| 1996 |
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Office of Science Recipients |
Science Funding |
Laboratory
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Citation |
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Program |
Division |
| Michael Smith |
NP |
Nuclear
Astrophysics |
Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
for establishing an astrophysics program at the first facility
devoted fully to radioactive ion beam
physics, and for contributing to the collection
and evaluation of nuclear reaction data
applicable to astrophysics phenomena |
| John P. Hill |
BES |
Materials Sciences |
Brookhaven National Laboratory |
for elucidating the role of crystalline order in electron dynamics
and of disorder in magnetic phase transitions,
and for continuing development of magnetic
and inelastic x-ray scattering techniques
in the study of condensed matter |
| Philip M. Jardine |
BER |
Health and Environmental Sciences |
Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
for meticulous research integrating field and laboratory studies
with theoretical concepts that have advanced
the understanding of nutrient cycling
and contaminant reactions and transport
in unsaturated, heterogenous soils |
| Christine Hartmann |
BER |
Health and Environmental Sciences |
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory |
for leading the PEREGRINE Project to develop a new approach to
the treatment of cancer, which will enable
physicians to plan radiation treatments
with pinpoint accuracy, improving the
ability to cure many forms of cancer while
avoiding damage to healthy tissue |
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Office of Defense Programs
Recipients |
Institution |
Laboratory
Affiliation |
Citation |
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University |
Department |
| Shenda M. Baker |
Harvey Mudd College |
Department of Chemistry |
Los Alamos National Laboratory |
for the use of neutron scattering measurements of solid-solid
and solid-liquid interfaces to study and
improve the properties of advanced materials |
| Richard A. Cairncross |
University of Delaware |
Department of Mechanical Engineering |
Sandia National Laboratories |
for the advancement of direct simulation computational technology
for manufacturing processes of critical
importance to the Weapons Complex |
| 1997 |
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Office of Science Recipients |
Science Funding |
Laboratory
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Citation |
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Program |
Division |
| Andrew Brandt |
HEP |
High Energy Physics |
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory |
for his leading role in the study of diffraction phenomena and
his contributions to the experimental
study of proton-proton collisions at very
high energies |
| David J.Dean |
NP |
Nuclear Physics, Physics Division |
Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
for his research in nuclear structure physics and critical contributions
to the development of the Shell Model
Monte Carlo methods, making possible
the extension of shell model calculations
to heavier nuclei |
| Lori A. Freitag |
ASCR |
Mathematical, Information and Computational Sciences Division |
Argonne National Laboratory |
for her pioneering work on the design of techniques for visualizing
large data sets in interactive virtual
reality environments |
| David E. Newman |
FES |
Fusion Energy Division |
Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
for seminal contributions to the theoretical understanding of
turbulence and transport in magnetic fusion
devices |
| John Shanklin |
BES |
Chemistry Sciences Divison/Biosciences
program |
Brookhaven National Laboratory |
for his internationally acclaimed research on the structure and
function of a class of enzymes (desaturases
and hydroxylases)
that introduce double bonds or hydroxyl
groups at specific sites between pairs
of carbon atoms in long-chain fatty acids |
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Office of Defense Programs
Recipients |
Institution |
Laboratory
Affiliation |
Citation |
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University |
Department |
| Bruno S. Bauer |
University of Nevada at Reno |
Department of Physics |
Los Alamos National Laboratory |
for contributions in high-energy science that allow the above-ground
experiments essential for science based
stockpile stewardship |
| Thomas J. Matula |
University of Washington at Seattle |
Applied Physics Laboratory |
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory |
for experimental research into the fundamental mechanisms of
sonoluminescence that provides theoretical, computational
and experimental benefits to Inertial
Confinement Fusion studies |
| 1998 |
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Office of Science Recipients |
Science Funding |
Laboratory
Affiliation |
Citation |
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Program |
Division |
| Mari Lou Balmer |
BER |
Environmental and Health Sciences Division |
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory |
for nationally recognized, seminal contributions to the fields
of selective ion sequestration and plasma-activated
catalysis |
| James W. Lee |
BES |
Chemistry Sciences Division |
Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
for seminal contributions to photosynthesis research and its
application to nanofabrication, molecular
electronics, and production of renewable
fuels and chemicals |
| Anthony Mezzacappa |
NP |
Nuclear Physics, Physics Division |
Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
for his work identifying the explosive mechanism of core-collapse
and associated nucleosynthesis
in supernovae |
| Gary P. Wiederrecht |
BES |
Chemistry Division |
Argonne National Laboratory |
