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AWARDS

2020 Arthur S. Flemming Award - Ian Coddington

ARTHUR S. FLEMMING AWARD

Established by the Washington, DC Downtown Jaycees in 1948, the Flemming Awards honor outstanding federal employees with 3-15 years of federal service for their exceptional contributions to the federal government. Recipients were nominated by their federal agencies and then selected from a pool of nominees through a competitive judging process. Awardees were selected based on their work performance and factors such as leadership, contributions to society and potential for continued excellence. The Arthur S. Flemming Awards Commission partners with the George Washington University Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Administration and the National Academy of Public Administration to present the awards.

Winner's Name

Ian Coddington

Awarded

April 21, 2020

Awarding Organization

George Washington University and the Arthur S. Flemming Awards Commission

Ian Coddington of the Time and Frequency Division at NIST’s Physical Measurement Laboratory was honored for groundbreaking progress in the development of frequency comb technology for a wide range of applications. From the Flemming award citation:

“Dr. Coddington helped to develop a new laser technique, dual-comb spectroscopy, and then transformed it from a laboratory experiment into a robust and reliable technology. He demonstrated dual-comb technology for atmospheric gas sensing, precision laser ranging and many other applications. He and his collaborators detected costly and dangerous methane leaks with extraordinary sensitivity.”

Physics