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2020 W. G. Cady Award - Craig Nelson

For leadership in the design and development of state-of-the-art low noise oscillators and phase noise measurement systems. Learn More

Charles Romine Receives 2019 Presidential Rank Award

Charles Romine is recognized for his leadership in transforming the NIST Information Technology Laboratory (ITL) into the nation’s leading institution conducting research in information technology metrology, including a broad range of areas such as...

Donna Dodson Receives 2019 Presidential Rank Award

Donna Dodson is recognized for her technical acumen, extraordinary leadership, and worldwide impact in the area of cybersecurity. She serves as both Director of the National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence and Associate Director of the NIST...

Ronald Boisvert Selected as a Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)

Ronald Boisvert, Chief of ITL’s Applied and Computational Mathematics Division (ACMD), has been selected as a Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). Becoming an ACM Fellow is no small feat, as the award and fellowship recognize...

2019 - Samuel Wesley Stratton Award---Wei Zhou

For neutron measurements and modeling that reveal atomic interactions enabling simpler and cheaper methods of chemical separation and energy storage.

2019 - George A. Uriano Award---Suzanne Sullivan, Barbara Fischer

For exceptionally distinguished performance in financial planning and budget management for the Baldrige Performance Excellence Program.

2019 - George A. Uriano Award---Douglas Devereaux, Dileep Thatte

For creating a partnership with the Food Safety Preventive Controls Alliance, leveraging MEP Centers' outreach in support of food safety in the US.

2019 - Eugene Casson Crittenden Award---Christopher Amigo, Terry Raines, Aaron Young

For exceptional technical support over the past 15 years in the successful fabrication of critical scientific instruments for NIST scientists.

2019 - Eugene Casson Crittenden Award---Michael Braine

For developing a 24/7 lab environmental monitoring system that protects expensive equipment by alerting staff to potential problems in real time.

2019 - Eugene Casson Crittenden Award---Julie Jew

For outstanding Library E-Resources customer service in support of the research efforts of NIST's Gaithersburg and Boulder staff.

2019 - Eugene Casson Crittenden Award---James Fort

For providing critical after-hours logistical handling of temperature-sensitive Standard Reference Materials (SRMs).

2019 - Eugene Casson Crittenden Award---Theresa Shuggars

For outstanding Human Resources services to NIST.

Engineering Laboratory staff discussing potential laboratory emergency scenarios as part of a safety tabletop exercise.

2019 - Safety Award---Engineering Laboratory

For instituting innovative annual tabletop safety exercises as a key component of safety management in the Engineering Laboratory.

2019 - Safety Award---Ross Haynes

For outstanding contributions to safety and facilities management at the division and OU level within MML.

2019 - Safety Award---Bernard Brusko, David Henry, Ted Hobbes, Philip Kaiser, Bron Lackey, Robert Mathews IV, Kathryn Ritchie, Steven Smith, Thomas E. Weister

For development and execution of a new safety culture program within OFPM resulting in significant improvements in organizational safety performance.

2019 - Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers---Stephen P. Jordan

For contributions to computing science, including insight into exploiting quantum systems for computation and laying the groundwork for answers to scientific questions about the computational power of the universe.

2019 - Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers---Kathryn Keenan

For development of a world-first suite of standards for magnetic resonance imaging and providing leadership in the medical and scientific community through technology transfer and mentoring.

2019 - Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers---David Long

For contributions to the measurement of carbon-containing materials, and for his commitment to mentoring young scientists.

2019 - Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers---Elijah Petersen

For pioneering toxicity measurement methods for nanomaterials to help industry and the public sector assess the environmental, health and safety impacts of products such as carbon nanotubes.

2019 - Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers---Franklyn Quinlan

For generating the world’s most stable electromagnetic signals and making a 10,000-fold improvement in the ability to measure those signals.

2019 - Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE)---Laura Sinclair

For creating a suite of optical tools suitable for precisely measuring applications that are used outside of laboratory environments.

2019 - Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers---Varun Verma

For pioneering devices that detect and count single particles of light, and for serving the community through professional leadership, mentoring and helping others.

2019 - Silver Medal Award---Yun Liu

For identifying the root cause of a major obstacle preventing promising new monoclonal antibody therapies from reaching their true potential.

2019 - Silver Medal Award---Tommy Armstrong, John R. Bollinger, Daniel Gilmore, Steven Smith, Brian Dougherty, Thomas M. Sherman, Timothy Hoseth

For sustained superior group performance pursuing procurement and construction of a 15-acre, 5-megawatt, solar array system for the NIST Gaithersburg campus.

2019 - Silver Medal Award---Denis Bergeron, Jerome LaRosa, Hans Pieter Mumm, Svetlana Nour, Mark A. Tyra

For advancing nuclear reactor monitoring and nuclear nonproliferation by developing a novel, first-of-a-kind detector for measuring antineutrinos.

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