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Physical Measurement Laboratory

Awards

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2020 - Bronze Medal Award---Tina Gaver Butcher, Lisa Warfield, Juana Williams

For leadership in developing uniform legal metrology requirements for electric vehicle charging and submetering adopted by the 50 states in 2019.

2020 - Edward Uhler Condon Award---Glenn Nelson

For his exemplary historical review article commemorating the 100th anniversary of NIST radio station WWV.

2020 - Distinguished Mentoring Award---Gerald Fraser

For exemplary mentorship and tireless advocacy for a brighter future for all staff, thereby exemplifying the core value of One NIST.

2020 - Distinguished Career Award---B. Carol Johnson

For establishing an innovative 25-year partnership with U.S. space agencies to ensure their environmental satellite measurements are SI traceable.

2020 - Director's Award for Excellence in Administration---Daniel Sokolowski

For outstanding service to NIST, working across division and OU boundaries to ensure exceptional laboratory operations.

2020 - B. Stephen Carpenter Award---Yoshihiro Ohno

For orchestrating a network of international collaborations to establish the measurement infrastructure for a vibrant solid-state lighting industry.

2020 - Bronze Medal Award---Maynard Scott Dewey

For developing and carrying out the world’s most precise measurement of the antineutrino-electron correlation coefficient in neutron beta decay.

2020 - Bronze Medal Award---Arvind Balijepalli, Curt Richter

For developing novel, best-in-class electronic biosensors that are being used to test and quantify therapeutics developed at NIH for Alzheimer’s disease.

2020 - Gold Medal Award---Scott Glancy, Emanuel Knill, Andrew Wilson, Dietrich Leibfried

For the first demonstration of quantum gate teleportation with trapped ions, showcasing a crucial step toward large-scale quantum computation.

2020 - Gold Medal Award---Jacob Taylor

For leadership in shaping the nation’s quantum science agenda, resulting in the National Quantum Initiative Act and its implementation infrastructure.

2020 - Silver Medal Award---Elias Baltic, Daniel Hussey, David Jacobson, Jacob LaManna

For creating a revolutionary neutron imaging system, solving longstanding problems in concrete degradation and material science by real-time analysis.

2020 - Bronze Medal Award---Denis Bergeron, Jeffrey Cessna, Ryan Fitzgerald, Dean Jarrett, Shamith Payagala, Neil M. Zimmerman

For developing an SI-traceable self-calibrating system for radioactivity measurement services that reduces the need to handle radioactive sources.

2020 - Arthur S. Flemming Award---William Phillips, Ian Coddington, Andrew Ludlow

The Arthur S. Flemming Award was established in 1948 to honor outstanding federal employees for unusually meritorious work.

2020 - Bronze Medal Award---Douglas Bennett

For the development of theoretical models for superconducting transition-edge sensors, which have enabled new applications in X-ray spectroscopy.

2020 - Bronze Medal Award---Thomas Germer, Eric Shirley

For advancing the theory and measurement of light-scattering and diffraction effects that often limit the accuracy of optical radiation measurements.

2020 Micius Quantum Prize - Jun Ye

Hidetoshi Katori and Jun Ye received the prize: For their groundbreaking achievements in precision quantum measurements, in particular for the development of extremely stable and accurate optical atomic clocks.

HALO Takes Runner-Up in OPN Photo Contest

The High Amplification Laser pressure Optic (HALO) was developed by NIST to measure kilo-watts of laser power with best-in-class accuracy. Here, optical power is determined by measuring the force a laser beam exerts when it is reflected by the HALO’s...