The European High Pressure Research Group originated in the initiative
taken by the High Pressure Section of Standard Telecommunications
Laboratories (now Bell Northern Research Laboratories), Harlow (UK), in
1963, to bring together scientists active in
field of high pressure research for informal discussion of common
problems.
The success of the First EHPRG Meeting (Harlow, UK, 1963) led to further
developments and prompted the organization of successive "High Pressure
Meetings" under the chairmanship of C. Goodman.
In 1966, the Meeting moved to Eindhoven (The Netherlands), and the
following year the group became the more formal organization of the
European High Pressure Research Group (EHPRG).
From that time, the development of EHPRG was rapid, as can be inferred
from the number of participants attending the subsequent Meetings: 65 in
Eindhoven (1966), 84 in Caradache (France, 1968), 130 in Bonn (Germany,
1969), 157 in Umea (Sweden, 1971), 163 in Strasbourg (France, 1972), 176
in London (UK, 1973).
As stated in its rules, the EHPRG has as its main objectives to promote
research at high pressure and to hold an annual Meeting od scientists,
engineers and others interested in high pressure.
The Committee consists of a Chairman, a Secretary, a Treasurer, and
members who reflect the various research areas in the representative
European countries.
The EHPRG has close relations with other scientific organizations such as
the AIRAPT and the Condensed Matter Division of the
European Physical Society.
One of the original objectives of the Committee is to bring more high
pressure scientists from the Eastern European countries to the EHPRG.
This was reflected by the location chosen for some earlier EHPRG Meetings
(25th EHPRG Meeting, 1987, in Potsdam, East Germany; 26th EHPRG Meeting,
1988, in Mrongowo, Poland, among the others).
The logo was originally designed by H. D. Hochheimer, and later digitized by K.
Heremans. The shape of the diamond was suggested by the fact that the five
letters of the acronym "EHPRG" could be fit exactly on its visible facets.
Remarkably, a logo proved necessary in order to provide the Group with an
official letterhead, to be used in reliable visa requests at the time of the
Cold War.
The reasonable size of the group, the selection of the topics, the
quality of the meetings, the low conference fees and the friendly
relationships between the attendants have made the EHPRG meetings
attractive.
High pressure research is a fast growing discipline, yielding
interesting and exciting results in many fields of science,
technology and biotechnology.
EHPRG contributes to this development by bringing people together.
To that purpose, since 1989 the EHPRG decided to attribute a yearly award
to young scientists, for their contributions to high pressure reasrch.
The EHPRG Awards are destinated to encourage your researchers in high
pressure science.
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