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William F. Powers

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William F. Powers (born 1940) is a former vice president of research for the Ford Motor Company. In 1992 he was elected a Foreign Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences.

Powers earned his bachelor's degree at the University of Florida, then a master's degree in engineering in 1966 and a Ph.D. in engineering in 1968 from the University of Texas at Austin. He was with Ford Motor Company from 1979 until 2000. He was with NASA in the 1960s.

He was elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering in 1993 for leadership in advancing research and development of automotive technology.

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  • IVAs Matrikel [Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences' Register of Members] (in Swedish). Stockholm. 2001. p. 305. ISBN 91-7082-097-X.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • University of Texas at Austin alumni page of Powers