William P. King
Assistant Professor
Education
- Ph.D., Stanford University, 2002
- M.S., Stanford University, 1998
- B.M.E, University of Dayton, 1996
Research Areas and Descriptors
Background
Began at Tech in Summer 2002 as an Assistant Professor. Prior was a Research Associate at Stanford University and Research Staff Member at IBM Zurich Research Laboratory.
Research
Dr. King's research is at the intersection of Mechanical Engineering Transport Science and Nanotechnology/MEMS. Examples of this work include transport physics at small scales, nanoscale thermal processing, novel manufacturing of soft materials for MEMS, and micro/biofluidics.
From 1999 to 2001, Dr. King spent eighteen months with IBM Research in Zurich, Switzerland, working in the Micro/NanoMechanics groups, which was led by the inventors of various nanotechnology diagnostic tools: the Atomic Force Microscope (AFM), the Near-Field Scanning Optical Microscope (NSOM), and the Scanning Tunneling Microscope (STM), for which the group leader won the Nobel Prize.
During Dr. King's time with IBM Research, the Zurich group invented key technology for Thermomechanical Data Storage - an advanced MEMS-based data storage technique that uses heat transfer to write, read, and erase nano-mechanical data bits. At present, this data storage technology remains under development as a potential commercial product.
Dr. King's work at Georgia Tech involves transport physics at small scales, building MEMS tools for nanoscale thermal processing, M/NEMS design and manufacture in advanced materials, and micro/biofluidics.
This figure shows nanometer-scale indentations made in a thin polymer film with a heated, micromachined tip. The indentations are measured by the same tip, which scans over the structured surface and locally measures the height. The dark center of the indentation is about 30 nm deep, and the outer ring is about 10 nm high. The 'data bit' indentations are the foundation of a MEMS-based data storage system invented at IBM Research. Using the heated nanomechanical tip to melt and remove material also forms the basis for a nanomechanical manufacturing tool.
Distinctions
- Society of Manufacturing Engineers Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer Award, 2006
- National Academy of Sciences, Keck Foundation Conference on Nanotechnology Invited Participant, 2004
- University of Dayton School of Engineering Outstanding Alumni Award, 2004
- American Society of Mechanical Engineers Journal of Electronics Packaging Visiting Associate Editor, 2003
- National Science Foundation Career Award, 2003
- Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Committee on Nanorobotics and Nanomanufacturing Founding Member, 2002
Representative Publications
- William P. King, K.E. Goodson. To appear in late 2002. Book Chapter: "Thermomechanical Formation and Thermal Imaging of Polymer Nanostructures" in Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow in Microscale and Nanoscale Devices, M. Faghri and B. Sunden, Eds.
- W.P. King and K.E. Goodson. To appear August 2002. Thermal Writing and Nanoimaging with a Heated Atomic Force Microscope Cantilever. Journal of Heat Transfer.
- G. L. W. Cross, M. Despont, U. Drechsler, U. Drig, P. Vettiger, W .P. King, and K. E. Goodson. 2001. Thermomechanical Formation and Thermal Sensing of Nanometer-Scale Indentations in PMMA Thin Films for Parallel and Dense AFM Data Storage. Fundamentals of Nanoindentation and Nanotribology II, Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings, 649.
- W. P. King, T. W. Kenny, K. E. Goodson, G. Cross, M. Despont, U. Drig, H. Rothuizen, G. K. Binnig, and P. Vettiger. 2001. Atomic Force Microscope Cantilevers for Combined Thermomechanical Data Writing and Reading. Applied Physics Letters 78, 1300-1302.
- U. Drig, G. Cross, M. Despont, U. Drechsler, W. Haeberle, M. I. Lutwyche, H. Rothuizen, R. Stutz R. Widmer, P. Vettiger, G. K. Binnig, W. P. King, and K. E. Goodson. 2000. Millipede - An AFM Data Storage System at the Frontier of Nanotribology. Tribology Letters 9, 25-32.
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