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John Stichman (2000): “In recognition
of his work with the Air Force on the nuclear weapons
stockpile and other issues related to nuclear weapons
management.” John’s citation says he “focused
his superior leadership abilities and technical acumen
to enhance all aspects of nuclear management. . . .
Dr. Stichman has been instrumental in implementing and
supporting the Air Force Fellowship Program to preserve
and grow nuclear weapons expertise [among Air Force
personnel] . . . [He] has been at the forefront of every
effort to sustain and improve the aging nuclear stockpile.
His insight and leadership have been invaluable and
have contributed directly to the reliability of the
national nuclear deterrent force.” John was praised
as a “key leader in the Joint Nuclear Surety Study
supporting the safety and security of all Air Force
weapons.”
Steve Rottler (2100): “In recognition of his work with the Air Force on the nuclear weapons stockpile and other issues related to nuclear weapons management.” Steve was cited for his stewardship of the New Mexico-designed warheads in the US nuclear weapons stockpile. “Dr. Rottler [the citation reads] has been a key leader responsible for establishing Life Extension Programs to sustain and improve the reliability of weapons in the stockpile. . . . His insight and leadership have been invaluable and have contributed directly to the reliability of the national nuclear deterrent force.” Doug Henson (8200): “In recognition of his work with the Air Force on the nuclear weapons stockpile and other issues related to nuclear weapons management.” Doug’s citation lauds his stewardship of California-designed warheads in the stockpile and notes “he has been a key leader responsible for developing and implementing several innovative microsystem-based sensor systems in Joint Test assemblies used for surveillance of stockpiled weapons. These test devices help establish weapon system reliability data critical to US nuclear operations planning.” Doug’s leadership and technical expertise [the citation reads] “were essential to the design of critical weapons system repairs for the B83 gravity bomb. . . .” |
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1996 |
Brad Mickelsen (12332): “In recognition of his outstanding contributions as Senior Technical Advisor for Nuclear Matters, Director of Nuclear and Counterproliferation, Deputy Chief of Staff, Air and Space Operations, Headquarters United States Air Force, Pentagon, Washington, DC, from 1 August 1999 to 15 July 2001. Mr. Mickelsen’s exemplary leadership, dedication to duty and outstanding professional skill resulted in major contributions to the nuclear weapons community and the Air Force. He contributed greatly to the surety, safety, reliability, and readiness of Air Force deterrent forces and the nation's nuclear weapons stockpile. Mr. Mickelsen was instrumental in ensuring cooperation between DOE and DoD on issues of critical importance to both Departments and the nation. His dedication and accomplishments reflect great credit upon himself, Sandia National Laboratories and the United States Air Force.” |
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1996 |
Darrel Frear (1811): Technology Transfer Award, “for initiatives to insert Department of Defense critical technologies into the academic curricula of major universities, and for organizing more than 100 nationally renowned scientists and engineers in national science conferences for the purpose of authoring and publishing three graduate-level textbooks on the mechanics, mechanisms, and design of electronic assembly solder interconnects.” |
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1996 |
William W. Shurtlett (9752, Hans J. Weber, and Chris Seher: Aerospace Laureates, “for contributing to aging-aircraft research through establishment of the Sandia National Laboratories’ Airworthiness Assurance Nondestructive Inspection Validation Center in Albuquerque, NM, which serves as a bridge between the aviation industry and a dozen universities working on FAA research grants.” |
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National competition for communications professionals. | |
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2004 |
Sandia Technology: Sandia’s quarterly research and development journal. Grand APEX Award, “for its special issue on homeland security (Vol. 5 No. 2).” Editor: Will Keener (3651). Writers: Chris Burroughs (3651), Nancy Garcia (8528), Neal Singer (3651), John German (3651), and Michael Janes (8528). Photographers: Randy Montoya (3651), Bud Pelletier (8528), and Bill Doty (3655). Design: Doug Prout (Technically Write). Sandia Lab News: Grand APEX Award, “for its Sept. 5, 2003, issue, whose lead article by Michael Padilla (3651) was on Sandia’s role in analyzing the causes of the space shuttle Columbia accident. Editor: Ken Frazier (3651). Staff members: Bill Murphy, Chris Burroughs, Randy Montoya, Nancy Garcia, Mike Janes, Janet Carpenter, John German, Neal Singer, Larry Perrine, Howard Kercheval, Will Keener, Iris Aboytes, Michael Padilla, Rod Geer, Michael Lanigan, Michelle Fleming. Department Manager: Chris Miller. Randy Montoya (3651): APEX Award of Exellence. Two awards for photography. Iris Aboytes (3651): APEX Award of Exellence. Two awards for feature writing. Janet Carpenter (3651): APEX Award of Exellence. Two awards. Bill Murphy (3651): APEX Award of Excellence. Two awards. Patrick Milligan (3652): APEX Award of Excellence. Two awards. Howard Kercheval, John German, Will Keener (all 3651) and Doug Prout (Technically Write): APEX Award of Excellence. Joint award. Larry Perrine (3651) and Michael Vittitow (3654): APEX Award of Excellence. Joint Award. Michael Clough, Neal Singer, John German, and Michael Padilla (all 3651): APEX Award of Excellence. Joint award. Chris Burroughs (3651), Jerry Gorman (3654), Sherri Monstaghni ()3654), Julie Hall, and Daniel Strong: APEX Award of Excellence. Joint award for the redesigned Combustion Research Facility newsletter in California. Will Keener (3651), Pat Milligan (3652), and Jerry Gorman (3654): APEX Award of Excellence. Joint award for the 2004 Sandia calendar. Noel Fletcher (10330), Reeta Garber (1904), Kara Madden (4527), WebCo 8524 Team, Mitzie Bower (3654), and Steve Pope (3654): APEX Award of Excellence. Joint award. 8524 Web Team: Judie Hurtz, Vivien Lee, Steve Joyner. Joint award for Intern Island section of Recruiting, Staffing, and University Partnerships web site. |
