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2014 - Dean of Staff Award---Naomi Crockett

With 52 years of service.

2014 - Gold Medal Award---Stephen Stein, Dmitrii Tchekhovskoi

For developing InChI, an algorithm that turns 3-D chemical structures into a unique strings of characters, enabling chemical data search and exchange.

2014 - Gold Medal Award---Chris Oates, Jun Ye, Andrew Ludlow

For exceptional scientific creativity and achievement in inventing and perfecting new types of atomic clocks with best-in-the-world performance.

2014 - Gold Medal Award---John Kitching, Elizabeth Donley, Svenja Knappe

For pioneering chip-scale atomic devices as a new paradigm for broad dissemination of precision NIST measurements through miniaturized standards.

2014 - Gold Medal Award---Long Phan, Erica Kuligowski, Franklin T. Lombardo, David P. Jorgensen

For conducting the federal investigation of the May 2011 Joplin Tornado that resulted in 16 recommendations to save lives and reduce losses.

2014 - Gold Medal Award---George R. Clary Jr., Mark R. Miller, Craig T. Moore, David Nalborczyk

For heroic efforts that resulted in the lifesaving rescue of an adult and dog trapped in an apartment fire.

2014 - Gold Medal Award---Jon M. Boyens , Lisa Carnahan, Donna F. Dodson, Naomi Lefkovitz, Suzanne Lightman, Victoria Pillitteri, Matthew Scholl, Adam Sedgewick, Kevin Stine

For leading the development of an innovative consensus framework to improve the cybersecurity of our nation's critical infrastructure.

2014 - Silver Medal Award---James Cline

For establishing world-leading metrology in crystal structure enabling the development and reliable use of advanced materials by U.S. industry.

2014 - Silver Medal Award---Jeremy C. Cook

For the design of the neutron guide system and shielding crucial to the NCNR's Neutron Facility Expansion Project.

2014 - Silver Medal Award---Stephan Schlamminger

For leading the NIST effort to redefine the SI unit of mass in terms of constants of nature rather than a physical artifact known to change with time.

2014 - Silver Medal Award---Paul C. Brand, Anthony Norbedo

For the design and implementation of an innovative upgrade that greatly extends the lifetime of the NIST Center for Neutron Research.

2014 - Silver Medal Award---Erica L. Butts, Peter Vallone

For the development of rapid forensic DNA typing techniques that enable state of the art human identity testing and DNA biometrics.

2014 - Silver Medal Award---Raghu N. Kacker, D. Richard Kuhn

For enabling unprecedented levels of software reliability through development of innovative software testing methodologies and tools.

2014 - Silver Medal Award---Christopher McCowan, Raymond Santoyo, Jolene Splett, Chih-Ming (Jack) Wang

For providing material quality standards to the global steel industry during a period of dramatic production growth, especially in emerging markets.

2014 - Silver Medal Award---Su Lan Cheng (retired), Brian Cochran, Gregory Fiumara, Patricia A. Flanagan, Stanley Janet, Wayne J. Salamon, Craig I. Watson

For creating an unprecedented biometric evaluation capability that accelerated forensic standards development and innovation in biometric technology.

2014 - Bronze Medal Award---Ground Maintenance Crew (Gaithersburg Campus)

For exceptional service and support to the NIST community in their performance of snow removal efforts contributing to a safer work environment.

2014 - Bronze Medal Award---Kathryn Krycka

For profound advancements to neutron spin polarization techniques and their subsequent application to the characterization of magnetic nanostructures.

2014 - Allen V. Astin Measurement Science Award---Vladimir Orkin

For providing evaluated data and measurements of rate constants, global warming and ozone depletion potentials to the climate change communities.

2014 - Bronze Medal Award---Joshua Bienfang

For developing single photon detectors in the commercially relevant infrared spectrum near the fundamental limits for quantum communication.

2014 - Bronze Medal Award---Thomas C. Larason

AWARD CITATION For developing the metrology to establish ultraviolet light as a safe and effective treatment for the sterilization of drinking and waste water. INDIVIDUAL AWARD Thomas C. Larason Electronics Engineer Physical Measurement Laboratory

2014 - Judson C. French Award---Jodie G. Pope and John Wright

For providing the hydrogen flow measurement and standards infrastructure to enable the broad commercialization of hydrogen-fueled vehicles.

2015 I.I. Rabi Prize in Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics - Ian Spielman

Spielman was cited for "the development of quantum simulations using ultra-cold atoms, creation of synthetic electromagnetic fields, demonstration of synthetic spin-orbit coupling, and applications to studying new physical systems." Previous winners...

2015 Maria Goeppert Mayer Award Recipient - Gretchen Campbell

Campbell was chosen for "her pioneering contributions to the study of superfluidity in atomic-gas Bose-Einstein condensates, realizing atomic analogs to superconducting and superfluid liquid circuitry, including the use of weak links to create the...

Russek named 2014 APS Fellow

Congratulations to Stephen Russek (Magnetic Imaging) for being selected a Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) for 2014. He was recognized “for pioneering efforts in high frequency spintronics devices, novel magnetic resonance measurements...

2014 Early Career National Hispanic Scientist of the Year - Ana Maria Rey

The 2014 Early Career National Hispanic Scientist of the Year recipient, Dr. Ana Maria Rey, is a Columbian physicist at the University of Colorado, Boulder who "studies the scientific interface between atomic, molecular and optical physics, condensed...

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