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Awards - 2002

2002 Oak Ridge National Laboratory, UT-Battelle Award Night
      Chemical Sciences Division - Nominees , Finalists and Winners

Laboratory Operations Awards
These awards recognize leadership and contributions of exceptional administrative or operational services in support of the primary missions and programs of UT-Battelle. Contributions worthy of recognition include significant efficiency improvements, major cost-avoidance or cost-reduction activities, and innovations that significantly enhance the attainment of programmatic goals. Important in this awards category are contributions that significantly improve safety and security in the workplace, promote a healthy and diverse working environment, deliver quality services, and protect our environment. Both extraordinary individual and team efforts recognized in this awards category.

CSD Nominee for Laboratory Operations - Administrative Support (nonexempt payroll)
Janice Allgood,
Chemical Sciences Division Office
In recognition of sustained, exemplary performance in support of the Chemical Sciences Division.

CSD Nominee for ESH&Q
Rob Peacher,
Research Support Group and
Dale Caquelin,
Radiochemical Analysis Group
For exemplary performance in support of the Chemical Sciences Division’s nuclear facility operations and the establishment of the Non-reactor Nuclear Facilities Complex Division.

Science and Technology Awards
These awards recognize staff who have provided critical leadership or made significant scientific, engineering, or technical contributions in support of UT-Battelle’s programmatic goals. Both individual and team contributions are recognized in this awards category. Awards are given for scientific research, applied science, development of technology, engineering, or invention. Contributions worthy of recognition include research or engineering accomplishments that make a significant contribution to a mainstream activity; inventions with realized or potential value to UT-Battelle, the government, or commercial clients; or key scientific publications, conference proceedings, or books that have had significant impact. Awards are given for superlative accomplishments during the past year, over a number of years, or within the early years of recipient’s career.

CSD Nominee for Science and Technology - R&D Leadership (by a middle manager)
Mike Simonson,
Aqueous Chemistry & Geochemistry Group
In recognition of sustained, exemplary performance in leading the Chemical Sciences Division into new areas involving both neutron and nanoscience.

Winner!
Science and Technology - R&D Leadership (Division or Program Director)
Michelle Buchanan, Chemical Sciences Division
In recognition of sustained R&D leadership of the Chemical Sciences Division and outstanding support to the Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s scientific missions.

CSD Nominee for Science and Technology – Distinguished Scientist
Dick Haire,
Transuranium Chemistry Group
For sustained, outstanding individual contributions to the fundamental chemistry of trnasuranium chemistry leading to national and international recognition of the leadership position of the ORNL Transuranium Chemistry program in pioneering studies of actinide elements and compounds.

CSD Nominees for Science and Technology - Engineering Development (by a team)
Mariappan (Parans) Paranthaman,
Materials Chemistry Group, and
Amit Goyal,
Metals and Ceramic Division
For demonstration of meter long high critical current YBCO based conductors on highly textured, strong, non-magnetic Ni-Cr-W alloy substrates.

CSD Nominees for Science and Technology – Scientific Research (by a team)
R. L. Hettich, K. G. Asano,
Organic and Biological Mass Spectrometry Group
N. C. VerBerkmoes and Y. Razmovskaya, UT-K
J. L. Bundy and J. L. Stephenson,
Research Triangle Institute
L. Hauser and F. W. Larimer,
Life Sciences Division
In recognition of the first, large-scale comprehensive characterization of a bacterial proteome using a combined “top-down” and “bottom-up” mass spectrometry approach.

2002 CSD Contribution Award

Jeff Bryan
In recognition of your sustained service to the Chemical Sciences Division through maintaining and providing x-ray crystallographic services and for support of the Basic Energy Sciences research program in the Chemical Separations Group


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