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Norfolk State University
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Norfolk, VA 23504

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

Dr. Frances Williams is an associate professor in the Department of Engineering and the Center for Materials Research at Norfolk State University.  Since coming to Norfolk State in 2004 she has made outstanding contributions in teaching, scholarship, and service and received NSU’s top distinguished faculty award, the University Award of Excellence, in October 2010.  She has extensive research experience, peer-reviewed publications, and a patent in the areas of acoustic microsensors, microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) devices and processes, and in-situ monitoring techniques of semiconductor manufacturing. Dr. Williams is the Director of the Microsystems Research Group (MRG) at NSU.  Furthermore, she is the Co-Director of Diversity for the Center for Integrated Access Networks (CIAN).  This is a multi-university engineering research center led by the University of Arizona and funded by the National Science Foundation.  Dr. Williams actively serves on and chairs many committees at the Department, College and University levels. She received her B.S. and M.S. degrees in electrical engineering from 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. Dr. Williams is a member of 4 professional and honorary societies, and currently serves as a co-advisor for the NSU chapter of the National Society of Black Engineers. 

• Bio/chemical sensors

• Integrated circuit (IC) processing

• Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) devices and processes

• In-situ monitoring techniques of semiconductor manufacturing

• Dudley R. Ridley, Frances R. Williams, Kyo D. Song, S. R. Yun, K. S. Kang, and Jaehwan Kim, “Effect of Electrode Pattern on the Actuator Performance of Cellulose Electro-Active Paper,” Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures, 21 (4) (March 2010):  401-406.

• Hargsoon Yoon, Frances Williams, Kyo Song, Sang Yang, Jae Hwan Kim, Kunsik Lee, and Sang Choi, “Rectennas Performance Based on Substrates for Bio-medical Applications,” Proceedings of SPIE, Vol. 7646, 76460U (2010).

• Aswini Pradhan, Rajeh Mundle, Gilbert Kogo, Rajini Konda, Olu Bamiduro, Ozgul Yasar, Kai Zhang, Messaoud Bahoura, Frances Williams, and Kyo Song, “Environmental Sensing in Composite Oxide Semiconductor Films,” Proceedings of SPIE, Vol. 7646, 76460C (2010).

•  Aswini Pradhan, Ozgul Yasar, Rajini Konda, Rajeh Mundle, Messaoud Bahoura, Frances Williams, Kyo Song, D. R. Sahu, “Growth and Properties of PZT Based Perovskite Multilayers for Sensor Applications,” Proceedings of SPIE, Vol. 7646, 76460F (2010).

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