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Mr. Iain R. Dixon

Research Associate
Magnet Science & Technology, Scientific Staff

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Publications and Scientific Activities

##Peer-Reviewed Publications
1 Bai, H.; Bird, M.D.; Cantrel, K.R.; Dixon, I.R. and Gavrilin, A.V., Design of Cryogenic System for SCH Magnets, IEEE Trans. Appl. Supercond., 19 (NO.3, June), 1596-1599 (2009)
2 Bird, M.D.; Bai, H.; Bole, S.T.; Chen, J.; Dixon, I.R.; Ehmler, H.; Gavrilin, A.V.; Painter, T.A.; Smeibidl, P.; Toth, J.; Weijers, H.W.; Xu, T. and Zhai, Y., The NHMFL Hybrid Magnet Projects, IEEE Trans. Appl. Supercond., 19 (NO.3, June), 1612-1616 (2009)
3 Dixon, I.R.; Bird, M.D.; Bonito-Oliva, A.; Cantrell, K.R.; Lu, J.; Miller, G.E.; Noyes, P.D.; Walsh, R.P. and Weijers, H.W., Electromagnetic Cycling and Strain Effects on N3Sn Cable-In-Conduit Conductors with Variations in Cabling Design and Conduit Materials, IEEE Trans. Appl. Supercond., 19 (3), 1462-1465 (2009)
4 Dixon, I.R.; Bird, M.D.; Bruzzone, P.; Gavrilin, A.V.; Lu, J.; Stepanov, B. and Weijers, H.W., Current Sharing and AC Loss Measurements of a Cable-in-Conduit Conductor with Nb3Sn Strands for the High Field Section of the Series-Connected Hybrid Outsert Coil, IEEE Trans. Appl. Supercond., 19 (NO.3, June), 2466-2469 (2009)
5 Lu, J.; Han, K.; Walsh, R.P.; Dixon, I.; Ferrera, A. and Seeber, B., Characterization of High Jc Nb3Sn Strands for the Series-Connected Hybrid Magnet, IEEE Trans. Appl. Supercond., 19 (3), 2615-2618 (2009)
6 Painter, T.A.; Bird, M.D.; Dixon, I.R.; Ehmler, H.; Heinrich, J.; Smeibidl, P.; Xu, T. (Ting) and Zhai, Y. (Yuhu), Series-Connected Hybrid Magnetic Shielding Conceptual Design for the Helmholtz Centre Berlin for Materials and Energy, IEEE Trans. Appl. Supercond., 19 (3), 1600-1603 (2009)
7 Zhai, Y.; Dixon, I.R. and Bird, M.D., Mechanical Analysis of the Superconducting Outsert for the Series Connected Hybrid Magnets, IEEE Trans. Appl. Supercond., 19 (3), 1608 (2009)
8 Bonito-Oliva, A.; Bird, M.D.; Bole, S.T.; Cantrell, K.R.; Gavrilin, A.V.; Luongo, C.A.; Dixon, I.R.; Han, K.; Lu, J.; Miller, G.E.; Noyes. P.D.; Painter, T.A.; Weijers, H.W.; Walsh, R.P. and Zhai, Y., Development of the Superconducting Outserts for the Series-Connected-Hybrid Program at the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, IEEE Trans. Appl. Supercond., 18 (NO. 2, June), 529-535 (2008)
9 Gavrilin, A.V.; Dixon, I.R. and Bonito-Oliva, A., Transient Stability Analysis of the Superconducting Outsert in the NHMFL Series Connected Hybrid Magnet System, IEEE Trans. Appl. Supercond., 18 (NO.2, June), 1280-1284 (2008)
10 Han, K.; Walsh, P.R.; Toplosky, V.J.; Goddard, R.E.; Lu, J. and Dixon, I.R., Effects of Winding Strain and Heat Treatment on Properties of 316LN and Haynes 242, Adv. Cryog. Eng., 54, 84 (2008)
11 Dixon, I.R.; Gavrilin, A.V. and Miller, J.R., Cooling conditions analysis of the superconducting outsert in the Series Connected Hybrid magnet system, IEEE Trans. Appl. Supercond., 17 (NO.2, June), 1414-1417 (2007)
