LANL NEWS
Twelve teams at Los Alamos National Laboratory are recipients of the Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration’s Office of Safety, Infrastructure and Operations’ 2020 Excellence Awards, which recognizes exceptional accomplishments made in support of efforts to achieve NNSA’s mission.
“The Laboratory is proud of its many exceptional teams that were acknowledged with this award,” said Kelly Beierschmitt, deputy director of operations at Los Alamos. “Their successes demonstrate commitment to our core values of service, integrity, teamwork and excellence, which define our Laboratory and are directly responsible for the organization’s success. The fact that these employees’ achievements were recognized at such a high level is testament to that.”
The 2020 Excellence Award winners are recognized for outstanding accomplishments involving innovation, effectiveness, teamwork, overcoming adversity, and enabling future success. The 12 Los Alamos teams and their team leaders were:
| Team | Team leader |
| Retrieve and Disposition the Lovelace Biomedical Research Institute Actinide Materials Team | Patrick Fitch (planning), Craig Taylor (material handling), Douglas Thacker (packaging), Donald Thorp (transportation) |
| Crystal Lab Revitalization Team | Michael Fichtel |
| DARHT Weather Enclosure Construction Team | Jamie Van Winkle |
| GIS COVID-19 Application Development and Deployment Team | Dennis Vigil |
| JOWOG 30-04-01 Applied Delivery Technology Team | Dennis Vigil |
| Los Alamos Blanket Request for Proposal Team | Edmond Keith |
| New SCIF Building-Modular Construction Team | LeRoy Hasenack |
| PF-4 Capital Column Testing Team | Eric MacFarlane |
| RANT Operational Readiness and Expanded Shipping Capability Team | Nestor Trujillo |
| RAMP: FY20 Roof Replacement and Maintenance Projects Team | Dennis Vigil |
| SM-39 Classified Machine Shop Electrical Upgrade Team | Andrea Salazar-Gallegos |
| TEX HEU Experiment During COVID-19 Team | Theresa Cutler |
About Los Alamos National Laboratory (www.lanl.gov)
Los Alamos National Laboratory, a multidisciplinary research institution engaged in strategic science on behalf of national security, is managed by Triad, a public service oriented, national security science organization equally owned by its three founding members: Battelle Memorial Institute (Battelle), the Texas A&M University System (TAMUS), and the Regents of the University of California (UC) for the Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration.
Los Alamos enhances national security by ensuring the safety and reliability of the U.S. nuclear stockpile, developing technologies to reduce threats from weapons of mass destruction, and solving problems related to energy, environment, infrastructure, health, and global security concerns.