Secretary's Achievement Award

The Office of Science’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences (CNMS) Project is presented this award for demonstrating significant results in completing a project within cost and schedule.  The $64.7 million CNMS project was completed one month early, within budget, meeting all technical specifications and with an exemplary safety record.  It was the first of five Basic Energy Sciences (BES) Nanoscale Science Research Centers to be completed and the project and scientific program staff generously shared lessons learned in areas of clean-room and laboratory design, instrument procurement and commissioning, and user program development with the other Centers still under construction.