12 Dixon, I.R.; Gavrilin, A.V.; Miller, J.R.; Powell, J.A. and Brandt, B.L., Analysis of quench protection system of a Series Connected Hybrid magnet, IEEE Trans. Appl. Supercond., 17 (NO.2, June), 2446-2449 (2007)
13 Dixon, I.R.; Bird, M.D. and Miller, J.R., Mechanical Design of the Series Connected Hybrid Magnet Superconducting Outsert, IEEE Trans. Appl. Supercond., 16 (June), 981-984 (2006)
14 Dixon, I.R.; Gavrilin, A.V. and Miller, J.R., Simulated Thermal Performance of the Superconducting Outsert in the Series Connected Hybrid Magnet System, Adv. Cryog. Eng., 823, 1463-1470 (2006)
15 Painter, T.A.; Markiewicz, W.D.; Miller, J.R.; Bole, S.T.; Dixon, I.R.; Cantrell, K.R.; Kenney, S.J.; Trowel, A.J.; Kim, D.L.; Lee, B.S.; Choi, Y.S.; Kim, H.S.; Hendrickson, C.L. and Marshall, A.G., Requirements and Conceptual Superconducting Magnet Design for a 21 T Fourier Transform Ion Cyclotron Resonance Mass Spectrometer, IEEE Trans. Appl. Supercond., 16 (June), 945-948 (2006)
16 Dixon, I.R.; Markiewicz, W.D.; Brey, W.W. and Shetty, K.K., Performance of the Ultra Wide Bore 900 MHz NMR Magnet at the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, IEEE Trans. Appl. Supercond., 15 (2), 1334-1337 (2005)
17 Bird, M.D.; Dixon, I.R. and Toth, J., Design of the Next Generation of Florida-Bitter Magnets at the NHMFL, IEEE Trans. Appl. Supercond., 14 (2), 1253-1256 (2004)
18 Dixon, I.R.; Markiewicz, W.D.; Murphy, P. and Painter, T.A., Quench Detection and Protection of the Wide Bore 900 MHz NMR Magnet at the NHMFL, IEEE Trans. Appl. Supercond., 14 (2), 1260-1263 (2004)
19 Markiewicz, W.D.; Dixon, I.R. and Painter, T.A., Stability Design and Performance of a 900 MHz Wide Bore Magnet, Adv. Cryog. Eng. Materials, 50B, 921-928 (2004)
20 Painter, T.A.; Dixon, I.R. and Markiewicz, W.D., Voltage Spike and Magnet Quench Behavior in the NHMFL 900 MHz Bucket Test, IEEE Trans. Appl. Supercond., 14 (2), 1613-1616 (2004)
21 Bird, M.D.; Dixon, I.R.; Gavrilin, A.V.; Toth, J. and Zeller, A., Bucket Testing of a Compact Sweeper Magnet for Nuclear Physics, IEEE Trans. Appl. Supercond., 13 (2), 1250-1253 (2003)
22 Dixon, I.R.; Bird, M.D. and Bole, S., End Effects in the NHMFL 45 T Hybrid Resistive Insert, IEEE Trans. Appl. Supercond., 12 (1), 452-455 (2002)
23 Bird, M.D.; Dixon, I.; Eyssa, Y.M.; Gao, B.J. and Schneider-Muntau, H.J., The 45 T Hybrid Insert: Recent Achievements, Physica B, 294, 639-642 (2001)
24 Dixon, I.R. and Markiewicz, W.D., Protection Heater Performance of Nb3Sn Epoxy Impregnated Superconducting Solenoids, IEEE Trans. Appl. Supercond., 11 (1), 2583-2586 (2001)
25 Dixon, I.R.; Markiewicz, W.D. and Marshall, W.S., Axial Mechanical Properties of Epoxy Impregnated Superconducting Solenoids at 4.2 K, IEEE Trans. Appl. Supercond., 10 (1), 1313-1316 (2000)
26 Markiewicz, W.D.; Dixon, I.R.; Marshall, W.S. and Walsh, R.P., Epoxy Lead Cones For Free Supported Leads, IEEE Trans. Appl. Supercond., 10 (1), 1321-1324 (2000)
27 Markiewicz, W.D.; Dixon, I.R.; Swenson, C.A.; Marshall, W.S.; Painter, T.A.; Bole, S.T.; Cosmus, T.; Parizh, M.; King, M. and Ciancetta, G., 900 MHz Wide Bore NMR Spectrometer Magnet at NHMFL, IEEE Trans. Appl. Supercond., 10 (1), 728-731 (2000)
