Kamerlingh Onnes Award

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.F. Kunzler, Bell Labs., USA, Superconductivity
• 1983 Prof. L. Váhl, Delft, The Netherlands, Refigeration technology in the broad sense
• 1988 Ir. T.A. van Hiele, Wageningen, Netherlands, Application of refrigeration technology on agricultural and horticultural products
• 1989 Dr. 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