[2] White began teaching at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in 1990, and was eventually named Donald B. Willett Professor in Aerospace Engineering.
[4] He died of ocular melanoma at the age of 55 on May 28, 2018,[3] and is survived by his wife and colleague Nancy Sottos.
[5] Scott White Google Scholar Profile Autonomous Materials Systems Research Group Two funds were created to honor and remember Scott White.
[6] These two funds, The Scott R. White Aerospace Engineering Professorship and The Scott R. White Aerospace Engineering Visionary Scholarship are respectively dedicated to advancing the body of knowledge and research in the field of autonomous materials and supporting undergraduate research.
More information on these funds can be obtained via the University of Illinois Department of Aerospace Engineering - Giving.