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Associate Director for Laboratory Programs

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GOSCON Award

For promoting performance evaluation and benchmarking for robot systems and facilitating innovations in robotics

2009 Deborah Jin Award for Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Research in Atomic, Molecular, or Optical Physics - Andrew Ludlow

The Strontium Optical Lattice Clock: Optical Spectroscopy with sub-Hertz Accuracy.

SME Fellow

Albert J. Wavering III is the acting deputy director of National Institute of Standards & Technology's Manufacturing Engineering Laboratory

2009 Samuel C. Collins Award - Ray Radebaugh

Dr. Radebaugh received the Samuel C. Collins Award in recognition of his outstanding contributions to the identification and solution of

AIAG award

For substantial contribution and leadership on behalf of the automotive industry.

Sae Woo Nam Receives 2008 Arthur S. Flemming Award

Sae Woo Nam, Leader of the Quantum Information and Terahertz Technology Project in the Optoelectronics Division of EEEL, was recognized with

2009 JARI Enterprise Award - Lawrence T. Hudson

He received the award for outstanding progress and future promise in the area of X-ray diffraction spectroscopy of highly-charged ions and

2008 Arthur Flemming Award - Steve Stranick

Dr. Stranick received the Arthur S. Flemming Award in Basic Science for his innovations in chemical imaging microscopy techniques below the

2009 Turkish Academy of Sciences - Miral Dizdar

Dr. Miral Dizdar has been elected to the Turkish Academy of Sciences as a principal member. For more on his research.

2009 Robert Fairer Award - Anne Plant

Dr. Plant received the Robert E. Fairer Award for her work on developing world standards for the medical community. For more on her research

2009 Washington Academy of Sciences Award - Dr. Joseph Reader

In order to recognize scientific work of merit and distinction, the Washington Academy of Sciences gives awards annually to scientists who

2009 Hevesy Medal - Richard Lindstrom

Dr. Lindstrom received the George Hevesy Award for his exceptional and comprehensive contributions to radioanalytical measurement science

2009 Hillebrand Award - Michael Kurylo

Dr. Kurylo is recognized with The Hillebrand Award for his exceptional achievements in the area of stratospheric chemistry including the

2009 APS Fellow - David Plusquellic

For seminal contributions to the spectroscopic investigation of the conformational dynamics and hydrogen-bonding interactions of biological

2009 APS Fellow - Thomas Gentile

For his extensive contributions to diverse precision measurements, particularly in the development of neutron spin filters using polarized

2009 American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellow - William Kirchhoff

Dr. Kirchhoff received the American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellow Award for his distinguished contributions as an

2009 Microscopy Society of America Fellow - Dale Newbury

Dr. Newbury received the Microscopy Society of America Fellow Award for his seminal contributions to the application of x-ray microanalysis

Eswaran Subrahmanian AAAS Fellow

For distinguished contribution to design theory and methodology and its implications for design support systems & for bridging theory

Paul Boynton Receives 2008 William P. Slichter Award

Paul Boynton is recognized for his leadership in modern standards and measurement methods for electronic displays, particularly for his

G. Diane Lee, Elizabeth J. Benham, Georgia L. Harris, and Val R. Miller - Bronze Award (2008)

For Leadership in creating a comprehensive U.S. program for State weights and measures laboratories to ensure the validity of commercial

Sae Woo Nam Receives 2008 Rabinow Award

Dr. Sae Woo Nam is recognized for the development and application of ground-breaking single photon detectors, which are furthering some of

2008 AWS Davis Silver Medal - Thomas Siewert

For their paper entitled "Failure of Welded Floor Truss Connections from the Extension Wall during Collapse of the World Trade Center Towers

2008 Arthur L. Schawlow Prize in Laser Science - James Bergquist

Bergquist was chosen "for his contributions to laser science and tests of fundamental physical principles, in particular the application of

Lehman, Cromer, and Li Receive 2008 FLC Technology Transfer Award

Chris Cromer, John Lehman, and Xiaoyu Li, along with Don Dooley (Spectrum Detector), were recognized for their pioneering work in

2008 APS Fellow - Scott Diddams

For major contributions to the development of optical frequency comb technology, and particularly for pioneering demonstrations of frequency

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