Finding Aid to the Jefferson Lab Awards and Patents Collection

Table of Contents

• Historical Sketch
• Scope and Content
• Arrangement
• Restrictions
• Controlled Access Terms
• Administrative Information
• Box and Container Listing

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Even before construction began, CEBAF started receiving a multitude of achievements and recognitions. Among them are awards for environmental consciousness, educational outreach, and community involvement. This collection strives to centralize all institutional recognition received by the Lab.

A list of patents awarded to Jefferson Lab researchers can also be found at OSTI.

• Item 1: 04 April 2002; Patent # (not listed), awarded to: P.D. Brindza, R. R. Wines, and J. J. Takacs
• Item 2: 04 April 2002; Patent # (not listed), awarded to: D. Wang and G. A. Krafft
• Item 3: 04 April 2002; Patent # (not listed), awarded to: H. L. Phillips and J. Brawley
• Item 4: 30 April 2002; Patent # (not listed), awarded to: C. Yan
• Item 5: 18 May 2004; Patent # 6737655 B1, awarded to: D. R. Douglas and B. C. Yunn
• Item 6: 18 January 2005; Patent # 6844806 B1, awarded to: M. Lehmann
• Item 7: 19 January 2006; Patent # 6986585 B1, awarded to: G. Neil, J. Rathke, T. Schultheiss, M. Shinn, L. Dillon-Townes
• Item 8: 06 July 2006; Patent # 7057390 B1, awarded to: N. Sinkine, C. Yan, C. Apeldoorn, J. Dail, R. Wojcik, W. Gunning
• Item 9: 19 December 2006; Patent # 7151347 B1, awarded to: G. Myneni, B. Hjornarsson, and G. Ciovati
• Item 10: 19 December 2006; Patent # 7151266 B1, awarded to: S. B. Christo
• Item 11: 23 January 2007; Patent # 7166973 B1, awarded to: D. R. Douglas, and S.V. Benson
• Item 12: 23 January 2007; Patent # 716775 B1, awarded to: T. L. Siggins, C. W. Murray, and R. L. Walker

• Item 1: 24 April 2007; Patent # 7209579 B1, awarded to: A. G. Weisenberger, S. Majewski, M. J. Paulis, and S. S. Gleason
• Item 2: 09 October 2007; Patent # 7278280 B1, awarded to: V. Ganni
• Item 3: 09 October 2007; Patent # 7279882 B1, awarded to: P. V. Degtiarenko and D. W. Dotson
• Item 4: 09 January 2008; Patent # 7315141 B1, awarded to: G. A. Krafft
• Item 5: 15 January 2008: Patent # 7319315 B2, awarded to: E. J. Martin
• Item 6: 19 February 2008; Patent # 7332722 B1, awarded to: V. Tran, S. R. Meikle, and M. F. Smith
• Item 7: 11 March 2008; Patent # 7340937 B1, awarded to: R. May
• Item 8: 18 March 2008; Patent # 7345435 B1, awarded to: J. Sekutowicz and P. Kneisel
• Item 9: 12 August 2008; Patent # 7409834 B1, awarded to: V. Ganni
• Item 10: 12 August 2008; Patent # 7412407 B1, awarded to: T. P. Cannella, Z. D. Brown, J. B. Leverenz, T. M. Danforth, S. D. Kyte, and K. C. Dempster
• Item 11: 28 October 2008; Patent # 7444009 B1, awarded to: D. A. Kieper, S. Majewski, and B. L. Welch
• Item 12: 02 March 2010; Patent # 7671306, awarded to: M. W. Smith, K. Jordan, and C. Park

• Item 1: United States Department of Energy Technology Transfer Award
     Fiscal Year 2001 Associated with the Free-Electron Consortium and Program
• Item 2: HRSD Platinum Award - 2007-2011
• Item 3: Office of Science, Best in Class 2006: Pollution Prevention and Environmental Stewardship Award

• Item 1: National Safety Council Industry Leader Award, 2006
• Item 2: 2009 FLC Award: Excellence in Technology Transfer - Breast Specific Gamma Imaging; 7 May 2009; Federal Laboratory Consortium

• Item 1: Department of Energy Certificate of Achievement: for successfully completing the transition from paper to electron technical information reporting three years ahead of the DOE goal, using collaboration and best practices in a fully integrated E-government environment. This DOE-wide achievement ensures that information resulting from the Department's R&T activities is readily accessible to all appropriate users and supports the advancement of scientific knowledge. 15 March 2002
• Item 2: National Safety Council Occupational Excellence Achievement Award 2010 Recipient, Jefferson Science Associates, LLC.
• Item 3: Worldfest Houston Platinum Award - "Jefferson Lan and the Mystery of Quarks" film and video production awards; Science & Research; Linda Ware; Jefferson Laboratory, 2001
• Item 4: National Safety Council Perfect Record Award, Jefferson Science Associates, LLC. For operating 1,449, 956 employee hours without occupational injury or illness involving days away from work. November 1, 2014 - December 21, 2015
• Item 5: National Safety Council Occupational Excellence Achievement Award, 2016
• Item 6: Technology and Engineering Development Building - LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) for New Construction - Gold - December 2012

