David Cardwell


David A. Cardwell, FREng, is a British superconducting engineer. He is a professor of superconducting engineering, Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Strategy and Planning at the University of Cambridge, former 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.

Education

Cardwell studied at the University of Warwick. He is a fellow of the Institute of Physics and the Institution of Engineering and Technology.

Degrees

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 BCO family and MgB2. He has authored or co-authored more than 370 published papers.

Current positions