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Material Measurement Laboratory

Awards

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James Warren Named ASM International Fellow

For national leadership in the establishment and continuing support of the Materials Genome Initiative and for pioneering contributions to modeling and simulation of phase transformation.

Lane Sander Honored by American Chemical Society

To recognize outstanding contributions to the field of chromatography. Learn more about Dr. Sander's research.

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 manufacture advanced water filtration membranes, ionic transport media for batteries and fuel cells, and...

Elijah Petersen Honored with PECASE

For pioneering measurement methods of nanomaterials toxicity that now underpin industry and public sector assessments of the environmental, health, and safety impacts of technologically important products, such as carbon nanotubes.

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 Technology (NIST) in Gaithersburg, Maryland. She has a Ph.D. in inorganic chemistry from Louisiana State University...

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-dimensional structure of advanced state-of-the-art structures needed for today’s semiconductor industry and the...

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 Consortium.

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 through the integration of machine-learning, artificial intelligence and high-throughput experiment methodologies...

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 method, Critical Dimension Small Angle X-ray Scattering (CD-SAXS), has been actively adopted across the...

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 identification of new, environmentally friendly refrigerants.”

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.

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 - 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.

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 - Colleagues' Choice Award---Joshua Martin

For outstanding contributions to the MML metrology and Accolades programs, staff professional growth, organizational innovation, and the Combined Federal Campaign.

2018 - Colleagues' Choice Award---Tracey Schock

For tireless dedication to NIST quality in the bioanalytical field of study called omics, becoming a world-class leader in the field while mentoring students and colleagues.

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.

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 - 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 - Eugene Casson Crittenden Award---Laurell R. Phillips, Jr.

For exceptional administrative support of MML's Chemical Sciences Division during a period of diminished staffing.

2018 - Safety Award---Cher Davis

For leadership in the promotion of workplace safety at the Hollings Marine Laboratory and NIST Gaithersburg campus.

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.