Faculty Profile

Justin Schwartz, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, received his Ph.D. degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1990. Following six months as a Science and Technology Agency of Japan Fellow at the National Research Institute for Metals, he joined the Department of Nuclear Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana as an Assistant Professor in August, 1990. He joined the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering as an Associate Professor in 1994 and he currently teaches courses in materials and superconductivity. Dr. Schwartz also heads the High Temperature Superconductor Magnets and Materials Group at the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, where he conducts research on high temperature superconductors, including high field magnet applications, materials processing, magnetic properties, and engineering issues such as magnetothermal stability and mechanical behavior. Professor Schwartz collaborates with research groups at EURUS Technologies, Oxford Superconductor Technologies, MAGLEV 2000 of Florida Corporation, Nordic Superconductor Technologies, American Superconductor Corporation, Maine Research and Technology, and the Naval Research Laboratory.

• W. Wei, J. Schwartz, K. Goretta, U. Balachandran, and A. Bhargava, "Effects of Nanosize MgO Additions to Bulk Bi2.1Sr1.7CaCu2Ox," Physica C 298 (1998) 279-288.
• P.V.P.S.S. Sastry, K.M. Amm, D.C. Knoll, S.C. Peterson, and J. Schwartz, "Synthesis and Processing of Bi-doped Hg1Ba2Ca2Cu3Oy Superconductors," Physica C 300 (1998) 125-140.E. Burkhardt and J. Schwartz, "Three dimensional stability analysis of high-temperature superconductors using the finite element method," IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity 9(2), 240-243 (1999).
• H.W. Weijers, Q.Y. Hu, Y.S. Hascicek, A. Godeke, Y. Viouchkov, E. Celik, J. Schwartz, K. Marken, W. Dai, and J. Parrell, "Development of 3 T class Bi-2212 insert coils for high field NMR," IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity 9(2), 563-566 (1999).
• U. P. Trociewitz, P.V.P.S.S. Sastry, P.R. Sahm, and J. Schwartz, "Flux pinning enhancement in Ag-clad Bi-2212 wires by reactive doping with barium peroxide," IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity 9(2), 1828-1831 (1999).
• Q.Y. Hu, P.V.P.S.S. Sastry, U.P. Trociewitz, J. Schwartz, "Microstructure and Critical Currents in AgMg-Sheathed Multifilamentary Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8 Tapes," IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity 9(2), 1876-1879 (1999).
• S. Nakamae, J.E. Crow, and J. Schwartz, "Neutron irradiation effect on magnetization and thermal conductivity of (Hgx,Bi1-x)Ba2Ca2Cu3Oy superconductor," IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity 9(2), 2300-2303 (1999).
• Y. Viouchkov, H.W. Weijers, and J. Schwartz, "Stress-strain effects in Bi-2212 superconductors," IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity 10(1), 1134-1137 (2000).
• P.V.P.S.S. Sastry, Y. Li, J. Su, and J. Schwartz, "Attempts to fabricate thick HgPb1223 superconducting films on silver," Physica C 335 112-119 (2000).