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CCG recognizes the accomplishments of professional women in the fields of math, science, technology, engineering, and business. | |
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2003 |
Sandra Begay-Campbell (6214): Women of Color in Government Research Awards, Emerald Honor for Community Service. Felicia Duran (6413): Women of Color in Government Research Awards, Professional Achievement. Regina Gonzales (2993): Women of Color in Government Research Awards, Most Promising Technologist/Scientist. Elebeoba May (9212): Women of Color in Government Research Awards, Young Scientist/Rising Star. |
| 2005 | Bobby Baca (2712): Employee of the year, for his “professional and advocacy efforts on behalf of people with disabilities in the workplace.” |
| 2003 |
Regina Lee Hunter (6804): Employees of the Year, “for her professional and advocacy efforts on behalf of people with disabilities in the workplace.” |
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1985 |
Paul Fleury: Case Western Reserve University's Michelson-Morley Award, “for experimental research in laser and nonlinear optics in condensed matter.” |
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2004 |
Chris Cherry (5915): Homeland Security Award, Emergency Response category. The Christopher Columbus Fellowship Foundation is an independent federal government agency established to “encourage and support research, study and labor designed to produce new discoveries in all fields of endeavor for the benefit of mankind.” This is the second year in which the foundation has given four Homeland Security Awards to citizens or companies that are making “measurable and constructive contributions related to basic and/or advanced research in the area of homeland security that will result in a significant and positive benefit to society.” |
The Communicator Awards is an international awards program founded by communications professionals to recognize excellence in the communication field. |
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| 2005 |
Crystal Awards winners: Lab News Staff: For “Sandia Lab News,” writing/newsletter. Bill Murphy (3651): For “Labs Accomplishments 2004,” newsletter/special edition Randy Montoya (3651): For “Gigapixel,” photography. Chris Burroughs (3651): For “Lab
on a Chip,” writing/technical. Randy Montoya (3651), Bud Pelletier (8528),
Diana Helgesen (5419), and Randy
Wong: For “Sandia 2005 Calendar,”
photography. Larry Perrine (3651), Michael Vittitow (3654), and Randy Montoya (3651): For “Sandia Overview,” brochure/company overview. Will Keener (3651), Doug Prout (Technically Write), and Sherri Mostaghni (3654): For “Sandia Technology,” magazine/ government. Bill Murphy (3651): For “State of the Labs speech,” writing/speech. Sherri Mostaghni (3654): For “Strategic Education Plan,” writing/communication plan. Sandians also received 16 Awards of Distinction and 6 Honorable Mentions. |
2004 |
Video Services Dept. 12653: Crystal Award of Excellence (the highest award for the best in the field), for “Working Together” produced for the Quality Engineering Department and “Just Peachy” produced for Public Relations and Communications; Award of Distinction, for “WWII Airplane Nose Art” and “After Sandia,” an interview with Ben Benjamin about his life as a retiree. “State of the Labs 2004 show opener” earned Honorable Mention. |
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1993 |
Paul Klarer, Jim Purvis, Kent Biringer: International Design Competition, “for the Robotic All-Terrain Lunar Exploration Rover (RATLER).” |
1998 |
Steve Rodgers (1725): Excellence in Design Award, “for his miniature lock for nuclear weapons.” |
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1999 |
Fleet Services Department: Certificate of Environmental Recognition, “for work in Replacement of Petroleum-Based Hydraulic Fluids with Soybean-Based Alternative.” |
| The “Better Way” award — jointly sponsored by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and ATA — recognizes a team of government and airline industry individuals who collaborate to advance inspection or testing of aircraft structure, components, or systems. ATA is the industry trade organization representing more than 90 percent of all US airlines. | |
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2006 |
Mike Bode (6414), Floyd Spencer (12337), and David Moore (2724): Received “Better Way” award along with fellow team members from Delta Airlines, Drexel University, and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) William J. Hughes Technical Center. |
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The FLC presents only 30 awards each year; winners are selected from nominations submitted by the more than 500 laboratories and research centers from 14 federal agencies that are FLC members. The FLC awards for excellence, established in 1984 to recognize people in federal labs who do outstanding work in transferring technology, are based on demonstration of “uncommon creativity and initiative in the transfer of technology,” and “significant benefits to private industry” as a result of technology transfer. The FLC was founded in 1974 to assist the U.S. public and private sectors in using technology developed through the efforts of the government. |
