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NIST Statistical Engineering Division Gold, Silver, Astin+ Awards (Non-Bronze)
| Name | Date | 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 & Peavy, Sally | 1977 | Silver | Omnitab Statistics Software (Basis for Minitab) |
| 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. | 1984 | Gold | Dataplot Language/System for Graphics, Modeling, Analysis, & Math |
| Lechner, James A. | 1985 | Silver | Optimal Calibration Strategies for LTI Systems |
| 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) |
| Eberhardt, Keith | 1992 | Silver | Standard Reference Materials Methodology, Throughput,& Quality |
| Croarkin, Carroll & Guthrie, Will | 1994 | Astin | International Thermometry: Improved Functions for ITS-90 |
| Liggett, Walter | 1996 | Rosa | More Accurate Determination of Rockwell-C Hardness |
| Zhang, Nien-Fang | 1999 | Silver | Semiconductor Wafer Characterization |
| Liggett, Walter | 2002 | French | International Unification of Disparate Rockwell-C Scales |
| Croarkin, Filliben, Guthrie, Heckert, Zhang | 2003 | Silver | NIST/SEMATECH e-Handbook of Statistical Methods |
| Guthrie, Will & Zhang, Nien Fan | 2004 | Silver | Calibration Methodology for Satellite Ocean-Color Sensors |
| Filliben, James J. | 2005 | Gold | World Trade Center Disaster Analysis |
| Wang, Jack | 2009 | Astin | Time & Frequency Waveform Calibration |
| Filliben, James J. & Leber, Dennis | 2010 | Gold | NIJ Safety & Durability of Police Body Armor |
| Possolo, Antonio M. | 2010 | Gold | Estimates of Areas for Illicit Coco Cultivation |
| Possolo, Toman | 2011 | Silver | Deepwater Hirizon |
| Splett, Jolene & 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 |
| Samarov, Dan | 2017 | French | RM 8398: Human DNA for Whole-Genome Variant Assessment |
| Pintar, Adam | 2018 | Gold | U.S. Extreme Wind Speeds |
| Filliben, Jim & Lund, Steve | 2020 | Gold | SRMS for Biothreat Agents |
| Iyer, Hari & Samarov, Dan | 2020 | Gold | Human Genome RMs (2.5 billion DNA bases) |
| Toman, Blaza | 2020 | French | SRM for Concrete Rheometers (Viscosity) |
| Frey, Mike & Splett, Jolene | 2020 | Astin | Spectrum Sharing: NASCTN |
| Iyer, Hari | 2021 | Gold | RGTM 10169: Covid Research Grade Test Material |
| Iyer, Hari | 2021 | French | SRM 2391d: PCR-Based Profiling |
| Lund, Steven & Newton, David | 2022 | Gold | Cell characterization standards and tools to improve manufacturing and quality assurance of life-saving therapies |
| Pintar, Adam | 2022 | Silver | Measure and quantify the effects of the alkali-silica reaction on the safety of nuclear power plants |
| Guthrie, Will | 2023 | Gold | Improving the scientific quality of forensic science practices through standards development |
| Toman, Blaza | 2023 | Silver | First-of-its-kind biologically stable water quality standard that modernizes recreational water surveillance |
| Pintar, Adam | 2023 | Silver | Giving a vital voice to U.S. first responders' communication technology needs |
| Toman, Blaza | 2023 | French | First glycan Standard Reference Material for accurate quantification of N-linked glycans in monoclonal antibody therapeutics |
| Heckert, Nathanael Alan | 2024 | Gold | First-of-its-kind urine reference material to promote accuracy in kidney disease diagnosis and monitoring |
Created June 7, 2022, Updated March 27, 2026