David B. Williams (materials scientist)

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David B. Williams
Nationality British
Alma mater University of Cambridge
Scientific career
Fields Material science
Institutions Lehigh University
Thesis Precipitation reaction in dilute aluminium-lithium alloys  (1974)

David Bernard Williams was the dean of the College of Engineering at the Ohio State University from 2011-2021. [1] He was previously the fifth president of the University of Alabama in Huntsville in Huntsville, Alabama from March 2007 until April 2011, [2] and Vice Provost for Research and Harold Chambers Senior Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.

Williams was born in Leeds, England, and holds B.A., M.A., Ph.D., and Sc.D. degrees from the University of Cambridge where he also won four Blues in rugby and athletics.

His research and teaching interests’ include:

Together with C. Barry Carter he is the co-author of a 4-volume textbook entitled Transmission Electron Microscopy: A Textbook for Materials Science. [3] held in over 340 libraries, [4] as well as co-editor of two other books. [5] [6] He is author or co-author of 207 peer-reviewed journals and articles as listed by Scopus, and the former editor of Acta Materialia and the Journal of Microscopy .

His wife, Margaret, is a native of the Netherlands and was raised in Australia. The couple has three sons, Matthew, Bryn Joseph and Stephen.

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References

  1. Gattis, Paul (March 18, 2011). "Former UAH President David Williams named engineering dean at Ohio State". The Huntsville Times. Retrieved February 4, 2012.
  2. Roop, Lee (March 14, 2011). "Dr. David Williams will step down as president of the University of Alabama in Huntsville". The Huntsville Times. Retrieved February 4, 2012.
  3. Williams, David B., and C. Barry Carter. Transmission Electron Microscopy: A Textbook for Materials Science. 2nd ed., New York: Springer, 2010, 1st ed. New York: Plenum Press, 1996. 9780306453243
  4. "Transmission electron microscopy : a textbook for materials science". worldcat.org. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
  5. Williams, David B., Alan R. Pelton, and R. Gronsky. Images of Materials. New York: Oxford University Press, 1991 ISBN   978-0-19-505856-7
  6. Williams, David B. Practical Analytical Electron Microscopy in Materials Science. [Weinheim, Basel]: Verlag Chemie International, 1984.
  7. "American Welding Society". aws.org. Archived from the original on 21 March 2015. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
  8. "Honorary Members". microanalysissociety.org. Retrieved 7 September 2015.


Academic offices
Preceded by President of the University of Alabama in Huntsville
2007–2011
Succeeded by