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Office of the Director

Awards

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2024 - Bronze Medal Award---Christopher Celi, Benjamin Livelsberger, Robert Staples, Harold Booth, Apostol Vassilev

For enabling expedited conformance testing of cryptographic algorithm implementations, leading to more secure IT products worldwide.

2024 - Eugene Casson Crittenden Award---Darrell Smothers

For improving facilities and ensuring the continuation of NIST's vital missions through unparalleled commitment and expertise.

2024 - Safety Award---Peter Lowell, Alvin Flores, John Nibarger

For the development and evolution of a comprehensive safety program for NIST's Boulder Micro-Fabrication Facility cleanroom.

2024 - Colleagues' Choice Award---Tae Joon Cho

For generous giving of time, support, and expertise to many colleagues, resulting in highly productive outcomes for nanomaterial metrology efforts.

2024 - Gold Medal Award---Melissa Taylor

For extraordinary leadership in improving the quality and transparency of forensic science practice through development of process maps.

2024 - Bronze Medal Award---Marilyn White, Paula Deutsch, Matthew Davis, Katelynd Bucher, Susan Makar, Sarah Reeves, Alan Olson, Julie Jew , Muriel Midon

For outstanding technical achievement in the implementation and promotion of the NIST Library Search, a unified library services platform.

Tammy Lucas, John Nibarger, Peter Lowell, Daniel Schmidt

2024 - Bronze Medal Award---John Biesecker, Peter Lowell, Tammy Lucas, John Nibarger, Daniel Schmidt, Joel Ullom, Michael Vissers

For developing an innovative process to fabricate superconducting interconnects for circuits with applications in astrophysics and quantum science.

2024 - Diversity, Inclusivity and Equal Employment Opportunity Award---William Ratcliff

For outstanding efforts within NIST and throughout the academic community to increase diversity and inclusivity in the scientific workforce.

2024 - George A. Uriano Award---Sarah Hughes, Danni Leicht, Terese Manley, Ellen Ryan

For creating and executing a business accelerator for communication innovations that enhance capabilities of first responders.

2024 - Gold Medal Award---Adriana Lita, Sae Woo Nam, Thomas Gerrits

For developing high-efficiency, low-noise, superconducting transition-edge sensors able to count single photons for photonic quantum computers.

2024 - Bronze Medal Award---Kimberly Keinath

For exceptional administrative support and unusual effort to acquire and share new skills during an extended period of reduced staffing levels.

2024 - Bronze Medal Award---Richard Candell, Karl Montgomery

For the advancement of transmission scheduling in wireless time-sensitive networks for industrial robotic control applications in manufacturing.

2024 - Bronze Medal Award---Daniel Slichter, Varun Verma, Dietrich Leibfried, Richard Mirin

For the realization of the first single-photon detector integrated with an ion trap for the high-fidelity state readout of a trapped-ion quantum bit.

2024 - Judson C. French Award---Matthew Spidell

For reducing the uncertainty in calibration of the world network of gravitational wave observatories.

2024 - Presidential Rank Award---John Lehman

Recognized with a Distinguished Rank for sustained extraordinary accomplishments.

2024 - Bronze Medal Award---Robert Bohn

For leadership in establishing and managing an international team to develop a Beyond-5G testbed to advance global communication service and network federation.

Kerrianne Buchanan, Mary Theofanos, Yee-Yin Choong

2024 - Bronze Medal Award---Yee-Yin Choong, Mary Theofanos, Kerrianne Buchanan

For groundbreaking research on youth cybersecurity and privacy, transforming how we protect and educate the new generation of digital citizens.

2024 - Eugene Casson Crittenden Award---Terri Viezbicke

For providing exemplary customer service and operations in support of mission-critical conferences, tours, and events on the NIST Boulder campus.

2024 - Safety Award---Donald Harriss, Lisa Soucy, Stephanie Layman, Terese Manley, Christopher Dennis

For creating and executing a safety plan for an uncrewed aircraft system (UAS) competition, enabling safe indoor flight of UAS prototypes during the event.

2024 - Gold Medal Award---Ramona Saar, Nathalie Rioux, Gerry Smith

For extraordinary leadership and coordination of mutual recognition agreements for the conformity assessment of telecommunications equipment.

2024 - Bronze Medal Award---Shelly Bagchi, Jeremy Marvel, Megan Zimmerman

For developing innovative metrology tools, standards, and global community events to advance technologies for human-robot interaction.

2024 - Bronze Medal Award---Austin McDannald, Brian DeCost, Howie Joress, Aaron Gilad Kusne

For development and distribution of generalized frameworks for autonomous experimentation targeted to a variety of materials science applications.

2024 - Distinguished Mentoring Award---David Wollman

For his exceptional guidance, commitment to fostering career development, and dedication to the NIST community.

2024 - George A. Uriano Award---Scott McNichol, Olivia McCasey, Darren Olson, Jannet Cancino

For partnering with NTIA on the $43 billion Broadband Program team to streamline and reduce NIST grants review and award process time by 40%.

2024 - Gold Medal Award---Charles Majkrzak, Christoph Brocker, Nicholas Maliszewskyj, Brian Maranville, David Hoogerheide, Alexander Grutter, Paul Kienzle, Daniel Ogg, Douglas Ogg, Stephen Pheiffer

For the development of the world's best neutron reflectometer, providing unprecedented information on buried interfaces with sub-nanometer resolution.

Advanced communications
-Open Radio Access Network (Open-RAN)
-Quantum communications
-Spectrum sharing
-Wireless (RF)
Bioscience
-Bioimaging
-Bioinformatics
-Biomanufacturing
-Biomaterials
-Cell biology
-Cell-free systems
-Engineering / synthetic biology
-Gene delivery systems
-Genome editing
-Genomics
-Glycomics
-Metabolomics
-Microbial measurements
-Proteomics
-Sequence screening
-Transcriptomics
Buildings and Construction
-Building codes and standards
-Building control systems
-Building damage and repair
-Building economics
-Building materials
-Energy efficiency
-Heating, ventilation and air conditioning equipment
-Indoor air quality
-Structural engineering
-Thermal comfort
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
-Alternative energy
-Conventional energy
-Electric power / smart grid
-Fuels
Environment
-Air / water / soil quality
-Climate Measurements
-Environmental health
-Greenhouse gas measurements
-Marine science
-Sustainability
Fire
-Emergency building evacuation
-Fire detection
-Fire dynamics and science
-Fire fighting
-Fire modeling
-Fire risk reduction
-Materials flammability
-Structural fire resistance
-Wildland urban interface fire
Forensic Science
-Digital evidence
-Drugs and toxicology
-Firearms and toolmarks
-Forensic biometrics
-Forensic genetics
-Trace evidence
Health
-Biopharmaceuticals
-Cell and gene therapy
-Clinical diagnostics
-Dentistry
-Food and nutrition
-Human microbiome
-Medical imaging
-Precision medicine
-Regenerative medicine and advanced therapy
Information technology
-Artificial intelligence
--AI measurement and evaluation
--Applied AI
--Fundamental AI
--Hardware for AI
--Machine learning
--Trustworthy and responsible AI
-Biometrics
-Cloud computing and virtualization
-Complex systems
-Computational science
-Conformance testing
-Cyber-physical systems
--Smart cities
-Cybersecurity
--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
-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
-Privacy
-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 in manufacturing
--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
-Baldrige award
-Baldrige examiners
-Baldrige Framework and Criteria
-Best practices
-Leadership development
Physics
-Atomic / molecular / quantum
-Biological physics
-Condensed matter
-Electron physics
-Magnetics
-Nuclear physics
-Optical physics and communications
-Quantum information science
-Radiation
-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
-Disaster and failure studies
-Earthquake risk reduction
-Resilience economics
-Resilient materials
-Windstorm impact reduction
Standards
-Accreditation
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-Conformity assessment
-Documentary standards
-Frameworks
-Quality assurance
-Reference data
-Reference instruments
-Reference materials
-Standards education
Technology transfer
Transportation
-Aerospace
-Automotive