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NOAA ADMINISTRATOR’S AWARDSAND

TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER AWARDSNOAA AUDITORIUM | SILVER SPRING, MARYLAND

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

PROGRAM

INTRODUCTIONAlan P. Leonardi, Ph.D.

Director, OAR Office of Ocean Exploration and Research

NATIONAL ANTHEMTammy Davis

Human Resources Assistant, Workforce Management Office

KEYNOTE ADDRESSRDML Tim Gallaudet, Ph.D., USN Ret.

Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere andActing Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere

PRESENTATION OF AWARDSNOAA Leadership Competencies Development Program Participants

Derek ParksProgram Specialist, NOAA Technology Partnerships Office

Line and Staff Office Representatives

CLOSINGDr. Leonardi

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NOAA ADMINISTRATOR’S AWARDS AND TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER AWARDS

NOAA ADMINISTRATOR’S AWARD

The NOAA Administrator’s Award recognizes employees who have demonstrated exceptional leadership, skill, and ingenuity in their significant, unique, and original contributions that bring unusual credit to NOAA, DOC, and the Federal Government. The award includes $5,000; in the case of group awards, this is distributed equally among winners.

National Environmental Satellite Data and Information Service

Gregory Mandt

For a decade of outstanding Leadership of the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite system (GOES-R) Program, and for the launch and operational deployment of the GOES-16 satellite.

Xiangqian Wu Timothy Schmit

For exemplary leadership during the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-16 post-launch testing to deliver critical Advanced Baseline Imager products to beta maturity for broad use.

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National Marine Fisheries Service

Patrick RuttenRobert Cifelli (OAR)Robert Stabler Webb (OAR)Mark Strudley (NWS)Alan Haynes (NWS)Joshua FullerNatalie Cosentino-ManningDavid Boughton

For advancing weather and climate models to balance flood and drought risks while providing water reliability for fish and people in the Western United States.

John Lamkin Trika Gerard Elizabeth Johns (OAR)Ryan Smith (OAR)LT Aras Zygas (OMAO)CDR Jeffrey Shoup (OMAO)Elizabeth McLanahan (OIA)

For surveying Cuban waters and establishing a groundbreaking multinational Atlantic bluefin tuna research partnership with Cuban scientists.

Martha NizinskiDavid PackerDavid StevensonBrian Kinlan (NOS)Jeremy PotterThomas F. Hourigan

For providing critical science, data, and support for the establishment of the Frank R. Lautenberg Deep Sea Coral Protection Area.

Christopher YatesRobert CoeyDaniel WilsonFrederick RogersEric ShottJoseph DillonShelby MendezKathryn Kempton (OGC)

For exceptional leadership and innovation in completing NOAA Fisheries’ first Safe Harbor Agreement benefiting highly endangered coho salmon.

Debra LambertErin SchnettlerGalen TrombleStephanie HuntSeema Balwani (NESDIS)Katherine Renshaw (OGC)Scott Breen (OGC)Caroline Park (OGC)Patrick LynchRichard Methot, Jr.Jason Cope

For exceptional work developing national guidance that improved fisheries management, benefited fishermen, and continued rebuilding fish stocks.

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National Ocean Service

Randall Kosaki Kelly Gleason KeoghJason LeonardGregory McFall (OMAO)

For implementing the use of advanced research diving technologies to explore the deep “coral reef twilight zone.”

Suzanne B. BrickerJulie M. Rose (NMFS)

For innovative research and service as experts, leading to approved use of oysters as a means of mitigating nutrients in the Chesapeake Bay.

Jay FieldLisa Rosman

For revealing the extended time needed for fish on the lower Hudson River to be safe for human consumption after a mandated dredging remedy.

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National Weather Service

Adam Mathis

For demonstrated courage, skill and resourcefulness as the first responder to a mountaintop vehicle rollover accident.

Rebecca CosgroveMichelle Mainelli-McInerneyDouglas FendersonKyle Nevins

For the successful merger of National Centers for Environmental Prediction Central Operations and the National Weather Service Telecommunications Operations Center to support building a Weather-Ready Nation.

Ryan KittellJeffrey LorensWilliam Schneider

For innovative creation and operational deployment of software to rapidly activate the Emergency Alert System for NOAA-issued Tsunami Warnings.

Bradley McCuneRandall Rieman

For extraordinary work to design and engineer the system that produces real-time water forecasts for the Nation.

Timothy Schneider Ivanka StajnerVijay TallapragadaFrederick ToepferJeffrey Whitaker (OAR)

For leading and executing the selection of the new dynamical core, the engine of a numerical weather prediction model, 2 years ahead of schedule.

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Robert HallbergStephen Griffies

For scientific leadership for the innovation of the versatile community-based Modular Ocean Model 6.

Douglas KennedySherman Fredrickson

For the design, construction, testing and successful deployment of two remote sensing profiling systems for weather research and forecasting.

Nancy Beller Simms

For designing and implementing an inspiring Diversity and Inclusion program at the Climate Program Office, Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research.

Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research

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Office of Marine and Aviation Operations

Jeremy Andrucyk (CAO)Marlene Kaplan (OE)Lonnie Gonsalves (NOS)Michelle Crockett (NOS)Natalie B. Huff (NMFS)Richard Hill (NWS)Nicole Mason (OAR)Eli Salahuddin (NESDIS)DaNa Carlis (OAR)

In recognition of the outstanding leadership that resulted in a successful Inaugural Diversity and Inclusion Summit.

