William R. Wilcox


Professor of Chemical Engineering

Clarkson University
320 Center for Advanced Materials Processing

Box 5705, Potsdam, NY 13699-5705, USA
Phone: 1-315-268-7672

wilcox@clarkson.edu



Education

·         B.E. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Southern California

·         Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the University of California at Berkeley

 

Professional Experience

·         TRW Semiconductors

·         The Aerospace Corporation.

·         University of Southern California: Associate Professor, Professor of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science.

·         Clarkson University: department chair, dean of engineering, founding director of the New York State Center for Advanced Materials Processing (CAMP), founding director of NASA's Consortium for Commercial Crystal Growth in Space, and Associate Director of the International Center for Gravity Materials Science and Applications.

·         Consultant for the Aerospace Corporation, Mechanics Research (for U.S. Dept. of Transportation), Hartman Chemical, Rockwell International, ARTCOR, Exotic Materials, Fiber Materials, Hughes Research Labs, TRW Systems, Westinghouse, State University of New York at Buffalo, Universities Space Research Association (for NASA), Westvaco, Grumman Aerospace, Tennessee Eastman, University of Alabama A&M, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Eastman Kodak, Exxon, Honeywell, NASA, Airtron, EG&G, Wiley Laboratories, Lawrence Livermore Laboratories, US Department of Commerce Office of Energy-Related Inventions.

 

Research

·         Professor Wilcox and Professor Liya L. Regel work together on processing of materials.  Click on the links below for further information.

·         International Center for Gravity Materials Science and Applications

·         Research

·         Recent publications

·         Recently completed MS and PhD theses


Recent Teaching

·         ES 405 & 505:  Design of Experiments and Analysis of Data: Spring 2007, 2008

·         ES 100: Introduction to Engineering Use of the Computer:  Spring 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007

·         CH 480: Chemical Engineering Design I:  Fall 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007

·         CH 482: Design Project:  Fall 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006

·         ES450&550: Growth of Crystals and Films:  Spring 2002

·         CH 481: Chemical Engineering Design II:  Spring 2001, 2008

·         CH 250: Chemical Process Calculations:  Fall 1997, 1998, 1999

 

On-line educational materials created

·         Chemical engineering plant design information and advice

·         Chemical engineering design case-studies and final reports

·         Excel tutorials and exercises

·         How to enter Greek letters, symbols, superscripts and subscripts into Excel

·         Relationships between mathematical, MATLAB and Excel expressions

·         MATLAB: tutorial on symbolic methods for calculus, graphing, and solution of equationsl

·         MATLAB: tutorials on analysis and plotting of data

·         MATLAB: tutorial on numerical solution of equations

·         Common conversion factors for units

·         PowerPoint advice

 

Clarkson's Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering


Greetings from the Imperial Forum in Rome, Italy.  June 2001.
 

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