28 Painter, T.; Bole, S.; Eyssa, Y.; Dixon, I.; Williams, V.; Maier, S.; Gundlach, S.; Tozer, S.; Hascicek, Y. and Ammerman, C., Design of 30 T Split-Pair Pulse Coils for LANSCE, IEEE Trans. Appl. Supercond., 10 (1), 538-541 (2000)
29 Dixon, I.R. and Markiewicz, W.D., Critical Current and n-Value of Nb3Sn Conductors for the Wide Bore 900 MHz NMR Magnet, IEEE Trans. on Applied Superconductivity, 9 (2), 2513-2510 (1999)
30 Markiewicz, W.D.; Vaghar, M.R.; Dixon, I.R. and Garmestani, H., Generalized Plane Strain Analysis of Solenoid Solenoids, J. Appl. Phys., 86 (12), 7039-7051 (1999)
31 Walsh, R.P.; Miller, J.R.; Dixon, I.R.; and Miller, G.E, Lorentz Force Simulation Tests on a Full-Scale Prototype Model Coil of the 45-T Hybrid Magnet, Adv. Cryog. Eng., 44B, 999-1006 (1998)
32 Swenson, C.A;, Dixon, I.R.; and Markiewicz, W.D., Measurement of Thermal Contraction Properties for NbTi and Nb3Sn Composites, IEEE Trans. on Applied Superconductivity, 7 (2), 408-411 (1997)
33 Dixon, I.R.; Walsh, R.P. and Markiewicz, W.D., Mechanical Properties of Epoxy Impregnated Superconducting Solenoids, IEEE Trans. on Magnetics, 32 (4), 2917-2920 (1996)
34 Markiewicz, W.D.; Bonney, L.A.; Dixon, I.R.; Eyssa, Y.M.; Swenson, C.A.; and Schneider-Muntau, H.J., Technology of 1 GHz NMR Superconductor Magnets, Physica B, 216, 200-202 (1996)
##Presentations, Posters & Abstracts
1 Bai, H. (Hongyu); Bird, M.D.; Bole, S.T.; Cantrell, K.R.; Dixon, I.R.; Gavrillin, A.V.; Painter, T.A. and Xu. T., Safety Protection of Series Connected Hybrid Cryogenic System, Cryogenic Engineering and Int. Cryogenic Materials Conf., Tucson, AZ, June 28-July 02 (2009)
2 Gavrilin, A.V.; Bai, H.; Bird, M.D. and Dixon, I.R., Observations from the Analysis of Thermohydraulic Behavior of the Series-Connected Hybrid Magnets Superconducting Outserts, 2009 Cryogenic Engineering and Int. Cryogenic Materials Conf., Tucson, AZ, June 28-July 02 (2009)
3 Bai, H.; Cantrell, K.; Bird, M.D.; Dixon, I.R.; Gavrilin, A. and Ganni, R., Design of Cryogenic System for SCH Magnets, 2008 Applied Superconductivity Conf., Chicago, IL, August 18-22 (2008)
4 Bird, M.D.; Adkins, T.; Bole, S.; Cantrell, K.; Dixon, I.R.; Gavrilin, A.V.; Lu, J.; Painter, T.A.; Toth, J.; Walsh, R.P.; Weijers, H.W.; Xu, T. and Zhai, Y., The NHMFL Hybrid Magnet Projects, 2008 Applied Superconductivity Conf., Chicago, IL, August 18-22 (2008)
5 Dixon, I.R.; Bird, M.D.; Bruzzone, P. and Stepanov, B., Current Sharing and AC Loss Measurements of Cable-in-Conduit Conductor with Nb3Sn Strands for the High Field Section of the Series-Connected Hybrid Outsert Coil, 2008 Applied Superconductivity Conf., Chicago, IL, August 18-22 (2008)
6 Dixon,I.R.; Bird, M.D.: Cantrell, K.R.; Bonito-Oliva, A.; Lu, J,; Miller, G. E,; Noyes, P.D.; Walsh, R. P.; Weijers, H.W., Electromagnetic Cycling and Strain Effects on Nb3Sn Cable-in-Conduit Conductors with Variations in Cabling Design and Conduit Material Properties, 2008 Applied Superconductivity Conf., Chicago, IL, August 18-22 (2008)
