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| International Cryogenic Materials Conference | |
|---|---|
| Name | International Cryogenic Materials Conference |
| Abbreviation | ICMC |
| Discipline | Cryogenic materials |
| Frequency | Biennial (varies) |
| First | 1970s (approximate) |
| Organizer | International Union of Materials Research Societies; national cryogenic societies; academic institutions |
| Country | International |
International Cryogenic Materials Conference is a recurring scientific meeting focused on low-temperature materials science, superconductivity, cryogenics, and related technologies. The conference gathers researchers, engineers, and institutional stakeholders from universities, national laboratories, industrial corporations, and standards bodies to present advances in materials behavior at cryogenic temperatures. Participants include representatives from institutions such as Argonne National Laboratory, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Max Planck Society, and corporations like Siemens, General Electric, Hitachi.
The conference emerged amid collaborations between organizations including National Aeronautics and Space Administration, European Space Agency, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Brookhaven National Laboratory, and Los Alamos National Laboratory in response to needs voiced at meetings of the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics, American Physical Society, and Materials Research Society. Early gatherings featured contributions from researchers affiliated with California Institute of Technology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Imperial College London, ETH Zurich, and Tokyo Institute of Technology. Over decades, the event intersected with programs sponsored by National Science Foundation, Department of Energy (United States), Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, and Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada.
Topics span superconducting materials studied at facilities like European XFEL, CERN, and Fermilab; cryogenic composite structures tested at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory; and hydrogen storage work tied to Toyota and BMW research groups. Sessions cover low-temperature metallurgy from groups at University of Cambridge, Princeton University, and University of Oxford; thin films investigated by teams at National Institute of Standards and Technology and Paul Scherrer Institute; and cryo-electronics linked to research at IBM Research, Bell Labs, and Hitachi Cambridge Laboratory. The program often includes presentations on magnet technology related to ITER, European Spallation Source, and ITER Organization collaborators, along with cryogenic refrigeration advances connected to Cryomech, Linde plc, and Air Liquide.
Governance typically involves steering committees composed of representatives from academic institutions such as Stanford University, Yale University, University of Tokyo, Seoul National University, and University of Toronto, national laboratories including Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Sandia National Laboratories, and professional societies like Institute of Physics, IEEE, Royal Society, and American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Funding and oversight have been provided by agencies including European Commission, Canadian Space Agency, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, and CERN Council. Local organizing committees often include program chairs from universities such as Columbia University, University of Manchester, and McGill University, with publication coordination by publishers like Springer Nature, Elsevier, and IOP Publishing.
Proceedings have appeared in volumes published by Springer, Elsevier, and IOP Conference Series, and have been indexed in databases maintained by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, American Institute of Physics, and Science Citation Index. Past venues have included conferences held in cities hosting institutions such as Geneva (near CERN), Tsukuba (near KEK), Chicago (home of Argonne National Laboratory), Hamburg (near DESY), Tokyo, Boston, Seoul, Melbourne, and Beijing (linked to Tsinghua University and Peking University). Invited lectures have been delivered by scholars affiliated with Harvard University, Cornell University, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, and Delft University of Technology.
The conference program has featured awards and recognitions sponsored by organizations such as IEEE Magnetics Society, Materials Research Society, Royal Society of Chemistry, American Vacuum Society, and European Academy of Sciences. Individual honors have acknowledged work from researchers at Bell Labs, Moscow State University, Indian Institute of Science, National University of Singapore, and École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne. Institutional plaques and travel grants have been supported by entities including Ford Motor Company, Toyota Motor Corporation, Airbus, Boeing, and national funding agencies like Deutsche Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung.
The conference has catalyzed collaborations leading to projects at ITER, European Spallation Source, Large Hadron Collider, James Webb Space Telescope, Square Kilometre Array, and cryogenic infrastructure at SNS (Spallation Neutron Source). It has influenced standards adopted by International Organization for Standardization, American Society for Testing and Materials, European Committee for Standardization, and testing protocols at National Physical Laboratory (UK). Research outcomes presented have informed industry efforts at Siemens Energy, ABB Group, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, and influenced government programs at US Department of Energy and Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry.
Attendees typically include faculty and students from universities such as Brown University, Duke University, University of California, Berkeley, University of Wisconsin–Madison, and Purdue University; scientists from national laboratories including NIST, JPL (NASA), TRIUMF, and Canadian Light Source; engineers from companies like Cryomech, Air Liquide, Linde, Oxford Instruments, and ASI (Applied Superconductivity, Inc.); and representatives from professional societies like Materials Research Society, IEEE, American Physical Society, and European Physical Society. Conference attendance patterns reflect collaboration networks linking institutions such as CERN, Fermilab, DESY, KEK, and SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory.
Category:Cryogenics conferences