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Awards Received by NIST Employees
Notice: This collection is not comprehensive. Most awards included are recent. We are working to make the site more complete.
Physicist Nicole Yunger Halpern from the Joint Center for Quantum Information and Computer Science (QuICS), the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), and the University of Maryland connects thermodynamics to modern quantum...
Dr. Ran Tao recently received the NATAS Outstanding Service Award at the 2024 50th Annual Conference of the North American Thermal Analysis Society in Knoxville, Tennessee, in recognition of her dedication and leadership in serving the Society. Since...
Advanced the design of large interacting quantum systems through pioneering research at the intersection of quantum physics and information science with groundbreaking implications for quantum computers, sensors, and networks. Read full citation on...
On September 5, 2024, TIME included Elizabeth Kelly, director of the United States Artificial Intelligence Safety Institute, on its list of the 100 most influential people in AI. Elizabeth was recognized for her leadership of the AI Safety Institute...
Drs. Sattar and Cook were awarded in recognition of their leadership and technical contributions to a six-year project on benchmarking evaluation methodologies for existing reinforced concrete buildings.
The Department of Commerce Office of Sustainable Energy and Environmental Programs (OSEEP) recently announced its 2024 Class of Sustainability, Energy, and Environmental (SEE) Ambassadors. NIST awardees were: Dr. Katarina Goodge For their leadership...
Ishi Keenum, Jason Kralj, and Stephanie Servetas of the Biosystems and Biomaterials Division Complex Microbial Systems Group received the 2024 AOAC Award in Recognition of Technical and Scientific Excellence for their paper on Amplicon Sequencing...
Melissa Phillips (right) and Kate Rimmer (left) of the Chemical Sciences Division have been honored by the Official Methods Board of AOAC International, a leading standards development organization for analytical methods for foods and dietary...
Frank Delaglio, of the NIST Material Measurement Laboratory Biomolecular Measurement Division and Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology Research, was awarded the 2024 American Chemical Society Division of Analytical Chemistry Chemical...
Adam Kaufman’s team will explore new chamber designs, aided by cryogenics, to greatly enhance heating from contaminants, new optical lattice designs to mitigate additional heating sources, and new cooling methods to mitigate collisional heating. Read...
For outstanding technical leadership in conducting a critical NASA quantum sensing capability assessment to enable the success of NASA future science and exploration missions.
The officers and members of the National Conference on Weights and Measures (NCWM) hereby express our greatest respect and appreciation to Tina Butcher for her outstanding service to the mission of equity in the marketplace. Tina Butcher’s wisdom...
The recipients of ANSI's 2024 Leadership and Service Awards have been announced. Amy Phelps, of the NIST Standards Coordination Office, has been awarded the Gerald H. Ritterbusch Conformity Assessment Medal, which honors distinguished service in...
The recipients of ANSI's 2024 Leadership and Service Awards have been announced. Karen Reczek, of the NIST Standards Coordination Office, has been awarded the Finegan Standards Medal, which honors individuals who have shown extraordinary leadership...
Congratulations to Jeffrey Horlick on winning an MML 2024 Distinguished Associate Accolade for extraordinary national leadership in improving the scientific quality of forensic science practices through standards development. He contributed to work...
Congratulations to Ellen Voorhees on receiving the Gerard Salton Award at the ACM Conference on Research and Development in Information Retrieval (SIGIR). The Gerard Salton Award is presented every three years to an individual who has made “...
The Symposium on Thermophysical Properties, the leading international conference in the field, is held every three years in Boulder, Colorado. Associated with the Symposium is an award presented to individuals who demonstrate long term and...
For major advancements in the HVAC&R and chemical industries, excellence in thermophysical property research of working fluids, and for advocating compliance with international regulations to satisfy often-competing requirements for performance...
In June 2024, Vinod Tewary of the NIST Material Measurement Laboratory Applied Chemicals and Materials Division was elected a Fellow of the Institute of Physics, UK.
The Distinguished Service Award salutes members of any grade who have served the Society faithfully and with distinction and who have given freely of their time and talent in chapter, regional and Society activities.
"For pioneering contributions to understanding, design, and control of interacting quantum systems, with applications including quantum computers, sensors, and networks." Alexey Gorshkov, received his A.B. and Ph.D. degrees from Harvard in 2004 and...
The Ho-Am Prize is presented each year to individuals who have contributed to academics, the arts, and social development, or who have furthered the welfare of humanity through distinguished accomplishments in their respective professional fields...
For outstanding leadership and significant impacts on advanced manufacturing capabilities and standards for the United States, particularly for the field of additive manufacturing.
Congratulations to Justyna Zwolak, who has been selected by the Washington Academy of Sciences (WAS) to receive its 2024 Award for Excellence in Research in Applied Mathematics. The citation for the award reads “For outstanding contributions in the...