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Awards Received by NIST Employees

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Elham Tabassi Selected for Women in Technology Leadership Award

Congratulations to Elham Tabassi, who won the Women in Technology Leadership Award for the Government and Defense sector. The annual WIT Leadership Awards honors and celebrates women professionals who have demonstrated success in entrepreneurial...

2024 - ACS Colorado Annual Section Award---Jason Widegren

Dr. Jason Widegren of the NIST Material Measurement Laboratory was presented with the 2024 ACS Colorado Section Award on May 8, 2024. A social hour, dinner, and program were held to celebrate, and Jason gave a seminar titled, "A New Direction for...

NIST Public Affairs Staff Receive 2024 Communicator Award of Distinction

NIST's video "How can parents encourage their children to use online technology safely and privately?" received a Communicators Award of Distinction in the General-Safety category. Individuals recognized by the AIVA for this video were: José Ricardo...

NIST Public Affairs Staff Receive 2024 Communicator Award of Excellence for AD-X2 Documentary

NIST's "The AD-X2 Controversy" documentary received a Communicators Award of Excellence in the General-History & Biography, category. Individuals recognized by the AIVA for this video were: Leon Geršković - Producer José Ricardo García - Director...

NIST Public Affairs Staff Receive 2024 Communicator Award of Distinction for Video Animation

NIST's video "Race Logic Computing" received a Communicators Award of Distinction in the General-Animation category. Individuals recognized by the AIVA for this video were: Jenny Wang - Animator Rebecca Jacobson - Writer/VO Brandon Hayes - Graphic...

JQI Researchers Win 2023 UMD Quantum Invention of the Year Award

This year Joint Quantum Institute (JQI), a research partnership between the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the University of Maryland, researchers and their colleagues have won in the quantum category for a new method for...

2023 IEEE EDS Leo Esaki Award

For recognizing the best paper appearing in a fast turnaround archival publication of the IEEE Electron Devices Society, targeted to the IEEE Journal of Electron Devices Society. For their paper: Ultrafast ID-VG Technique for Reliable Cryogenic...

NIST Awarded Cyber Policy Award for CSF 2.0 Efforts

On April 24, 2024, NIST was awarded the 'Ecosystem Champion Award' at the inaugural edition of the Cyber Policy Awards in Washington, DC. This award recognizes an individual, small group, or organization whose efforts have led to broad structural and...

2024 ASA Founders Award - Julia Sharp

The American Statistical Association’s Founders Award recognizes members who have rendered distinguished service to the association and whose contributions have had a significant impact on the organization. Julia Sharp received this honor at the 2024...

2023 AAAS Fellow - Angela Hight Walker

Hight Walker was nominated for "advancing the physics of quantum-confined materials through innovations in Raman spectroscopy and for distinguished leadership at a National Laboratory." Dr. Angela Hight Walker is a distinguished senior scientist at...

Jonathon Phillips elected AAAS Fellow

The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) has elected Dr. P. Jonathon Phillips as an AAAS Fellow. Dr. Phillips was given this honor for his distinguished contributions to the field of computer vision and pattern recognition...

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2024 - ASCE Norman Medal---Jumari Robinson

Jumari Robinson was among four researchers awarded the ASCE 2024 Norman Medal for their paper “ Experimental-Numerical Determination of the Effective Bulk Thermal Conductivity of Suspension Bridge Main Cables” published in the Journal of Bridge...

Amy Mensch Receives the Penn State Mechanical Engineering Society’s (PSMES’s) Early Career Award

For exemplary contributions in the engineering profession in 10 years or less since graduation, including research advancements, leadership contributions, academic achievements, and community involvement.

2024 Fellow of the Neutron Scattering Society of America - Michihiro Nagao

For seminal neutron scattering studies revealing new dynamic modes in soft membranes. https://neutronscattering.org/2024/04/congratulation-to-the-2024-prize-…

2024 Fellow of the Neutron Scattering Society of America - Yun Liu

For his substantial contributions to the understanding of concentrated colloidal solutions using neutron scattering and his significant efforts to educate the next generation of neutron scatterers. https://neutronscattering.org/2024/04/congratulation...

Julie Borchers Distinguished Mentoring award

2024 Sustained Research Prize of the Neutron Scattering Society of America - Julie Borchers

For groundbreaking contributions to understanding the structure and behavior of magnetic nanostructures using neutron techniques, and for exceptional service to the scientific community. https://neutronscattering.org/2024/04/congratulation-to-the...

2024 Fellow of the Neutron Scattering Society of America - Peter Gehring

For seminal contributions to the understanding of the dynamics and structures of relaxor ferroelectrics using neutron scattering and for outstanding commitment to the education of young scientists and service to the neutron scattering community...

2024 Hermann Weyl Prize - Nicole Yunger Halpern

The 2024 Hermann Weyl Prize has been awarded to 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 for her...

Ram Sriram receives 2023 IEEE Reliability Society Lifetime Achievement Award

Congratulations to Ram D. Sriram (SSD) who will be receiving the 2023 IEEE Reliability Society's Lifetime Achievement Award for "contributions to and leadership in standards, measurements, and techniques for developing reliable and trustworthy...

2024 Coblentz Award Recipient – Dr. David A. Long

David Long received his PhD in chemistry from the California Institute of Technology under the guidance of Mitchio Okumura. He then moved to the National Institute of Standards and Technology where he is currently a project leader in the Photonics...

Robert Snelick wins Federal 100 Award

Congratulations to Rob Snelick, recipient of the Federal 100 Award for exemplary and impactful leadership in successfully developing national and international healthcare standards and the implementation of an end-to-end health information technology...