Georgia Tourassi, Director’s Award winner for Outstanding Individual Accomplishment in Science and Technology at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. (Photo by Oak Ridge National Laboratory, U.S. Department of Energy)
Georgia Tourassi of Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s Computing and Computational Sciences Directorate has received the ORNL Director’s Award for Outstanding Individual Accomplishment in Science and Technology.
The top scientist award was presented to Tourassi by ORNL Director Thomas Zacharia during Saturday night’s annual Awards Night event hosted by UT-Battelle, the management and operating contractor of ORNL for the U.S. Department of Energy, a press release said.
Tourassi was recognized for advancing the research, development, and deployment of artificial intelligence in data-driven biomedical discovery and medical imaging, including applications for cancer diagnosis and management, the press release said. She was also cited for her support of the missions of biomedical scientific societies and federal agencies and for mentoring students in biomedical science and technology.
Tourassi, who works in the Computational Sciences and Engineering Division and directs the laboratory’s Health Data Sciences Institute, also received the Distinguished Researcher award.
Brian Weston, Director’s Award winner for Outstanding Individual Accomplishment in Mission Support at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. (Photo by Oak Ridge National Laboratory, U.S. Department of Energy)
Brian Weston of the Neutron Sciences Directorate’s Research Reactors Division received the Director’s Award for Outstanding Individual Accomplishment in Mission Support.
Weston was cited for distinguished contributions to the High Flux Isotope Reactor’s outstanding performance, which has included providing seven operation cycles each of the past two years and greater than 98 percent reliability for a decade, the press release said. He was also recognized for sustained contributions to other laboratory and DOE projects.
Recipients of the Director’s Award for Outstanding Team Accomplishment at Oak Ridge National Laboratory are, from left, Jason Pries, Tim Burress, Randy Wiles, and Lixin Tang. (Photo by Oak Ridge National Laboratory, U.S. Department of Energy)
Timothy Burress, Jason Pries, Lixin Tang, and Randy H. Wiles received the Director’s Award for Outstanding Team Accomplishment for their development of a low-cost, high-power-density prototype motor that is 75 percent more powerful than same-sized commercial motors. The prototype motor contributes to national energy security by replacing magnets made from imported rare earth materials with inexpensive ferrite, which is found in abundance in the United States, the press release said. All four work in the Energy and Environmental Sciences Directorate’s Electrical and Electronics Systems Research Division.
Awards Night winners are selected by committees and approved by the laboratory director. Nominations are made by division, program, or directorate managers. The Director’s Awards are selected by the laboratory director with input from the deputy director for science and technology and the deputy director for operations, the press release said.
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