David White Associate Director of Research Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, 1972

He earned his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in chemical engineering from the University of Pennsylvania. Subsequently, he did postdoctoral research at Princeton University in the Department of Chemistry. Key 23-year experience with Union Camp Corporation as research associate and research manager included engineering research in papermaking, separations, reactor design, start-ups, and mill modelling for environmental compliance. Prior experience with DuPont in textile fibers. Joined IPST in 1999.

Currently Research Liaison support for the Director of IPST @ Georgia Tech. Co-Principal Investigator for research projects in fluid dynamics (Member Company funded) and forest biotechnology economics (CPBIS Sloan Center funded). Member of 2 IPST Ph.D. research committees (G. Delozier, Froth Air Flotation; B. Weseman, Kinetics of Fiber Formation) and 2 M.S. research committees dealing with forest/pulp/paper economics. Chaired Administrative Processes Subcommittee during the successful 2002 Institute reaccredidation process.

Research Summary

Creation of economic framework for market-based approaches for environmental solutions and energy conservation; biotechnology economic analysis; carbon sequestration
Research portfolio management; economic analysis of research projects; identification of research deliverables; technology transfer, management related to research consortia
Fluid mechanics of mixing; approach flow systems