Clyde Kimball, Director
CEO, Northern Illinois NanoTech, Inc.
Executive Director, Institute for NanoScience, Engineering and Technology
Distinguished Professor
Physics Department
Northern Illinois University
DeKalb, Illinois 60115
(815) 753 0260 FAX (815) 753-8565 ckimball@.niu.edu
EDUCATION
Ph.D. Physics/Mathematics 1959, St. Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri
M.S. Engineering Physics 1952
B.S. Engineering Physics 1950
Michigan College of Mining and Technology, Houghton, Michigan
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Northern Illinois University DeKalb, Illinois 60115
Executive Director, Institute for NanoScience, Engineering & Technology (INSET) (2002- )
Distinguished Professor (1991- )
Teaching at the undergraduate and graduate level. Direction of graduate theses.
Current interests: magnetic and non-equilibrium dynamic processes at nanoscale; phonon softening and phase stability; synchrotron-based probes of magnetism (XMCD) and lattice vibrations (Inelastic Resonance Scattering).
University Professor (1987-1990)
Presidential Research Chair (1982 1986)
Selected in program to recognize faculty excellence in research.
Science and Technology Advisor to the President (NIU) (1982 1988)
Provide advice on developments in science and technology for research and curriculum development. Effect liaison to Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Argonne National Laboratory, and selected matrix of "high tech" corporations.
Chair, Board of Governors , Consortium for Advanced Radiation Sources (1992- )
Northern Illinois University, Southern Illinois University, University of Chicago,
Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organization,
BioCARS, ChemMatCars, and GeoSoil EnviroCars Synchrotron Consortia
Executive Committee 1994-2002
Basic Energy Sciences Synchrotron Research Center
Argonne National Laboratory and Northern Illinois University
National Science Foundation
Division of Materials Research
Washington, D. C.
Program Director, Low Temperature Physics (1979)
Responsible for review and decision on proposals for experimental research on condensed matter which require low temperature in an essential way; research on quantum crystals; electronic, magnetic and lattice dynamical properties of crystalline and amorphous systems at ultra low temperature.
Program Director, Quantum Solids and Liquids (1978)
Management responsibilities for proposals and grants in the fields of superconductivity and quantum solids and liquids.
Program Director, Helium Liquefaction Program (1978 79)
Responsible for review and decision on equipment proposals for closed system helium liquifiers.
Argonne National Laboratory Argonne, Illinois 60439
Consultant, Materials Science Division, 1980 present
Consultant, Solid State Science Division, 1964 1980
Visiting Scientist, Materials Science Division, 1988 1989
Mössbauer and dielectric studies of electronic and vibrational properties high Tc oxide superconductors.
Visiting Scientist, Materials Science Division 1967 1968
Mössbauer studies of the magnetic and electronic properties of intermetallic compounds.
Associate Physicist, Solid State Science Division 1962 1964
Cold neutron inelastic spectroscopy construction of time of flight system and associated electronics.
Research Associate, Physics Division 1957 1959
Intermediate energy neutron physics using Argonne 6 MeV Van de Graaff.
Resident Associate, Physics Division 1955
Construction of bent crystal gamma ray spectrometer; measurement of nuclear photodisintegration cross sections.
Assistant Physicist, Physics Division 1950 1953
Reactor physics and engineering; design of heavy water, enriched uranium prototypes for the DuPont breeder reactor facility.
Aeronutronic Division, Ford Motor Company Newport Beach, California
Staff Scientist 1960 1962
Technical Staff of the Director, Research Division. Designed laboratory for materials research. Cooperative Research Program, Ford Scientific Laboratory, Dearborn, Michigan.
Autonetics Division, North American Aviation Anaheim, California
Senior Physicist 1959 1960
Magnetic thin films
United States Army Dugway Proving Ground, Dugway, Utah
Supervisor, Health Physics Section 1953 1955
Radiation Safety Officer
EXTERNAL FUNDING
NSF, DARPA/ONR, AFOSR, US Dept of Ed, IL Board of Higher Education, IL Dept of Commerce (1968-2005)
P.I. ~ 11M$ Co-P.I. ~ 29 M$
PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITION
Fellow of the American Physical Society
American Men and Women of Science
Who's Who in the Midwest
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
American Association for the Advancement of Science
Sigma Pi Sigma (Physics Honor Society)
Sigma Xi
American Institute of Physics/American Physical Society
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