Professor William's received a Ph.D. in Theoretical and Applied Mechanics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1989, a M.S. in the same field from Cornell University in 1986, and in 1983 a B.S. in Engineering Mechanics, also from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Since, 1989, she has been a member of the Northeastern Department of Mechanical, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering (formerly the Department of Mechanical Engineering).

Professor William's current research models the heat transfer and fluid mechanics in problems of material processing, using both analytical and numerical techniques. Two areas of focus are the modeling of magnetic Czochralski crystal growth, and the investigation of biaxial alignment of high Tc superconductors.

Professor Williams is currently working under a research planning grant from the National Science Foundation on the "Development of a spectral method solution for transverse magnetic Czochralski Growth."

• "A Woman Today." Ladies' home journal. DEC 01 1994 v 111 n 12. Mary Grace Williams, Anna Scotti.
• "Centrifugal pumping during Czochralski silicon growth with a strong transverse magnetic field." J.S. Walker Journal of Crystal Growth, 137, 32-36 (1994).
• "Asymptotic models of electromagnetic flow control during the bulk growth of electronic materials", J.S. Walker ASME AMD-Vol. 194, Mechanics of Materials Processing and Manufacturing, (1994).
• "Effects of the crystal's non-zero electric conductivity on the rotational driven melt motion during Czochralski silicon growth with a uniform transverse magnetic field", J.S. Walker, Journal of Crystal Growth, 132, 31-42 (1993).