UROP Research Mentor Project Submission Portal: Submission #1145 | Center for Undergraduate Research and Academic Engagement

Submission information

Submission Number: 1145

Submission ID: 20321

Submission UUID: 008918b6-8395-41d3-aae8-aa39922e9c9e

Submission URI: /urop-research-mentor-project-submission-portal

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Created: Thu, 08/14/2025 - 02:17 PM

Completed: Thu, 08/14/2025 - 02:17 PM

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Remote IP address: 146.201.213.154

Submitted by: Anonymous

Language: English

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Webform: UROP Project Proposal Portal

Submitted to: UROP Research Mentor Project Submission Portal

Research Mentor Information

Primary Research Mentor Name Aixia Xu

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Contact Email (FSU Email if affiliated) ax07@fsu.edu

Position Title Faculty

FSU College (if applicable) FAMU-FSU College of Engineering

FSU Department or Non-FSU Organization Affiliation ASC-NHMFL

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Overall Project Details

Title of the Project Understand Performance variation of REBCO superconducting tapes

Project Keywords superconducting material, REBCO coated conductor, performance characterization

Are you currently looking for research assistants? No

Number of Research Assistants Needed 1

Relevant Research Assistant Major(s) Materials science and engineering, Physics, Mechanical engineering

Project Location: 2031 E. Paul Dirac Drive, Tallahassee FL 32310

If the project location is off campus, does the research assistant(s) need to provide their own transportation? FSU bus

Please select the choice that most accurately describes your expectations for the research assistant(s): In-person

Approximately how many hours a week would the research assistant(s) need to work? 20

Roughly what time frame do you expect research assistant(s) to work? During business hours

Overall Research Project Description REBCO coated conductor, presently, is the only superconducting material that enables high field magnet windings for fusion reactor constructions to achieve the goal of zero-carbon emission. The performance inconsistency from batch to batch and along the tape length within the same batch has been a long time challenge to fully implement REBCO coated conductors. We at ASC-NHMFL, are addressing this challenge by carrying out comprehensive performance characterizations on diverse REBCO coated conductors, and will provide our understanding to REBCO coated conductor manufacturers to alleviate the performance variations.

Research Tasks REBCO performance evaluation using SEM, XRD and other experimental equipment

Skills that research assistant(s) may need: Recommended: Cryogenic liquid handling, soldering

Mentoring Philosophy We will develop diverse skills of the mentee to systematically characterize REBCO superconducting tapes. During this process, the mentee's interest will be identified. Besides this, the mentee will attain a overall picture of REBCO coated conductor growth, microstructure, and performance and their correlations. Depending upon the mentee's interest, a single or multiple characterization tools will be assigned to the mentee to give the mentee's ownership and promoting mentee's accountability. The data analysis capability and problem solving ability will be acquired throughout the work process.

Please provide a link to your publications, a video clip, or a website for your research project (if applicable): https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=08nlq1UAAAAJ&hl=en

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Are you interested in participating in the UROP Research Mentor Roundtable? Yes

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Roundtable Info

Day: Friday, September 5
Start Time: 12:30
End Time: 12:30
Zoom Link: https://fsu.zoom.us/j/97618788561

UROP Program Elements

Mentor Handbook, FAQs, and Communication Yes

UROP Performance Evaluation Yes

Materials Grant Yes

UROP Poster Presentation Yes

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Year 2025

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