Daniel Andruczyk

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Education

• The University of Sydney, Ph.D., Plasma Physics, 2006
• The University of Sydney, M.Sc., Plasma Physics, 2001
• The University of Queensland, B.Sc. Honours, Physics, 1999
• The University of Queensland, B.Sc., Physics, 1998

Biography

Assistant Research Professor, Department of Nuclear, Plasma and Radiological Engineering

Center for Plasma-Material Interactions

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Prof. Andruczyk is heading up the HIDRA device at the University of Illinois. Previously he was a Research Engineer at the Princeton Plasma Physics Labs from 2012 - 2014. He currently is an Assistant Research Professor at the Center for Plasma-Material Interactions, a multidisciplinary center at the University of Illinois. Prof. Andruczyk conducts research into plasma edge studies and PFC materials as well as research related to manufacturing in the semiconductor industry. Prof. Andruczyk has previously worked as a post-doc at the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics, Greifswald where the W-7X Stellarator is being built. He has extensive expertise in plasma diagnostics including the development and running of diagnostic He beams and has installed two on H-1NF Heliac in Canberra, Australia and the WEGA Stellarator in Greifswald, Germany.

Academic Positions

• 2022 - Present, Director of Masters of Engineering in Engineering with Concentration in Plasma Engineering, Department of Nuclear, Plasma and Radiological Engineering, Urbana, IL, USA
• 2020-Present, Research Associate Professor, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Center for Plasma Material Interactions, Department of Nuclear, Plasma and Radiological Engineering, Urbana, IL, USA
• 2014-2020, Research Assistant Professor, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Center for Plasma-Material Interactions, Department of Nuclear, Plasma, and Radiological Engineering, Urbana, IL, USA
• 2012-2014, Research Engineer, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Center for Plasma-Material Interactions, Department of Nuclear, Plasma, and Radiological Engineering, Stationed at Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton, NJ, USA
• 2010-2012, Post Doctoral Researcher, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Center for Plasma-Material Interactions, Department of Nuclear, Plasma, and Radiological Engineering, Urbana, IL, USA
• 2010, Research Scientist, The Australian National University, Research School of Physical Sciences and Engineering, Canberra, Australia
• 2006-2009, Post-Doc, Max-Planck Institute for Plasma Physics, Greifswald, Germany
• 2006, Research Scientist, The University of Sydney, Sydney Australia

Professional Highlights

• UIUC lead for the Milestone Based Fusion Development (MBFD) Program with Tokamak Energy, 2024-2025
• Director Master of Engineering in Plasma Engineering, 2022-Present
• Showing that liquid lithium has the ability to pump helium in a toroidal fusion device leading to low recycling regimes and improved plasma performance, 2020-Present
• UIUC lead for the Domestic Liquid Metal Plasma Facing Component (LMPFC) Development Program, 2020-Present
• Lecture at the 10th ITER International School, Daejeon, South Korea, 2019
• Lecturer at the SULI Summer School, PPPL USA, 2019
• Experimental Campaign on EAST - Testing LiMIT and flowing liquid lithium
• First plasma in HIDRA (Hybrid Illinois Device for Research and Applications), April 2016
• Moving the former WEGA (Wendelstein Experiment in Greifswald für die Ausbildung which translates to Wendelstein Experiment in Greifswald for Education) stellarator from Max-Planck Institute for Plasma Physics, Greifswald Germany to UIUC and establishing our own working fusion device, re-naming to HIDRA. This has really set the fusion program at Illinois to be world leading, 2014

Teaching Statement

Teaching is probably the most important aspect of life. Weather we do it professionally or outside of the classroom, every person in one shape or form is teaching those around them in some way. Life’s experiences teach us and in turn we teach those around us with our experiences, becoming part of life.

As someone who has the privileged of teaching in the classroom I always want to make sure that my students will get the greatest knowledge out of what I say and that they have learning it. Where possible I not only want to teach the theoretical side of a subject but I always make sure that the students have a firm understanding of the practical aspect. This last part I try to achieve in two ways. One is through real world examples where I can show through a website or media to demonstrate something, but also I like to take the students in the lab and show them, have them obtain a hands on experience with different subjects.

As an example I teach an introductory plasma class. Throughout the semester I do demonstrations with various laboratory plasma sources where I can show them the breakdown curves for plasmas as well as the different components of a plasma. I was able to show them how sputter coating works where I ran a magnetron discharge for 10 min and deposit copper onto a stainless steel washer. This one always amazes the students. But I do get to show them a fusion device, HIDRA, which always excites the students. I also try to show students where plasmas are used in everyday life and the impact the technology has on our lives.

