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NIST staff member Christina Davis performs the national anthem before the Joint U.S. Armed Forces Color Guard and attendees at NIST's 47th Annual Awards Ceremony, which recognized staff for their work supporting U.S. innovation and industrial competitiveness.
GAITHERSBURG, Md. — More than 200 staff at the U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) were honored last week for their work supporting U.S. innovation and industrial competitiveness.
“When I think about the things you’ve achieved, I feel both very proud and deeply honored to be your director,” Under Secretary of Commerce for Standards and Technology Walter G. Copan told the crowd assembled for the event. “I am also thrilled that we are celebrating the power of mentorship for NIST, building our culture of inclusivity and the empowerment of our people.”
The event was held at NIST’s Gaithersburg, Maryland, and Boulder, Colorado, campuses and livestreamed to additional NIST staff in Charleston, South Carolina.
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Marla Dowell, director of NIST's Communications Technology Laboratory and Boulder laboratory director, leads the ceremony at NIST's Boulder, Colorado, campus. She is joined onstage by NIST's Skip Vaughn, director of the Office of Facilities and Property Management; Liz Mackey, chief safety officer; Bob Keller, leader of the Nanoscale Reliability Group, Material Measurement Laboratory; and Lisa Eldrige, team lead in the Computer Access and Support Division, Office of Information Systems Management.
Awardee achievements spanned a wide variety of scientific research and engineering fields and included the creation of the world’s first network of ultra-accurate optical atomic clocks and honors staff during annual awards ceremony
