Technical Program

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Sunday  08/17/2008
8:00am – 5:30pm	Short Courses
6:00pm – 8:00pm	Welcome Reception
Monday  08/18/2008
8:00am – 9:00am	Opening Remarks / Awards
9:00am – 10:00am	Plenary Session: Harvey Moseley
9:00am – 5:00pm	Exhibit Open
10:00am – 10:30am	Coffee Break in the Exhibit Hall
10:30am – 12:30pm	Oral Sessions
	1EA Transition Edge Sensors I - Physics 1EB Circuits for Mixed Signal Applications (ADCs) 1EC Novel Devices and Novel Junction Applications	1LA Maglev, Bearings and Flywheels - I 1LB Power Transmission Cables - I	1MA Coated Conductor I - Processing 1MB MgB2 I - Wires, Tapes, and Applications 1MC Bi-2212 Conductor - I
12:30pm – 2:00pm	LUNCH
2:00pm – 4:00pm	Poster Sessions
	1EPA Transition Edge Sensors II - Physics 1EPB Transition Edge Sensors III - Physics 1EPC Digital - I 1EPD Cryocooler and Packaging 1EPE SQUID NMR / MRI 1EPF Novel Junction Applications - I	1LPA Very High Field Magnets - I 1LPB Detector Magnets - I 1LPC Other Accelerator Magnets I - Muon 1LPD Cable-in-Conduit Conductors - I 1LPE Cable-in-Conduit Conductors - II 1LPF Power Transmission Cables - II 1LPG Fault-Current Limiters - I 1LPH Maglev, Bearings and Flywheels - II 1LPJ Measurement Techniques and Instrumentation	1MPA HTS Films I - Doping Effects and Characterization 1MPB HTS Films II - Buffer Layers, Thickness Effects, and Properties 1MPC MgB2 II - Carbon Doping 1MPD Flux Pinning and Dynamics I - Dynamics and Stability 1MPE Characterization Techniques - I 1MPF Nb3Sn I - Wire Development 1MPG Coated Conductor II - Pinning Enhancement 1MPH Coated Conductor III - Processing
3:00pm	Coffee Break in the Exhibit Hall
4:00pm – 6:00pm	Oral Sessions
	1EX Transition Edge Sensors IV - Physics 1EY Pi Shift Devices and NanoSQUIDs - I 1EZ Electronic System Integration and I/O	1LX Accelerator Magnets I – Memorial to Hiromi Hirabayashi 1LY HTS Motors and Generators - I	1MX Coated Conductor IV - Pinning Enhancement 1MY HTS Bulk - Materials I 1MZ Bi-2223 Conductor - I
6:00pm – 7:00pm	Exhibitor Cocktail Hour
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Tuesday  08/19/2008
8:30am – 9:30am	Plenary Session: Cesar Luongo
9:00am – 5:00pm	Exhibit Open
9:30am – 10:00am	Coffee Break in the Exhibit Hall
10:00am – 12:00pm	Poster Sessions
	2EPA Digital - II 2EPB Electronic Device Fabrication I - LTS 2EPC Electronic Device Fabrication II - HTS 2EPD SQUID NDE 2EPE NanoSQUIDs 2EPF Transition Edge Sensors V - Readout	2LPA Accelerator Magnets - II 2LPB HTS Bulk - Large Scale 2LPC HTS Motors and Generators - II 2LPD Transformers 2LPE System Studies for SC Devices 2LPF Magnetic Separation 2LPG Maglev, Bearings and Flywheels - III 2LPH Other Novel Applications 2LPJ Stability and Protection I – HTS and CICC 2LPK SC Magnet Design, Tools, and Simulations 2LPL Novel Insulation Materials for Special Applications 2LPM Small Test Coils - I	2MPA HTS Bulk - Materials II 2MPB AC Losses - I 2MPC MgB2 III - Milling, Pressing, and Hot Processing 2MPD Flux Pinning and Dynamics II - Engineered Pinning Arrangements 2MPE MgB2 IV - Pinning 2MPF Nb3Sn II - Strand and Strand Component Processing 2MPG Nb-Ti 2MPH Characterization Techniques - II
