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Educational Background:Ph.D., Nuclear Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, January 1990. Thesis title: "Design and stability of a high field toroidal field coil using advance materials." Advisors: D.R. Cohn, J.E.C. Williams, J.P. Friedberg. Research performed at the MIT Plasma Fusion Center. B.S., Highest Honors and Bronze Tablet, Nuclear Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana, May 1985.
Research Interests:HTS applications: insert coils for high field magnets, mechanical behavior of conductors, magneto-thermal stability and quench protection, magnets for energy and transportation systems, high field insert magnets, current leads Processing of HTS materials: wires/tapes, thick and thin films, bulk materials and relationship between processing/microstructure/properties Electromagnetic behavior: vortex pinning, irradiation effects, transport measurements and interpretation, magneto-optical imaging
Professional Experience:Florida State University 4/05 - present: Jack E. Crow Professor of Engineering 8/01 - 12/02: Senior Research Advisor to the Vice President for Research 8/99 - 4/05: Professor of Mechanical Engineering, National High Magnetic Field Laboratory and FAMU-FSU College of Engineering 6/96 - present: Leader, HTS Magnets and Materials Group, National High Magnetic Field Laboratory 12/93- 8/99: Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, National High Magnetic Field Laboratory and FAMU-FSU College of Engineering (with doctoral advising status in Physics) 12/93 - 6/96: Leader, HTS Conductor Development Group, National High Magnetic Field Laboratory University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 8/92 - 12/93: Assistant Professor of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering 2/90 - 12/93: Assistant Professor of Nuclear Engineering National Research Institute for Metals, First Research Group (Superconducting Materials), Tsukuba, Japan, 2/90 - 8/90: Visiting Scientist
Awards, Honors & Service: Special Award for Exceptional Service, FAMU-FSU College of Engineering (2007) Editor in Chief, IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity (2005-present) Engineering Research Award, Florida A&M University-Florida State University College of Engineering, In Appreciation of Exceptional Research Productivity (2005) Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Fellow (2004-present) President, Chairman of the Board, and 2004 Conference Chair, Applied Superconductivity Conference, Inc. (2002-2004) Engineering Research Award, Florida A&M University-Florida State University College of Engineering (2001) Board of Directors Executive Committee, Applied Superconductivity Conference (1999-2006) Editor for Magnets and Magnet Applications, IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity (1998-2005) Roger W. Boom Award from the Cryogenic Society of America (1998) U.S.-Japan Workshop on High-Tc Superconductors: Chairman and Proceedings Editor (1997)
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