Scientific and Organizational Awards

Find scientific and technical awards and honors that NREL staff members have received within the past 10 years.

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Awarding Organization	Award(s)
Algae Biomass Summit	2016 Young Researcher Poster Award \| Lukas Dahlin
American Academy of Arts and Sciences	2024 American Academy of Arts and Sciences Elected Member \| Arthur Nozik
American Association for the Advancement of Science	2024 Fellow Nancy Haegel 2023 Fellow Matthew Beard 2023 Fellow Garry Rumbles 2017 Fellow William Tumas 2016 Fellow Maria Ghirardi 2015 Fellow Brian Gregg 2014 Fellow David S. Ginley
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	2022 Milton Van Dyke Award for Simulation of an RCCI Engine using the Pele Suite of Exascale Codes \| Nicholas Wimer; Lucas Esclapez; Nicholas Brunhart-Lupo; Marc Henry de Frahan; Mohammad Rahimi; Malik Hassanaly; Jon Rood; Shashank Yellapantula; Hariswaran Sitaraman; Bruce Perry; Michael Martin; Olga Doronina; Sreejith Nadakkal Appukuttan; Martin Rieth (Sandia National Laboratory); and Marc Day 2018 Fellow Dan Friedman 2017 Fellow Nancy Haegel
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 2023 Fellow Michael Martin 2020 Fellow Sreekant Narumanchi Awards 2023 Electronic and Photonic Packaging Division Excellence in Mechanics Award \| Doug DeVoto 2023 Avram Bar-Cohen Memorial Medal \| Sreekant Narumanchi 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 2023 Fellow Jeff Blackburn 2023 Fellow Bryan Pivovar 2015 Fellow John Turner Awards 2022 Energy Technology Division Supramaniam Srinivasan Young Investigator Award \| James Young 2021 Energy Technology Division Research Award \| Bryan Pivovar
Energy Facilities Contractors Group	2015 Teamwork Award \| Matt Dabney
Geothermal Energy Association	2015 Top Recognition \| Dan Getman and Jordan Macknick
Federal Laboratory Consortium	2022 National Impact Award \| Scott Horowitz, Noel Merket, Ben Park, and Yueyue Zhou
Fulbright Scholar Program	2019 Fulbright Scholar Award in All Disciplines \| Myles Steiner
Hispanic Engineer National Achievement Awards Corp.	2023 Great Minds in STEM Most Promising Scientist Anthony Lopez 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 2023 Polymer Science and Engineering Cooperative Research Award \| Mou Paul and Abhishek Roy 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
International Society for Professional Innovation Management	2015 Grand Prize \| SunShot Catalyst Team
NASA	2017 NASA Government Invention of the Year First Runner-Up \| Battery Internal Short Circuit Device
National Academy of Engineering	2023 Elected Member \| Peter Green 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
Oceantic Network (formerly Business Network for Offshore Wind)	2022 Viterna Award for Engineering Excellence \| Jason Jonkman
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
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	2023 Secretary of Energy Achievement Awards \| Zia Abdullah, Craig Brown, Peter Green, Johanna Levene, Steve Lommele, Matteo Muratori, Lissa Myers, Emily Newes, Justin Rickard, Alex Schroeder, Monisha Shah, and Ling Tao 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
U.S. Department of Energy Vehicle Technologies Office	2024 Distinguished Achievement Award \| Ahmad Pesaran 2024 Distinguished Achievement Award \| Eric Wood 2024 Team Award \| Lauren Spath Luhring, Joseph Fish, Andrew Kotz, and Jeffrey Gonder 2023 Distinguished Achievement Award \| Doug DeVoto 2023 Lifetime Distinguished Achievement \| Wendy Dafoe 2023 Team Award \| Jeff Gonder
Utility Variable-Generation Integration Group	2016 Achievement Award \| Vahan Gevorgian and Barbara O'Neill 2015 Achievement Award \| Kara Clark
World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion	2018 Young Investigators Award \| Adele Tamboli