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William Nix is a renowned expert in the mechanical properties of materials, especially thin films and nanostructures. He has received many awards and honors, including membership in the National Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Engineering.
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William D. Nix. Lee Otterson Professor in the School of...
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William D. Nix. Lee Otterson Professor in the School of Engineering, Emeritus. Stanford University. William Nix obtained a BS in Metallurgical Engineering from San Jose State College and an MS and PhD in Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science, respectively, from Stanford University.
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William Nix. Lee Otterson Professor in the School of Engineering, Emeritus Materials Science and Engineering. Bio. BIO. I have been engaged in the study of mechanical properties of materials for nearly 50 years. My early work was on high temperature creep and fracture of metals,
The William D. Nix Lecture Series in Materials Science and Engineering is named in honor of William D. Nix. Professor Nix is a member of the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) and of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS), professor emeritus of materials science, and one of the founders of our department in its current form.
Professor Nix is an internationally renowned scholar in the field of mechanical behavior of solids, a subject he and his students have researched for more than half a century. He started his research career with a series of important contributions on high temperature creep and fracture of metals in the 1960’s.
