Academician HONG Chaosheng from the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) received the Samuel C. Collins Award at the Cryogenic Engineering Conference/International Cryogenic Materials Conference (CEC/ICMC 2011) held in Spokane, Washington on June 13-17, 2011. It is the first time that the award has been issued to a Chinese scientist.

Set in 1965, 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. So far, it has given rise to 15 recipients. 

HONG Chaosheng:

HONG was in succession deputy director and the director of office in the Institute of Physics, the director of cryogenic laboratory, professor in Physics at Tsinghua university, Peking university and the university of science and technology, the vice president of Physical society and Chinese Association of Refrigeration, the vice president of International Cryogenic Engineering Committee, etc. Now Hong is the honorary director of technology commission in Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry of CAS.

Being known for his research in cryophysics and cryogenics, HONG initiated cryophysics and super-conduction research and deepened the study on cryo-refrigenaration and experimental techniques. He found an exception of conductance and the Hall Effect, which occurred in a semiconductor Ge mono-crystal with a current flowing under low temperature. Based on the exception, he proposed the new concept that impurities available in the forbidden band of semiconductors contribute to electrical conductivity, which began the studies on mechanism of electronic transport in disordered system.

Currently he is making efforts to promote scientific communication between China and the world by actively participating in the organization of the China Refrigeration Institute and the International Cryogenic Engineering Board.

He won the award in Chinese Science Conference and Hu Gangfu Physics Award. Also, he won the Mendelson Award in 2000 for his distinguished service in the development of cryogenic engineering in China and the world.