LTC William North, Ph.D.

LTC William North is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science at the United States Military Academy (USMA). As an USMA academy professor, he has served in the Photonics Research Center since 2023 and is the OIC of the Robotics Club consisting of the Future Applied Systems Team (FAST), Black Knight Drone Team (BKDT), and the Combat Aerial Warfare (CAW) team.

He deployed twice for assignments to Camp Speicher, Iraq, and Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, to support theater communications in Southwest Asia.

LTC North is a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, a member of the Optical Society of America, and a member of SPIE. His research interests include VCSELs, optical communications, high-energy lasers, pulsed laser systems, and photonic integrated circuits (PIC).