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Material Measurement Laboratory

Awards

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2014 - Bronze Medal Award---Joshua Martin

For development of Seebeck coefficient metrologies and standards that advance the commercialization of thermoelectric energy conversion materials.

2014 - Gold Medal Award---Stephen Stein, Dmitrii Tchekhovskoi

For developing InChI, an algorithm that turns 3-D chemical structures into a unique strings of characters, enabling chemical data search and exchange.

2014 - Bronze Medal Award---June Lau

For innovative, cutting-edge analysis of magnetic nanostructures, which enabled significant advancements in next-generation electronic devices.

2014 - Bronze Medal Award---Martin Chiang, Nancy Lin, Sheng Lin-Gibson

For development of a clinically relevant measurement and standardization program for critical evaluation of photo-polymerized dental restoratives.

2014 - Allen V. Astin Measurement Science Award---Vladimir Orkin

For providing evaluated data and measurements of rate constants, global warming and ozone depletion potentials to the climate change communities.

2013 ICCES Lifetime Achievement Medal - Vinod Tewary

This Medal is awarded to an individual , from anywhere in the world, for sustained and significant contributions in the form of research

2011 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers - Jayne Morrow and Frank DelRio

Jayne Morrow, an environmental engineer in the Material Measurement Laboratory, is being honored for pioneering research on the properties

Photo of 2012 UMD Invention of the Year Award

2012 Invention of the Year in Physical Sciences - Members of the Material Measurement Lab

University of Maryland, in collaboration with the National Institute for Standards and Technology and George Mason University, have

2011 American Physical Society Fellow - Chris Soles

Congratulations to Chris Soles (Energy and Electronics Materials) for being selected a Fellow of the American Physical Society for 2011. He

2011 AAAS Fellow - Cedric Powell

For outstanding contributions to electron spectroscopies of solids, especially in application to quantitative analysis of surfaces and

2011 Kyoto Prize - John Cahn

The Inamori Foundation of Japan cited Dr. Cahn's outstanding contribution to alloy materials engineering by the establishment of spinodal

2011 Nobel Chemistry Prize - Daniel Shechtman

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for 2011 to Dan Shechtman -Technion - Israel

2011 American Chemical Society Fellow - Willie May

The work they are doing will improve all of our lives as they unleash the power of chemistry to solve global challenges like providing clean

2011 American Chemical Society Fellow - Laurie Locascio

The work they are doing will improve all of our lives as they unleash the power of chemistry to solve global challenges like providing clean

2011 Science Spectrum Trailblazer Award - Pam Chu

Dr. Chu received the Science Spectrum Trailblazer Award for her development of quantitative spectroscopic tools for measurement of trace

2010 PECASE - Dave Holbrook

Dr. Holbrook received the PECASE Award for establishing himself as an internationally recognized leader in measurements and analysis of

2010 Presidential Rank Awards for Senior or Professionals and Executives - Steve Stein

Dr. Stein received the Presidential Rank Award for lifetime contributions in establishing the NIST reference data collections as the premier

2010 Robert Fairer Award - John Elliott

Dr. Elliott received the Robert E. Fairer Award for his work on developing world standards for the medical community. For more on his

2010 Maryland Association of Science Teachers Award - Mary Satterfield

Dr. Satterfield recognized as Educational Outreach Coordinator showing Excellence in Science Education. For more on her research.

2010 ASTM International Award of Appreciation - Paul DeRose

Dr. DeRose received ASTM International Award of Appreciation for recognition of his outstanding service in the development of E2719 Standard

2010 Dal Nogare Award - Lane Sander

"For his contributions to the theory and application of chromatographic science" For more on his research.

2010 BEYA/Minorities in Research Science Emerald Honors - Yadu Tewari

Dr. Tewari received the Senior Investigator award for his research leadership.

2009 PECASE - Dean DeLongchamp

Dr. DeLongchamp received the PECASE Award for his outstanding work in identifying the relationship between the molecular organization of

2009 American Nuclear Society - Rolf Zeisler

Dr. Zeisler received the 2009 Radiation Science and Technology award for his contributions in advancing and applying neutron activation

2009 R&D 100 Award - Thermophysical Properties Division

The MML staff received the R&D 100, shared with Aspen Technology, Inc., in recognition of the 100 most technologically significant products

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-Genomics
-Glycomics
-Metabolomics
-Microbial measurements
-Proteomics
-Sequence screening
-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
-Environmental health
-Greenhouse gas measurements
-Marine science
-Sustainability
Fire
-Emergency building evacuation
-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
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-Dentistry
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-Human microbiome
-Medical imaging
-Precision medicine
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Information technology
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--AI measurement and evaluation
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-Conformance testing
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--Cybersecurity measurement
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-Data and informatics
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--Information retrieval
--Natural language processing
-Federal information processing standards (FIPS)
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-Interoperability testing
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--Mobile and wireless networking
--Network management and monitoring
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--Network security and robustness
--Network test and measurement
--Next generation networks
--Protocol design and standardization
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-Video analytics
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Infrastructure
Manufacturing
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-Monitoring, diagnostics and prognostics
-Process improvement
-Process measurement and control
-Product data
-Robotics in manufacturing
--Agility and adaptability
--Collaborative robots
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-Supply chain
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-Technology commercialization
Materials
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-Materials characterization
--Composition and structure
--Mechanical properties
--Thermal properties
-Metals
-Modeling and computational material science
-Polymers
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Mathematics and statistics
-Experiment design
-Image and signal processing
-Modeling and simulation research
-Numerical methods and software
-Statistical analysis
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Metrology
-Amount of substance
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-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
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-Nanophotonics
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Neutron research
Performance excellence
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Physics
-Atomic / molecular / quantum
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-Condensed matter
-Electron physics
-Magnetics
-Nuclear physics
-Optical physics and communications
-Quantum information science
-Radiation
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-Thermodynamics
-Time and frequency
Public safety
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-First responder preparedness
-Law enforcement
-Public safety communications research
-Response robots
Resilience
-Community resilience
-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
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