Awards Received by NIST Employees

A. J. Fleisher's work has led to advances in optical measurements of isotopic composition, including stable carbon isotope ratios and radiocarbon abundances in carbon dioxide (CO 2). Their innovative approaches have opened new avenues for exploration...

The NIST Image Group is being nominated for the Service and Leadership team award for their substantive guidance and leadership to the federal identity community. Many of the group’s subject matter experts (SME’s) have been with the team for 15 years...

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...

Dr. Raghu Kacker was chosen as a Fellow in recognition of outstanding contributions in enabling the field of combinatorial testing to become a mainstream tool in measurement science and software engineering. In 1997, the Mars Pathfinder began...

Dr. Kamran Sayrafian was chosen as a Fellow in recognition of outstanding contributions to mathematical and computational modeling of Body Area Networks. Dr. Kamran Sayrafian is a pioneer in the field of Body Area Networks (BAN), a revolutionary...

“For leadership, and vision to the neutron scattering community as scientist, mentor, instrument developer, and facility steward."

For outstanding leadership and technical contributions to standardization of measurements of light sources and lighting products.

Jun Ye's research topic is Quantum System Scaling and Advantage for Fundamental and Applied Science.

Ron is an expert in absorbed dose metrology based on water calorimetry, critical for the direct realization of the SI unit of dose, the gray (Gy), to which all clinical absorbed dose measurements for radiation beam therapy are traceable.

For service to the neutron scattering community through his leadership in the development of scientific software for small-angle scattering.

On organizing a national school on solving magnetic structures with neutron diffraction and new AI data collection and analysis methods.

"Analysis of Engineered Nafion Surfaces via Neutron Reflectometry" https://www.mrs.org/acns-2022

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...

Diane Stephens of the Information Access Division in NIST's Information Technology Laboratory has been named one of the 2022 Security Industry Association's Women in Biometrics. This award was presented May 24, 2022, at a special award ceremony...

Warren Merkel , Chief of Standards Services in the Standards Coordination Office, received the ANSI Gerald H. Ritterbusch Conformity Assessment Medal, which honors distinguished service in promoting the understanding and application of conformity...

Mary Jo DiBernardo , Program Manager in the Standards Coordination Office, received the ANSI Meritorious Service Award in recognition of her outstanding contributions to the U.S. voluntary standardization system. She has demonstrated outstanding...

For dynamic and outstanding leadership in the organization of editorial and terminology advances in mechanical testing and calibration standards in ASTM International Committee E28 on Mechanical Testing. Dr. Luecke's award was confirmed in 2021, but...

Dr. Strychalski founded and leads the Cellular Engineering Group at NIST, working to provide a foundation of measurements needed to support the design and control of engineered function in living systems. She conducts high-impact research in the...

This award was presented to Barbara Guttman for Leadership in Forensic Science. Ms. Guttman is the leader of the Software Quality Group in the Information Technology Laboratory (ITL) at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), where...

This award was presented to Paul Patrone for Excellence in Research in Applied Mathematics A staff member in NIST’s Applied and Computational Mathematics Division since 2015, Dr. Paul Patrone’s physical insight and prodigious analytic skills have...

NIST's video "Post-Quantum Encryption: the Good, the Bad, and the Powerful" received a Communicators Award of Distinction in the Technology for Online Video category from the Academy of Interactive & Visual Arts (AIVA). Individuals recognized by the...

Dr. Ellen M. Voorhees was announced as the recipient of the Ron Brown Excellence Award in Innovation as part of the 73rd Annual Department of Commerce award winners. The Secretary of Commerce noted that "former Secretary of Commerce Ron Brown saw...

NIST's video "Einstein, Time and Very Small Things - with Jun Ye" received a Communicators Award of Excellence in two categories: Use of Animation for Online Video and Science for Online Video. Individuals recognized by the AIVA for this video were...