Awards

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2024 - Safety Award---Wing Wong

For leadership in developing safety protocols for emerging NIST biometrology research and timely, practical support in all matters of biosafety.

Gilberto Castillo, Michael Teske, Dean Iwasaki, Sue Ha, Lisa Ko

2024 - Bronze Medal Award---Michael Teske, Nuria Del Carmen Martinez, Dean Iwasaki, Lisa Ko, Sue Ha, Scott McNichol, Gilbert Castillo, Jannet Cancino

For exceptional leadership in financial assistance management resulting in a transformative impact to NIST, NTIA and DOC.

2024 - Bronze Medal Award---Phillip Neuberg

For establishing NIST's comprehensive Historic Preservation Program and the tools for streamlining compliance activities.

2024 - Director's Award for Excellence in Administration---Christina Davis, Adrian Mitchell, Laurell Phillips, Karen Smith, Terraine Wiggins, Richard Brogden, Gustavo Moreno, Jared Sawyer, Jason Fellows, Anthony Newman

For providing exceptional service to NIST remote sites, enabling uninterrupted supplies of high-purity gases and liquid helium.

2024 - Bronze Medal Award---Briget Wynne, Muriel Midon, Rachel Glenn, Laura Miliszauskas, Sarah Reeves, Alan Olson, Keith Martin

For the purposeful redesign of the NIST Research Library and Museum providing dedicated areas for creativity, collaboration, study, and community.

2024 - Silver Medal Award---Andrew Davidow, John Bonebreak, Jacob Neal, Crispin Bray Jr., Troy Thacker Jr., Peter Fosella, R. Allen Wilkinson, Edgar Garay, Julie Petrousky, Blair Heiserman

For the development, implementation, and integration of a more flexible replacement for the data integration layer of the Commerce implementation of the Department of Homeland Security's Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation Program.

2024 - Bronze Medal Award---Organizational Representative: Jannet Cancino

For exemplary adaptability and teamwork under unprecedented pressure to meet Department of Commerce priorities funding the NTIA Broadband Program.

2024 - Eugene Casson Crittenden Award---Vicki Jo Cox

For outstanding customer service and operational support in promoting human resources programs for NIST.

Cremona Brooks, Rhoda Droneburg and Glenera Sisson

2024 - Bronze Medal Award---Glenera Sisson, Cremona Brooks, Rhonda Droneburg

For partnering with NIST Operating Units to dramatically improve their compliance and reduce purchase-card transaction error rates from 27.2% to 1.8%.

2024 - Colleagues' Choice Award---Kevin Bald

For exemplary leadership and dedication to promoting a positive safety culture across NIST and for inspiring others to serve in the same manner.

2024 - Bronze Medal Award---Marilyn White, Paula Deutsch, Matthew Davis, Katelynd Bucher, Susan Makar, Sarah Reeves, Alan Olson, Julie Jew , Muriel Midon

For outstanding technical achievement in the implementation and promotion of the NIST Library Search, a unified library services platform.

2024 - Eugene Casson Crittenden Award---Tony Pett

For excellence in maintenance and repair and commitment to customer service.

2024 - Bronze Medal Award---Adrian Mitchell

For successfully establishing a Materials Management Group to streamline processes and enable NIST personnel to effectively fulfill their missions.

2024 - Eugene Casson Crittenden Award---Darrell Smothers

For improving facilities and ensuring the continuation of NIST's vital missions through unparalleled commitment and expertise.

2024 - George A. Uriano Award---Scott McNichol, Olivia McCasey, Darren Olson, Jannet Cancino

For partnering with NTIA on the $43 billion Broadband Program team to streamline and reduce NIST grants review and award process time by 40%.

2024 - Bronze Medal Award---Meghan Percy

For outstanding leadership and management of the FY23 NIST Safety Culture Survey and Safety Culture Action Planning Teams.

2024 - Bronze Medal Award---Lisa Borsuk, John Butler, Katherine Gettings, Kevin Kiesler, Angela Lee, Adam Morey, Karen Ann Price, Erica Romsos, Arlin Stoltzfus, Peter Vallone

For the modernization of the Short Tandem Repeat DNA Internet Database, a key data resource for human identity DNA testing practitioners worldwide.

Five GreenNISTers Recognized as Part of the Department of Commerce's 2024 Class of Sustainability, Energy, and Environmental (SEE) Ambassadors

The Department of Commerce Office of Sustainable Energy and Environmental Programs (OSEEP) recently announced its 2024 Class of

2023 - Gold Medal Award---Aiping Zhang, Joe (Sugen) Kau, Hicham Laoudi, Bethany Loftin, Lei Tong, Jason Poffenberger, Yujin Wang, James D. Wilson, Helen Nelson, James Simmons

For the successful redevelopment of the inter-agency Edison system, creating iEdison, a modernized system for the tracking of taxpayer-funded inventions.

2023 - Bronze Medal Award---Selim Lange, Kyle Sullivan, Justin Senseney, Ingrid Santiago Maldonado, James Simmons, Jennifer Liu, Marvin "Stacey" Windsor

For successful migration of on-premise user data storage to the cloud, thus reducing costs and providing better security and improved collaboration.

2023 Eugene Casson Crittenden Awardee Sadie Speight

2023 - Eugene Casson Crittenden Award---Sadie Speight

For providing exemplary service and operational support to NIST-wide human resources programs.

2023 - Safety Award---Larry Lucas, Jerome La Rosa, Manuel Mejias, James Adams

For eliminating an extreme risk to NIST's safety and institutional reputation by eradicating a dangerous legacy solution of plutonium.

2023 - Eugene Casson Crittenden Award---Stepan Germanov

For outstanding work as an electrician and superior service to NIST customers in support of the NIST mission.