With all this in mind I believe that students need to come out of the class being able to think for themselves and asks good questions. An informed person is someone that will make good decisions and should be able to separate fact from fiction I like to think that I contribute to people being informed which allows them to make good decisions. I believe that I am a fair and engaging instructor that is able to connect with students and give them a passion and open their eyes to a whole new world. I believe that making the effort to spend even just a little time to work with students and get to know them can help them learn new things and to become the best that they can.

Resident Instruction

• NPRE 527 Technology of Gaseous Electronics
• NPRE 526 Plasma Material Interactions
• NPRE 498 Fusion Design and Operation
• NPRE 423 Plasma Laboratory - fusion lecture only
• NPRE 321 Introduction to Plasmas and Their Applications
• NPRE/GLBS 201 Advanced Energy Sources
• NPRE/ENVS 101 Introduction to Energy Sources

Course Development

• NPRE 498 Fusion Design and Operation
• NPRE 398 Introduction to Plasmas

Short Courses

• 2019 - Present, Symposium on Fusion Engineering (SOFE) Organizing all short courses for SOFE
• 2013 - Present: Lecturer at the Symposium On Fusion Engineering (SOFE) Short Course on Plasma Material Interactions for Fusion Plasmas: Fundamentals and Applications

Design Teams

• Andrew Herschberg, Lucas Hooper, Raad Najam, NPRE 458 Senior Design, Spring 2021

Research Statement

It is my belief that pioneering and expanding the forefront of technology and Science is the ideal way to contribute to further the development of society. There is a very poignant graph that has the CIA World Fact book puts out: It is the Human Development index with respect to Electricity use per capita. What it shows is that the quality of life in a country is directly related to the amount of power available. Industrialized countries such as the USA, Germany, Canada, Australia, Japan and the UK are all well above 0.9 and have greater power usage > 6MWh/year per capita. This is why you see countries such as India and China on a power plant building spree. They are below < 2MWh/year per capita. These countries need energy to bring their people up to the standards of the USA and Europe.

Any future power sources will be dictated by energy and environmental factors and will have three criteria: the need to be carbon neutral, sustainable and also provide the much needed constant large base power. Renewable technologies currently will only fulfill one or two of the three criteria. Nuclear fusion offers all three. It is not a carbon burner, thus does not release carbon products into the environment, the deuterium and lithium fuel needed to power these devices has billions of years’ worth of reserves in the earth oceans thus it is sustainable. Last it can run at base loads of 1 – 2 GW similar to current power plants and can provide it constantly. Thus the endeavor of my career is to facilitate the development of nuclear fusion as a viable source of energy in the future.

Plasma physics and material science has the unique ability to challenge us in ways never conceived nor imagined and this has always inspired and driven me. Future advancements in fusion will use lithium in the vessel to reduce the recycling and handle power loads to the divertor. Developing technologies that will safely handle and deliver lithium into a fusion device are crucial and this is something that I have been working with the last few years at the University of Illinois. I believe that I can lead research into lithium technologies and expand efforts further into this area.

Post-Doctoral Research Opportunities

Opportunities exist to work on HIDRA and lithium PFC development and plasma material interaction studies.

Graduate Research Opportunities

Opportunities for Graduate students to perform experiments at the forefront of fusion technology. These include, plasma material interaction studies, lithium PFC development and working on collaborative national and international experiments such as NSTX-U (at PPPL, Princeton), EAST (at ASIPP, China) and industry partners.

Undergraduate Research Opportunities

There are several opportunities for undergraduate students to work on HIDRA. The tasks involve helping the grad students and myself to plan and set up experiments, to help with taking data and analysis. The ability to learn about vacuum, plasma, lithium, materials and aspects of fusion (tokamak and stellarator) on a toroidal fusion device is a great opportunity for keen students wanting to go into the plasma sciences.

