**About the Editor**

**Tim Coombs** head the EPEC group in Cambridge and am a Fellow of both the Institute of Physics and the Institution of Engineering and Technology and a Senior Member of the IEEE. I have over 200 publications and a current H index of 30 (Scopus). I collaborate closely with industry on problems of applied superconductivity, both through academic research projects and, via my company Magnifye, through consultancy and product development. My research concentrates on applied superconductivity. I have made significant breakthroughs including superconducting bearings, maglev and fault current limiters for power distribution. This group works on many aspects of engineering applications of superconductivity and the fundamental physics which underpins them. I have published extensively on this in areas as diverse as AC losses, solutions to the critical state (we proposed and proved the H-formulation—now the industry standard), FCLS, magnets, motors, SMES, partial discharge, levitation, the effect of superconductors on the electricity network and, finally, the effect of flux pumping. I cover fundamental magnetism, electrical networks and the design and construction of magnets, motors and transformers. I have more than a dozen patents. I founded Magnifye Ltd. (www.magnifye.com) in 2007. Magnifye holds four major worldwide patents. I have made appearances on the BBC, Reuters and radio.
