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Physical Measurement Laboratory

Sensor Science Division

Awards

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2020 - B. Stephen Carpenter Award---Yoshihiro Ohno

For orchestrating a network of international collaborations to establish the measurement infrastructure for a vibrant solid-state lighting industry.

2019 Distinguished Associate Award - Theodore Vorburger

For the development of rigorous uncertainty methods and documentary standards for firearm forensics.

2020 ASTM James A. Thomas President’s Leadership Award - Bala Muralikrishnan

For significant contributions, successful leadership of a major new activity and unusually productive service ASTM committee work.

Stocker, Zheng, Renegar, Soons, Thompson

2019 - Bronze Medal Award---Robert M. Thompson, Thomas B. Renegar, Johannes A. Soons, Michael T. Stocker, Xiaoyu A. Zheng

For novel contributions to the field of forensics by digitally preserving ballistic evidence from the John F. Kennedy assassination, for the benefit of future generations.

2019 - Gold Medal Award---Nolan Brandenburg, Mark Luce, Jay Hendricks, Jacob Ricker

For exceptional and innovative encasement design, enabling preservation of multiple documents, from the US Bill of Rights to the Emancipation Proclamation.

2019 - Eugene Casson Crittenden Award---Michael Braine

For developing a 24/7 lab environmental monitoring system that protects expensive equipment by alerting staff to potential problems in real time.

2019 - Distinguished Career Award---Theodore Doiron

For sustained and lasting contributions to NIST and the next generation of practitioners in the field of precision dimensional metrology.

2019 - Allen V. Astin Measurement Science Award---Jun-Feng (John) Song

For revolutionizing firearm forensics by discovering a robust statistical method for attributing cartridge case evidence to a specific firearm.

2020 ASME Fellow - John D. Wright

For advancing practical, low uncertainty flow measurements, and ensuring the reliability of the US and international flow measurement

2019 Fellow of the American Vacuum Society - James Fedchak

For pioneering work in the science and metrology of extreme high vacuum, and support of the stakeholder and scientific community.

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 - Judson C. French Award---Catherine Cooksey, Thomas A. Germer, Heather J. Patrick, Clarence J. Zarobila

For replacing the prevailing reflectance measurement technology of the last 20 years with a novel robotic facility, lowering costs and turnaround time.

2018 - Bronze Medal Award---David W. Allen, Catherine Cooksey, Benjamin Tsai

For creating the first-ever robust compilation of human skin reflectance data needed for medical imaging, machine vision, and security applications.

2018 - Silver Medal Award---James Filla, Mohammad Khalil, Joey Boyd, Aaron Johnson, Iosif Shinder

For advancing gas-flow measurement science to enable smokestack emissions measurements that are accurate, traceable, and comparable internationally.

2018 - Bronze Medal Award---Brian Alberding, Joshua Hadler, Edwin Heilweil

For developing the rigorous measurements needed to assess the efficacy of commercial laser-protective eyewear in common laboratory conditions.

2018 - Eugene Casson Crittenden Award---Wyatt Miller

For advancing surface-temperature metrology and its real-world applications, including a novel web-based shipment-monitoring system.

2018 - Edward Bennett Rosa Award---Bala Muralikrishnan, Prem Rachakonda, Meghan Shilling, Roger Bostelman, Geraldine Cheok, Joseph Falco, Marek Franaszek, Jeremy Marvel, Kamel Saidi, Ya-Shian Li-Baboud

For outstanding contributions to ASTM standards for performance evaluation of 3D imaging systems used in a wide range of critical applications.

2018 SPIE Fellow - Dr. Leonard Hanssen

For achievements in infrared optical property measurement and standards.

2018 ANSI Next Generation Award - Michal Chojnacky

Recipients have been recognized for their significant contributions to national and international standardization activities, as well as an

Driver, Schlatter, Quintavalle, Cross, Scherschligt

2017 - Judson C. French Award---John S. Quintavalle, Katie Schlatter, Christina D. Cross, Robert G. Driver, Julia K. Scherschligt

For dramatically improving the quality and lowering the cost of pressure dissemination by modernizing the NIST piston gauge calibration service.

2017 - Silver Medal Award---Sushama Singh, Richard Silver, Johannes A. Soons, Xiaoyu A. Zheng

For launching the first open-access research database of forensic topography data to improve the scientific basis of firearm evidence in court.

Hendricks, Strouse, Egan, Scace, Olson, Stone, Ricker

2017 - Gold Medal Award---Patrick Egan, Jay Hendricks, Douglas Olson, Jacob Ricker, Gregory Scace, Jack Stone, Gregory Strouse

For revolutionizing pressure metrology by replacing the existing standard of nearly 4 centuries with a faster and more precise quantum-based method.