- Name and Academic Rank:

Justin Schwartz
Professor, Full-time
- Degrees with field, institution and date:
Ph.D. Nuclear Engineering, MIT, 1990
B.S. Nuclear Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana, 1985
- Years of service on FAMU-FSU Mechanical Engineering faculty:
Years of Service: 9.5
Date of Original Appointment: December 1993
Associate Program Director & Associate Professor: January 1994
Professor: September 1999
- Other related experience-teaching, industrial, etc.:
Leader, HTS Magnets and Materials Group, National High Magnetic Field Laboratory
(NHMFL), 1996 - present
Leader, HTS Conductor Development Group, NHMFL, 1993 - 1996
Asst. Professor of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Univ. of Illinois
at Urbana,
1992 -3
Assistant Professor of Nuclear Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana,
1990 - 1993
Visiting Scientist, Superconducting Materials Group, Natl. Res. Inst. for
Metals, Japan, 1990
Superconducting Magnet Development Group, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory,
1987
Boston Edison Company, Nuclear Analysis Group, 1985
Commonwealth Edison Company, Nuclear Fuel Services, 1984 - 1985
- Consulting, Patents, etc.:
Korean Institute of Machinery and Materials, 1999 - present
MAGLEV 2000 of Florida Corporation, 1996 - 2001
Oxford Superconductor Technologies, 1996 - present
American Superconductor Corporation, 1995 - present
Argonne National Laboratory, 1990 - 1998
J. Schwartz, T. Asano, H. Sekine, D.R. Dietderich, K. Inoue and H. Maeda,
"Wire in tube process for bismuth system superconductors," Patent
Agency of Japan #2 272159, 1990.
J. Schwartz, Ch. Wolters, and K.M. Amm, "Process for preparing mercury-barium-calcium-copper-oxide-based
superconductor materials," U.S. Patent Office, patent # 5,858,926, 1999.
- State(s) in which registered:
- Principal publications of last five years:
- J. Schwartz and H.W. Weijers, Electrical Measurements on Superconductors
by Transport in Methods in Materials Research, (John Wiley & Sons,
New York, 2000) pp. 5b.5.1 - 5b.5.20
- J. Schwartz and P.V.P.S.S. Sastry, Emerging Materials: Hg Superconductors,
Handbook of Superconducting Materials, Institute of Physics Publishing,
UK (in press)
- H.W. Weijers,
, J. Schwartz, K. Marken, W. Dai, and J. Parrell,
"Development of 3 T class Bi-2212 insert coils for high field NMR,"
IEEE Trans. Appl. Supercond. 9(2) 563-566 (1999)
- Q.Y. Hu, Y. Viouchkov, H.W. Weijers, and J. Schwartz, "Continuous
processing of AgMg-sheathed Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8 tapes," IEEE Trans. Appl.
Supercond. 9(2) 1808-1811 (1999)
- S. Nakamae, J.E. Crow, and J. Schwartz, "Neutron irradiation effect
on magnetization and thermal conductivity of (Hgx,Bi1-x)Ba2Ca2Cu3Oy superconductor,"
IEEE Trans. Appl. Supercond. 9(2) 2300-2303 (1999)
- Y. Viouchkov and J. Schwartz, "Compressive stress-strain-Ic properties
of Bi-2223 superconducting tapes," IEEE Trans. Appl. Supercond. 11(1)
3062-3065 (2001)
- H.W. Weijers, J.M. Yoo, B. ten Haken, and J. Schwartz, "Bi-Sr-Ca-Cu-O
conductors and magnets at high stress-strain levels," Physica C 357-360
1160-1164 (2001)
- J.H. Su, P.V.P.S.S. Sastry, and J. Schwartz, "Synthesis and characterization
of (Hg0.8Re0.2)Ba2CaCu2O6+ thick films on Ag obtained by a two-step dip-coating/rolling
method," Physica C 361 292-299 (2001)
- U.P. Trociewitz,
, and J. Schwartz, "The influence of BaO2
additions on microstructure and superconducting properties of Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+
," Physica C 366 80-92 (2002)
- D.C. van der Laan, M.W. Davidson, B. ten Haken, H.H.J. ten Kate, and
J. Schwartz, "Magneto-Optical Imaging study of the crack formation
in superconducting tapes caused by applied strain," Physica C 372-376
1020-1023 (2002)
- D.C. van der Laan, H.J.N. van Eck, B. ten Haken, J. Schwartz and H.H.J.
ten Kate, "Interpretation of the critical current in Bi2Sr2Ca2Cu3Ox
tape conductors as parallel weak-link and strong-link paths," Physica
C 372-376 1024-1027 (2002)
- H. Maeda,
, and J. Schwartz, "Microstructure and critical
current density of Bi2212 tapes grown by magnetic melt-processing"
Physica C 382(1) 33-37 (2002)
- Scientific and professional societies:
Tau Beta Pi, member
IEEE, Senior Member
- Honors and awards:
Engineering Research Award, FAMU-FSU College of Engineering, 2001
Roger W. Boom Award, 1998, Cryogenic Society of America
Developing Scholar Award, Florida State University, 1996
Nuclear Engineering Students Award for Undergraduate Teaching, 1991
NSF/Science and Technology Agency of Japan Fellowship, 1990
Magnetic Fusion Energy Technology Fellowship, U.S. Department of Energy, 1985-1990
University of Illinois Bronze Tablet & Highest Honors, 1985
Institute of Nuclear Power Operations Scholarship, 1983-1985
- Institutional and professional service in the last five years:
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory Research Program Committee, 2003-present
Center for Advanced Power Systems: Research Comm. (Chair); Budget Comm., 2002-present
FSU Promotion and Tenure Committees (College of Engineering and University),
2002-3
Co-Chair, Committee on Expanding Corporate Research Support, 2002 - present
FSU Biomedical Activities Committee, 2001 - present
FSU Committee on Future Research Directions, 2001 - 2002
Editor for Magnets and Magnet Applications, IEEE Trans. Appl. Supercond.,
1998-present
Applied Superconductivity Conference: Chairman of the Board and Conference
Chairman, 2002-04; Board of Directors Executive Committee, 1999-04; Board
of Directors (elected), 1996-02
U.S.-Japan Workshop on High-Tc Superconductors: Chair, U.S. Delegation, 1996-1999
Council on Research and Creativity, Florida State University, 1997 - 2000;
2001-03
- Professional development activities in the last five years: