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Awards

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2018 - Bronze Medal Award---Gilberto Castillo, José Colucci-Rios, Brian Lagas, Adelwiza Lequin, Anne-Louise Marquis, J. Michael Simpson, Gloria Solomon, Kenneth P. Voytek, Jedd Vertman

For expedited, cross-agency funding and program support of MEP Centers to assist manufacturers impacted by hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria.

2018 - Bronze Medal Award---John Barton

For leading the development of legal metrology standards for "app-based" transportation-network measurement systems used in ride-hailing applications.

2018 - Edward Uhler Condon Award---Pavel Kabos, T. Mitch Wallis

For making a complex topic accessible through their foundational textbook on measurement techniques for radio frequency nanoelectronics.

2018 - George A. Uriano Award---Patricia R. Toth

For leadership in the publication of NIST Handbook 162 to assist U.S. manufacturers with implementing critical cybersecurity protections.

2018 - Bronze Medal Award---David Cypher, Wesley Garey, Jason Kahn, Richard Rouil, Yishen Sun, Christopher Walton

For the standardization of mission-critical Voice over Long Term Evolution (VoLTE) in support of public-safety communications and the First Responder Network.

Fischer, Bailey, Eastman, Schaefer, Scott

2018 - Bronze Medal Award---Dawn Bailey, Mary Eastman, Barbara Fischer, Christine Schaefer, LouAnn Scott

For developing, authoring, and maintaining Blogrige, the official blog of the Baldrige Performance Excellence Program.

2018 - Gold Medal Award---Thomas Perkins

For significantly advancing biomedical understanding of crucial proteins by creating the world's best biological atomic force microscope.

2018 - Distinguished Career Award---Mike Martin

For outstanding service in developing and implementing NIST's corporate leadership development program, creating a legacy of effective and engaged NIST leaders.

2018 - Eugene Casson Crittenden Award---Laurell R. Phillips, Jr.

For exceptional administrative support of MML's Chemical Sciences Division during a period of diminished staffing.

2018 - Bronze Medal Award---William A. Kimes, James E. Maslar, Brent A. Sperling

For development and application of in-situ optical methods that increase quality and yield during nanoelectronic device manufacturing.

2018 - Silver Medal Award---José Aumentado, Konrad Lehnert, Raymond Simmonds, John Teufel

For creating the fundamental, enabling components of future quantum networks that will process information much faster than current computer networks.

Podobedov, Curry, Houston, Eppeldauer, Yoon, Shaw

2018 - Judson C. French Award---John J. Curry, George Eppeldauer, Jeanne Houston, Vyacheslav Podobedov, Ping-Shine Shaw, Howard Yoon

For realizing and disseminating the best-in-the-world capability for absolute calibration of optical detectors from the visible to the far infrared.

2018 - Safety Award---Craig Connelly, Andrew Thompson, Kamel Saidi

For the development and execution of rigorous safety protocols and infrastructure for the NIST Unmanned Aerial Systems Flight and Payload Challenge.

2018 - Bronze Medal Award---Brian R. Burnham, Joseph Mahlberg, Wayne Pierce, Ruben A. Rodriguez

For extraordinary design and engineering in achieving LEED-CI Platinum ratings for the renovations of Wing 3 and Wing 6 of Building 1.

2018 - Silver Medal Award---Brian R. Burnham, Ruben A. Rodriguez, Roger A. Blalock, Christine A. Carson, Ellen L. Ryan

For innovative leadership of cost-effective facilities construction resulting in a state-of-the-art building for world-leading scientific advances.

2018 - Samuel Wesley Stratton Award---Savelas A. Rabb, Robert D. Vocke

For key contributions to the international redefinition of the kilogram resulting from breakthrough advances in the measurement of molar mass.

2018 - Bronze Medal Award---Samuel M. Stavis

For significantly advancing the state of the art in nanoparticle measurement by producing readily deployable, precise and accurate nanofluidic devices.

2018 - Bronze Medal Award---David W. Allen, Catherine Cooksey, Benjamin Tsai

For creating the first-ever robust compilation of human skin reflectance data needed for medical imaging, machine vision, and security applications.

2018 - Allen V. Astin Measurement Science Award---Mary Bedner, Carolyn Burdette, Johanna Camara, Katrice Lippa, Karen W. Phinney, Lane C. Sander

For creating the measurement infrastructure required for global assessment of the role of vitamin D in human health.