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 Superconductor Industry Person of the Year Awards: Nominations Due November 27

Celebrating the individual who has made the greatest contribution to the development or commercialization of superconductivity in 2006.
 

The Superconductor Industry Person of the Year and Superconductor Industry Lifetime Achievement awards promote science, R&D, business, and markets for technologies involving superconductors. The Awards seek to recognize the individuals making the most significant contribution to the advancement of superconductors this year, and over the course of their career.  Past winners include Venkat Selvamanickam, Alex Malozemoff, Yuh Shiohara, and Seung Hong.

Honor the individual whose work has contributed most to the advancement of low-temperature or high-temperature superconductors in 2006.  Nominees may work in any sector, including science, industry, government, finance, etc. Impact should be measured as a singular achievement or effort in 2006.  A panel of top leaders representing all major fields of superconductivity in science and industry will select the winners.

Download the nomination form or learn more about the awards on the SCIPOY Awards website.

 

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 Superconductor Week Headlines - Issue 2023


Argonne National Lab Controls Spin Without Superconductors
     Exclusive Interview with Roland Winkler of Argonne

  • Argonne Proposes Spin-3/2 System

  • Spin-Orbit Coupling May Have Control Advantages

IGC SuperPower makes 81,550 Amp-meter 2G Wire, 721A Short Sample

     Exclusive Interview with Venkat Selvamanickam at SuperPower

  • 721A/cm Short Wire Produced

  • MOCVD Deposition Speed Improved

  • 203m Long 227A/cm Wire Produced Using All High-Rate Processes

  • SuperPower Says Characteristics of 2G Now Comparable to 1G

Korea Electrotechnology Research Institute Launches $26 Million HTS Magnetic Energy Storage Project

     Exclusive Interview with Ki-Chul Seong of KERI

  • Potential Korean SMES Market Said to Be "Several Tens" of Units

  • AMSC and KERI Adapt 1G Wire to SMES System

LBNL Optical MRI Technology Could Compete with LTS MRI

     Exclusive Interview with Shoujun Xu of LBNL

  • Laser MRI Unlikely to Challenge Most High Field Superconducting MRI

  • Laser MRI Compact and Room Temperature

  • Optical Magnetometer Demonstration Uses Remote Detection

NHMFL to Produce Rare High Quality Superconducting Crystals

     Exclusive Interview with Chris Wiebe of Florida State University

  • Sr2RuO4 Fabrication Successful in New Furnace

  • Furnace Design Allows for Real-Time Monitoring of Crystal Formation

Princeton Plasma Physics Lab Management Contract Up for Bid

  • Princeton Granted 2-Year Extension

AMSC Granted $5.3 Million HTS Motor Contract from U.S. Navy

 

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