Research Interests

• Fusion blanket design and operation
• Plasma material interactions (PMI)
• Liquid lithium (LiLi) and metals (LM) as fusion materials
• Plasma chemistry
• Plasma diagnostics
• Material diagnostics
• Nuclear fusion research (NFR)

Chapters in Books

• D. Andruczyk, D.N. Ruzic, Thermoelectric properties of Lithium, Chapter 9, In F. Tabares (Eds) Lithium Technology, Performance and Safety, Nova Scotia Publishers, Inc, pp. 255-276, (2013)

Selected Articles in Journals

• A. Shone, R. Rizkallah, D. O’Dea, B. Kamiyama, D. Andruczyk, In-operando Lithium Evaporation Inducing Helium Retention in Long-Pulse HIDRA Helium Plasmas, Journal of Fusion Energy 42 (2023) 43
• D. Andruczyk, R. Rizkallah, D. O’Dea, A. Shone, S. Smith, B. Kamiyama, R. Maingi, C. E. Kessel, S. Smolentsev, T. W. Morgan & F. Romano, Overview of Liquid-Metal PFC R&D at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Fusion Science and Technology, 79 (2023) 1099
• G. Z. Zuo, C. L. Li, R. Maingi, X. C. Meng, D. Andruczyk, P. J. Sun, Z. Sun, W. Xu, M. Huang, Z. L. Tang, D. H. Zhang, Y. J. Chen, Q. Zang, Y. M. Wang, Y. F. Wang, K. Tritz, J.S. Hu, Effect of continuously flowing liquid Li limiter on particle and heat fluxes during H-mode discharges in EAST, Nuclear Materials and Energy, 33 (2022) 101263
• D. Andruczyk, A. Shone, Z. Koyn and J. P. Allain, First lithium experiments in HIDRA and evidence of helium retention during quasi-steady-state stellarator plasma operations, Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion. 64 (2022) 085011
• C. L. Li, G. Z. Zuo, R. Maingi, K. Tritz, D. Andruczyk, B, Zhang, R. Liang, D. O. O'Dea, Z. Sun, W. Xu, X. C. Meng, M. Huang, Z. L. Tang, B. Gao, N. Yan and J. S. Hu, Evidence of vapor shielding effect on heat flux loaded on flowing liquid lithium limiter in EAST Plasma Science and Technology, 24 (2022) 095104
• A. Shone, Z. Koyn, B. Kamiyama, E. Perez, L. Barrus, N. Bartlett, J.P. Allain, D. Andruczyk, HIDRA-MAT liquid metal droplet injector for liquid metal applications in HIDRA, Fusion Engineering and Design 180 (2022) 113193
• X.C. Meng, L. Li, C.L. Li, D. Andruczyk, K. Tritz, R. Maingi, M. Huang, D.H. Zhang, W. Xu, Z. Sun, G.Z. Zuo, J.S. Hu, Corrosion characteristics of Mo and TZM alloy for plasma facing components in molten lithium at 623 K, Corrosion Science 200 (2022) 110202
• D. Andruczyk, R. Maingi, C. Kessel, D. Curreli, E. Kolemen, J. Canik, B. Pint, D. Youchison, and S. Smolentsev, A Domestic Program for Liquid Metal PFC Research in Fusion, Journal of Fusion Energy, 39 (2020) 441
• A. Shone, Z. Koyn, R. Rizkallah, D. O'Dea, A. Kapat, G. Golba, J. Hoffman, D. Kurukulasuriya, Q. Tang, A. de Castro, J. P. Allain and D. Andruczyk, An Overview of the Hybrid Illinois Device for Research and Applications Material Analysis Test-stand (HIDRA-MAT), Journal of Fusion Energy, 39 (2020) 448
• D. Andruczyk, D.E. Editorial, Journal of Fusion Energy, 39 (2020) 401
• A. de Castro, C. Moynihan, S. Stemmley, M. Szott, D. Andruczyk and D. N. Ruzic, Exploration of Sn70Li30 Alloy as Possible Material for Flowing Liquid Lithium Metal Plasma Facing Components. Nuclear Materials and Energy, 25 (2020) 100829
• G. Z. Zuo, C. L. Li, R. Maingi, X. C. Meng, Z. Sun, W. Xu, Y. Z. Quan, M. Huang, Z. L. Tang, D. H. Zhang, L. Zhang, Y. J. Chen, S. T. Mao, Y. M. Wang, H. L. Zhao, D. Andruczyk, K. Tritz, X. Z. Gong, J. S. Hu and EAST Team, Results from a New Flowing Liquid Li Limiter with TZM Substrate During High Confinement Plasma in the EAST Device, Physics of Plasmas, 27 (2020) 052506
• D. Andruczyk, R, Maingi, J. S. Hu, G. Z. Zuo, R. Rizkallah, M. Parsons, A. Shone, D. O'Dea, A. Kapat, M. Szott, S. Stemmley, Z. Sun, W. Xu, X. C. Meng, R. Lunsford, E. Gilson, A. Diallo, K. Tritz, Overview of Lithium Injection and Flowing Liquid Lithium Results from the US-China Collaboration on EAST, Physica Scripta, T171 (2020) 014067
• G. Z. Zuo, J. S. Hu, R. Maingi, C. L. Li, X. C. Meng, Z. Sun, M. Huang, W. Xu, Y. Z. Qian, D. Andruczyk, K. Tritz, X. Z Gong, J. G. Li, Improvement on the Plasma Performance via Application of Flowing Lithium Limiters in EAST Tokamak, Physica Scripta, T171 (2020) 014008
• X. C. Meng, M. Huang, C. L. Li, Z. Sun, W. Xu, R. Maingi, K.Tritz, D. Andruczyk, Y. Z. Qian, Q. X. Yuan, J. J. Huang, X. Gao, B. Yu, J. G. Li, G. Z. Zuo, J. S. Hu and EAST team, Real-time gas cooling of flowing liquid lithium limiter for EAST, Fusion Engineering and Design, 154 (2020) 111537
