Superconductor Week

Superconductor Industry Awards for 2010

In 2010 Superconductor Week will once again be presenting the Superconductor Industry Awards to recognize the individuals who have made significant contributions to the development and commercialization of superconductor technologies.  Two awards are presented: the Superconductor Industry Person of the Year (SCIPOY) Award and the Superconductor Industry Lifetime Achievement Award (SCILAA).  The awards' mission to is promoting science, R&D, business, and markets for superconductors, and they are determined by a panel of seven leading experts in science and industry from around the world working in every field of superconductivity.  This year's panel includes:

Amalio Ballarino - CERN, 2006 SCIPOY Winner
David Larbalestier - National High Magnetic Field Lab
Yuh Shiohara - International Superconductivity Technology Center
Jens Mueller - Zenergy Power
Steve Eckroad - Electric Power Research Institute
Joseph Minervini - MIT/Plasma Science & Fusion Center
Hideo Hosono - Tokyo Institute of Technology

Superconductor Industry Person of the Year 2010 Award

Superconductor Week will reintroduce the award celebrating the individual who has made the greatest contribution to the development or commercialization of superconductivity in 2010.  This is your chance to honor the individual whose work has contributed to the advancement of either low-temperature or high-temperature superconductors.  The nominee may work in any sector, including science, industry, government, finance, etc. Impact should be measured as a singular achievement or effort in 2010.

Download a nomination form:   

SCIPOY Nomination Form (107 KB)  13-Apr-2011

 
Anyone may make a nomination, so please tell your colleagues and co-workers.  

Nominations will be judged on the basis at least one of the following four criteria:

     1.        Achievement in science, technology, or business
     2.        Advocacy in institutions, government, or industry
     3.        Leadership/vision that assisted others in the advancement of the technology
     4.        Promotion of the technology to outside the field
 
The award was last presented in 2006 to Dr. Amalia Ballarino, Project Leader for the HTS current leads for the Large Hadron Collider at CERN.  Dr. Ballarino solved the engineering challenge of how to transport large amounts of electricity without introducing large amounts of heat generated from electrical resistance and thermal conductivity, and the current leads developed by under her have contributed to tremendous savings in the amount of expended for cryogenic refrigeration of CERN’s massive magnets systems, which operate in the realm of just a few Kelvin.  

DEADLINE: Please submit your nomination by June 1, 2011.  Nominations may be submitted by email to: scipoy@superconductorweek.com.
 

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Nominations Open for Lifetime Achievement Award
 
Superconductor Week is also calling for nominations for the Superconductor Industry Lifetime Achievement Award.  The Superconductor Industry Lifetime Achievement Award recognizes the individuals who have made important contributions toward the development, commercialization, and promotion of superconductor technologies over the course of their career. 

 

SCILAA Nomination Form (108 KB)  13-Apr-2011

Anyone may make a nomination, so please tell your colleagues and co-workers.  

The Superconductor Industry Lifetime Achievement Award of the year is awarded for work in both high- and low-Tc superconductor technologies.  All areas of applications are included, from established industries such as MRI to emerging ones such as power devices and communications.  

The award reflects a vision that strong international collaboration is essential to the commercial success of advanced technologies.  Further, it advocates that both local and global markets are drivers for investment in R&D, and the role of governments and institutions in shaping and catalyzing these markets though advocacy, legislation, private investment, and public funding should be considered.  As such, the award is fully international, and nominations are considered from every nation with science and industry in superconductivity.  

The Lifetime Achievement Award was last presented in 2006 to Dr. James Daley, who retired at the end of that year as head of the DOE’s HTS Program in the Office of Electricity. Dr. Daley is recognized as a champion of cooperative partnerships between government and industry and for his strong support for research and development. Dr. Daley was also noted for his leadership at a series of HTS Wire Development Workshops.
 
DEADLINE: Please submit your nomination June 1, 2011.  Nominations may be submitted by email to: scipoy@superconductorweek.com.