2023 - Director's Award for Excellence in Administration---Jeffrey McIntyre, Patrick Staines, Alex Garvin, James "Alan" Crabill

For their selfless vision and leadership to safely re-open, expand access to, and improve the Gaithersburg fitness center on behalf of the NIST community.

Photo of Luis Luyo, Michael Beacham, Tyler Gervasio, and Glen Glaeser

2023 - Eugene Casson Crittenden Award---Luis Luyo, Glen Glaeser, Tyler Gervasio, Michael Beacham

For designing and constructing new laboratory facilities that are critical to advancing NIST's efforts in premise plumbing research.

Advanced communications
-Open Radio Access Network (Open-RAN)
-Quantum communications
-Spectrum sharing
-Wireless (RF)
Bioscience
-Bioeconomy
--Biological data
-Bioimaging
-Bioinformatics
-Biomanufacturing
-Biomaterials
-Biometrology
-Biosecurity
--Biosurveillance
--Genomic cybersecurity
--Nucleic acid sequence screening
-Cell measurements
-Engineering / synthetic biology
--Biofabrication
--Cell-free systems
--Genome engineering
--Protein engineering
-Gene delivery systems
-Genome editing
-Genomics
-Glycomics
-Metabolomics
-Microbial measurements
-Proteomics
-Transcriptomics
Buildings and Construction
-Building codes and standards
-Building control systems
-Building damage and repair
-Building economics
-Building materials
-Energy efficiency
-Heating, ventilation and air conditioning equipment
-Indoor air quality
-Structural engineering
-Thermal comfort
Chemistry
-Analytical chemistry
-Chemical engineering and processing
-Chemical thermodynamics and chemical properties
-Molecular characterization
-Theoretical chemistry and modeling
-Thermochemical properties
Electronics
-Electromagnetics
-Flexible electronics
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-Optoelectronics
-Organic electronics
-Semiconductors
-Sensors
-Superconducting electronics
Energy
-Alternative energy
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Environment
-Air / water / soil quality
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-Environmental health
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-Marine science
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Fire
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-Materials flammability
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Forensic Science
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-Drugs and toxicology
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Health
-Biopharmaceuticals
-Cell and gene therapy
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--Cancer
--Medical imaging
-Food and nutrition
-Human microbiome
-Precision medicine
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--Flow cytometry
Information technology
-Artificial intelligence
--AI measurement and evaluation
--Applied AI
--Fundamental AI
--Hardware for AI
--Machine learning
--Trustworthy and responsible AI
-Biometrics
-Cloud computing and virtualization
-Complex systems
-Computational science
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-Cyber-physical systems
--Smart cities
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--Identity and access management
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--Risk management
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--Trustworthy networks
--Trustworthy platforms
-Data and informatics
--Human language technology
--Information retrieval
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-Federal information processing standards (FIPS)
-Health IT
-Internet of Things (IoT)
-Interoperability testing
-Location based services
-Mobile
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--Mobile and wireless networking
--Network management and monitoring
--Network modeling and analysis
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--Network test and measurement
--Next generation networks
--Protocol design and standardization
--Software defined and virtual networks
-Privacy
-Software research
--Software testing
-Usability and human factors
--Accessibility
-Video analytics
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-Voting systems
Infrastructure
Manufacturing
-Additive manufacturing
-Factory communications
-Factory operations planning and control
-Interoperability in manufacturing
-Machining
-Manufacturing economics
-Manufacturing quality assurance
-Manufacturing systems design and analysis
-Monitoring, diagnostics and prognostics
-Process improvement
-Process measurement and control
-Product data
-Robotics in manufacturing
--Agility and adaptability
--Collaborative robots
--Dexterous grasping
--Manipulation
--Mobility and industrial autonomous vehicles
--Navigation / actuation / control
--Sensing and perception
-Supply chain
-Sustainable manufacturing
-Systems engineering
-Systems integration
-Technology commercialization
Materials
-Ceramics
-Composites
-Concrete / cement
-Materials characterization
--Composition and structure
--Mechanical properties
--Thermal properties
-Metals
-Modeling and computational material science
-Polymers
-Superconductors
Mathematics and statistics
-Experiment design
-Image and signal processing
-Modeling and simulation research
-Numerical methods and software
-Statistical analysis
-Uncertainty quantification
Metrology
-Amount of substance
-Dimensional metrology
-Electrical / electromagnetic metrology
-Flow metrology and rheology
-Force metrology
-Humidity metrology
-Ionizing radiation metrology
-Mass metrology
-Metric
-Optical / photometry / laser metrology
-Pressure and vacuum metrology
-Thermometry metrology
-Time and frequency metrology
-Weights and measures
Nanotechnology
-Nanobiotechnology
-Nanochemistry
-Nanoelectronics
-Nanofabrication / manufacturing
--Lithography
--Self-assembly
-Nanofluidics
-Nanomagnetics
-Nanomaterials
-Nanomechanics
-Nanometrology
-Nanophotonics
-Nanophysics
-Nanoplasmonics
Neutron research
Performance excellence
-Assessment tools and services
-Baldrige award
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-Baldrige Framework and Criteria
-Best practices
-Leadership development
Physics
-Atomic / molecular / quantum
-Biological physics
-Condensed matter
-Electron physics
-Magnetics
-Nuclear physics
-Optical physics and communications
-Quantum information science
-Radiation
-Spectroscopy
-Thermodynamics
-Time and frequency
Public safety
-Chemical / Biological / Radiological / Nuclear / Explosives (CBRNE)
-First responder preparedness
-Law enforcement
-Public safety communications research
-Response robots
Resilience
-Community resilience
--Recovery
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-Disaster and failure studies
-Earthquake risk reduction
-Resilience economics
-Resilient materials
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Standards
-Accreditation
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Technology transfer
Transportation
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