LABORATORY OPERATIONS -

Administrative Support, Nonexempt

Winner: Brenda Darlene Hickman

Citation: For exceptional management of Division vehicles that resulted in significant cost reduction to MSTD, fuel savings, and a safer, newer fleet

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY -

Director's Award

Winner: Vinod Sikka

Citation: For Outstanding Individual Accomplishment in Science and Technology.

Early Career Award for Engineering Accomplishment

Winner: Jeremy T. Busby

Citation: For excellence in engineering materials research leading to (1) timely identification of irradiation-induced segregation and phase instabilities in candidate structural refractory alloys for critical application to the DOE Space Reactor Program, and (2) development of high performance cast stainless steel for critical application to the International Tokamak Experimental Reactor (ITER)

Excellence in Technology Transfer

Winners: Philip Maziasz team (4 team members) Neal D. Evans D. Ray Johnson John P. Shingledecker

Citation: For commercializing the new heat-resistant CF8C-Plus Cast Austenitic Stainless Steel for high-temperature diesel engine and gas-turbine component applications

Inventor of the Year

Winner: Vinod K. Sikka

Citation: For sound, commerically viable invention in a broad field of materials development and processing methods

Distinguished Scientist

Winner: Brian C. Sales

Citation: For sustained contributions in condensed matter and materials physics, especially in the areas of intermediate valence compounds, nuclear waste forms, and advanced thermoelectric materials