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2009 Hillebrand Award - Michael Kurylo

Dr. Kurylo is recognized with The Hillebrand Award for his exceptional achievements in the area of stratospheric chemistry including the...

2009 APS Fellow - Thomas Gentile

For his extensive contributions to diverse precision measurements, particularly in the development of neutron spin filters using polarized...

2009 APS Fellow - David Plusquellic

For seminal contributions to the spectroscopic investigation of the conformational dynamics and hydrogen-bonding interactions of biological...

2009 American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellow - William Kirchhoff

Dr. Kirchhoff received the American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellow Award for his distinguished contributions as an...

2009 Microscopy Society of America Fellow - Dale Newbury

Dr. Newbury received the Microscopy Society of America Fellow Award for his seminal contributions to the application of x-ray microanalysis...

Eswaran Subrahmanian AAAS Fellow

For distinguished contribution to design theory and methodology and its implications for design support systems & for bridging theory...

G. Diane Lee, Elizabeth J. Benham, Georgia L. Harris, and Val R. Miller - Bronze Award (2008)

For Leadership in creating a comprehensive U.S. program for State weights and measures laboratories to ensure the validity of commercial...

Sae Woo Nam Receives 2008 Rabinow Award

Dr. Sae Woo Nam is recognized for the development and application of ground-breaking single photon detectors, which are furthering some of...

Paul Boynton Receives 2008 William P. Slichter Award

Paul Boynton is recognized for his leadership in modern standards and measurement methods for electronic displays, particularly for his...

2008 AWS Davis Silver Medal - Thomas Siewert

For their paper entitled "Failure of Welded Floor Truss Connections from the Extension Wall during Collapse of the World Trade Center Towers...

2008 Arthur L. Schawlow Prize in Laser Science - James Bergquist

Bergquist was chosen "for his contributions to laser science and tests of fundamental physical principles, in particular the application of...

Lehman, Cromer, and Li Receive 2008 FLC Technology Transfer Award

Chris Cromer, John Lehman, and Xiaoyu Li, along with Don Dooley (Spectrum Detector), were recognized for their pioneering work in...

2008 APS Fellow - Samuel Benz

For inventing and developing the first Josephson junction array arbitrary waveform synthesizer and using it as a practical quantum-based ac...

2008 APS Fellow - Scott Diddams

For major contributions to the development of optical frequency comb technology, and particularly for pioneering demonstrations of frequency...

2008 APS Fellow - Jeffrey Nico

In recognition of his contributions and leadership in precision measurements and fundamental symmetry tests using cold neutrons, and his...

2008 APS Fellow - James (Trey) Porto

For seminal studies of ultra-cold atoms in optical lattices with applications to quantum information, many-body physics, and condensed...

2008 APS Fellow - Glenn Solomon

For extensive contributions to the study of quantum optics with quantum dots.

2008 APS Fellow - Richard Steiner

For his contributions to the development of the NIST Watt Balance, and landmark measurements of the Planck constant, the electron charge...

Igor Vayshenker Receives 2007 Allen V. Astin Award

Igor Vayshenker, Calibration Leader of the Optical Fiber Power Laboratory, is recognized for his leadership in developing and providing...

2007 I.I. Rabi Prize in Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics - Jun Ye

Ye was cited "for advances in precision measurement, including techniques for stabilizing and measuring optical frequencies, controlling the...

2006 PECASE - Joshua Bienfang

Bienfang is using fundamental theories of physics, combined with the latest telecommunications technology, to develop a form of secret...

2007 APS Fellow - Kent Irwin

For world-leading technical contributions and leadership in applying transition-edge superconducting sensors to materials and nuclear...

2007 R&D 100 Award - Joshua Bienfang

A high-speed quantum cryptography system that allows "Alice" and "Bob" to discuss things in absolute secrecy earned a 2007 R&D 100 Award for...

2007 Physical and Natural Sciences Prize - Ana Maria Rey

For work with "ultra cold bosonic atoms in optical lattices."

2007 Alexander M. Cruickshank Award - Dave Wineland

Typically, there will be one such lectureship annually for each of the principal subdisciplines of the Conferences, namely the Biological...

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