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Associate Director for Laboratory Programs

Awards

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2019 - Edward Bennett Rosa Award---Boonserm Kulvatunyou, Frank Riddick, Evan Wallace

For outstanding technical leadership in the development of a new information standard and software to support food manufacturing and food safety.

2019 - Silver Medal Award---Tommy Armstrong, John R. Bollinger, Daniel Gilmore, Steven Smith, Brian Dougherty, Thomas M. Sherman, Timothy Hoseth

For sustained superior group performance pursuing procurement and construction of a 15-acre, 5-megawatt, solar array system for the NIST Gaithersburg campus.

2019 - Bronze Medal Award---Michael Halter

For development and deployment of a method to benchmark performance of fluorescence microscopes that is accessible to the general user community.

2019 - Edward Uhler Condon Award---Peter Mell, Dylan Yaga

For excellence in exposition that effectively demystifies blockchain technologies and provides authoritative guidance on its use.

2019 - Eugene Casson Crittenden Award---James Fort

For providing critical after-hours logistical handling of temperature-sensitive Standard Reference Materials (SRMs).

Chakalis, Hoehler, Bundy, Chernovsky, Bryant, Choe, Story, DeLauter

2019 - Gold Medal Award---Rodney Bryant, Matthew Bundy, Anthony Chakalis, Artur Chernovsky, Lisa Choe, Laurean DeLauter, Matthew Hoehler, Brian Story

For developing advanced measurement capabilities at the National Fire Research Laboratory, a unique national facility for studying buildings and structures exposed to fire.

Thompson, Mohamoud, Vijayaverl, Dmuchowski, Senseney

2019 - Bronze Medal Award---Zak Mohamoud, Justin Senseney, Rathini Vijayaverl, Steven Dmuchowski, Kristy Thompson

For exceptional contributions implementing the new grants review process using Google's G-Suite Cloud services.

2019 - Distinguished Mentoring Award---Jason Killgore

For his tireless ability to motivate mentees to be inquisitive and innovative while guiding scientific research to impactful new directions.

2019 - Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers---David Long

For contributions to the measurement of carbon-containing materials, and for his commitment to mentoring young scientists.

2019 - Arthur S. Flemming Award---R. Joseph Kline

For his interdisciplinary research of methods to determine the complex, three-dimensional structure of state-of-the-art microelectronic devices and the molecular structure and orientation of organic electronics materials for flexible electronics.

2019 - Bronze Medal Award---Dustin Poppendieck

For innovative research and standards leadership in quantifying airborne contaminant emissions from spray polyurethane foam insulation

Stocker, Zheng, Renegar, Soons, Thompson

2019 - Bronze Medal Award---Robert M. Thompson, Thomas B. Renegar, Johannes A. Soons, Michael T. Stocker, Xiaoyu A. Zheng

For novel contributions to the field of forensics by digitally preserving ballistic evidence from the John F. Kennedy assassination, for the benefit of future generations.

2019 - Jacob Rabinow Applied Research Award---Jabez McClelland

For innovations in laser cooling of atoms resulting in the commercialization of new methods for performing ion beam fabrication and microscopy.

2019 - Silver Medal Award---Yun Liu

For identifying the root cause of a major obstacle preventing promising new monoclonal antibody therapies from reaching their true potential.

2019 - Presidential Rank Award---Ian Spielman

For his pioneering work and leadership in developing quantum simulation techniques to investigate natural phenomena too complex for traditional mathematical computation.

2019 - Bronze Medal Award---John Elliott, Elijah Petersen, Blaza Toman

For development and implementation of a measurement assurance strategy to improve comparability and reliability of cell-based assays.

2019 - Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers---Behrang Hamadani

For innovative and cutting-edge research in the measurement of photovoltaic materials, dedicated leadership in developing standards, and outstanding mentorship.

2019 - Eugene Casson Crittenden Award---Michael Braine

For developing a 24/7 lab environmental monitoring system that protects expensive equipment by alerting staff to potential problems in real time.

2019 - Gold Medal Award---Adam Jacoff, Kenneth Kimble, Kamel Saidi, Ann Marie Virts

For outstanding development and dissemination of standard test methods used worldwide to evaluate and improve bomb-disposal robots and operators.

2019 - Bronze Medal Award---Paul Franchois, James Graham III, Esther Katzman, Nicholas Kulick, John Venable, Ann Leith, Andrew Mundy, Ann Rickerds

For enhancing the security of NIST public websites, expeditiously meeting federal requirements and exceeding stakeholder expectations.

2019 - Distinguished Career Award---Theodore Doiron

For sustained and lasting contributions to NIST and the next generation of practitioners in the field of precision dimensional metrology.

