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William "Bill" Oldham is a Robert S. Pepper Distinguished Professor Emeritus in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at UC Berkeley. With a background in the materials science of semiconductors and research on aspects of transistors, Oldham joined the faculty at UC Berkeley in 1964, where he evolved into an expert on process technology, or the means by which materials are refined, optimized, and integrated into functioning microelectronic devices. He helped found and was first director of the Electronics Research Laboratory, or "Microlab," and led industry-government-university research programs at Berkeley with SEMATECH and DARPA. He has worked in industry on academic leave and has served on numerous company boards. He is the author of over two hundred publications, including textbooks, and a number of patents in the fields of materials sciences and microelectronics. Oldham served in the Academic Senate of UC Berkeley, both on committees and as Chair.

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William "Bill" Oldham: Materials Science and Microelectronics at the UC Berkeley College of Engineering
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William Oldham, interviewee
Paul Burnett, interviewer
Published
Berkeley, CA, 2024
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Education and University of California Oral Histories Individual Interviews
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Education, University of California
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The Bancroft Library Oral History Center
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Bill Oldham, "William 'Bill' Oldham: Materials Science and Microelectronics at the UC Berkeley College of Engineering" conducted by Paul Burnett in 2021–22, Oral History Center, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, 2024.
Interview date(s) 2021
Interview date(s) 2022
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