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About Charles White

Emeritus Faculty Member and Professor in the Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering Department. Teaching in the area of Engineering Ethics, Manufacturing Processes, Forging, Metal Casting and Foundry Processes, Failure Analysis and Materials. Principle research in metal casting, process development, and failure analysis.

Positions

2014 - Present Professor Emeritus of Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering, Kettering University ‐ Department of Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering
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1969 - 2014 Professor of Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering, Kettering University ‐ Department of Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering
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Research Interests

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Professional Service and Affiliations

1987 - Present Member/Committee Chairman/ABET Visitor, The Metallurgical Society of AIME/TMS
1975 - Present Member/Chairman/Secretary/Treasurer, The American Society for Engineering Education
1965 - Present Member/Committee Member/Chairman/Lecturer, American Foundrymen’s Society
1963 - Present Member, Editor, Committee Member, The American Society for Metals
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Honors and Awards

  • Fullbright Specialist Roster Working With Foreign Universities on Special Development Projects, 2017-2022
  • Honorary Professorship at Hochschule Esslington Germany, 2010
  • Forging Industries Association, Magnum School Professor, 2004-2014
  • Oswald Fellowship Grant for International Studies to Tonji University, Shanghai China, 2009
  • National Forging Institute Paper Award, 1966
  • Alpha Sigma Mu- U of M Metallurgical Honorary, 1980
  • Rhodes Professor 1985/86 Alumni Association Professinal Development Award
  • Ohio Society of Professional Engineers Highest Exam Grade Award, 1985

Education

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1982 Ph.D., University of Michigan - Ann Arbor ‐ Metallurgical Engineering
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1967 M.S., University of Wisconsin ‐ Metallurgical Engineering
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1965 B.S., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign ‐ Metallurgical Engineering
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