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Awards Received by NIST Employees

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Green Gov Award

The award citation states that through the development of the BEES software tool, Bobbie has significantly advanced the state-of-the-art of practices for sustainability measurement of building materials and bio-based products across the Federal...

World Standards Day Paper Competition

Winner of the 2010 World Standards Day Paper Competition

Marla Dowell Receives 2009 Arthur S. Flemming Award

Marla Dowell, Group Leader of the Sources and Detector Group, was recognized for her sustained exceptional leadership as a supervisory physicist of a world-leading laser metrology program. Dr. Dowell leads the most comprehensive program in laser...

2010 Robert Fairer Award - John Elliott

Dr. Elliott received the Robert E. Fairer Award for his work on developing world standards for the medical community. For more on his research.

2010 Maryland Association of Science Teachers Award - Mary Satterfield

Dr. Satterfield recognized as Educational Outreach Coordinator showing Excellence in Science Education. For more on her research.

2010 NIST Sigma Xi Young Scientist Award - Joshua Bienfang

For pioneering studies in quantum cryptography.

2010 Outstanding Young Scientist - Ian Spielman

From JQI press release: "By shining laser light and applying an external magnetic field with a gradient on a gas of neutral atoms in an ultracold state of matter known as a Bose-Einstein condensate, Spielman and his colleagues have synthesized an...

2009 APS Fellow - Yuri Ralchenko

For significant contributions to the relativistic theory of highly-charged ions and collisional-radiative modeling, and through creation of online codes and databases for the atomic physics community.

2010 ASTM International Award of Appreciation - Paul DeRose

Dr. DeRose received ASTM International Award of Appreciation for recognition of his outstanding service in the development of E2719 Standard Guide for Fluorescence – Instrument Calibration and Qualification. For more on his research.

2010 APS Fellow - Muhammad Arif

For pioneering contributions in neutron interferometry, imaging and detection, with applications ranging from precise measurements of neutron scattering lengths to the imaging of flows in hydrogen fuel cells.

2010 APS Fellow - John Kasianowicz

For his pioneering contributions to the field of biophysics including the detection, identification, characterization and quantification of biological and chemical polymers, and for the development of a new method for protein structure determination.

2010 APS Fellow - Thomas Silva

For his fundamental contributions to the experimental studies of the spin-torque oscillators, their interactions, and collective states, and for the development of new quantitative experimental methods for the investigation of magnetization dynamics...

2010 Dal Nogare Award - Lane Sander

"For his contributions to the theory and application of chromatographic science" For more on his research.

2010 BEYA/Minorities in Research Science Emerald Honors - Yadu Tewari

Dr. Tewari received the Senior Investigator award for his research leadership.

Vijay Srinivasan Elected 2009 Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)

This award is to acknowledge Dr. Srinivasan's distinguished dual career in industrial research and academic teaching spanning over twenty-five years.

2009 - Bronze Medal Award---Alan Migdall

For advancing photon-based metrology for applications in optical radiation measurement, fundamental physics, and quantum information.

2009 PECASE - Dean DeLongchamp

Dr. DeLongchamp received the PECASE Award for his outstanding work in identifying the relationship between the molecular organization of organic films and their performance in electronic devices. For more on his research.

2009 Allen V. Astin Award for Waveform Metrology

The Team is recognized for developing fundamentally new waveform metrology, providing a world-first method for simultaneously calibrating high-speed electrical test equipment in both the time- and frequency-domains with point-by-point uncertainty...

2009 Bronze Medal for Quantum Dot Metrology

The team is recognized for their scientific and engineering achievements in semiconductor quantum dot metrology. They have performed ground-breaking measurements of quantum dot absorption and developed practical quantum dot devices. Their remarkable...