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Steven Van Sciver

Dr. Van Sciver is a Distinguished Research Professor and John H. Gorrie Professor of Mechanical Engineering.

He is also a Program Director and Professor of Magnet Science & Technology at the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory (NHMFL) in Tallahasse, Florida.

Education
Dr. Van Sciver received his PhD in Low Temperature Physics from the University of Washington-Seattle in 1976. He received his BS degree in Engineering Physics from Lehigh University in 1970.

Florida
Dr. Van Sciver joined the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering and the NHMFL in 1991, initiating and teaching a graduate program in magnet and materials engineering and in cryogenic thermal sciences and heat transfer. He also led the NHMFL development efforts of the cryogenic systems for the NHMFL Hybrid and 900 MHz NMR superconducting magnets. Between 1997 and 2003, he served as Director of Magnet Science and Technology at the NHMFL. Dr. Van Sciver is a Fellow of the ASME and the Cryogenic Society of America and American Editor for the journal Cryogenics. He is the 2010 recipient of the Kurt Mendelssohn Award.

University of Wisconsin
Prior to joining Florida State University, Dr. Van Sciver was Research Scientist and then Professor of Nuclear Engineering, Engineering Physics and Mechanical Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison from 1976 to 1991. During that time he also served as the Associate Director of the Applied Superconductivity Center.

Publications
Dr. Van Sciver is the author of the text 'Helium Cryogenics'. He is also the author of over 200 publications and patents in low temperature physics, liquid helium technology, cryogenic engineering and magnet technology.

Patents
Wide Bore High Field Magnet (2006) Markiewicz, D.; Dixon, I.; Swenson, C.; Marshall, S.; Walsh, R.; Painter, T. and Van Sciver, S.W. U.S. Patent No. 7,015779, dated 3/21/2006 (2006)

Method of manufacturing a superconducting magnet (2004) Markiewicz, W.D.; Dixon, I.R.; Swenson, C.A.; Marshall, W.S.; Walsh, R.P.; Painter, T.A. and Van Sciver, S. U.S. Patent No. 6,735,848 B1 Awarded May 18, 2004 (2004)

System and Method for Performing Tensile Stress-Strain and Fatigue Tests (1999) Hilton, D.K.; Weijers, H.W.; Hascicek, Y.S.; Van Sciver, S.W. U.S. Patent No. 5,907,102 (1999)