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Featured AwardeeS 2021 Recipient Photo: 2021 Recipient of Award for Continuing and Significant Contributions in the Field of Applied Superconductivity Neil Mitchell For continuing and significant contributions in the field of large scale applications of superconductivity, in particular: • for leadership over 30 years of magnet design, research and development, procurement, manufacturing and testing of the ITER magnets, a system of unprecedented size, weight and stored energy, • for critical contributions to all aspects of Nb3Sn CICC magnet technology, including the development of new analysis techniques for mechanical, thermal and electrical behavior of large superconducting cables, • for promoting superconducting technology internationally through worldwide collaborations and organization of scientific events. Acceptance Speech × Acceptance Speech × 2021 Recipient Photo: 2021 Recipient of Max Swerdlow Award for Sustained Service to the Applied Superconductivity Community Ron B. Goldfarb For sustained leadership and exceptional service to the applied superconductivity community, in particular: • for developing and disseminating widely accepted protocols for the magnetic measurement of alternating-field losses in superconductors; • for leading the superconductor wire characterization program at the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology from 2000 to 2015; and • for promoting the growth of the IEEE Council on Superconductivity and its publications. Acceptance Speech × Acceptance Speech × 2021 Recipient Photo: 2021 Recipient of IEEE Dr. James Wong Award for Continuing and Significant Contributions to Applied Superconductor Materials Technology Amalia Ballarino For continuing and significant contributions in the field of superconductivity materials research, in particular: • for leading successful R&D programs that establish a winning role for HTS and MgB2 superconductors in accelerator applications, the success of which has led to their general acceptance, • for piloting the development of MgB2 wire suitable for cabling and its incorporation into a multi-kA power transmission system operating at 25 K, and for directing the project to industrialize eight such systems for which over 1000 km of wire have been produced, • for promoting fruitful cooperation between research and industry, • for launching R&D activity based on the use of superconductors (Nb-Ti, Nb3Sn, MgB2 and HTS) for future particle accelerators. Acceptance Speech × Acceptance Speech × 2021 Recipient Photo: 2021 Recipient of IEEE CSC Graduate Study Fellowship in Applied Superconductivity Thanatheepan Balachandran His research interest includes modeling ac losses in fully superconducting machines and performing multi-physics optimization to reach better machine performances. He also leads a 10-MW fully superconducting wind turbine study funded by NSF at UIUC. He also works as a Principal Electrical Engineer at Hinetics, focusing on overseeing prototyping efforts and electromagnetic design of MW scale motors. Mr. Balachandran was responsible for prototyping efforts on the UIUC-NASA 1-MW motor including winding qualification and stator assembly/qualification. Acceptance Speech × Acceptance Speech × 2021 Recipient Photo: 2021 Recipient of IEEE CSC Graduate Study Fellowship in Applied Superconductivity Marco Colangelo Marco’s research has been focused on developing devices based on superconducting nanowires. His research was first devoted to improving superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors for applications in classical and quantum communication. He is currently focused on studying the microwave properties of superconducting nanowires and how these can be harnessed to develop ultra-compact electronic devices. The development of a cryogenic microwave electronic platform based on superconducting nanowire might provide a path for scaling up superconducting quantum technology. Acceptance Speech × Acceptance Speech × 2021 Recipient Photo: 2021 Recipient of IEEE CSC Graduate Study Fellowship in Applied Superconductivity Jose Ferradas Troitino His PhD thesis, done both at University of Geneva and CERN, covers two different domains in the field of Applied Superconductivity: Large Scale and Materials, shedding new light into the mechanical behaviour of an accelerator magnet during a quench. Since 2021, he is working in the production of the new Nb3Sn quadrupole magnets (MQXF) for the High-Luminosity upgrade of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN. These will be the first Niobium-Tin magnets ever installed in a particle accelerator. Acceptance Speech × Acceptance Speech × 2021 Recipient Photo: 2021 Recipient of IEEE CSC Graduate Study Fellowship in Applied Superconductivity S. Imam Hossain Over the last few years, Bi-2212 has made profound advancements to become a commercially viable superconductor. My work has shed light on some key current limiting factors in Bi-2212 and opened up an opportunity to improve the performance by addressing these issues. I am grateful to my excellent colleagues at the Applied Superconductivity Center for their support. Acceptance Speech × Acceptance Speech × 2021 Recipient Photo: 2021 Recipient of IEEE CSC Graduate Study Fellowship in Applied Superconductivity Alessandro Miano During the last (third) year of my Ph.D., I was admitted as a Visiting Research Assistant in the Yale Applied Physics Department, where I developed and experimentally characterized a superconducting parametric amplifier with an independent in-situ control of two Hamiltonian coefficients. I firmly believe that the enormous potential of superconducting quantum circuits for the implementation of the future quantum processors has to be exploited by introducing more complicated and sophisticated circuital solutions: as we are now in the ENIAC-era of quantum computing, the path to large-scale quantum processors will be plenty of exciting and challenging tasks! Acceptance Speech × Acceptance Speech × 2021 Recipient Photo: 2021 Recipient of IEEE CSC Graduate Study Fellowship in Applied Superconductivity Hongye Zhang He is currently a research associate with the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at the University of Manchester, working on superconducting electrical machines for future aircraft with zero CO2 emissions in a UK collaboration programme called H2GEAR. His research interests mainly include modelling of high-temperature superconductors, design of superconducting machines, and analysis of high-power electromagnetics. Acceptance Speech × Acceptance Speech × Previous Next
For continuing and significant contributions in the field of large scale applications of superconductivity, in particular: • for leadership over 30 years of magnet design, research and development, procurement, manufacturing and testing of the ITER magnets, a system of unprecedented size, weight and stored energy, • for critical contributions to all aspects of Nb3Sn CICC magnet technology, including the development of new analysis techniques for mechanical, thermal and electrical behavior of large superconducting cables, • for promoting superconducting technology internationally through worldwide collaborations and organization of scientific events.
