The MagLab sponsored the Coated Conductors for Application 2016 (CCA2016) September 11-14, 2016, in Aspen, Colorado. Please see below for details on the meeting program.
Sunday, September 11, 2016
| 18:00 – 20:00 | Welcome Reception |
Monday, September 12, 2016
| 08:00 – 08:30 | Registration |
| 08:30 – 08:40 | Opening Ceremony Danko van der Laan – Advanced Conductor Technologies LLC & University of Colorado Boulder, USA |
| 08:40 – 09:00 |  Workshop themes and goalsDavid Larbalestier – Applied Superconductivity Center, National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, USA |
| 09:00 – 12:20 | Session 1: Coated Conductors for High Energy Physics and Fusion Science Applications Session chairs: Danko van der Laan and Herman ten Kate |
| 09:00 – 09:25 | IO-01: High-current Coated Conductor Wires, Cables and Cable-in-Conduits for Magnet Applications Herman ten Kate – CERN, Switzerland and University of Twente, the Netherlands |
| 09:25 – 09:50 | IO-02: Prospects for the use of coated conductors in High Energy Physics Steven Gourlay – Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA |
| 09:50 – 10:15 | IO-03: Potential of coated conductors of fusion use – an EU perspective Pierluigi Bruzzone – Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne Villigen PSI, Switzerland |
| 10:15 – 10:40 | Break |
| 10:40 – 11:05 | IO-04: Latest developments and challenges in developing Coated Conductor magnets for accelerators within EUCARD2 Wilfried Goldacker –Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany |
| 11:05 – 11:20 | CO-01: Development of flexible HTS CORC® wires and terminations for high-field magnet applications Jeremy Weis – Advanced Conductor Technologies LLC and University of Colorado Boulder, USA |
| 11:20 – 11:35 | CO-02: Experimental results and Finite Element Analysis of single REBCO tape and TSTC cable for high field magnets Luisa Chiesa – Tufts University, USA |
| 11:35 – 11:50 | CO-03: The HTS CrossConductor – a versatile strand for large magnets and high-current bus bars Michael Wolf – Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany |
| 11:50 – 12:05 | CO-04: Update on REBCO accelerator magnet technology development and research plan for fusion magnets Xiaorong Wang – Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA |
| 12:05 – 12:20 | Discussion 1: Discussion led by the session chairs |
| 12:20 – 13:50 | Lunch Break |
| 13:50 – 16:00 | Session 2: Coated Conductors for High Field Magnet Applications Session chairs: Satoshi Awaji and Huub Weijers |
| 13:50 – 14:15 | IO-05: Lessons learned from construction and testing of the 32 T user magnet Huub Weijers – National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, USA |
| 14:15 – 14:40 | IO-06: Experience with recent high field no-insulation magnets from the test and user viewpoint Kwanglok Kim – Applied Superconductivity Center, National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, USA |
| 14:40 – 15:05 | IO-07: Update on the Developments of Coated Conductor High Field Magnets in Japan Satoshi Awaji –Tohoku University, Japan |
| 15:05 – 15:30 | IO-08: Achievements of R&D for Coated Conductors in National Project on R&D of HTS Coil for Medical Use Teruo Izumi – National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Japan |
| 15:30 – 15:45 | CO-05: Development of REBCO superconducting coils for MRI operating in subcooled LN2 at 65 K Masataka Iwakuma – Kyushu University, Japan |
| 15:45 – 16:00 | Discussion 2: Discussion led by the session chairs |
| 16:00 – 16:25 | Break |
| 16:25 – 18:20 | Session 3: Coated Conductors for Electric Power Grid Applications Session chairs: Sastry Pamidi and Minwon Park |
| 16:25 – 16:50 | IO-09: Recent Progress in Coated Conductor Applications in Electric Power Applications Minwon Park – Changwon National University, Korea |
| 16:50 – 17:15 | IO-10: Prospects and challenges of Coated Conductors in electric power devices – AMSC perspective Bruce Gamble – American Superconductor Corporation, USA |
| 17:15 – 17:40 | IO-11: Electric Power Applications of Coated Conductors – an update on recent activities and future directions Mathias Noe – Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany |
| 17:40 – 18:05 | IO-12: Recent Development on Materials and Power Applications for REBCO Coated Conductors in China Chuanbing Cai - Shanghai Key Laboratory for High Temperature Superconductors, China |
| 18:05 – 18:20 | Discussion 3: Discussion led by the session chairs |
| 18:30 – 20:00 | Poster Session Session chairs: Ulf Trociewitz and Tim Haugan |
| CP-01: Enhanced in-field Jc in nanoparticle-doped (Y,Gd)BCO CCs by using improved buffer layer Koki Agatsuma – Seikei University, Japan |
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| CP-02: Influence of intermediate heating treatment on in-field Jc in BaZrO3 doped (Y0.77Gd0.23)Ba2Cu3Oy CCs by TFA-MOD Michio Sato – Seikei University, Japan |