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2003 |
Risk Assessment Methodologies (RAMs), security assessment tools and approaches: The Award for Excellence in Technology Transfer Award recognizes the lab’s effort to adapt security assessment tools and approaches, traditionally used by Sandia to protect U.S. nuclear assets, to the challenge of preventing terrorists from doing harm to Americans by exploiting security vulnerabilities in U.S. critical infrastructures. Instant Shooter ID Kit, Sandia National Laboratories and LET, Inc.: 2003 Award for Excellence in Technology Transfer for “collaborative project to develop and test a product that gives law enforcement officers the ability to quickly identify, at the crime scene, individuals who have recently fired or handled a gun. LET, headquartered in Colorado Springs, Colo., is an R&D company engaged in the development of high-tech tools for law enforcement.” |
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2002 |
Extreme Ultraviolet Lithography (EUVL) team: “For its next-generation technology to produce faster and more powerful microchips. The EUVL team is made up of scientists and researchers from Sandia, Lawrence Livermore, and Lawrence Berkeley national laboratories working as the Virtual National Laboratory. The team has successfully transferred the EUVL technology under a multi-year CRADA (Cooperative Research and Development Agreement) to the Extreme Ultraviolet Limited Liability Company (EUV LLC), a consortium headed by Intel Corporation that includes chipmakers Advanced Micro Devices, IBM, Infineon, Micron Technologies and Motorola.” |
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1999 |
C. Paul Robinson: Laboratory Director of the Year, “For his contributions to the overall enhancement of technology transfer for economic development and support of the FLC and its activities.” |
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1995 |
Carol I.H. Ashby, Thomas A. Plut (1300/1100); NREL: David S. Ginley, Douglas L. Schulz, Jeff Alleman: “For developing and transferring the technology of chemical processing systems that can precisely etch circuits in thin films of ferroelectric and high-temperature superconducting materials.” Eric Snyder, William Filter, Ed Cole, Chris Henderson, Jim Sweet: “For a cooperative transfer of an advanced suite of techniques for improving the quality and reliability of microelectronics to a broad base of U.S. integrated circuit manufacturers.” |
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1994 |
Bob Eagan: “For AMMPEC, the Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Processes for Economic Development Alliance. Founded by Bob Eagan, AMMPEC promotes the transfer of laboratory technologies in materials and manufacturing to businesses. AMMPEC participants include national laboratories, government bodies, and universities, with an industry advisory group.” |
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1993 |
John Biffle, Ted Blacker, Ray Meyers, Randy Lober: “For establishing cooperative research and development agreement for mesh generation software with Fluid Dynamics, Ford Motor Company, McNeal-Schwendler, and PDA Engineering. Mesh generation software eliminates time-consuming manual mesh generation from the 3D design process, automatically producing meshes for arbitrary geometries.” |
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1992 |
Ted Dellin: “For efforts to create a Microelectronics Quality/Reliability Center at Sandia.” |
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1991 |
Dennis Siebers with Axel zur Loye of Cummins Engine Company: “For effective technology transfer of new insight into the contamination of lubrication oil by particulates; the project coupled Cummins’ diesel engine production expertise for domestic and foreign markets with Sandia’s engine diagnostics capabilities to look at a critical problem for U.S. diesel manufacturers.” Frank Zanner: “For unusual dedication and effort in the creation of a consortium of specialty metal manufacturers, and cooperative R&D with a federal laboratory. The Specialty Metals Consortium strengthens members’ R&D capability.” |
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1990 |
Bob Blewer: “For his role in the development of technology for chemical-vapor-deposited tungsten, and in transfer of the technology for use in commercial microelectronics processes and products.” Peter Witze, Eldon Porter: “For initiating a partnership with an instrument manufacturer and industry users that led to the rapid commercialization of fiber-optic-instrumented spark-plug technology. Their invention is a spark-plug probe for seeing inside automobile engines while they are running. This new tool — which helps automotive researchers understand and improve idle quality — was adopted by Barrack Laboratories of Marlborough, Mass., which is marketing it as the Barrack Witze Probe.” |
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1988 |
Larry Teufel: “For the transfer of an Anelastic Strain Recovery measurement technique to the private sector. Teufel’s Anelastic Strain Recovery measure technique — just as accurate and less expensive than other methods — increases the efficiency of oil and gas recovery from hard-to-tap reservoirs.” |
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Annual conference focuses on networking, distributed computing, data-intensive applications, supercomputing, scalable computing and other emerging technologies that push the frontiers of communications, computing and computational science. The Gordon Bell Prize recognizes significant achievements in the application of supercomputers to scientific and engineering problems. | |
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2002 |