for creativity and accomplishments in the field of new optical
materials for energy efficient image processing
and storage |
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Office of Defense Programs
Recipients |
Institution |
Laboratory
Affiliation |
Citation |
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University |
Department |
| Tonya L. Kuhl |
University of California at Santa Barbara |
Department of Chemical Engineering |
Los Alamos National Laboratory |
for the development of a confined-geometry shear cell that allows
for the study of the structure of fluid
molecules captured between aligned solid
surfaces, an application that provides
considerable benefit to the DP mission
in the study of complex materials |
| Roya Maboudian |
University of California at Berkeley |
Department of Chemical Engineering |
Sandia National Laboratories |
for enabling work in self-assembled monolayer anti-stiction coatings that are crucial in the development of
MicroElectroMechanical Systems prototype components for
weapons program applications |
| Christopher Palmer |
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology |
Department of Chemistry |
Sandia National Laboratories |
for contributions in the field of liquid phase chemical analysis
using micelle polymers as separation media
in the development of portable devices
for detecting and identifying warfare
agents |
| 1999 |
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Office of Science Recipients |
Science Funding |
Laboratory
Affiliation |
Citation |
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Program |
Division |
| Kenneth M. Kemner |
BER |
Environmental and Health Sciences Division |
Argonne National Laboratory |
for seminal contributions in the development and application
of high-energy X-ray synchrotron radiation
techniques to materials and environmental
science |
| John F. Mitchell |
BES |
Materials Sciences Division |
Argonne National Laboratory |
for highly creative synthesis combined with outstanding scientific
leadership to facilitate a collaborative
research program, which extends world-wide,
to understand the phenomena of colossal
magnetoresistance |
| Lynne E. Parker |
BES |
Materials Sciences Division |
Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
for exceptional research and national leadership in the area
of heterogeneous multi-robot cooperation |
| Xian Chen |
BER |
Environmental and Health Sciences Division |
Los Alamos National Laboratory |
for an innovative approach to DNA labeling and mass spectrometric
identification of single nucleotide polymorphisms |
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Office of Defense Programs
Recipients |
Institution |
Laboratory
Affiliation |
Citation |
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University |
Department |
| Ken R. Czerwinski |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
Department of Nuclear Engineering |
Los Alamos National Laboratory |
for developing the fundamental chemistry of the new element rutherfordium (element 104) by perfecting "one-atom-at-a-time"
chemical procedures on the highly radioactive
atoms of 263Rf |
| David M. Ford |
Texas A&M University |
Department of Chemical Engineering |
Sandia National Laboratories |
for developing materials modeling capabilities and companion
massive parallel algorithms for the prediction
of and solutions to aging materials problems
of the enduring stockpile |
| 2000 |
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Office of Science Recipients |
Science Funding |
Laboratory
Affiliation |
Citation |
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Program |
Division |
| Richard B. Lehoucq |
ASCR |
Mathematical, Information and Computational Sciences Division |
Sandia National Laboratories |
for innovative and creative approaches to numerical software
with a solid understanding of mathematics
and computer science; for software contributions
for the solution of eigensystems
of equations; and for impact on scientists
both at Sandia National laboratories and
in the broader professional community |
| Zhihongb Lin |
FE |
Fusion Energy Division |
Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory |
for performing advanced simulations with unprecedented realism
and resolution leading to results demonstrating
the positive impact of modern massively
parallel computers and for outstanding
contributions to improved understanding
of plasma turbulence |
| Zheng-Tian Lu |
NP |
Physics Division |
Argonne National Laboratory |
for the development of the Atom Trap Trace Analysis technique
which has provided a powerful new tool
for ultra-sensitive trace isotope analysis
in fundamental research and technological
applications |
| Andrey Zheludev |
BES |
Materials Sciences Division |
Brookhaven National Laboratory |
for internationally-recognized research and discoveries in the
field of quantum magnetism, achieved through
skillful application of neutron-scattering
techniques |
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Office of Defense Programs
Recipients |
Institution |
Laboratory
Affiliation |
Citation |
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University |
Department |
| Aaron L. Odom |
Michigan State University |
Department of Chemistry |
Los Alamos National Laboratory |
for discovery of uranium-dinitrogen
complexes and theoretical studies aimed
at understanding their electronic structure
and bonding |
| Jonas C. Peters |
California Institute of Technology |
Chemistry Division |
Los Alamos National Laboratory |
for developing novel, molecularly engineered ligand systems for the activation and cleavage of industrially
important small molecules |
| 2001 |
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Citation |
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Division |
| Ian Anderson |
BES |
Materials Sciences Division |
Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
for research in electron beam characterization techniques with
applications for the development of new,
energy-efficient materials |
| Vincent Cianciolo |
NP |
Physics Division |
Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
for developing a scientific program and detector instrumentation
for experiments at the Brookhaven National
Laboratory to understand the existence
of quark-gluon plasma |
| Mark Herrmann |
FE |
Fusion Energy Division |
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory |
for contributions to the fundamental
studies of inertial fusion with the potential
of improving the efficiency of fusion
reactors |
| Jizhong Zhou |
BER |
Environmental and Health Sciences Division |
Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
for leadership in functional genomics and microbial ecology and
the development of technologies needed
for microscale
environmental research |
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Office of Defense Programs
Recipients |
Institution |
Laboratory
Affiliation |
Citation |
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University |
Department |
| Kenneth A. Gall |
University of Colorado |
Department of Mechanical Engineering |
Sandia National Laboratories |
for unique insights contributing to the development of multi-scale
experiments and enhanced material models
that span microstructural and continuum phenomena |
| Paul Ricker |
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory |
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory |
for leadership in developing and demonstrating technical advances
in the multi-physics, scalable parallel
computing methods used to simulate complex
astrophysical phenomena |
| Z. John Zhang |
Georgia Institute of Technology |
School of Chemistry and Biochemistry |
Sandia National Laboratories |
for innovations and vital contributions to the development of
new tools, materials, and applications
that advance the science of component
microfabrication from materials other than silicon |
| 2002 |
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Office of Science Recipients |
Science Funding |
Laboratory
Affiliation |
Citation |
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Program |
Division |
| Jeffrey C. Blackmon |
NP |
Physics Division |
Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
for his pioneering work in implementing a program
of measurements at the ORNL Holifield
Radioactive Ion Beam Facility with radioactive
nuclear beams to understand stellar explosions. |
| Edmond Chow |
ASCR |
Mathematical, Information and Computational Sciences Division |
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory |
for research into preconditioning methods for discretized partial differential equations that has enabled
scientists at LLNL to perform implicit
simulations that were previously impossible.
His planned research will produce still
more sophisticated techniques; these will
greatly facilitate the manner in which
numerical simulation methods are developed
and applied. |
| Sergei Maslov |
BES |
Materials Sciences Division/Neutron Scattering Program |
Brookhaven National Laboratory |
for his contributions to the physics of complex
systems. |
| Jonathan E. Menard |
FE |
Fusion Energy Division |
Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory |
for performing seminal magnetohydrodynamic
(MHD) stability optimization studies at
low aspect ratio which impact the design
and physics basis of the National Spherical
Torus Experiment
(NSTX) and future spherical torus
reactors, and for outstanding experimental
contributions to understanding the MHD
equilibrium and stability properties of
NSTX plasmas. |
| Christine Orme |
BES |
Chemistry Sciences Division/Geosciences Research Program |
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory |
for her work on understanding the physical mechanisms
of biomineralization
and the development of force microscopy-based
methods of investigating mineralization
at the nanoscale. |
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Office of Defense Programs
Recipients |
Institution |
Laboratory
Affiliation |
Citation |
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University |
Department |
| Carl Boehlert |
School of Ceramic Engineering and Materials Science |
Alfred University |
Los Alamos National Laboratory |
in recognition of his insightful research into structural intermetallics and metal matrix composites, and his innovative
use of emerging microstructural
characterization techniques for orientation
mapping of actinides, contributing to
an increased understanding of the process-structure-property
relationships of these advanced materials |
| Krishnakumar Garikipati |
The University of Michigan - Ann Arbor |
Department of Mechanical Engineering |
Sandia National Laboratories |
for the development of efficient, robust numerical solutions
of non-local models of solids, which allow
the description of their properties at
finer resolutions than previously possible |
| 2003 |
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Office of Science Recipients |
Science Funding |
Laboratory
Affiliation |
Citation |
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Program |
Division |
| Tamara G. Kolda |
ASCR |
Mathematical, Information and Computational Sciences Division |
Sandia National Laboratories |
for her innovative research in algorithms and
software for scientific computing, performance
optimization, parallel computing and complex,
nonlinear problems. |
| Saskia Mioduszewski |
NP |
High Energy and Nuclear Physics |
Brookhaven National Laboratory |
for her studies of the properties of the unusual
matter formed in extremely high-energy
nuclear collisions produced at the Relativistic
Heavy Ion Collider. |
| Margaret S. Torn |
BER |
Environmental and Health Sciences Division |
Lawrence |
