Richard M. White

Professor Emeritus, Professor in the Graduate School

Research Areas

• Energy (ENE)
• Solid-State Devices

Biography

He received his Ph.D. from Harvard University and is Director of the Berkeley Sensor and Actuator Center.

Selected Publications

• A. H. Meng, N. Nguyen, and R. M. White, "Focused flow micropump using ultrasonic flexural plate waves," Biomedical Microdevices, vol. 2, no. 3, pp. 169-174, June 2000.
• S. E. Cowan, J. Black, J. D. Keasling, and R. M. White, "Ultrasonic flexural-plate-wave sensor for detecting the concentration of settling E. coli W3110 cells," Analtyical Chemistry, vol. 71, no. 16, pp. 3622-3625, Aug. 1999.
• J. W. Grate, S. J. Martin, and R. M. White, "Acoustic wave microsensors: Part II," Analytical Chemistry, vol. 65, no. 22, pp. 987A-996A, Nov. 1993.
• J. W. Grate, S. J. Martin, and R. M. White, "Acoustic wave microsensors: Part I," Analytical Chemistry, vol. 65, no. 21, pp. 940A-948A, Nov. 1993.
• J. W. Grate, S. W. Wenzel, and R. M. White, "Flexural plate wave devices for chemical analysis," Analtyical Chemistry, vol. 63, no. 15, pp. 1552-1561, Aug. 1991.
• R. M. Moroney, R. M. White, and R. T. Howe, "Microtransport induced by ultrasonic Lamb waves," Applied Physics Letters, vol. 59, no. 7, pp. 774-776, Aug. 1991.
• S. W. Wenzel and R. M. White, "Analytic comparison of the sensitivities of bulk-wave, surface-wave, and flexural plate-wave ultrasonic gravimetric sensors," Applied Physics Letters, vol. 54, no. 20, pp. 1976-1978, May 1989.
• E. T. Zellers, R. M. White, and S. W. Wenzel, "Computer modelling of polymer-coated ZnO/Si surface-acoustic-wave and Lamb-wave chemical sensors," Sensors and Actuators, vol. 14, no. 1, pp. 35-45, May 1988.
• R. M. White, P. J. Wicher, S. W. Wenzel, and E. T. Zellers, "Plate-mode ultrasonic oscillator sensors," IEEE Trans. Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control, vol. 34, no. 2, pp. 162-171, March 1987.
• J. J. Bernstein and R. M. White, "Piezo-electrocapillary effect: A new effect observed in porous anodic oxide films," J. Electrochemical Society, vol. 131, no. 5, pp. 1050-1053, May 1984.
• K. Uozumi, K. Ohsone, and R. M. White, "Generation and detection of ultrasonic Lamb waves in a thin deposited film by using interdigital transducers," Applied Physics Letters, vol. 43, no. 10, pp. 917-919, Nov. 1983.
• C. T. Chuang, R. M. White, and J. J. Bernstein, "A thin-membrane surface-acoustic-wave vapor-sensing device," IEEE Electron Device Letters, vol. 3, no. 6, pp. 145-148, June 1982.
• A. R. Neureuther, R. M. White, and C. Wright, "Introduction to Electronics: Sophomore Self-Study Course," IEEE Trans. Education, vol. E-22, no. 1, pp. 17-20, Feb. 1979.
• T. I. Chappell and R. M. White, "Characteristics of a water absorber in front of a silicon solar cell," Applied Physics Letters, vol. 28, no. 8, pp. 422-423, April 1976.
• G. Y. Robinson and R. M. White, "A laboratory experiment on semiconductor bulk-effect oscillators," IEEE Trans. Education, vol. E-15, no. 3, pp. 187-188, Aug. 1972.
• R. M. White, "Surface elastic waves," Proc. IEEE, vol. 58, no. 8, pp. 1238-1276, Aug. 1970.
• N. C. MacDonald, G. Y. Robinson, R. M. White, N. C. MacDonald, G. Y. Robinson, and R. M. White, "Time-resolved scanning electron microscopy and its application to bulk-effect oscillators," J. Applied Physics, vol. 40, no. 11, pp. 4516-4528, Oct. 1969.
• S. G. Joshi and R. M. White, "Excitation and detection of surface elastic waves in piezoelectric crystals," J. Acoustical Society of America, vol. 46, no. 1A, pp. 17-27, July 1969.
• G. Y. Robinson and R. M. White, "Scanning electron microscopy of ferroelectric domains in barium titanate," Applied Physics Letters, vol. 10, no. 11, pp. 320-323, June 1967.
• R. M. White and F. W. Voltmer, "Ultrasonic surface-wave amplification in cadmium sulfide," Applied Physics Letters, vol. 8, no. 2, pp. 40-42, Jan. 1966.