Sandia National Laboratories: Gordon Bell Prize for Salinas: A Scalable Software for High-Performance Structural and Solid Mechanics Simulations. The first fully ASCI program to be a Gordon Bell Award contender. Team members: Manoj Bhardwaj (9100), Kendall Pierson, Garth Reese, Tim Walsh, David Day, Ken Alvin and James Peery; and Charbel Farhat, and Michel Lesoinne (University of Colorado/Boulder) |
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1998 |
Sandia National Laboratories: Gordon Bell Prize for achieving unprecedented speedups in parallel processing. Team members include Robert Benner, John Gustafson, and Gary Montry. |
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1994 |
David Womble, David Greenberg, Stephen Wheat, Robert Benner; Marc Ingber (UNM); and Greg Henry and Satya Gupta (Intel): Gordon Bell Prize for “Applications of Boundary Element Methods on the Intel Paragon.” The entry consisted of four massively parallel applications of boundary element methods (BEM) that have been developed for important engineering problems in structural mechanics, acoustics and electromagnetism: SNAP for structural mechanics, VERBITRON for acoustics, and CARLOS-3D and Xpatch for electromagnetism. |
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1997 |
Dan Arvisu (1800): Salute to Excellence National Award, “for promoting business and professional opportunities for minorities.” |
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1996 |
Nestor Ortiz (6400): Salute to Excellence National Award, “representing Lockheed Martin Corporation.” |
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2001 |
Lenny Martinez (14000): October 2001 Hispanic Business magazine named him one of its “100 Most Influential Hispanics” in the US. The citation notes that he “manages a $150 million program that makes high-tech components for the nation’s nuclear stockpile.” |
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1998 |
Lenny Martinez (14000): National Achievement Award, Executive Excellence category |
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1994 |
Jose Rodriquez and Tamara Ulibarri (1811): Outstanding Technical Achievement Award. Nestor Ortiz: Professional Achievement Award |
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1998 |
Michael Cieslak (1860): AWS Comfort A. Adams Lecture Award, “presented to an outstanding scientist or engineer for a lecture describing a new or distinctive development in the field of welding. The lecture is presented during the AWS International Welding and Fabricating Exposition and Convention.” |
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1996 |
Nestor Ortiz (6400): Named “One of the Top 20 Hispanics.” |
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The Hispanic Engineer National Achievement Awards Corporation was founded in 1988 by Ray Mellado. Its mission is to seek out, recognize, honor, and document Hispanic excellence in science and technology nationwide. Each year, the conference brings together students and professionals from the corporate, government, and academic sectors to showcase the value of success through education. |
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2006 |
Rafael Davalos (8125): Most Promising Engineer or Scientist, Advanced Degree. |
2005 |
Jaime Moya (10330): Award for Professional Achievement. |
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2004 |
Juan Ramirez (ret.): HENAAC Albert V. Baez Award to honor engineers and scientists for outstanding technical achievements and service to humanity. “Juan co-founded el Centro de Ensenanza Moderna in Quintana Roo, Mexico. The school provides quality, affordable, bilingual education to the young families of Chetumal, his hometown.” Robert Longoria (2663): HENAAC Luminary Award presented to top Hispanic professionals in engineering, science, and technology. “Robert has been honored for his technical achievements and for his 20 years of commitment to volunteerism in the community, particularly with the Boy Scouts of America.” |
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2003 |
Maria Galaviz (14401): HENAAC and TECHNiCA™ Magazine’s Most Promising Engineer, National Laboratories, Undergraduate Degree. |
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2001 |
Alfredo M. Morales (8762): HENAAC and TECHNiCA™ Magazine’s Most Promising Scientist. |
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2000 |
Frank Figueroa (10000): HENAAC National Achievement Award “for Excellence.” |
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1996 |
Dan Arvizu (6200): National Achievement Award “for Executive Excellence.” Jim Pacheco (6216): National Achievement Award “for Technical Achievement.” Robert LaFarge (9621): National Achievement Award Al Bustamante (2416): National Achievement Award |
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IndustryWeek informs manufacturing executives of trends, technologies, and management strategies that drive continuous improvement enterprise-wide. IndustryWeek Technology and Innovation Awards honor the creativity of visionary winners who are seizing opportunities offered by technology with hopes of demonstrating economic leadership. | |
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1999 |
Mike Butler (1715), Mike Sinclair (1812), and Tony Ricco: “The dime-sized Polychromator chip offers a major advantage over conventional correlation spectroscopy methods, since it eliminates the need for cells containing reference samples of the various gases to be detected.” |
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1997 |
Keith Matzen & team members (9570): “For development of the Z Accelerator for fusion and materials research.” Bill Warren & team members: “For memory-retentive chip, proton-based nonvolatile semiconductor memory.” |
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1995 |
