Office Phone: (757) 823-2943
FAX: (757) 823-2698
Email: fwilliams@nsu.edu

Dr. Williams received her B.S. and M.S. degrees in electrical engineering from the North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University. She received her Ph.D. in electrical and computer engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology where she was a National Science Foundation and Office of Naval Research HBCU Future Engineering Faculty Fellow as well as an Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Scholar. She has research experience and publications in the areas of acoustic microsensors, microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) devices and processes, and in-situ monitoring techniques of semiconductor manufacturing. She has worked at Lucent Technologies, NASA-Goddard Space Flight Center, the Central Intelligence Agency, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, and Quantira Technologies. Dr. Williams is a member of 6 professional and honorary societies, and currently serves as a co-advisor for the NSU chapter of the National Society of Black Engineers. Dr. Williams joined Norfolk State University as an Assistant Professor of Electronics Engineering in Spring 2004.

M. Bahoura, A. Lee, R. Mundle, R. B. Konda, G. Kogo, O. Bamiduro, O. Yasar, W. Moore, K. Zhang, F. Williams, and A. K. Pradhan, “Ultraviolet Radiation Sensing in Composite Oxide Semiconductor Films,” Applied Physics Letters, 93, (2008) 222112.

Yang Xu, Shiv Krishna Durgam, Zhili Hao, and Frances Williams, “A Numerical and Experimental Investigation of Energy Loss Mechanisms in Tuning- Fork Gyroscopes,” Proceedings of the 2008 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Boston, MA, November 2008.

C. Fournier, O. Bamiduro, H. Mustafa, R. Mundle, R. B. Konda, F. Williams and A. K. Pradhan, “Effects of Substrate Temperature on the Optical and Electrical Properties of Al:Zno Films,” Semiconductor Science and Technology, 23 (2008), 085019.

Thomas Stout, Prathap Basappa, Frances Williams, Kyo Song, and Jaewhan Kim, “Study on Microwave Power via Rectenna for Airship Applications,” Proceedings of SPIE, Vol. 6931, 69310L (2008).

Rasha Morsi, Wael Ibrahim, and Frances Williams, “Concept Maps: Development and Validation of Engineering Curricula,” Proceedings of the 2007 Frontiers in Education Conference, Milwaukee, WI, October 2007.

Frances Williams and Gary May, “Acoustic Monitoring of Electrochemical Deposition,” IEEE Transactions on Electronics Packaging Manufacturing, 27 (3) (July 2004): 198-209.

Frances Williams, Shawn Pinkett, William Hunt, and Gary May, “An Acoustic Sensor for Monitoring Microelectronics Packaging Manufacturing Processes,” SEMI Technology Symposium: International Electronics Manufacturing Technology Symposium, San Jose, CA, July 2003

Elif E. Gürel, J. Scott Rodgers, Lenward Seals, Frances Williams, Garfield Warren, Gregory Williams, and Quinton Williams, “A Novel Technique for Measuring the Thermo-optic Coefficient of Thin Polymer Films,” presented at the American Chemical Society Meeting, Boston, MA, August 2002, published in ACS Polymer Preprints, 43 (2) (2002): 592-593.

Michael Baker, Frances Williams, and Gary May, “A Novel In-Situ Monitoring Technique for Reactive Ion Etching Using a Surface Micromachined Sensor,” IEEE Transactions on Semiconductor Manufacturing, 11 (2) (May 1998): 254-265 (won 1998 Best Paper Award).

R. Mundle, R.B. Konda, O. Bamiduro, O. Yasar, F. Williams, M. Bahoura, and A.K. Pradhan, "Manganite-based Magnetic Tunnel Junction with Piezoelectric Barrier," accepted to Journal of Applied Physics.

F. Williams, O. Yasar, M. George, D. Geddis, and Z. Hao, “"Bio/chemical Sensors Heterogeneously Integrated with Si-CMOS Circuitry,” accepted for presentation at SPIE Smart Structures and Materials and Nondestructive Evaluation and Health Monitoring 2009, San Diego, CA, March 2009.

Yang Xu, Shiva K. Durgam, Zhili Hao, Frances R. Williams, Linda L. Vahala, “Investigating energy loss mechanisms in an SOI-based tuning-fork gyroscope,” accepted for presentation at SPIE Smart Structures and Materials and Nondestructive Evaluation and Health Monitoring 2009, San Diego, CA, March 2009.

Kyo D. Song, Frances R. Williams, Sang Y. Yang, Jaehwan Kim, “Investigation on performance of bio-compatible cellulose paper rectennas,” accepted for presentation at SPIE Smart Structures and Materials and Nondestructive Evaluation and Health Monitoring 2009, San Diego, CA, March 2009.

F. Williams and G. May, “An Acoustic Sensor for Monitoring Electroplating,” Patent Pending.

Areas of research interests are:

• Microelectronic acoustic sensors
• Integrated circuit (IC) processing
• Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) devices and processes
• In-situ monitoring techniques of semiconductor manufacturing