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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". 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 College s. The college remained his home until 2006, when he retired to his long-time summer home in Vermont . 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. 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. EXTERNAL LINKS |
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