Scott L. Whittenburg, Ph.D. 6256 Pratt Drive • New Orleans, LA 70122 Graduate
School, AD205 • University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA 70148 Office of Research and
Sponsored Programs, CERM 452 • University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA 70148 Phone:
504-280-6321 Email: swhitten@uno.edu 

PROFESSIONAL PROFILE 

Accomplished career as an educator and researcher in a university setting. Demonstrated
accomplishments in leading local, state and federal research efforts, building state-wide
university research consortia and developing government-business-academia partnerships. 

EDUCATION 

Ph.D., Physical Chemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, 1979 B.S., Chemistry,
Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, 1974 Umpqua Community College, Winchester, OR,
1970-1971 

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE 

Vice Chancellor for Research and Dean of the Graduate School, University of New Orleans,
New Orleans, LA, 2009 to Present 

Interim Vice Chancellor for Research and Dean of the Graduate School, University of New
Orleans, New Orleans, LA, 2008 to 2009 

Associate Vice Chancellor for Assessment and Institutional Effectiveness, University of
New Orleans, New Orleans, LA, 2005 to 2008 

Associate Vice Chancellor of Academic Affairs for Fiscal Administration, University of
New Orleans, New Orleans, LA, 2004 to 2005 

University Research Professor, University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA, 2003 to
Present 

Full Professor, University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA, 1989 to 2003 

Associate Professor, University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA, 1984 to 1989 

Assistant Professor, University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA, 1979 to 1984 

PROFESSIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS 

2 Book Chapters and 72 publications in refereed journals. 

Total funding, principal investigator or equivalent 28 awards for approximately $28M.
Current funding, $24M. Current research funding, approximately $6M. Award amounts do not
include SPAWAR contract: “Analytical and Technical Support Services From Undergraduate
and Graduate Students and Faculty at a Geographical Local Educational Institution”,
Solicitation N69250-08-R-0302, SPAWAR, $50M, 5 years, 7/1/2008-6/30/2013, Technical Lead
and lead on response securing award. 

COMMUNITY/STATE SERVICE 

Head, Executive Committee, Coastal Sustainability Consortium, 2009 to Present Member,
Louisiana Board of Regents EPSCoR Committee, 2002 to Present Member, Louisiana Optical
Network Initiative Committee, 2008 to Present Founding Member, Gulf Coast Government
Contractors Association, 2009 to Present Member, Development Committee, Southeast
Universities Research Association (SURA), 2009 to Present 

Articles

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Microwave absorption of patterned arrays of nanosized magnetic stripes with different aspect ratios (with Leszek M. Malkinski, Minghui Yu, Andriy Y. Voyk, Donald J. Scherer II, Leonard Spinu, Weillie Zhou, Zachary Davis, and Jin-Seung Jung), Physics Faculty Publications (2007)

Arrays consisting of nanosized stripes of Permalloy with different length-to-width ratios have been fabricated using...

 

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Size dependence of static and dynamic magnetic properties in nanoscale square Permalloy antidot arrays (with Minghui Yu, Leszek Malkinski, Leonard Spinu, and Weillie Zhou), Physics Faculty Publications (2007)

Permalloy antidot arrays with different square hole sizes (1200×1200, 800×800, and 400×400 nm2) have been...

 

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Preparation, structural characterization, and dynamic properties investigation of permalloy antidot arrays (with Charles J. O'Connor), Journal of Applied Physics (2005)

Regular nanosized structures are considered to be promising materials for magnetic information storage media with...

 

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Thickness dependence of magneto-transport in Cu-Co granular thin films, Journal of Applied Physics (2004)

This work explores the thickness dependence of magneto-transport properties in Cu80Co20 granular thin films with...

 

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Magnetic storage device using induced magnetic reversal of a cobalt, Journal of Applied Physics (2003)

The effects of the applied field, cell size, and cutting area on the ‘‘seed’’ induced...