Oxford Instruments

Oxford Instruments Nanotechnology Tools Ltd Develops and supplies high technology instrumentation to customers in industry, research, academia and healthcare.

Role:

WP4 Leader and contributor to tasks

Oxford Instruments is the internationally leading industrial vendor of superconducting magnets and low-temperature technology for research and industry. One of the first commercial spin-off companies from Oxford University, OX. Inst. has been at the forefront of innovation for many years with a business model that turns smart science into world class products. It began by manufacturing superconducting magnets for scientific research, taking a pioneering role in the development of MRI scanners and high field research and NMR magnets and providing the first commercial MRI body scanner in 1980. Oxford Instruments Nanotechnology Ltd is a global company that delivers high magnetic field applications in physics, chemistry and materials science. OX. Inst. are now the market leader in high field compact superconducting magnets and cryogen free applications with a new class of high field magnets including the 19 T / 150 mm Ø wide bore / 4.2 K at the HLD in Dresden and the 15 T / 250 mm Ø wide bore outsert for the 32 T fully superconducting magnet project at the NHMFL in Florida.

Relevant Projects:

LTS

SC Magnets

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Infrastructure

Engineering and manufacturing facilities for Instrumentation, cryogenic and superconducting applications.

Key Personnel

Dr Ziad Melhem (M) :

Is the Alliances Manager at Oxford Instruments NanoScience (OINS), managing OINS Alliances including Consultancy Projects, Collaborative R&D, strategic projects on Nanotechnology applications including, Quantum Technologies and 2D materials and partner in the Graphene Flagship programme, large scale superconducting systems, High Field and High Temperature Superconducting (HTS) applications including materials modelling and characterisation, with over 26 years’ experience in applied superconductivity, Low and High temperature superconducting (LTS & HTS) materials, low temperature and cryogenic applications for scientific, medical and industrial sectors including energy. Ziad has successfully led the development and testing of the world’s first 22.5T research magnet using LTS and HTS superconducting materials at 4.2 Kelvin and led many consultancy and special projects involving business development activities. Recently, Ziad programme managed the successful completion of the first generation of high field wide bore superconducting magnets. Ziad is active at national and international level and has co-organised events on superconducting applications and is an industrial supervisor for Physics and Engineering students. Ziad is the the editor of specialist books published by woodehead – Elsiever on High Tempertaure Superconducting (HTS) applications for Energy Applications (2012) and on Electricity transmission, distribution and storgae systems by Woodhead-Elsiever Publishing House (2013) and authored a special report on superconducting materials and applications published by the UK Materials Network and launched at the House of Lords, London, UK in June 2011. Ziad is a member of the Institute of Physics (IOP) Superconductivity committee and Secretary of the British Cryogenic Council (BCC) and Chairman of Industrial Steering Committee - CDT in Energy Storage and its Applications at Southampton University; Ziad Chaired the Innovation Partner Scheme (IPS) Panel of the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) (Aug2011 Aug-2014) and Chaired the IOP Superconductivity Summer School at Oxford (2010,2012, 2014,2016) and member of programme committees at MT23 and EUCAS 2015 and a member of the International Organising Committee for the Magnet Technology conference (MT25) in Amsterdam (2017).

Publications

Ziad Melhem, Editor, “High Temperature Superconductors (HTS) for Energy Applications”, Print book, 1st Edition, Woodhead-Elsevier, Mar 2012

Melhem Z.; Ball S.; Brzakalik R.; Chappell S.; Jedamzik D.; Jokinen A.; Twin A.; Gryaznevich M.; Hawksworth D.; Kingham D.; Sykes A., “High temperature superconducting (HTS) coils for a compact spherical tokamak”, IEEE Transactions on Applied Supercond

Sykes A.; Gryaznevich M.P.; Kingham D.; Costley A.E.; Hugill J.; Gryaznevich M.P.; Smith G.; Buxton P.; Ball S.; Chappell S.; Melhem Z., “Recent advances on the spherical tokamak route to fusion power”, IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science, v42 n3 (2014

Melhem Z.; Ball S.; Jokinen A.; Chappell S.P.G., “Electromagnetic characteristics of Bi-2212 test coils at high field during quench”, IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity, v23 n3 (2013 05 20):

Melhem Z.; Ball S.; Chappell S “Quench analysis of LTS and HTS coils used in wide bore compact high field superconducting magnets”, IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity, v22 n3 (2012 06 25)

CERN Accelerating science

LTS

SC Magnets

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