Awards

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Laura Sinclair Receives 2024 Arthur S. Flemming Award

Dr. Laura Sinclair is being recognized in the Applied Science and Engineering category for pioneering femtosecond free-space optical time-transfer, enabling unprecedented precision in timekeeping. During her 12 years at NIST, she has authored nearly...

2024 - Excellence in Tech Transfer---Brian Washburn, Kevin Cossel, Laura Sinclair, Esther Baumann, Fabrizio Giorgetta, Ian Coddington

For the successful transfer of dual-comb spectroscopy technology to energy, climate, and agricultural industries.

2022 - Allen V. Astin Measurement Science Award---Dazhen Gu, Aaron Hagerstrom, Benjamin Jamroz, Jeffrey Jargon, Christian Long, Ann F. Monke, Eric Stanfield, Angela Stelson, John Stoup, Dylan Williams

For developing rigorous traceability with correlated uncertainties for microwave power and scattering parameters at 5G/6G communications frequencies.

2021 - Presidential Rank Award---Nathan Newbury

For outstanding leadership and pioneering contributions to fiber-based optical frequency combs for record-breaking optical time transfer and spectroscopy.

2020 Distinguished Associate Award - Fabrizio Giorgetta

For development and translation of ultra-precise gas sensing technology with application to the oil/gas industry, defense and atmospheric science.

2020 Distinguished Associate Award - Esther Baumann

For development and translation of ultra-precise gas sensing technology with application to the oil/gas industry, defense and atmospheric science.

2020 - Bronze Medal Award---Jason Coder, Adam Wunderlich, Michael Frey, Daniel Kuester, Azizollah Kord, Jolene Splett, John Ladbury, Robert Horansky, Duncan McGillivray

For development and execution of complex factor screening of wireless emissions from LTE cellular devices to enable efficient use of scarce spectrum.

2020 - Gold Medal Award---Ian Coddington, Kevin Cossel, Nathan Newbury, William Swann, Eleanor Waxman

For development and translation of ultra-precise gas sensing technology with application to the oil/gas industry, defense and atmospheric science.

2020 - Allen V. Astin Measurement Science Award---Melissa Midzor, Adam Wunderlich, Duncan McGillivray, Michael Frey, Michael Souryal, John Ladbury, Azizollah Kord, Jason Coder, Jolene Splett, Daniel Kuester

For pioneering innovative measurements and access to a national network of test facilities for the U.S. communications industry and federal operators.

2020 - Arthur S. Flemming Award---William Phillips, Ian Coddington, Andrew Ludlow

The Arthur S. Flemming Award was established in 1948 to honor outstanding federal employees for unusually meritorious work.

2019 - Bronze Medal Award---David R. Novotny, Jeanne Quimby, Kate A. Remley, Richard Candell

For innovative measurement methods and a first-ever guide that enables manufacturers to realize the benefits of wireless technologies in factories.

2019 - William P. Slichter Award---Nada Golmie, Kate A. Remley

For leadership of the NIST 5G mmWave Channel Model Alliance to accelerate the development and deployment of next-generation communications technology.

2019 - Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE)---Laura Sinclair

For creating a suite of optical tools suitable for precisely measuring applications that are used outside of laboratory environments.

Back Row: Sherman, Beloy, Swann, Hume, Newbury, Ludlow Front Row: Leibrandt, Sinclair

2019 - Gold Medal Award---Kyle Beloy, David Hume, David Leibrandt, Andrew Ludlow, Nathan Newbury, Jeffrey Sherman, Laura Sinclair, William Swann, Jun Ye

For creating and networking the world's best optical atomic clocks for a 100-fold improvement in precision timekeeping over the state of the art.

2019 Governor's Award for High-Impact Research

A technology based on innovative laser spectroscopy research at NIST and the University of Colorado has been ruggedized and commercialized here in Colorado for use in the field and can detect methane a quarter of a human breath from over a mile away...

2019 PECASE - Laura Sinclair

For creating a suite of some of the world’s best optical tools to bring precision measurement out of well-controlled laboratory environments and into the field for such applications as long-distance time transfer and detection of airborne...

2017 - Gold Medal Award---Ari D. Feldman, Sheryl M. Genco, Michael D. Janezic, Azizollah Kord, Daniel G. Kuester, John M. Ladbury, Duncan A. McGillivray, Adam J. Wunderlich, Wen-Bin Yang, William F. Young

For developing a test methodology and performing measurements to quantitatively assess the impact of LTE signals on the performance of GPS receivers.

January 2017 Woman Physicist of the Month - Laura Sinclair

Dr. Laura Sinclair is a physicist in the Applied Physics Division at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). She is recognized for pioneering new robust optical tools based on fiber frequency combs that operate outside well...

2012 PECASE - Ian Coddington

Dr. Ian Coddington is recognized for pioneering rapid, precision metrology tools based on robust, low-cost fiber frequency comb sources that have positioned him at the forefront of remote sensing and spectroscopy research and for contributions to...

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