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James Clark School of Engineering with a secondary appointment in the Department of Pharmacology in the School of Medicine.</p> <p>Before joining the University of Maryland, Dr. Locascio worked at NIST for 31 years, rising from a research biomedical engineer to eventually leading the agency’s Material Measurement Laboratory (MML). </p> <p><a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="5cc1651e-b383-4706-8f6c-a68578220d6f" href="/web/20230306050005/https://www.nist.gov/people/laurie-e-locascio" title="Laurie E. 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href="/web/20230306050005/https://www.nist.gov/blogs/taking-measure/4-places-weights-and-measures-help-you-get-what-you-pay" hreflang="en"><img src="/web/20230306050005im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/images/2023/02/28/weights%20and%20measures%20week%202023%20graphic.png?itok=2qx0ELS3" width="100" height="63" alt="Graphic with text that reads "Weights and Measures" and shows fish at a seafood counter, a bag of mulch, a grocery checkout, and a gas pump. 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3:00pm EST</div> </div> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div class="text-with-summary">This second webinar in the Digital Identity Guidelines Webinar Series will focus on the changes NIST has made to the</div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div> <article role="article" about="/news-events/events/2023/03/nist-innovative-technology-showcase-2" class="nist-teaser"> <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a href="/web/20230306050005/https://www.nist.gov/news-events/events/2023/03/nist-innovative-technology-showcase-2" hreflang="en"><img src="/web/20230306050005im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/images/2023/01/26/NIST%20Showcase%20Banner_2023REV.png?itok=0RCbrzj9" width="100" height="50" alt="NIST Innovative Technologies Showcase 2 March 2023" loading="lazy" typeof="foaf:Image"/> </a> </div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/web/20230306050005/https://www.nist.gov/news-events/events/2023/03/nist-innovative-technology-showcase-2"><span>NIST Innovative Technology Showcase #2</span> </a></h3> <div class="nist-teaser__date"> <div class="smartdate">Mon, Mar 13 2023, 3:00 - 4:30pm EDT</div> </div> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div class="text-with-summary">The NIST Technology Partnership Office (TPO) oversees the technology transfer processes that NIST researchers use to</div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <footer> <div class="link-list"><a href="/web/20230306050005/https://www.nist.gov/news-events/upcoming-events/org/5616">View All Events</a></div> </footer> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--dynamic-content-list-ou paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="nist-block "> <h2 class="nist-block__title"> <div class="string">Awards</div> </h2> <div class="viewsreference"><div class="views-element-container"><div class="js-view-dom-id-28c472eb2f86bcc1e341e8785636e972f88e2176c97034fd05b83f9a73b6db88"> <div> <article role="article" about="/awards/irena-bojanova-honored-ieee-computer-society-golden-core-member-award" class="nist-teaser"> <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a href="/web/20230306050005/https://www.nist.gov/awards/irena-bojanova-honored-ieee-computer-society-golden-core-member-award" hreflang="en"><img src="/web/20230306050005im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/images/2023/03/02/Irena%20Bojanova.jpg?itok=RJUYGhW6" width="99" height="100" alt="Irena Bojanova" loading="lazy" typeof="foaf:Image"/> </a> </div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/web/20230306050005/https://www.nist.gov/awards/irena-bojanova-honored-ieee-computer-society-golden-core-member-award"><span>Irena Bojanova honored with IEEE Computer Society Golden Core Member Award</span> </a></h3> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div class="text-long">Irena Bojanova has been presented with the IEEE Computer Society Golden Core Member pin and plaque as one of the distinguished core of</div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div> <article role="article" about="/awards/laurie-locascio-elected-aaas-fellow" class="nist-teaser"> <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a href="/web/20230306050005/https://www.nist.gov/awards/laurie-locascio-elected-aaas-fellow" hreflang="en"><img src="/web/20230306050005im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/images/2022/04/20/LLHS_3063_0.jpg?itok=trtjWTVk" width="67" height="100" alt="Laurie Locascio" loading="lazy" typeof="foaf:Image"/> </a> </div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/web/20230306050005/https://www.nist.gov/awards/laurie-locascio-elected-aaas-fellow"><span>Laurie Locascio Elected AAAS Fellow</span> </a></h3> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div class="text-long">Locascio was nominated for her "distinguished leadership of multidisciplinary science and technology programs in government and academia."</div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div> <article role="article" about="/awards/karen-k-reczek-honored-forensic-sciences-award" class="nist-teaser"> <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a href="/web/20230306050005/https://www.nist.gov/awards/karen-k-reczek-honored-forensic-sciences-award" hreflang="en"><img src="/web/20230306050005im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/images/2023/01/23/_DSC5262-f-01.jpg?itok=4B7IcNQf" width="100" height="80" alt="Karen K. 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