Pre-registering for these Short Courses is required. Sign up for these Short Courses conveniently while registering for the ASC’16 Conference by August 24, 2016.
| 1. Superconducting Magnet Design – Two Day (Saturday and Sunday) | |
| Date: | Saturday, September 3 – Sunday, September 4, 2016 |
| Time: | 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. |
| Location: | Colorado Convention Center – Room 206 |
| Cost: | Full Conference Participant Early, $400; Regular $500; On-Site $585 |
| Student Early $250; Regular $325; On-Site $405 | |
Description: This course covers the design of superconducting magnets for particle accelerators, fusion, and MRI applications. The lectures are intended for physicists and engineers working in the areas of magnet technology and applied superconductivity, and interested in basic principles, physical parameters, analytical and numerical tools used for superconducting magnet design. For each of the applications considered, the courses will start by presenting the properties and characteristics of superconducting strands and cables. The main concepts related to magnetic design and coil lay-outs will be then outlined. In addition, the lectures will deal with the mechanics and fabrication techniques of a superconducting magnet, focusing in particular on coils and the structural components aimed at containing the electro-magnetic forces and managing the stresses. Finally, a description of the different systems devoted to cool and protect a magnet after a quench will be provided.
Instructors:
Superconducting Dipoles and Quadrupoles for Particle Accelerators
Paolo Ferracin (CERN), Saturday Morning
Superconducting Magnets for Fusion Applications
Joseph V. Minervini (MIT), Saturday Afternoon
Detector Magnets
Herman ten Kate (CERN, University of Twente), Sunday Morning
Superconducting Magnets for MRI Applications
Michael Parizh (GE), Sunday afternoon
Minfeng Xu (GE), Sunday afternoon
| 2. Superconducting Power Devices – One Day | |
| Date: | Sunday, September 4, 2016 |
| Time: | 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. |
| Location: | Colorado Convention Center – Room 204 |
| Cost: | Full Conference Participant Early, $250; Regular $325; On-Site $400 |
| Student Early $175; Regular $225; On-Site $275 | |
Description: The main purpose of this short course is to provide a survey of power superconducting applications, including the basic knowledge knowledge and skills. Attendees will be able to evaluate the potential uses/limitations and will learn some methods to implement superconducting advanced technologies. The electric energy maker has, and will continue to change tremendously in the future to be more sustainable, to integrate large renewable energies and to be more efficient. Superconductivity certainly will play a part in these tremendous changes and, all the more, some superconducting devices, such as fault current limiters, have reached the level of “First of a kind commercial system” (TRL 8). The basic electromagnetic properties of superconductors for power applications will be presented including the critical state and Bean model, magnetization, coupling and AC loses. The composite structure of low critical temperature/MgB2 superconductors will be introduced. The superconducting conductors (mainly MgB2 and REBCO) will be reviewed with focuses about their use in power applications. Some elements about cryogenics and cryogenic isolation, indispensable for the right operation, will be given. After a general discussion of superconducting power devices, some applications will be described in more detail, in particular fault current limiter, electrical rotation machines, cables and transformers. Basic design will be presented with some on-going projects. In the conclusion, some opportunities for future grids will be given.
