Dr. Robert J. Soulen Jr.

Robert J. Soulen, Jr., Naval Research Laboratory

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Robert J. Soulen, Jr.
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Robert J. Soulen

Citation: "For developing low temperature noise thermometry to achieve an absolute thermometer which now defines the year 2000 International Temperature Scale between 1 mK and 1 K to an accuracy of 0.1%, and for other significant contributions to thermome-try measurement over a distinguished career."

Background: Robert J. Soulen, Jr. graduated with a B.A. in Physics from Rutgers University (1962) and completed a Ph.D. in Physics in 1966 from the same University.

Thereafter, he joined the National Bureau of Standards (NBS), where he held positions as a staff scientist as well as several management positions.While employed at NBS he was awarded the Condon Prize for outstanding scientific writing (1976), and a Department of Commerce Gold medal (1979) for co-developing superconductive fixed point devices.

In 1987 he joined the staff at the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), where he was a staff scientist as well as a manager.He was awarded the Berman Publication Award for scientific writing (1998), as well as the Keithley Award (2001).

Dr. Soulen is a Fellow of the American Physical Society, has been President of the Instrument & Measurement Topical Group, is Associate Editor for Cryogenics Magazine and for the Journal of Superconductivity, has served on the Board of the Applied Superconductivity Conference, has twice been the US Representative for Thermometry to the BIPM.

He has written approximately 170 scientific articles, including two for Physics Today.His research topics involve superconductivity and thermometry.He is presently engaged in:

(1). the use of a point contact between a superconductor and a ferromagnetic metal (Andreev reflection) to measure the spin polarization of the latter.Any geometry is possible: "You make it, we can measure it".

(2). development of an explanation for enhanced superconductivity near a metal-insulator transition which applies equally well to high and low Tc superconductivity.Result: A very successful prediction for the phase diagram for the phenomenon of superconductivity.

Cleveland, Ohio -- June 10, 2002 -- The American Physical Society (APS) named Robert J. Soulen, Jr., of the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory as the 2002 winner of the Joseph F. Keithley Award for his work developing low temperature noise thermometry to achieve an absolute thermometer, which now defines part of the year 2000 International Temperature Scale.

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Robert Soulen Naval Research Laboratory & National Institute of Standards and Technology
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Robert J. Soulen, Jr. is a Staff Physicist in the Materials Division of the Naval Research Lab.He received his Ph. D. in physics from Rutgers University in 1967, and worked at the National Institute of Standards and Technology until 1987.His current scientific activities include identifying new ways to measure magnetic and superconducting properties and investigating enhancement of superconductivity.He has received the NBS Condon Prize for authorship, the U.S. Department of Commerce Gold Medal, and the Keithley Award of the American Physical Society, of which he is a Fellow.

Robert J. Soulen, Jr. of U.S. Naval Research Laboratory Receives 2002 Award for Thermometry Research

The American Physical Society (APS) named Robert J. Soulen, Jr. of the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory as the 2002 winner of the Joseph F. Keithley Award for his work developing low temperature noise thermometry to achieve an absolute thermometer, which now defines part of the year 2000 International Temperature Scale.
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The APS selection committee for this award honored Soulen for helping to advance thermometry during his distinguished career, and cited in particular his development of a thermometer so accurate that it defines the standard for the International Temperature Scale from 1mK and 1K.

After receiving his Ph.D. in Physics from Rutgers University, Soulen worked as a scientist and manager for the National Bureau of Standards and the Naval Research Laboratory.He is an APS Fellow, former president of the Instrument and Measurement Topical Group, and associate editor for Cryogenics Magazine and the Journal of Superconductivity.He has written 170 scientific articles, and has received the Department of Commerce Gold medal and the Berman Publication Award for scientific writing.

The award is endowed by Keithley Instruments, Inc. and the Instrument and Measurement Science Topical Group of the APS.

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(June 12, 2002) Cleveland -- The American Physical Society (APS) named Robert J. Soulen Jr. of the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory as the 2002 winner of the Joseph F. Keithley Award.

The award was given for his work developing low temperature noise thermometry to achieve an absolute thermometer, which now defines part of the year 2000 International Temperature Scale.

The Keithley Award, established in 1997, presents $5,000 annually to a physicist who has been instrumental in the development of measurement techniques or equipment that have an impact on the physics community by providing better measurements.