Awards
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NE employees received several honors and awards for their contributions to scientific research. Below is a list of awards from 1980 until today.
| Year | Award | Sponsor | Awardee(s) |
| 2020 | ASME Lewis F. Moody Award (Paper Title: "Calculation of Friction Factors and Nusselt Numbers for Twisted Elliptical Tube Heat Exchangers using NEK5000”) | ASME | D. Shaver,
L. Carasik, E. Merzari, N. Salpeter, E. Blandford |
| 2020 | Waste Management Symposium Fellow | Waste Management Symposium | P. Dickman |
| 2019 | R&D100 Award | R&D Magazine | R. Hu, G. Hu, L. Zou |
| 2019 | Pinnacle of Education Award | UChicago Argonne, LLC |
D. Grabaskas |
| 2018 | Secretary of Energy Honor Award | Department of Energy | ANL Team: K. Grudzinski, J. Holland, J. Roglans, J. Stevens, G. Vandegrift, C. Warsaw, A. Youker |
| 2018 | Secretary of Energy Honor Award | Department of Energy | ANL Team Member: M. Billone |
| 2018 | DOE Nuclear Energy Fuel Cycle R&D Excellence Award | U.S. Department of Energy | F. Ganda |
| 2017 | DOE Nuclear Energy Fuel Cycle R&D Excellence Award | U.S. Department of Energy | D. Lisowski, N. Stauff |
| 2017 | NURETH-17 Conference Best Paper Award (Paper Title: “High-Fidelity Simulation of Flow Induced Vibrations in Helical Steam Generators for Small Modular Reactors”) | American Nuclear Society | E. Merzari, H. Yuan, A. Obabko, P. Fischer, et al. |
| 2017 | NURETH-17 Best Reviewer Award | American Nuclear Society | E. Merzari |
| 2017 | Early Career Reactor Physicist Award | ANS Reactor Physics Division | F. Heidet |
| 2016 | Best of COMVEC-2016 (Paper Title: "Fan Shroud Optimization using Adjoint Solver") |
Society of Automotive Engineers | P. Vegendla, T. Sofu, R. Saha, M.M. Kumar, L.K. Hwang, S. Dowding |
| 2016 | Mark Mills Award | ANS | Y. Miao |
| 2016 | R&D100 Award | R&D Magazine | M. Min, P. Fischer, E. Merzari, A. Obabko |
| 2016 | Secretary's Honor Award | Department of Energy | ANL Team: J. Stevens, R. Blomquist, R. Lell, J. Liaw, M. Kalimullah, A. Olson, P. Littlewood |
| 2016 | George Westinghouse Silver Medal | ASME | E. Merzari |
| 2016 | Distinguished Performance Award | UChicago Argonne, LLC |
J. Stevens |
| 2016 | Award of Achievement | ASTM International | D. Bowers |
| 2015 | Outstanding Reviewer | IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation & Measurement |
S. Bakhtiari |
| 2015 | DOE Nuclear Energy Fuel Cycle R&D Excellence Award | U.S. Department of Energy | E. Hoffman |
| 2015 | Young Member Excellence Award | American Nuclear Society | N. Stauff |
| 2015 | Innovations in Fuel Cycle Research Award | DOE Office of Fuel Cycle Technologies | E. Krahn |
| 2015 | NURETH-16 Conference Best Paper Award, Track 1 (Paper Title: “Distributed Temperature Sensor Testing in Liquid Sodium”) |
American Nuclear Society | C. Gerardi, N. Bremer, D. Lisowski, S. Lomperski |
| 2015 | NURETH-16 Conference Best Paper Award, Track 2 (Paper Title: “Distributed Temperature Sensor Testing in Liquid Sodium”) |
American Nuclear Society | E. Merzari, A. Obabko, P. Fischer, N. Halford, J. Walker, A. Siegel, Y. Yu |
| 2015 | WM2015 "Superior Paper" Recognition (Paper Title: "Remote Monitoring of Alpha Gamma Hot Cell Facility by ARG-US RFID System") | WM Symposia | J. Lee, B. Craig, K. Byrne, H. Hlotke, H.C. Tsai, Y. Liu, J. Shuler |
