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Engineering Laboratory

Awards

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Ann Virtz Receives 2025 ASTM International James A. Thomas President's Leadership Award

The ASTM International James A. Thomas President's Leadership Award is an honor presented to individuals who have demonstrated exceptional

Jordan Weaver Receives 2024 Journal of Manufacturing Processes Outstanding Reviewer Award

For providing exceptional quality and number of peer-reviews for the SME Journal of Manufacturing Processes.

Aspasia "Sissy" Nikolaou Receives 2025 Engineer of the Year

Awarded on the basis of her career successes, support to the university, and giving back to her communities. The University of Buffalo

David Yashar is Named ASHRAE Fellow

For substantial contributions in Heating, Ventilation, Air-Conditioning, Refrigeration, and the built environment.

Matthew Speicher, John Harris, Saimak Sattar

2024 - Bronze Medal Award---John Harris, III, Matthew Speicher, Siamak Sattar

For developing critical improvements in seismic design criteria and evaluation of buildings in standards through an innovative research program.

2024 - Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medal---Marc Levitan, Long Phan

These awardees with the Tornado Winds Load Team created the world’s first tornado-resistant building codes, conducting groundbreaking research that will save lives and protect critical facilities like schools, hospitals and emergency centers from extensive property damage.

2024 - Director's Award for Excellence in Administration---Ami Reisinger, Joyce Scott, Gwynaeth Broome, LeeAnn Ginsburg, Ebonee Fitzgerald, Taylor Avery

For exemplary service, dedication, and commitment in supporting and enabling the timely, effective conduct of multiple NIST disaster investigations.

2024 - Gold Medal Award---Ho Yeung, Brandon Lane

For developing groundbreaking machine control solutions that allow U.S. manufacturers to make better products using additive manufacturing systems.

2024 - Bronze Medal Award---Gregory Vogl

For leading development of the ASME B5.64 Single-Axis Linear Positioning Systems standard that improves performance of precision manufacturing systems.

2024 - Gold Medal Award---Siamak Sattar, Katherine Johnson, Steven McCabe, Aspasia Nikolaou

For development of a framework to accelerate the recovery of buildings, infrastructure, and communities after earthquakes.

2024 - Bronze Medal Award---Joseph Main, Fahim Sadek, Jonathan Weigand

For developing the scientific basis for the first U.S. standard for prevention of catastrophic collapse of buildings.

2024 - Bronze Medal Award---Shelly Bagchi, Jeremy Marvel, Megan Zimmerman

For developing innovative metrology tools, standards, and global community events to advance technologies for human-robot interaction.

Isaac Leventon Receives The University of Maryland's Early Career Distinguished Alumni Society

Selected for the Early Career Distinguished Alumni Society (ECDA) in the James Clark School of Engineering for his outstanding professional

Ann Marie Virts was Awarded The Exo Technology Center of Excellence Award of Excellence

In grateful appreciation and distinguished recognition for coordinating, planning, and organizing the 2024 ASTM International Exo Games.

Lisa Ng Receives the ASHRAE Distinguished Service Award

The Distinguished Service Award salutes members of any grade who have served the Society faithfully and with distinction and who have given

Shawn Moylan Receives the Washington Academy of Sciences 2024 Leadership Award in Manufacturing Engineering

For outstanding leadership and significant impacts on advanced manufacturing capabilities and standards for the United States, particularly

Amy Mensch Receives the Penn State Mechanical Engineering Society’s (PSMES’s) Early Career Award

For exemplary contributions in the engineering profession in 10 years or less since graduation, including research advancements, leadership

Paul Witherell was Elected, Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)

ASME's Fellow grade of membership is a prestigious honor that recognizes outstanding achievements in mechanical engineering.

2023 - Colleagues' Choice Award---Sharon Rinehart

For exemplary service, dedication, and commitment in supporting and improving the administrative and scientific NIST communities.

2023 - Bronze Medal Award---Joe Falco, Kenneth Kimble, Megan Zimmerman, Justin Albrecht

For developing widely adopted assembly task boards and innovative robotic competitions to advance automation solutions for U.S. manufacturers.

2023 - Jacob Rabinow Applied Research Award---Mark McLinden, Ian Bell, Tara Fortin, Marcia Huber, Mark Kedzierski, Gregory Linteris, Stephanie Outcalt, William Vance Payne II, Aaron Rowane, Harrison Skye

For identifying non-flammable, low-global-warming-potential alternatives to the widely used refrigerant HFC-134a for U.S. military applications.

2023 - Bronze Medal Award---Ann Virts, Ya-Shian Li-Baboud, David Schmitt

For developing innovative metrics, test methods, artifacts, and datasets that measure the performance and safety of exoskeleton wearable robots.

2023 - George A. Uriano Award---Anita Balachandra, David Gundlach, Paul Hale, Kevin Jurrens, R. Joseph Kline, Timothy McBride, Sanjay Rekhi, David Seiler, Sivaraj Shyam-Sunder, Ndubuisi George Orji

For positioning NIST and DOC to successfully implement core CHIPS for America Act programs to revitalize U.S. leadership in semiconductor manufacturing.

2023 - Bronze Medal Award---Brandon Lane

For leading and developing the international standard ASTM E3353 on in-process monitoring to improve the accuracy of additive manufacturing systems.

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.

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