Steven Hoogendijk (1 April 1698 – 3 July 1788) was a Rotterdam watch and instrument maker and physicist. His portrait to the right, shows him pointing to an early pyrometer from

Pieter van Musschenbroeck Pieter van Musschenbroek (14 March 1692 – 19 September 1761) was a Dutch scientist. He was a professor in Duisburg, Utrecht, and Leiden, where he held positions in mathematics, philosophy, medicine, and astronomy. He is credited with the i ...

with pumps in the background. In 1769, Steven Hoogendijk co-founded the

Batavian Society for Experimental Philosophy The Batavian Society for Experimental Philosophy ( nl, Bataafsch Genootschap voor Proefondervindelijke Wijsbegeerte) is a Dutch learned society residing in Rotterdam. History The society was founded on June 3, 1769 after Steven Hoogendijk declared ...

, with a main aim of introducing the steam engine in the Netherlands, and with the motto: "Certos Feret experientia fructus" (experience will give reliable products). With the support of the Society at their own expense they brought a Newcomen steam engine from England to an old Powder Tower at the edge of Rotterdam. On 9 March 1776, the machine was first put into operation. The steam engine components worked well, but the self-designed wooden Hoogendijk pumps were not compatible and quickly collapsed. This made it such an impression that in 1787 a new steam engine was built in the Polder Blijdorp. The expected theoretical capacity of 1750 cubic feet per minute displacement was only 5% higher than the observed effective capacity. Nevertheless general acceptance in the Netherlands of the steam engine was slow due to allegiance to the existing mill methods.

International Steven Hoogendijk Prizes

The triennial International Steven Hoogendijk Prize for medical engineering was first awarded in 2001, shared by three individuals, Professors Nicolas Bom, Jan Somer, both from the Netherlands and Prof. David Sahn of Portland, Oregon. The subject was pediatric echocardiography. The second award in 2004 was given to Prof. Thomas Sinkjaer from Aalborg, Denmark, recognizing his work on functional electro-stimulation to recover lost neuromuscular functions of the human body. The third award in 2007 was for Prof. Willi Kalender, from Erlangen, Germany, inventor of the spiral CT scanner. In 2010, the award went to

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, of Harvard Medical School, for "minimal invasive diagnosis" (genome sequencing technology). The award in 2010 was presented by Rotterdam mayor

Ahmed Aboutaleb Ahmed Aboutaleb ( ar, أحمد أبو طالب; born 29 August 1961) is a Dutch politician of Moroccan origin, he is of the Labour Party (PvdA) and a journalist. He has been the Mayor of Rotterdam since 5 January 2009. Early life and career ...

after introductory comments by Prof. H.W. Tilanus (CEO of the Batavian Society) and

Frank Grosveld Franklin Gerardus "Frank" Grosveld, FRS (born 18 August 1948) is a Dutch molecular biologist whose research interests are in the regulation of transcription during development with a particular emphasis on mammalian erythroid differentiation. He i ...

of Erasmus Medical Center and interview by comedian Raoul Heertje. The 2016 prize was awarded to

Richard M. Durbin Richard Michael Durbin (born 1960) is a British computational biologist and Al-Kindi Professor of Genetics at the University of Cambridge. He also serves as an associate faculty member at the Wellcome Sanger Institute where he was previously ...

and the 2018 prize t
Larry Gold
The 2020 prize went t
Nicholas Ayache
whereby the award ceremony will be held in 2021.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hoogendijk, Steven 18th-century Dutch physicists 1698 births 1788 deaths Engineers from Rotterdam