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from the MSEL Annual Report 1997:  

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AWARDS

GOLD MEDAL (Exceptional Service)

for cost effective operation and management of the NIST Research and Engineering Group Reactor as a national resource for neutron based measurements in (Single Organizational science

Award)

SILVER MEDAL (Meritorious Service)

Charles Glinka for leadership in developing at NIST the foremost facilities in the United States for neutron small angle scattering measurement.

 

BRONZE MEDAL (Superior Service)

Sharon Glotzer for their major contributions to the creation of the Center for Theoretical

Andrew Roosen and Computational Materials Science.

W. Craig Carter

(Group Award)

Achievement)

Wen-Li Wu for pioneering research in the use of X-ray and neutron reflectivity to study the molecular-level structure of thin polymer films on solid substrates.

WILLIAM P. SLICHTER AWARD (Outstanding Achievements in Building or Strengthening Ties Between NIST and Industry)

Francis Wang for their developing and transferring to industry measurement methods Kalman Migler based on fluorescent probes to monitor properties of polymers critical to Anthony Bur their effective processing

EXTERNAL AWARDS

Charles Bouldin Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute "Senior Research Fellow" Award

A. Bur Federal Laboratory Consortium Award for Excellence in Technology Transfer

John W. Cahn Doctor Honoris Causis, Universite d’Evry, France

Ared Cezairliyan ASME International (Heat Transfer Division) Yeram S. Touloukian Award (to recognize outstanding contributions to the field of thermophysical properties) for distinguished achievement in thermophysics especially through pioneering development of ultrahigh-speed dynamic techniques for thermophysical properties measurements

Stanley J. Dapkunas 1997 ASM International Fellow Award

Stephen W. Freiman Induction into the Georgia Institute of Technology’s Academy of Distinguished Engineering Alumni

Said Jahanmir Society of Tribologists Lubrication Engineer (STLE) 1997 International Award

Christian E. Johnson For outstanding scientific contributions that have advanced the theory and practice of electroplating, metal finishing and allied arts

Ralph Napolitano Sigma Xi Doctoral Dissertation Award (Georgia Institute of Technology) for the best PhD thesis during the academic year 1996-1997

R.E. Schramm Outstanding Paper Award from ASNT for paper titled, "Ultrasonic A.V. Clark Measurement of Residual Stress in Rims and Inductively Heated Railroad Wheels"

T.A. Siewert Best Program Award given by the James F. Lincoln Arc Welding Foundation. Award received for design of a procedure to repair the precision support track for the hydrodynamic test carriage at the Naval Surface Warfare Center in Bethesda, Maryland

T.A. Siewert First Place Award at the Annual Meeting of the American Welding Society

C.N. McCowan for their poster on a new welding electrode composition for cryogenic applications