EPP Faculty :: Robert M. White

Robert M. White
	Office: Roberts Hall 348  Phone: (650) 838-0102  Email: white@ece.cmu.edu  Secretary: Marilyn Patete, (412) 268-8162

University Professor Emeritus of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Engineering and Public Policy.

Technology policy.

B.S. 1960, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 
Ph.D. 1964, Stanford University.

Carnegie Mellon, 1993 -.

In addition to research in magnetic nanotechnologies, Professor White has long standing interests in Technology Policy. Technology policy deals with the instruments that support the innovation process. This is the process through which basic discoveries are transformed into competitive products. Thus technology policy deals with Federal support for research, the role of the National Labs, research tax credits, protection of intellectual property, export controls, and many other factors.

Professor White served as Undersecretary of Commerce for Technology during the first Bush Administration. He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering.

Representative Publications

R. M. White, "Quantam Theory of Magnetism," Springer-Verlag (2006)

R. M. White, "Bohr's Quadrant: Where Will Basic Research Lead?," Chemtech, January 1999, pp. 9-12

R. M. White, "A Message to Congress," Technology Review 100, 5 (1997)