Instructor:
Pascal Tixador (Université de Grenoble-Alpes)
| 3. Superconducting Electronics and Quantum Computation | |
| Date: | Sunday, September 4, 2016 |
| Time: | 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. |
| Location: | Colorado Convention Center – Room 208 |
| Cost: | Full Conference Participant Early, $250; Regular $325; On-Site $400 |
| Student Early $175; Regular $225; On-Site $275 | |
Description: This short course will provide a basic introduction to superconducting electrical devices and some of the main applications. The morning session will cover the fundamentals of low-temperature and high-temperature superconductors, magnetic flux quantization, tunneling, and the Josephson effect. Basic analog circuits such as filters and resonators, and sensors such as Superconducting Quantum Interference Devices (SQUIDs), Single Electron Transistors and (SETs) will be discussed, as well as the applications of such devices to detecting magnetic field, electric charge, or photons. The morning session will conclude with a discussion of single-flux-quantum (SFQ) digital circuits and their applications to digital signal processing and computing. The afternoon session will introduce the fundamentals of quantum computation and gating operations, discuss the different types of superconducting qubits, and cover practical aspects of building, operating and measuring qubits. The use of cavity QED microwave techniques to read out the qubit state will be discussed, including key aspects of microwave measurement systems and resonant microwave cavity behavior. Measurement of qubit relaxation time T1, coherence times T2, and dephasing time Tphi, will be covered. The underlying causes of relaxation and dephasing in superconducting qubits will be discussed as well as how qubits are designed and operated to reduce decoherence.
Instructor:
Frederick Wellstood (University of Maryland)
| 4. High Temperature Superconducting Materials: Fabrication, Properties, and their Deployment in Large Scale Applications – Half Day | |
| Date: | Sunday, September 4, 2016 |
| Time: | 8:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. |
| Location: | Colorado Convention Center – Room 202 |
| Cost: | Full Conference Participant Early, $200; Regular $250; On-Site $325 |
| Student Early $125; Regular $175; On-Site $225 | |
Description: After 25 years of arduous development, several of high temperature superconductors (HTS) are becoming engineering materials commercially available in long-length wires. Those conductors are capable of carrying enormous electrical current in strong magnetic fields while meeting various other challenges. These materials enable construction of a broad spectrum of devices useful for basic science, medicine, and energy. This short course will discuss the state-of-art manufacturing, properties and challenges of key HTS conductors including: REBCO coated conductors, Bi-2223 tapes, Bi-2212 round wires, and MgB2 conductors. It will also discuss the electrical, magnetic, and mechanical properties and failure mechanisms important for constructing devices, including AC losses and quench characteristics. Opportunities and challenges for the utilization of those conductors in large scale applications will be presented and discussed. Emphasis on existing large scale projects employing those materials will be given to illustrate the positive impact those new materials could have in future generation’s magnets.
Instructors:
Luisa Chiesa (Tufts University)
Tengming Shen (LBNL)
| 5. Cryogenic Systems Engineering with Cryocoolers – Half Day | |
| Date: | Sunday, September 4, 2016 |
| Time: | 8:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. |
| Location: | Colorado Convention Center – Room 210 |
| Cost: | Full Conference Participant Early, $200; Regular $250; On-Site $325 |
| Student Early $125; Regular $175; On-Site $225 | |
Description: This short course will provide an overview of System engineering, and apply Systems engineering techniques to the design process for a cryogenic system. The System level impacts of cooling a cryogenic system using a cryogenic cooler (refrigerator) instead of by liquid cryogens will be worked through for several different types of cryogenic systems. The course will start with discussing the requirements for cryogenic systems, and then cover the basic features inherent in their design: material properties, time constants, thermal isolation, and safety. The constraints and opportunities created when a cryocooler is used to cool a system instead of a liquid cryogen will then be discussed. Examples will be provided ranging from simple material property measurement systems to space based cryogenic systems.
Instructor:
Melora Larson (Jet Propulsion Laboratory)
| 6. Effective Technical Presentations & Papers Educational Short Course – Half Day – sponsored by IEEE CSC **CANCELLED** | |
| Date: | Sunday, September 4, 2016 |
| Time: | 1:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. |
| Location: | Colorado Convention Center – Room 202 |
| Cost: | $25 |
Description: This course will provide professional guidance for preparing clear and well-stated abstracts and making effective presentations at technical conferences. The preparation of technical journal manuscripts that conform to the highest standards will also be addressed. The course is recommended for any student/researcher/scholar who would like to improve their communications skills. The course is being provided through the IEEE Professional Communication Society and is sponsored by the IEEE Council on Superconductivity.
Instructor:
Julia Williams (Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology)