Kozo Osamura - 2019 recipient of IEEE Dr. James Wong Award for Continuing and Significant Contributions to Applied Superconductor Materials Technology

For continuing and significant contributions in the field of superconductivity materials research, in particular:
• for his development of new techniques to determine the local strain in technical superconductors;
• for advancing the understanding of the impact of strain on superconductor properties, for introducing new methods to improve the mechanical properties of superconducting composites; and,
• for his leading role in the creation of international standards for superconducting materials technology.