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NIST Center for Neutron Research

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2019 Fellow of the American Physical Society - William D. Ratcliff

For seminal neutron scattering studies of the magnetic order and spin dynamics in multiferroic materials

2018 - Silver Medal Award---Michael Middleton, Robert Williams

For commissioning a liquid deuterium refrigerator essential to ending highly enriched uranium (HEU) use in the NIST reactor while preserving or enhancing facility performance.

2018 - Bronze Medal Award---Daniel J. Flynn, Paul J. Liposky, Anthony J. Norbedo, Ricky P. Sprow

For excellence and perseverance during the planning and execution of the 2017 NCNR reactor outage.

This is a picture of the awardees of the 2018 ASM Howe Medal

2018 Henry Marion Howe Medal

The Authors received the ASM Henry Marion Howe Medal for 2018 for their paper entitled: “ Formation of the Ni3Nb δ-Phase in Stress

Paul Neves, U. Maryland and NIST Center for Neutron Research (2018)

2018 Goldwater Scholarship

https://cmns.umd.edu/news-events/features/4119

2017 - Bronze Medal Award---Hui Wu

For producing an entirely new route to synthesizing hydrogen-storage materials for fuel cells based on the complex chemistry of amines and boranes.

2017 - Bronze Medal Award---Boualem Hammouda

For development of the expansive SANS Toolbox, which has benefitted many hundreds of NCNR facility users and is freely available via the web.

2017 - Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers---Nicholas Butch

For his significant contributions to understanding the interplay of magnetism with superconductivity and revealing observations about superconducting materials by developing new measurement technologies, and his leadership in the neutron-scattering community evidenced by collaborations with government and university partners.

2017 - Safety Award---Carol Clark, Eileen Conley, Sharon Wentling

For proactive leadership of the ITL-wide Safety Clean-Up initiative and the early adoption of the OSHE Workplace Inspection Reporting System (WIRS) application.

2017 - Eugene Casson Crittenden Award---Patrick Connelly

For exceptional service to the NCNR user community, instrument scientists, and NIST laboratories, enabling precision neutron measurement programs.

2016 - Bronze Medal Award---Terrence Udovic

For the discovery of unparalleled superionic conduction in solid electrolyte materials suitable for rechargeable battery applications.

2016 - Samuel Wesley Stratton Award---Craig Brown

For revealing molecular mechanisms that yield great improvements in gas-separation and catalytic processes in microporous materials.

2015 - Bronze Medal Award---James Moyer, Douglas Ogg, Michael Rinehart

For the mechanical design, installation, and alignment of a complex neutron analyzer and detection system on the NCNR Multi-Axis Crystal Spectrometer.

2014 - Silver Medal Award---Paul C. Brand, Anthony Norbedo

For the design and implementation of an innovative upgrade that greatly extends the lifetime of the NIST Center for Neutron Research.

2014 - Silver Medal Award---Jeremy C. Cook

For the design of the neutron guide system and shielding crucial to the NCNR's Neutron Facility Expansion Project.

2014 - Bronze Medal Award---Thomas Gnaupel-Herold, Adam Creuziger

For the development of new analysis techniques for error determinations of crystallographic phase fractions, textures, and intergranular stresses.

2014 - Bronze Medal Award---Kathryn Krycka

For profound advancements to neutron spin polarization techniques and their subsequent application to the characterization of magnetic nanostructures.

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