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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 - Safety Award---T. Mitch Wallis

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

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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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.

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.