Awards

National Weather Service Awards

  • October, 2018: Regional Cline Award for demonstrated exceptional leadership in program management with the complex transition of WFO Raleigh to a tropical office
  • October, 2018: Time off award for operational efforts during Hurricane Florence.
  • September, 2018: Local Cline Award for outstanding leadership in planning and executing the WFO Raleigh transition to a tropical office.
  • June, 2018: Special act award for efforts related to implementation of the Tropical program at WFO RAH. “For his exceptional leadership and hard work in making WFO Raleigh a tropical office by June 1, 2018. As the WFO Raleigh Tropical Team Leader, Ryan served as the “go-to” person for all activities associated with “spinning up” the tropical program. Working with staff at the local, regional, and national levels, Ryan spent many hours attending collaboration meetings, testing software, identifying and communicating shortfalls, and training forecasters. All of this was accomplished while Ryan worked rotating shifts as part of his normal course of work. ” 
  • October, 2017: Local Cline Award for Program Management for developing tools, techniques, and training in support of the aviation grids initiative.
  • June, 2017: Awarded for efforts regarding Hurricane Awareness Tour stop at RDU International Airport.
  • January 2017: Awarded for operational efforts during Hurricane Matthew.
  • August, 2015: Awarded for publication of Orographic Cirrus Research.
  • November, 2014: Awarded for work developing new Tropical Cyclone Seasonal Familiarization.
  • May, 2014: Received Operational Excellence Award for severe weather services to the people of central North Carolina on April 29, 2014.
  • May, 2014: Time off award given to office staff members for outstanding operations during the 2013-2014 winter weather season.
  • February, 2014: Time off award given to office staff members for work done with AWIPS II.
  • October, 2013: Awarded for helping organize aviation workshops and completion of AWOC Flash Flood Course.
  • May, 2013: Awarded for supporting the development of the first Integrated Warning Team Workshop in the Raleigh area.
  • March, 2013: Awarded as part of an office team for great winter weather operations.
  • December, 2012: Awarded a Quality Step Increase for breadth of work over several years.
  • April, 2012: Awarded for taking over the COOP program while OPL was on military leave. Nominated for local Cline Award.
  • September, 2011: Awarded for creating an electronic station duty manual and for creating an orographic cirrus forecasting guide.
  • January, 2011: Awarded for enhancing aviation forecasting tools.
  • December, 2010: Awarded with the rest of WFO Raleigh for winter weather operations.
  • September, 2010: Awarded for orographic cirrus research project.
  • August, 2010: Local level Cline Award for leadership.
  • March, 2010: Awarded for publication of “Helical Circulations in the Typhoon Boundary Layer” in the AGU’s Journal of Geophysical Research.
  • March, 2010: Awarded with the rest of WFO Raleigh for winter weather operations.
  • December, 2009: Awarded for completion of re-design of the WFO Raleigh intranet page.
  • November, 2009: Awarded for operational efforts during period of short staffing.
  • October, 2009: Awarded for re-design of the WFO Raleigh office newsletter.
  • July, 2009: Awarded for training a new office Met Intern.
  • March, 2009: Awarded as part of a forecast team working the Hope Mills, NC tornado event. Received a letter of recognition from Eastern Region Headquarters.

Academic Awards and Honors

  • August, 2004 – January, 2009: Full Tuition Waver, University of Hawai’i at Manoa Department of Meteorology.
  • August, 2001 – May, 2004: Member of Rho Rho Rho marine and atmospheric science honor society at the University of Miami.
  • May, 2004: National Collegiate Weather Forecasting Contest, 1st place Junior/Senior Division for Redding, California.
  • August, 2000 – May, 2004: Henry King Stanford Scholarship for Academic Excellence.
  • May, 2003: National Collegiate Weather Forecasting Contest, 1st place Junior/Senior Division for Burlington, Vermont.
  • July, 2002: Group Achievement Award, CRYSTAL-FACE Science Team, NASA mission complete statement.
  • June, 2000: United States Air Force Academy Nominee for the state of New York (both senatorial and congressional nominee).