Welcome to the Second Issue of the IEEE CSC Newsletter!
Dear Colleagues,
As we approach the end of 2014, I near the end of my 4-year tenure as President of the IEEE Council on Superconductivity (CSC). The Council has come a long way since its founding, first as an IEEE Technical Committee established by Ted Van Duzer and then as a Council established by Moises Levy. We owe its present success to the many dedicated volunteers who have built on the solid foundations laid by Ted and Moises.
Our flagship has been the Transactions on Applied Superconductivity, but we have added many other activities, from technical and service awards to student support through travel grants and graduate study fellowships, to a continuing and successful roster of distinguished lecturers and a budding activity in IEEE standards.
In line with new methods of communication and education through media, we have begun producing and making available video transcripts of key presentations at conferences. This started with the Special Session on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Josephson Effect at the 2012 Applied Superconductivity Conference (ASC) and will continue – with videos to be posted in a few months – with all the plenary presentations at the 2014 ASC, as well as the presentations from the special sessions on the 50th anniversaries of SQUIDs and of NbTi.
To carry CSC forward, a continuous refreshment of vision and leadership is needed. It will be my distinct pleasure to welcome, on January 1, 2015, Antonio della Corte as our Council’s new President, signaling a new era confirming the international reach of IEEE CSC and continuing improvement in our service to the superconductivity community. Please join me in welcoming Antonio and working with him to realize our vision for an expanded and truly international CSC.
Introducing the Redesigned IEEE CSC Website!
We are happy to announce the redesigned CSC website! Visit it here (ieeecsc.org)!
IEEE CSC AdCom Meeting - August 9th, 2014
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The IEEE Council on Superconductivity Administrative Committee (AdCom) Meeting took place on August 9th, 2014 in Charlotte, NC, USA.
The annual CSC AdCom meeting ran from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm on August 9th. The AdCom discussed a wide range of CSC Activities including Awards, Publications, Conferences, etc.
The CSC AdCom voted and approved revised versions of the IEEE Council on Superconductivity Constitution and ByLaws. You can view them here: http://ieeecsc.org/pages/bylaws-constitution. Along with the approval of the revised governing documents, the CSC AdCom approved an updated Field of Interest. The IEEE CSC Field of Interest now reads: the field of interest of the Council and its activities and programs shall be to cover the science and technology of superconductors and their applications, including materials and their applications for electronics, magnetics, and power systems, where the superconductor properties are central to the application.
The meeting was very successful and concluded with a very nice dinner event at Fleming's Steakhouse.
PHOTOGRAPH OF IEEE COUNCIL ON SUPERCONDUCTIVITY ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE (ADCOM) TAKEN DURING 2014 APPLIED SUPERCONDUCTIVITY CONFERENCE (AUGUST 2014)
Front Row (left to right): John W. Spargo, Antonio della Corte, Elie K. Track, Lance Cooley, Kathleen M. Amm, Arnaud Devred, and Matthew C. Jewell. Second Row (left to right): Sasha Ishmael, John X. Przybysz Sr., Robert L. Fagaly, Catherine P. Foley, Martin Nisenoff, Nathan Newman, and Justin Schwartz. Back Row (left to right): Alan W. Kleinsasser, Samuel P. Benz, Ronald Goldfarb, Michael A. Green, Susan D. Butler, Barry P. Valder, Moises Levy, and Daniel E. Oates
The CSC AdCom dinner took place at Fleming's Steakhouse in Charlotte, NC
CSC AdCom members enjoying the AdCom Dinner
CSC AdCom members, Barry Valder (left) and Michael Parizh (right) at the CSC AdCom Dinner
CSC Senior Vice President and President-Elect, Antonio della Corte (left) and CSC Secretary, Sasha Ishmael (right) at the CSC AdCom Dinner
IEEE Fellow Pinning Ceremony at IEEE CSC AdCom Dinner
At the IEEE Council on Superconductivity AdCom Dinner on August 9th at Fleming's Steakhouse in Charlotte, NC, John Prysbysz, Chair of the CSC Fellows Committee, pinned this year's IEEE Fellows from CSC, Elie Track and Nathan Newman. CSC was honored to recognize Elie's and Nathan's prestigious accomplishment.
