William L. Wilson (Rice University)

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William L. Wilson Jr. is professor emeritus in electrical and computer engineering at Rice University, Houston, Texas, USA. He has won numerous teaching awards and became known as "Dr. Bill".

[edit] Life

A native of Long Island, William Wilson grew up in Princeton, New Jersey, and came to Rice in 1972 after earning his bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees in electrical engineering at Cornell University. In 1978 he became a Resident Associate at Wiess College, one of the university's residential colleges. The college remained his home until 2006, when he retired to his long-time summer home in Vermont.

[edit] Research

Wilson was an accomplished researcher in the fields of lasers, electro-optics, and solid state devices and was a member of a free-electron laser group at Los Alamos National Laboratory. Most recently, his laboratory at Rice investigated new ways to manufacture zinc selenide, a material that can produce blue light as a light-emitting diode and as a laser.

[edit] Teaching

As "Dr. Bill", Wilson was a sought-after teacher who taught core undergraduate classes and advanced graduate seminars with equal flair. He has received the university’s two highest teaching awards: the George R. Brown Prize for Excellence in Teaching and the George R. Brown Award for Superior Teaching.