• R. Rizkallah, S. Marcinko, D. Curreli, M. S. Parsons, N. Bartlett, R. Gluck, A. Shone and D. Andruczyk, Mapping of the HIDRA stellarator magnetic flux surfaces, Physics of Plasmas 26, (2019) 092503
• C. E. Kessel, D. Andruczyk, J. P. Blanchard, T. Bohm, A. Davis, K. Hollis, P. W. Humrickhouse, M. Hvasta, M. Jaworski, J. Jun, Y. Katoh, A. Khodak, J. Klein, E. Kolemen, G. Larsen, R. Majeski, B. J. Merrill, N. B. Morley, G. H. Neilson, B. Pint, M. E. Rensink, T. D. Rognlien, A. F. Rowcliffe, S. Smolentsev, M. S. Tillack, L. M. Waganer, G. M. Wallace, P. Wilson & S.-J. Yoon, Critical Exploration of Liquid Metal Plasma-Facing Components in a Fusion Nuclear Science Facility, Journal of Fusion Science and Technology, 75:8, (2019) 886
• J. S. Hu, G. Z. Zuo, R. Maingi, Z. Sun, K. Tritz, W. Xu, Q. X. Yang, D. Andruczyk, M. Huang, X. C. Meng, X. Z. Gong, D. N. Ruzic, M. J. Ni, B. N. Wan, J. G. Li and EAST Team, Experiments of Continuously and Stably Flowing Lithium Limiter in EAST Towards a Solution for the Power Exhaust of Future Fusion Devices, Nuclear Materials and Energy, 18 (2019) 99
• X. C. Meng, C. Xu, G. Z. Zuo, M. Huang, K. Tritz, D. Andruczyk, Z. Sun, W. Xu, Y. Z. Qian, J. J. Huang, X. Gao, B. Yu, J. G. Li, J. S. Hu and H. Deng, Corrosion Characteristics of Copper in Static Liquid Lithium Under High Vacuum, Journal of Nuclear Materials, 513 (2019) 282
• R. Rizkallah, D. Andruczyk, A. Shone, D. Johnson, Z. Jeckell, S. Marcinko, Z. Song, D. Curreli, F. Bedoya, A. Kapat, J. P. Allain, M. Christenson, M. Szott, S. Stemmley, H. Sandefur, D. N. Ruzic, R. Maingi, J. Hu, G. Zuo and J. Schmitt, Latest Results from the Hybrid Illinois Device for Research and Applications (HIDRA), IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science 46(7) (2018) 2695
• Z. Sun, R. Lunsford, R. Maingi, J. S. Hu, D. K. Mansfield, A. Diallo, K. Tritz, J. Canik, Z. Wang, D. Andruczyk, Y. M. Wang, G. Z. Zuo, M. Huang, W. Xu and X. C. Meng, First results of ELM triggering with a multichamber lithium granule injector into EAST discharges, IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science, 46(5) (2018) 1076
• D. Johnson, K. Wegley, R. Rizkallah, A. Shone and D. Andruczyk, HIDRA control system (HCS): A LabView-based program to control the Hybrid Illinois Device for Research and Applications, Fusion Engineering and Design, 128 (2018) 215
• X. Meng, G. Zuo, W. Xu, Z. Sun, M. Huang, X. Yuan, C. Xu, W. Hu, D. Andruczyk, J. Hu and H. Deng, Effect of temperature on the corrosion behaviors of 304 stainless steel in static liquid lithium, Fusion Engineering and Design, 128 (2018) 75
• D. A. Gates, D. Anderson, S. Anderson, M. Zarnstorff, D. A. Spong, H Weitzner, G. H. Neilson, D. N. Ruzic, D. Andruczyk, J. H. Harris, et al., Stellarator research opportunities: A report of the national stellarator coordinating committee, Journal of Fusion Energy, 37(1) (2018) 51
• D. N. Ruzic, M. Szott, C. Sandoval, M. Christenson, P. Fiflis, S. Hammouti, K. Kalathiparambil, I. Shchelkanov, D. Andruczyk, R. Stubbers, C. Joel Foster and B. Jurczyk, Flowing liquid lithium plasma-facing components - Physics, technology and system analysis of the LiMIT system, Nuclear Materials and Energy, 12 (2017) 1324
• W. Xu, P. Fiflis, M. Szott, K. Kalathiparambila, S. Jung, M. Christenson, I. Haehnlein, A. Kapat, D. Andruczyk, D. Curreli and D.N. Ruzic, Vertical flow in the Thermoelectric Liquid Metal Plasma Facing Structures (TELS) facility at Illinois, Journal of Nuclear Materials, 463 (2015), 1181
• D. Andruczyk, D. N. Ruzic, D. Curreli, J. P. Allain and the HIDRA team, HIDRA: Hybrid Illinois Device for Research and Applications, Journal of Fusion Science and Technology 68 (2015), 497
• S. M. Kaye, T. Abrams, J.-W Ahn, J. P. Allain, R. Andre, D. Andruczyk et al., An overview of recent physics results from NSTX, Nuclear Fusion, 55 (2015), 104002
• D. Andruczyk, A. L. Roquemore, P. Fiflis, D. Mansfield and D. N. Ruzic, A method to produce lithium pellets for fueling and ELM pacing in NSTX-U, Fusion Engineering and Design. 89 (2014) 2910
• P. Fiflis, A. Press, W. Xu, D. Andruczyk, D. Curreli and D. N. Ruzic, Wetting properties of liquid lithium on select fusion relevant surfaces, Fusion Engineering and Design, 89 (2014), 2827