2019 - Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers---Kathryn Keenan

For development of a world-first suite of standards for magnetic resonance imaging and providing leadership in the medical and scientific community through technology transfer and mentoring.

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 - Bronze Medal Award---Raied Caromi, Tim Hall, Thao Nguyen, Anirudha Sahoo, Michael Souryal

For the standardization of Citizens Broadband Radio Service in support of more efficient spectrum sharing between commercial and federal users.

2019 - Bronze Medal Award---Gillian Nave

For providing ultraprecise spectroscopic benchmarks in support of U.S. industry and research, including the search for extraterrestrial planets

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-Open Radio Access Network (Open-RAN)
-Quantum communications
-Spectrum sharing
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Artificial intelligence
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--Automated vehicles
--Autonomous laboratories
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-Fundamental AI
-Hardware for AI
-Machine learning
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Bioscience
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-Biometrology
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-Cell measurements
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--Biofabrication
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--Protein engineering
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-Metabolomics
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Buildings and Construction
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-Building control systems
-Building damage and repair
-Building economics
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-Energy efficiency
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-Structural engineering
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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
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-Conventional energy
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Environment
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-Environmental health
-Greenhouse gas measurements
-Marine science
-Sustainability
Fire
-Fire detection
-Fire dynamics and science
-Fire fighting
-Fire modeling
-Fire risk reduction
-Materials flammability
-Structural fire resistance
-Wildland urban interface fire
Forensic Science
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-Drugs and toxicology
-Firearms and toolmarks
-Forensic biometrics
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-Trace evidence
Health
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-Cell and gene therapy
-Clinical diagnostics
--Cancer
--Medical imaging
-Food and nutrition
-Human microbiome
-Precision medicine
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--Flow cytometry
Information technology
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-Cloud computing and virtualization
-Complex systems
-Computational science
-Conformance testing
-Cyber-physical systems
--Smart cities
-Cybersecurity and privacy
--Cryptography
--Cybersecurity education and workforce development
--Cybersecurity measurement
--Identity and access management
--Privacy engineering
--Risk management
--Securing emerging technologies
--Trustworthy networks
--Trustworthy platforms
-Data and informatics
--Human language technology
--Information retrieval
--Natural language processing
-Digital twins
-Federal information processing standards (FIPS)
-Health IT
-Internet of Things (IoT)
-Interoperability testing
-Location based services
-Mobile
-Networking
--Mobile and wireless networking
--Network management and monitoring
--Network modeling and analysis
--Network security and robustness
--Network test and measurement
--Next generation networks
--Protocol design and standardization
--Software defined and virtual networks
-Software research
--Software testing
-Usability and human factors
--Accessibility
-Video analytics
-Virtual / augmented reality
-Visualization research
-Voting systems
Infrastructure
Manufacturing
-Additive manufacturing
-Factory communications
-Factory operations planning and control
-Interoperability in manufacturing
-Machining
-Manufacturing economics
-Manufacturing quality assurance
-Manufacturing systems design and analysis
-Monitoring, diagnostics and prognostics
-Process improvement
-Process measurement and control
-Product data
-Robotics
--Agility and adaptability
--Collaborative robots
--Dexterous grasping
--Manipulation
--Mobility and industrial autonomous vehicles
--Navigation / actuation / control
--Sensing and perception
-Supply chain
-Sustainable manufacturing
-Systems engineering
-Systems integration
-Technology commercialization
Materials
-Ceramics
-Composites
-Concrete / cement
-Materials characterization
--Composition and structure
--Mechanical properties
--Thermal properties
-Metals
-Modeling and computational material science
-Polymers
-Superconductors
Mathematics and statistics
-Experiment design
-Image and signal processing
-Modeling and simulation research
-Numerical methods and software
-Statistical analysis
-Uncertainty quantification
Metrology
-Amount of substance
-Dimensional metrology
-Electrical / electromagnetic metrology
-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
-Nanomechanics
-Nanometrology
-Nanophotonics
-Nanophysics
-Nanoplasmonics
Neutron research
Performance excellence
-Assessment tools and services
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-Baldrige Framework and Criteria
-Best practices
-Leadership development
Physics
-Atomic / molecular / quantum
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-Condensed matter
-Electron physics
-Magnetics
-Nuclear physics
-Optical physics and communications
-Quantum information science
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-Spectroscopy
-Thermodynamics
-Time and frequency
Public safety
-Chemical / Biological / Radiological / Nuclear / Explosives (CBRNE)
-First responder preparedness
-Law enforcement
-Public safety communications research
-Response robots
Resilience
-Community resilience
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-Disaster and failure studies
-Earthquake risk reduction
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Standards
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Technology transfer
Transportation
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