11:30am – 12:30pm	Simon Foner Remembered
12:00pm – 2:00pm	LUNCH
12:30pm – 1:30pm	Networking Event for Women in Applied Superconductivity
2:00pm – 4:00pm	Poster Sessions
	2EPG Nanowire Detectors - I 2EPH NbN and MgB2 Thin-Film Device Fabrication 2EPJ Electronic Device Fabrication III - HTS 2EPK Applications in Biomagnetism 2EPL Novel Devices and Applications 2EPM Novel Junction Applications - II	2LPN Fault-Current Limiters - II 2LPP Current Leads 2LPQ Stability and Protection II – HTS 2LPR Superconducting RF - I 2LPS Fusion - ITER I 2LPT Fusion - ITER II 2LPU Superconducting Magnetic Energy Storage - I 2LPV HTS Motors and Generators - III 2LPW Power Transmission Cables - III	2MPJ HTS Bulk - Materials III 2MPK Bi-2223 Conductor - II 2MPL MgB2 V - Synthesis 2MPM Properties of HTS Materials I - YBCO 2MPN Nb3Al and Other A15 2MPP Coated Conductor V - Processing 2MPQ Bi-2212 Conductor - II
3:00pm	Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall
4:00pm – 6:00pm	Oral Sessions
	2EX Transition Edge Sensors VI - Readout 2EY Nanowire Detectors - II 2EZ Circuits for Digital Applications	2LX Superconducting RF - II 2LY Power Transmission Cables - IV	2MX Coated Conductor VI - Processing 2MY MgB2 VI - Issues for Conductor Improvement 2MZ Nb3Sn III - Strain
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Wednesday  08/20/2008
8:30am – 9:30am	Plenary Session: Timothy A. Antaya
9:30am – 10:00am	Coffee Break
10:00am – 12:00pm	Oral Sessions
	3EA Transition Edge Sensors VII - Applications 3EB Marc Feldman Quantum Computing Session 3EC Nanowire Detectors - III	3LA Detector Magnets - II 3LB Superconducting Magnetic Energy Storage - II 3LC Fault-Current Limiters - III	3MA Coated Conductor VII - Long-Length Scale Up 3MB MgB2 VII - Processing 3MC Nb3Sn IV - Wire Development
12:00pm – 2:00pm	LUNCH
12:00pm – 5:00pm	Exhibit Open
2:00pm – 4:00pm	Poster Sessions
	3EPA Transition Edge Sensors VIII - Applications 3EPB Transition Edge Sensors IX - Applications 3EPC Digital - III 3EPD Nanowire Detectors - IV 3EPE Superconducting Junction Detectors - I 3EPF LTS SQUID Fabrication and Characterization 3EPG HTS SQUID Fabrication and Characterization 3EPH Qubit Control, Readout, and Characterization - I	3LPA Accelerator Magnets - III 3LPB Superconducting RF - III 3LPC Fusion - non-ITER I 3LPD Fusion - non-ITER II 3LPE Superconducting Magnetic Energy Storage - III 3LPF Power Transmission Cables - V 3LPG Fault-Current Limiters - IV 3LPH Stability and Protection III - Modeling	3MPA Bi-2223 Conductor - III 3MPB MgB2 VIII - Synthesis and Characterization 3MPC Mechanical Properties I - YBCO 3MPD Characterization Techniques - III 3MPE Properties of HTS Materials II - YBCO 3MPF Properties of HTS Materials III - Bi- and Tl-Cuprates 3MPG Coated Conductor VIII - Substrates and Buffers
3:00pm	Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall
4:00pm – 6:00pm	Oral Sessions
	3EX Transition Edge Sensors X - Applications 3EY Qubit Control, Readout, and Characterization - II 3EZ Junction and SQUID Systems and Applications	3LX MRI and Medical Applications I – Memorial to Emanuel Bobrov 3LY Small Test Coils - II	3MX Flux Pinning and Dynamics III - HTS & MgB2 3MY AC Losses II - Coated Conductors 3MZ Nb3Sn V - Strain
