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 to the recipient prior to the plenary session on Monday, July 22, 2019.
2019 Samuel C. Collins Award Recipient:
Professor Venkata Rao Ganni
Director for MSU Cryogenics Initiative
Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, Michigan State University
East Lansing, Michigan
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 | |||
| Steven Van Sciver | 2017 |
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. Candidates are not normally notified of their nominations. 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 nomination deadline is January 16, 2019.
The nomination package should be sent to Peter Kittel by email at pkittel@berkeley.edu.