Robert A White

Education

• Ph.D., ME, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1963
• M.S., ME, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1959
• B.S., ME, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1957

Academic Positions

• Professor Emeritus, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, UIUC, Dec. 1994-date
• Professor, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, UIUC, 1972-94
• Director, Automotive Systems Laboratory, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, UIUC, June 1978-date
• Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, UIUC, 1968-72
• Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, UIUC, 1965-68
• Instructor, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, UIUC, 1961-63
• Instructor, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, UIUC, 1959-60

Other Professional Employment

• Allison Div. of General Motors Corp., Indianapolis, Summer 1965
• Senior Research Scientist, Aeronautical Res. Inst. of Sweden, Bromma, Sweden, 1963-65
• Research Engineer, H. H. Korst Engineering Consultant, 1962-63, 1965-date
• Research Engineer, Aeronautical Res. Inst. of Sweden (while on leave from University of Illinois as a Fulbright Scholar), 1960-61
• Consulting Engineer, H. D. Bareither, Consultant, 1957-62

Major Consulting Activities

• RUF Automobile GMBH, Germany, 1993-date
• SAIC, 1987-date
• Porsche KG., Weissach, Germany, 1977-date
• Aeronautical Res. Inst. of Sweden, Bromma, Sweden, 1967-date

Selected Articles in Journals

• Fang, T., R. E. Coverdill, C. F. Lee, and R. A. White, "Smokeless Combustion Within a Small-bore HSDI Diesel Engine Using a Narrow Angle Injector," Journal of Engine (accepted for publication), 2007.

Honors

• Department of the Air Force, Medal and Award for Meritorious Civilian Service, 1991
• Outstanding Faculty Advisor Award, Society of Automotive Engineers, 1991
• Ralph R. Teetor Educational Award, Society of Automotive Engineers, 1986
• Associate Fellow, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 1986
• NATO Senior Fellowship in Science, 1968
• Thord-Gray Fellow in Physics, Scandinavian-American Foundation, 1968
• Fulbright Scholarship, 1960-61

Other Honors

• Member, Sigma Xi
• Member, Pi Tau Sigma
• Member, Society of Automotive Engineers
• Member, American Society for Engineering Education
• Associate Fellow, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
• National Research Council; Member, Air Force Studies Board, 1989-90
• Member, National Research Council, Air Force Studies Board Committee,on Maintenance of Air Force Personnel Performance, 1988-91
• Historian, Supersonic Tunnel Association (STA), 1990-present