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CSA is a non-profit technical society serving all those interested in any phase of cryogenics, the art and science of achieving extremely low temperatures — almost absolute zero.

The only full-time technical society and trade association concerned solely with cryogenics, we are the organization for cryogenic engineering and all things related to the cryogenic industry. Our members work in space programs around the world in high energy physics, industry, research labs, astronomy, air separation and LNG industries, and academia. See Cryogenics in Everyday Life.

The CSA does not endorse cryonics, the freezing of body parts or whole bodies for the purpose of future re-animation. For more information, please review Cryogenics vs. Cryonics.

CSA publishes the magazine Cold Facts five times per year. It contains a wealth of information on all aspects of the industry. The fifth issue, published in December, is a Buyer's Guide/Corporate Directory. Advertising is welcome in all issues. See our Advertising Rates.

Dr. Randall Barron "King Cryo" wearing the caricature tee shirt presented by the students in his Cryogenic Systems class at Louisiana Tech University in Ruston, Louisiana.

“KING CRYO”

When Dr. Randall Barron entered the classroom of his Cryogenic Systems class at Louisiana Tech University on February 29, 2008, he was surprised to see each of the 33 students in the class wearing a tee shirt with his caricature on the front. All of the students had signed the shirt, and they had included several “quotes” from the class during the term. Then the students presented Dr. Barron with a tee shirt, which he wore to the next class meeting.

“The preparation and presentation of the caricature tee shirt to me by my students was something that touched me significantly,” says Dr. Barron, Professor Emeritus of Mechanical Engineering at the university in Ruston, Louisiana. “It is evidence that engineering students are not only ingenious in applying technical principles, but also sensitive to people who try to be their mentors and to prepare them for their future careers,” he concluded.

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Cryogenic News:

Fermilab Director Pier Oddone as been elected a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a prestigious honorary society and independent policy research center. Oddone joins Fermilab scientists Bill Bardeen and Helen Edwards in receiving this honor.

To honor 50 years in the business, FIBA Technologies, Inc. was featured in a 15-page magazine insert in the Worcester MA Business Journal. FIBA serves industrial and specilaty gas and chemical companies that use intermodal, high-pressure gas and cryogenic products globally.

Oak Ridge National Laboratory became the world's most powerful source of pulsed neutrons when its beam reached 310 kilowatts in late January. This record nearly doubled the 163-watt record held by the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory near Oxford, England. Oak Ridge now holds the Guinness World Record.

Fermilab Today reported that, "A new posse in town has its sights set on Fermilab's feathery fowl. Patrols of the laboratory will continue randomly through April in an effort to address safety issues related to the laboratory's resident goose population."

A US Postal Stamp commemorating the late UI physics Professor John Bardeen, inventor of the transistor and a two-time Nobel Prize Winner, was officially issued at Postage Stamp Mega-Event in New York's Madison Square Garden. The event was sponsored by the Postal service, the American Stamp Dealers Association and the American Philatetic Society.

Recently published books related to Cryogenics are noted in our Book Corner.

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