Kamerlingh Onnes Award

The Kamerlingh Onnes Award is in recognition of special merits of scientists active in the field of refrigeration technology, cryogenics and more generally low-temperature science and technology. It was founded in 1948 by the Royal Dutch Association of Refrigeration (Koninklijke Nederlandse Vereniging voor Koude, KNVvK)[1] The name of the award is intended to keep the memory of Heike Kamerlingh Onnes alive. The award is assigned typically every four years and the winners get a golden medal and a certificate.

Not to be confused with the Kamerlingh Onnes Prize for work in superconductivity.
Picture of the golden Kamerlingh Onnes medal.

List of recipients
  • 1950 Prof. F. Simon, Oxford, England, Very low temperatures, liquid hydrogen and helium
  • 1955 Prof. R. Plank, Karlsruhe, Germany, Refrigeration technology in a broad sense
  • 1958 Prof. S.C. Collins, M.I.T., USA, Low temperatures, especially with regard to equipment for the production of liquid helium
  • 1958 Philips Natuurkundig Laboratorium, Eindhoven, Netherlands, Development of cryogenerator
  • 1963 Dr. F. Kidd and Dr. C. West, Cambridge, England, Research storage conditions of fruit
  • 1968 Prof. P.L. Kapitza, Moscov, Russia, Low temperatures; scientifically and technologically
  • 1973 Ms. Dr. Audrey Smith, Stanmore, England, Introduction of cryoprotectants; cryobiology
  • 1979 Dr. J.E. Kunzler, Bell Labs., USA, Superconductivity
  • 1983 Prof. L. Váhl, Delft, The Netherlands, Refrigeration technology in the broad sense
  • 1988 Ir. T.A. van Hiele, Wageningen, Netherlands, Application of refrigeration technology on agricultural and horticultural products
  • 1989 Dr. H.T. Meryman, American Red Cross, USA, Preservation of blood, tissues and organs
  • 1995 Prof. R. Cohen, Purdue University, USA, Compressor technology and international knowledge transfer
  • 1995 Refrigerator Research group at the Massey University, New Zealand, under Prof. A.C. Cleland, Food refrigeration processes and knowledge transfer
  • 2000 Prof. G. Frossati, Kamerlingh Onnes Lab., Netherlands, Development of cryogenic equipment, in particular as regards dilution refrigerators
  • 2008 Prof. H.C. Kruse, Hannover, Germany, Contributed to technological progress, education and knowledge transfer and did meritorious work for cold and heat pump associations
  • 2008 Prof. A.T.A.M. de Waele, Eindhoven, Netherlands, Optimization of pulse tube refrigerators for temperatures below 4 K
  • 2012 Dr. P. Lebrun, CERN, Switzerland, For his groundbreaking contributions to the field of cryogenic science and technology, especially making the Large Hadron Collider possible
  • 2022 Pengcheng Dai

See also

References
  1. "Koninklijke Nederlandse Vereniging voor Koude - KNVvK - Koninklijke Nederlandse Vereniging voor Koude". Knvvk.nl. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
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