The Brian Pippard Prize is named in honour of Prof. Sir Brian Pippard, with the kind permission of Prof. Pippard's family. It is awarded annually by the Institute of Physics (IOP) Superconductivity Group to a scientist working in the UK who has made a significant contribution to the field of superconductivity in the last few years - with particular emphasis given to recent work. The winner is chosen by a panel of electors appointed by the IOP Superconductivity Group committee, currently chaired by Prof. Paul Attfield.
The citation reads: "Mark Ainslie is a superconductor engineer of great ability. His work in applied theoretical and experimental superconductivity is recognized internationally as world-leading, is highly cited and has consistently been of high quality over a period of fifteen years. He has deepened significantly the understanding of bulk superconducting materials from a variety of fundamental aspects and his work has also led to the development of several novel bulk superconducting applications. He has used his extensive numerical modelling capabilities and experimental knowledge to make significant contributions to the wider superconductivity research field in topics such as properties of wires and coils, AC loss and dynamic resistance, rotating machines and flux pumps. A good example is his paper with H. Fujishiro on 'Modelling of bulk superconductor magnetization' [Superconductor Science and Technology 28, 053002 (2015)]. He has made and continues to make an outstanding contribution to the wider superconductivity community via his work on outreach, international conference boards, journals and learned societies."