Professor Moises Levy, Chairman of the IEEE Council on Superconductivity (IEEE/CSC), and Dr. Harold Weinstock, Chairman of the Applied Superconductivity Conference 2000, are proud to announce the first recipients of the IEEE/CSC Awards for Significant and Continuing Contributions to Applied Superconductivity.  Chosen by a committee of their peers, the honorees have each contributed significantly and consistently to applied superconductivity over at least a period of twenty years and are still actively engaged in the field. (See the Awards Process)

From left: Professor Kyoji Tachikawa, Dr. Harold Weinstock, Dr. Martin Nisenoff, Dr. Arnold Silver, Professor David Larbalestier, Dr. Martin Wilson, Dr. John Stekly, and Professor Moises Levy.  Award recipient Professor Theodore Van Duzer not shown.

RECIPIENTS
(alphabetically)

Professor David Larbalestier
University of Wisconsin

For significant and continuing contributions in the field of superconductive materials: leading to the identification of microstructural features that resulted in dramatic increases in the superconducting critical current density: in particular, for the identification and optimization of magnetic flux pinning centers and the identification and minimization of deleterious defects in superconducting wires and tapes.

Dr. Martin Nisenoff
retired, formerly Naval Research Laboratory

For long and continuous service to the superconductivity community as a scientist, program manager, activist and statesman; elected three times to Applied Superconductivity Conference board, long-standing member of IEEE's Committee on Superconductivity; three-decade career spanning activities in Josephson junctions, SQUID applications, HTS filters, and cryocoolers.

Dr. Arnold Silver
retired, formerly TRW

For significant and continuing contributions in the field of superconductive electronics, both as a researcher and as an R&D manager, including the invention of the superconductive Quantum Interference Device (SQUID) which resulted in the development of ultra-sensitive magnetic sensors and is the basic building block for superconductive digital technology, for inventing numerous other superconducting analog and digital circuits and subsystems, and for outstanding insight in promoting the use of superconducting electronics in scientific, military and commercial applications.

Dr. John Stekly
Retired, Intermagnetics General Corporation

For significant and continuing contributions in the field of superconducting magnet systems, and devices, in particular the pioneering work in understanding, quantifying, and applying the engineering thermal stability requirements of superconducting magnets operating in boiling liquid helium, which is commonly known as the "Stekly Criterion."

Professor Kyoji Tachikawa
Tokai University

For significant and continuing contributions in the field of superconducting materials: in particular, the pioneering research in innovative and intelligent materials processing techniques for the formation of superconducting wires and tapes, leading to the development of new high-field superconductors that incorporates useful intermetallic compounds.

Professor Theodore Van Duzer
University of California at Berkeley

For significant and continuing contributions in the field of superconducting electronics as a researcher, educator, and mentor, in particular for directing numerous innovative research projects in superconductive device and circuit concepts, for mentoring many students who have become the core of the US activity in superconductive electronics, for his co-authorship of the standard textbook on superconductive devices, for serving as the founding Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity, and for his enthusiastic support to the establishing, and frequently chairing, various conferences, workshops and study groups promoting the growth of the superconductive electronics technology.

Dr. Martin Wilson
Oxford Instruments Plc

For significant and continuing contributions in the field of large-scale superconductive applications, in particular, the pioneering research leading to the fundamental principles of superconducting magnet design and execution, for his documentation and explanation of these concepts and calculations pertaining to, for example, magnetization, minimum quench energy, quench development, etc., concisely presented in his book on superconducting magnets, and in recognition of his leadership of outstanding forefront scientific and engineering teams involved in applied superconductivity in research laboratories and industry, for example, the development of Rutherford cable and the Helios synchrotron X-ray source.