Stephen Van Sciver Email & Phone Number

Dr. Van Sciver is an Emeritus Professor with Florida State University currently working as a consultant to industry in cryogenic science and technology. Prior to retirement he was a Distinguished Research Professor and John H. Gorrie Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Program Director at the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory (NHMFL) in Tallahassee, FL. Dr. Van Sciver joined the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering and the NHMFL in 1991, initiating and teaching in a graduate program in magnet and materials engineering and in cryogenic thermal sciences and heat transfer. He also led the NHMFL development efforts of the cryogenic systems for the NHMFL Hybrid and 900 MHz NMR superconducting magnets. Between 1997 and 2003, he served as Director of Magnet Science and Technology at the NHMFL. Dr. Van Sciver is a Fellow of the ASME and the Cryogenic Society of America and former American Editor for the international journal Cryogenics. He is the 2010 recipient of the Kurt Mendelssohn Award and the 2017 recipient of the Samuel Collins Award.Prior to joining Florida State University, Dr. Van Sciver was a Research Scientist and then Professor of Nuclear Engineering, Engineering Physics and Mechanical Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1976 to 1991. During this period, he taught courses in thermal sciences, cryogenics and applied superconductivity. At UW-Madison he also served as the Associate Director of the Applied Superconductivity Center. Dr. Van Sciver received his BS summa cum laude in Engineering Physics from Lehigh University in 1970 and PhD in Low Temperature Physics from the University of Washington-Seattle in 1976.During his career, Dr. Van Sciver has authored over 200 peer reviewed publications and five patents in low temperature physics, liquid helium technology, cryogenic engineering and superconducting magnet technology. He has also supervised the graduate education of 25 PhDs and 10 Masters in the fields of cryogenics and magnet technology. He is the author of the textbook, Helium Cryogenics, originally published by Plenum Press (1986), the 2nd edition of this book was published by Springer in 2012.