Dr. Clifford E. Singer, PhD

Engineering at Illinois Engineering at Illinois

Nuclear, Plasma, and Radiological Engineering

Dr. Clifford E. Singer, PhD

Dr. Clifford E. Singer, PhD

RESEARCH INTERESTS

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

EDUCATION

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

ACADEMIC POSITIONS HELD

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

PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT

  • 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

MAJOR CONSULTING ACTIVITIES

  • Regional Centre for Strategic Studies, Colombo, Sri Lanka

HONORS AND AWARDS

  • NSF Postdoctoral Fellowship
  • Alexander von Humboldt Fellow (Federal Republic of Germany)

OTHER INSTRUMENTAL ACTIVITIES

  • 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

BOOKS AUTHORED

  • C. E. Singer, "Energy and International War: From Babylon to Baghdad and Beyond,"(Singapore: Scientific Press, 2008).

BOOKS EDITED

  • 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, Illinois," in Craig Johnson and Joyce Mann, eds., Tax Increment Financing: Uses, Structures, and Impact (New York NY: Suny Press, 1998).

SELECT PUBLICATIONS

PATENTS
  • 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
ARTICLES IN JOURNALS
  • 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).
  • Singer, C. E., T. S. Gopi Rethinaraj, Samuel Addy, David Durham, Murat Isik, Madhu Khanna, Brandon Kuehl, Jianding Luo, Wilma Quimio, Kothavari Rajendran, Donna Ramirez, Ji Qiang, Jurgen Scheffran, T. Nedjla Tiouririne, and Junli Zhang, "Probability Distributions for Carbon Emissions and Atmospheric Response," Climatic Change, 88, 309-342 and DOE 10,1007/s10584-008-9410-4(2008), available in extended form as "Probability Distributions for Carbon Emissions and Atmospheric Response: Results and Methods," University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Program in Arms Control, Disarmament, and International Security Report ACDIS SIN2. (2007) at Research and Methods
ARTICLES IN CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS
  • 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).
BULLETINS AND REPORTS
  • 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)
MAGAZINE ARTICLES
  • 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).

OTHER SCHOLARLY ACTIVITIES

  • 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)

SERVICE

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY
  • American Nuclear Society
  • American Physical Society
UNIVERSITY
  • 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.
CAMPUS
  • George A. Miller Committee, 1986-89
  • University of Illinois ACDIS Program Executive Committee, 1988 - present
COLLEGE
  • Member/Chair College Strategic Planning Committee on Computing, 1989-1997
  • Member/Chair Scholarship and Awards Committee, 1991- present
  • CCSE Steering Committee, 1995-1996
  • Physics Liaison Committee, 2000-present
PUBLIC
  • Committee on Nuclear Policy, 1997- 2000.

IMPROVEMENT ACTIVITIES

  • 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