Scientific and Organizational Awards
Find scientific and technical awards and honors that NREL staff members have received within the past 10 years.
| Awarding Organization | Award(s) |
|---|---|
| Algae Biomass Summit | 2016 Young Researcher Poster Award | Lukas Dahlin |
| American Academy of Arts and Sciences | 2024 American Academy of Arts and Sciences Elected Member | Arthur Nozik |
| American Association for the Advancement of Science | 2016 Fellow Maria Ghirardi |
| American Chemical Society Fuels and Energy Division | 2014 OpenEye Outstanding Junior Faculty Award | Gregg Beckham |
| American Chemical Society Inorganic Chemistry Division | 2019 Chemistry of Materials Lectureship and Best Paper Award | Annalise Maughan |
| American Chemical Society Physical Chemistry Division | 2019 Young Investigator Award | Haiping Lu |
| American Chemical Society Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering | |
| American Chemical Society Wiley Computers in Chemistry | Fall 2018 Outstanding Postdoc Award | Josh Vermaas |
| American Institute of Chemical Engineers | 2021 Industrial Progress Award | Mou Paul |
| American Institute of Chemical Engineers Computational Science and Engineering Forum | |
| American Physical Society | 2022 Milton Van Dyke Award for Simulation of an RCCI Engine using the Pele Suite of Exascale Codes | Nicholas Wimer; Lucas Esclapez; Nicholas Brunhart-Lupo; Marc Henry de Frahan; Mohammad Rahimi; Malik Hassanaly; Jon Rood; Shashank Yellapantula; Hariswaran Sitaraman; Bruce Perry; Michael Martin; Olga Doronina; Sreejith Nadakkal Appukuttan; Martin Rieth (Sandia National Laboratory); and Marc Day 2017 Fellow Nancy Haegel |
| American Society of Civil Engineers | 2018 Best Poster for Quantifying the Mobility and Energy Benefits of Automated Mobility Districts Using Microscope Traffic Simulation | Lei Zhu, Venu Garikapati, Yi Hou, and Stan Young |
| The American Society of Mechanical Engineers | Fellows 2020 Fellow Sreekant Narumanchi Awards 2023 Electronic and Photonic Packaging Division Excellence in Mechanics Award | Doug DeVoto 2023 Avram Bar-Cohen Memorial Medal | Sreekant Narumanchi 2018 K-16/Electronic and Photonic Packaging Division Clock Award | Sreekant Narumanchi 2015 Thomas A. Edison Patent Award | Andy Walker |
| American Solar Energy Society | 2022 Hoyt Clarke Hottel Award | Steve Johnston 2021 John and Barbara Yellott Graduate Student Award | Will Callahan |
| ASTM International | 2016 Award of Excellence for Petroleum Products, Liquid Fuels, and Lubricants | Bob McCormick |
| Clean Energy Ministerial | 2016 U.S. Clean Energy Education and Empowerment Award | Sarah Kurtz and Suzanne Tegen |
| Colorado Women's Day | 2022 Women in STEM Awards | Svitlana Pylypenko |
| DiscoverE | 2016 New Faces of Engineering | Rachel Romero |
| Electrochemical Society | Fellows 2015 Fellow John Turner Awards 2022 Energy Technology Division Supramaniam Srinivasan Young Investigator Award | James Young 2021 Energy Technology Division Research Award | Bryan Pivovar
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| Energy Facilities Contractors Group | 2015 Teamwork Award | Matt Dabney |
| Geothermal Energy Association | |
| Federal Laboratory Consortium | 2022 National Impact Award | Scott Horowitz, Noel Merket, Ben Park, and Yueyue Zhou |
| Fulbright Scholar Program | 2019 Fulbright Scholar Award in All Disciplines | Myles Steiner |
| Hispanic Engineer National Achievement Awards Corp. | 2023 Great Minds in STEM Most Promising Scientist Anthony Lopez 2015 Great Minds in STEM Luminary Honoree Judith Gomez |
| Industrial and Engineering Chemistry | 2021 Division Fellow Award | Mou Paul |
| Institution of Chemical Engineers | |
| The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers | Fellows Awards 2023 Polymer Science and Engineering Cooperative Research Award | Mou Paul and Abhishek Roy 2018 Best Papers | Zerui Dong, Vahan Gevorgian, and Jin Tan; Bri-Mathias Hodge, Bing Huang, and Venkat Krishnan; Xin Fang, Bri-Mathias Hodge, and Venkat Krishnan 2017 Best Paper | Muneeb Rehman, Fan Zhang, Michael Evzelman, Regan Zane, Kandler Smith, and Dragan Maksimovic 2015 Best Paper | Erik Ela, Anthony Florita, Bri-Mathias Hodge, Eduardo Ibanez, Ibrahim Krad, Bryan Palmintier, Hongyu Wu, and Jie Zhang
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| International Society for Professional Innovation Management | 2015 Grand Prize | SunShot Catalyst Team |
| NASA | 2017 NASA Government Invention of the Year First Runner-Up | Battery Internal Short Circuit Device |
| National Academy of Engineering | 2023 Elected Member | Peter Green 2020 Elected Member | Sarah Kurtz 2014 Elected Member | Dan Arvizu |
| National Biodiesel Board | 2018 Innovation Award | Earl Christensen 2017 Researcher of the Year | Earl Christensen |
| National Organization for the Professional Development of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers | 2019 Growth Opportunities Leading in Diversity Graduate Seminar Competition | Abdoulaye Djire |
| Oceantic Network (formerly Business Network for Offshore Wind) | 2022 Viterna Award for Engineering Excellence | Jason Jonkman |
| Project Management Institute | 2014 PMI Project of the Year Award |
| Royal Society of Chemistry | |
| SAE International | Fellow 2018 Fellow Ahmad Pesaran Awards 2018 Excellence in Oral Presentation Award for Analysis of Fast Charging Station Network for Electrified Ride-Hailing Services | Clement Rames 2018 Arch T. Colwell Merit Award | Bob McCormick, Petr Sindler, Adam Ragatz, Aaron Williams 2017 Lloyd L. Withrow Distinguished Speaker Award | Jason Lustbader
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| Society for Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology | |
| The White House | |
| University of Colorado | 2015 Wirth Chair in Sustainable Development Award | Dan Arvizu |
| University of South Carolina | |
| U.S. Clean Energy Education and Empowerment Initiative | 2021 Finalist for Mid-Career Women's Leadership and Achievement in Clean Energy | Laura Schelhas 2019 Finalist for Mid-Career Women's Leadership and Achievement in Clean Energy | Teresa Barnes |
| U.S. Department of Energy | 2023 Secretary of Energy Achievement Awards | Zia Abdullah, Craig Brown, Peter Green, Johanna Levene, Steve Lommele, Matteo Muratori, Lissa Myers, Emily Newes, Justin Rickard, Alex Schroeder, Monisha Shah, and Ling Tao 2021 Secretary of Energy Award | Bryan Pivovar 2018 Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Postdoctoral Research Award | Jeff Christians |
| U.S. Department of Energy Hydrogen Program | 2022 Technology Acceleration | Daniel Leighton 2022 Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies Office Postdoctoral Recognition Award | Carlos Baez-Cotto |
| U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science | |
| U.S. Department of Energy Vehicle Technologies Office | 2024 Distinguished Achievement Award | Ahmad Pesaran 2024 Distinguished Achievement Award | Eric Wood 2024 Team Award | Lauren Spath Luhring, Joseph Fish, Andrew Kotz, and Jeffrey Gonder 2023 Distinguished Achievement Award | Doug DeVoto 2023 Lifetime Distinguished Achievement | Wendy Dafoe 2023 Team Award | Jeff Gonder |
| Utility Variable-Generation Integration Group | 2016 Achievement Award | Vahan Gevorgian and Barbara O'Neill 2015 Achievement Award | Kara Clark |
| World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion | 2018 Young Investigators Award | Adele Tamboli |
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Last Updated Dec. 9, 2024