Engineering Mechanical
Resume:
Calvin L. White
Houghton, Michigan 49931
BUSINESS ADDRESS
Michigan Technological University
Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
1400 Townsend Dr.
Houghton, Michigan 49931
Phone: 906-***-****
Telefax: 906-***-****
E-mail ******@***.***
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Citizenship: USA
EDUCATION
Ph.D., Metallurgical Engineering (October, 1974)
Michigan Technological University
Houghton, Michigan
M.S., Metallurgy and Materials Science (December, 1971)
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, Minnesota
B.S., Mechanical Engineering, with Honors (June, 1969)
University of California
Davis, California
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Study of interfaces in engineering materials, and of the mechanisms by which
those interfaces influence their processing and performance.
The influence of material properties on joining processes.
Mechanical behavior of materials
PERMANENT POSITIONS
November, 1986 - Present
Professor
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Michigan Technological University
Houghton, Michigan 49931
August, 1996 - October 2002
Department Chair
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Michigan Technological University
Houghton, Michigan 49931
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November, 1974 - November, 1986
Research Staff
Metals and Ceramics Division
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831
PART TIME, ADJUNCT AND VISITING APPOINTMENTS
August, 2003 May, 2004
Visiting Professor, Institute of Materials Technology, Norwegian University of
Science and Technology, Trondheim, NORWAY
March, 1997
Visiting Professor, Programa de Enginharia Metalurgica e de Materiais,
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, BRAZIL
June - July, 1989
Visiting Distinguished Professor, Department of Materials Engineering,
University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35294
January, 1985 - January, 1988
Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering,
The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee
September, 1977 - September, 1986
Adjunct Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science,
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee
February, 1983 - August, 1983
Visiting Professor, Programa de Enginharia Metalurgica e de Materiais,
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, BRAZIL
CONSULTING (partial)
Metals and Ceramics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge,
Tennessee 37831
o Grain boundary segregation in intermetallic compounds.
US Army Tank Automotive Research Engineering and Development Laboratory
(TARDEC), Warren, Michigan, 48397-5000
o General metallurgical and selected materials joining issues
VanAire, Inc., Gladstone, MI
o Hydrogen embrittlement testing
PANELS, COMMITTEES, AND WORKSHOPS
U. S. Department of Energy, OBES/DMS Workshop on Time Dependent
Fracture of Materials at Elevated Temperatures, Feb. 15-16, 1979. Proceedings
available through NTIS, CONF 790236/UC-25.
U. S. Department of Energy, OBES/DMS Workshop on Micromechanics and
Physics of Fracture, July 28 - Aug. 2, 1985. Panel Report published in Materials
Science and Engineering, 94, 1-69 (1987).
United States/India Scientific and Cultural Program (1989). Member of the U. S.
Visiting Team assigned to visit Indian educational institutions and report on the
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feasibility of establishing a joint U. S./India research program to measure grain
boundary and surface energies in metals and ceramics using PL-480 Funds.
Second International Conference on Fundamentals of Fracture, Gatlinburg,
Tennessee, Nov. 4-7, 1985 (Member of Local Organizing Committee).
Acta Metallurgica et Materialia/Scripta Metallurgica et Materialia Outstanding
Paper Judging Panel, 1989 - 1992.
NSF-DMR Site Visit Panel for Lehigh University MRL Proposal, 1990.
NSF-DMR Site Visit Panel for Lehigh University MRL Proposal, 1991.
NSF-DMR Review Panel for Academic Research Infrastructure Program, 1992.
NSF-MPM Review Panel, 1997
NSF-DMR Educational Proposal Review Panel, 1999
ABET Program Evaluator, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering (7 program
visits since 2000)
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
ASM International (formerly American Society for Metals), Member since 1979
The Metals, Mineral, and Materials Society (formerly The Metallurgical Society),
Member since 1976
Materials Research Society (member since 1992)
American Welding Society (member since 1988)
Sigma Xi (member)
Alpha Sigma Mu National Honor Society for Materials Science and Engineering
(Board of Directors 2009-present, Secretary/Treasurer 2010-present)
Tau Beta Pi National Engineering Honor Society (member)
AWARDS/RECONGITIONS
Fellow of ASM International 1999
Who s Who in Science and Engineering
Michigan Association of Governing Boards of State Universities Distinguished
Faculty Award Recipient 1997
Michigan Technological University Faculty Research Award 1996
Department of Energy Materials Sciences Research Competition, award for
research having Significant Implication for Energy Technology, (with C. T. Liu
and J. A. Horton, Jr.) - 1984
International Metallographic Exhibit, First in Class -1982
PUBLICATIONS/CITATIONS: >100 technical publications, complete list available on
request (>50 archival journals, >1600 citations)
RESEARCH: Sponsors include NSF, DOE, NASA, Ford, AC Rochester, Dow
Chemical, Hydro Aluminium, ILZRO, WRC, EWI, Battelle Memorial Institute,
The Nippert Co., DCT Corporation
PATENTS: Thorium Doped Iridium Alloy for Radioisotope Heat Sources : C. T. Liu,
H. Inouye, A. C. Schaffhouser, and C. L. White, U. S. Patent 4,253,872 issued
March 3, 1981.
GRADUATE STUDENTS ADVISED: 7 PhD, 7 MS
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