• M. Ono, M. A. Jaworski, R. Kaita, Y. Hirooka, D. Andruczyk, T. K. Gray and the NSTX-U Research team, Active radiative liquid lithium divertor concept, Fusion Engineering and Design, 89 (2014), 2838
• S. Jung, M. Christenson, D. Curreli, C. Bryniarski, D. Andruczyk and D. N. Ruzic, Development of a high energy pulsed plasma simulator for the study of liquid lithium trenches, Fusion Engineering and Design, 89 (2014), 2822
• E. Ritz, Y. L. Wu, J. Hong, D. Andruczyk, T. S. Cho and D. N. Ruzic, Atmospheric pressure dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) for post-annealing of aluminum doped zinc-oxide (AZO) film, Surface and Coatings Technology. 251 (2014), 64
• P. fiflis, D. Andruczyk, A. L. Roquemore, M. McGuire, D. Curreli, and D. N. Ruzic, Lithium pellet production (LiPP): A device for the production of small spheres of lithium, Review of Scientific Instruments, 84 (2013) 063506
• P. Fiflis, L. Kirsch, D. Andruczyk, D. Curreli and D. N. Ruzic, Seebeck coefficient measurements on Li, Sn, Ta, Mo and W, Journal of Nuclear Materials, 438 (2013) 224
• W. Xu, D. Currelli, D. Andruczyk, T. Mui, R. Switts and D. N. Ruzic, Heat transfer of TEMHD driven lithium flow in stainless steel trenches, Journal of Nuclear Materials, 438 (2013), S422
• P. Raman, A. Groll, P. Fiflis, D. Curreli, D. Andruczyk and D. N. Ruzic, Chemical sputtering studies of lithiated ATJ graphite, Journal of Nuclear Materials, 438 (2013), S655
• W. M. Lytle, D. Andruczyk and D. N. Ruzic, Plasma Assisted cleaning by metastable-atom neutralization, Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology B, 31 (2013), 011603
• H. Ye, D. Andruczyk, D. N. Ruzic, V. Jindal and P. Kearney, Origin of defects on targets used to make extreme ultraviolet mask blanks, Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology A, 32 (2013), 021403
• S. Jung, D. Andruczyk and D. N. Ruzic, Laboratory testing of vapor shielding for lithium-coated molybdenum in DEVeX, IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science, 40 (3) (2012), 730
• D. N. Ruzic, W. Xu, D. Andruczyk and M. A. Jaworski, Lithium-metal infused trenches (LiMIT) for heat removal in fusion devices, Nuclear Fusion, 51 (2011), 102002
• V. Surla, M. Tung, W. Xu, D. Andruczyk, M. Neumann, D. N. Ruzic and D. Mansfield, Seebeck coefficient measurements of lithium isotopes, Journal of Nuclear Materials, 415 (2011) 18
• S. Jung, V. Surla, T. K. Gray, D. Andruczyk and D. N. Ruzic, Characterization of a theta-pinch plasma using triple probe diagnostics, Journal of Nuclear Materials, 415 (2011) S993
• S. M. Collis, R. Dall, J. Howard, D. Andruczyk and B. W. James, Validation of collisional radiative modelling of emission line ratios for helium beam plasma diagnostics, Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer, 110 (2009), 340
• M. Blacksell, J. Wach, D. Anderson, J. Howard, S. M. Collis, B. D. Blackwell, D. Andruczyk and B. W. James, Imaging photopultiplier array with integrated amplifiers and high speed USB interface, Review of Scientific Instruments, 79 (2008), 10F506
• S. Namba, D. Andruczyk, K. Takiyama, D. Ueno, S. Furukawa and B. W. James, Development of a supersonic metastable helium pulsed beam source for plasma diagnostics, Journal of Applied Physics, 45 (10B) (2006), 8099
• D. Andruczyk, R. N. Tarrant, B. W. James, M. M. M. Bilek and G. B. Warr, Langmuir probe study of a titanium pulsed filtered cathodic arc discharge, Plasma Sources Science and Technology, 15 (2006) 533
• D. Andruczyk, S. Namba, B. W. James, K. Takiyama and T. Oda, A short-pulsed compact supersonic helium beam source for plasma diagnostics, Plasma Devices and Operations, 14 (1) (2006), 81
• X. P. Feng, D. Andruczyk, B. W. James, K. Takiyama, S. Namba and T. Oda, Effects of discharge current and voltage on high density metastable helium atoms, Chinese Journal of Physics, 12 (5) (2003), 495
• P. X. Feng, D. Andruczyk, B. W. James, K. Takiyama, S. Namba and T. Oda, High-density metastable helium atoms produced by Penning-type discharge, Plasma Sources Science and Technology, 12 (2003), 142
• D. Andruczyk, X. P. Feng, B. W. James and J. Howard, Comparison of hollow cathode and Penning discharges for metastable He production, Plasma Sources Science and Technology, 11 (2002), 426
• R. Cross, C. Lindsey and D. Andruczyk, Laboratory Testing of Tennis Strings, Sports Engineering, 3 (2000), 219

