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Physical Measurement Laboratory

Awards

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2016 - Bronze Medal Award---Ralph Richter

For lowering trade barriers for metered liquids such as petroleum and milk by leading the development of international standards for liquid and gas flow meters.

2016 - Director's Award for Excellence in Administration---Karen J. Combs

For relentlessly exceptional administrative service and mentoring in support of the NIST mission across multiple divisions and operating units.

2016 - Eugene Casson Crittenden Award---Alex Farrell

For operation, maintenance, and sustained support of the Synchrotron Ultraviolet Radiation Facility (SURF III) as the primary national ultraviolet radiation standard for critical space programs.

2016 - Bronze Medal Award---Akobuije Chijioke

For developing the world’s first SI-traceable dynamic-force measurement facility for advanced manufacturing and biomedical applications.

2016 - Arthur S. Flemming Award---Daniel Hussey

For pioneering contributions in neutron imaging, including the development of a highly sensitive neutron phase imaging technique and the demonstration of the world's first practical neutron microscope.

2016 - Safety Award---T. Mitch Wallis

For demonstrable leadership in instilling a culture of safety in the multi-user, multi-laboratory Precision Imaging Facility.

2016 - Judson C. French Award---Ricky Seifarth, Kevin Chesnutwood, Samuel Ho

For restoration and recalibration of the NIST 4.45 meganewton (1 million pounds-force) force standard that serves as the world's largest primary force standard.

2016 - Silver Medal Award---Bryan Barnes, Richard Silver

For pioneering advances in optics by imaging structures 30 times smaller than the wavelength of light with near atomic accuracy.

2016 - Bronze Medal Award---Zeeshan Ahmed

For developing an innovative program in silicon and fiber photonic sensors that is enabling new applications for traceable thermodynamic measurements.

2016 - Ron Brown Excellence in Innovation Award---Michael A. Boss, Kathryn E. Keenan, Stephen E. Russek, Karl F. Stupic

For creating standards that transformed magnetic resonance imaging into a quantitative tool to diagnose and treat traumatic brain injury and cancer.

2016 - Judson C. French Award---Thomas E. Lipe

For meeting the needs of the aerospace and defense communities by delivering a new generation of accurate and inexpensive ac voltage standards.

2016 - Silver Medal Award---Steven Brown, Keith Lykke

For delivering innovative measurement solutions urgently needed to characterize sensors on NOAA’s latest-generation polar-orbiting weather satellites.

2016 - Bronze Medal Award---Gary Zabow

For demonstrating a novel all-magnetic alternative to medical imaging through developing a class of nanoscale radio-frequency probes for diagnostics and treatment.

2016 - Gold Medal Award---Michael A. Boss, Kathryn E. Keenan, Stephen E. Russek, Karl F. Stupic

For creating standards that transformed magnetic resonance imaging into a quantitative tool to diagnose and treat traumatic brain injury and cancer.

Zimmerman, Cessna, Bergeron, King, Pibida

2016 - William P. Slichter Award---Brian E. Zimmerman, Denis E. Bergeron, Jeffrey T. Cessna, Lynne E. King, Leticia Pibida

For partnering with industry to co-develop and disseminate SI-traceable nuclear medicine imaging phantoms, now being shipped with new PET scanners.

Physical Measurement Laboratory

Awards

2016 - Bronze Medal Award---Ralph Richter

2016 - Director's Award for Excellence in Administration---Karen J. Combs

2016 - Eugene Casson Crittenden Award---Alex Farrell

2016 - Bronze Medal Award---Akobuije Chijioke

2016 - Arthur S. Flemming Award---Daniel Hussey

2016 - Safety Award---T. Mitch Wallis

2016 - Judson C. French Award---Ricky Seifarth, Kevin Chesnutwood, Samuel Ho

2016 - Silver Medal Award---Bryan Barnes, Richard Silver

2016 - Bronze Medal Award---Zeeshan Ahmed

2016 - Ron Brown Excellence in Innovation Award---Michael A. Boss, Kathryn E. Keenan, Stephen E. Russek, Karl F. Stupic

2016 - Judson C. French Award---Thomas E. Lipe

2016 - Silver Medal Award---Steven Brown, Keith Lykke

2016 - Bronze Medal Award---Gary Zabow

2016 - Gold Medal Award---Michael A. Boss, Kathryn E. Keenan, Stephen E. Russek, Karl F. Stupic

2016 - William P. Slichter Award---Brian E. Zimmerman, Denis E. Bergeron, Jeffrey T. Cessna, Lynne E. King, Leticia Pibida

2016 - Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers---Andrew Ludlow

2016 - Bronze Medal Award---Ralph Jimenez

2016 - Gold Medal Award---Physical Measurement Laboratory (PML), Information Technology Laboratory (ITL)

Paul Ehrenfest Best Paper Award for Quantum Foundations for the Year 2015

2016 Robert D. Thompson Memorial Award - Dr. Christopher W. Meyer

2016 AIP Broadcast and New Media Award Winner

MRI Project wins 2016 DoC Gold Medal

2016 Highly Cited Researchers - Jun Ye and Deborah Jin

2016 Governor’s Award - Cindy Regal and Konrad Lehnert

Boulder Campus Green Team Win 2016 Energy and Environmental Stewardship Award

Advanced communications
-Open Radio Access Network (Open-RAN)
-Quantum communications
-Spectrum sharing
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-Biomanufacturing
-Biomaterials
-Cell biology
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-Genome editing
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-Microbial measurements
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-Sequence screening
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-Building damage and repair
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Chemistry
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-Chemical thermodynamics and chemical properties
-Molecular characterization
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Electronics
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-Magnetoelectronics
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-Superconducting electronics
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Mathematics and statistics
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-Amount of substance
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