Research Program and Theme
- Program: Cancer Engineering and Biological Systems
- Theme: Comparative and Engineered Oncology Models
Research Focus
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 automotive, medical, aerospace, pharmaceutical, and semiconductor industries to develop new materials and product designs and to support manufacturing processes. 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.
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Other Campus Affiliations
- Director, Center for Nanoscale Chemical-Electrical-Mechanical Manufacturing Systems, Mechanical Science and Engineering
- Co-Director, Illinois Advanced Manufacturing Institute, Grainger College of Engineering
- Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
- Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Professor, Bioengineering
- Professor, Materials Research Lab
- Professor, Micro and Nanotechnology Lab
- Professor, Information Trust Institute
- Professor, Biomedical and Translational Sciences
- Professor, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology