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, former 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 (BSc 1983, PhD 1987). He is a fellow of the Institute of Physics and the Institution of Engineering and Technology.

Degrees

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

Research interests
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 (RE)BCO family and MgB2. He has authored or co-authored more than 370 published papers.

Current positions

 * Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Strategy & Planning)
 * Visiting Professor at the University of Hong Kong
 * Adjunct Professor at the Shanghai University of Science and Technology
 * Member of the Hong Kong Government University Grants Committee
 * Treasurer of the European Society for Applied Superconductivity
 * Member of the Advisory Board of Superconductor Science and Technology

Distinctions

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

Prizes

 * The Society of Automotive Engineering (SAE) Arch T. Colwell Merit Award, 2008
 * PASREG prize for excellence in the processing of bulk superconductors, 2001