September 15, 2015 (PA29). At the 12th  European Conference on Applied Superconductivity in Lyon, France, September 06 – 10, 2015,  the first ESAS Award for Excellence in Applied Superconductivity was bestowed to Dr. Wilfried Goldacker from the Institute of Technical Physics of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology to acknowledge his outstanding contributions in developing advanced Roebel-Coated-Conductor technologies. 

He accumulated a substantial body of understanding and insight aimed at establishing their capability for providing cables, the Roebel-Coated-Conductor Cables, of a most complex superconductor, which will have a sustainable impact for magnet technology, electrical and power engineering. Wilfried Goldacker gained internationally broad recognition for his thoughtful and thorough thinking that not only addresses the key problems of the technology but also provided the basis for his broad dissemination of this knowledge.