NNSS Awards
Full R&D 100 Awards List
- 2020: X-ray Polarizing Beam Splitter
- 2020: The Aerial Reconnoiter Using Unmanned Systems (ICARUS) – finalist
- 2019: Falcon Plasma Focus – finalist
- 2018: Silicon Strip Cosmic Muon Detector
- 2017: Geometrically Enhanced Photocathodes
- 2015: Argus Fisheye Probe – finalist
- 2013: KiloPower with Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)
- 2012: Multiplexed Photonic Doppler Velocimeter
- 2010: Movies of eXtreme Imaging Experiments (MOXIE) with LANL
- 2009: High-Resolution Holography Lens
2023
- 2023 EPEAT Purchaser Award
- DOE Project Management Achievement Award: U1a Complex Enhancement Project
- DOE Voluntary Protection Program Star Site
2022
- Vegas INC. 2022 Health Care Headliners Award: Dr. Alex Malone
- 2022 Sidney D. Drell Science & Technology Award: Dr. Marylesa Howard
- 2022 EPEAT Purchaser Award
- DOE Voluntary Protection Program Star of Excellence
- MaximoWorld 2022 Special Recognition Award for Best Work Execution Management: Infrastructure department
- Vegas INC. 2022 Top Tech Awards: Chad Lewis
- U.S. Sen. Jacky Rosen’s Nevada Women in STEM December 2022 honoree: Ajanae Williams
- Department of Defense ESGR Patriot Award: Seuri Taruru
- Southwest Alliance for Excellence 2022 Pinnacle Award for Excellence: MSTS Business Operations
- DOE 2022 Aviation Safety Officer Award: Bob Ziehm
- Association for Talent Development, Greater Las Vegas Chapter, Tribute to Learning Awards’ Top 3 Projects in Las Vegas: MS365 Teams and Office Application Implementation Team (Learning & Organizational Development)
2021
- NNSA Defense Programs Awards of Excellence
- Digital Holography Team
- Asay Window Development Team
- U1a Schedule Integration Improvement Team
- Southwest Alliance for Excellence Pioneer Award for Excellence: Mission Support and Test Services (MSTS) Business Operations
- NA-50 (NNSA Office of Safety, Infrastructure & Operations) Fiscal Year 2021 Facility Information Management System (FIMS) Data Validation All Star: NNSS FIMS database
- NA-70 (National Nuclear Security Administration [NNSA] Office of Defense Nuclear Security) Contractor Security Manager of the Year: Joshua Zamzow
- Council for the Conservation of Migratory Birds 2021 Presidential Migratory Bird Stewardship Award – finalist (Burrowing Owl and Winter Raptor Monitoring on the NNSS)
- NNSA Linton F. Brooks Medal for Dedication to Public Service: Jerry A. Weber
- Association for Women in Mathematics’ Emerging Talent Award: Dr. Margaret Lund
- Greater Las Vegas Association for Talent Development Chapter’s Tribute to Learning 2021 Award: Staff Development and Training department
- Los Alamos National Laboratory Experimental Sciences’ Radflow Project Radflower Award: NNSS HOUSTON diagnostics team
2020
- R&D 100 Awards
- X-ray Polarizing Beam Splitter
- Aerial Reconnoiter Using Unmanned Systems (ICARUS) – finalist
- Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary’s Honor Awards: COVID-19 Facilities and People Response Team (given for work in first half of 2020)
- DOE Security Team of the Year: NNSA Design Basis Threat Implementation
- NNSA Defense Programs Awards of Excellence
- Hydro 664B Radiographic Imaging System Team – Exceptional Achievement Award
- Kraken Development Team – Exceptional Achievement Award
- MSTS Los Alamos Fiber Lab – Red Sage/Nightshade A, B, and C – Hex Packages Team – Exceptional Achievement Award
- Optical Pyrometry Team –Exceptional Achievement Award
- Stockpile Stewardship Data Analysis Holography Scanning Microscope Team – Exceptional Achievement Award
- Red Sage: Nightshade ‘A’ Analysis Team – Exceptional Achievement Award
- C-3 Launcher/Shock Activated Research Collaboration Team
- Laser-Driven Ejecta Test Bed Team
- Vulnerability Analysis and Risk Planning Team
- Device Assembly Facility Downdraft Table Operations Restart First Virtual Federal Readiness Assessment Team
- NNSA and DOE Safety System Oversight Engineer of the Year: Jeff Edlund
- NA-50 Awards
- Advancing NNSA Area Planning
- Calibration Laboratory Upgrade and Increased Utilization
- CHAMP (Cooling and Heating Asset Management Program) Protective Measures Against COVID-19 Transmission
- COVID-19 Response
- CY2020 Maintenance Execution
- Fleet Operations Navigating through COVID-19
- HPSB (High Performance Sustainable Building) 23-460 – Green Business Certification, Inc. (GBCI) Process Improvement
- Mercury Modernization Ranger Road Utilities
- NNSS Long-Term Stewardship Program Strategic Plan
- Site-Specific Atmospheric Dispersion Analysis Protocol
- TEX HEU (Highly Enriched Uranium Thermal Epithermal Experiments) Experiment During COVID-19
- MSTS Quality Management System achieved ISO 9001:2015 certification for operations at NNSS’ NNSA mission facilities
- Award from the DOE Chief of Spectrum Management and the NNSA Federal Project Director: Office of the Chief Information Officer
- Nevada U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen Woman in STEM: Dr. Marylesa Howard
