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More Endorsements of Alex Malozemoff
“Alex
Malozemoff stands at the head of our field. Superconductor Week’s
Person of the Year award is fitting indeed!” said
David Larbalestier, Director, Applied
Superconductivity Center, L.V. Shubnikov Professor, David
Grainger Professor of Superconductivity, Department of Materials Science
and Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
“Alex has been a
vital member of the high temperature superconductor community since the
very beginning in 1987, continued Larbalestier, “and the impact of both
his scientific and technological work is without peer. Many at AMSC and
elsewhere have contributed to the success of the company and the vision
that HTS can come to market in an enduring way. But underpinning all is
the fact that the commercialization of a highly complex materials
science must go right! It requires deep scientific
understanding, great energy, great belief, and a steadfast commitment.
Alex has
been in the HTS field from its very beginning, at AMSC since 1991 and he
is a vital part of the technical leadership of the whole field.”
Jacques Jouaire, Vice
President, Research and Development, Electricité de France (EDF),
commented: “Having the opportunity to collaborate for several years with
Alex in the frame of an AMSC/EDF partnership, I have had a good
opportunity to appreciate his capabilities. I deeply value his work
structuring the development roadmap of 2G HTS wire, and his methodical
approach to overcoming all technical obstacles, allowing his team to
reach successfully targeted milestones. Also, Alex has a special talent
for explaining things and convincing his audience. His faith in the
continuous progress of superconductor performance is based on an
outstanding knowledge of material science and applied technology.”
Paul
Grant, Principal, W2AGZ Technologies, who worked on the EPRI/AMSC
alliance that resulted in AMSC’s commitment to metal-organic deposition
(MOD) approach for fabricating 2G wire, commented: “Alex’s work builds
off the great fathers of coated conductor science: Mike Cima, Amit Goyal,
Parans Paranthaman, Steve Foltyn, and Paul Arendt. But without Alex’s
pioneering effort leading to AMSC’s early participation in coated
conductors (Alex actually coined the term), there would be no U.S.
program today that has commercial promise, the national lab efforts
notwithstanding. At AMSC, Alex’s main contributions have been to steer
their technology program—especially coated conductors—and maintain
guardianship of their extensive patent portfolio.”
Heinz-Werner
Neumueller, Power Components &
Superconductivity, Siemens AG, commented:
“I have known
Alex since the beginning of HTS research activities in 1987, when he
published first substantial basic work on flux creep in HTS materials.
During his career at AMSC he strongly pushed forward both the basic
understanding of HTS materials and the practical application for devices
of power engineering. His recent engagement in the field of 2G wires
has paved the way for a marketable HTS technology in the future.”
Malozemoff earned a Ph.D.
in Materials Science Engineering from Stanford University 1970. He
earned a B.A Summa Cum Laude in Chemistry and Physics at Harvard
University in 1966.
Note: For a
comprehensive update on 2G HTS wire technology and programs, plus an
assessment relating to manufacturing scale-up,
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