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| CP-03: BaHfO3-formation in REBCO thin films deposited by TFA-MOD on CeO2-buffered Ni-5at%W tapes Manuela Erbe – Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany |
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| CP-04: Effects of neutron irradiation on the critical currents of various commercially available coated conductor tapes David Fischer – Technische Universität Wien, Austria |
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| CP-05: Optimizing Flux Pinning of YBa2Cu3O7-δ (YBCO) Thin Films with Unique Large Nanoparticle Size and High Concentration of Y2BaCuO5 (Y211) Additions Timothy Haugan – Air Force Research Laboratory, USA |
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| CP-06: Vortex pinning in PLD-grown YBCO on ABAD-YSZ stainless steel template with BaHfO3 and Ba2Y(Nb/Ta)O6 additions Mayraluna Lao – Technische Universität Wien, Austria |
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| CP-07: Microwave-assisted YBa2Cu3O7 precursors: A fast and reliable method towards chemical precursors for superconducting thin films Hannes Rijckaert – Ghent University, Belgium |
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| CP-08: Superconducting low-fluorine YBa2Cu3O7-δ nanocomposites using preformed MO2 nanocrystals (M=Zr, Hf) Katrien De Keukeleere – Ghent University, Belgium |
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| CP-09: Pulsed laser deposition of thick BaHfO3-doped YBa2Cu3O7-δ films on ISD-MgO templates Max Sieger – Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research, Dresden, Germany |
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| CP-10: Nano-engineering the vortex pinning landscape in CSD YBCO nanocomposites Ferran Vallès – Institute of Materials Science of Barcelona, Spain |
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| CP-11: CORC REBCO cable bending experiments and modeling Konstantin Yagotintsev – University of Twente, the Netherlands |
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| CP-12: Computational Investigation of Superconducting Magnetic Energy Storage (SMES) Devices to Maximize Energy Density Timothy Haugan – Air Force Research Laboratory, USA |
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| CP-13: Reel-to-reel Characterization of Two-dimensional Distribution of Local Critical Current Density in Coated Conductors as a Diagnostics for Roebel Strands and Cable Kohei Higashikawa – Kyushu University, Japan |
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| CP-14: Effect of Metallic Cladded GdBa2Cu3O7-x Tape for a No-Insulation Superconducting Magnet Jaemin Kim – SuNAM Co., Korea |
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| CP-15: Effect of the longitudinal magnetic field on critical current density in TFA-MOD REBa2Cu3Oy +BaZrO3 wires Tasuku Kusama – Seikei University, Japan |
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| CP-16: Design aspects of high current DC bars with coated conductors Mathias Noe – Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany |
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| CP-17: Design of modularized large-scale HTS generator for offshore wind turbines Hae-Jin Sung – Changwon National University, Korea |
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| CP-18: Conceptual design and optimization of HTS DC cables Alan Preuβ – Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany |
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| CP-19: Critical current variations in unwound pancake coils quenched multiple times Xinbo Hu – Applied Superconductivity Center, National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, USA |
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| CP-20: Measurements of various YBCO Cables at High dB/dt and above the Penetration Field Mike Sumption – The Ohio State University, USA |
Tuesday, September 13, 2016
| 08:00 – 11:20 | Session 4: Fabrication and Processing of Coated Conductors Session chairs: Herbert Freyhardt and Teresa Puig |
| 08:00 – 08:25 | IO-13: Progress in Nanostructured Coated Conductors processing and development at EUROTAPES Teresa Puig – Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona, ICMAB-CSIC, Spain |
| 08:25 – 08:50 | IO-14: 2G HTS Wire Development at SuperPower Drew Hazelton – SuperPower Inc., USA |
| 08:50 – 09:15 | IO-15: Recent Developments of Coated Conductors at Bruker Alexander Usoskin, presented by Venkat Selvamanickam – Bruker HTS GmbH, Germany |
| 09:15 – 09:40 | IO-16: Recent progress on SuNAM’s coated conductor development; performance, price & utilizing ways Seung-Hyun Moon – SuNAM Co., Korea |
| 09:40 – 09:55 | CO-06: Development of cost-effective chemical solution deposition YBCO superconductor tapes Ron Feenstra – Deutsche Nanoschicht, GmBH, Germany |
| 09:55 – 10:10 | CO-07: Customization of coated conductors for different applications Sergey Samoilenkov – SuperOx CJSC, Russia |
| 10:10 – 10:35 | Break |