7 Gavrilin, A.V.; Bai, H.; Bird, M.D.; Cantrell, K.R.; Dixon, I.R. and, Investigation of Cooling Schemes for a Superconducting Outsert of the Series Connected Hybrid Magnet, 2008 Applied Superconductivity Conf., Chicago, IL, August 18-22 (2008)
8 Lu, J.; Han, K.; Walsh, R.P.; Dixon, I.R.; Bonito-Oliva, A.; Ferreira, A. and Seeber, B., Characterization of High Jc Nb3Sn Strands for the Series-Connected Hybrid Magnet, 2008 Applied Superconductivity Conf., Chicago, IL, August 18-22 (2008)
9 Painter, T.A.; Bird, M. D.; Dixon, I. R.; Ehmler, H.; Henirich, J.; Smeibidl, P.; Xu, T. and Zhai, Yuhu, Series-Connected Hybrid Magnetic Shielding Conceptual Design for the Hemboltz Centre Berlin for Materials and Energy, 2008 Applied Superconductivity Conf., Chicago, IL, August 18-22 (2008)
10 Zhai, Y.; Dixon, I.R. and Bird, M.D., Mechanical Design and Analysis of the Superconducting Outsert for the Series Connected Hybrid Magnets, 2008 Applied Superconductivity Conf., Chicago, IL, August 18-22 (2008)
11 Bonito-Oliva, A.; Bird, M.D.; Bole, S.T.; Cantrell, K.R.; Gavrilin, A.V.; Luongo, C.A.; Dixon, I.R.; Han, K.; Lu, J.; Miller, G.E.; Noyes, P.D.; Painter, T.A.; Weijers, H.W.; Walsh, R.P. and Zhai, Y., Development of the Superconducting Outserts for the Series-Connected-Hybrid Program at the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, 20th Biennial Int. Conf. on Magnet Technology (MT-20), Philadelphia, PA, August 27-31 (2007)
12 Gavrilin, A.V.; Bonito-Oliva, A. and Dixon, I.R., Transient Stability Analysis of the Superconducting Outsert in the NHMFL Series Connected Hybrid Magnet System, 20th Biennial Int. Conf. on Magnet Technology (MT-20), Philadelphia, PA, August 27-31 (2007)
13 Han, K.; Walsh, R.P.; Toplosky, V.; Goddard, R.; Lu, J. and Dixon, I.R., Effects of Winding Strain and Heat Treatment on Properties of 316 LN and Haynes 242, 2007 CEC-ICMC, Chattanooga, TN, July 16-20 (2007)
14 Dixon, I.R.; Gavrilin, A.V. and Miller, J.R., Cooling Systems Design of the Superconducting Outsert in the Series Connected Magnet Syatems, Applied Superconductivity Conf. 2006, Seattle, WA, August 27-September 1 (2006)
15 Dixon, I.R.; Gavrilin, A.V., Miller, J.R.; Powell, J.A. and Brandt, B.L., Quench Protection System and Analysis of the Series Connected Hybrid Magnet at the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Applied Superconductivity Conf. 2006, Seattle, WA, August 27-September 1 (2006)
16 Suslov, A.; Dixon, I.; Headley, S.; Deyle, E. and Migliori A., Application of the finite elements method to resonant ultrasound spectroscopy data analysis, American Physical Society March Meeting, Baltimore, MD, March 13-17 (2006)
17 Dixon, I.R.; Bird, M.D. and Miller, J.R., Mechanical Design of the Series Connected Hybrid Magnet Superconducting Outsert, 19th Int. Conf. on Magnet Technology, Genoa, Italy, September 19-23 (2005)
18 Dixon, I.R.; Gavrilin, A.V. and Miller, J.R., Simulated Thermal Performance of the Superconducting Outsert in the Series Connected Hybrid Magnet System, CEC/ICMC, Keystone, CO, August 29 - September 2 (2005)
