NIST’s Long Phan and Marc Levitan Receive Service to America Medal
 Long Phan and Marc Levitan, research structural engineers specializing in windstorm impact reduction at the U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), have won the Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medal in the category of Science, Technology and Environment.
Every year, the Partnership for Public Service awards medals in seven categories to candidates selected from across the federal government to recognize their innovative efforts to save lives and deliver critical services to the public. These awards are commonly known as the “Sammies” and are thought of as “the Oscars of public service.”
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