Sandia National Laboratories: “For significant advances in the fabrication of micromachines.” |
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1998 |
Gerry Yonas (9000): BEAMS Distinguished Contributions Award |
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1998 |
Walter Bauer (8348): Lifetime Achievement Award |
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2001 |
Kauai Test Facility (KTF) Project Team: ITT President’s Award |
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1997 |
EUVL IC Team: Second Annual MicroDesign Resources Analysts’ Choice and Technology Awards, “for its efforts to develop and commercialize extreme ultraviolet lithography technology for semiconductor fabrication.” |
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2004 |
Dustin Carr (1769): “One of the nation’s top 100 researchers under age 35 in the nanotechnology category.” |
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The NAE advises the federal government and also conducts its own independent studies that examine important topics in engineering and technology. Members are elected to NAE membership by their peers (current NAE members). Election to membership is one of the highest professional honors accorded an engineer. Members have distinguished themselves in business and academic management, in technical positions, as university faculty, and as leaders in government and private engineering organizations. | |
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2003 |
James Asay: Elected Member of the National Academy of Engineering “for leadership in engineering research and management of shock waves and for the development of tools that have contributed to national security.” Charles “Jack” Jakowatz, Jr.: Elected Member of the National Academy of Engineering “for innovations in synthetic-aperture radar-image processing critical to military applications and enviornmental monitoring.” Al Romig, Jr.: Elected Member of the National Academy of Engineering “for outstanding contributions to the science and technology of materials and for innovative research and development of defense systems.” |
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2002 |
Jeff Brinker: Elected Member of the National Academy of Engineering “for outstanding contributions to the science of sol-gel processing, and for the invention of porous materials with controlled structure.” Gordon Osbourn: Elected Member of the National Academy of Engineering “for originating the field of strained-layer superlattices and related structures, which has led to revolutionary advances in electronics and optoelectronics.” |
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1998 |
C. Paul Robinson: Elected Member of the National Academy of Engineering “for his pre- and post-Cold War leadership in the nation’s nuclear weapons program through technical and managerial excellence.” |
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1997 |
Sandia National Laboratories: NASA Award, “for demonstrating the feasibility of airbags to soft-land the Pathfinder on Mars on July 4, 1997.” |
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2003 |
Don Carson (12600): Einstein Society Award, “for his inspiring vision and sustaining support of the museum.” |
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2003 |
C. Paul Robinson and Joan Woodard: New Mexico Spirit of Achievement Award, “for years of significant contributions to the community, state, and nation. The dinner raised more than $90,000 that will support research at the Denver medical center, a world leader in the treatment and research of lung, allergy, and immune diseases. The hospital treats patients of all faiths from around the nation.” |
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1997 |
Hal Post (6218, Mike Thomas (6218), National Park Service's Denver Service Center: Partnership Leadership Award, “for resource stewardship and preservation by introducing photovoltaic and other renewable energy technologies into the national parks, national forests, and public lands.” |
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1997 |
Sandra Begay-Campbell (4512): Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Mentoring, “for outstanding mentoring efforts and programs that have enhanced the participation of individuals from groups underrepresented in these fields: namely minioritys, women, and persons with disabilities.” |
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The Navy League of the United States was founded in 1902 with the encouragement of President Theodore Roosevelt. The Navy League is unique among military-oriented associations in that it is a civilian organization dedicated to the education of citizens, including elected officials, and the support of the men and women of the sea services and their families. Members need not have served in the military to be a member of the Navy League. |
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1994 |
Al Narath: Roosevelt Gold Medal for Science |
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The Roundtable is a statewide business organization dedicated to the systemic transformation and improvement of education throughout the state with an emphasis on standards, accountability, educator quality, and student support. | |
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2003 |
Mike DeWitte (12650): NMBREE Chairman, succeeding former Governor Garrey Curruthers. |
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The mission of the New Mexico Commission on the Status of Women is to increase awareness of the rights, responsibilities, and interests of women and girls in New Mexico and to preserve women's history and contributions to the state. | |
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2002 |
