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2023 Distinguished Associate Award - Feng Zhou

For the development of highly accurate and sensitive chip-scale optomechanical accelerometers for applications in transportation and defense.

2023 Distinguished Associate Award - Johnathon Gard

For the development of a cryogenic camera based on superconducting sensors and for its first use in space to obtain X-ray images of a supernova remnant.

Ram Sriram named 2023 ACM Fellow

Congratulations to Ram D. Sriram (SSD) who has been named a 2023 ACM Fellow . According to ACM, “ACM is proud to include nearly 110,000 computing professionals in our ranks and ACM Fellows represent just 1% of our entire global membership. This year...

2023 Distinguished Associate Award - Bryce Primavera

For the monolithic integration of superconducting single-photon detectors with Josephson junctions for advanced computing and single-photon metrology.

2023 Distinguished Associate Award - Malcolm Durkin

For the development of a cryogenic camera based on superconducting sensors and for its first use in space to obtain X-ray images of a supernova remnant.

2023 Distinguished Associate Award - Megan Catterton

For the invention of serial cytometry, a revolutionary technology for cancer diagnostics and therapeutic evaluation.

2023 - Gold Medal Award---Organizational Representative: Dereck Orr

For developing and executing a $300 million R&D program to enable the advancement of public safety communications technology.

2023 - Gold Medal Award---James Whetstone

For development of the NIST Urban Testbeds Program to determine the impact of greenhouse gas emissions on climate change and to mitigate their impact.

2023 - Gold Medal Award---Timothy Blattner, Derek Juba, Damian Lauria, Benjamin Long , Michael Majurski, Diana Ortiz-Montalvo, Adele Peskin, John Henry Scott, Keana C. K. Scott, Stephan Stranick

For development and delivery of an AI-enhanced materials analysis system that enables unique U.S. capabilities in support of nuclear non-proliferation.

2023 - Silver Medal Award---Kristen Greene, Shanée Dawkins, Yee-Yin Choong, Mary Theofanos, Scott Ledgerwood, Kerrianne Buchanan, Susanne Furman, Kevin Mangold, Adam Pintar

For giving a vital voice to U.S. first responders' communication technology needs in law enforcement, firefighting, and emergency services.

2023 - Gold Medal Award---Alexander Maranghides , Eric Link, Shonali Nazare, Kathryn Butler, Erik Johnsson, Marco Fernandez

For groundbreaking investigations, experiments, and analysis of WUI fire data that resulted in innovative tools to protect communities from wildfires.

2023 - Silver Medal Award---James Schufreider, Kari Reidy, Kandy Hauk

For outstanding leadership in ensuring NIST's programmatic and legislative priorities were included in the final CHIPS + Science Act.

2023 - Arthur S. Flemming Award---Michael Huber

Recognized for his application of neutrons to fundamental problems in basic science.

2023 - Bronze Medal Award---Christopher Clavin, Therese McAllister, David Butry, Jennifer Helgeson, David Webb

For outstanding leadership in developing two science-based ASTM standard guidelines for community disaster resilience planning and economic benefits.

2023 - Gold Medal Award---John Jones II, Karen Reczek, Allison Getz, Donna Sirk, Barbara Guttman, Marcela Najarro, Alan Zheng, Will Guthrie, John Butler

For extraordinary national leadership in improving the scientific quality of forensic science practices through standards development.

2023 - Bronze Medal Award---John Beltz, Gary Horwarth, John Libert, Kenneth Ko, Bruce Bandini

For the successful advancement of mobile fingerprint capture technology in support of law enforcement field requirements.

2023 - Gold Medal Award---Jennifer Dootz, Monique Hunter, Scott Jackson, Ishi Keenum, Jason Kralj, Stephanie Servetas

For ultra-rapid development of mpox virus assay control materials to ensure accuracy of diagnostic testing in support of global outbreak response.

2023 - Gold Medal Award---Dylan Yaga

For improving law enforcement, DHS, and U.S. Border Patrol operations by identifying over 1,000 errors in biometric data exchange standards.

2023 - Gold Medal Award---John Lehman, Michelle Stephens, Nathan Tomlin, Christopher Yung

For the invention of compact, durable, and inexpensive sensors that are providing highly accurate space-based measurements of the Sun's radiation.

2023 - Bronze Medal Award---Organizational Representative: George Jenkins, Organizational Representative: Chandan Sastry

For excellence in organizational development accomplished via the creation of an OFRM and OISM Robotic Process Automation (RPA or Bot) capability.

2023 - Bronze Medal Award---Chiehping Lai, Nada Golmie

For measuring seasonal variations of the radio wave attenuation characteristics of vegetation at 60.5 GHz for use in international standards.

2023 - Bronze Medal Award---Julie Haney

For leading and developing NIST's Usable Cybersecurity Program, transforming how government agencies view the human element in cybersecurity.

2023 - Gold Medal Award---Peter Bajcsy, Carl Simon, Jr.

For developing a suite of tools used to characterize a first-of-its kind tissue-engineered product for treatment of macular degeneration.

2023 - Gold Medal Award---Aiping Zhang, Joe (Sugen) Kau, Hicham Laoudi, Bethany Loftin, Lei Tong, Jason Poffenberger, Yujin Wang, James D. Wilson, Helen Nelson, James Simmons

For the successful redevelopment of the inter-agency Edison system, creating iEdison, a modernized system for the tracking of taxpayer-funded inventions.

2023 - Gold Medal Award---Greg Cooksey, Paul Patrone, Anthony Kearsley, Matthew DiSalvo

For the invention of serial cytometry, a revolutionary technology for cancer diagnostics and therapeutic evaluation.

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