Today we are speaking with Dr. David B. Williams, dean of the College of Engineering at The Ohio State University. As dean, Williams is responsible for the strategic vision, mission and goals of the college, oversees the education of more than 10,000 undergraduate and graduate students, and leads the administration of 950 combined faculty, research scientists and staff.
Ohio State is ranked second in the nation among all universities and colleges in industry-financed research expenditures, with nearly half of that research conducted in the College of Engineering. Since 2005, more than 275 individual companies have invested in research in the College of Engineering.
Dean Williams is involved in many university-industry economic development partnerships. He serves on the boards of ASM International, the State of Ohio’s Third Frontier Advisory Board, Lightweight Innovations for Tomorrow, Columbus 2020, Metro Early College STEM School, EWI, Ohio Aerospace & Aviation Council, and the Transportation Research Center.
Before coming to Ohio State, he served as president of the University of Alabama in Huntsville, leading the university into a Tier One research classification and creating pioneering research collaborations such as one with Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne’s “Skunk Works.”
A native of Leeds, England, Dean Williams holds multiple degrees from the University of Cambridge.

Ver todos los episodios