Scientific and Organizational Awards

Find scientific and technical awards and honors that NREL has received within the past 10 years.

A photo of an NREL scientist working in the Integrated Bio Refinery Facility.
Awarding Organization Award(s)
Algae Biomass Summit 2016 Young Researcher Poster Award | Lukas Dahlin
American Association for the Advancement of Science

2017 Fellow William Tumas

2016 Fellow Maria Ghirardi

2015 Fellow Brian Gregg

2014 Fellow David S. Ginley

2013 Fellow Martin Keller

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

2016 Lectureship Award | Gregg Beckham

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

2014 Young Investigator Award | Gregg Beckham

American Physical Society

2018 Fellow Dan Friedman

2017 Fellow Nancy Hagel

2013 Fellow Howard Branz

American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers

2013 New Face of Engineering | Ian Metzger

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

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

2013 Heinz Gerischer Award | Arthur Nozik

2012 Charles W. Tobias Young Investigator Award | Bryan Pivovar

Energy Facilities Contractors Group

2015 Teamwork Award | Matt Dabney

Geothermal Energy Association

2015 Top Recognition | Dan Getman and Jordan Macknick

Fulbright Scholar Program

2019 Fulbright Scholar Award in All Disciplines | Myles Steiner

Hispanic Engineer National Achievement Awards Corp.

2015 Great Minds in STEM Luminary Honoree Judith Gomez

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry

2021 Division Fellow Award | Mou Paul

Institution of Chemical Engineers

2018 Global Young Researcher Award | Donal Finegan

The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

Fellows

2014 Fellow Ben Kroposki

Awards

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

2013 Outstanding Large Company

2013 William R. Cherry Award | Keith Emery

2012 William R. Cherry Award | Sarah Kurtz

International Society for Professional Innovation Management

2015 Grand Prize | SunShot Catalyst Team

Materials Research Society

2013 Woody Award | David Ginley

NASA

2017 NASA Government Invention of the Year First Runner-Up | Battery Internal Short Circuit Device

National Academy of Engineering

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

Project Management Institute

2014 PMI Project of the Year Award

Royal Society of Chemistry

2019 Chemical Dynamics Award | Matt Beard

2018 Fellow Gregg Beckham

SAE International

Fellow

2018 Fellow Ahmad Pesaran

2017 Fellow Robert McCormick

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

2013 Forest R. McFarland Award | John Rugh

2012 Excellence in Oral Presentation Award | Jeremy Neubauer

Society for Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology

2016 Young Investigator Award | Gregg Beckham

The White House

2019 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers | Mike Wagner and Timothy Silverman

University of Colorado

2015 Wirth Chair in Sustainable Development Award | Dan Arvizu

University of South Carolina

2013-2014 Outstanding Co-op Employer | Huyen Dinh

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

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

2022 Ernest Orlando Lawrence Award | Matt Beard

Utility Variable-Generation Integration Group

2016 Achievement Award | Vahan Gevorgian and Barbara O'Neill

2015 Achievement Award | Kara Clark

2013 Annual Achievement Award | Debbie Lew, Greg Brinkman, Maureen Hand, and Trieu Mai

World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion

2018 Young Investigators Award | Adele Tamboli