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NIST Statistical Engineering Division All DOC & NIST Medal Awardees

 

Name Year Award Short Citation
Eisenhart, Churchill 1957 Gold Expert Division Creator, Leader, DEX/Stat Methods, Author
Mandel, John 1957 Silver Stat Methods for NIST Testing & Research
Deming, Lola 1960 Silver Dissemination Stat Div. Methodology to Science, Technology, & Industry
Youden, Jack 1962 Gold Expert & Creative Experiment Designs, Stat Methods, Lecturer,Author, AD-X2
Cameron, Joe 1963 Gold Expert Calibration Designs, Stat Methods, MAP, Omnitab, AD-X2
Hilsenrath, Joe 1963 Silver Omnitab Statistics Software
Rosenblatt, Joan 1969 Silver Stat Div. Leadership, Application of Advanced Stat Methods 
Mandel, John 1973 Gold   Expert Experiment Designs, Stat Methods, Book
Ku,Harry 1974 Silver   Expert Uncertainty, Quality Control, MAP, Book
Rosenblatt, Joan R. 1976 Gold   Technical Leadership within/outside NIST, Stat Methods, Draft Lottery 
Hogben, David 1977 Silver   Omnitab Statistics Software (Basis for Minitab)
Peavy, Sally 1977 Silver   Omnitab Statistics Software (Basis for Minitab)
Reeve, Charles 1980 Bronze   Calibration Programs in Dimensional Metrology + MAP (Meas. Assur. Prog.) 
Ku, Harry 1981 Gold   Foundations of Uncertainty, Calibration, & NIST MAP 
Tryon, Peter V. 1981 Silver   SED/Boulder Leadership & Expertise (e.g., Atomic Clocks)
Filliben, James J. 1981 Bronze   Dataplot Language/System for Graphics, Modeling, Analysis, & Math
Natrella, Mary G. 1982 Bronze   Handbook 91: Experimental Statistics (#2 Bestseller at NBS)
Croarkin, Carroll 1982 Bronze Fundamentals of NBS Calibration & MAP + NBS Monograph 163
Varner, Ruth N. 1982 Bronze   Stat Software for all NBS MAP: Mass, Length, Prsesure, & Tem.
Donaldson, Janet 1983 Bronze Statistical Computing:  Starpac Package (Boulder)
Eberhardt, Keith 1983 Bronze   Methodology & Quality Throughput of SRMs
Filliben, James J. 1984 Gold   Dataplot Language/System for Graphics, Modeling, Analysis, & Math
Lechner, James A. 1985 Silver   Optimal Calibration Strategies for LTI Systems
Vecchia, Dominic F. 1986 Bronze   SED/Boulder Leadership & Expertise (e.g., VOR Phase Meter Calib.)
Croarkin, Mary C. 1987 Silver   NIST Calibration Services: Oriface Meters and O2 in Silicon
Croarkin, Mary C. 1989 Astin Leadership in NIST MAP (Measurement Assurance Program)
Schiller, Susannah 1991 Bronze Standard Reference Materials Methodology, Throughput,& Quality
Eberhardt, Keith 1992 Silver   Standard Reference Materials Methodology, Throughput,& Quality
Croarkin, Mary C. 1994 Astin International Thermometry: Improved Functions for ITS-90 
Guthrie, Will 1994 Astin International Thermometry: Improved Functions for ITS-90 
Lagergren, Eric 1994 Bronze   Optimal Experiment Design for Ceramics
Kacker, Raghu 1994 Bronze   Optical Experiment Design for Ceramics
Leigh, Stefan 1995 Bronze   Effective Statistical Collaboration, Training, & Recruitment
Liggett, Walter 1996 Rosa More Accurate Determination of Rockwell-C Hardness
Guthrie, William 1997 Bronze   Optimal Packaging of Semiconductor Materials
Wang, Chih-Ming 1998 Bronze   Optical Fiber Polarization & SEM  Image Sharpness