| 2015 | Vincent J. DeVito Distinguished Service Award | Institute of Nuclear Materials Management | Y. Liu |
| 2015 | Reactor Conversion Program Performance Award | NNSA Global Threat Reduction Initiative (GTRI) Convert Program | A. Bergeron |
| 2015 | ANS Walker Lee Cisler Medal | American Nuclear Society | R. Hill |
| 2015 | Million Work Hours Award | National Safety Council | NE Division |
| 2014 | DOE Nuclear Energy Advanced Modeling and Simulation Team-Building Award | U.S. Department of Energy | K. Bradley |
| 2014 | DOE Nuclear Energy Advanced Modeling and Simulation Innovation Award | U.S. Department of Energy | E. Merzari |
| 2014 | DOE Nuclear Energy Fuel Cycle R&D Excellence Award | U.S. Department of Energy | B. Feng |
| 2014 | Young Professional Thermal-Hydraulics Research Competition (Paper Title: "SFR Duct Wall Temperature Prediction with a Porous Medium Model," with co-authors E. Merzari and J. Thomas) | American Nuclear Society | Y. Yu |
| 2014 | ANS Thermal Hydraulics Division Best Paper Award (Paper Title: "Distributed Fiber Optic Temperature Sensing for CFD Code Validation," presented at NURETH-15, May 2013) | American Nuclear Society | S. Lomperski, C. Gerardi, W.D. Pointer |
| 2014 | Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Program Award | U.S. Department of Energy | R. Ahluwalia |
| 2014 | ANS Reactor Physics Division’s Eugene P. Wigner Reactor Physicist Award | American Nuclear Society | E. Lewis |
| 2014 | Secretary of Energy Honor Award | U.S. Department of Energy | Y. Gohar and J. Matos |
| 2014 | Distinguished Performance Award | UChicago Argonne, LLC Board of Governors | M. Farmer |
| 2014 | Director’s Award for Outstanding Safety Leadership | UChicago Argonne, LLC Board of Governors | C. Grandy |
| 2014 | James B. Porter, Jr. Team Award for Outstanding Safety Performance | UChicago Argonne, LLC Board of Governors | EESA Safety Team |
| 2014 | Outstanding Mentor Award | Argonne | K. Bradley |
| 2014 | Special Award | American Nuclear Society | M. Farmer |
| 2014 | Landis Young Member Engineering Achievement Award | American Nuclear Society | E. Merzari |
| 2014 | Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers | U.S. Government | M. Li |
| 2013 | ANS Materials Science and Technology Division Significant Contribution Award (Presentation Title: "Irradiation Behavior Analysis for U-Mo/Al Dispersion Fuels") | American Nuclear Society | B. Ye, J. Rest, Y.S. Kim and G. Hofman |
| 2013 | Outstanding Reviewer | IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Society |
S. Bakhtiari |
| 2013 | Lee Hsun Award | Chinese Academy of Sciences-Institute of Metals Research | D. Singh |
| 2013 | Mary Jane Oestmann Professional Women’s Achievement Award | American Nuclear Society | K. Laurin-Kovitz |
| 2013 | Best Paper Award in ANS Reactor Physics Division (RPD) (Paper Title: “Application of an Annular Metallic Fuel with Lower Gas Plenum for Sodium-cooled Fast Reactor”) | American Nuclear Society (ANS) | N. Stauff, T. K. Kim, Di Yun, T. Taiwo and H. Khalil |
| 2013 | CSO40 Award | CSO Magazine | VAT |
| 2012 | Young Member Excellence Award | American Nuclear Society | E. Merzari |
| 2012 | NNSA Response Certificates of Excellence | DOE NNSA | S.
Bettenhausen, D. Chamberlain, R. Klann, and F. Moore |
| 2012 | Landis Young Member Engineering Achievement Award | American Nuclear Society | W.D. Pointer |
| 2011 | Outstanding Achievement Award | DOE NNSA | Y. Gohar, J. Stevens |
| 2011 | Outstanding Achievement Award | DOE NNSA | J. Roglans-Ribas |
| 2011 | Secretary’s Achievement Honor Award | U.S. Department of Energy | M.T. Farmer |
| 2011 | 2011 Award of Excellence | Nigerian Institute of Physics | T. Taiwo |
| 2011 | ANS’s Distinguished Service Award | American Nuclear Society | R.W. Tilbrook |
| 2011 | R&D 100 Award NE Scientists Chien, Sheen, Raptis and Wang win R&D 100 Award |
R&D Magazine | H.-T. Chien,
S.-H. Sheen, P. Raptis, K. Wang |
| 2010 | Best Paper in Thermal Hydraulics Division (Paper Title: “Proper Orthogonal Decomposition of the Flow in a Rod-Bundle”) | Thermal Hydraulics Division of the American Nuclear Society | E. Merzari, H. Ninokata(***) |
| 2010 | Best Paper in Reactor Physics Division (RPD) [140KB] |
American Nuclear Society | D. Yun, T.A. Taiwo, T.K. Kim and A. Mohamed |
| 2010 | The Pinnacle of Education Award | Argonne Division of Educational Programs | J.C. Braun L.W. Deitrich |
| 2009 | Secretary of Energy Achievement Award | U.S. Department of Energy |
Y. Gohar J. Roglans-Ribas |
| 2008 | Technical Excellence Award | Nuclear Criticality Safety Division of the American Nuclear Society | R. D. McKnight |
| 2008 | Distinguished Performance Award | UChicago Argonne, LLC Board of Governors | J. Cahalan |
| 2007 |
Young Member Excellence Award |
American Nuclear Society | W. David Pointer |
| 2007 | R&D 100 Award | R&D Magazine |
S. Gopalsami, S. Bakhtiari, P. Raptis, T. W. Elmer and R. N. Lanham |
| 2007 | R&D 100 Award | R&D Magazine |
J. A.
Johnson, A. R. Lubinsky, (^) S. Schweizer (^^) |
| 2007 | Emerald Literati Network 2007 Award for Excellence for a paper in Industrial Robot journal | Emerald Literati Network | Y. S. Park, T. F. Ewing |
| 2007 | Platinum Hermes Creative Award for promoting regional transportation technology | Association of Marketing and Communication Professionals (AMCP) | T. F. Ewing |
| 2006 | Outstanding Mentor Award | DOE Office of Science Undergraduate Research Programs | N. Gopalsami |
| 2006 | R&D 100 Award | R&D Magazine |
K. Natesan, Z. Zeng |
| 2005 | 2005 NASA Turning Goals into Reality Award | National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) | W.A. Ellingson |
| 2005 | Graduate of the Last Decade (GOLD) Award | Carroll College (Waukesha, WI) | J. Gruetzmacher |
| 2005 | Best Paper Award | ANS Nuclear Criticality Safety Division | R. M. Lell, J. A. Morman, C.L. Pope |
| 2005 | Wigner Award | ANS Reactor Physics Honors and Awards | M. Salvatores |
| 2005 | R&D 100 Award | R&D Magazine | D. Singh |
| 2004 | Chapter's Service Award | Intelligent Transportation Society of the Midwest | A. Tentner |
| 2004 | Wigner Award | ANS Reactor Physics Honors and Awards | R. Hwang |
| 2004 | ANS Nuclear Criticality Safety Division Technical Excellence Award | American Nuclear Society | J.A. Morman |
| 2004 | ANS Reactor Physics Division's Best Paper Award | American Nuclear Society | M. A. Smith, W. S. Yang, T. Taiwo |
| 2003 | Mishima Award | American Nuclear Society | G. Hofman |
| 2003 | Certificate of Appreciation for Completion of the MPC&A Upgrades Project at Luch | DOE NNSA | C. T. Roche |
| 2003 | Award of Honor | Slovakian Nuclear Society | J. van Erp |
| 2002 | The Emergency Resuscitation Center Award | Emergency Resuscitation Center Chicago | K.E. Kasza, R.B. Poeppel |
| 2002 | Best Paper Award | ANS Operations and Power Division | J. C. Braun, V. Erguina, N. Lugansky |
| 2002 | Spirit Award for Waste Minimization & Pollution Prevention | Argonne National Laboratory | D. P. McGann, D. J. McGann, L. Essenmacher, J. Dobrzynski, G. Quick, and T. Wiencek |
| 2002 | Spirit Award for Waste Minimization & Pollution Prevention | Argonne National Laboratory | D. M. Engel |
