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Communications Technology Laboratory

Awards

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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.

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 - Bronze Medal Award---Allison Barnard Feeney, Shaw C. Feng, John A. Horst

For vision, leadership and outstanding contributions to a standard for the exchange of quality information in digital manufacturing enterprises.

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 - Bronze Medal Award---Raied Caromi, Tim Hall, Thao Nguyen, Anirudha Sahoo, Michael Souryal

For the standardization of Citizens Broadband Radio Service in support of more efficient spectrum sharing between commercial and federal users.

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

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

Back Row: Sherman, Beloy, Swann, Hume, Newbury, Ludlow Front Row: Leibrandt, Sinclair

2019 - Gold Medal Award---Kyle Beloy, David Hume, David Leibrandt, Andrew Ludlow, Nathan Newbury, Jeffrey Sherman, Laura Sinclair, William Swann, Jun Ye

For creating and networking the world's best optical atomic clocks for a 100-fold improvement in precision timekeeping over the state of the art.

2019 - Distinguished Mentoring Award---Brian Copello

For exceptional mentorship of NIST staff and establishment of career progression pathways for CTL administrative staff.

Luce, Barnard Feeney, Dima, Hedberg, Helu, Weiss

2019 - Gold Medal Award---Mark Luce, Allison Barnard Feeney, Thomas D. Hedberg, Jr., Moneer Helu, Brian A. Weiss, Alden Dima

For developing a unique facility that accelerates the adoption of critical digital technologies and streams data to enable manufacturing innovation.

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 - Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE)---Laura Sinclair

For creating a suite of optical tools suitable for precisely measuring applications that are used outside of laboratory environments.

2019 Governor's Award for High-Impact Research

A technology based on innovative laser spectroscopy research at NIST and the University of Colorado has been ruggedized and commercialized

Sokwoo Rhee Receives the Portland Golden Globe Award 2019

NIST’s Sokwoo Rhee was honored with the Portland Golden Globe Award at the September 2019 Global Tech Jam in Portland, Oregon. The Award is

2019 PECASE - Laura Sinclair

For creating a suite of some of the world’s best optical tools to bring precision measurement out of well-controlled laboratory environments

2018 - Bronze Medal Award---David Cypher, Wesley Garey, Jason Kahn, Richard Rouil, Yishen Sun, Christopher Walton

For the standardization of mission-critical Voice over Long Term Evolution (VoLTE) in support of public-safety communications and the First Responder Network.

2018 - Safety Award---Craig Connelly, Andrew Thompson, Kamel Saidi

For the development and execution of rigorous safety protocols and infrastructure for the NIST Unmanned Aerial Systems Flight and Payload Challenge.

2018 - Eugene Casson Crittenden Award---Annie J. Smith

For exceptional administrative service in the establishment and operation of NIST's Communications Technology Laboratory and NIST Boulder Laboratories.

2018 - George A. Uriano Award---Allison Barnard Feeney, Thomas D. Hedberg, Jr.

For vision, leadership and outstanding contributions to the use of standards in the digital transformation of manufacturing enterprises.

2018 - Silver Medal Award---Brian R. Burnham, Ruben A. Rodriguez, Roger A. Blalock, Christine A. Carson, Ellen L. Ryan

For innovative leadership of cost-effective facilities construction resulting in a state-of-the-art building for world-leading scientific advances.

Antonishek, Michaloski, Proctor, Downs, Shackleford, Harrison, Schlenoff

2017 - Bronze Medal Award---Brian Antonishek, Anthony Downs, William Harrison, John Michaloski, Fred Proctor, Craig Schlenoff, William Shackleford

For development of an international standard and supporting messaging language to enable enhanced robot agility in manufacturing applications.

2017 - Bronze Medal Award---Conrad Bock

For outstanding technical leadership and contributions to a standardized systems-modeling language (SysML) used in advanced manufacturing industries.

2017 - Presidential Rank Award---Samuel P. Benz

For his work in developing, improving and disseminating the quantum voltage standards that underpin all precision voltage measurements in the U.S. and in much of the world.

2017 - Gold Medal Award---Ari D. Feldman, Sheryl M. Genco, Michael D. Janezic, Azizollah Kord, Daniel G. Kuester, John M. Ladbury, Duncan A. McGillivray, Adam J. Wunderlich, Wen-Bin Yang, William F. Young

For developing a test methodology and performing measurements to quantitatively assess the impact of LTE signals on the performance of GPS receivers.

2017 - Edward Bennett Rosa Award---Martin J. Burns, Steve T. Bushby, Evan K. Wallace

For technical work and leadership in the development and approval of the Facility Smart Grid Information Model as a new international standard.

2017 - Colleagues' Choice Award---David Richard Novotny

For establishing the High-Frequency Structural Simulator (HFSS) computer modeling system at NIST for creating complex electromagnetics simulations to assist in research across multiple OUs.

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