IEEE Fellow is a distinction reserved for select IEEE members whose extraordinary accomplishments in any of the IEEE fields of interest are deemed fitting of this prestigious grade elevation. As it stands today, the IEEE Grade of Fellow is conferred by the Board of Directors upon a person with an extraordinary record of accomplishments in any of the IEEE fields of interest. The total number selected in any one year does not exceed one-tenth of one percent of the total voting Institute membership. Each new Fellow receives a beautifully matted and framed certificate with the name of the Fellow and a brief citation describing the accomplishment, a congratulatory letter from the incoming IEEE president and a gold sterling silver Fellow lapel pin with antique finish. For more information on the IEEE Fellow Program, visit: http://www.ieee.org/membership_services/membership/fellows/index.html.
Congratulations again to Elie Track and Nathan Newman!
CSC Fellows Committee Chair, John Prysbysz, presents the Fellows with their IEEE Fellows Pin
IEEE Fellows, Nathan Newman (left) and Elie Track (right)
CSC Fellows Committee Chair, John Prysbysz, pinning IEEE Fellow, Elie Track
CSC Fellows Committee Chair, John Prysbysz, pinning IEEE Fellow, Nathan Newman
Marty Nisenoff (CSC Vice President, Awards and Recognition), Nathan Newman (IEEE Fellow), Elie Track (CSC President and IEEE Fellow), John Prysbysz (CSC Fellows Committee Chair)
Awards Presented at ASC 2014
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IEEE Council on Superconductivity Presents Awards, Prizes, and Fellowships during the 2014 Applied Superconductivity Conference
The IEEE Council on Superconductivity presents awards, prizes, and fellowships each year to members of the applied superconductivity community in order to recognize outstanding contributions in the field of applied superconductivity by senior researchers, engineers and managers, and to encourage outstanding graduate students to continue their careers in superconductivity. The presentations are made at international conferences on applied superconductivity associated with the IEEE Council on Superconductivity. In 2014, these awards and recognitions were made during the 2014 Applied Superconductivity Conference (ASC 2014) that was held in Charlotte, NC (USA) from the 10th through the 15th of August.
IEEE Awards In the Field of Applied Superconductivity
The IEEE Council on Superconductivity presents awards to senior members of the community for their continuing and significant contributions to the field of applied superconductivity over an extended period of time. The IEEE Award for Continuing and Significant Contributions to The Field of Applied Superconductivity recognizes significant contributions to the advancement and maturing of both small-scale and large-scale applications of superconductivity. In 2014, this Award for contributions to small-scale applications, was presented to Catherine P. Foley (CSIRO (Australia)), and Kent D. Irwin (Stanford University (USA)), while the Awards for large-scale applications were presented to Arnaud Devred (ITER International Organization (France)), Bruce Gamble (AMSC (USA)), E. Trifon Laskaris (GE Global Research Center (USA)), and Justin Schwartz (North Carolina State University (USA)).
This year a new award, named after Dr. James Wong, who in 2011 received the IEEE Award for Continuing and Significant Contributions in the Field of Applied Superconductivity in the area of materials research, was presented by the IEEE Council on Superconductivity. After receiving his award, Dr. Wong offered to endow an IEEE award in applied superconductor materials technology. This award, which is known as The IEEE Dr. James Wong Award for Continuing and Significant Contributions to Applied Superconductor Materials Technology, was presented for the first time to Peter J. Lee (Florida State University (USA)), and to Venkat Selvamanickam (University of Houston (USA)).
The third award presented by the Council on Superconductivity was The IEEE Max Swerdlow Award for Sustained Service to the Applied Superconductivity Community, which recognizes individuals who over a career have played a role in organizing and managing large industrial or government programs in applied superconductivity applications. This year, the Swerdlow Award was presented to Paul C. W. Chu (University of Houston (USA)), and Harold Weinstock (Air Force Office of Scientific Research (USA)). It is interesting to note that Harold Weinstock presently holds the position at the US Air Force Office of Scientific Research that was previously held by the late Max Swerdlow, for whom this award was named.