For sustained leadership and exceptional service to the applied superconductivity community, in particular: • for developing and disseminating widely accepted protocols for the magnetic measurement of alternating-field losses in superconductors; • for leading the superconductor wire characterization program at the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology from 2000 to 2015; and • for promoting the growth of the IEEE Council on Superconductivity and its publications.
For continuing and significant contributions in the field of superconductivity materials research, in particular: • for leading successful R&D programs that establish a winning role for HTS and MgB2 superconductors in accelerator applications, the success of which has led to their general acceptance, • for piloting the development of MgB2 wire suitable for cabling and its incorporation into a multi-kA power transmission system operating at 25 K, and for directing the project to industrialize eight such systems for which over 1000 km of wire have been produced, • for promoting fruitful cooperation between research and industry, • for launching R&D activity based on the use of superconductors (Nb-Ti, Nb3Sn, MgB2 and HTS) for future particle accelerators.
His research interest includes modeling ac losses in fully superconducting machines and performing multi-physics optimization to reach better machine performances. He also leads a 10-MW fully superconducting wind turbine study funded by NSF at UIUC. He also works as a Principal Electrical Engineer at Hinetics, focusing on overseeing prototyping efforts and electromagnetic design of MW scale motors. Mr. Balachandran was responsible for prototyping efforts on the UIUC-NASA 1-MW motor including winding qualification and stator assembly/qualification.
Marco’s research has been focused on developing devices based on superconducting nanowires. His research was first devoted to improving superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors for applications in classical and quantum communication. He is currently focused on studying the microwave properties of superconducting nanowires and how these can be harnessed to develop ultra-compact electronic devices. The development of a cryogenic microwave electronic platform based on superconducting nanowire might provide a path for scaling up superconducting quantum technology.
His PhD thesis, done both at University of Geneva and CERN, covers two different domains in the field of Applied Superconductivity: Large Scale and Materials, shedding new light into the mechanical behaviour of an accelerator magnet during a quench. Since 2021, he is working in the production of the new Nb3Sn quadrupole magnets (MQXF) for the High-Luminosity upgrade of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN. These will be the first Niobium-Tin magnets ever installed in a particle accelerator.
Over the last few years, Bi-2212 has made profound advancements to become a commercially viable superconductor. My work has shed light on some key current limiting factors in Bi-2212 and opened up an opportunity to improve the performance by addressing these issues. I am grateful to my excellent colleagues at the Applied Superconductivity Center for their support.
During the last (third) year of my Ph.D., I was admitted as a Visiting Research Assistant in the Yale Applied Physics Department, where I developed and experimentally characterized a superconducting parametric amplifier with an independent in-situ control of two Hamiltonian coefficients. I firmly believe that the enormous potential of superconducting quantum circuits for the implementation of the future quantum processors has to be exploited by introducing more complicated and sophisticated circuital solutions: as we are now in the ENIAC-era of quantum computing, the path to large-scale quantum processors will be plenty of exciting and challenging tasks!
He is currently a research associate with the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at the University of Manchester, working on superconducting electrical machines for future aircraft with zero CO2 emissions in a UK collaboration programme called H2GEAR. His research interests mainly include modelling of high-temperature superconductors, design of superconducting machines, and analysis of high-power electromagnetics.
