The Applied Superconductivity Center (ASC) drew 90 representatives from academia,

1. Applied Superconductivity Center at the Magnet LabLinks Research and Commercial ApplicationsPI: Greg Boebinger, National High Magnetic Field LaboratoryFlorida State University, University of Florida, Los Alamos National LaboratoryNSF Award Number: DMR-0084173, add’l support from DOE-HEP and DOE-OFES The Applied Superconductivity Center (ASC) drew 90 representatives from academia, the national labs and industry to Florida State University for the 2006 Low Temperature Superconductor Workshop (LTSW). Since 1983, the annual LTSW has nurtured a highly productive collaboration of superconducting wire user, superconducting wire manufacturer and superconducting wire researcher – the best Nb-Ti and Nb3Sn wires are now made in the United States and the commercial development lead remains in the US as well. The LTSW punctuates the ASC’s recent move to join the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory and demonstrates the Magnet Lab’s intent to become more actively involved in the materials research community. Niobium-based superconducting wires are commercial workhorses resulting from superconducting materials research which supports high-energy physics, plasma fusion, nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Continued wire improvements are also necessary to realize many of the next-generation magnets described in the National Academy of Sciences report on Research Opportunities in High Magnetic Field Science. This year’s Low-Temperature Superconductor Workshop was held Nov 7-9, 2006 at the MagLab in Tallahassee, Florida, the new home of the Applied Superconductivity Center.