MASTERS OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING (MEE)

During my Master's at Auburn University, I was fortunate enough to work with Dr. Michael Hamilton and Dr. Ellis. Some of the topics I worked on in my masters includes Superconductors, Superconducting materials, and structures. Recently I have investigated multiple material stacks ups with a goal to protect the superconducting properties of niobium thin films for possible use in niobium superconducting flexible cables where niobium was subjected to multiple high-temperature curing process steps for materials such as polyimide PI-2611. Different barrier layers metallic and organic were tested to protect niobium superconductivity from polyimide cured on top of niobium at elevated temperatures. A paper on this work: "Preserving Nb Superconductivity in Thin Film Flexible Structures" was presented at IMAPS 12th International Conference and Exhibition on Device Packaging. Also I have explored alternate polymer such as AL-X 2010 and studied the effect of different curing temperature on the superconductivity of niobium. I have been able to demonstrate that curing polyimides above a specific temperature adversely affects the superconducting properties of niobium such critical temperature (Tc) and critical current (Ic). The goal is to determine possible materials stacks-ups for robust, multi-layer superconducting flexible cables that can find use in future cryogenic electronic systems.