Julia Phillips (1100): Estrella Horizons Award, honors individuals who inspire young girls to pursue careers in science, engineering, math, or technology, increase the hiring or promotion of women in these high technology fields, and serve as mentors or role models for young women pursuing these careers. Presented by the NM Team for Advancing Women & Girls in Technology on behalf of the U.S. Department of Labor Women’s Bureau. |
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2004 |
Bill Knauf (5001): “For his work in national security at Sandia and his representation of the Laboratories in a number of community activities and for his years of public sector and military service.” |
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The Green Zia Environmental Excellence Program is a public recognition and technical assistance program that acknowledges and supports businesses or organizations with a vision and desire to move towards environmental excellence and long-term environmental and economic sustainability. The Green Zia Program is based on the Malcolm Baldrige Business Performance Excellence Criteria and the Quality New Mexico program.ÝIt is the only program of its kind nationally and helps participants integrate environmental decision making into core business practices. | |
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2003 |
Fleet Services (10265 and 10266), Manufacturing Science and Technology Services (14100), and Neutron Generator Production Center (14400): Achievement Level recognition. This is the fourth year Sandia organizations have won Green Zia recognition. Criteria include environmental leadership, employee involvement, community involvement, energy conservation, pollution prevention, and continuous environmental improvement. |
| New Mexico Press Women’s Media Communications contest. | |
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2005 |
Chris Burroughs (12651): First Place, News Reporting for Special Articles, “for the article she wrote on a well blowout in Carlsbad.” Chris Burroughs (12651): First Place “for a news release she prepared about using chemlab-on-a-chip for medical purposes.” Iris Aboytes (12651): First Place,
Public Service Campaign or Program for the Noel Fletcher (6330): First Place, Speeches, “for a speech she wrote for Sandia.” Second place, “for an article she wrote for the Catholic News Service,” and Third Place, Writing for the Web, “for a piece she did for Sandia.” Lab News: First Place, Magapaper/ tabloid. |
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Founded in 1959, the New Mexico Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) provides professional development and networking opportunities to New Mexico public relations professionals. |
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2006 |
Rod Geer (3600) : Lee and Marie Hirst Vista Award, given annually to a NMPRSA member who has contributed significantly to the public relations field and to the organization. The Lee and Marie Hirst Vista Award was named in honor of Lee and Marie Hirst, who operated a public relations company in Albuquerque and New York for many years. NMPRSA Cumbre Awards: • Gold Award, Safety Awareness Posters, Alice Baltz, Michael Vittitow, Gail Lemen, Michial McDuffie, Sherri Mostaghni (all 3654), Noel Fletcher (10330) • Gold Award, Sandia Technology issue “Our Global Water Future,” Will Keener, Chris Burroughs (both 3651), Doug Prout (1010) • Gold Award, “Time Traveling at Nevada Test Site,” Bill Murphy, Randy Montoya (both 3651) • Gold Award, for Sandia Technology, Will Keener (3651), Doug Prout (1010), Michael Vittitow (3654), Randy Montoya (3651), Sherry Mostaghni (3654) • Silver Award, Sandia Annual Report 2006, Will Keener (3651), Michael Vittitow, Sherri Mostaghni (both 3654), Nigel Hey (retired) • Silver Award, Sandia Lab News, Sandia Lab News team • Silver Award, Shoes for Kids campaign, Patty Zamora (3652) • Bronze Award, School to World program, Pam Catanach, Cheryl Garcia, Amy Tapia (all 3652) |
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The federal government and the US automotive industry joined in a partnership to establish global technical leadership in the development and production of affordable, fuel-efficient, low-emissions that meet today's performance standards. Partnership for a New Generation of Vehicles (PNGV), was established on September 29, 1993. It draws on the resources of seven federal agencies, the national laboratories, universities, suppliers and the United States Council for Automotive Research (USCAR), a cooperative, precompetitive research effort between DaimlerChrysler Corp., Ford Motor Co., and General Motors Corp. | |
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1996 |
Steve Lott (6113), Tim Gardner (6210), and Steve Lockwood (1492): PNGV Award, “for their technical contributions to a Chrysler/Ford/GM/SNL/ORNL/LANL/LLNL program that is developing a full-scale lean-burn catalytic converter for the vehicle of the future.” |
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1999 |
Sandia National Laboratories: “For providing critical support for a number of major educational initiatives in the state, in particular, the Strenghthening Quality in Schools [SQS] initiative.” |
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2002 |
Sandia National Laboratories: Award of Excellence, “in recognition of Sandia's technological advancements and unrivaled contributions to the security and well-being of our community, our nation, and the world.” |
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Presented by the White House’s Office of Science and Technology Policy, the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers is the nation’s highest honor for outstanding scientists and engineers embarking on an independent research career. |
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2004 |
Tamara Kolda (8962) |
