Dr J. H. Durrell
Senior Research
Associate
MSci Imperial
College 1997
PhD University of Cambridge 2001
Tel: +44 1223 331693
Fax: +44 1223
332662
Email:
john.durrell@eng.cam.ac.uk
John Durrell joined the Bulk Superconductivity Group, part of Division C (Mechanics, Materials and Design) in October 2010. Prior to this he held research positions at the University of Linz and the University of Cambridge. Most recently he held an EPSRC Advanced Research Fellowship in the Device Materials Group of the Materials Science Department. He is Director of Studies in Natural Sciences (Physical), a Research Fellow and a Tutor at Hughes Hall.
Research
Publication List [Items in DSpace@Cambridge]
Dr Durrell's research interests centre around the structure and properties of the Flux Line Lattice in superconductors. Consequently his research interests and publications span from experimental condensed matter physics to the commercialisation of practical superconducting materials. Since joining the Engineering Department Dr Durrell's interests in technical materials have grown to include the applications of superconducting bulks. As an EPSRC research fellow Dr Durrell's primary area of research was directed towards understanding the effects of pinning enhancing additions and grain boundaries in practical "coated conductor" superconducting wires.
Awards and Prizes
- Awarded the 2012 IOP Superconductivity Group Prize. (Citation)
- Elected to a Research Fellowship at Hughes Hall (2006)
- Awarded an EPSRC Advanced Research Fellowship (2005)
National and International Offices
- Member of the Executive Board of the journal Superconductor Science and Technology (2012-)
- Board member of the European Society for Applied Superconductivity (2011-)
- Member of the Program Committee for the Applied Superconductivity Conference (2010)
- Member of the Advisory Board of the journal Superconductor Science and Technology (2008-2011)
- Secretary of the Institute of Physics Superconductivity Group (2008-2011)
- Committee member of the Institute of Physics Superconductivity Group (2006-2011)
Teaching
Current
- Part III (4th Year): Superconducting
and Magnetic Materials in Materials Science
and
Metallurgy (Mich 2012)
- Part III (4th Year) Computing Option: Experimental automation and data acquisition in Materials Science and Metallurgy (Lent 2013)
Previous
- MPhil/NanoDTC Core Course: Nanofabrication Techniques
- Part 1B (2nd year): Head of Class for the Artefact Project"
