William Whyte

Dr William (Bill) Whyte is an Honorary Research Fellow at Glasgow University and has the useful dual qualifications of a BSc in microbiology and a DSc in mechanical engineering. He has been involved in the design, testing, and operation, of cleanrooms and hospital operating rooms for over 50 years.

Bill Whyte has published over 140 journal articles on the design of cleanrooms and operating theatres, and the control of the transmission of contamination within them. He has written four books titled ‘Cleanroom Technology – Fundamentals of Design, Testing and Operation -Third Edition’, ‘Advances in Cleanroom Technology’, Cleanroom Testing and Monitoring, and Basic Cleanroom Technology' as well as editing the book ‘Cleanroom Design’.

He was founder and former chair of both the Scottish Society of Contamination Control, and the Cleanroom Testing and Certification Board – International. He is a member of BSI and ISO working groups that are writing, or have written, cleanroom standards. He has extensive experience as an industrial consultant and presenter of educational courses about cleanrooms.

He has received the following awards for his work in Cleanroom Technology: Fellowship of the IEST, Honorary Life Member of S2C2, James R Mildon Award from the IEST, Michael S Korczyneski Grant from the PDA, Parenteral Society Annual Award, and Special Commendation Award from the British Standards Institution.