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

Awarding Organization | Award(s) |
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Algae Biomass Summit | 2016 Young Researcher Poster Award | Lukas Dahlin |
American Association for the Advancement of Science |
2016 Fellow Maria Ghirardi 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 | |
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 | |
American Physical Society |
2017 Fellow Nancy Hagel |
American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers | |
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 | |
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 | |
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers |
Fellows 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 |
International Society for Professional Innovation Management |
2015 Grand Prize | SunShot Catalyst Team |
Materials Research Society | |
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 | |
SAE International |
Fellow 2018 Fellow Ahmad Pesaran 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 | |
The White House | |
University of Colorado |
2015 Wirth Chair in Sustainable Development Award | Dan Arvizu |
University of South Carolina | |
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 | |
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 |