2019
- R&D 100 Awards: Falcon, a portable DPF – finalist
- DOE Secretary’s Honor Awards
- NNSA Nuclear Security Enterprise Recruitment Team
- Packaging and Shipping of Radiological Waste Assessment Team
- Source Physics Experiment, Phase II, Dry Alluvium Geology Team
- Seattle Response and Recovery and Cs-137 Joint Investigation Teams
- NA-50 Awards
- Mercury Modernization Bldg. 1
- BUILDER Innovation: Improving Science Based Modeling and System Integration
- Device Assembly Facility (DAF) Operations and Argus Project Integration
- DAF Technical Validation Project and Configuration Management Legacy Gap Project
- Disposition of Mercury Fire Station and B/C/D Dorms
- Storm Area 51 Event Planning and Execution
- NNSA Defense Programs Awards of Excellence
- Broadband Laser Ranging – Exceptional Achievement Award
- Big Explosives Experimental Facility Integrated Project – Exceptional Achievement Award
- Ediza Subcritical Experiment Advanced Analysis – Exceptional Achievement Award
- Ediza Diagnostic Fielding
- Joint Actinide Shock Physics Experimental Research Facility Integrated Project
- Laboratory Network and Data Expansion – Nevada Operations
- DOE Voluntary Protection Program (VPP) Star of Excellence award: MSTS
- DOE VPP Superior Star Award: SOC
- DOE Office of Environmental Safety and Health Assessments recognition for “reinvigorating commitment to a strong safety culture”
- National Science and Technology Council Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers: Dr. Marylesa Howard
- Southern Nevada Building & Construction Trades Council’s Contractor of the Year award
2018
- 2018 DOE Project Management Achievement Award: Argus Security system at the DAF
- R&D 100 Awards: Silicon Strip Cosmic Muon Detector
- DOE Secretary’s Honor Awards: Support of NNSA Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation and deployment of the NNSS Remote Sensing Laboratory Emergency Communications Network (ECN)
- NNSA Defense Programs Awards of Excellence
- NNSS Nuclear Material Team – Exceptional Achievement Award
- Device Assembly Facility Argus Installation-Perimeter Protection Subproject Integrated Project Team
- Dual-Imaging Radiographic Enhancement Team
- Joint Actinide Shock Physics Experimental Research (JASPER) Team
- Dry Alluvium Geology-2 Emplacement and Stemming Team
- Sierra Nevada-Lamarck Fielding Team
- Electronic Security Systems Team
- NA-50 Awards
- DAF Argus Project of the Year
- Skill of the Worker Program Team
- Activity Level Work Documents Project Team
- DAF Fire Suppression Lead in Lines Replacement Portfolio Team
- Operation Restore Power Response Team
- NNSS Support of the KRUSTY Criticality Experiment Team
- Safety Basis Review Team Project Supporting Transuranic Waste Facility Team
- Mercury Solar Project Team
- Mercury Modernization Area Plan & Cultural Resource Team
- Federal Aviation Award in the Small Program category
- Fleet Excellence Award (FLEXY) for Excellence in Fleet Sustainability (Public): NNSS Fleet, Fuel and Equipment Services department and Rick Medina
- Vegas INC. 40 Under 40 Award: Dr. Marylesa Howard
- Gears of Government President’s Award for Kilopower Reactor Using Stirling Technology (KRUSTY) experiment – in partnership with NASA, NNSA, Los Alamos National Laboratory and Y-12 National Security Complex
- American Nuclear Society 2018 Glenn T. Seaborg Congressional Science and Engineering Fellowship: Dr. Charles “Chip” Martin
2017
- R&D 100 Awards: Geometrically Enhanced Photocathodes
- NA-50 Awards
- Real Estate Implementation of New GSA (General Services Administration) Guidance & Created Workbook for Other M&Os
- BUILDER Barcoding
- Dome Mountain Wildland Fire
- NNSS U1a “Make It Happen” 6 Fire Protection Projects
- Hill 200 138kV (kilovolt) Transmission Line Reroute Project
- NNSS CHAMP Large-Scale Demonstration Project (Building 6-900)
- U.S. DOE Jeff Snow Aviation Program Memorial Award
- DOE Secretary’s Honor Awards: Source Physics Experiments Phase I
- DOE Secretary of Energy Exceptional Service Award: James Holt
- NNSA Administrator’s Distinguished Service Gold Award: James Holt, Roy Bridges and Raffi Papazian
- General Services Administration’s Best Small (under 20 aircraft) Federal Aviation Program Award
- Federal Aviation Administration Award of Excellence “Diamond Award”
- DOE Aviation Professional Award: Les Winfield and Jessica Thomason
- DOE’s Office of Aviation Management annual awards:
- Small Aviation Program Award Winner – Nevada Field Office/NSTec Aviation
- Federal Aviation Program Manager Winner – Les Winfield
- Aviation Safety Professional Winner – Timothy Rourke
- Aviation Professional/Operational Support Winner – Jessica Thomason
- NNSA Defense Programs Awards of Excellence
- Consolidated Edison Uranium Solidification Project Integrated Project Team –Exceptional Achievement Award
- U1a Complex Hazard Category 2 Upgrade Team
- Subcritical Experiment Analysis Team
- Vega Subcritical Experiment Team