Dr. Carter White, of the Naval
Research Laboratory's (NRL's) Chemistry Division, has won the
1996 Edison Chapter of Sigma Xi Award in Pure Science for "his
original and broad contributions to materials chemistry problems
including detonations, carbon nanotubes, semiconductor defects,
fullerenes, and nanotribology."
This award is given for outstanding
research in the past ten years. The research must be recognized
by the scientific community at large and have a potential impact
on the U.S. Navy. Dr. White's recent research centers around
the electronic and structure properties of polymers and clusters
and atomistic simulations of condensed-phase chemistry.
Dr. White, a native Virginian,
received his B.S. degree in physics from Virginia Tech, in 1971,
and his Ph.D. in 1976 from the University of Virginia.
Dr. White came to NRL in 1976
as a National Research Council postdoctoral associate with NRL's
Electronics Technology Division. Since 1982 he has been head
of NRL's Theoretical Chemistry Section. In 1985, he spent a year
as program director for condensed matter theory at the National
Science Foundation.
Dr. White has published over
100 refereed papers, including invited reviews on chemically-sustained
shock waves, carbon nanotubes, localized defects in semiconductors,
and fullerenes. His published work has been cited over 1600 times
in the refereed literature resulting in over 30 invited talks
at international conferences, professional society meetings,
and workshops.
Dr. White has received five Alan
Berman research publication awards. He is a member of the American
Chemical Society, the Materials Research Society and the Applied
Physics Society. He has served on many National Science Foundation
and Office of Naval Research panels. He is currently vice-chair
of the Applied Physics Society Compression Science Award
Committee.
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