CEC – Samuel C. Collins Award

The Samuel C. Collins Award is awarded to an individual who has given outstandingly of himself/herself in the identification and solution of cryogenic engineering problems and has subsequently demonstrated their concern for the cryogenic community with their dedicated and unselfish professional service and leadership to this community. This award is open to persons without regard to national origin.

The Samuel C. Collins Award will be presented prior to the plenary session on Tuesday, July 11, 2017.

The 2017 Samuel C. Collins Award Recipient is:

VanSciver
Dr. Steven Van Sciver
Florida State University, National High Magnetic Field Laboratory
Tallahassee, Florida

Former recipients:

Samuel C. Collins 1965
Klaus D. Timmerhaus 1967
Edward F. Hamel 1973
Howard O. McMahon 1979
Joseph L. Smith 1983
Bascomb Birmingham and William E. Gifford 1991
Roger W. Boom 1993
Ronald W. Fast 1995
Ralph G. Scurlock 1999
Herbert Sixsmith 2001
Richard P. Reed 2003
Glen E. McIntosh 2005
William A. Little 2007
Ray Radebaugh 2009
Chaosheng Hong 2011
Peter Kittel 2013
Philippe Jean Lebrun 2015

 

The Award consist of a bronze on walnut plaque, a $2,500 honorarium, up to $1,000 to cover personal travel expenses to accept the award, free registration at all future CEC conferences that they attend, and a copy of the CEC proceedings of the CEC whether or not they attend.

The nominator is requested to submit a brief statement (no more than two pages) addressing why the nominee deserves the Collins Award, along with a complete resume and a list of publications, patents, etc. The nominator is encouraged to provide copies of significant publications, inventions and/or patents with the nomination package. At least two letters supporting the nomination are required.

The nomination deadline is January 4, 2017.

The nomination package should be sent to:

Peter Kittel
3132 Morris Drive
Palo Alto, CA 94303
USA
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