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Material Measurement Laboratory

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2020 - Bronze Medal Award---Aaron Gilad Kusne

For creating CAMEO, a groundbreaking autonomous AI system that accelerates the measurement, discovery and optimization of advanced materials.

2020 - Silver Medal Award---John Jendzurski

For critical improvements to methods and tools for measuring the performance of traffic-speed-enforcement radar.

2020 - Safety Award---Dwight Barry

For detailed attention to the safe operation of the ballistic range and the discovery and subsequent elimination of dangerous safety hazards.

2020 - Bronze Medal Award---Carelyn Campbell, Mark Stoudt

For the development of three patented metal alloys for the U.S. Mint, designed to lower the cost of U.S. coinage, via a rapid materials-by-design approach.

2020 - Gold Medal Award---Nancy Lin, James Filliben, Lindsay Harris, Zvi Kelman, Sandra Da Silva, Steven Lund, Nathanael Olson, Jennifer Verkouteren

For developing a suite of standards, including the first NIST living reference material, to strengthen the nation's response to potential biothreats.

2020 - George A. Uriano Award---Kelley Rogers, Margaret Phillips, Michael Tarlov

For increasing U.S. competitiveness in biopharmaceutical manufacturing through leadership in establishing NIIMBL, NIST’s Manufacturing USA institute.

2020 - Bronze Medal Award---Barry Schneider, Robert Hanisch, Carl Spangler, Walid Keyrouz, Andrew Reid, Timothy Blattner, Derek Juba, Robert Densock, Abdella Battou, Thomas Allison

For outstanding initiative in developing and deploying a new computational capability in support of NIST initiatives in big data and AI.

2020 - Gold Medal Award---Lili Wang, Paul C. DeRose, Linhua Tian

For transformative measurement innovations and services to enable the clinical use of flow cytometry and for advancing emerging biotechnologies.

2020 - Distinguished Mentoring Award---Amanda Forster

For unceasing and exceptional guidance and counseling of mentees to inspire scientific curiosity, cultivate technical skills and foster confidence.

Katherine Peter Honored with Morgan Early Career Award

Dr. Peter is a National Research Council Postdoctoral Research Fellow and Research Chemist with the National Institute of Standards and

Nik Hrabe Honored by ASTM International

Nik Hrabe of the Fatigue and Fracture Group (647.02) in the Applied Chemicals and Materials Division has been selected to receive the ASTM

Staymates, Gerskovic, Materese, Porter, Press and Wilson Receive Shorty Award for Face Covering Campaign

NIST's social media video featuring research engineer Matt Staymate’s visualizations of air flow and face coverings received a Shorty Award

Winnie Wong-Ng Inducted into Hall of Distinction

Established in 2004, the Hall of Distinction celebrates individuals who have made significant contributions to science, business, academia

NIST researcher in a laboratory room looking at tall vertical microscope with multicolored wires emanating from it.

NIST Recognized by Microscopy Today

June Lau of NIST, Yimea Zhu of Brookhaven National Lab, and Chunguang Jing, Eric Montgomery, Yubin Zhao, Wade Rush, Ao Liu, and Ilya

Terrence Jach Named American Vacuum Society Fellow

For many contributions to the development of photoemission, Auger electron spectroscopy, X-ray standing wave, and soft X-ray emission

Ronald Bishop Honored by American Ceramic Society

This award is presented by the Art, Archaeology and Conservation Science Division Executive Committee of the American Ceramic Society to an

Edward Vicenzi Honored by the Microanalysis Society

Edward Vicenzi is a NIST associate and research scientist at the Smithsonian Institution’s Museum Conservation Institute (MCI). His work

Bruce Ravel Honored with Community Service Award

For two decades of dedication to education and development, improving the science of the NSLS/NSLS-II community and beyond. "Bruce has been

A woman in blue coveralls and purple gloves works at a lab table.

Greta Babakhanova Wins Brown Prize

The Glenn H. Brown Prize awards doctoral students whose PhD theses demonstrate an outstanding contribution to the science of liquid crystals

Vivek Prabhu named ACS PMSE Fellow

For developing measurements that identify the resolution limit of the chemically amplified photoresists that are used in semiconductor

Elijah Petersen Receives ACS Chemical Research in Toxicology Award

This award honors the contributions of an early-career individual who has had a major impact on research in chemical toxicology or a related

Mass Spectrometry Researchers Honored with Gears of Government Award

Revolutionized the ability to identify emerging chemical compounds in complex liquid mixtures through the use of powerful analytical tools

Allocca and Lin-Gibson Honored with Gears of Government Award

Combined technical, organizational, and standards expertise from more than 125 U.S. biotechnology stakeholders to develop unified

Dr. Ursula Kattner Honored with 2020 William Hume-Rothery Award

Dr. Kattner received the award for outstanding contributions to the development and application of the multicomponent thermodynamics

Robert Hanisch Honored as Fellow of the American Astronomical Society

AAS Fellows are recognized for their contributions toward the AAS mission of enhancing and sharing humanity's scientific understanding of

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