19 Shetty, K.K.; Dixon, I.R.; Markiewicz, W.D. and Brey, W.W., Test of Current Injection Drift Compensation in a 900 MHz NMR Magnet, ISMAR, Ponte Vedre, FL, October 24-28 (2004)
20 Bird, M.D.; Dixon, I.R. and Toth, J., Design of the Next Generation of Florida-Bitter Magnets at the NHMFL, 18th Int. Conf. on Magnet Technology, Morioka, Japan, October 20-24 (2003)
21 Brey, W.W.; Dixon, I.R. and Markiewicz, W.D., NMR Map and Drift Measurements of the NHMFL 900 WB Magnet, 44th Experimental NMR Conf., Savannah, GA, March 30 – April 4 (2003)
22 Dixon, I.R.; Markiewicz, W.D.; Murphy, P. and Painter, T.A., Quench Detection and Protection System of the Wide Bore 900 MHz NMR Magnet at the NHMFL, 18th Int. Conf. on Magnet Technology, Morioka, Japan, October 20-24 (2003)
23 Markiewicz, W.D.; Dixon, I.R. and Painter, T.A., Stability Design and Performance of a 900 MHz Wide Bore Magnet, CEC/ICMC 2003, Anchorage, AK, September 22-26 (2003)
24 Painter, T.A.; Dixon, I.R., and Markiewicz, W.D., Voltage Spike and Magnet Quench Behavior in the NHMFL 900 MHz Bucket Test, 18th Int. Conf. on Magnet Technology, Morika, Japan, October 20-24 (2003)
25 Bird, M.D.; Dixon, I.R.; Gavrilin, A.V.; Toth, J. and Zeller, A., Bucket Testing of a Compact Sweeper Magnet for Nuclear Physics, Applied Superconductivity Conf. 2002, Houston, TX, August 5 (2002)
26 Dixon, I.R.; Bird, M.D. and Bole, S., End Effects in the NHMFL 45 T Hybrid Resistive Insert, 17th International Conference on Magnet Technology, Geneva, Switzerland, September 24-28 (2001)
27 Painter, T.A.; Dixon, I.; Swenson, C.; Marshall, S.; Markiewicz, D.; Brey, W.W.; Cross, T. and Ferner, J., Wide Bore 900 MHz NMR System Fabrication and Testing, 42nd Experimental NMR Conference, Orlando, FL, March 11-16 (2001)
28 Bird, M.D.; Bole, S.; Dixon, I.; Eyssa, Y.M.; Gao, G.J. and Schneider-Muntau, H.J., The 45 T Hybrid Insert: Recent Achievements, 6th Int. Symposium on Research in High Magnetic Fields, Porto, Portugal, August (2000)
29 Dixon, I.R. and Markiewicz, W.D., Protection Heater Performance of Nb3Sn Epoxy Impregnated Superconducting Solenoids, Applied Superconductivity Conference 2000, Virginia Beach, VA, September 17-23 (2000)
##Patents & Other Products
1 Markiewicz, D.; Dixon, I.; Swenson, C.; Marshall, S.; Walsh, R.; Painter, T. and Van Sciver, S.W., "Wide Bore High Field Magnet", U.S. Patent No. 7,015779, dated 3/21/2006 (2006)
2 Bird, M.D.; Dixon, I.R.; Eyssa, Y.M.; Gavrilin, A.V., and Gundlach, S.R., "Repeating Pulsed Magnet", U.S. Patent No. 6,720,552, Awarded April 13 (2004)
3 Markiewicz, W.D.; Dixon, I.R.; Swenson, C.A.; Marshall, W.S.; Walsh, R.P.; Painter, T.A. and Van Sciver, S., "Method of manufacturing a superconducting magnet", U.S. Patent No. 6,735,848 B1 Awarded May 18, 2004 (2004)
##Theses
1 Dixon, I. (Iain), "Finite Element Analysis of Nonlinear Panel Flutter of Rectangular Composite Plates Under a Uniform Thermal Load", Old Dominion University, Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics, advisor: Mei, C. (Chuh) (1991)




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