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Material Measurement Laboratory

Awards

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Edwin P. Chan Honored with PECASE

For innovative measurement methods that reveal the complex properties of soft polymer films, which are necessary for industry to design and

ACerS Distinguished Life Member Winnie Wong-Ng

Winnie Wong-Ng is senior research chemist in the Materials Measurement Science Division at the National Institute of Standards and

R. Joseph Kline Honored with Flemming Award

For his outstanding federal service through interdisciplinary research in the evolution of methods to determine the complex, three

Jason Hattrick-Simpers Honored by Maryland Science Center

Dr. Hattrick-Simpers’ pioneering materials science research is aimed at the optimization of properties and processing of novel materials

Samantha Maragh Honored by Maryland Science Center

Dr. Maragh recognized the need for, established and is now leading the National Institute of Standards and Technology Genome Editing

Joseph Kline, Daniel Sunday, and Donald Windover

Kline, Sunday, and Windover Honored with Gears of Government Award

The honorees developed and deployed a new dimensional metrology method to solve a critical challenge for the semiconductor industry. The new

Mark McLinden Honored by Institute of Refrigeration

Dr. McLinden is cited for “applying state-of-the-art thermodynamic property tools to address a key challenge facing the industry, namely the

2018 - Bronze Medal Award---Thomas Forbes, Edward Sisco

For extraordinary innovation in the development of new mass-spectrometric techniques for the chemical analysis of emerging explosives threats.

2018 - Colleagues' Choice Award---Jessica Reiner

For technology transfer related to per- and polyfluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS), resulting in world-class recognition as an expert in PFAS metrology.

2018 - Samuel Wesley Stratton Award---Savelas A. Rabb, Robert D. Vocke

For key contributions to the international redefinition of the kilogram resulting from breakthrough advances in the measurement of molar mass.

2018 - Bronze Medal Award---William A. Kimes, James E. Maslar, Brent A. Sperling

For development and application of in-situ optical methods that increase quality and yield during nanoelectronic device manufacturing.

2018 - Silver Medal Award---Nicholas Paulter, Lawrence Hudson, Ronald Tosh

For the development of critical improvements to image quality assessment methods for security-screening X-ray imagers.

Podobedov, Curry, Houston, Eppeldauer, Yoon, Shaw

2018 - Judson C. French Award---John J. Curry, George Eppeldauer, Jeanne Houston, Vyacheslav Podobedov, Ping-Shine Shaw, Howard Yoon

For realizing and disseminating the best-in-the-world capability for absolute calibration of optical detectors from the visible to the far infrared.

2018 - Bronze Medal Award---Katrice Lippa, Michael Nelson, Blaza Toman

For the development and implementation of a metrological system for determining the purity of organic chemical compounds.

2018 - Gold Medal Award---R. Joseph Kline, Daniel Sunday, Donald Windover

For establishing Critical Dimension Small Angle X-ray Scattering as a critical measurement technique for the semiconductor industry.

2018 - Bronze Medal Award---David A. LaVan, Feng Yi

For developing innovative methods to measure the reactions of micro- and nano-sized samples within an electron microscope and mass spectrometer.

2018 - Director's Award for Excellence in Administration---William Clark

For exemplary technical proficiency in developing reports to assist OUs in managing contracts and grants, improving the organizational health of NIST.

Davis, Avila, Plante, Vanek, Zhang, Chung, Pandya, Medina-Smith, Greene

2018 - Bronze Medal Award---Regina L. Avila, Andrea Medina-Smith, Kimberly A. Tryka, Anita Vanek, Thomas Chung, Christopher Davis, Pradip Pandya, Jon Zhang, Gretchen Greene, Raymond Plante

For significantly improving the public's ability to find, access and use NIST data.

2018 - Allen V. Astin Measurement Science Award---Mary Bedner, Carolyn Burdette, Johanna Camara, Katrice Lippa, Karen W. Phinney, Lane C. Sander

For creating the measurement infrastructure required for global assessment of the role of vitamin D in human health.