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Associate Director for Laboratory Programs

Awards

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2015 - Gold Medal Award---Steven Jefferts, Thomas Heavner

For extraordinary scientific achievement in creating and operating the NIST-F2 atomic clock, the world’s most accurate official time and frequency standard.

2015 Allen V. Astin Award - David A. Howe, Craig Nelson, and Archita Hati

For developing a world-leading program of phase noise research and measurement services to support industry and national priorities.

2015 - Bronze Medal Award---Allen R. Goldstein

For accelerating the integration of renewable energy into the power grid through establishing an international accreditation and test

Joseph Reader, Yuri Ralchenko and Alexander Kramida

2015 French Award

The Judson C. French Award, first presented in 2000, is granted for significant improvement in products delivered directly to industry

2015 Sensors Council Technical Achievement Award - John Kitching

The award was given "for pioneering work on chip-scale atomic sensors and devices."

MRI Standards Project wins 2015 CO-LABS Governor's Award

Michael Boss, Katy Keenan, Stephen Russek and Karl Stupic are recognized for advancing the forefront of biomedical imaging by developing a

2015 Highly Cited Researchers - Jun Ye and Deborah Jin

The Thomas Reuters website states, "Highly Cited Researchers 2015 represents some of world’s most influential scientific minds. About three

2015 Fellow of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine - Michael Mitch

Michael Mitch, Leader of the Dosimetry Group of the Radiation Physics Division, has been elected as a Fellow of the American Association of

2016 Joseph F. Keithley Award - Samuel Benz

Samuel Benz, of PML's Optoelectronics and Photonics Division, has received the 2016 Joseph F. Keithley Award in Instrumentation and

2015 Fulbright fellowship - Glenn Solomon

NIST has a long-standing program in quantum information science that includes creating coherence in quantum dots — a type of nanostructure —

2015 Fellow of the American Vacuum Society - Jay Hendricks

Hendricks was cited for "exceptional contributions to vacuum science and for developing new and revolutionary vacuum standards and methods

2015 Young Scientist Prize - Gretchen Campbell

The 2015 IUPAP Young Scientist prize for the Commission on Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics (C15) was awarded Dr Gretchen K Campbell, a

2015 IEEE Fellow - Paul D. Hale

Paul D. Hale has been named an IEEE Fellow for contributions to the metrology of high-speed electronic and optoelectronic devices.

Boss wins 2015 FLC Tech Transfer award

Michael Boss received the FLC Tech Transfer Award for creating MRI calibration standards that have been adopted in multi-site clinical

2014 Invention of the Year Nominee: A New Single-Photon Avalanche Diode System for LIDAR and Quantum Cryptography

UMD researchers have developed a single-photon avalanche diode (SPAD) detection system that is so sensitive that it detects photons that

2015 APS Fellow - Stephan Schlamminger

For a precision measurement of the Newtonian constant of Gravitation G and a precision measurement of the Planck constant h.

2015 APS Fellow - Gretchen Campbell

For pioneering contributions to the study of superfluidity in atomic-gas Bose-Einstein condensates using ring-shaped condensates.

2014 - Colleagues' Choice Award---Sandy W. Claggett

For exemplary dedication and services to the staff and guest researchers of the Materials Science and Engineering Division

2014 - Silver Medal Award---Su Lan Cheng (retired), Brian Cochran, Gregory Fiumara, Patricia A. Flanagan, Stanley Janet, Wayne J. Salamon, Craig I. Watson

For creating an unprecedented biometric evaluation capability that accelerated forensic standards development and innovation in biometric technology.