| 2001 | Richard Lehoucq: “For his innovative and creative approaches to numerical software with a solid understanding of mathematics and computer science, for his software contributions for the solution of eigensystems of equations, and for his impact on scientists both at Sandia National Laboratories and in the broader professional community.” |
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1997 |
Sandia National Laboratories: Roadrunner Award, “for significant progress in building sound and notable diversity programs.” |
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1994 |
Sandia National Laboratories: Roadrunner Award |
1995 |
C. J. Brinker, A. J. Hurd, P. Randall Schunk (9114), G. C. Frye, J. Samuel, R. A. Cairncross, Carol S. Ashley (1846), B. Dunn, and J. Zink: Research and Development Magazine Award for Sustained Outstanding Research in Metallurgy and Ceramics: “Fundamentals of Sol-Gel Thin Film Deposition.” |
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1997 |
Consuelo Martinez (10701): Volunteer of the Year Award, “for supporting minority/women-owned businesses through increased corporate and government purchasing.” |
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1997 |
Bert Westwood: Acta Metallurgica J. Herbert Holloman Award, “for contributions to materials technology and science.” |
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2003 |
Theresa Carson (10205): Francis Perkins Vanguard Award, a national award presented each year in recognition of excellence in utilizing women-owned small businesses. Frances Perkins was a social reformer who served as Secretary of Labor, the first woman to serve in a cabinet-level position, from 1933 to 1945. |
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1993 |
Sandia National Laboratories: Dwight D. Eisenhower Award for Excellence, “honoring Sandia's efforts to provide subcontracting opportunities to small and small disadvantaged businesses, outreach efforts, technical assistance, and participation at trade shows and procurement conferences.” |
| The STC is a professional organization of technical writers, editors, illustrators, managers, and educators headquartered in Arlington, Virginia. | |
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2005 |
Randy Montoya (3651): STC’s International Competition Award of Excellence for his “SnifferStar” photograph. Michael Vittitow (3654), Larry Perrine, and Randy Montoya (both 3651): Regional Award, Distinguished Technical Communication award for the “Sandia National Laboratories Overview” booklet. The award was in the Promotional Materials category of STC’s international technical publications competition. |
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Southwest Contractors Magazine covers all aspects of the commercial construction industry in Airzon, Nevada, and New Mexico. | |
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2003 |
Integrated Studies and Support Group (ISSG) building: Architectural Award, “for New Mexico design/build projects under $5 million.” An article about the ISSG appears in the December 2003 issue. |
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SRC (Semiconductor Research Corporation), manages SEMATECH ’s Centers of Excellences. | |
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1992 |
David M. Haaland, David K. Melgaard (J & M Systems), Thomas Niemczyk (UNM): Semiconductor Research Corporation, Durham, NC, 1992 Technical Award of Excellence, “for research of methods for measuring the quality of microelectronic circuits using infrared spectroscopy and chemometrics.” |
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2006 |
Guylaine Pollock (5632): Distinguished Former Student Award. “For her leadership in computer science, her mentoring of women in computing, and her invaluable contributions to software engineering research. Texas A&M has established a computer science scholarship for fall 2006 that will be awarded in her honor.” |
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2003 |
Les Shephard (2900): Texas A&M University’s Geosciences and Earth Resources Medal of Distinguished Achievement Award. “Les chaired the university’s Oceanography Development Council.” |
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Distinguished Alumnus Award from the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering. This award was stalished in 1968 to recoginze outstanding professional achievements by UI/Urbana-Champaign M & IE alumni. | |
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2003 |
Norm Warpinski (6116): One of three alumni selected to receive this year’s honor. |
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University of New Mexico’s Anderson Schools of Management Hall of Fame. | |
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2006 |
Vic Chavez (10222): inducted into the Anderson Schools of Management Hall of Fame. One of seven honorees selected for their professional success, contribution to the community, and ongoing commitment to education. |
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The Shingo Prize for Excellence in Manufacturing is named for Japanese industrial engineer Shigeo Shingo. Shingo distinguished himself as one of the world’s leading experts in improving manufacturing processes. He helped create and popularize the revolutionary manufacturing practices of the Toyota Production System. A few years ago, the US Department of Defense requested the expansion of the Shingo Prize to include “public sector entities.” The Board of Governors authorized an expansion of the Shingo Prize in 2005, adding a public sector category for manufacturing, industrial, or “maintenance, repair and overhaul” activities. | |
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2006 |
Neutron Generator Group (Center 2700): Bronze-level award in the Public Sector area. |
