For outstanding and sustained contributions in the field of superconducting materials and conductors; in particular:
for his early work on the role of dislocations and precipitates on flux pinning in low temperature superconducting materials
for the development of innovative powder metallurgical technologies
for the processing of A-15 superconductors
for pioneering the use of Ion- Beam-Assisted-Deposition (IBAD) techniques for the preparation of YBCO tapes and coated conductors and encouraging programs for the development of coated conductor employing yttrium-barium-copper-oxide (YBCO) technology, and
for playing an important role in organizing many very influential workshops on flux pinning and processing of low and high temperature superconductors and, subsequently, chairing the initial European Conference on Applied Superconductivity (EUCAS)