William J. Reid III

William J. Reid III serves as a Visiting Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Clemson University. He has been part of the faculty since 2000, initially joining as a Visiting Assistant Professor. His academic background includes three degrees in Electrical Engineering from Clemson University: a B.S. (1988), M.S. (1990), and Ph.D. (1997), with his dissertation focusing on soft-decision decoding of BCH codes.

• Education:
  • B.S., Electrical Engineering, Clemson University (1988)
  • M.S., Electrical Engineering, Clemson University (1990)
  • Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, Clemson University (1997)

His expertise spans digital design, computer architecture, circuit theory, and random signal analysis. Prior to his academic role, he worked as a test engineer for Ryobi Motor Products, Inc. and as an embedded systems designer/programmer for Dixie-Narco, Inc.