Ron Outlaw is a Research Professor in Applied
Science at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia,
and was formerly a Senior Scientist at NASA’s Langley Research Center. He received his doctorate
in Materials Science at Virginia Tech and did post doctoral work at MIT. His
early work was in UHV systems and gauge design, physical adsorption, metal
hydride secondary standards, orbiting molecular shield concepts, space
processing, thin film growth of semiconductor materials, hydrogen transport and
UHV generation of atomic oxygen and hydrogen. Present work includes the
development of advanced vacuum instrumentation and electron emission sources.
He has published over 100 technical articles and holds six patents.
Address: W&M Dept. of
Applied Science, McGlothlin-Street Hall, Williamsburg, VA
23187-8795.
Contact: (757) 221-7735 raout [at] wm.edu