Graduate Theses Supervised by David C. Larbalestier at the Applied Superconductivity Center

(i) Ph. D.:

1.   David G. Hawksworth, "The Upper Critical Field and High Field Critical Current of Niobium-Titanium and Niobium-Titanium Based Alloys," (1981)

2.   David B. Smathers, "Compositional Analysis of Diffused Nb₃Sn Layers (1982)

3.   David L. Moffat, "Phase Transformations in the Titanium-Niobium Binary Alloy System (1985)

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4.   William H. Warnes, "The Resistive Critical Current Transition in Composite Superconductors," (1986)

5.   Kenneth R. Marken, "Characterization Studies of Bronze-Process Filamentary Nb₃Sn Composites (1986)

6.   Christoph Meingast, "Flux Pinning by ΔH_c and ΔΚ Mechanisms in Nb-Ti Superconductors," (1988)

7.   Henry Muller, "The Upper Critical Field of Niobium-Titanium Alloys," (1990)

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8.   Manfred Daeumling, "Superconducting Magnetic Properties and Granularity in Single and Polycrystalline (Y,Dy)Ba₂Cu₃O_7-d," (1990)

9.   James McKinnell, "Flux Pinning in Superconducting Nb-Ti Alloys" (1990)

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10.Jeffrey M. Seuntjens, "Understanding Weak Links Through the Processing of (RE) Ba₂Cu₃O_7-d," (1990)

11.João Vargas, "The Critical Current Density of Y Ba₂Cu₃O_7-d Single Crystals," (1992)

12.Lance D. Cooley, "The Scaling Rule and Fluxon Core Pinning in a High Field Superconductor with Artificially Introduced Pins," (1993)

13.George Stejic, "The Mean-Field Flux Pinning Theory," (1993)

14.Laura J. Bonney, "Microstructural Dependence of Critical Current Densities in the SnMo₆S₈ Chevrel Phase Superconductor," (1994)

15.Paul D. Jablonski, "A Novel Powder Metallurgy Technique for Producing Artificial Pinning Centers in Nb-Ti Superconductors," (1994)

16.Harry S. Edelman, "Current Limiting Mechanisms in Bi₂Sr₂CaCu₂O_x Superconducting Tapes" (1995)

17.Jyh-Lih Wang, "Study of Current Limiting Mechanisms in Bi-Sr-Ca-Cu-O Superconducting Tapes by Electromagnetic and Microstructural Characterization of Bulk-Scale Bicrystals," (1996).

18.Nina Heinig, "The Strong-to-Weak Coupling Transition in Low Misorientation Angle Thin Film and Bulk YBa₂Cu₃O_7-d Bicrystals", (1996)

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19.Erik Kadyrov, "Critical Currents in Superconducting Thin Films and Tapes", (1996)

20.Michael Field, "Electromagnetic Properties of Melt-textured YBa₂Cu₃O_7-d Bicrystals of General Misorientation," (1996)

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21.Jeff Parrell, "The Materials Processing, Connectivity, Flux Pinning, and Critical Current Density of Ag-Clad (Bi,Pb)₂Sr₂Ca₂Cu₃O_x Superconducting Tapes," (1996).

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22.Robert Heussner, "Flux Pinning in Superconducting Nb-Ti Wires with Nb Artificial Pinning Centers," (1998).

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23.Alex Pashitski, "Investigation of Magnetic Flux Distribution and Current Flow in High Temperature Superconductors by Means of Magneto-optical Imaging," (1998).

24.Matthew Feldmann, "Current flow in YBa₂Cu₃O_x Deformation Textured Coated Conductors" (2001).

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25.Michael Naus, "Optimization of Internal-Sn Nb₃Sn Composites," (2002).

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26.Valeria Braccini, "Superconducting Behavior of Bulk MgB₂:Dependence of Critical Temperature, Irreversibility Field and Upper Critical Field on the Normal State Properties". Jointly advised with Professor Antonio S Siri, Department of Physics University of Genoa, Italy, (2003).

