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Associate Director for Laboratory Programs

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2022 SPIE George W. Goddard Award in Space and Airborne Optics - Michelle Stephens

Michelle Stephens received the 2022 SPIE George W. Goddard Award in Space and Airborne Optics in recognition of technical innovation

2021 - Bronze Medal Award---Heather Snow, Sue Ha, Tina Rieger, Douglas Ritchey, Kevin Conrad, Jose Sanchez, Jr., Gregory Strouse

For strengthening NIST safety and security by successfully implementing 100% electronic badge scanning at all Gaithersburg gates.

2021 - Bronze Medal Award---Martin Chiang

For developing a suite of tools and a documentary standard to support advancements and improved clinical longevity for dental composite restorations.

2021 - Judson C. French Award---Carolyn Steffen, Erica Romsos, Katherine Gettings, Kevin Kiesler, Lisa Borsuk, Hariharan Iyer, Peter Vallone

For development and characterization of a next-generation forensic DNA Standard Reference Material using a diverse suite of molecular techniques.

2021 - Gold Medal Award---Lili Wang, Linhua Tian, Elzafir Elsheikh, Sarah Inwood, Sheng Lin-Gibson

For rapidly developing quantitative antibody assays and advancing global standards to underpin development of COVID-19 clinical tests and vaccines.

2021 - Bronze Medal Award---Craig Schlenoff, William Harrison, Anthony Downs, Pavlo Piliptchak, Murat Aksu

For developing an innovative simulation-based robot agility competition that has spurred breakthrough solutions to industry’s robotics challenges.

2021 - Bronze Medal Award---Chin-wen Chou, David Hume, David Leibrandt, Dietrich Leibfried, Tara Fortier, Scott Diddams, Alejandra Collopy

For breakthrough metrology to control and entangle atomic and molecular ions, providing powerful new approaches to quantum computing and networking.

2021 - William P. Slichter Award---Lyle Levine, Brandon Lane, Kalman Migler, Shawn Moylan, Mark Stoudt, Maureen Williams, Jonathan Seppala, Thien Phan, Ho Yeung, Sandra Young

For establishing the AM Bench Test Series to increase the reliability of simulations of additive manufacturing processes that are critical to industry.

2021 - Silver Medal Award---Varun Verma, Adriana Lita, Richard Mirin, Sae Woo Nam, Thomas Gerrits, Martin Stevens, Robert Horansky

For advancing quantum communication and imaging applications by creating novel high-efficiency single-photon detectors and kilopixel arrays

2021 - Bronze Medal Award---Darrin Dimmick, Angela Ellis, Gabriella Gomez

For providing unparalleled technical and administrative support to enable critical information retrieval research functions worldwide.

2021 - B. Stephen Carpenter Award---Sally Bruce

For leadership in quality management for national metrology institutes and advancing the information systems of the International System of Units.

2021 - Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medal---Callie Higgins

Dr. Higgins Invented a potentially revolutionary technology to detect and remedy microscopic flaws that threaten the safety/reliability of 3D-printed products.

2021 - Bronze Medal Award---Robert Commarota, Cerasela Constantin, Sushama Singh , Simon Frechette , Eric Shirley, Andrea Medina-Smith, Elisabeth Mansfield, Douglas Montgomery, Peter Gehring, Fernando J. Cintron

For development of an IT system to modernize and simplify NIST's publication processes

2021 - Bronze Medal Award---Daniel Wheeler, Trevor Keller, Jonathan Guyer, James Warren

For leading a community-sourced effort that established a foundation for building trust in phase field simulations used for advanced materials design.

2021 - Distinguished Mentoring Award---Jennifer Lynch

For mentoring and inspiring generations of young scientists to pursue the research they love, helping and inspiring them every step of the way.

2021 - Gold Medal Award---Peter Vallone, Megan Cleveland, William Valiant, Erica Romsos, Carolyn Steffen, Nathanael Olson, Stephanie Servetas, Hariharan Iyer

For rapid development of NIST’s first RNA research-grade test material for detection and diagnostic measurements of COVID-19 SARS-CoV-2 viral RNA.

2021 - Bronze Medal Award---Keith Stouffer, Timothy Zimmerman, CheeYee Tang, Michael Pease, Jeffrey Cichonski

For development and dissemination of the first detailed cybersecurity guidelines specifically for protecting small and medium-sized manufacturers.

2021 - Bronze Medal Award---Nikolai N. Klimov, Zeeshan Ahmed, Tobias Herman

For the development of the silicon nanophotonic thermometer as a robust replacement for the widely used, 150-year-old, standard resistance thermometer.

2021 - Safety Award---Brian Brass, Andrew Persily, Steven Emmerich, Lisa Ng, Charles Bowers, Christian Colburn, Danielle Swarts, Carrie Kelly, Drew Comley, George Potts, Jr.

For developing research-based guidelines and best practices to maximize the impact of campus ventilation systems, which prepared NIST for Phase 1 reopening.

2021 - Silver Medal Award---Jason Blake, Robert Gendler, Blair Heiserman, Mark Trapnell, Eric Trapnell, Dylan Yaga, Murugiah Souppaya

For development of the first free public cybersecurity SCAP 1.3 content for the macOS Catalina (macOS 10.15) and Big Sur (macOS 11).

2022 Ron Brown Excellence Award Ellen Voorhees

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.