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David Cardwell

David A. Cardwell, FREng, is a British superconducting engineer. He is a Professor of Superconducting Engineering, former Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Strategy and Planning at the University of Cambridge (2018-2024), former head of the University of Cambridge Department of Engineering (2014-2018), former 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.

Education

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 370 published papers.

Current position

  • Visiting Professor at the University of Hong Kong
  • Adjunct Professor at the Shanghai University of Science and Technology
  • Member of the Hong Kong Government University Grants Committee
  • Treasurer of the European Society for Applied Superconductivity
  • Member of the Advisory Board of Superconductor Science and Technology
  • Chairman of the Thomas School Development Steering Committee (Ambright Education Group)

Distinctions

Prizes

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

See also

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