Awards Received by NIST Employees

Ye was awarded this honor due to his seminal and creative contributions to a remarkably wide range of subjects within Atomic, Molecular and Optical physics.

In recognition for his continuous and outstanding contributions to research pertaining and in support of additive manufacturing.

In recognition of your significant and continuous outstanding contributions to the field of additive manufacturing, specifically in support of standardization.

Callie Higgins was named a 2021 Emerging Leader for inventing a groundbreaking technology to detect and remedy microscopic flaws that threaten the safety and reliability of 3D–printed products, potentially revolutionizing the medical, plastics...

For pioneering work on applications of machine learning for automated delineation of materials phase diagrams, and for the development of novel physics-informed machine learning for closed-loop autonomous materials exploration and optimization.

For developing highly effective methods for uncertainty quantification, and for the evaluation of atomic spectroscopic data and its efficient dissemination through the world’s most reliable atomic databases.

For exceptional scientific creativity and leadership in designing and demonstrating a state-of-the-art trapped ion optical clock with the lowest reported clock systematic uncertainty of 0.94 x 10 -18, and for implementing novel clock comparisons.

For fundamental insight into the chain conformation, structure, phase separation, and interfaces of polyelectrolytes enabled by light and neutron scattering methods.

For distinguished contributions to the advancement and strength of the US federal cybersecurity community.

For outstanding contributions to the scientific understanding of the structure-property relationships of additively manufactured alloys and deformation induced surface roughness of lightweight automotive alloys.

For creation of a revolutionary GDSII CAD design program and fundamental contributions to the understanding of surface functionalization, chemical & biological sensing, dissipation and non-linear dynamics of interacting nanoelectromechanical systems.

For outstanding contributions in the application of mathematics with impact in a broad range of fields, including physics, chemistry, biotechnology, and engineering.

The prize selection committee cited him for “outstanding contributions to the invention and development of the optical lattice clock, which enables precision tests of the fundamental laws of nature.”

Dr. P. Jonathon Phillips is a world-renowned expert in computer vision, face recognition, and biometrics and a pioneer in developing competitions to improve these technologies. He began working in face recognition and biometrics in 1993 and joined...

Dr. Mitrani-Reiser is recognized as a preeminent authority in disaster science and has dedicated her career to reduction of losses from disasters and failures in our built environment. At NIST she provides leadership for national programs, including...

For the enormous contribution made in the field of cybersecurity, particularly in the area of best practices and standards for cybersecurity and cyber risk management that are so critical to securing the Internet and protecting national and economic...

The topic for the application is that of thermal detectors for space-based measurements of the earth radiation budget. The main scientific goal is to achieve the lowest uncertainty measurements by means of micromachined, carbon nanotube-based...

In recognition of demonstrated technical expertise in and dedication to the development of structural codes and standards

In recognition of her character, professional integrity, and years of outstanding service to the civil engineering profession.

Shaw C. Feng is recognized with the Eli Whitney Productivity Award for his outstanding contributions to using efficiently linked data to enable digital metrology, sustainable manufacturing and systems integration for manufacturing industries thereby...

In recognition of her distinguished contributions to mathematics and mathematics education as well as her skill in delivering an expository lecture. A full press release is available at: https://awm-math.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/PR-Falconer...

For exceptional scientific creativity and achievement in designing and implementing state-of-the-art trapped-ion optical clocks with the lowest systematic uncertainty.

The National Institute of Standards and Technology's team that runs the National Vulnerabilities Database was awarded the 2021 InnovateIT Award: Security Innovation Leader. Bob Byers is credited with leading a team that developed a method to better...

COE Award for Post-Doctoral Researcher Excellence recognizes a postdoctoral fellow who has demonstrated excellence in research, teaching, mentoring, service, and/or leadership

ITL is pleased to announce that Dr. Ellen Voorhees has been named a NIST Fellow. Dr. Voorhees is a pioneer and recognized leader in the U.S. Government’s efforts to advance the state of the art in information retrieval technology through evaluation...