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Office of the Director

Awards

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2017 - Gold Medal Award---Paul C. DeRose, Catherine A. Mouchahoir, John E. Schiel, Srivalli Telikepalli, Abigail H. Turner

For developing NISTmAb, industry's first monoclonal antibody reference material and benchmarking tool for manufacturing life-saving protein drugs.

2017 - Bronze Medal Award---Ellen Garshick

For leading the development and evolution of the globally emulated Baldrige Performance Excellence Framework and derivative products from January 2013 to the present.

2017 - Bronze Medal Award---Zachary H. Levine

For demonstrating a more accurate and vendor-independent approach to measuring tumor size, a ubiquitously used benchmark in the treatment of cancer.

2017 - Eugene Casson Crittenden Award---Elias Baltic

For technical excellence and leadership in the development and operation of NIST neutron imaging facilities and advancing core metrology programs.

2017 - Colleagues' Choice Award---Edward Hagley

For readily providing exceptional scientific and technical help to many diverse experimental projects and to important safety programs.

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2017 - Bronze Medal Award---Mark Badger, Michael Bartock, Paul E. Black, Jeffrey Cichonski, David Cooper, Hildegard Ferraiolo, Barbara Guttman, Murugiah Souppaya

For developing a series of outstanding technical guidelines addressing critical cybersecurity needs prioritized by the White House.

2017 - Director's Award for Excellence in Administration---Kellie Beall, Sarah Sadler, Jasmine Ventura, Teresa Whiteside, Paul Davidson Jr., Patty Feulner, Brian Copello

For excellence in leveraging collaboration and technology to address longstanding challenges in the recruitment process via pilot of the HR STAT application.

2017 - Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers---Justin Zook

For his exemplary work in basic and applied science, and in standards development needed for our nation to implement the powerful tool of whole genome sequencing, and for his humanitarian efforts to support healthcare in developing countries.

2017 - Gold Medal Award---Katherine Sharpless

For leading the development of interagency open data sharing principles to advance international scientific cooperation that addresses global challenges. This group award was awarded to four staff members from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and one staff member from NIST.

2017 - Silver Medal Award---Elizabeth Drexler, Andrew Slifka

For advancing the safe, effective use of hydrogen for fuel and manufacturing by spearheading science-based improvements to hydrogen pipeline codes.

2017 - Bronze Medal Award---Hui Wu

For producing an entirely new route to synthesizing hydrogen-storage materials for fuel cells based on the complex chemistry of amines and boranes.

2017 - William P. Slichter Award---Michael J. Tarlov

For leading industry and government stakeholders to develop and adopt measurement standards to ensure reliable manufacturing of protein therapeutics.

2017 - Gold Medal Award---Andrei F. Kazakov, Mark O. McLinden, Piotr A. Domanski

For identifying the best alternatives to hydrofluorocarbon chemicals essential to the future of the air-conditioning and refrigerating industries.

2017 - Bronze Medal Award---Harry Hertz, Jamie Ambrosi, Dawn Bailey, Jacqueline Calhoun, Patricia Hilton

For design, implementation, and expansion of the Baldrige Executive Fellows Program, a nationally top-ranked executive leadership development program.

2017 - Bronze Medal Award---Bruce Ravel

For the exemplary application of a unique data analysis and visualization system used globally by synchrotron X-ray absorption spectroscopists.

2017 - Eugene Casson Crittenden Award---Patrick Connelly

For exceptional service to the NCNR user community, instrument scientists, and NIST laboratories, enabling precision neutron measurement programs.

2017 - Colleagues' Choice Award---Jared Ragland

For designing and developing data-handling tools for qualitative and quantitative analysis of environmental samples.

2017 - Bronze Medal Award---Kathryn Butler, Susanne Furman

For development of science-based guidance on the use of evacuation elevators that enhances the safety of people with mobility impairments during fire emergencies.

2017 - Director's Award for Excellence in Administration---Julia Bachinski

For outstanding leadership, service and innovation in administrative services enabling the world-class success of JILA in research and training.

2017 - Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers---John Teufel

For pioneering breakthroughs in the nascent field of quantum optomechanics that are providing the practical means to preserve and transfer information across the components of future quantum computing devices

2017 - Presidential Rank Award---Ron Ross

For his research and leadership in reducing the risk of cybersecurity threats through the creation of NIST's cybersecurity Risk Management Framework (RMF) and the development of a library of supporting NIST technical standards and technical guidelines.

2017 - Gold Medal Award---Ari D. Feldman, Sheryl M. Genco, Michael D. Janezic, Azizollah Kord, Daniel G. Kuester, John M. Ladbury, Duncan A. McGillivray, Adam J. Wunderlich, Wen-Bin Yang, William F. Young

For developing a test methodology and performing measurements to quantitatively assess the impact of LTE signals on the performance of GPS receivers.