| 2001 | Tech Transfer Honorable Mention | Federal Laboratory Consortium Midwest Region | N. Gopalsami |
| 2001 | Honorable Mention | Midwest Section of Federal Laboratory Consortium |
N. Gopalsami, H.-T. Chien, W. Lawrence; B. Merkle (*), and J. Borton (*) |
| 2001 | Honorable Mention | Midwest Section of Federal Laboratory Consortium |
S.-H. Sheen, H.-T. Chien, A. C. Raptis, W. Lawrence; and C. Philips (**) |
| 2001 | Certificate of Award for Outstanding Achievement for Development and Transfer of Technology | Argonne National Laboratory | D. Singh |
| 2001 | Certificate of Recognition for Fostering Excellence in Research through Commitment to Mentoring Young Scientists and Scholars | Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy | W. A. Ellingson |
| 2001 | 2001 Research Partnership Award | U.S. Department of Energy | W. A. Ellingson, J. G. Sun |
| 2001 | Bright Light & Energy 100 Awards | U.S. Department of Energy | T. Yule |
| 2000 | Federal Laboratory Consortium Award for Excellence in Technology Transfer | Federal Laboratory Consortium | D. Singh |
| 1999 | Transportation Fuel Cell Award | White House Award | R. K. Ahluwalia, E. Doss, H. Geyer |
| 1998 | R&D 100 Award | R&D Magazine |
R. Singer, K. Gross, S. Wegerich |
| 1998 | R&D 100 Award | R&D Magazine |
J. Reifman T.Y.C. Wei |
| 1998 | Citation & Certificate of Appreciation | U.S. Department of Energy | D. A. Ehst |
| 1997 | Federal Laboratory Consortium Award for Excellence in Technology Transfer | Federal Laboratory Consortium | K. Leong |
| 1996 | R&D 100 | R&D Magazine | S. Bakhtiari |
| 1996 | DOE Pollution Prevention Award | U.S. Department of Energy | C. Fellhauer |
| 1996 | R&D 100 Award | R&D Magazine | N. Gopalsami |
| 1996 | R&D 100 Award | R&D Magazine | D. Singh |
| 1996 | Wigner Award | ANS Reactor Physics Honors and Awards | E.M. Gelbard |
| 1995 | Outstanding Paper Award | American Society for Nondestructive Testing | S. Bakhtiari |
| 1995 | Women's Achievement Award | American Nuclear Society | L. L. Briggs |
| 1994 | R&D 100 | R&D Magazine | H.-T. Chien, S.-H. Sheen, A.C. Raptis |
| 1994 | Young Member Engineering Achievement Award | American Nuclear Society | H. S. Khalil |
| 1994 | Best Paper Award | American Society of Nondestructive Testing | N. Gopalsami |
| 1994 | Second Best Technical Presentation, 18th Annual Conference on Composites and Advanced Ceramics | American Ceramic Society | D. Singh |
| 1993 | Recognition In Argonne’s Exceptional Performance Program | Argonne National Laboratory | Y. Gohar |
| 1993 | Raymond C. Reese Research Prize | American Society of Civil Engineers | Y. Tang |
| 1990 | Participation Citation & Certificate of Appreciation | DOE/Fusion Energy Office and ITER International Management | Y. Gohar |
| 1990 | Literary Award | ANS Materials Science and Technology Division | T. H. Bauer, A. E. Wright, W. R. Robinson, J. W. Holland, and E. A. Rhodes |
| 1990 | University of Chicago Distinguished Performance Award | University of Chicago | E.M. Gelbard |
| 1989 | Excellence in Fusion Engineering Award | Fusion Power Associates | D. A. Ehst |
| 1988 | Citation & Certificate of Appreciation | U.S. Department of Energy | D. A. Ehst |
| 1985 | R&D 100 | R&D Magazine | M. C. Billone, G. Hofman, T. Weincek, et al. |
| 1985 | R&D 100 Award | R&D Magazine | A. Travelli |
| 1983 | Citation & Certificate of Appreciation | U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission | T. Y. C. Wei |
| 1982 | Honored for Contributions to the Engineering Feasibility of Future Fusion Power Plants | U.S. Department of Energy | D. Smith |
| 1980 | R&D 100 Award | R&D Magazine | T. T. Anderson |
Affiliations other than Argonne National Laboratory:
(^) = SUNY-Stony Brook
(^^) = University of Paderborn (Germany)
(*) = Superior Graphite Co.
(**) = National Center for Manufacturing Sciences (NCMS)
(***) = Tokyo Institute of Technology
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