The three awards described above, each carry with them a suitably engraved plaque, a niobium medallion two inches in diameter suitably inscribed, and an honorarium of US$ 5,000.
The fourth award presented by the Council on Superconductivity in 2014 was The IEEE Carl H. Rosner Entrepreneurship Award, which recognizes young entrepreneurs active in exploiting superconductivity while they are still growing their businesses to encourage others to follow in their path. The recipient of this award in 2014 is Christopher M. Rey (Energy-2-Power[E2P] (USA)). The Rosner Award consists of an engraved plaque, a niobium medallion two inches in diameter, and an honorarium of US $ 2,500.
In Figure 1, the recipients of these several IEEE Awards presented during the 2014 Applied Superconductivity Conference are shown with officers from the IEEE Council on Superconductivity.
For additional information about these Award and previous recipients, please go to the following URL: ieeecsc.org/awards
Fig. 1. 2014 Recipients of three IEEE Awards in the Field of Applied Superconductivity are shown with officers from the Council on Superconductivity. In the front row, from left to right, are Martin Nisenoff (CSC Vice President, Awards and Recognitions), Catherine P. Foley, Paul C. W. Chu, Harold Weinstock, Peter J. Lee and Venkat Selvamanickam. In the back row, from left to right, is Antonio della Corte (CSC Senior Vice President), Arnaud Devred, Christopher M. Rey, Justin Schwartz, Bruce Gamble and Kent D. Irwin. Another recipient, E. Trifon Laskaris was not present when this photograph was taken
IEEE Council on Superconductivity Van Duzer Prize
The IEEE Council on Superconductivity sponsors the Van Duzer Prize, which is awarded to the best contributed paper published in IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity during each volume year. The objective of this prize is to encourage authors to prepare well-written and comprehensive contributions that may have exceptional archival values. The authors of the selected papers receive an inscribed certificate and an honorarium of US$ 1,000, which, if there are multiple authors, is divided among the authors.
There was a tie for the selection of The Van Duzer Prize paper for 2012. One of the 2012 Van Duzer Prize papers was entitled:
“A Hierarchical Three-Dimensional Multiscale Electro–Magneto–Thermal
Model of Quenching inRE-Ba2Cu3O7−δ Coated-Conductor-Based Coils”
which was published in IEEE Trans on Appl. Superconductivity, vol. 22, no. 5, October 2013, Paper 4706010, and was co-authored by Wan Kan Chan and Justin Schwartz (North Carolina State University (USA)).
The other paper selected for the 2012 Van Duzer Prize was entitled:
"Correlation Between In-Plane Grain Orientation and the Reversible
Strain Effect on Flux Pinning in RE-Ba2Cu3O7−δ Coated Conductors"
which was published in IEEE Trans. Appl. Superconductivity, vol. 22, no. 1, February 2012, Paper 8400707, and was co-authored by D. C. van der Laan and J. F. Douglas (Advanced Conductor Technologies (USA)), L. F. Goodrich (National Institute of Standards and Technology (USA)), R. Semerad (ceraco ceramic coating GmbH (Germany)), and M. Bauer (THEVA Dünnschichttechnik GmbH (Germany)).
The Van Duzer Prize paper for 2013 was entitled:
"Enhanced Quench Propagation in Bi2Sr2CaCu2Ox and YBa2Cu3O7−x Coils
via a Nanoscale Doped-Titania-Based Thermally Conducting Electrical Insulator”
which was published in the IEEE Trans. Appl. Superconductivity, vol. 23, no. 5, October 2013, Paper 7201311, and co-authored by Sasha Ishmael, Haojun Luo, Frank Hunte, X. T. Liu, John F. Muth, Natalia Mandzy, Golsa Naderi, Liyang Ye, and Justin Schwartz (all from the North Carolina State University (USA)), and by Marvis White, Natalia Mandzy, and Andrew T. Hunt, (all from nGimat ( USA)).
