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Material Measurement Laboratory

Awards

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2022 - Silver Medal Award---Timothy Quinn, Enrico Lucon

For measurements and standards to improve the reliability of cardiac devices, thus saving and improving lives.

2022 - B. Stephen Carpenter Award---Vincent A. Hackley

For fostering international cooperation between standards bodies, industry, and government, resulting in numerous standards for nanomaterials.

2022 Silver Medal Awardees Justin Wagner

2022 - Silver Medal Award---Justin Zook, Justin Wagner, Jennifer McDaniel, Nathanael Olson, Lindsay Harris

For improving the accuracy of DNA sequencing using the first complete human genome sequence and advancing clinical diagnoses and precision medicine.

2022 - Bronze Medal Award---Frederick Meisenkothen

For advancing the use of standards-based methods to enable quantitative, accurate, and repeatable measurements with atom probe tomography.

Kathryn Beers to be presented with the Mark Scholar Award by the American Chemical Society

Kathryn Beers is being awarded the Mark Scholar Award by the ACS Division of Polymer Chemistry (POLY) in recognition of her excellence in in

Adam J. Fleisher Presented with the Peter Werle Award

A. J. Fleisher's work has led to advances in optical measurements of isotopic composition, including stable carbon isotope ratios and

William Luecke Recognized with ASTM Award of Merit

For dynamic and outstanding leadership in the organization of editorial and terminology advances in mechanical testing and calibration

Elizabeth Strychalski Named Outstanding Young Scientist

Dr. Strychalski founded and leads the Cellular Engineering Group at NIST, working to provide a foundation of measurements needed to support

Amanda Moors Recognized for NIST Biorepository Work

Amanda Moors began her biobanking career with the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in 2005 and serves as the Program

Sara Orski to receive the Charles Gordon Award from the Chemical Society of Washington

Sara Orski is receiving the Charles Gordon Award from the Chemical Society of Washington (CSW), the DC local section of ACS, in recognition

2021 - Jacob Rabinow Applied Research Award---Carl Simon, Jr.

For development and transfer to industry of tools to quantify quality attributes of manufactured fiber-based scaffolds for the regenerative medicine industry.

2021 - Bronze Medal Award---Srivalli Telikepalli, Dean Ripple, Michael Carrier, Kristen Steffens, Christopher Montgomery, Nicholas W. M. Ritchie, John Lu

For development of a novel reference material that mimics the particles found in protein-based drugs and supports accurate measures of drug quality.

2021 - George A. Uriano Award---Samantha Maragh, Tara Eskandari

For establishing leader roles and building key industry partnerships to accelerate development of genome editing-based technologies to get products to market.

2021 - Allen V. Astin Measurement Science Award---Lee Yu, Clay Davis, Savelas A. Rabb

For advancing the metrology of arsenic, and for the development of SI-traceable arsenic SRMs, needed to ensure human health and food safety worldwide.

2021 - Judson C. French Award---Carolyn Steffen, Erica Romsos, Katherine Gettings, Kevin Kiesler, Lisa Borsuk, Hariharan Iyer, Peter Vallone

For development and characterization of a next-generation forensic DNA Standard Reference Material using a diverse suite of molecular techniques.

2021 - Bronze Medal Award---Christopher Zangmeister, Jimmy Radney, Jamie Weaver, Matthew Staymates, Robin Materese , Riley Wilson , Richard Press, Leon Geršković

For characterization of the performance and usage of facemasks used to slow the spread of COVID-19, and communication of the results to the public.

2021 - Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medal---Callie Higgins

Dr. Higgins Invented a potentially revolutionary technology to detect and remedy microscopic flaws that threaten the safety/reliability of 3D-printed products.

2021 - Bronze Medal Award---Gheorghe Stan

For the invention, development, and industrial application of Intermittent Contact Resonance Atomic Force Microscopy.

2021 - Silver Medal Award---Jeffrey Hudgens, Kyle Anderson, Ioannis Karageorgos, Robert Brinson, III, Frank Delaglio, Luke Arbogast, John Marino, Ryan Evans, Anthony Kearsley

For developing and promoting adoption of methods to determine protein structure that increase patient access to life-saving biosimilar drugs.