| 10:35 – 10:50 | CO-08: Development of high performance thick 2G-HTS tapes using Advanced MOCVD Rudra Pratap – Texas Center for Superconductivity, University of Houston, USA |
| 10:50 – 11:05 | CO-09: Strongly enhanced vortex pinning in the SmBCO coated conductor Yutaka Yoshida – Nagoya University, Japan |
| 11:05 – 11:20 | Discussion 4: Discussion led by the session chairs |
| 11:20 – 15:15 | Session 5: Measurements and Model of Coated Conductors Session chairs: Venkat Selvamanickam and Mike Sumption |
| 11:20 – 11:45 | IO-17: Magnetization and Stability in Coated Conductor Cables for HEP applications Mike Sumption – Center for Superconducting and Magnetic Materials The Ohio State University, USA |
| 11:45 – 12:00 | CO-10: AC susceptibility technique as a characterization tool for CC tapes Fedor Gömöry –Slovak Academy of Sciences, Slovakia |
| 12:00 – 12:15 | CO-11: Scalable Process for Producing Striated 2G Tapes for Low AC Loss Applications Mike Osofsky – Naval Research Laboratory, USA |
| 12:15 – 12:30 | CO-12: Characteristics, degradation limits, and failure mechanisms of REBCO coated conductors during a quench Tengming Shen – Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA |
| 12:30 – 14:00 | Lunch Break |
| 14:00 – 14:15 | CO-13: Calorimetric Measurements of Varied Architecture YBCO Conductors and Cables at High dB/dt in a Stator Environment Tim Haugan – The Air Force Research Laboratory, USA |
| 14:15 – 14:30 | CO-14: DC-HTS Cables for Power Distribution in Hybrid-Electric Aircrafts Sonja Schlachter – Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany |
| 14:30 – 14:45 | CO-15: AC loss and inter-tape resistances in REBCO cables Konstantyn Yagotintsev – University of Twente, The Netherlands |
| 14:45 – 15:00 | CO-16: Commercial Design and Performance Test of Large-sized HTS Magnets with Conduction Cooling System for MW-class HTS DC Induction Furnace Jongho Choi – Changwon National University, Korea |
| 15:00 – 15:15 | Discussion 5: Discussion led by the session chairs |
| 15:15 – 15:40 | Break |
| 15:40 – 17:30 | Session 6: Flux Pinning Session chairs: Michael Eisterer and Kaname Matsumoto |
| 15:40 – 16:05 | IO-18: Temperature Dependence of Critical Currents in REBCO Coated Conductors with Artificial Pinning Centers Kaname Matsumoto – Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan |
| 16:05 – 16:30 | IO-19: Status of Coated Conductor Development in USA Venkat Selvamanickam – Texas Center for Superconductivity, University of Houston, USA |
| 16:30 – 16:45 | CO-17: Angular dependence of the critical current density in coated conductors with an isotropic defect structure Michael Eisterer – Atoministitut, Technische Universität Wien, Austria |
| 16:45 – 17:00 | CO-18: Influence of natural pinning centers on the longitudinal magnetic field effect in REBa2Cu3Oy films with different deposition conditions Kazuki Sugihara – Nagoya University, Japan |
| 17:00 – 17:15 | CO-19: Thick YBCO films with artificial BaHfO3 and Ba2Y(Nb/Ta)O6 pinning centers grown on technical templates Ruben Hühne – Institute for Metallic Materials, IFW Dresden, Germany |
| 17:15 – 17:30 | CO-20: Effect of Nanorods on Critical Current Density of RE123 Coated Conductors in Low Temperature and High Magnetic Field Satoshi Awaji – Tohoku University, Japan |
| 17:30 – 17:45 | Discussion 6: Discussion led by the session chairs |
| 18:00 – 21:30 | Conference Dinner |
Wednesday, September 14, 2016
| 08:30 – 09:45 | Panel Discussion: Future of Coated Conductor Applications and Manufacturing Scale Up Herbert Freyhardt (Chair), David Larbalestier, Venkat Selvamanickam, Minwon Park, Satoshi Awaji, Ken Pfeiffer and Sergey Samoilenkov |
| 09:45 – 10:10 | Break |
| 10:10 – 12:00 | Session 7: : Advances in Coated Conductor Characterization Session chairs: David Larbalestier and Takanobu Kiss |
| 10:10 – 10:35 | IO-20: Experience with Studies of the Positional Variation of Coated Conductor Properties Takanobu Kiss – Kyushu University, Japan |
| 10:35 – 11:00 | IO-21: Characterization of coated conductors in the ultra high field regime Dmytro Abarimov – Applied Superconductivity Center, National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, USA |
| 11:00 – 11:15 | CO-21: Reel-to-reel Studies of Supercurrent Variation in Coated Conductors Jan Jaroszynski – Applied Superconductivity Center, National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, USA |
| 11:15 – 11:30 | CO-22: Perspectives on IBAD Coated Conductor Wire: Cost and Future Vladimir Matias – iBeam Materials, USA |
| 11:30 – 11:45 | CO-23: Status and impact of high power density cryogenic/superconducting power system technologies for electric propulsion of aircraft Tim Haugan – The Air Force Research Laboratory, USA |
| 11:45 – 12:00 | Discussion 7: Discussion led by the session chairs |
| 12:00 – 12:15 | Closing Remarks Danko van der Laan – Advanced Conductor Technologies LLC & University of Colorado Boulder, USA |
| 12:15 – 13:45 | Lunch |