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Awards Received by NIST Employees
Notice: This collection is not comprehensive. Most awards included are recent. We are working to make the site more complete.
On September 7, 2023, TIME magazine included Tabassi, Associate Director of Emerging Technologies in NIST’s Information Technology Laboratory, on its list of the 100 most influential people in AI. She is cited as among the top leaders, innovators...
Congratulations to Patrick Grother (IAD), the winner of the 2023 Federal Identity Forum and Expo Career Achievement Award - 2023 Federal Identity Forum & Exposition: FedID Award Winners.
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 collaboration between the Applied Chemicals and Materials Division of the NIST Material Measurement Laboratory (MML) and the Building Energy and Environment Division of the NIST Engineering Laboratory (EL) investigated refrigerant blends as...
Research focus: My research is focused on building detectors for astronomical cameras, much like the sensor in a smartphone. Unlike the sensor in a phone, the detectors I work on are for the type of light that is lower energy than visible/infrared...
David Sefcik of the NIST OWM received the 2023 NCWM Outstanding Contributions Award for his service as a co-organizer of the 2022 NCWM-NIST National Survey on 20 lb LPG (Propane) Cylinders. The study was conceived by and conducted in partnership with...
The 2023 Class of Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellows will join an esteemed group of approximately 50 current fellows involved in vital basic research for the DOD. Their research spans a wide range of disciplines, including materials science, cognitive...
In recognition of meritorious service to the Department of Homeland Security and the United States of America. This award recognizes high standards of achievement and innovation resulting in significant improvements in the way capabilities are...
Nicole Yunger Halpern is an emerging young leader in the reconciliation and mutual strengthening of the concepts of thermodynamics and quantum physics, which can now be explored in unprecedented experimental detail. Her work ranges from quantum...
Ursula Kattner of the NIST Material Measurement Laboratory Materials Science and Engineering Division is the 2023 recipient of the Gibbs Triangle Award at the 50 th CALPHAD meeting held in Boston, MA, June 25-29, 2023. This is awarded for outstanding...
" Reference Materials for MS-based Untargeted Metabolomics and Lipidomics: A Review by the Metabolomics Quality Assurance and Quality Control Consortium (mQACC) ", Metabolomics volume 18, Article number: 24 (2022), was recently awarded the 2023 Best...
Congratulations to Ellen Voorhees (IAD) for receiving an honorary Doctor of Science degree from the University of Glasgow in recognition of her achievements in the evaluation of information retrieval, question answering, and other language...
ASTM’s organizational recognition for individual contributions to standards activities. Committee E60 noted exemplary committee contribution and work on sustainability standardization within ASTM.
Congratulations to Rodney Petersen for receiving the 2023 Service Recognition Award in recognition for his outstanding cybersecurity contribution to the community and the Nation from the National Centers of Academic Excellence (CAE) in Cybersecurity...
Congratulations to Karen Wetzel for receiving the 2023 Service Recognition Award in recognition for her outstanding cybersecurity contribution to the community and the Nation from the National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity. Karen...
In 2023 Julia Scherschligt received the honor of an AVS Fellow, in recognition for outstanding contributions to vacuum science and metrology as a scientific manager, leader, and researcher. The AVS Fellow is only awarded to members who have sustained...
Dr. Eric Lemmon of the NIST Material Measurement Laboratory Applied Chemicals and Materials Division Thermophysical Properties of Fluids Group at the NIST Boulder, CO campus has been named the 2023 recipient of the Laurance S. Reid Award of the...
Congratulations to Ram D. Sriram (SSD) for receiving an honorary member award from the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineering (IISE) in New Orleans at the IISE Annual Symposium. According to IISE, this is the highest honor IISE may grant an...
This award recognizes Drexel alumni who demonstrate excellence in their chosen fields, serve as an example of the opportunities that experiential education can provide, and demonstrate a commitment to sustaining such opportunities for current and...
Congratulations to Angela Robinson (CSD) for receiving the 2023 Women in Technology Rising Star Award on May 18th. This category honors a woman in the beginning stages of her career who has demonstrated exemplary leadership traits and mentorship.
Dr. Edwin Chan is recognized for his outstanding contributions to NIST and the federal government. He developed innovative measurement methods that advance our scientific understanding of polymer thin films and interfaces and deployed these methods...