SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY -

Early Career Award for Engineering Accomplishment

Winner: Claus Daniel

Citation: For catalyzing, through technical insights, strategic vision, and team building, research at ORNL in energy storage and for laying the groundwork for substantial funding increases by articulating specialized
and unique battery research and development.

Scientific Research

Winner: David G. Mandrus

Andrew D. Christianson*
Olivier A. Delaire*
Mao-Hua Du
Mark D. Lumsden*
Michael A. McGuire
Stephen E. Nagler*
Brian C. Sales
Athena Safa-Sefat
David J. Singh

*Neutron Scattering Science Division

Citation: For moving quickly, comprehensively, and expertly to study the properties of a new family of high-temperature superconductors (layered FeAs) and, in so doing, establishing a clear world leadership position for ORNL.

Distinguished Engineer

Winner: Gerard M. Ludtka

Citation: For visionary and pioneering work demonstrating thermomagnetic processing as a new and enabling synthesis, catalysis, and processing approach to customize microstructure and properties at the atomistic- through- macroscopic scales

LABORATORY OPERATIONS

Secretarial Support

Winner: Ann R. Strange

Citation: For expert contributions to the preparation of a successful $19 million BES proposal, for organizing five international meetings, and for exemplary support of the nation's largest BES-supported materials theory program.