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SUMMARY:Superconducting Materials for Engineering Applications - Dr J Durr
 ell\, CUED
DTSTART:20130125T140000Z
DTEND:20130125T150000Z
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CONTACT:Ms Helen Gardner
DESCRIPTION:Although most potted histories of superconductivity focus heav
 ily on their discovery in 1911 as being a key date from an engineering poi
 nt of view it was not until the early 1960s that any engineering materials
 \nwere developed. In the heady days of the late 1980s\, when high temperat
 ure superconductors were discovered\, this was forgotten and the protracte
 d and difficult development period that followed was viewed as evidence of
  failure – a common cycle with discoveries in basic physics that we may 
 be seeing unfolding at present in the case of graphene.\nHowever\, twenty 
 five years on a wide range of practical high temperature superconducting m
 aterials are now available.\n\nIn this talk\, aimed at a general engineeri
 ng audience\, I will outline a brief history of the development of superco
 nductors for engineering applications\, describe the challenging developme
 nt of ceramic superconducting materials into usable products and outline t
 he current work taking place in the bulk superconductivity group.
LOCATION:Oatley Seminar Room\, Department of Engineering
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