William Milam received his BSEE and MSEE from Clemson University. He spent 10 years in Florida as one of the “rocket scientists” you hear about. Almost 25 years ago, he and his family moved to Knoxville where he accepted a position at Philips Consumer Electronics. Since then, he has worked at several area companies, and even started his own company. Currently, he is a Sr. HW Design Engineer at FLIR Systems in Oak Ridge. William joined IEEE in 1979 as a student member.