds.

2018 - Gold Medal Award---R. Joseph Kline, Daniel Sunday, Donald Windover

For establishing Critical Dimension Small Angle X-ray Scattering as a critical measurement technique for the semiconductor industry.

2018 - Judson C. French Award---Catherine Cooksey, Thomas A. Germer, Heather J. Patrick, Clarence J. Zarobila

For replacing the prevailing reflectance measurement technology of the last 20 years with a novel robotic facility, lowering costs and turnaround time.

2018 - Safety Award---Cher Davis

For leadership in the promotion of workplace safety at the Hollings Marine Laboratory and NIST Gaithersburg campus.

2018 - Bronze Medal Award---David A. LaVan, Feng Yi

For developing innovative methods to measure the reactions of micro- and nano-sized samples within an electron microscope and mass spectrometer.

2018 - Silver Medal Award---Michael Middleton, Robert Williams

For commissioning a liquid deuterium refrigerator essential to ending highly enriched uranium (HEU) use in the NIST reactor while preserving or enhancing facility performance.

2018 - William P. Slichter Award---B. Robert Ilic

For developing a novel software package that overcomes long-standing problems with the design and fabrication of nanoscale curved geometries.

2018 - Bronze Medal Award---Susan P. Cantilli, Phillip W. Neuberg

For professional excellence in developing comprehensive master plans establishing a mission-focused vision of NIST Boulder and Gaithersburg campuses.

2018 - Bronze Medal Award---Dustin Hite, Dietrich Leibfried, David Pappas, Andrew Wilson

For innovations in surface-science and material-preparation technology that overcame a longstanding barrier to implementing ion-trap quantum computing.

2018 - Bronze Medal Award---Stefan Cular

For exemplary development and delivery of NIST quantum voltage services, extending NIST quality and accuracy to laboratories around the globe.

2018 - Colleagues' Choice Award---Joshua Martin

For outstanding contributions to the MML metrology and Accolades programs, staff professional growth, organizational innovation, and the Combined Federal Campaign.

2018 - Eugene Casson Crittenden Award---Patrick Murphy

For exemplary leadership on critical projects preserving scientific equipment, and for stewardship of the NIST grounds, gaining accolades from Montgomery County and state of Maryland.

2018 - Bronze Medal Award---Peter Mell

For technical achievements, innovation, and leadership in computer-network defense methods used in government and industrial systems.

2018 - Gold Medal Award---Marc Levitan, Emil Simiu, Adam Pintar

For extraordinary, innovative efforts to accurately characterize and map extreme winds across the U.S. to ensure a safe and economical built environment.

2018 - Director's Award for Excellence in Administration---William Clark

For exemplary technical proficiency in developing reports to assist OUs in managing contracts and grants, improving the organizational health of NIST.

2018 - Safety Award---Jeremy Garst

For planning and implementing an emergency spill/flood-control kit program for the NIST Boulder campus to mitigate flood damage on the campus.

2018 - Bronze Medal Award---Damian S. Lauria, Peter E. Bradley, Matthew Connolly, Andrew Slifka

For development of in-situ mechanical test methods to facilitate first-ever direct evidence of two H₂ embrittlement theories in structural materials.

Boone, Luptak, Sherman, Jenkinson, Levine

2018 - Silver Medal Award---Joseph Boone, William Jenkinson, Joseph Luptak, Aaron Fein, Judah Levine, Jeffrey Sherman

For launching the next-generation NIST Internet Time Service, which handles over 40 billion requests every day.

2018 - Edward Bennett Rosa Award---Bala Muralikrishnan, Prem Rachakonda, Meghan Shilling, Roger Bostelman, Geraldine Cheok, Joseph Falco, Marek Franaszek, Jeremy Marvel, Kamel Saidi, Ya-Shian Li-Baboud

For outstanding contributions to ASTM standards for performance evaluation of 3D imaging systems used in a wide range of critical applications.

2018 - Bronze Medal Award---Daniel J. Flynn, Paul J. Liposky, Anthony J. Norbedo, Ricky P. Sprow

For excellence and perseverance during the planning and execution of the 2017 NCNR reactor outage.

2018 - Bronze Medal Award---Thomas R. Gentile

For groundbreaking advances in neutron spin-control tools and methods which are now routinely used around the world to advance material science.

Tseng, Allen, Gates, Venable, Mendonca, Raedeke, Hernandez, Kau, Materese, Stoughton

2018 - Bronze Medal Award---Laura A. Gates, Paul Hernandez, Robin Materese, Jason Stoughton, John Allen, Joe Kau, Matthew Mendonca, Jon Raedeke, Ada CYW Tseng, John Venable

For technical and operational excellence in seamlessly launching NIST's external and internal websites in the Drupal content management system.