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Dr. Enrique GAXIOLA
a.) Was awarded an ITER-staff position in a highly competive selection process
Was awarded certificate of achievement at IEEE Electrical Insulation Conference
“Electrical Insulation of Superconducting Magnets' Qualification, Manufacturing FAT, SAT and Assembly” scientific publication which benchmarked superconducting coils' insulation performance as manufactured by Domestic Agencies in China, Europe, and USA.
b.) Was awarded a leading R&D position in a competitive selection at Siemens
Corporate Research
c.) Was awarded a CERN-staff position in a highly competive selection process
Was awarded an CERN exceptional step at end of probation period 04-02-2002
Was awarded the position of CERN Accelerator School CAS lecturer for High
Voltage Engineering
Holds twelve patents, published 62 papers, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers Senior Member IEEE and Dutch Royal Institution of Engineers member.
2013 to 2024 at ITER International Organisation, France,
magnet engineer for superconducting Magnet & Feeder System and Machine Assembly Integration & Grounding, up to Commissioning for Tokamak Construction Project, to enable realization of plasma confinement for the fusion reactor.
2007 to 2013 at Siemens AG Corporate Technology, Germany,
Siemens lead EU-Projects IRENE-40 (Future European Energy Networks) and AFTER for energy infrastructures incl. supergrids & smartgrids, HVDC, DC Circuit Breaker, FACTS and Grid Access topics as senior key expert engineer in power systems technology
2001 to 2007 at European Centre for Nuclear Research (CERN) – Switzerland,
project lead for the CERN Super Proton Synchrotron extraction kicker systems for the Large Hadron Collider and CERN Neutrino to Grand Sasso projects.
1999 to 2000 at Philips Lighting - The Netherlands,
“Xenon automotrve” & “fluorescent lamps” gas discharge lignting research projects.
In 1994 M.Sc. respectively 1999 he received his Ph.D.-degree for his research dissertation “Dielectric Breakdown in Insulating Gases; Space Charge Effects and Non-Uniform Fields” at the High Voltage & EMC Group, Eindhoven University of Technology, the Netherlands.