Professor David Cardwell FREng |
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Nationality | British |
Fields | Superconducting engineering |
Institutions | University of Cambridge |
Education | University of Warwick |
Alma mater | Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge |
Notable awards | FREng (2012) |
Website bulk-sucon |
David A. Cardwell, FREng, is a British superconducting engineer. He is a professor of superconducting engineering, head of the University of Cambridge Department of Engineering, co-director of the KACST-Cambridge Research Centre and a fellow of Fitzwilliam College. In 2012, Cardwell was elected as a fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering.
Cardwell studied at the University of Warwick (BSc 1983, PhD 1987). He is a fellow of the Institute of Physics and the Institution of Engineering and Technology.
Professor Cardwell's research interests include the processing, modelling and characterisation of bulk superconductors for high-field engineering applications. Materials of particular interest include high-temperature superconductors within the (RE)BCO family and MgB2. He has authored or co-authored more than 350 published papers.