27.Szuya Liao, "Analysis of Current Limiting Mechanisms in Ag-sheathed Bi-based High-T_c Superconducting Tapes by Quantitative Magneto-Optical Imaging", (2004).

28.Arno Godeke, "Performance Boundaries in Nb₃Sn Superconductors", (2005).

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29.Sang Il Kim, "The Critical Current Density of YBCO Coated Conductors", (July 2007)

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30.Ben Senkowicz (jointly with Eric Hellstrom), "J_c Optimization of Ex-Situ MgB₂", (July 2007)

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31.Matthew Jewell, "The Effects Of Strand Architecture On The Fracture Propensity Of Nb₃Sn Composite Wires", (Aug. 2008).

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32.Zhijun Chen, "Flux pinning in YBa₂Cu₃O_7-x coated conductors", (Nov. 2008).

(ii) Students graduating with terminal MS degrees:

1.   Francisco Lamellas, by examination (1983)

2.   Mary I. Buckett, "The Effects of Cold Work and Tantalum Additional on Precipitation Behavior in Titanium-Niobium Alloys," (1986)

3.   Kathryn E. Hautanen, by examination (1990)

4.   Kenneth J. Faase, "Quantification of Heat Treated Nb-Ti Composite Microstructures," (1991)

5.   Yvonne High, "A Study of the Competitive Reactions Occurring during the Heat Treatment of Silver-Sheathed (Bi,Pb)₂Sr₂Ca₂Cu₃O_x Aerosol Spray Pyrolysis Powder," (1993)

6.   Karunah Muthiah, by examination (1995).

7.   John Anderson, "Processing Dependence of Connectivity, Flux Pinning, and Critical Current density in Ag-Sheathed (Bi,Pb)₂Sr₂Ca₂Cu₃O_x Superconducting Tapes," (1998).

8.   Christopher Hawes, "Investigations of the Inhomogeneity of a Powder-in-Tube Nb₃Sn Conductor," (2000).

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9.   Chad Fischer, "Investigation of the Relationships Between Superconducting Properties and Nb₃Sn Reaction Conditions in Powder-in-Tube Nb₃Sn Conductors," (2002).

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10. Jermal Chandler, "Studies of the Irreversibility Field of Post Annealed (Bi,Pb)₂Sr₂Ca₂Cu₃O_10-x (BSCCO-2223) Tapes", 2003.

11. George Daniels, "Electromagnetic properties of Ca-doped YBa₂Cu₃O_7-d grain boundaries", 2003.

MS degrees:

1.    T. C. Willis, "Microstructural Control of the Critical Current Density on Lead and Tin Chevrel Phases and their Alloys," (1990)

 Other Applied Superconductivity Center theses available in this archive:

 Under the Supervision of Professor Eric Hellstrom at the University of Wisconsin-Madison

Yongwen Yuan, "Advancing Materials Processing, Eliminating Current Limiting Mechanism, And Enhancing Critical Current Density Of Ag-Sheathed (Bi,Pb)₂Sr₂Ca₂Cu₃O_x Composite Conductors", (2004).

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Under the Supervision of Professors Susan Babcock. Eric Hellstrom and David Larbalestier at the University of Wisconsin-Madison

Jodi Reeves, "Microstructural Investigation of Current Barriers in High Temperature Superconducting Tapes and Coated Conductors". 2001

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PhDs Under the Supervision of Professor John M. Pfotenhauer at the University of Wisconsin-Madison

Robert C. Duckworth, "Contact Resistance and Normal Zone Formation In Coated Yttrium Barium Copper Oxide Superconductors (2001)

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Daniel W. Hoch, "Design and Test of a 1.8K Liquid Helium Refrigerator", (2004)

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Jong Hoon Baik, "Design Methods in Active Valve Pulse Tube Refrigerator, (2003)

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