Susan Buthaina Sinnott is professor and head of materials science and engineering at Pennsylvania State University.[1][2] Sinnott is a fellow of the Materials Research Society (MRS), the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and the American Physical Society (APS). She has served as editor-in-chief of the journal Computational Materials Science since 2014.

Susan Sinnott
Susan Sinnott in 2015
Born
Susan Buthaina Sinnott
Alma materUniversity of Texas at Austin (BS)
Iowa State University (PhD)
AwardsFellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (2010)
Scientific career
FieldsComputational materials science
Computational physics
Computational chemistry[1]
InstitutionsPennsylvania State University
University of Florida
University of Kentucky
United States Naval Research Laboratory
ThesisDensity functional studies: first principles and semi-empirical calculations of clusters and surfaces (1993)
Websiteresearch.matse.psu.edu/sinnott

Early life and education

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Sinnott received a bachelors of science in chemistry at the University of Texas at Austin.[3][4] She moved to Iowa State University for her graduate studies, and earned her doctoral degree in physical chemistry in 1993.[3]

Research and career

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After graduating Sinnott moved to the United States Naval Research Laboratory where she worked on surface chemistry.[3][5]

 
Sinnott made an openly licensed video about "Using Computers to Create New Materials" in 2015[6]

After two years at the Naval Research Laboratory, Sinnott was appointed an assistant professor at the University of Kentucky.[7] In 2000 she was recruited to the University of Florida as an Associate Professor.[3] Sinnott was promoted to Professor at the University of Florida in 2005, where she led projects on cyber infrastructure and quantum theory.[3] In 2015 Sinnott was appointed Head of Materials Science and Engineering at the Pennsylvania State University.[3][8][9]

Sinnott's research involves the development of computational methods to understand the electronic and atomic structure of materials.[1] Her computational models include continuum level modelling and fluid dynamics and take into account material behaviour at the nanoscale.[7] She has investigated the formation and role of grain boundaries, dopants, defects and heterogeneous interfaces.[10][11] Her research has considered perovskites, showing that the alignment or tilting of the perovskite oxygen cages impacts the materials properties.[12] Sinnott has served as editor-in-chief of the scientific journal Computational Materials Science since 2014.[10]

Her principal research interests at Penn State University include two-dimensional and nano-structured materials, gas adsorption and separation in porous solid materials, and condensed matter physics.[13]

Selected awards and honours

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Her awards include:

Selected publications

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Her publications[1][2] include

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Susan Sinnott publications indexed by Google Scholar  
  2. ^ a b Susan Sinnott publications from Europe PubMed Central
  3. ^ a b c d e f "Susan Sinnott — Penn State University - Department of Chemistry". chem.psu.edu. Retrieved 2020-03-05.
  4. ^ "nanoHUB.org - Members: View: Susan Sinnott". nanohub.org. Retrieved 2020-03-05.
  5. ^ "SUSAN B Sinnott". ornl.gov. Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Retrieved 2020-03-05.
  6. ^ Benefunder (2015-06-09), Using Computers to Create New Materials, retrieved 2020-03-06
  7. ^ a b "Susan Sinnott". Penn State Department of Materials Science and Engineering. 2018-02-16. Retrieved 2020-03-05.
  8. ^ "Dr. Susan Sinnott". mse.vt.edu. Retrieved 2020-03-05.
  9. ^ "Sinnott appointed head of materials science and engineering | Penn State University". news.psu.edu. Retrieved 2020-03-05.
  10. ^ a b "Susan Sinnott". journals.elsevier.com. Retrieved 2020-03-05.
  11. ^ "Interviews with plenary speakers of the XV Brazil-MRS Meeting: Susan Sinnott (Penn State, USA). – SBPMat – Sociedade Brasileira de Pesquisa em Materiais". Retrieved 2020-03-05.
  12. ^ "A 3D imaging technique unlocks properties of perovskite crystals". news.psu.edu. Penn State University. Retrieved 2020-03-05.
  13. ^ "Sinnott Research Group |". research.matse.psu.edu. Retrieved 2021-10-17.
  14. ^ a b Madsen, Lynnette (2016-02-01). Successful Women Ceramic and Glass Scientists and Engineers: 100 Inspirational Profiles. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-1-118-73360-8.
  15. ^ "Physical Review Journals - Outstanding Referees". journals.aps.org. Retrieved 2020-03-05.
  16. ^ "Three UF researchers named AAAS Fellows - News - University of Florida". news.ufl.edu. Retrieved 2020-03-05.
  17. ^ "AAAS Members Elected as Fellows". American Association for the Advancement of Science. Retrieved 2020-03-05.
  18. ^ "Dr. Cammy Abernathy has been recognized as a 2015 Fellow of the Materials Research Society (MRS) – Department of Materials Science and Engineering". Retrieved 2020-03-05.
  19. ^ "Susan Sinnott elected APS Fellow – Department of Materials Science and Engineering". Retrieved 2020-03-05.
  20. ^ "Professor Susan Sinnott selected as one of the Top 25 Women Professors in the state of Florida – Department of Materials Science and Engineering". mse.ufl.edu. Retrieved 2020-03-05.
  21. ^ Brenner, Donald W; Shenderova, Olga A; Harrison, Judith A; Stuart, Steven J; Ni, Boris; Sinnott, Susan B (2002). "A second-generation reactive empirical bond order (REBO) potential energy expression for hydrocarbons". Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter. 14 (4): 783–802. Bibcode:2002JPCM...14..783B. doi:10.1088/0953-8984/14/4/312. ISSN 0953-8984. S2CID 11755258.
  22. ^ Sinnott, S.B.; Andrews, R.; Qian, D.; Rao, A.M.; Mao, Z.; Dickey, E.C.; Derbyshire, F. (1999). "Model of carbon nanotube growth through chemical vapor deposition". Chemical Physics Letters. 315 (1–2): 25–30. Bibcode:1999CPL...315...25S. doi:10.1016/S0009-2614(99)01216-6. ISSN 0009-2614.
  23. ^ "Filled Carbon Nanotubes", Carbon Meta-Nanotubes, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, 2011-10-31, p. 223, doi:10.1002/9781119954743.ch5, ISBN 978-1-119-95474-3
  24. ^ Garg, Ajay; Sinnott, Susan B. (1998). "Effect of chemical functionalization on the mechanical properties of carbon nanotubes". Chemical Physics Letters. 295 (4): 273–278. Bibcode:1998CPL...295..273G. doi:10.1016/S0009-2614(98)00969-5. ISSN 0009-2614.