David Cardwell

David A. Cardwell, FREng, is a British superconducting engineer.[1] He is a professor of superconducting engineering, Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Strategy and Planning at the University of Cambridge, former head of the University of Cambridge Department of Engineering, co-director of the KACST-Cambridge Research Centre and a fellow of Fitzwilliam College.[2] In 2012, Cardwell was elected as a fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering.[3]

Professor David Cardwell
FREng
NationalityBritish
EducationUniversity of Warwick
Alma materFitzwilliam College, Cambridge
AwardsFREng (2012)
Scientific career
FieldsSuperconducting engineering
InstitutionsUniversity of Cambridge
Websitebulk-sucon.eng.cam.ac.uk/dc135/

Education

Cardwell studied at the University of Warwick (BSc 1983, PhD 1987).[2] He is a fellow of the Institute of Physics and the Institution of Engineering and Technology.[2]

Degrees
  • DSc, Warwick University, 2015
  • ScD, University of Cambridge, 2014
  • MA, University of Cambridge, 1995
  • PhD, Warwick University, 1987
  • BSc, Warwick University, 1983[4]

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.[5] He has authored or co-authored more than 370 published papers.[6]

Current positions
  • Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Strategy & Planning)
  • 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

Distinctions

Prizes
  • The Society of Automotive Engineering (SAE) Arch T. Colwell Merit Award, 2008[7]
  • PASREG prize for excellence in the processing of bulk superconductors, 2001[8]

See also

References
  1. BBC (2010). "Today: Friday 9th July". Retrieved 12 December 2014.
  2. University of Cambridge (2014). "Prof. David Cardwell FREng". Retrieved 12 December 2014.
  3. Royal Academy of Engineering (2012). "List of Fellows - Cardwell, Professor David FREng". Retrieved 12 December 2014.
  4. http://bulk-sucon.eng.cam.ac.uk/dc135/
  5. University of Cambridge (2015). "David Cardwell Department of Engineering". Retrieved 19 March 2015.
  6. http://www3.eng.cam.ac.uk/research_db/publications/dc135
  7. http://www.engii.org/scet2013/ShowOrganizerDetails.aspx?personID=2152
  8. http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/newsandevents/pressreleases/ballet_opera_tv/
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