Awards

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2023 Distinguished Associate Award - Johnathon Gard

For the development of a cryogenic camera based on superconducting sensors and for its first use in space to obtain X-ray images of a

2023 Distinguished Associate Award - Malcolm Durkin

For the development of a cryogenic camera based on superconducting sensors and for its first use in space to obtain X-ray images of a

2023 - Bronze Medal Award---W. Bertrand (Randy) Doriese, Carl Reintsema

For the development of a cryogenic camera based on superconducting sensors and for its first use in space to obtain X-ray images of a supernova remnant.

2023 R&D 100 Award - Hyperspectral X-ray Imaging Detector (HXI)

Category: Mechanical/Materials Developers: Los Alamos National Laboratory Co-Developers: National Institute of Standards, Boulder, CO

2022 Nancy Grace Roman Technology Fellowship in Astrophysics - Jordan Wheeler

Research focus: My research is focused on building detectors for astronomical cameras, much like the sensor in a smartphone. Unlike the

2023 Joseph F. Keithley Award - Joel N. Ullom

For the development of ultrasensitive multi-pixel transition-edge-sensor calorimeters and spectrometers for applications in astrophysics

2022 R&D 100 Award - SOFIA: Spectrometer Optimized for Facility Integrated Applications

Category: IT/Electrical Developers: Los Alamos National Laboratory Co-Developers: National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

2022 Department of Commerce Energy & Environmental Stewardship Award - Energy and Water Conservation Project

Recognized for the design and implementation of a successful freshwater conservation project. By using largely existing NIST infrastructure

2021 Nancy Grace Roman Technology Fellowship in Astrophysics - Jake Connors

Astrophysics in the far-infrared (30μm < λ < 300μm) is relatively unexplored as compared to the optical (Hubble), near- and mid-infrared

2021 Nancy Grace Roman Technology Fellowship in Astrophysics for Early Career Researchers - Paul Szypryt

For the past few decades, charge-coupled devices (CCDs) have been a dominant technology in optical to near-infrared (NIR) astronomy, but

2021 - Gold Medal Award---Jason Austermann, James Beall, Gene Hilton, Johannes Hubmayr, Jeffrey Van Lanen, Michael Vissers, Jordan Wheeler

For enabling terahertz and millimeter-wave cameras of unmatched size and sensitivity, now deployed on terrestrial and sub-orbital telescope missions.

2020 Distinguished Associate Award - Dan Becker

For the development of versatile and scalable readout firmware that will enable new microcalorimeter instruments with larger arrays of

2020 Distinguished Associate Award - Joseph Fowler

For the development of versatile and scalable readout firmware that will enable new microcalorimeter instruments with larger arrays of

2020 Distinguished Associate Award - Johnathon Gard

For the development of versatile and scalable readout firmware that will enable new microcalorimeter instruments with larger arrays of

2020 Distinguished Associate Award - Abigail Wessels

For experimental and theoretical work that led to improved understanding of superconducting x-ray sensors and new capabilities in x-ray

2020 Distinguished Associate Award - Jozsef Imrek

For the development of versatile and scalable readout firmware that will enable new microcalorimeter instruments with larger arrays of

2020 Distinguished Associate Award - Christine Pappas

For experimental and theoretical work that led to improved understanding of superconducting x-ray sensors and new capabilities in x-ray

2020 Distinguished Associate Award - Kelsey Morgan

For experimental and theoretical work that led to improved understanding of superconducting x-ray sensors and new capabilities in x-ray

2020 - Silver Medal Award---Douglas Bennett, John Mates, Galen O'Neil, Daniel Schmidt, Daniel Swetz, Joel Ullom, Leila Vale, James Cline, Lawrence Hudson, Marcus Mendenhall

For enabling rapid and accurate X-ray analysis of materials and higher nuclear security through sensor breakthroughs and the world’s best reference data.

2020 - Bronze Medal Award---Douglas Bennett

For the development of theoretical models for superconducting transition-edge sensors, which have enabled new applications in X-ray spectroscopy.

2019 Distinguished Associate Award - Jiansong Gao

For his innovations in microwave kinetic inductance detector technology, with broad applications in imaging and scientific instrumentation.

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2019 - Bronze Medal Award---Charles E. Oliver, Katie Schlatter, Tiffany Atchison, Michael Blumer, Ray Holiday, Jody Sandel, Norman Bergren, Margaret Crews, Tim Drapela, Petrina Potts

For developing and implementing a central ordering and delivery program for compressed gases and liquid cryogens for the NIST Boulder campus.

2019 IEEE CSC Graduate Study Fellowship in Applied Superconductivity - Abigail Wessels

Through my involvement with optimization of soft x-ray TESs, I intend to help broaden the impact of the applied superconductivity field and

2017 - Bronze Medal Award---James Beall, Shannon Duff, Anna Fox, Gene Hilton, Johannes Hubmayr, Dan Schmidt, Michael Vissers

For the development and deployment of the world’s first multi-color cameras for measurements of the cosmic microwave background.

O'Neil, Ullom, Jimenez, Alpert, Swetz, Doriese, Silverman, Miaja

2017 - Gold Medal Award---W. Bertrand (Randy) Doriese, Ralph Jimenez, Luis Miaja Avila, Galen C. O'Neil, Kevin L. Silverman, Daniel S. Swetz, Joel N. Ullom, Bradley K. Alpert

For advancing materials development by creating tabletop X-ray tools that rival or exceed those available only at massive national user facilities.

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