Truesdale Honored at BEYA Conference
Twenty-five year Corning veteran and research fellow in science and technology, Dr. Carlton Truesdale was named the Most Important Black in Technology for 2008 at the 2009 Black Engineer of the Year Awards Conference in Baltimore on February 14-16.
Throughout his career at Corning, Truesdale has done extensive research in optical couplers, multimode fibers and optical waveguide processing.
One of Truesdale's most significant contributions to the company was developing a new process for producing silica, the material used to make optical fiber. By utilizing organo-metallic materials, Corning can manufacture silica with water and carbon dioxide as the only byproducts of the process. Carlton’s procedure is considered “green” when compared to the previous processes with byproducts of hydrochloric acid and chlorine.
Carlton also holds Corning’s Values in high regard. He notes that Corning has always made products that are revolutionary and beneficial to society; there’s no conflict between what Corning says and what Corning does.
“We aren’t destroying the world -- we are actually preserving it,” he says. To be an innovator at Corning, he adds, “I don’t have to change my morals, ethics, or anything else. I think that actually makes Corning attractive because we don’t care where you’re from, what culture you have, what gender, or any of those things. If you have a passion for science, we value your unique point of view.”
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