Articles in Conference Proceedings

• R. Maingi, D. Andruczyk, D. Curreli, J. Jun, J.D. Lore, C. E. Kessel, A. Khodak, E. Kolemen, D. O'Dea, B.A. Pint, S. Smolentsev, Z. Sun, D.L. Youchison, Progress in a US-based Liquid Metal Plasma-Facing Component Design Activity for a Fusion Nuclear Science Facility, Proc. 2021 European Conference on Controlled Fusion and Plasma Physics, Paper P3.1029
• J. Sporre, D. Elg, D. Andruczyk, T. Cho, D. N. Ruzic, S. N. Srivastava and D. C. Brandt, In-situ Sn contamination removal by hydrogen plasma, Proc. of SPIE, 8322 (2012), 83222L-1
• T. Cardinal, D. Andruczyk, H. Yu, V. Jindal, P. Kearney, D. N. Ruzic, Modeling the ion beam target interaction to reduce defects generated by ion beam deposition, Proc. SPIE 8322 (2012), 83222Q
• D. Andruczyk, J. Sporre, D. Elg, T. Cho, D. N. Ruzic, Energetic ion and neutral energy analyzer for extreme-ultraviolet light sources, Proc. SPIE 8322 (2012) 832237
• R. Sangines, D. Andruczyk, R. N. Tarrant, M. M. M. Bilek and D. R. Mckenzie, Characterization of a filtered high current pulsed cathodic arc plasma source: Plasma Transport analysis, AIP Conf. Proc. 993 (2008), 337-340
• M. Otte, D. Andruczyk, J. Howard, R. Konig, L. Krupnik, H. P. laqua, O. Lischtschenko, S. Marsen, J. Urban, Y. Y. Podoba, J. Preinhalter, F. Wagner, G. B. Warr and A. Zhazhera, The WEGA stellarator: Results and prospects, AIP Conf. Proc. 993 (2008), 3-10
• M. Otte, D. Andruczyk, A. Komarov, A. Kozachek, L. Krupnik, H. P. Laqua, O. Lischtschenko, S. Marsen, Y. Y. Podoba, M. Schubert, F. Wagner, G. B. Warr and A. Zhazhera, Experimental results from the WEGA stellarator, 34th EPS Conf. Plasma Phys. 31F (2007), P-2.145

