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Awards Received by NIST Employees

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2021 - Distinguished Career Award---Michele Cooley

For a career of federal service and outstanding administrative and organizational contributions to NIST and other agencies spanning over 40 years.

2021 - Distinguished Mentoring Award---Dileep Thatte

For fostering exceptional personal and professional development of NIST staff, and unparalleled support and dedication to the NIST Mentoring Program.

2021 - Eugene Casson Crittenden Award---Alonzo Pearson, Dylan Morley, Devin Frazier, Leonel Montano

For reconditioning all the heating, ventilation, and air conditioning equipment prior to the Phase 1 reopening of the NIST Gaithersburg campus.

2021 - Director's Award for Excellence in Administration---Dorothy Smothers

For exemplary contributions and stewardship in administering NIST’s Office of Workers’ Compensation Program.

2021 - Eugene Casson Crittenden Award---George Potts, Jr., Thomas Salvermoser, Christopher Best, Stephen Coulter, Noli Manaloto

For coordinating and maintaining environmental controls during reduced operations to ensure continuity of operations to mission-critical facilities.

2021 - Eugene Casson Crittenden Award---Kelsey Knepp

For outstanding support of NIST organizational development, helping make expanded learning opportunities possible for the NIST community.

2021 - Director's Award for Excellence in Administration---Stephen Banovic, Brian Brass, Michael Blumer, Jeffrey Good, Wing Wong, James Michael Blackmon, Kevin Dyrdahl, Jay Peterson

For excellence in developing, communicating, and implementing NIST COVID-19 health and safety protocols to provide a safe working environment.

2021 - Judson C. French Award---Vincent Lee, Cameron Miller, Bala Muralikrishnan, Maria Nadal, Benjamin Tsai, Yuqin Zong

For their initiative in overhauling the NIST photometry facility and services to meet the demands of the rapidly growing solid-state lighting industry.

2021 - Eugene Casson Crittenden Award---Tommy Armstrong

For sustained superior performance in operations and maintenance focusing on electrical systems on the Gaithersburg campus.

2021 - Eugene Casson Crittenden Award---Brian Ackley

For critical support and services for the NIST Gaithersburg campus fire protection systems including programming, management, maintenance, and repairs.

2021 - Safety Award---Brian Brass, Andrew Persily, Steven Emmerich, Lisa Ng, Charles Bowers, Christian Colburn, Danielle Swarts, Carrie Kelly, Drew Comley, George Potts, Jr.

For developing research-based guidelines and best practices to maximize the impact of campus ventilation systems, which prepared NIST for Phase 1 reopening.

2021 - Safety Award---Christopher Gork

For sustained superior performance in the area of safety through the identification and mitigation of hazards associated with underground utilities.

2021 - Edward Bennett Rosa Award---Elijah Petersen

For leadership in the development of an international guidance document on conducting ecotoxicity testing of manufactured nanomaterials.

2021 - Jacob Rabinow Applied Research Award---Carl Simon, Jr.

For development and transfer to industry of tools to quantify quality attributes of manufactured fiber-based scaffolds for the regenerative medicine industry.

2021 - Bronze Medal Award---Dennis Everett

For establishing a new world-class gear measurement capability in response to an urgent request from the U.S. gear manufacturing industry.

2021 - Allen V. Astin Measurement Science Award---Lee Yu, Clay Davis, Savelas A. Rabb

For advancing the metrology of arsenic, and for the development of SI-traceable arsenic SRMs, needed to ensure human health and food safety worldwide.

2021 - B. Stephen Carpenter Award---Sally Bruce

For leadership in quality management for national metrology institutes and advancing the information systems of the International System of Units.

2021 - Edward Uhler Condon Award---Scott Diddams

For outstanding communication of complex research and measurements in a comprehensive and clearly illustrated review of optical frequency combs.

2021 - Colleagues' Choice Award---Jason Carr, Kevin Harrison, Anthony Lonsinger, Wendy Morrison, Laurence Pesek, Erin Presley-Froemke

For their exceptional customer service and support, enabling NIST Boulder staff to succeed while teleworking during a pandemic.

2021 - Colleagues' Choice Award---Laura Espinal

For her leadership in creating the Parents Network to unite and support caregivers at NIST during a time of crucial need.

2021 - Colleagues' Choice Award---Ashley Boggs

For outstanding advocacy, leadership and devotion to the forward progress of "One NIST" in science, equity, diversity and inclusion.

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Physics World 2021 Breakthrough of the Year

The Physics World 2021 Breakthrough of the Year goes to two independent teams for entangling two macroscopic vibrating drumheads, thereby advancing our understanding of the divide between quantum and classical systems. The winners are Mika Sillanpää...