Exoplanets and Stellar Astrophysics Laboratory (667) Recent Awards & Honors

NASA Honor Award - Exceptional Achievement Medal

Jun, 2013
Recipients: Mark Clampin (667), Edward J Kim (617), Michael Ressler

NASA Honor Award - Distinguished Service Medal

Jun, 2013
Recipients: Pawan K Bhartia (610), Jean Hebb Swank (662), Bruce E Woodgate (667)
Michael McElwain holds a new lenslet array.

Nancy Grace Roman Technology Fellowship

May, 2013
Recipient: Michael W McElwain (667)
Mike was first selected last year, along with 2 other scientists, to complete a phase-A study for his proposed instrument development. NASA HQ evaluated the proposals this Spring, and has selected Mike to receive funding for the next 4 years to build PISCES, an integral field spectrograph (IFS) to be deployed at the High Contrast Imaging Testbed (HCIT) at JPL. This will lay the ground-work for an eventual IFS in space to characterize exoplanetary atmospheres.

GSFC Honor Award - Robert H. Goddard Award of Merit

2012
Recipient: Bruce E Woodgate (667)
Citation:  For exceptional career achievements in science and service to Goddard and NASA

James Kerley Award

Nov, 2012
Recipient: Richard G Lyon (667)
This award is presented annually by Goddard's Innovative Partnerships Office. Rick is being honored "for his enthusiasm and technical leadership in technology development and his support in outreaching to industry for commercial and other Government Agency applications of the Wavefront Sensing suite of technologies".
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