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Awards Received by NIST Employees

Keyword

Organizational Unit

2016 - Bronze Medal Award---George Rhoderick, Michael Kelley, Walter Miller, Jr., Jennifer Carney

For developing Standard Reference Materials with the unprecedented accuracy required for climate-science measurements of atmospheric greenhouse gases.

2016 - Bronze Medal Award---Daniel Sunday, R. Joseph Kline

For the development of new X-ray measurements of the structure of self-assembling polymers for advanced lithography in the semiconductor industry.

2016 - Bronze Medal Award---Stacy Bruss

For creating the NIST Research Library Innovation Corner featuring the Emerging Tech Bar, a unique venue and opportunity to try the latest and most innovative technology.

2016 - Bronze Medal Award---Piotr A. Domanski, W. Vance Payne

For conducting the first study of the impact of installation faults on heat pump performance, providing an authoritative basis for improved practice.

Selepak, Kuligowski, Fernandez, Reneke, Hagwood, Peacock, Averill

2016 - Bronze Medal Award---Richard Peacock, Paul Reneke, Charles Hagwood, Michael Selepak, Marco Fernandez, Jason Averill, Erica Kuligowski

For development, analysis, and dissemination of a building evacuation database to improve occupant safety during fire incidents.

2016 - Bronze Medal Award---Honeyeh Zube, J’aime Maynard

For leadership, development, and implementation of highly successful and robust Cooperative Research and Development Agreements for NIST.

2016 - Bronze Medal Award---Anne Andrews, Jason Boehm, David Holbrook, James St. Pierre, Michael Fasolka

For leadership, development, and implementation of the dramatically improved NIST Human Subjects Protection Program.

Back Row: Ranneberger, Brusko, Meyer, Scaccia, Williams, Daniels, Rohrbaugh Front Row: Fagan, Buhrman, Miller, Statia

2016 - Bronze Medal Award---Steam & Chilled Water Generation Plant Group

For the sustained delivery of site utilities in support of NIST during significant construction upgrades to the Gaithersburg Plant operations.

Folk, Thomson, Conrad, Densock, Fisher, Bly, Smith, Ramsburg, Flanagan, Patel

2016 - Bronze Medal Award---Beth Mary Bly, Bill Fisher, Cheri Smith, Deana Ramsburg, Alex Folk, Jatin Patel, Jerome “Jay” Thomson, Kevin Conrad, Lynn Flanagan, Rob Densock

For designing and constructing an innovative facility allowing stakeholders to collaborate and solve the nation’s pressing cybersecurity challenges.

2016 - Bronze Medal Award---Manny Mejias

For demonstrating exemplary leadership in the disposition of 255 legacy radioactive sources in a safe and regulatory-compliant manner.

2016 - Bronze Medal Award---Brian Brass

For advancing a positive safety culture at NIST based on a risk-based hazard review process that integrates safety into all of NIST's work.

2016 - Bronze Medal Award---Colleen Hughes

For creating a positive transformation of e-learning materials and NIST staff’s mindset related to occupational safety and health training.

2016 - Bronze Medal Award---Melody Berry, Joseph Boone, John Connor, Jonathan Hazen, Sherwin McAdam, Carl Spangler, Micah Walsh

For architecting and deploying a secured Amazon Web Services environment in which NIST customers can directly develop and operate mission-specific solutions.

2016 - Bronze Medal Award---Matthew Boyd, Brian Dougherty

For development of testbeds for monitoring photovoltaic (PV) system performance that are providing critical datasets to the solar energy industry.

2016 - Arthur S. Flemming Award---Daniel Hussey

For pioneering contributions in neutron imaging, including the development of a highly sensitive neutron phase imaging technique and the demonstration of the world's first practical neutron microscope.

2016 - Arthur S. Flemming Award---Charles Romine

For outstanding leadership and management in information technology standards, measurement and research, addressing some of the most complex IT challenges facing the United States.

Paul Ehrenfest Best Paper Award for Quantum Foundations for the Year 2015

The Paul Ehrenfest Best Paper Award for Quantum Foundations for the year 2015 was awarded jointly to three publications by groups at the TU Delft (The Netherlands), the Austrian Academy of Sciences (Austria) and the National Institute of Standards...

Elham Tabassi - 2016 Women in Biometrics Award

Elham Tabassi, an electrical engineer in the Information Access Division, was one of four winners for the 2016 Women in Biometrics Award, which was presented by SecureIDNews and the Security Industry Association. She was selected from more than 100...

2016 Robert D. Thompson Memorial Award - Dr. Christopher W. Meyer

For continuing contributions and dedication to the development of temperature measurement standards, including effective leadership of subcommittee E20.09 on Digital Contact Thermometers.

Xiao Tang - 2016 Fellow of the American Physical Society

For outstanding contributions in optical technologies and systems, with application to quantum communications, spectrometry, and digital preservation.

Phillips Selected as Fellow of AOAC International

MML Research Chemist Melissa Phillips has been selected to be a Fellow of AOAC International. Phillips was selected for this honor in recognition of her dedication, commitment, and meritorious service to the analytical community through the AOAC. She...