Hungarian American Coalition Receives Grant for the Károly Simonyi Prize in Hungary

The Hungarian American Coalition has received a grant from Dr. Charles Simonyi to extend the operation of the Károly Simonyi Prize until 2011 to support the development of scientific endeavors of Hungarians living in Hungary and beyond the borders.

The annual monetary award was first established in 2002 by Dr. Simonyi in honor of his late father, Professor Károly Simonyi, who was an internationally known electrical engineer and author of Physics: A Cultural History. The agreement to provide funding for the operation of the Károly Simonyi Board of Trustees was made between the Hungarian American Coalition and the Hungarian Academy of Sciences in Budapest. Two, three million Hungarian Forint (approximately $17,000) awards will be granted annually for three years.

On November 2, 2009 two outstanding Hungarian academicians received the Károly Simonyi Prize at the “Celebration of Hungarian Science 2009” organized by the Hungarian Academy of Sciences’ Debrecen Committee at the University of Debrecen.

The prize for excellence in physics was granted to Dr. Tamás Tél, professor of the Department of Theoretical Physics at Eötvös Loránd University, for his outstanding results in the theoretical examination of non-equilibrium phenomena, for the establishment of the von Kármán Laboratory for Environmental Flows, and for his innovative research in fluid dynamics.

The prize for excellence in technical education and research was presented to Dr. György Gergely, Professor Emeritus of the Research Institute for Technical Physics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences for his innovative results, approved as international standards, in the experimental methodology of surface physics, as well as for his life achievements as a still active doctoral candidate.

The prize for excellence in physics was presented by Gyula Faigel academician, and the prize for excellence in technical education and research was presented by József Gyulai academician. Dr. József Pálinkás, President of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, congratulated both awardees.

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