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Engineering Laboratory

Awards

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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.

Adam Jacoff Receives The Homeland Security Today: Mission Award

For individuals who devote their personal time, energy, and resources to work for causes related to homeland security.

Ryan Falkenstein-Smith Receives 40 under 40: E-lecture Series on Combustion Award

For outstanding work on "Characterizing ventilation in fire safety science.

Evan Wallace Receives the AgGateway President’s Award

Evan Wallace is an electronic engineer in the Systems Engineering Group and has been engaged with AgGateway since the days of the CART project when the Food Safety Modernization Act came out. He also helped rationalize the concepts of the ‘Traceable...

Boonserm Kulvatunyou and Hakju Oh Receive the AgGateway President’s Award

Outstanding leadership and innovation, resulting in cutting-edge tool development and deployment that advances semantic interoperability in the agriculture industry.

A Group From The Fire Research Division Receive The Sheldon Tieszen Award

In recognition of excellence in an IAFSS symposium paper in fire safety science.

Adam Jacoff Receives Supporting Those Who Serve Award

In recognition of excellence in the unmanned systems industry, embodying the FLYMOTION mission of “Supporting Those Who Serve.

Wai Cheong Tam Receives The Ronald K. Mengel Award

In recognition of the best paper in detection category of the 2023 NFPA SUPDET Conference.

Rachel Cook Receives Trustee Award of the ECD Best Poster Award

Trustee Award of the ECD Best Poster Award

2019 - Best Paper---Bell, Domanski, Linteris, and McLinden

This collaboration between the Applied Chemicals and Materials Division of the NIST Material Measurement Laboratory (MML) and the Building Energy and Environment Division of the NIST Engineering Laboratory (EL) investigated refrigerant blends as...

Adam Jacoff Receives Appreciation Award from United States Secret Service

For outstanding assistance and support on behalf of the protective and investigative responsibilities of the United States Secret Service.

Adam Jacoff Receives The DHS Innovation Award

In recognition of meritorious service to the Department of Homeland Security and the United States of America. This award recognizes high standards of achievement and innovation resulting in significant improvements in the way capabilities are...

Adam Jacoff, NIST engineer, in the Robot Tesst Facility

Adam Jacoff Receives Appreciation Award From Law Enforcement Drone Association

For excellence and partnership with LEDA to develop best practices and skill development for the use of drones in law enforcement.

Christopher Clavin Receives ASTM E60 Sustainability Award of Recognition

ASTM’s organizational recognition for individual contributions to standards activities. Committee E60 noted exemplary committee contribution and work on sustainability standardization within ASTM.

Craig Schlenoff Receives Washington Academy of Sciences 2023 Leadership Award in Manufacturing Engineering

To recognize an individual in the government or industry for outstanding leadership in advancing science or engineering.

Lisa Ng Receives Drexel University 2023 Excellence in Co-Operative Education Award

This award recognizes Drexel alumni who demonstrate excellence in their chosen fields, serve as an example of the opportunities that experiential education can provide, and demonstrate a commitment to sustaining such opportunities for current and...

Amy Mensch Receives The 2023 Young Investigator Award in Engineering Sciences

To recognize a promising young investigator who is making outstanding contributions to progress in science or engineering.

Jordan Weaver Receives 2022 Acta Materialia Outstanding Reviewer Award

The Outstanding Reviewer awards are for excellence in reviewing throughout the calendar year of 2022. These awards are selected by the Editors of Acta Materialia, Scripta Materialia, Acta Biomaterialia and Materialia. Each recipient receives a...

2022 - Bronze Medal Award---Jennifer Helgeson, Priya Lavappa, David Webb

For developing a software tool that supports prioritizing alternative solutions and investment decisions for improving community resilience.

Marc Levitan is Elected ASCE Structural Engineering Institute Fellow

The SEI Fellow grade of membership recognizes accomplished SEI members as leaders and mentors in the structural engineering profession.

2022 - Silver Medal Award---Jonathan Weigand, Sorin Marcu, Fahim Sadek, Adam Pintar, Long Phan

For innovative research to measure and quantify effects of the alkali-silica reaction on the safety of nuclear power plants for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

2022 - Gold Medal Award---Marc Levitan, Long Phan

For conception, research, development, and standardization of first‐ever tornado hazard maps and tornado load methodology for U.S. building design.

2022 - Colleagues' Choice Award---Brian Story

For extraordinary service, dedication, initiative, and creativity in providing technical support for National Fire Research Laboratory experiments.

2022 - Judson C. French Award---Behrang Hamadani

For development of a Standard Reference Instrument and associated calibration services to improve the measurement of photovoltaic device performance.

2022 - Bronze Medal Award---Guodong Shao

For the development of an ISO standard that facilitates the implementation of digital twins in manufacturing to improve analysis and decision-making.

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