Biography
Dipak Patel is a Senior Engineer (Cryogenics) in the Quantum Systems Integration Team at CSIRO. He joined CSIRO in July 2022. His expertise and experience include Cryogenic/Vacuum Systems, Conduction-Cooled Cryogenic Systems, Thermal/Structural Analysis, Mechanical Design, Superconducting MgB2 Material, Superconducting Joints (MgB2, Nb-Ti), Microscopy and Superconducting Magnets.
Dipak received his Bachelor’s Degree in Physics from Hemchandracharya North Gujarat University, India in 2005, a Master’s Degree in Physics from Annamalai University, India in 2010 and a PhD Degree in Applied Superconductivity and Cryogenics from the University of Wollongong (UOW), Australia in 2016 (2013-16). During his PhD, he worked on the ‘Design and Fabrication of Solid Nitrogen Cooled MgB2 based Persistent Magnet for MRI Application’.
Before PhD, Dipak worked on superconducting magnet technologies in the Magnet Division of the Institute for Plasma Research (IPR), India as a Scientific Assistant (2006-13). In IPR, he worked on most of the commercial superconducting materials (Nb-Ti, MgB2, BSCCO, YBCO), FEA, cryogenics, vacuum and technologies required for developing small to large-scale superconducting magnets.
After graduating from UOW with PhD, Dipak worked for about 9 months on MgB2 solenoid coils for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) applications, MgB2 racetrack coils for superconducting wind turbine applications and the development of Nb-Ti superconducting joints for MRI applications along with co-supervising his group’s PhD/bachelor’s students at UOW. In July 2017, he joined the School of Physics at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) as a Technical Officer.
In July 2018, Dipak joined the National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Japan as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow with a fellowship from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS). During his JSPS fellowship, he worked on the development of advanced MgB2 superconductors and superconducting joints. After returning from Japan, he worked for a short time at UOW and later moved to the University of Queensland (UQ) in October 2020 as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the School of Mechanical and Mining Engineering. In UQ, he worked on superconducting materials, joints, magnet technologies and cryogenics systems along with teaching and co-supervising Master’s/MPhil/PhD students.
Other Interests
Superconducting Materials | Magnets | Cryogenic and Vacuum Systems
Academic Qualifications
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2016
PhD
University of Wollongong
Current Roles
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Senior Engineer
Cryogenics
Professional Experiences
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May 2006-Mar 2017
Scientific Assistant (Magnet Divison)
Institute for Plasma Research, India -
Sep 2016-May 2017
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
University of Wollongong -
Jul 2017-Jul 2018
Technical Officer (School of Physics)
University of New South Wales -
Jul 2018-Aug 2020
JSPS Postdoctoral Research Fellow
National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Japan -
Oct 2020-Nov 2020
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
University of Wollongong -
Oct 2020-Jul 2022
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
The University of Queensland
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