Awards

In recognition of demonstrated technical expertise in and dedication to the development of structural codes and standards

In recognition of her character, professional integrity, and years of outstanding service to the civil engineering profession.

Shaw C. Feng is recognized with the Eli Whitney Productivity Award for his outstanding contributions to using efficiently linked data to enable digital metrology, sustainable manufacturing and systems integration for manufacturing industries thereby...

In recognition of her distinguished contributions to mathematics and mathematics education as well as her skill in delivering an expository lecture. A full press release is available at: https://awm-math.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/PR-Falconer...

For exceptional scientific creativity and achievement in designing and implementing state-of-the-art trapped-ion optical clocks with the lowest systematic uncertainty.

The National Institute of Standards and Technology's team that runs the National Vulnerabilities Database was awarded the 2021 InnovateIT Award: Security Innovation Leader. Bob Byers is credited with leading a team that developed a method to better...

COE Award for Post-Doctoral Researcher Excellence recognizes a postdoctoral fellow who has demonstrated excellence in research, teaching, mentoring, service, and/or leadership

ITL is pleased to announce that Dr. Ellen Voorhees has been named a NIST Fellow. Dr. Voorhees is a pioneer and recognized leader in the U.S. Government’s efforts to advance the state of the art in information retrieval technology through evaluation...

Ms. Sokol is recognized for her tenacious participation and significant exemplary leadership in the development of international standards for smart cards, cloud computing, and cybersecurity. She has successfully served as an International...

Mary Frances Theofanos is recognized for numerous contributions to the INICTS/M1 – Biometrics and INCITS/SSE – Software and Systems Engineering standards communities and their international mirror groups, ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 37 and ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 7...

INCITS recognizes Mr. Messina for his numerous contributions to the INCITS/Cloud38 – Cloud Computing and Distributed Platforms standards community. John Messina has been a member of INCITS/Cloud38 and its vice-chair for several years and has held...

Dr Ye and his team are world leaders in time keeping and communicating with atoms through light.

The UMass Amherst College of Engineering announced the five recipients of its 2021 Distinguished Alumni Award representing the college’s five departments. Robert W. Ivester ’91, ’93 MS, ’96 PhD, Acting MEP Director and Deputy Director at the National...

He is the inventor of the pulsed laser deposition process and is a pioneer in its application to thin films of complex oxides and related multi component materials, which has transformed research on films/ heterostructures globally.

Adam Jacoff, Ann Virts, Kamel Saidi, Elena Messina, Kenny Kimble, Dave Schmitt, Tony Downs, and Brian Weiss are recognized as 2021 FINALIST for the 2021 Service to America Medal in the category of Safety, Security, and International Affairs for...

The NIST on a Chip video series was recognized by the Academy of Interactive and Visual Arts with a Communicator Award in the Online Video - Campaign or Series–Web Series category. The Communicator Awards is an annual competition honoring the best...

The research work "Estimation of the critical external heat leading to the failure of lithium-ion batteries" by Wei Tang (NIOSH), Wai Cheong Tam (NIST), Liming Yuan (NIOSH), Thomas Dubaniewicz (NIOSH), Richard Thomas (NIOSH), and John Soles (NIOSH)...

John Schiel played a leading role in the development of a protein therapeutic measurements and standards program that works closely with the biopharmaceutical industry, regulators, and instrumentation companies. Specifically, he led a team of NIST...

Recognized for outstanding efforts to foster cooperation among bodies involved in global IT standardization.

Recognized for leadership in smart manufacturing standards and technology development.

For going above and beyond in helping to advance U.S. Metric Association’s (USMA) goal of "completing the US conversion to the International System of Units."

Recognized as an outstanding, early-career engineer invited to an intensive symposium to facilitate interdisciplinary transfer of knowledge that could lead to collaborative networks of engineers from the two countries.

Congratulations to Victoria Yan Pillitteri who received the 2021 Federal 100 award.

Congratulations to Elham Tabassi who received the 2021 Federal 100 award.

Kathryn Keenan has been named a 2021 Scialog Advanced Bioimaging Fellow. Scialog Fellows collaborate in high-risk discovery research and communicate their findings at annual closed conferences. The Advanced Bioimaging Fellows have wide-ranging...