Alice Elizabeth White is an American physicist. She is a professor and chair at the Boston University College of Engineering.[1] Previously, she was Chief Scientist at Bell Labs.[2] She is a fellow of the APS, the IEEE and the OSA.
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| Born | Alice Elizabeth White |
| Nationality | American |
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| Thesis | Resistance rise in ultrathin metallic wires at low temperatures (1982) |
| Academic advisors | Douglas Osheroff |
| Website | https://www.bu.edu/eng/profile/alice-white/ |
Early life and education
editWhite was born to physicist parents and grew up in New Jersey. Her father worked at Bell Labs.[3] Her parents helped to foster her interest in science and mathematics.[4]
She did her undergraduate studies at Middlebury College in Vermont, where she enjoyed a supportive science learning environment. She interned at Bell Labs during the summer through the Summer Research Program, eventually leading to a fellowship through the Graduate Research Program for Women to study at Harvard University.[3][4] Her PhD thesis, completed in 1982, was entitled Resistance rise in ultrathin metallic wires at low temperatures.[5] She was mentored by Doug Osheroff of Bell Labs during her time at Harvard.[4]
Career
editWhite returned to Bell Labs after her PhD, and occupied various roles in the organisation from 1982 to 2013. She spent two years as a post-doctoral fellow before joining the permanent technical staff.[3] Her last position was Chief Scientist. Her research areas during this period include mesotaxy techniques to grow metals on silicon, photonic circuitry, fiber optics and low temperature physics.[4]
White became chair of Boston University's mechanical engineering department in 2013 after 30 years at Bell Labs.[2] She is a professor of mechanical engineering, materials science, biomedical engineering, and physics. She is also affiliated with Boston University's Photonics and Nanotechnology centers.[1] She is interested in nanomechanics.[6] One potential application of her research is in creating biomedical structures to repair tissues after a heart attack.[7] She uses 3D printing technology to create micromechanical structures.[8] In 2014, she established the Multiscale Laser Lithography Lab at Boston University.[1] This facility houses a Direct Laser Writing tool to create 3D polymer structures at high resolution as well as systems to design and characterise samples.[9]
White and her team worked on 3D printing nasal swab components in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.[10][11]
She became a Councilor-at-Large for the APS in 1993 and was a founding member of the Forum on Industrial and Applied Physics.[12] In 2001, she was chair of the APS Committee on the Status of Women in Physics.[13] She is a mentor for the Bell Labs Graduate Research Program for Women, and gives physics talks at elementary schools.[3]
Awards and honours
edit- 2013 OSA Fellow for "developing advanced nanofabrication techniques and applying them to integrated electronics and photonics to enable next-generation lightwave devices".[14]
- 2011 IEEE Fellow for "leadership in development and commercialization of integrated silicon optical components for communication networks".[1][15]
- 2001 Bell Labs Fellow for "developing and applying novel integrated photonic device technologies in advanced optical networks".[1]
- 1995 APS Fellow for "contributions to the study of transport phenomena in metallic thin films and for her work on buried silicide films formed by ion implantation".[16]
- 1994 Alumni Achievement Award from Middlebury College.[17]
- 1991 Maria Goeppert-Mayer Award from the APS.[18]
Personal life
editWhite married another Bell Labs scientist and has two children. She enjoys skiing and cycling.[3]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e "Alice White, Ph.D. | College of Engineering". www.bu.edu. Retrieved 2021-04-10.
- ^ a b "From Bell Labs to BU, with a Passion for Engineering | BU Today". Boston University. Retrieved 2021-04-10.
- ^ a b c d e "Alice White | PhysicsCentral". www.physicscentral.com. Retrieved 2021-04-10.
- ^ a b c d "Alice White". www.aps.org. Retrieved 2021-04-10.
- ^ White, Alice Elizabeth (1982). Resistance rise in ultrathin metallic wires at low temperatures (Thesis). OCLC 8876190.
- ^ "BU Wins $20M for NSF Engineering Research Center | The Brink". Boston University. Retrieved 2021-04-10.
- ^ Peebles-Wilkins, Wilma; Emerita, Dean. "The Transformers". Boston University. Retrieved 2021-04-10.
- ^ "Nanoscribe 3D Printing and Integrating Microscopic Components Directly onto Integrated Circuits". 3DPrint.com | The Voice of 3D Printing / Additive Manufacturing. 2018-07-11. Retrieved 2021-04-10.
- ^ "Multiscale Laser Lithography Laboratory (ML-cubed) | Photonics Center". www.bu.edu. Retrieved 2021-04-11.
- ^ "Watch These 3D-Printed Nasal Swab Prototypes Take Form". Boston University. Retrieved 2021-04-10.
- ^ "BU Engineers Are Taking on the Coronavirus Pandemic". Boston University. Retrieved 2021-04-10.
- ^ "Dr. Alice White, Director Lucent Technologies, GRPW '76". Archived from the original on 2021-04-11.
- ^ "Past Chairs". aps.org. Retrieved 2021-04-11.
- ^ "2013 OSA Fellows". osa.org. Archived from the original on 2014-02-25. Retrieved 2021-04-11.
- ^ "IEEE Fellows Directory - Member Profile". IEEE. Retrieved 2021-04-11.
- ^ "APS Fellow Archive". www.aps.org. Retrieved 2021-04-11.
- ^ "Achievement Award Recipients". Middlebury. Retrieved 2021-04-11.
- ^ "Prize Recipient". www.aps.org. Retrieved 2021-04-11.
External links
edit- Alice White publications indexed by Google Scholar