Zhang, Nien-Fang 1999 Silver   Semiconductor Wafer Characterization
Liggett, Walter 2002 French International Unification of Disparate Rockwell-C Scales
<Croarkin, Carroll> 2003 Silver NIST/SEMATECH e-Handbook of Statistical Methods
Filliben, James J. 2003 Silver   NIST/SEMATECH e-Handbook of Statistical Methods
Guthrie, William F. 2003 Silver   NIST/SEMATECH e-Handbook of Statistical Methods
Heckert, N. Alan 2003 Silver   NIST/SEMATECH e-Handbook of Statistical Methods
Zhang, Nien F. 2003 Silver   NIST/SEMATECH e-Handbook of Statistical Methods
Guthrie, William 2004 Silver   NIST/SEMATECH e-Handbook of Statistical Methods
Zhang, Nien Fan 2004 Silver   Calibration Methodology for Satellite Ocean-Color Sensors
Leigh, Stefan D. 2004 Bronze   NIST-wide SRMs, Consulting, and Statistical Training
Filliben, James J. 2005 Gold   World Trade Center Disaster Analysis
Wang, Jack 2009 Astin Time & Frequency Waveform Calibration
Filliben, James J. 2010 Gold   NIJ Safety & Durability of Police Body Armor
Leber, Dennis D. 2010 Gold   NIJ Safety & Durability of Police Body Armor
Possolo, Antonio M. 2010 Gold   Estimates of Areas for Illicit Coco Cultivation
Possolo, Antonio 2011 Silver   Deepwater Hirizon
Toman, Blaza 2011 Silver   Deepwater Horizon
Filliben, James J. 2011 Bronze   Military Body Armor Testing & Safety
Filliben, James J. 2011 Bronze   Evaluation of Cell-imaging Segmentation Algorithms
Splett, Jolene 2014 Silver Steel Standard Reference Materials
Wang, Jack 2014 Silver Steel Standard Reference Materials
Coakley, Kevin 2016 Gold Loophole-free test of Bell’s theorem using entangled photon pairs
Toman, Blaza 2016 Silver FDS: Fire Dynamics Simulator
Lund, Steve 2016 French SRM 2373: Measure DNA-based HER2 Protein for Cancer Diagnostics
Lund, Steve 2016 Coll. Choice Contributions to Bio & Physical Science Programs
Hagwood, Charles 2016 Bronze Building Evacuation Reference Datasets
Samarov, Dan 2017 French RM 8398: Human DNA for Whole-Genome Variant Assessment
Lund, Steve 2017 Bronze Assess Quality of Cell-counting for Cellular Therapies
Pintar, Adam 2018 Gold U.S. Extreme Wind Speeds
Toman, Blaza 2018 Bronze Processes for Determination of Chemical Purity
Filliben, James J.  2018 Bronze ASTM-F45:  A-UGVs (Unmanned Ground Vehicles)
Leber, Dennis 2018 Bronze ASTM-F45:  A-UGVs (Unmanned Ground Vehicles)
Toman, Blaza 2019 Bronze Nanomaterial Cell-based Toxicity Assay Procedure
Filliben, Jim 2020 Gold SRMS for Biothreat Agents
Lund, Steve 2020 Gold SRMS for Biothreat Agents
Iyer, Hari 2020 Gold Human Genome RMs (2.5 billion DNA bases)
Samarov, Dan 2020 Gold Human Genome RMs (2.5 billion DNA bases)
Toman, Blaza 2020 French SRM for Concrete Rheometers (Viscosity)
Frey, Michael 2020 Astin Spectrum Sharing: NASCTN
Splett, Jolene 2020 Astin Spectrum Sharing: NASCTN
Frey, Michael 2020 Bronze Emitted Power from LTE Cellular Devices
Splett, Jolene 2020 Bronze Emitted Power from LTE Cellular Devices
Iyer, Hari 2021 Gold RGTM 10169: Covid Research Grade Test Material
Iyer, Hari 2021 French SRM 2391d: PCR-Based Profiling
Lu, John 2021 Bronze Particle Size/Shape for Biotherapeutic Drugs
Toman, Blaze 2021 Bronze SRM 1898: Photocatalytics 
Created June 7, 2022, Updated June 24, 2022