7:00pm – 9:00pm	Late-Breaking Session – Superconductivity in Pnictides (sponsored by Texas Center for Superconductivity at the University of Houston)
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Thursday  08/21/2008
8:30am – 9:30am	Plenary Session: James W. Bray
9:00am – 12:00pm	Exhibit Open
9:30am - 10:00am	Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall
10:00am – 12:00pm	Poster Sessions
	4EPA Hot Electron Bolometers and Junction Detectors 4EPB Electronic Device Fabrication IV - LTS 4EPC Quantum Computing - I 4EPD Pi Shift Devices and NanoSQUIDs - II 4EPE Superconducting Junction Detectors - II 4EPF Novel Detectors and Sensors - I 4EPG Novel Detectors and Sensors - II 4EPH Passive Microwave Devices - I 4EPJ Active Microwave and Terahertz Devices - I	4LPA Accelerator Magnets - IV 4LPB Other Accelerator Magnets II - Undulators 4LPC Superconducting RF - IV 4LPD Superconducting Magnetic Energy Storage - IV 4LPE HTS Motors and Generators - IV 4LPF Fault-Current Limiters - V 4LPG MRI and Medical Applications - II 4LPH MRI and Medical Applications - III 4LPJ Maglev, Bearings and Flywheels - IV	4MPA Coated Conductor IX - Processing 4MPB Mechanical Properties II - non-YBCO 4MPC HTS Films III - Nanoscale, Multilayer, and Pinning 4MPD MgB2 IX - Processing and Properties 4MPE MgB2 X - Thin Films 4MPF Nb3Sn VI - Strain 4MPG Flux Pinning and Dynamics IV - Dynamics and Stability
12:00pm	LUNCH EVENT
3:00pm – 5:00pm	Oral Sessions
	4EA Quantum Computing - II 4EB Digital IV - Circuit Design 4EC Passive Microwave Devices - II	4LA Other Accelerator Magnets - III 4LB Fault-Current Limiters - VI	4MA Coated Conductor X - Pinning Enhancement 4MB MgB2 XI - Doping 4MC Properties of HTS Materials IV - YBCO
5:00pm – 5:30pm	Coffee Break
5:30pm – 7:30pm	Oral Sessions
	4EX Electronic Device Fabrication - V 4EY SQUIDs Fabrication and Characterization 4EZ Active Microwave and Terahertz Devices - II	4LX Stability and Protection IV - LTS 4LY Fault-Current Limiters - VII	4MX Coated Conductor XI - Substrates and Buffers 4MY HTS Films IV - Films, Multilayers, and Interfaces 4MZ HTS and NbN Thin Films
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Friday  08/22/2008
8:30am – 9:30am	Plenary Session: Songtao Wu
9:30am – 10:00am	Coffee Break
10:00am – 12:00pm	Oral Sessions
	5EA Roger Koch Memorial Session 5EB Bolometric Detectors 5EC Invited Session: Josephson Voltage Standards	5LA IEEE Session on Very High Field Magnets, , sponsored by the IEEE Magnetics Society and the IEEE Council on Superconductivity 5LB Stability and Protection V - HTS	5MA Buffer Layers and Multilayers 5MB MgB2 XII - Thin Films 5MC Characterization Techniques - IV
12:00pm – 12:30pm	Coffee Break
12:30pm – 3:00pm	Oral Sessions
	5EX Special Session: Quantum-Limited Amplification of Microwave Signal 5EY SQUID Applications in Biomagnetism 5EZ Mixers and Junction Detectors	5LX Accelerator Magnets V - Memorial to Paul Reardon 5LY Fusion - ITER III	5MX HTS Films V - Enhanced Jc by Nano Approaches 5MY AC Losses III - Coated Conductors, MgB2, BSCCO 5MZ HTS Mechanical Properties