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Material Measurement Laboratory

Materials Measurement Science Division

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2020 - Silver Medal Award---John Jendzurski

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

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 - Bronze Medal Award---Aaron Gilad Kusne

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

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 for Best in Public Health and was a finalist for Best in Government & Politics. The Shorty Awards honor the...

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, or government as well as to their community. This honor is based on Winnie’s career accomplishments...

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 spectroscopy and outstanding leadership to AVS.

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 involves using microbeam techniques to study of museum specimens and related materials to understand their...

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 an amazing asset and mentor to many of us in the synchrotron science community, and he was unanimously...

2019 - Bronze Medal Award---Thomas Gnaupel-Herold, Carelyn Campbell, Michael Katz, Eric Lass, Lyle Levine, Mark Stoudt, Maureen Williams, Fan Zhang, Thien Phan

For identifying improved post-processing treatments for additive manufacturing metal alloys that resolve a critical issue of mechanical part failure.

Vincent Hackley Honored by ASTM

In recognition of consistent dedication and outstanding service to ASTM Committee E56 on Nanotechnology since the committee’s inception in 2005.

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...

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...

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 - 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---Joshua Martin

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

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 - 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.

2017 - Bronze Medal Award---Bruce Ravel

For the exemplary application of a unique data analysis and visualization system used globally by synchrotron X-ray absorption spectroscopists.

MML Researchers Win Journal of Materials Science Cahn Prize for Best Paper of 2017

The work is available at: http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10853-017-1355-4

2016 - Silver Medal Award---Andrew Allen, Lyle Levine

For establishing a revolutionary new technique for measuring materials microstructure and dynamics over multiple scales and under working conditions.

2016 - Bronze Medal Award---Anne Andrews, Jason Boehm, David Holbrook, James St. Pierre, Michael Fasolka

For leadership, development, and implementation of the dramatically improved NIST Human Subjects Protection Program.

2016 - Bronze Medal Award---Michael Riley, Aaron Forster, Stephanie Hooker

For the rapid deployment of a new capability to measure the mechanical properties of impact-mitigating materials for the Head Health Challenge III.

2014 - Silver Medal Award---James Cline

For establishing world-leading metrology in crystal structure enabling the development and reliable use of advanced materials by U.S. industry.

2014 - Colleagues' Choice Award---William Osborn

For collegial service and outstanding technical collaborations to advance materials measurements.

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