Christopher Williams
Office Hours Education Research Experience
Office Hours
Monday 9:00 - 10:00 (Randolph 114-F, 540-231-3422) Wednesday 9:00 - 10:00 (Randolph 114-F, 540-231-3422)
Education
Mechanical Engineering Georgia Tech, Atlanta, GA 2007 M.S. Mechanical Engineering Georgia Tech, Atlanta, GA 2003 Mechanical Engineering University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 2000
Interests
Engineering Education
- Designing engineering curricula
- Customization of learning environment
- Effective use of technology in the classroom
Design Process and Methodology
- Design for additive manufacturing
- Prototyping in the design process
- Design for mass customization/product platform design
Rapid Prototyping / Additive Manufacturing
- Design and manufacture of customized products
- Design and manufacture of cellular materials
- Three-dimensional printing of cermanics and metals
- Environmentally benign prototyping
Teaching
- ENGE 1114: Exploration of Engineering Design
- ME 2024: Engineering Design & Economics
Experience
Assistant Professor Virginia Tech 2008 - present NSF IGERT Research Fellow / Graduate Assistant Georgia Tech, Atlanta, GA 2003 - 2007 Teaching Associate Georgia Tech, Atlanta, GA Fall 2001 Graduate Research Assistant Georgia Tech, Atlanta, GA 2000 - 2003 Undergraduate Research Scholar University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 1999 - 2000 HVAC Designer and Draftsman Affiliated Engineers SC, Inc., Gainesville, FL 1997 - 1998
Recognitions
- National Science Foundation Design, Service, and Manufacturing Grantees and Research Conference Student Travel Grant Competition (2006)
- National Science Foundation IGERT Graduate Research Fellowship (2003 – 2005)
- Georgia Tech Presidential Fellowship (2000 – 2004)
- National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Honorable Mention (2000, 2001)
- National Science Foundation ASME Design Engineering Technical Conferences Travel Grant, Student Paper Contest (2001)
- University of Florida Outstanding Student (2000)
- University Scholars Program Fellowship, University of Florida (1999 – 2000)
- Florida “Bright Futures” Academic Scholarship, University of Florida (1996 – 2000)
Publications
Williams, C.B., Mistree, F., Rosen, D. W., 2008, "A Functional Classification Framework for the Conceptual Design of Layered Manufacturing Technologies," Proceedings of the ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, New York, DETC2008/DFMLC-49353
Williams,C. B., Mistree, F., Rosen, D. W., 2008, "The Systematic Design of a Layered Manufacturing Process for the Realization of Metallic Parts of Designed Mesostructure," Proceedings of the ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, Brooklyn, New York, DETC2008/DFMLC-49457.
Williams, C. B., Rosen, D. W., 2007, “Manufacturing Metallic Parts with Designed
Mesostructure via Three Dimensional Printing of Metal Oxide Powder,” 18 th Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium, Austin, TX, pp. 586-597.Williams, C. B., Rosen, D. W., 2007, “Manufacturing Cellular Materials via ThreeDimensional Printing of Metal Oxide Powders,” 3 rd International Conference on Advanced Research in Virtual and Rapid Prototyping, Leiria, Portugal, Taylor & Francis, pp. 331-340.
Williams, C. B., Allen, J. K., Rosen, D. W., Mistree, F., 2006, “Designing Platforms for
Customizable Products and Processes in Markets of NonUniform
Demand,” Concurrent Engineering: Research and Applications – Special Issue on Managing Modularity and Commonality in Product and Process Development, Eds. Jiao, J., Gershenson, J. K., Michalek, J. J., Vol. 15, No. 2, pp. 201-216.Williams, C. B., Mistree, F., 2006, “Empowering Students to Learn How to Learn: Mass
Customization of a Graduate Engineering Design Course,” The International Journal of
Engineering Education, Vol. 22, No. 6, pp. 1269-1280.Wang, H. V., Williams, C. B., Rosen, D. W., 2006, “Design Synthesis of Adaptive Mesoscopic Cellular Structures with Unit Truss Approach and Particle Swarm Optimization Algorithm,” 17 th Solid Freeform and Fabrication Symposium, August 1416, Austin, TX., pp. 433-445.
Williams, C. B., Mistree, F., Rosen, D. W., 2005, “Towards the Design of a LayerBased
Additive Manufacturing Process for the Realization of Metal Parts of Designed
Mesostructures,” 16 th Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium, August 13, Austin, TX, pp. 217-230.Williams, C. B., Mistree, F., Rosen, D. W., 2005, “Investigation of Additive Manufacturing Processes for the Manufacture of Parts with Designed Mesostructure,” 10th ASME Design for Manufacturing and the Life Cycle Conference, September 24-28, Long Beach, CA, Paper No. DETC2005/DFMLC84832.
Williams, C. B., Rosen, D. W., Mistree, F., 2004, "Process Parameter Design to Manage Workstation Capacity," Product Platform and Product Family Design: Methods and Applications (Simpson, T., Siddique, Z., Jiao, J., eds.), Springer, New York, pp. 421-456.
Williams, C. B., Allen, J. K., Rosen, D. W., Mistree, F., 2004, "Designing Platforms for
Customizable Products in Markets with NonUniform Demand," 16th ASME Design Theory and Methodology Conference, September 28 – October 2, Salt Lake City, UT, Paper No. DETC2004/DTM57469Chamberlain, M. K., Williams, C. B., Mistree, F., 2003, “Strategic Design: Leveraging Market Forecasts and Emerging Technologies in Engineering Design Applications,” 10th AIAA/ISSMO Symposium on Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization, August 30 - September 1, Albany, NY, Paper No. AIAA20044652.
Carone, M. J., Williams, C. B., Allen, J. K., Mistree, F., 2003, “An Application of Constructal Theory in the NonDeterministic, MultiObjective Design of Product Platforms,” 15 th ASME Design Theory and Methodology Conference, September 26, Chicago, IL, Paper No. DETC2003/DTM48667.
Williams, C. B., Panchal, J. H., Rosen, D., 2003, “A General DecisionMaking
Method for the Rapid Manufacturing of Customized Parts,” 23 rd ASME Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, September 26, Chicago, IL, Paper No. DETC2003/CIE48198.Chamberlain, M. K., Williams, C. B., Cowan, F. S., Mistree, F., 2001, “Orchestrating Learning in a Graduate Engineering Design Course,” 13 th ASME International Conference on Design Theory and Methodology, September 912,
Pittsburgh, PA, Paper No. DETC 2001/DTM2037.