William P. King is Professor and Ralph A. Andersen Endowed Chair in the Grainger College of Engineering, Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering, and in the Carle Illinois College of Medicine, Department of Biomedical and Translational Biosciences. He also holds courtesy appointments in the Departments of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering.
King’s research focuses on manufacturing and advanced materials, microsystems and nanotechnology, and heat transfer. Technologies developed in his laboratory are widely used in the in the automotive, medical, aerospace, pharmaceutical, and semiconductor industries to develop new materials and product designs and to support manufacturing processes. King has published 266 journal articles and holds 20 U.S. patents.
King was the founding Chief Technology Officer at the Digital Manufacturing and Design Innovation Institute (DMDII) at UI LABS in Chicago, IL, one of the first institutes in the U.S. National Network for Manufacturing Innovation and now known as MxD. King was co-Founder and Chief Scientist at Fast Radius, which was designated a Lighthouse Factory by the World Economic Forum, one of the world’s best digital factories. Fast Radius helped more than 1500 organizations develop end-use applications of additive manufacturing.
King received a Ph.D. from Stanford University and completed the Program for Leadership Development at Harvard Business School.
King’s awards include the PECASE award from the White House and the ASME Gustus-Larson Award for accomplishment in Mechanical Engineering. He is a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the American Physical Society (APS), the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), SME International (formerly Society of Manufacturing Engineers), and the National Academy of Inventors (NAI).