Dr. Clifford E. Singer, PhD

Nuclear, Plasma, and Radiological Engineering

Plasma transport near material boundaries, plasma-wall interaction; advanced propulsion systems, nuclear proliferation, and South Asian nuclear programs

Bachelor of Science, Mathematics University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1966
Doctorate of Philosophy, Biochemistry University of CA, Berkeley 1971

Associate Professor, 1986 - 1992
Professor, August, 1992 - present
Director of the Program in Arms Control, Disarmament, and International Security, 1998 -2005

NSF Postdoctoral Fellow, Massachusetts Institute of Tech. - Nov. 1971 - Aug. 1972
NSF Postdoctoral Fellow, Queen Mary College, London - Oct. 1972 - Feb. 1974
Postdoctoral Research Assistant, Queen Mary College, London - May 1974 - Aug. 1977
Plasma Physics Lab., Princeton University - Sept. 1977 - January, 1986

Course Development: NPRE 480, Topics in Energy Security; NPRE 491, Writing Seminar, NPRE 492, Civilian and Military Uses of Nuclear Energy; NPRE 493, Seminar in Technology and Security Preliminary and Final Examinations: Dept. of Nuclear Engineering

Elson, A., G. Knaap, and C. E. Singer, "Using Tax Increment Financing to Provide Affordable Housing: A Financial Analysis of the King Park TIF District in Urbana, Illinios," in Craig Johnson and Joyce Mann, eds., Tax Increment Financing: Uses, Structures, and Impact (New York NY: Suny Press, 1998).

Chemically Enhanced PVD, disclosed 2000, patent applied for 2002, assigned to Novellus
Tin Source for Extreme Ultra Violet Lithography, TF02115, disclosed 2002
Plasma Filter for Extreme Ultra Violete Lithography, TF02117, disclosed 2002, patent applied for 2002, assigned to INTEL
Plasma Treatment of Polymers to Repel Water and Reduce Biofouling, TF02037, disclosed 2002
Erosion-Resistant Self-Healing, Self-Cleaning Collector Optics for EUV Lithography TF03076, disclosed 2003

Qiang, J., C. E. Singer and A. Levinson, "Application of a Calibrated Transport Model to ITER Ignition Studies," Fusion Technology 31, 311 (1997).
Cheng, S., G. H. Miley, and C. E. Singer, "Helium Accumulations: A 1 _-Dimensional Sensitivity Study," Fusion Technology 32, 161 (1997).
Singer, C.E., "Look before you Leap: Practicable Steps towards Nuclear Arms Reduction," Washington Quaterly, 20:3, 199-210 (1997) and "The World Affairs Weekly" (in Japanese, 23 Sept. 1997).
Ouzidane, M., C. E. Singer, and L. A. Bergman, "Spaceborne Centrifugal Relays for Spacecraft Propulsion," Acta Astronautrica (1998).
Singer, C.E., M. Thakar, and J. Saksena, "Feasible Deals with India and Pakistan after the Nuclear Tests: The Glenn Sanctions and U.S. Negotiations," in Asia Survey (Fall/Winter 1998).
Cox, DD., J.S. Park and C. E. Singer, "A Statistical Method for Tuning a Computer Code to a Data Base," Computational Statistics & Data Analysis 37. 77-92 (2001).
Singer, C.E., "How Can National Missile Defense Best Enhance Security?" Defense Analysis (2002).

Qiang, J., A. Levinson, and C. E. Singer, "Application of a Calibrated Tokamak Transport Model to ITER Start-up Study," Proc. 16th IEEE/NPSS Symposium on Fusion Engineering, 288 (Champaign, 1-6 Oct., 1995).
Singer, C.E. and B. Youman, "Radwaste Considerations for Economics and Siting of ITER and Fusion Power Reactors in Illinois and Elsewhere in the U.S.," Proc. 16th IEEE/NPSS Symposium on Fusion Engineering (Champaign, 1-6 Oct., 1995) 0335.
Singer, C.E., "An Analytical Uranium Sources Model" Proc. Technical Committee Meeting on Recent Developments in Uranium Resources, Production and Demand (Vienna, 10-13 June, 1997), International Atomic Energy Agency, pp. 27-38 (1998).

Singer, C.E. and J. Qiang, "Application of a Calibrated Transport Model to ITER Start-up Study," Bull. Am. Phys. Soc., 40, (1995).
Singer, C.E. editor, "After the South Asian Bombs: The Global Implications of Recent Developments Concerning Nuclear Weapons," University of Illinois ACDIS Course Reader, 250 pages (1999).
Singer, C.E., "South Asian Nuclear Proliferation Research: Final Report" University of Illinois ACDIS Research Report 41 pages (2000).
Singer, C.E., "Space Weapons and the CD," Bull. International Network of Engineers and Scientists Against Proliferation. 20, (2002).
Singer, C.E., Editor, "The New Nuclear Arms Control Environment: Trip Report and Project Conclusions," University of Illinois ACDIS Occasional Paper, 53 pages (2002). Translations available in French, German, Chinese, and Russian.
Singer, C.E. and A. Sands, "Keys to Unblocking Multilateral Nuclear Arms Control," University of Illinois ACDIS Occasional Paper, 9 pages (2002)

Singer, C.E., "What the ISWDA Taught Us," News-Gazette Guest Commentary B-3 (Nov. 1997).
Singer, C. E. "Will Mankind Survive the Millennium" Swords and Ploughshares 13:1, 3-6 (Spring 2001).
Rethinaraj, T.S.G. and C. E. Singer, "Going Global: India aims for a credible nuclear doctrine," Janes Intelligence Review 13:2, 48-52 (Feb. 2001).

Technical Program Chair, 16 IEEE/NPSS Symposium on Fusion Engineering.
U.S. South Asia Trade, U.S. Department of Education Title VI Grant
Course Supervisor and Review Workshop Organizer (2000)
The New Nuclear Arms Control Environment Workshops Organizer, London, Paris, Beijing, Islamabad, New Delhi (2001)

Formed and chaired Faculty Advisory Committee to the UI-Integrate project.
Convinced all three campus Senates and administrations to adopt uniform grade notation, values and course numbers systems.
Formed and chaired Student Service Advisory Committee to the UI-Integrate project.

University of London Extension Service Course
Princeton University Alumni School
Princeton University Management Training Course
University of Illinois Science Technology and Society Forum
Dean's Seminars and Workshops on Teaching
IMS Class Visitation and Evaluation Program
International Atomic Energy Agency Conferences
Peace and World Security Studies Faculty Workshop, Hampshire College
Faculty Teaching Seminar on the History of Strategic Weapons Proliferation, UCSD