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Rajiv K. Singh has been a professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Florida since 1990.  His research interests include the innovative synthesis, processing, and micro- and nanofabrication of materials and structures. In the last decade, he has worked in several semiconductor processing areas, including transient thermal processing of materials, chemical-mechanical planarization (CMP), diamond science and technology, and oxide-based electronics. Other areas of interest include the synthesis and processing of nanoparticles and nanoscale coatings on particles.

Dr. Singh obtained his B.E. degree in chemical engineering from Jadavpur University, India, in 1985, then earned his M.S. in Materials Science and Engineering from North Carolina State University (1987) and Ph.D. from NCSU in 1989.  He joined the University of Florida faculty as an Assistant Professor in 1990 and was promoted to Associate Professor in 1995 and then full Professor in 1997.  He has published more then 360 papers, and his research group has presented over 400 conference presentations. His work has received over 2400 research cirtations.  He has organized more than 20 international conferences, edited eight books, and has been a guest editor for eight journal issues.  Dr. Singh has given more than 130 invited talks and lectures at international conferences and institutions.

Dr. Singh has been awarded, or has filed for, more than 16 U.S. and international patents in various areas of materials technologies, including diamond films, flat-panel displays, metal-ceramic joining and adhesion of hard materials, drug delivery systems, semiconductor processing (cleaning, planarization, and thin-film transistors), battery materials, and medical devices.  He is the author of the S.L.I.M. (Simulation of Laser Interaction with Materials) software package, which is used worldwide to model laser-solid interactions.  His research has resulted in the spinoff of two start-up companies, Nanotherapeutics Inc., which specializes in controlled drug delivery applications, and Sinmat Inc., which specializes in advanced materials products, such as slurries of CMP.  He played a key role in the establishment of the NSF-funded Engineering Research Center for Particle Science and Technology, where he directd CMP research efforts.

Dr. Singh is a fellow of ASM and the recipient of several awards, including the NSF Young Investigator Award, the Hardy Gold Medal from TMS, the IBM Faculty Development Award,  and the MRS Graduate Student Award.  He has held several visiting appointments, at the National University of Singapore, the National Institute of Materials and Chemical Research (Japan), and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology.

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