Registration - Hilton University of Houston, 2nd Floor Waldorf Astoria Lobby

Internet Cafe, 2nd Floor, Room 247

Breakfast Buffet - Shamrock Hilton Ballroom 261

Waldorf Astoria 210
Chairs/Moderators: Xavier Obradors (ICMAB) and Dominic Lee (ORNL)

2B.01 - "A U.S. Perspective on the Challenges for Scale-up", Kenneth R. Marken, Jr., Los Alamos National Laboratory

2B.02 - "Challenges in Long Length Scale Up of High-Performance Coated Conductors in Japan", Yutaka Yamada, ISTEC

2B.03 - "Kilometer Long 2G HTS Wires Demonstrated: Where Do We Go From Here?", Venkat Selvamanickam, TcSUH/SuperPower

2B04 - "Efforts for Long Length Coated Conductors with High Performance by TFA-MOD Processing in Japan", Teruo Izumi, ISTEC

2B.05 - "Development of REBCO Coated Conductors on Low Magnetic Textured Metal Substrate", Hajime Ota, Sumitomo Electric Industries, LTD

2B.06 - "Development of High Rate Y₂O₃ Seed Layer by Reactive Sputter Deposition for Second Generation High Temperature Superconducting Wire", Senthil N. Sambandam, SuperPower, Inc.

2B.07 - "Challenges in Long-Length Scale Up of High Ic Coated Conductors Processed via HRPLD and ABAD", Alexander Usoskin, EHTS

2B.08 - "Challenges in Long-Length Scale Up of High Ic MOD-YBCO/RABiTSTM-based Coated Conductors", Martin Rupich, American Superconductor Corporation

2B.09 - "Long Length Scale Up of Coated Conductor: Status & Perspective in Korea", Seung-Hyun Moon, SuNAM

2B.10 - Open Discussion led by Moderator

Coffee/Tea Break Waldorf Astoria Lobby

Waldorf Astoria 210
Chairs/Moderators: Alexander Usoskin (Bruker HTS GmbH), Yutaka Yamada (ISTEC-SRL)

2C.01 - "Development of Strengthened/Non-Magnetic Cube Textured Templates for Coated Conductors", B. Holzapfel, IFW Dresden

2C.02 - "Chemically Grown YBCO Superconducting Multilayers", Xavier Obradors, ICMAB

2C.03 - "Development of Simplified RABiTS and IBAD Architectures for Coated Conductors", M. P. Paranthaman, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

2C.04 - "Solution Deposited Layers for Joining Coated Conductors", Gunter Kotzyba, FZK

2C.05 - "Reel-to-Reel, all-MOD YBCO//Buffer//NiW Coated Conductors with Ultrafast Pyrolysis", Paul G. Clem, Sandia National Laboratories

2C.06 - "Efforts for Lowering Cost of TFA-MOD Coated Conductors in Japan", Teruo Izumi, ISTEC

2C.07 - "Fabrication of HTS Coated Conductors by Reactive Coevaporation", Brian Moeckly, STI

2C.08 - "Development of High Rate Deposition Technique for PLD-GdBCO Coated Conductors", Noriko Chikumoto, ISTEC

2C.09 - "All-MOCVD Technology for YBCO Layer/Buffer Layer Fabrication for Coated Conductors", A. Molodyk, Metal Oxide Technologies

Lunch Shamrock Hilton Ballroom 261

Waldorf Astoria 210

2C.10 - "Strategy Toward Low Cost Coated Conductor in IBAD-MgO and PLD Method", Y. Yamada, ISTEC

2C.11 - "Reducing the Price-Performance Ratio of 2G Wire", Steve Fleshler, American Superconductor Corporation

2C.12 - "Strategies to Reach 2G HTS Wire Price of $50/kA-m without High Volume Production", Venkat Selvamanickam, TcSUH/SuperPower

2C.13 - "HTS Coated Cylinders Processed via Alternating Beam Assisted Deposition (ABAD)", Alexander Rutt, Bruker-EHTS

2C.14 - Open Discussion led by Moderator

Afternoon Coffee/Tea Break Waldorf Astoria Lobby

Waldorf Astoria 210
Chairs/Moderators: David Larbalestier (NHFML/FSU) and Sang-Soo Oh (KERI)
D1. Enhanced Coated Conductor Performance: Pinning

2D.01 - "Enhancement of Activity of Technical Oxide Buffers as a Pathway for Higher Performance of 2G Wires," V. S. Solovyov, Brookhaven National Laborator

2D.02 - "Thick Film Processes and Their Effects on the Connectivity and Pinning in Thick Film RBCO Coated Conductors," Terry Holesinger, Los Alamos National Laboratory

2D.03 - "Pinning Strategies to Enhance HTS Performance," Judith Driscoll, University of Cambridge

2D.04 - "Thick Films with Enhanced Pinning via Self-Assembled Columnar Defects," Amit Goyal, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

2D.05 - "Highly Tunable, Rare Earth Tantalate Pyrochlore Nanoparticles for Superior Flux Pinning in YBaCuO Films," Sophie-Ann Harrington, University of Cambridge

2D.06 - "Microstructural and Pinning Properties of YBa₂Cu₃O_7-δ Thin Films Doped with Magnetic Nanoparticles," Haiyan Wang, Texas A&M University

2D.07 - "Isotropic Magnetic Field Angular Dependence of Critical Current of Nanoparticles Dispersed Y_1-xRE_xBa₂Cu₃O_y Coated Conductors," Masashi Miura, ISTEC

2D.08 - "Vortex-Defects Engineering of YBCO Films by All Chemical Nanostructuration Routes," Teresa Puig, ICMAB-CSIC

2D.09 - "Pinning of the Vortex Lattice Versus Current Blocking by Nano-Scale Columnar Inclusions in High-Tc Films," Jose P. Rodriguez, California State University - Los Angeles

2D.10 - "A Reconsideration of Edge-Barrier Pinning in YBa₂Cu₃O_7-∂," Paul Barnes, Air Force Office of Scientific Research

2D.11 - "Thermal Fluctuations and the Limits to Vortex Pinning in Coated Conductors," Leonardo Civale, Los Alamos National Laboratory

2D.12 - "Angular Dependence of Critical Current in YBCO Coated Tapes", Jan Jaroszynski, NHFML/Florida State University

2D.13 - "Characterization and Analysis of Coated Conductors: Toward Improved Performance," David K. Christen, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

2D.14 - "Nondestructive Characterization of Critical Current Distribution Across the Width of Coated Conductor Tapes," Koichi Nakao, ISTEC

2D.15 - "Characterization of Coated Conductors Using Raman Spectroscopy Methods," Vic A. Maroni, Argonne National Laboratory

2D.16 - "Raman Scattering Spectroscopy and Phase Stability of Rare-Earth Based Cuprate Thin Films for Coated Conductor Applications," William Jo, Ewha Womans University, Korea

2D.17 - "Radiation Effects on Coated Conductors," Harald W. Weber, Vienna University of Technology, TU Wien-Atominstitut

2D.18 - Open Discussion led by Moderator

Banquet Shamrock Hilton Ballroom 261

S. Wing, lst Floor Lobby - S104
(Post-Banquet Coffee and Desserts will be served)
Chair/Moderator: Vic Maroni, Argonne National Laboratory

2E.01 - "Direct Growth of LaMnO₃ Cap Layers on IBAD-MgO (Without Homo-epi) Template for YBCO Coated Conductors," Tolga Aytug, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

2E.02 - "Development of Conductive Buffer Architectures Based on IBAD-TiN," Ruben Hühne, Leibniz-Institute for Solid State and Materials Research (IFW)

2E.03 - "Rapid Fabrication of IBAD-MgO and LaMnO₃ Layers for REBCO Coated Conductor," Hiroyuki Fukushima, ISTEC

2E.04 - "Development of Long SmBCO/IBAD-MgO Coated Conductor," Hong-Soo Ha, KERI

2E.05 - "Improvement of Production Rate by Modified TFA-MOD Starting Solution," Hiroshi Ichikawa, ISTEC

2E.06 - "Enhanced Flux Pinning by BaZrO₃ Doping in Fluorine-free Metal-Organic Deposited YBa₂Cu₃O_7-∂ Films on Buffered RABiTS Substrates," Feng Lu, NHMFL

2E.07- "BaZrO₃ Nanorod Realignment in YBa₂Cu₃O_7-x Thin Films by Surface Modulation Using Vicinal SrTiO₃ Substrates," Francisco Javier Baca, AFOSR, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base

2E.08 - "Magnetic Pinning in YBCO," Stuart C. Wimbush, University of Cambridge

2E.09 - "Angular Dependence of YBCO Coated Conductors at Low Temperature," Aixia Xu, NHMFL

2E.10 - "Microstructural Study of Strong Vortex Pinning in a Coated Conductor for Use in Specific Fields and Temperatures," Fumitake Kametani, NHMFL

2E.11 - WITHDRAWN: "Properties of SmBa₂Cu₃O_7-∂ Thin Film with Oxide Impurities Grown by the Co-Evaporation Method," Jaeun Yoo, KAIST

2E.12 - "Hysteresis Loss in Sm₁Ba₂Cu₃O_7-d Coated Conductor with Applied Magnetic Field and Current Varied in Out-of-Phase," Jaeun Yoo, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)

2E.13 - "In Field Low Temperature Laser Scanning Study of Artificial Defects on IBAD YBCO Coated Conductor," Pei Li, NHMFL

2E.14 - "Vortex Diode Effect in Pinning Enhanced Thin Films," John H. Durrell, University of Cambridge

2E.15 - "Critical Current Densities of Isolated Grains and Grain Boundaries in Coated Conductors," Marcus Weigand, University of Cambridge

2E.16 - "Thickness Dependence of Critical Current Density in Thick MgB₂ Films," Mina Hanna, TcSUH/UH

2E.17 - "Stress States and Electromechanical Behavior of YBCO Coated Conductor under Combined Tension and Torsion," Goran Majkic, TcSUH/UH

2E.18 - "Development of Application-Ready Second-Generation HTS Wire", Yi-Yuan Xie, SuperPower, Inc.