About me
Research staff member
Research lab: Watson Research Center (Yorktown)
Shawn A. Hall received the Ph.D. degree in Applied Mechanics from the California Institute of Technology in 1981. Since 1981, as a Research Staff Member at IBM’s T.J. Watson Research Center, he has worked in numerous fields, primarily in development of machines and processes, but with occasional forays into software. Fields include laser and impact printing, fiber-optic packaging, rapid prototyping (using polymer to build 3D objects from CAD models), 3D graphics software, software and algorithms for real-time analysis of musical sound, micro-contact printing (low-cost alternative to optical lithography), and supercomputer cooling and mechanical packaging. In the latter category, he was a member of the core team that developed mechanical packaging for the BlueGene/L supercomputer, and is the inventor and developer of the patented airflow scheme that cools it.
Last updated 9 Jun 2006