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Engineering Laboratory

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2019 - Gold Medal Award---Rodney Bryant, Matthew Bundy, Anthony Chakalis, Artur Chernovsky, Lisa Choe, Laurean DeLauter, Matthew Hoehler, Brian Story

For developing advanced measurement capabilities at the National Fire Research Laboratory, a unique national facility for studying buildings and structures exposed to fire.

2019 - Ron Brown Excellence in Innovation Award---Adam Jacoff, Kenny Kimble, Kamel Saidi, Ann Marie Virts

For outstanding development and dissemination of standard test methods used worldwide to evaluate and improve bomb-disposal robots and operators.

Paul Witherell Receives ANSI Next Generation Award

The Next Generation Award honors an individual who has been engaged in standardization or conformity assessment activities for less than eight years and who has, during this time, demonstrated vision, leadership, dedication and significant...

Kuldeep Prasad Receives the 2019 CO-LABS Governor’s Award for High-Impact Research

Free range frequency combs - a collaborative journey from national lab to Colorado's oil and gas fields" which has been selected as a Pathfinding Partnerships winners of the 2019 Governor’s Awards for High-Impact Research. Dual Comb Spectroscopy...

Shaw Feng was Recognized for His DMSC Membership

Recognition took place at the Digital Metrology Standards Consortium

Moneer Helu is Awarded the NAE 2019 US Frontiers of Engineering Symposium

Recognized as an outstanding early career engineer invited to an intensive symposium to facilitate cross-disciplinary exchange in order to sustain and build US innovative capacity

Piotr Domanski Named Honorary President for the Science and Technology Council of the International Institute of Refrigeration

The Science and Technology Council (STC) coordinates the scientific and technical activities of the IIR. The Science and Technology Council includes five distinct sections that are in turn divided into 10 commissions. The Science and Technology...

William Bernstein Receives ASME 2019 CIE Young Engineer Award

Recognized as a promising young investigator who is making outstanding contributions to the progress in the application of computers in engineering

Fire Protection Research Foundation Medal

Medal Recognizes the Fire Protection Research Foundation Project

Medal recognizes the Fire Safety Challenges of Tall Wood Buildings Project

Michael Brundage Serves as the 2019-2020 ASME ECLIPSE Internship

ASME's Early Career Leadership Intern Program to Serve Engineering (ECLIPSE) is a competitive leadership development program that believes early career engineers can make significant contributions to the society.

Long Phan Receives American Concrete Institute (ACI) Concrete Research Council Arthur J. Boase Award

This honor was bestowed specifically “in recognition of your research on the response of high strength/high performance concrete structures to extreme loads, the effect of ASR on reinforced concrete material properties and structural capacities, and...

2018 - Gold Medal Award---Marc Levitan, Emil Simiu, Adam Pintar

For extraordinary, innovative efforts to accurately characterize and map extreme winds across the U.S. to ensure a safe and economical built environment.

2018 - Edward Bennett Rosa Award---Bala Muralikrishnan, Prem Rachakonda, Meghan Shilling, Roger Bostelman, Geraldine Cheok, Joseph Falco, Marek Franaszek, Jeremy Marvel, Kamel Saidi, Ya-Shian Li-Baboud

For outstanding contributions to ASTM standards for performance evaluation of 3D imaging systems used in a wide range of critical applications.

2018 - Safety Award---Craig Connelly, Andrew Thompson, Kamel Saidi

For the development and execution of rigorous safety protocols and infrastructure for the NIST Unmanned Aerial Systems Flight and Payload Challenge.

2018 - Bronze Medal Award---Lisa Ng, Brian Polidoro

For developing innovative methods for predicting air leakage in commercial buildings, significantly improving the design of energy-efficient buildings.

Leber, Schmitt, Virts, Filliben, Messina, Bostelman

2018 - Bronze Medal Award---Roger Bostelman, Elena Messina, David Schmitt, Ann Marie Virts, James Filliben, Dennis Leber

For foundational technical contributions to ASTM F45 performance standards that enable manufacturers to optimize their use of industrial unmanned vehicles.

Shao Guodong Receives WinterSim Distinguished Service Award

Recognized for his contributions towards the organization of the INFORMS Winter Simulation Conference

Michael Brundage Honored by American Society of Mechanical Engineers for Leadership in Manufacturing

Michael P. Brundage, a resident of Bethesda, Md., and engineer at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Gaithersburg, has been named the recipient of an achievement award by The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)....

Allison Barnard Feeney Receives American National Standards Institute Finegan Standards Medal

For extraordinary leadership in development and application of voluntary standards.

This is a picture of the awardees of the 2018 ASM Howe Medal

2018 Henry Marion Howe Medal

The Authors received the ASM Henry Marion Howe Medal for 2018 for their paper entitled “ Formation of the Ni3Nb δ-Phase in Stress-Relieved Inconel 625 Produced via Laser Powder-Bed Fusion Additive Manufacturing."

Brian Weiss is awarded the 2018 PHM Contributor of the Year

For significant technical contributions and leadership in the PHM Society including overseeing the expansion of the panel sessions in 2016 and 2017 as the panel committee chair, serving as a General Chair of the 2018 Annual Conference of the PHM...

Roger Bostelman receives 2018 ASTM Presidents Leadership Award

Roger Bostelman Receives the 2018 ASTM International James A. Thomas President’s Leadership Award

Roger Bostelman, a project manager in the Engineering Laboratory's Intelligent Systems Division at NIST, was recently awarded the 2018 ASTM International James A. Thomas President’s Leadership Award. A member of ASTM International since 2014...

Tom Hedberg Receives SME 2018 Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer Award

Recognized for his significant achievements and leadership in the field of manufacturing engineering as a young engineer.

Shaw Feng Receives ASTM Award of Appreciation

Recognized for contributions towards the standardization of key performance indicators in sustainable manufacturing in ASTM E60.13

Dale Bentz Elected American Concrete Institute (ACI) Fellowship

For his outstanding contributions to the use of concrete materials, products, and structures in the areas of education, research, development, design, construction, and management

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