European Nuclear Society
e-news Issue 41 Summer 2013
http://www.euronuclear.org/e-news/e-news-41/runermark-award.htm

Jan Runermark Award 2013

Finnish Nuclear Society Young Generation (FNS-YG) is proud to inform that Professor Emeritus Heikki Kalli has received the 2013 Jan Runermark Award. He was nominated by FNS-YG for his work supporting young nuclear professionals over the last few decades.

Heikki Kalli graduated from Helsinki University of Technology 1963 in technical physics. He received his Ph.D in 1974. The dissertation topic was Monte Carlo Studies On Neutron Transport.

	During 1975-1979, Heikki Kalli spent his time in Saclay, France, in Service d´Etudes de Réacteurs et de Mathematique Appliquees (SERMA), excluding one year which he was in Los Alamos. After that he transferred to Lappeenranta University of Technology (LUT) where he was the associate professor in nuclear engineering during 1979-1989, and after that the professor in nuclear engineering until 2001 when he retired. He is also a docent of nuclear engineering at the Helsinki University of Technology. Professor Kalli has been an active member of national and international nuclear societies. He has been a member of organizations and programme committees of several international congresses and expert or external advisory groups for EAURATOM and OECD/NEA. Professor Kalli is a member of multiple nuclear Societies e.g. Finnish Nuclear Society (honorary member), Société Francaise d'Energie Nucléaire, American Nuclear Society, Finnish Physical Society, Association Franco-Finlandaise pour la Recherche Scientifique et Technique and Finnish Academy of Technology. Above all, professor Kalli is an inspiring educator. He has had a long and vast career in the center of nuclear education in Finland. He has been an inspiration for many engineers in the nuclear field. He created a compact and large range package for M.Sc.

During 1975-1979, Heikki Kalli spent his time in Saclay, France, in Service d´Etudes de Réacteurs et de Mathematique Appliquees (SERMA), excluding one year which he was in Los Alamos. After that he transferred to Lappeenranta University of Technology (LUT) where he was the associate professor in nuclear engineering during 1979-1989, and after that the professor in nuclear engineering until 2001 when he retired. He is also a docent of nuclear engineering at the Helsinki University of Technology.

Professor Kalli has been an active member of national and international nuclear societies. He has been a member of organizations and programme committees of several international congresses and expert or external advisory groups for EAURATOM and OECD/NEA. Professor Kalli is a member of multiple nuclear Societies e.g. Finnish Nuclear Society (honorary member), Société Francaise d'Energie Nucléaire, American Nuclear Society, Finnish Physical Society, Association Franco-Finlandaise pour la Recherche Scientifique et Technique and Finnish Academy of Technology.

Above all, professor Kalli is an inspiring educator. He has had a long and vast career in the center of nuclear education in Finland. He has been an inspiration for many engineers in the nuclear field. He created a compact and large range package for M.Sc.

courses in nuclear engineering, which has been a good backbone for solid and wide knowledge for nuclear engineers. He has also been an active participant in FNS-YG activities. For these reasons he was the "Lecturer of the Year 1987".

Professor Kalli has always highlighted the education and transfer of know-how between generations. He brought the problem of increasing retirement and need for new generations into a wider discussion. He has showed the way and inspired younger generations to go abroad and hence widen the professional perspectives. He also introduced tens of foreign exchange students, master's workers and researchers into the university's nuclear research.

The Finnish Nuclear Society Young Generation wants to thank professor Heikki Kalli for his support and great work for Finnish Nuclear Society.

Congratulations and thank you Heikki!