Pending Articles

• A. Shone, N. Mihajlov, W. Price, A. Goyal, M. Bradley, D. Andruczyk, Results from the Helium Retention Mechanism Experiment in Stellarators Campaign in HIDRA, Fusion Engineering and Design, submitted October 2025
• G. M. Le, K. Kawashimo, N. Mihajlov, S. Gula, A. Shone, A. Clark, M. Bradley, D. Andruczyk,  Langmuir Probe and Optical Emissions Spectroscopy Spatial Measurements of Te and ne in HIDRA, IEEE Transaction on Plasma Science, submitted September 2025
• A. Shone, M. M. D. Cunha, T. Morgan, D. Andruczyk, Observed helium retention during Li-CPS plasma irradiation in Magnum-PSI, Nuclear Fusion, submitted (2025) under review
• R. Rizkallah, A. Shone, D. O’Dea, D. Curreli, D. Andruczyk, Study of liquid lithium’s behavior and effects on hydrogen and helium plasmas in the HIDRA classical stellarator, Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion, Submitted (2024) under revision

Invited Lectures

• Why the Sun and Stars work: The Case for Using Liquid Lithium for Fusion Reactor Operations
• Brief Overview of Liquid Metal Research at the Center for Plasma Material Interactions (CPMI)
• Lithium Vapor Shielding in Plasma Facing Component (PFC)
• Liquid Lithium as a Plasma Facing Material (PFM) to Drive a Path to a Viable Fusion Power Plant
• Nuclear Fusion: Putting a Star in a Magnetic Bottle
• Liquid lithium: a plasma facing material to drive a path to a viable fusion power plant
• Overview of Results from Helium Retention Experiments with Lithium in the HIDRA Stellarator
• Liquid Metal Research at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
• Increased Plasma Performance with Liquid Lithium in Quasi-steady-state Hybrid Illinois Device for Research and Applications (HIDRA) Plasmas
• Can the Helium Ash Problem be Solved Using Flowing Liquid Lithium?
• HIDRA and Fusion Research at the University of Illinois
• Can Using Liquid Lithium as a Plasma Facing Component (PFC) Drive a path to a Viable Fusion Power?
• Overview of Liquid Metal Research at the University of Illinois
• Why is Nuclear Fusion seen as the Energy of the Future
• Review of Single Effect Experiments for the National Liquid Metal PFC (Plasma Facing Component) Program

Magazine Articles

• D. Andruczyk, D. Curreli, J.P. Allain, D. Ruzic, Hybrid Illinois Device for Research and Applications (HIDRA), US Burning Plasma Organization, eNews, Issue 96, May 31, 2015

Reports

• Report of the National Stellarator Coordinating Committee - Stellarator Research opportunities - Wrote the section: Plasma Material Interactions (PMI) issues in 3D Fusion Systems

Conferences Organized or Chaired

• 6th International Symposium on Liquid Metals Applications for Fusion (ISLA), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, September 30-October 3, 2019

