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2019 PECASE - Kathryn Keenan

For transforming magnetic resonance imaging into a quantitative tool to diagnose and treat cancer and neurodegenerative diseases through the

2019 PECASE - Varun Verma

For pushing the frontiers of quantum physics through pioneering new devices that detect and count single particles of light, and for serving

2019 Blavatnik National Laureate in Physical Sciences & Engineering - Ana Maria Rey, PhD

Recognized for pioneering contributions made to the field of theoretical atomic, molecular, and optical physics, including her paradigm

ACerS Distinguished Life Member Winnie Wong-Ng

Winnie Wong-Ng is senior research chemist in the Materials Measurement Science Division at the National Institute of Standards and

Fire Protection Research Foundation Medal

Medal Recognizes the Fire Protection Research Foundation Project

Medal recognizes the Fire Safety Challenges of Tall Wood Buildings Project

Michael Brundage Serves as the 2019-2020 ASME ECLIPSE Internship

ASME's Early Career Leadership Intern Program to Serve Engineering (ECLIPSE) is a competitive leadership development program that believes

R. Joseph Kline Honored with Flemming Award

For his outstanding federal service through interdisciplinary research in the evolution of methods to determine the complex, three

Samantha Maragh Honored by Maryland Science Center

Dr. Maragh recognized the need for, established and is now leading the National Institute of Standards and Technology Genome Editing

Jason Hattrick-Simpers Honored by Maryland Science Center

Dr. Hattrick-Simpers’ pioneering materials science research is aimed at the optimization of properties and processing of novel materials

2019 Gears of Government Award - Lehman, Stephens, Tomlin, Vayshenker and Yung

Established the first primary standard to measure optical fiber-based laser power by exploiting the team’s innovative coatings, which are

2019 Gears of Government Award - Thomas Perkins

Created the world’s best atomic force microscope tailored to biological measurements. Dr. Perkins’ technologies and results are improving

Joseph Kline, Daniel Sunday, and Donald Windover

Kline, Sunday, and Windover Honored with Gears of Government Award

The honorees developed and deployed a new dimensional metrology method to solve a critical challenge for the semiconductor industry. The new

2019 William A. Wildhack Award - Georgia Harris

NCSLI will best remember Georgia Harris for her outstanding sustained support for “Education” and has brought a new focus to this much

2019 Rabi Award - Steven Jefferts

For exceptional leadership in the design, development, and operation of cold-atom microwave atomic clocks.

Long Phan Receives American Concrete Institute (ACI) Concrete Research Council Arthur J. Boase Award

This honor was bestowed specifically “in recognition of your research on the response of high strength/high performance concrete structures

Kristan Corwin Receives the 5 Sigma Physicist Award

Kristan Corwin was awarded the 2019 5 Sigma Physicist Award for the writing of an op-ed in The Topeka Capital-Journal on the impact of NSF

Mark McLinden Honored by Institute of Refrigeration

Dr. McLinden is cited for “applying state-of-the-art thermodynamic property tools to address a key challenge facing the industry, namely the

Ron Ross Receives Federal 100 Award

Congratulations to Ron Ross who received the 2019 Federal 100 award.

Lily Chen Receives Federal 100 Award

Congratulations to Lily Chen who received the 2019 Federal 100 award.

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

2019 IEEE Fellow - Kin Ping (Charles) Cheung

for contributions to plasma process-induced damage in integrated circuits

2018 - Bronze Medal Award---Dustin Hite, Dietrich Leibfried, David Pappas, Andrew Wilson

For innovations in surface-science and material-preparation technology that overcame a longstanding barrier to implementing ion-trap quantum computing.

2018 - Bronze Medal Award---David W. Allen, Catherine Cooksey, Benjamin Tsai

For creating the first-ever robust compilation of human skin reflectance data needed for medical imaging, machine vision, and security applications.

2018 - Arthur S. Flemming Award---Ralph Jimenez

For his leadership in creating new tools to observe and measure the internal chemistry and biology of individual living cells in real time, accelerating previous studies by factors of 10,000 and more.

2018 - Ron Brown Excellence in Innovation Award---Thomas Perkins

For significantly advancing biomedical understanding of crucial proteins by creating the world's best biological atomic force microscope.

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