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SUMMARY:Superconductors are not just for MRI - Professor David Cardwell\, 
 Head of Department of Engineering\, University of Cambridge
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CONTACT:Paul Ireland
DESCRIPTION:A free public lecture at Madingley Hall by Professor David Car
 dwell.\n\nThe discovery of the so-called High Temperature Superconductors 
 in 1987\, which are able to conduct very high electrical currents and henc
 e generate extremely high magnetic fields at liquid nitrogen temperatures\
 , was heralded as the most significant scientific breakthrough since the d
 iscovery of the transistor. This talk will describe in a substantially non
 -mathematical way the properties of these remarkable materials\, their man
 ufacture and their potential for engineering applications\, which include 
 frictionless bearings\, energy storage systems\, MRI and high field perman
 ent magnets.\n\nDavid Cardwell is Professor of Superconducting Engineering
  and Co-Director of the KACST-Cambridge Research Centre. He is also Head o
 f the Engineering Department. Under Prof. Cardwell's leadership the Bulk S
 uperconductor research group at Cambridge works on the processing and appl
 ications of bulk high temperature superconductors\, which can be used to g
 enerate very high magnetic fields. He has authored over 330 technical pape
 rs and patents. Professor Cardwell has been a Fellow of Fitzwilliam Colleg
 e since 1993. He is actively involved in the recruitment of overseas under
 graduates for the sciences\, and particularly from the Far East. \n\n*Book
 ing*\n\nAdvance booking is required as places are limited:\n\n"Book your p
 lace online":https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/superconductors-are-not-just-f
 or-mri-tickets-16295338797
LOCATION:Institute of Continuing Education\, Madingley Hall
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