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h2. Adam D. WILLIAMS

h4. Academic Background:

* 2012 - present • MIT, ESD: PhD student in Engineering Systems
* 2007 • Texas A&M University, George Bush School of Government and Public Service: Master of International Affairs
* 2004 • Texas A&M University, Dwight Look College of Engineering: BS in Mechanical Engineering

h4. Work Experience:

* 2011 - Present • Sandia National Laboratories • Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
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Senior R&D Systems Engineer, International Security Engineering Department:
** Sandia project lead for NA-24's Gulf Nuclear Energy Infrastructure Institute (GNEII)
** Physical protection lead (and Sandia project lead) for NA-25's cooperation on the China Center of Excellence for Nuclear Security and Nonproliferation
** Research member for Sandia project on systems dynamics, resilience, and complex, adaptive, system of systems (CASoS) modeling of nonproliferation
** Policy analysis for Sandia's global security engagement, nuclear nonproliferation and international security projects.
* 2008 - 2011• Sandia National Laboratories • Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
Member of the Technical Staff, International Security Technical Systems Analyst
** Vulnerability assessment and physical protection system design and analysis for NNSA/NA-25 and NA-21 international programs
** Project manager for NA-24's Gulf Nuclear Energy Infrastructure Institute (GNEII)
** Policy analysis for Sandia's global security engagement, nuclear nonproliferation and international security projects.
* 2007 - 2008 • Nuclear Security Science & Policy Institute • College Station, TX, USA
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Temporary Research Assistant
** Provided foundation research for the systems and risk analysis team of the Smuggled HEU Interdicting through Enhanced anaLysis and Dectectors (SHIELD) project ({link-window:href=http://shield.tamu.edu|type=normal|target="_blank"}[http://shield.tamu.edu]{link-window})
** Expanded the usability of NSSPI-07-051: Network Analysis of Nuclear Terrorism Pathways ({link-window:href=http://nsspi.tamu.edu|type=normal|target="_blank"}[http://nsspi.tamu.edu]{link-window}).
* 2007 - 2008 • Scowcroft Institute of International Affairs • College Station, TX, USA
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Temporary Research Associate
** Research, fact-checking and writing for the(and chapteracknowledged "The President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board," in Loch K. Johnson, ed., _The Oxford Handbook of National Security Intelligence_ (New York: Oxford University Press, 2009), 172-88 (Michael C. Desch, Kenneth Absher, and Roman Popadiuk)in) Absher, M.K., M.C. Desch, and R. Popadiuk.&nbsp; (2012) _Privileged and Confidential: The Secret History of the President’s Intelligence Advisory Board_.&nbsp; The University of Kentucky Press.

h4. Research Domain:

Nuclear Nonproliferation & Security


h4. Research Methodology:

Dynamics and Decision Analysis


h4. Research Description:

Viewing the nuclear proliferation problem as such a “nonproliferation system” provides a useful mental map that illustrates how various networks (i.e., international organizations, domestic political decision-makers, nuclear technology expertise) and flows (i.e., the direction of international pressure, direction of command and control over nuclear assets, technology transfer) within the system affect system output.&nbsp; A nonproliferation system would identify, quantify, and evaluate the inherently large amount of uncertainty and the inter\- and intra-relational dynamics of the associated sovereignty, political, and national security issues.&nbsp; If nonproliferation is defined as system, the unique role that governance and policy -- both international and domestic -- play suggests that they need to be considered not as system constraints but as primary components of the system itself.

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