Bill Brooks received his Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Minnesota in 1965 with distinction, with a Major in Engineering Mechanic and Minors in Fluid Mechanics and Mathematics. He received his Master of Science from the University of Minnesota in 1967 with a major in Engineering Mechanics and minors in Fluid Mechanics and Mathematics. He completed all of his course work and exams for a PhD in the same areas as his MS degree in 1969.

During the 1970s he worked for Exxon Corporation first in the Math, Computers & Systems Division developing numerical analysis systems of piping systems and for the optimization of gas centrifuge-based uranium refinement, and later as a staff engineer in optimization of gas centrifuge-based uranium refinement. From 1979 through 1994 he was employed by IBM Corporation in Rochester, Minnesota, where he worked on floppy disk drive head/suspension analysis and testing, and various development activities related to hard-disk drives on finite element analysis and design.

 

From 1994 through 1997 he was an Instructor in Engineering Technology teaching Strength of Materials, Fluid Mechanics and Statics at the Rochester Community CollegeinRochester, Minnesota. At the same time, from 1994 through 2003 he was employed by PEMSTAR Inc., of Rochester in positions of Project Engineer, Program Manager, Research Engineer, and Manufacturing Engineer. While there he worked on and directed work on a variety of projects to develop medical, automotive and consumer electro-mechanical devices.

 

In 1994 he founded Rochester Area Consulting Engineers, a small firm able to respond to projects too small for companies like PEMSTAR to be competitive. He educated PEMSTAR in the subtleties of flex cable/suspension electromagnetic performance, directed a project to refine a design and estimate costs for an automated horizontal door opener/closer system, directed aproject for the Mayo Clinic to develop a miniaturized version of the Epi-Pen^TM for easy personal carrying so that everyone who needs protection against anaphylactic shock would be able to have this personal injector available to use and on their person at all times. In 2003 he directed a project for Mendota Healthcare to develop a mechanical prototype concept for a new prescription package buffering system, a project for the Mayo Clinic to design and build a very special custom cart to be used in internal Mayo Clinic technical innovation meetings. In 2006 he redesigned an innovative toy for a Winona small business to make the product manufacturable, reliable and low cost, and provided design support to Innovative Animal Products on various implantable devices.

Bill Brooks is familiar with a wide variety of computer tools, has received 20 patents, has 23 publications in the IBM Technical Disclosure Bulletin related to disk drive development, is a member of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers, and has received the following honors: