GROUNDBREAKING XEROX PHYSICIST HONORED

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Groundbreaking Xerox Physicist Honored
Xerox Physicist Charles Duke Receives Honor for ‘Groundbreaking’ Research and Leadership.
ROCHESTER,
NY, Dec.  2005 – A Xerox Corporation  physicist, Dr. Charles B. Duke,
has been awarded the American Physical Society’s 2006 George E. Pake
Prize. Granted annually by the American Physical Society, the Pake
Prize honors individuals for their work combining original research and
the leadership of industrial research and development.
Tunneling in Solids, Inelastic Scattering…
The
Society recently cited Duke for his “groundbreaking theoretical
contributions to the understanding of tunneling in solids, and
inelastic scattering of low-energy electrons in solids, and for his
outstanding contributions to Xerox Corporate Research both as an
intellectual and research manager.”
Duke, vice president and senior
research fellow in the Xerox Innovation Group, is a recognized expert
in the nature of surfaces and interfaces between materials.
“The
George E. Pake Prize is a well-deserved honor for Charlie Duke. It is a
true reflection of his impact on Xerox as a leader, mentor and
innovator,” said Hervé Gallaire, president, Xerox Innovation Group and
chief technology officer.
Impact on Xerox Developments
At Xerox,
Duke’s theoretical work influenced the design of a new class of
polymer-based photoconductors and dry inks that led to the first Xerox
products based on flexible-belt photoreceptors, a physical device
inside a marking system on which an image is written and developed.
This breakthrough has been at the core of Xerox products since the
early 1980s.
Beyond his corporate responsibilities, Duke has
published more than 370 technical publications, including four books,
and has supported and led several professional societies. He is a
fellow of the American Physical Society, the IEEE, and the American
Vacuum Society. He was elected to the National Academy of Engineering
in 1993 and to the National Academy of Sciences in 2001.
Duke served
as founding editor in chief of the Journal of Materials Research, and
from 1992 to 2001 he was editor in chief of Surface Science and Surface
Science Letters. He currently is the chair of a National Research
Council study of network science that advances knowledge of complex
systems and processes exhibiting network behaviors.
Duke joined
Xerox in 1972. He received a bachelor’s degree in mathematics from Duke
University in 1959 and a doctorate in physics from Princeton University
in 1963.
The Pake Prize
The George E. Pake Prize was endowed in
1983 by Xerox Corporation in recognition of the top achievements and
contributions of Dr. George E. Pake, the founder and first director of
the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center. The American Physical Society is
an organization that advances and furthers the knowledge of physics
worldwide. Duke will receive the Pake Prize in March at the American
Physical Society’s meeting in Baltimore. Duke is the first Xerox
researcher to win the Pake Prize for contributions primarily made as an
active Xerox employee.

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December 20, 2005 at 10:12 AM