Presentations

• D. Andruczyk, R. Rizkallah, D. Curreli, A. Shone, R. Maingi, F. Romano, T. W. Morgan, Lithium Vapor Shielding: Experiment and Modeling, 65th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Plasma Physics, October 30-November 3 2023, Denver, Colorado
• A. Shone, S. Stemmley, R. Maingi, D. Andruczyk, HeRMES: Helium Retention Mechanism Experiment in a Stellarator, 65th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Plasma Physics, October 30-November 3 2023, Denver, Colorado
• D. Andruczyk, A. Shone, D. Curreli, M. Bradley, J. Bramble, S. Gula, G. M. Le, N. Mihajlov, D. O’Dea, H. X. Yu, R. Rizkallah and D. N. Ruzic, Overview of Results from Helium Retention Experiments with Lithium in the HIDRA Stellarator, 4th US-Japan Workshop on Particle Control in a Steady State Magnetic Fusion DEMO Reactor by Liquid Metal Plasma Facing Components, 05-07 March 2024, Toki City, Gifu, Japan
• D. Andruczyk, A. Shone, A. Goyal, N. Mihajlov, M. Bradley, G. M. Le and R. Maingi, Results from the Helium Retention Mechanism Experiments in Stellarators (HeRMES) Campaign, 26th Plasma Surface Interaction (PSI) Conference, 12-17 May, 2024, Marseille France
• D. Andruczyk, A. Shone, S. Stemmley, D. O’Dea, N. Mihajlov, S. Gula, M. Bradley, G. M. Le, J. Bramble, A. Khomiakov, G. Diaz, D. Curreli and D. N. Ruzic, Liquid Lithium as a Plasma Facing Material (PFM) to Drive a Path to a Viable Fusion Power Plant, 50th European Physical Society Conference on Plasma Physics, 8-12 July 2024, Salamanca Spain
• D. Andruczyk, D. Curreli, M. Sankaran, M. R. Bradley, J. Bramble, G. Diaz, S. Gula, A. Khomiakov, G. M. Le, N. Mihajlov, D. O'Dea, H. X. Yu, D. N. Ruzic, Liquid metal research at the Center for Plasma-Material Interactions (CPMI) at the University of Illinois, 66th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Plasma Physics, October 7-11, 2024, Atlanta, Georgia
• D. Andruczyk, R. Rizkallah, A. Shone, D. Curreli, R. Maingi, F. Romano and T. W. Morgan, Lithium Vapor Shielding in PFCs, 8th International Symposium on Liquid Metals Applications for Fusion (ISLA), 8-12 September, 2024
• N. Mihajlov, A. Shone, G. M. Le, M. Bradley, S. Gula, R. Maingi, D. Andruczyk, Results from the Helium Retention Mechanism Experiment in a Stellarator (HeRMES) Campaign, 8th International Symposium on Liquid Metals Applications for Fusion (ISLA), 8-12 September, 2024
• D. Andruczyk, M. Bradley, J. Bramble, D. Curreli, G. Diaz, S. Gula, K. Kawashimo, A. Khomiakov, G. M. Le, N. Mihajlov, B. Moore, D. O’Dea, R. Rizkallah, D. N. Ruzic, A. Shone, H. X. Yu, Brief Overview of Liquid Metal Research at the Center for Plasma Material Interactions (CPMI), 5th US-Japan Workshop on Power and Particle Control in a Steady State Magnetic Fusion DEMO Reactor by Liquid Metal Plasma Facing Components, 17-19 February, 2025, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, USA
• D. Andruczyk, N. Mihajlov, G. M. Le, H. X. Yu, S. Gula, M. Bradley, R. Maingi, Z. Sun, J. S. Hu, G. Z. Zuo, M. Morbey, T. W. Morgan and A. Shone, Overview of Helium Retention Results with Lithium, 31st Symposium on Fusion Engineering (SOFE), 21-26 June, 2025, Boston, MA, USA

Professional Societies

• Member European Physical Society (EPS): 2024-Present
• Member of American Vacuum Society (AVS): 2017-Present
• Member of American Nuclear Society (ANS): 2017-Present
• Member of Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE): 2011-Present
• Member of American Physical Society (APS):  2010-Present

Service on Department Committees

• NPRE Search Committee for Research Program Coordinator, 2024
• NPRE Search Committee for IPI Research Professor, 2023
• NPRE Search Committee for Master of Engineering in Energy Systems Teaching Faculty, 2023
• NPRE Search Committee for Visiting Research Scientists, 2019

Service on College Committees

• Served on the Grainger College of Engineering committee on Specialized Faculty Professional Development, 2022
• NPRE Representative on the College of Engineering Safety Committee, 2018-Present

Service on Campus Committees

• Served on an integrity committee looking into research misconduct, 2025

Service to Federal and State Government

• NSTX-U Program Advisory Committee (PAC) 43, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL), 2025
• Committee for the national strategy for liquid metal research, Department of Energy (DOE), 2019
• Discussion panel Leader for the National Academy of Sciences Working Group 1. This was part of the Committee on a Strategic Plan for U.S. Burning Plasma Research, 2018

Other Outside Service

• Fusion Technology Standing Committee (FTC) of the IEEE Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society, 2021-2024
• University Fusion Association (UFA) Executive Committee Member, 2020-2022

Teaching Honors

• Outstanding Teacher Ranking (Fall 2017)

Improvement Activities

• Faculty Development - Building the Base: Principles of Productive Discourse, 2025
• Engineering Research Fair and International Research Symposium, Fall 2023