Dr. William P. King is a distinguished mechanical engineer with over 30 years of experience in thermal systems design, advanced manufacturing technologies, and materials characterization. He holds a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University and currently serves as the Ralph A. Andersen Endowed Chair Professor at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, with appointments across multiple engineering departments.
Dr. King's expertise spans critical areas including heat transfer and thermal management, additive manufacturing, computer vision for manufacturing applications, nanotechnology, and microelectromechanical systems (MEMS). His professional experience includes serving as Chief Technology Officer at MxD Digital Manufacturing Institute, where he led a $100 million portfolio of technology development projects, and as co-founder and Chief Scientist of Fast Radius Inc. He has consulted extensively for major corporations including IBM, Intel, Hewlett-Packard, General Motors, Ford, Boeing, and Meta, as well as various branches of the U.S. military and the Department of Energy.
His credentials include 28 U.S. patents, many of which have been integrated into commercial products, and over 300 peer-reviewed journal articles cited more than 20,000 times. Dr. King is a Fellow of multiple prestigious organizations including the National Academy of Inventors, IEEE, ASME, and the American Physical Society. He previously served as an advisor to the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) with civilian equivalent rank of two-star general, demonstrating his expertise in defense technologies. His extensive publication record, combined with his practical experience in product development and technology commercialization, positions him as a highly credible expert witness in matters involving thermal engineering, manufacturing processes, materials science, and related intellectual property disputes.
Mechanical Engineering
Electrical Engineering
Manufacturing Product Design
Data Center
Heat Transfer
Thermal Management
Additive Manufacturing
Computer Vision
Heat Transfer and Thermal Management
Computer Vision for Manufacturing
Materials Characterization and Nanometer-Scale Measurements
Micro-Manufacturing, Nano-Manufacturing, and Nano Lithography
Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS)
Product Design and New Product Development
Intellectual Property
Design and analysis of thermal, electrical, and mechanical systems
New product development
New technology development
Manufacturing and metrology technologies
Nanotechnology
Semiconductors
Microsystems
Electronic and electro-mechanical systems
Advanced materials
Systems engineering
Modeling and simulation
Finite element analysis
Machine learning and artificial intelligence to solve engineering problems
Defense technologies
Digital manufacturing and Industry 4.0 technologies
Thermal management and cooling solutions for workstation computers, rack servers, GPU computing systems, semiconductor packages, power electronics, gallium nitride devices, light emitting diodes (LEDs), and silicon devices
Air coolers, cold plates, heat pipes, heat exchangers, single-phase and two-phase systems, thermal interface materials, phase change materials, and thermoelectric coolers
Conduction heat transfer, convection heat transfer, boiling and condensation heat transfer, liquid-solid phase change heat transfer
Thermal management solutions for defense electronics and commercial products
Thermal and mechanical test equipment used in the semiconductor and computing industries
Cooling solutions for data centers including cooling of computer systems for conventional computing and GPU cooling
High performance heat exchangers made using additive manufacturing
Heat transfer and thermal management in computers for crypto currency including Bitcoin and Ethereum
Polymer additive manufacturing
Manufacturing accuracy, repeatability, and scalability of polymer additive manufacturing
Smart manufacturing including machine sensors and data analysis
Non-destructive inspection (NDI) and process monitoring
Video, still images, X-Ray computed tomography (CT), laser scanning, variable focus methods, structured light, tactile sensors, and point clouds
Metrology technology used in the aerospace industry for turbine blade inspection
Metrology automation
Convolutional neural networks, supervised and unsupervised learning methods, and anomaly detection
Atomic force microscopy (AFM) including scanning thermal microscopy, infrared measurements, characterization of materials properties, and electronic measurements
AFM-based materials property characterization tools
AFM-based high density data storage systems
Nanometer-scale manufacturing using scanning probe lithography, electron beam lithography, and nano imprint lithography
Nanomaterials including carbon nanotubes, graphene, molybdenum sulfide, nanoparticles
Micro- and nano-electronic devices with integrated nanomaterials including batteries, sensors, actuators, and coatings
Ultra high power microbatteries with microfabricated electrodes
Sensor and actuator technologies based on micro-cantilevers
MEMS devices for force sensing, displacement sensing, actuation, temperature sensing, mechanical sensing, electrical measurements
Electronic devices integrated with MEMS devices including resistors, transistors, and diodes
Characterizing the electrical, mechanical, and thermal properties and performance of MEMS devices
Integrating new materials into MEMS devices including thin film diamond, polymer films, and battery electrode materials
Research and development portfolio management
Patent portfolio strategy
Technology road mapping
