Phillip Anthony Carpenter

Background

Carpenter, Phillip Anthony was born on November 14, 1956 in Kingsport, Tennessee, United States. Son of Robert John and Jessie Juanita Carpenter.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Physics and Mathematics, East Tennessee State University, 1980; Bachelor of Science in Engineering Science, U. Tennessee, 1982; Master of Science in Industrial Engineering, University Tennessee, 1989; postgraduate, U. Alabama, Huntsville.

Career

Production technician, Columbus Electric Manufacturing Company, Piney Flats, Tennessee, 1976-1977; project control engineer, Tennessee Valley Authority, Surgoinsville, Tennessee, 1978-1981; project control engineer N.Ala. coal gasification project, Tennessee Valley Authority, Knoxville, Tennessee, 1981-1983; mechanic engineer boiling water reactor project, Tennessee Valley Authority, Knoxville, Tennessee, 1983-1987; principal mechanic engineer Browns Ferry engineering project, Tennessee Valley Authority, Knoxville, Tennessee, 1987-1988; project control engineer Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Tennessee Valley Authority, Spring City, Tennessee, 1988-1990; industrial engineer Follow-on-to-Lance project office, unites states department of Army, Missile Command, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, 1990; senior project control engineer, Tennessee Valley Authority, Spring City, 1990-1991; cost and scheduling manager, Oak Ridge (Tennessee) National Laboratory, 1991; program manager Y-12 site office, unites states department Energy, Oak Ridge, since 1991. Development engineer, president biomass energy conversion project Entec Research and Development Company, Kingsport, 1981-1985. Consultant Advanced Power Technology, Inc., Knoxville, 1984, Fuel Technology, Inc., Knoxville, 1983, Waste-a-Hol, Inc., Chattanooga, 1983.

Achievements

• Phillip Anthony Carpenter has been listed as a noteworthy Government engineering executive by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Adjutant Sons of Confederate Veterans, Strawberry Plains, Tennessee, 1987, commander, Knoxville, 1989, genealogist, editor, 1990, 91, 92. Member American Society of Mechanical Engineers (historian Knoxville chapter 1984-1985), American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, American Physical Society, Lighter-Than-Air Society.

Interests

• Avocations: licenced amateur radio operator, Civil War scholar, genealogy, writing, inventor.

Connections

Married Betty Ann Cleek, August 25, 1979. Children: Christopher Andrew, Katie Annual.

Father:

Robert John Carpenter

Mother:

Jessie Juanita Carpenter

Spouse:

Betty Ann Cleek

child:

Katie Annual Carpenter

child:

Christopher Andrew Carpenter