Awards Received by NIST Employees

For extraordinary leadership in development and application of voluntary standards.

The Authors received the ASM Henry Marion Howe Medal for 2018 for their paper entitled “ Formation of the Ni3Nb δ-Phase in Stress-Relieved Inconel 625 Produced via Laser Powder-Bed Fusion Additive Manufacturing."

For the development of precision measurement techniques, in particular for atomic mass and for measurements with atomic ensembles beyond the standard quantum limit.

For significant technical contributions and leadership in the PHM Society including overseeing the expansion of the panel sessions in 2016 and 2017 as the panel committee chair, serving as a General Chair of the 2018 Annual Conference of the PHM...

Roger Bostelman, a project manager in the Engineering Laboratory's Intelligent Systems Division at NIST, was recently awarded the 2018 ASTM International James A. Thomas President’s Leadership Award. A member of ASTM International since 2014...

For developing the metrology ecosystem that was critical to improving chemically amplified photoresist formulations, enabling sub-100 nm lithographic patterning strategies, and realizing high performance semiconductors. The award will be...

Congratulations to George Awad who was jointly awarded the 2018 IEEE Computer Society PAMI Mark Everingham Prize. The prize was jointly awarded to Alan Smeaton (Dublin City University, Ireland), Wessel Kraaij (Leiden University, Netherlands), Paul...

Richard Mirin is recognized for outstanding contributions to semiconductor quantum dot devices and quantum optics by the Optical Society of America.

For achievements in infrared optical property measurement and standards.

Galan Moody has won the 2018 International Conference on Superlattices, Nanostructures and Nanodevices Young Investigator Award.

Recipients have been recognized for their significant contributions to national and international standardization activities, as well as an ongoing commitment to their industry, their nation, and the enhancement of the global voluntary consensus...

Ian Bell of MML's Applied Chemicals and Materials Division was named as an Emerging Investigator in the field of chemical thermodynamics by the Journal of Chemical and Engineering Data, in a special issue of the journal published July 12, 2018 by the...

Who Was Detective X? In the gangster era of Prohibition and the Great Depression, a physicist at the National Bureau of Standards, now NIST, brought modern ideas to the then-emerging field of forensic science. His name was Wilmer Souder. A physicist...

Recognized for his significant achievements and leadership in the field of manufacturing engineering as a young engineer.

Congratulations to Dr. Davina Pruitt-Mentle for receiving the 2018 Government Leadership of the Year Award. Pruitt-Mentle has spent over 20 years researching and coordinating cybersecurity education programs. She joined the National Initiative for...

In recognition of his outstanding contributions to the understanding of nanoscale magnetic phenomena through ground-breaking theoretical studies of exchange coupling, exchange bias, magnetic damping, and spin transfer torques.

For the development of stable, reproducible, and accurate atomic clocks based on optical lattices, and the use of those clocks to probe fundamental atomic interactions and quantum many-body systems.

Recognized for contributions towards the standardization of key performance indicators in sustainable manufacturing in ASTM E60.13

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For outstanding contributions on quantum properties of interacting cold atoms, cold dipolar matter, quantum optics, quantum transduction, and quantum simulations.

Congratulations to Naomi Lefkovitz who received the Federal 100 award for promoting the development of trustworthy systems that protect individuals’ privacy and civil liberties. In 2017, she published a NIST Internal Report that introduces a systems...

Congratulations to Donna Dodson for receiving the Federal 100 Award . Dodson was a seasoned and steady influence on federal cybersecurity policy in 2017 as new leaders settled into the White House, the Department of Homeland Security and the Defense...

Congratulations to Joshua Franklin for receiving the Federal 100 Award. Franklin literally wrote the book on mobile device security. He had a huge impact last year as one of the authors of NIST’s Mobile Threat Catalogue, and he was responsible for...

Congratulations to Wo Chang for receiving the INCITS Merit Award. For more than 10+ years as a member with significant contributions to at least two international SCs or WGs in a technical contributor or leadership role and demonstrated continuous...

Congratulations to Eric Simmon for receiving the INCITS Service Award. Eric Simmon is recognized for his outstanding service to the INCITS organization through committee work or duties during the past year. His achievements will be honored at the...