Research in nanoelectronics, nanophotonics
Williams is the Founding Director of the HP Quantum Science Research (QSR) group, a team of more than 50 scientists and engineers working in areas of fundamental physical sciences. He is one of just five active HP Senior Fellows, and is currently the interim director of Advanced Studies at HP Labs.
For the past 30 years, Williams’ primary scientific research has been in the areas of solid-state chemistry and physics, and their applications to technology. This has evolved into the areas of nanostructures and chemically assembled materials, with an emphasis on the thermodynamics of size and shape.
Most recently, he has examined the fundamental limits of information and computing, which has led to his current research in nanoelectronics and nanophotonics.
Other honors
Williams has been awarded 62 U.S. Patents with 40 more pending, and has published more than 300 papers in professional scientific journals.
He has received numerous awards for business, scientific and academic achievement, including the 2004 Joel Birnbaum Prize with Phil Kuekes, the 2003 Herman Bloch Medal for Industrial Research, the 2000 Julius Springer Award for Applied Physics, the 2000 Feynman Prize in Nanotechnology, the Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award and the Sloan Foundation Fellowship.
He was named to the inaugural Scientific American 50 Top Technology leaders in 2002 and then again in 2005 (the first to be named twice). The molecular electronics program he leads was named the Technology of the Year for 2002 by Industry Week magazine. |
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