Citationer Congratulations to Do Won Chung and David B. Wittry

Each year the College of Engineering asks departments to nominate past graduates to be considered for a Citationer Award. Honorees are selected because of their exceptional work in the field of engineering and their positive impact on the world around them. Joining the distinguished group are 1995 Citationer Do Won Chung and 1996 Citationer David B. Wittry.

1995 Citationer Do Won Chung (38K JPG)

Do Won Chung is Vice Chairman of Kangwon Industries, Ltd., a company he joined soon after graduating from UW-Madison in 1970. Over the past twenty years, Do Won Chung has helped build Korea-based Kangwon Industries from a modest coal mining company with a small foundry that manufactured replacement parts for its own coal mines into one of the major steel mills in Asia. Kangwon is also a major supplier of steel mill rolls and the principle manufacturer of crusher components in Korea. Kangwon now employs close to 4,500 people.

1996 Citationer David B. Wittry (23K JPG)

David B. Wittry, a 1951 graduate of the UW-Madison, is an accomplished inventor and a recognized leader in the field of electron microscopy and x-ray microanalysis. A professor at the University of Southern California for the past twenty years, Wittry is best known for his work in developing instrumentation for use with electron microscopes. His patented design for a probe that identifies the composition of a sample by measuring the x-ray signals it generates has proven to be the most successful commercial electron probe microanalyzer on the market today.

Wittry also invented and patented a new type of diffractor for scanning x-ray monochromators. This diffractor is considered to be one of the most significant advancements to date in the field of x-ray spectrometry.

While most of his inventions have been in the field of materials science instrumentation, Wittry, now an emeritus professor, recently developed the "Wittry Engine." The "Wittry Engine" is a rotary internal combustion engine designed to be a less complex, but highly efficient alternative to conventional, piston-type IC engines.

In addition to his UW-Madison B.S. in applied math and mechanics, Wittry holds an M.S. and Ph.D. in Physics from the California Institute of Technology. Over the years, he has received numerous honors including a Guggenheim Fellowship, the Presidential Award and honorary membership from the Microbeam Analysis Society and the 1995 Distinguished Scientist, Physical Sciences Award given by the Microscopy Society of America.