Professor of Superconducting Engineering
Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Strategy & Planning)

BSc, Warwick University, 1983
PhD, Warwick University, 1987
MA, Cambridge University, 1995
ScD, Cambridge University, 2014
DSc, Warwick University, 2015

Tel: +44 1223 765695
Fax: +44 1223 765693
Email: david.cardwell@admin.cam.ac.uk

David Cardwell is Professor of Superconducting Engineering and Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Strategy & Planning). He was previously Head of the Engineering Department. The Bulk Superconductor research group at Cambridge, founded by Prof. Cardwell, works on the processing and applications of bulk high temperature superconductors, which can be used to generate very high magnetic fields. He has authored over 330 technical papers and patents. Professor Cardwell has been a Fellow of Fitzwilliam College since 1993. He is actively involved in the recruitment of overseas undergraduates for the sciences, and particularly from the Far East.

Publications

You can see a list of Prof. Cardwell's publications.

Distinctions

• Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering
• Fellow of the Institute of Physics
• Fellow of the IET

National and International Offices

• Treasurer of the European Society for Applied Superconductivity.
• Member of the Editorial Board of International Materials Reviews
• Member of the Advisory Board of Superconductor Science and Technology
• International Advisory Board of the conference EUCAS'13

Media Links

• David interviewed by the "Naked Scientists"
• Phys.org article about Prof. Cardwell's work
• David on NPR
• Science Watch Article