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Migler Receives Washington Academy of Sciences Award

Dr. Migler was recognized for the design and application of innovative optical and rheological experimental techniques to definitively measure and affirm key physical phenomena of polymer fluid flow.

Scott Diddams Receives 2017 Rabi Award

For the development and application of optical frequency combs to precision atomic timing.

Jonathan E. Hardis Receives 2017 Award for Science and Policy Management

In recognition of over two decades of service in helping to guide, inform and manage the Physical Measurement Laboratory (formerly Physics Laboratory) of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, an organization which has yielded ground...

John Kitching receives 2017 FLC Technology Transfer Award

As a result of innovation developed at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and in collaboration with partners in the industry, the flexibility and reduced manufacturing cost of miniature vapor cells have enabled the...

Chip-Scale Sensor Invention with Vast Applications: Maximizing Transfer to Industry

2017 E. Bright Wilson Award in Spectroscopy - Dave Nesbitt

For his outstanding contributions to the understanding of molecular structures and reactive dynamics by high resolution and single-particle spectroscopic methods.

Analytical multimode scanning and transmission electron micrographs of sulfur copolymer-based composite cathodes

Researchers from NIST and the University of Arizona Win Best Paper Award from the Microscopy Society of America

Their submission “Analytical Multimode Scanning and Transmission Electron Imaging and Tomography of Multiscale Structural Architectures of Sulfur Copolymer-Based Composite Cathodes for Next Generation High-Energy Density Li-S Batteries” (Microsc...

Donna Dodson - One of CyberScoop's 2017 Top Women in Cybersecurity

Congratulations to Donna Dodson, NIST’s chief cybersecurity advisor, for being named one of CyberScoop's 2017 Top Women in Cybersecurity! Donna Dodson has multiple roles at the National Institute of Standards and Technology. In addition to being the...

Joint EL-MML Paper Receives Editor’s Choice Award

The joint EL-MML paper “Interlaboratory Study for Nickel Alloy 625 Made by Laser Powder Bed Fusion to Quantify Mechanical Property Variability” has been selected as an Editor’s Choice article for 2016 by the Journal of Materials Engineering and...

2016 AAAS Fellow - Ron Boisvert

Ron Boisvert is recognized for his distinguished contributions to the fields of mathematical software and computational science, excellence in public administration of science, and service to the computing profession.

Recognition of Jose A. Torres Ferrer

José Torres Ferrer has been an invaluable assistant and lead instructor for over 140 seminars and nearly 1500 students in the past twenty‐five years covering a full range of laboratory topics covered by the Office of Weights and Measures (OWM) as...

Joseph A. Stroscio Receives 2017 Grand Heinrich Rohrer Medal

For his pioneering achievements on spectroscopic capability of scanning tunneling microscopy opening novel perspectives for revealing the quantum nature of the nano-world.

NIST research affiliate John Teufel holding his micro drum

2017 PECASE - John Teufel

Teufel received the award for his innovations in quantum optomechanics that are helping mechanical technologies approach the quantum limits of precision measurement and create new computing paradigms with unprecedented processing power.

Adam McCaughan & Varun Verma Awarded Nancy Grace Roman Technology Fellowship in Astrophysics

Adam McCaughan and Varun Verma have both been awarded the Nancy Grace Roman Technology Fellowship in Astrophysics in 2017.

January 2017 Woman Physicist of the Month - Laura Sinclair

Dr. Laura Sinclair is a physicist in the Applied Physics Division at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). She is recognized for pioneering new robust optical tools based on fiber frequency combs that operate outside well...

Ram Sriram Named IEEE Fellow

Ram D. Sriram, Chief of ITL’s Software and Systems Division, has been named an Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Fellow, effective January 1, 2017, for leadership in developing computational tools for healthcare enterprises...

image of a 3D volume reconstruction of a forest of carbon nanotubes (CNT) embedded in epoxy

Natarajan Wins FEI Image Award

One of the November winners of the 2016 FEI Image Contest

Sae Woo Nam, Lita, Shalm, Verma, Mirin, Allman, Stevens, Bierhorst, Glancy, Gerrits, Migdall, Bienfang, Wayne

2016 - Gold Medal Award---Physical Measurement Laboratory (PML), Information Technology Laboratory (ITL)

For being the first in nearly 50 years of attempts to achieve a loophole-free test of Bell’s theorem, confirming the predictions of quantum mechanics. Nearly 20 NIST employees and associates from PML and ITL contributed to this achievement.

2016 - Gold Medal Award---Michael A. Boss, Kathryn E. Keenan, Stephen E. Russek, Karl F. Stupic

For creating standards that transformed magnetic resonance imaging into a quantitative tool to diagnose and treat traumatic brain injury and cancer.

2016 - Ron Brown Excellence in Innovation Award---Michael A. Boss, Kathryn E. Keenan, Stephen E. Russek, Karl F. Stupic

For creating standards that transformed magnetic resonance imaging into a quantitative tool to diagnose and treat traumatic brain injury and cancer.

2016 - Safety Award---Daniel J. Gilmore

For continuously being an exemplary and genuine leader and champion of the importance of the OFPM Safety Vision of "Everyone Home Safe Everyday."

2016 - Safety Award---T. Mitch Wallis

For demonstrable leadership in instilling a culture of safety in the multi-user, multi-laboratory Precision Imaging Facility.

2016 - Director's Award for Excellence in Administration---Karen J. Combs

For relentlessly exceptional administrative service and mentoring in support of the NIST mission across multiple divisions and operating units.

2016 - Director's Award for Excellence in Administration---Dawn St. Hilaire

For outstanding customer service and leadership in providing exemplary employee-relations support and advice to the NIST community.

2016 - Colleagues' Choice Award---David Leibrandt

For the development of open-source hardware and software designs for a state-of-the-art digital servo that is being rapidly adopted by researchers inside and outside of NIST.

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