Position
Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and the Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment
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E326 Engineering Quad
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Education
B.Eng. (Civil Eng., Hons.) / B.Sci. (Physics), University of Melbourne, 2006
Ph.D. (Chem. Eng.), University of Melbourne, 2010
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Honors and Awards
- President's Award for Distinguished Teaching, Princeton University, 2023
- Gustavo Colonetti Medalist (RILEM), 2019
- Howard B. Wentz Jr. Junior Faculty Award, Princeton University, 2017
- CAREER Award, National Science Foundation, 2016
- Discovery Early Career Research Award, Australian Research Council, 2013
- Outstanding Student Research Prize, Neutron Scattering Society of America, 2012
- Australian Postgraduate Award, Australian Research Council, 2007-2010
Affiliations
- Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
- Professor, Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment
- Associated Faculty, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
- Associated Faculty, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
- Associated Faculty, High Meadows Environmental Institute
- Associated Faculty, Princeton Institute for Computational Science and Engineering
- Associated Faculty, Princeton Materials Institute
Research Interests
Dr. White’s research focuses on understanding and optimizing engineering and environmental materials, with an emphasis on sustainable cements and materials for carbon capture, utilization and storage. This research spans multiple length and time scales, utilizing advanced synchrotron and neutron-based experimental techniques, and atomic and mesoscale simulation methodologies.
Selected Publications
- Curria MC, White CE, Mechanistic insights on solution-based green synthesis of phase-pure Ca-based layered double hydroxides from Ca(OH)2, Cryst. Growth Des., 2024 24 (1) 56-70
- Gong K, White CE, Development of physics-based compositional parameters for predicting the reactivity of amorphous aluminosilicates in alkaline environments, Cem. Concr. Res., 2023 174 107296
- Alventosa KML, White CE, The effects of calcium hydroxide and activator chemistry on alkali-activated metakaolin pastes, Cem. Concr. Res., 2021 145 106453
- Gong K, Özçelik VO, Yang K, White CE, Density functional modeling and total scattering analysis of the atomic structure of a quaternary CaO-MgO-Al2O3-SiO2 (CMAS) glass: Uncovering the local environment of calcium and magnesium, Phys. Rev. Mater., 2021 5 (1) 015603
- Yang K, White CE, Modeling of aqueous species interaction energies prior to nucleation in cement-based gel systems, Cem. Concr. Res., 2021 139 106266
