Awards

For developing and disseminating superconducting sensors and key enabling technologies, including millikelvin cryogenics and multiplexed readout circuitry.

Shannon Duff has received a 2024 Arthur S. Flemming Award in the Applied Science and Engineering category for her outstanding federal service in establishing a program to produce sensor arrays for measurements of the cosmic microwave background...

Dr. Ryan Snodgrass is recognized for his outstanding contributions to the field of cryogenics, particularly in the areas of pulse tube refrigerators and Gifford-McMahon cryocoolers.

For developing the novel sensors that enable the most advanced cosmic microwave background observatory to unravel the mysteries of the early universe.

For reducing the uncertainty in calibration of the world network of gravitational wave observatories.

For the development of a cryogenic camera based on superconducting sensors and for its first use in space to obtain X-ray images of a supernova remnant.

For the development of a cryogenic camera based on superconducting sensors and for its first use in space to obtain X-ray images of a supernova remnant.

Category: Mechanical/Materials Developers: Los Alamos National Laboratory Co-Developers: National Institute of Standards, Boulder, CO; University of Colorado, Boulder, CO United States Product Description: The hyperspectral x-ray imaging (HXI)...

This opportunity will facilitate my own professional growth and will allow me to become a mentor to others, where I hope to pass on knowledge and skills similar to those that I gleaned from my own mentors in the past.

For the development of ultrasensitive multi-pixel transition-edge-sensor calorimeters and spectrometers for applications in astrophysics, nuclear security, materials analysis, and metrology.

Category: IT/Electrical Developers: Los Alamos National Laboratory Co-Developers: National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), University of Colorado – Boulder United States Product Description: SOFIA (Spectrometer Optimized for Facility...

Recognized for the design and implementation of a successful freshwater conservation project. By using largely existing NIST infrastructure, existing capacity in a closed loop of recycled cooling water, and minimal new hardware costs, this project is...

This work will aim to improve the performance of TES detectors, a mature and widely used detector technology which utilizes a voltage-biased superconductor to sense the deposited power from photons incident on a thermally isolated island.

For the past few decades, charge-coupled devices (CCDs) have been a dominant technology in optical to near-infrared (NIR) astronomy, but more recently, instruments incorporating superconducting detector technologies, particularly microwave kinetic...

For experimental and theoretical work that led to improved understanding of superconducting x-ray sensors and new capabilities in x-ray spectroscopy.

For experimental and theoretical work that led to improved understanding of superconducting x-ray sensors and new capabilities in x-ray spectroscopy.

For experimental and theoretical work that led to improved understanding of superconducting x-ray sensors and new capabilities in x-ray spectroscopy.

For the development of versatile and scalable readout firmware that will enable new microcalorimeter instruments with larger arrays of faster sensors.

For the development of versatile and scalable readout firmware that will enable new microcalorimeter instruments with larger arrays of faster sensors.

For the development of versatile and scalable readout firmware that will enable new microcalorimeter instruments with larger arrays of faster sensors.