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Associate Director for Laboratory Programs

Awards

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2019 - Presidential Rank Award---Donna Dodson

For her technical acumen, leadership, and worldwide impact in the area of cybersecurity, including its applications in artificial intelligence and cryptography.

2019 - Bronze Medal Award---Rodney Bryant, Matthew Bundy, Anthony Chakalis, Artur Chernovsky, Philip Deardorff, Laurean DeLauter, Marco Fernandez, Matthew Hoehler, Andrew Mundy, Brian Story

For execution of cross-laminated timber compartment fire experiments resulting in significant building code changes and improvements in fire safety.

2019 - Allen V. Astin Measurement Science Award---Jun-Feng (John) Song

For revolutionizing firearm forensics by discovering a robust statistical method for attributing cartridge case evidence to a specific firearm.

2019 - B. Stephen Carpenter Award---James E. Norris

For establishing and leading the Standard Reference Photometer program, which is central to the worldwide system of ozone monitoring.

2019 - Silver Medal Award---Denis Bergeron, Jerome LaRosa, Hans Pieter Mumm, Svetlana Nour, Mark A. Tyra

For advancing nuclear reactor monitoring and nuclear nonproliferation by developing a novel, first-of-a-kind detector for measuring antineutrinos.

2019 - Bronze Medal Award---Thomas Gnaupel-Herold, Carelyn Campbell, Michael Katz, Eric Lass, Lyle Levine, Mark Stoudt, Maureen Williams, Fan Zhang, Thien Phan

For identifying improved post-processing treatments for additive manufacturing metal alloys that resolve a critical issue of mechanical part failure.

2019 - Colleagues' Choice Award---Michael Brundage

For exceptional commitment in developing new capabilities that advance NIST Smart Manufacturing efforts to improve industry operational efficiency.

Engineering Laboratory staff discussing potential laboratory emergency scenarios as part of a safety tabletop exercise.

2019 - Safety Award---Engineering Laboratory

For instituting innovative annual tabletop safety exercises as a key component of safety management in the Engineering Laboratory.

2019 - Gold Medal Award---Ramaswamy Chandramouli

For developing the security recommendations for operating system virtualizations used in cloud technologies around the world.

2019 - Bronze Medal Award---Veronika Szalai

For partnering with industry to reduce the cost and complexity of applying electron paramagnetic resonance to a broad range of measurement challenges

2019 - Distinguished Mentoring Award---Brian Copello

For exceptional mentorship of NIST staff and establishment of career progression pathways for CTL administrative staff.

2019 - Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers---Elijah Petersen

For pioneering toxicity measurement methods for nanomaterials to help industry and the public sector assess the environmental, health and safety impacts of products such as carbon nanotubes.

2019 - Ron Brown Excellence in Innovation Award---Adam Jacoff, Kenny 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---Allison Barnard Feeney, Shaw C. Feng, John A. Horst

For vision, leadership and outstanding contributions to a standard for the exchange of quality information in digital manufacturing enterprises.

2019 - Bronze Medal Award---Val Miller

For leading a national calibration laboratory proficiency testing (PT) program for state weights and measures and industry laboratories

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.