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The Hammer Award, a Vice President Al Gore initiative, is from the Vice President of the United States to recognize government teams that show real innovation either by (1) putting customers first, (2) empowering employees, (3) cutting red tape, or (4) achieving results American citizens care about. The Award is the “Vice President’s answer to yesterday’s government and its $400 hammer.” The Hammer Award consists of a $6 hammer, festooned with a ribbon and mounted in an aluminum frame. | |
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1999 |
Don Larrichio (10217): Hammer Award, “for reengineering and streamlining the source-selection process based on commercial-like practices.” |
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1998 |
Chris Arana (12336) and team: Hammer Award Brad Wisler (7924) and team: Hammer Award, “for Power Systems Modernization (PSM) project.” |
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The Web Marketing Association is an independent organization founded with the exclusive purpose of evaluating and recognizing the standard of excellence on the World Wide Web for corporate web sites. The WebAward Competition provides web professionals recognition and validation for their outstanding work. | |
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2002 |
Sandia National Laboratories: Standard of Excellence WebAward |
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2001 |
Sandia National Laboratories: Outstanding Web Site |
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2000 |
Sandia National Laboratories: Standard of Excellence WebAward |
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1999 |
Sandia National Laboratories: Outstanding Web Site |
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1998 |
Sandia National Laboratories: Standard of Excellence WebAward |
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1997 |
Sandia National Laboratories: Best Government Agency Web Site |
This program recognizes Federal employees and their facilities for efforts which resulted in significant contributions to or have made a significant impact on the environment in specific categories under Executive Order 13101: Greening the Government Through Waste Prevention, Recycling, and Federal Acquisition, and Executive Order 13148: Greening the Government Through Leadership in Environmental Management. |
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| 2003 | Model Validation Design Team: Model Facility Demonstration category, for “Incorporating Sustainability into the Design and Construction of New Facilities.” Project Manager Brett Locke (10824); Jack Mizner (3124), Ralph Wrons (10827), Wayne Burton (5831), Nick Durand (10826), Rico Ortiz (10824), John Rathbun (10861), and John Scott (10862). Atkins Benham, Inc. team members included Shahrokh Azhdari, Steve Dare, Brian Dolan, Jim Johnson, Jack Morgan, Ken Nelson, and Robert Reynolds. |
| 2002 | Green Purchasing Team: Jimmy Romero, Stacy Richardson, Judy Jojola, Jeff Miller. “For placing dedicated contracts designed to encourage the purchase of recycled products.” |
1998 |
Rarilee Conway (6134), Joe Pavletich, Tony Roybal (both 6133), Kylene Molley, Jack Mizner, and Corinee Willison (all 7526): Certificate of Recognition |
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Career Communications Group, Inc. (CCG) Women of Color in Government and Research Awards recognize the accomplishments of professional women in the fields of math, science, technology, engineering, and business. | |
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2003 |
Sandra Begay-Campbell (6214): Women of Color in Government Research Awards, Emerald Honor for Community Service. Felicia Duran (6413): Women of Color in Government Research Awards, Professional Achievement. Regina Gonzales (2993): Women of Color in Government Research Awards, Most Promising Technologist/Scientist. Elebeoba May (9212): Women of Color in Government Research Awards, Young Scientist/Rising Star. |
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2004 |
Julia Phillips (1100): Yale University Wilbur Lucius Cross Medal, the highest honor bestowed on alumni by the Yale graduate school, “for being both a pioneering scientist and an important role model. Her research has advanced work in semiconductor materials and technology.” |
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The Yoplait champions are 25 ordinary women and men doing extraordinary things in their local communities to help in the fight against breast cancer. The Yoplait champions have demonstrated a strong and sustained commitment to the breast cancer cause. Their personal sacrifices, combined with their creative and innovative approaches to fighting breast cancer, have positively impacted the lives of others. They include survivors, spouses, friends and family members. Nancy Brinker, Founder of the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, recognized the Yoplait champions at a Celebratory Breast Cancer Awareness Month Kick-Off Ceremony hosted by SELF Magazine in Times Square, New York City, on September 23, 2003. | |
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2003 |
Linda Lovato-Montoya (3133): The October 2003 issue of Self Magazine noted that as an active member of Comadre a Comadre, Linda, a breast cancer survivor, provides support, advocacy, and education to Hispanic communities in New Mexico. |
2005 |
Shanalyn Kemme (1713) |
| 1999 |
Cynthia Philllips: Science and Technology category |
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Ellen Stechel (1153): Science and Technology category Patricia Baca (10203): Business/Non-Managerial category Norma Orand (4823): Other Professional category |
| (Sandians: If you know about awards that should be listed on this page, please contact Michelle Fleming, meflemi@sandia.gov.) |
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