• Item 1: National Safety Council Million Work Hour Award, Thomas Jefferson Laboratory, Newport News, Virginia for operating 1,000,000 employee hours without occupational injury or illness involving days away from work August 3, 2004 - July 27, 2005.
• Item 2: National Safety Council Perfect Record Award, Thomas Jefferson Laboratory, Newport News, Virginia for operating 1,200,000 employee hours without occupational injury or illness involving days
• Item 3: National Safety Council Excellence Achievement Award: Recognition of Outstanding Efforts in Occupational Safety Performance, 2005
• Item 4: National Safety Council Perfect Record Award, Jefferson Science Associates, LLC. for operating 2,740,858 employee hours without occupational injury or illness involving days away from work November 11, 2006 - September 10, 2008

• Item 1: Presented to Jefferson Lab in appreciation on its support of research and education as a founding member of the OCLC  Cooperative Online Resource Catalog, July 1, 2000
• Item 2: National Libraries of Medicine, 2006 - 2011
• Item 3: National Libraries of Medicine, 2011 - 2016
• Item 4: National Safety Council Perfect Record Award, Jefferson Science Associates, LLC. for operating 1,848,026 employee hours without occupational injury or illness involving days away from work September 11, 2008 - November 19, 2011

• Folder 1: SURA Resolution for Charlie Sinclair and the Jefferson Lab Injector Group; November 5, 1999
• Folder 2: 2011 Governor’s Environmental Excellence Award from Gov. Robert McDonnell
• Folder 3: YouTube 100,000 subscribers recognition; April 23, 2015
• Folder 4: Tech Connect Innovation Award: Boron-based Special Materials

• Item 1: Executive Potential Program Graduate School, USDA
  Presented to Jefferson Labs for your support and participation in the Leadership Development Academy's 2001 Tidewater Benchmarking Study; December 5, 2001
• Perfect Record Award
  Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
  Jefferson Science Associates, LLC.
  For operating 2,740,858 employee hours without occupational injury or illness involving days away from work;
  November 11, 2006 - September 10, 2008

• Item 1: Occupational Excellence Achievement Award 2009 recipient
  Jefferson Science Associates, LLC
  Newport News, Virginia
  National Safety Council
• Item 2: 2001 Hero Award presented to Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator
  Facility for outstanding generosity through your United Way Campaign, and dedicated commitment to the betterment of our community
• Item 3: TRMPC (Tidewater Regional Minority Purchasing Council) Minority Business Associate of the Year presented to Southeastern Universities Research Association in appreciation for your outstanding service and Support to minority business development in the year 2001
  November 20, 2001
  Presented at Radisson Hotel Norfolk, Norfolk, Virginia

• Item 1: George Washington Associates membership is accorded to Southeastern Universities Research Association Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility in grateful recognition of extraordinary support of the College of William & Mary in Virginia through the 1985-1986 William & Mary annual fund
• Item 2: American Consulting Engineers Council of New England Presents the 1993 Excellence Award to Southeastern Universities Research Association, Inc. For achievement of professional design excellence for the Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility Experiment Stations, Newport News, Virginia by Simpson Gumperts & Heger, Inc., February 3, 1993
• ACEC/New England Engineering Excellence Awards Competition
• Item 3: United Way of the Virginia Peninsula – Heart of Gold, #30, 1991
• Item 4: American Red Cross - CEBAF, Outstanding Contributions Award, 1993
• Item 5: American Red Cross – Highest Percentage of Goal, 1991; Category 36-90 pints CEBAF
• Item 6: American Red Cross – 1994 Outstanding Contributions Award
  CEBAF
  Presented by the Hampton Roads Chapter & the Mid-Atlantic Regional Blood Services
  February 14, 1995
• Item 7: Campaigning to Potential Merit Award
  Merit Award for outstanding contribution to the People of the Peninsula
  1988 for 1989 Campaign
  United Way of the Virginia Peninsula
  Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility
  (signed by) Robert S. Kenerley
• Item 8: New Horizons Governor's School for Science and Technology
  Best mentorship site CEBAF 1988-1989
  In appreciation of your efforts to mold the future scientists of the Commonwealth