Processing and applications of (RE)BCO and MgB2 bulk superconductors: an introduction to the special issue

Preface of the Superconductor Science and Technology special issue "Focus on processing and applications of (RE)BCO and MgB2 bulk superconductors". This special issue focuses on contributions from the 9th International Workshop on Processing and Applications of Superconducting (RE)BCO Large Grain Materials (PASREG 2015). The workshop was held at the University of Liège, Belgium on 02–04 September, 2015, as a satellite conference of the European Conference on Applied Superconductivity (EUCAS 2015). The Chairman was Philippe Vanderbemden; Benoît Vanderheyden, David Cardwell, and Herbert C Freyhardt served as Co-Chairmen. PASREG 2015 was the latest in a series of international workshops previously held in Cambridge, UK (1997), Morioka, Japan (1999), Seattle, USA (2001), Jena, Germany (2003), Tokyo, Japan (2005), Cambridge, UK (2007), Washington D.C., USA (2010), and Tainan, Taiwan (2012).