Fig. 2. Photograph of the authors of The Van Duzer Prize papers for 2012 and 2013 shown with officers from the IEEE Council on Superconductivity. Shown from left to right, are Martin Nisenoff (CSC Vice President, Awards and Recognition), Wan Kan Chan, Liyang Ye, Golsa Naderi, Sasha Ishmael, Justin Schwartz, Danko C. van der Laan, Markus Bauer, and Alan Kleinsasser (CSC Vice President, Publications). Authors of Van Duzer Prize papers who were not present when the photograph was taken include: J. F. Douglas, L. F. Goodrich, Robert Semerad, Haojun Luo, John F. Muth, Marvis White, Natalia Mandzy, Andrew T. Hunt, Frank Hunte, and X. T. Liu
IEEE Graduate Study Fellowships in Applied Superconductivity
The IEEE Council on Superconductivity Graduate Study Fellowship in Applied Superconductivity is awarded annually to full-time graduate students pursuing a PhD (or equivalent) degree in the area of applied superconductivity at an accredited college or university, with the intent of encouraging students to enter and contribute to the field of applied superconductivity. The recipients of the IEEE Graduate Study Fellowships receive an inscribed certificate, and an honorarium of US$ 5,000.
The 2014 recipients of the IEEE Graduate Study Fellowships in small-scale applications of superconductivity are Xizhu Peng (Yokohama National University (Japan)), and Xiaohang Zhang (University of Colorado Boulder (USA)). The 2014 recipient in the field of materials technology is Golsa Naderi (North Carolina State University (USA)), and the 2014 recipients of the IEEE CSC Graduate Study Fellowships in large-scale applications are Emmanuele Ravaioli (University of Twente (The Netherlands)), Nathaniel Allen (Tufts University (USA)), and Roberto Bonifetto (Politecnico di Torino (Italy)).
For additional information about the IEEE Council on Superconductivity Graduate Study Fellowships, please go to the following URL: ieeecsc.org/awards/ieee-csc-fellowship-award.
Fig. 3. Photograph of 2014 recipients of IEEE Council on Superconductivity Graduate Study Fellowships in Applied Superconductivity shown with officers from IEEE Council on Superconductivity. Shown from left to right are Martin Nisenoff (CSC Vice President, Awards and Recognition), Xizhu Peng, Xiaohang Zhang, Golsa Naderi, Emmanuele Ravaioli, Nathaniel Allen, and Kathleen Amm (Chair, CSC Graduate Study Fellowship Committee). Roberto Bonifetto, another recipient of a 2014 IEEE Graduate Study Fellowship, was not present when the photograph was taken.
Additional Award Photographs Taken at ASC 2014
PHOTOGRAPH OF CURRENT AND PAST RECIPIENTS OF IEEE COUNCIL ON SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AWARDS IN THE FIELD OF APPLIED SUPERCONDUCTIVITY TAKEN DURING 2014 APPLIED SUPERCONDUCTIVITY CONFERENCE
Front Row (left to right): Herman H. J. ten Kate, Fernand D. Bedard, Harold Weinstock, Paul C. W. Chu, and Arnold H. Silver. Second Row from Front (left to right): Alfred D. McInturff, Martin Nisenoff, Catherine P. Foley, Rene Flükiger, Herbert C. Freyhardt, Yukikazu Iwasa, E. Trifon Laskaris, and David C. Larbalestier. Third Row from Front (left to right): Lucio Rossi, Stuart Berkowitz, Horst Rogalla, Vassili K. Semenov, Peter J. Lee, Joseph V. Minervini, Alexis P. Malozemoff, and Terry Grimm. Back Row (left to right): Antonio della Corte (CSC Senior Vice President), John Clarke, Arnaud Devred, Christopher M. Rey, Danko van der Laan, Justin Schwartz, Bruce Gamble, Kent D. Irwin, and Venkat Selvamanickam
PHOTOGRAPH OF CURRENT AND PAST RECIPIENTS OF IEEE CSC CARL. H. ROSNER ENTREPRENEURSHIP AWARD TAKEN DURING 2014 APPLIED SUPERCONDUCTIVITY CONFERENCE (Left to right): Robert L. Fagaly (Chair, Rosner Award Committee), Christopher M. Rey (Rosner Award 2014), Stuart J. Berkowitz (Rosner Award 2012), and Terry L. Grimm (Rosner Award 2010)
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