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Nationality
  
British

Fields
  
Superconductivity

Name
  
David Cardwell


Notable awards
  
FREng (2012)

Education
  
University of Warwick

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Institutions
  
University of Cambridge

Alma mater
  
Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge

Institution
  
University of Cambridge

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David A. Cardwell, FREng, is a British superconducting engineer. He is a professor of superconducting engineering, head of the University of Cambridge Department of Engineering, co-director of the KACST-Cambridge Research Centre and a fellow of Fitzwilliam College. In 2012, Cardwell was elected as a fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering.

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Education

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Cardwell studied at the University of Warwick (BSc 1983, PhD 1987). He is a fellow of the Institute of Physics and the Institution of Engineering and Technology.

Degrees

  • DSc, Warwick University, 2015
  • ScD, University of Cambridge, 2014
  • MA, University of Cambridge, 1995
  • PhD, Warwick University, 1987
  • BSc, Warwick University, 1983
  • Research interests

    Professor Cardwell's research interests include the processing, modelling and characterisation of bulk superconductors for high-field engineering applications. Materials of particular interest include high-temperature superconductors within the (RE)BCO family and MgB2. He has authored or co-authored more than 350 published papers.

    Current positions

  • Head of the University of Cambridge Department of Engineering
  • Technical Coordinator of Cambridge Boeing Collaboration
  • Co-director of the KACST-Cambridge Research Centre
  • Treasurer of the European Society for Applied Superconductivity
  • Member of the Advisory Board of Superconductor Science and Technology
  • Advisor to the Prime Minister on Advanced Materials
  • Distinctions

  • Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering
  • Fellow of the Institute of Physics
  • Fellow of the IET
  • Prizes

  • The Society of Automotive Engineering (SAE) Arch T. Colwell Merit Award, 2008
  • PASREG prize for excellence in the processing of bulk superconductors, 2001
  • References

    David Cardwell Wikipedia