LCDR Guinevere Lewis

For improving the quality of life for NOAA personnel by authoring and facilitating passage of the NOAA Sexual Harassment and Assault Prevention Act.

Office of the Under Secretary

RADM David A. Score

For outstanding leadership of the Office of Marine and Aviation Operations and the NOAA Corps, and leading the effort to develop and publish the 2016 NOAA Fleet Plan.

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National Marine Fisheries Service

Ronald B. Johnson

For conducting scientific studies and gaining approval for use of taurine as an essential ingredient in fish feeds.

TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER AWARDS

The NOAA Technology Transfer Awards recognize NOAA’s scientific, engineering, and technical employees for achievements that are developed further as commercial applications, or that advance the transfer of NOAA science and technology to U.S. businesses, academia, other government and non-government entities. The award includes $2,500. In the case of group awards, this is distributed equally among winners.

National Ocean Service

Quay DortchMarc SuddlesonRichard StumpfJenifer Rhoades Dwight Trueblood

For leading development and successful transition to commercial application of an automated sensor that provides early warning of harmful algal blooms.

Galen ScottPhilippe HenselKevin JordanArtara Johnson

For transferring expertise and technical assistance needed to implement national protocols used to measure sea level rise impacts on estuaries.

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National Weather Service

Dave Eckberg

For design and development of the Automated Surface Observing System (ASOS) Ice Free Wind Sensor New Style Bird Deterrent to eliminate ASOS wind data errors.

Richard J. OkulskiRoman BerdesJohn CannonAnthony Mignone

For transfer of operational wave run-up forecast technology to domestic and international emergency response partners for the protection of life.

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Scott AbbottThomas AyersDaniel GottasJesse LeachClark KingAllen White

For the design, implementation, and operation of a 21st-century observing network to address water resource and flood protection issues in the Western United States.

Melinda Marquis Curtis AlexanderStan BenjaminJohn M. BrownJames WilczakRobert BantaAllison McComiskey

For improving forecasts of turbine-height winds and solar irradiance from their High-Resolution Rapid Refresh weather model to improve usage of renewable power by industry.

Steven A. RubergRonald W. MuzziStephen A. Constant Kyle S. Beadle

For delivering a buoy that provides water managers with the critical information necessary to more effectively process compromised drinking water.

Glenn D. RolphAriel F. SteinBarbara J.B. StunderMark D. CohenRoland R. Draxler

For exceptional work in transferring the Hybrid Single-Particle Lagrangian Integrated Trajectory dispersion model to first responders, emergency planners, academia, and other government agencies.

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NEW U.S. PATENTS FOR TECHNOLOGIES DEVELOPED BY NOAA EMPLOYEES

NOAA’s Technology Partnerships Office helps to secure U.S. patents on employees’ inventions. These patents describe technologies that will be further developed by private industry, a process that will introduce NOAA’s creativity and solutions to a broader audience. During 2017, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office granted one patent to a NOAA employee.


Daniel M. Murphy

U.S. Patent No. 9709491, issued July 18, 2017

A system for measuring trace species in a sample gas, including a laser source for emitting continuous wave laser beam; an optical isolator for allowing transmission of the laser beam in one direction; multiple mirrors for directing the laser beam into an optical cavity; and an open-path chamber to measure extinction of highly humidified and/or coarse aerosol. This novel open-path design isolates the optical cavity from wind and rain while still providing a clear path for the aerosol to travel through the optical cavity for measurement.

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EMPLOYEES/TEAM MEMBERS OF THE MONTH

These awards recognize excellence for demonstrated and sustained effort in advancing NOAA’s mission. The NOAA Employee of the Month Award honors an outstanding employee chosen from among all occupations and grade levels except members of the Senior Executive Service and Office Directors. The NOAA Team Member of the Month Award pays tribute to a non-NOAA employee.

June 2017

Jamese Sims (NESDIS)Susan Merle (OAR)

July 2017

Amy Merten (NOS)Kara Stevens (CFO)

August 2017

Erin Strange (NMFS)Jim Durkee (OMAO)

September 2017

David Dowell (OAR)Dale Morris (NWS)

October 2017

Kiana Campbell (WFMO)Thomas Breard (NESDIS)

November 2017

Geoff Carrion (OMAO) Randy Cho (NOS)

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We appreciate the work of the many individuals across NOAA who contribute to our efforts to recognize our

colleagues’ outstanding achievements.

Special thanks to:

The Nominators

NOAA Incentive Awards Board MembersKimberlyn Bauhs (NIAB Chair, WFMO)

David Price (AGO)Maureen Madden (NESDIS)

Kate Naughten (NMFS)Paul Scholz (NOS)

Deirdre Jones (NWS)Alan Leonardi (OAR)

Gregory Raymond (OMAO)Kenneth Bailey (EEO)

Line and Staff Office Honor Awards Program ManagersBernadette Broadus (OAR)

Blair Duncan (AGO)Charlene Dunn (CFO)Daria Webb (OCIO)

Delores Frazier (NWS)Flanisha Barrett (NWS)

Gregory Newton (OGC)Helen Buggs (OCAO)Kathy Lewis (USAO)

Kevin Jackson (OMAO)Marie Toussaint (NMFS)

Marielle Campbell (NESDIS)Nicole Scarborough (NESDIS)

Octavia Saine (OGC)Sloane Strother (NOS)

Tejuana Michael (OCIO)

Workforce Management OfficeCynthia M. Davis

Karen Robin

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