PRESENT OCCUPATION (since July 1, 1999)
 

Post:	Associate Professor
Institution:	University of Talca, Chile
Center:	Faculty of Engineering; Curicó, Chile
Duties:	- Responsible of the Materials Science & Engineering Laboratory (since August 1999), - Lecturer and Responsible of the "Materials Engineering" Courses (since August 1999), - Lecturer and Responsible of "Electricity and Magnetism" Courses (since August 2000), - Chairman of the Engineering Sciences Department (March 2001 - Febr. 2003).
Courses:	- Electromagnetism;2000-present - Materials Engineering; 1999-present
Period of Duty:	01 July 1999 - present

Present research problem:

• Better Understanding of Transport and Shielding Current Distribution in Hard Superconductors
• Optimal Control Approach to Applied Superconductivity Problems
• Leakage Flux Estimation in Magnetic Circuits

Research Projects:

Transport Current Effects on Magnetization in High-Tc Superconductors
Principal Investigator; FONDECyT 7050089 (2005)
Principal Investigator; FONDECyT 7040043 (2004)
Principal Investigator; FONDECyT 1040668 (2004-2005)

Non-Linear Response Of The Conductivity In High-Temperature Superconducting Films Due To Fluctuations Induced Phenomena 
Co-Investigator; FONDECyT 7050058 (2005)
Co-Investigator; FONDECyT 7040046 (2004)
Co-Investigator; FONDECyT 1040666 (2004-2005)

PREVIOUS ACADEMIC AND RESEARCH POSITION (1991-2001)
 

Post:	Teaching assistantship
Institution:	University of Zaragoza, Spain
Center:	Engineering Higher Polytechnical Center; Zaragoza, Spain
Duties:	Class and Lab instruction, Lab supervision and Experiments Design
Courses:	- Materials Science; 1996-1999 (1.5 year) - Electromagnetism;1994-1996 (2 years) - General Physics; 1993-1994 (1 year) - General Physics; 1993 (0.5 year)
Period of Duty:	01 January 1993 - 18 July 2001

 

Participation in Research Projects (1991-1999):

Study of the mixed state in high Tc superconductors
CICYT MAT 95-0921 C02-02 (1995-1998)

Flux Pinning in HighTemperature Superconductors
CEE, HUMAN CAPITAL MOBILITY Program, network CHRX (1993-1996)

On Textured Metal-HighTc Superconductor Systems
CICYT MAT 92-0896-C02-02 (1992-1994)

Flux Pinning in High Temperature Superconductors
CEE, SCIENCE Program, SCI-0389-C (1990-1992)

Design and Construction of a High Sensitivity High-Tc Superconductor-Based Magnetometer with LN2;
MIDASProgram, CICYT-Red Eléctrica-UNESA 90/641 (1990-1991)
 

Person to whom I report:	Dr. Rafael Navarro Linares (navarro@posta.unizar.es)
Reasons for leaving:	Post-doctoral position to upgrade R&D experience

 
 

PREVIOUS RESEARCH POSITION (1987-1993)
 

Post:	Researcher
Institution:	Atomic Energy Argentine Commission
Center:	Development Division, Applied Physics Department  Bariloche Atomic Center; S.C. de Bariloche, Argentina
Duties:	- R&D - Preparation of Rare Earth-Transition Metals magnetic materials - Magnetic characterization of soft and hard magnetic materials - Magnetometer and Mag-Demagnetizer Design
Period of Duty:	08 August 1988 - 30 June 1993

R&D Projects performed under contract (1986 - 1991):

• Calculus and design of an automatic 1,568 kJ capacitive-discharge 'C'-magnet yoke magnetizer-demagnetizer for 1 T magnetization of 18" loudspeaker hard-ferrite pole pieces in a 20 cm (8,000 cc) gap; Balseiro Foundation and Sonotechnika S.A. contract; 09 Aug. 1988
• Magnetic characterization of neodymium-iron-boron samples; Collaboration with the Metrology and Materials Research Center (C.I.M.M.) of Córdoba, Argentina; Feb. 1987 - Dec. 1988
• Preparation and magnetic characterization of Rare-Earth alloys and ceramic superconductor pulverization; O/C No. 240; 30 Nov. 1987
• Design of an arc-furnace with Ar-atmosphere for preparation of Rare Earth-Transition Metal alloys; O/C No. 92; 05 Jun. 1987
• Magnetic characterization of Ba-O-Fe compounds; O/C No. 343; 20 Nov. 198