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AWARDS

Wai Cheong Tam Receives Alice Hamilton Award for Occupational Safety and Health

Alice Hamilton Award for Occupational Safety and Health

This award recognizes the scientific excellence of NIOSH technical and instructional materials. The annual award honors Dr. Alice Hamilton (1869–1970), a pioneering researcher and occupational physician. More information can be obtained at https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/awards/default.html.

Winner's Name

Wai Cheong Tam

Awarded

April 26, 2021

Awarding Organization

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

The research work "Estimation of the critical external heat leading to the failure of lithium-ion batteries" by Wei Tang (NIOSH), Wai Cheong Tam (NIST), Liming Yuan (NIOSH), Thomas Dubaniewicz (NIOSH), Richard Thomas (NIOSH), and John Soles (NIOSH) was selected to be the honorable mention for Alice Hamilton Award in Engineering and Control.