Susan Sinnott
{{short description|American materials scientist and researcher}}
{{Infobox scientist
| birth_name = Susan Buthaina Sinnott
| name = Susan Sinnott
| image = Susan Buthaina Sinnott Using Computers to Create New Materials 03.png
| caption = Susan Sinnott in 2015
| alma_mater = University of Texas at Austin (BS)
Iowa State University (PhD)
| fields = Computational materials science
Computational physics
Computational chemistry{{Google scholar id}}
| thesis_title = Density functional studies: first principles and semi-empirical calculations of clusters and surfaces
| thesis_url = http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/897064822
| thesis_year = 1993
| workplaces = Pennsylvania State University
University of Florida
University of Kentucky
United States Naval Research Laboratory
| awards = Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (2010)
| website = {{URL|https://research.matse.psu.edu/sinnott}}
}}
Susan Buthaina Sinnott is professor and head of materials science and engineering at Pennsylvania State University.{{EuropePMC}} 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.
Early life and education
Sinnott received a bachelors of science in chemistry at the University of Texas at Austin.{{Cite web|url=https://chem.psu.edu/directory/sbs5563|title=Susan Sinnott — Penn State University - Department of Chemistry|website=chem.psu.edu|access-date=2020-03-05}}{{Cite web|url=https://nanohub.org/members/3778|title=nanoHUB.org - Members: View: Susan Sinnott|website=nanohub.org|access-date=2020-03-05}} She moved to Iowa State University for her graduate studies, and earned her doctoral degree in physical chemistry in 1993.
Research and career
After graduating Sinnott moved to the United States Naval Research Laboratory where she worked on surface chemistry.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ornl.gov/staff-profile/susan-b-sinnott|title=SUSAN B Sinnott|publisher=Oak Ridge National Laboratory|website=ornl.gov|access-date=2020-03-05}}
file:Susan Buthaina Sinnott.png After two years at the Naval Research Laboratory, Sinnott was appointed an assistant professor at the University of Kentucky. In 2000 she was recruited to the University of Florida as an associate professor. Sinnott was promoted to professor at the University of Florida in 2005, where she led projects on cyber infrastructure and quantum theory. In 2015 Sinnott was appointed Head of Materials Science and Engineering at the Pennsylvania State University.{{Cite web|url=https://mse.vt.edu/content/mse_vt_edu/en/faculty_staff/advisory/dr--susan-sinnott.html|title=Dr. Susan Sinnott|website=mse.vt.edu|language=en|access-date=2020-03-05}}{{Cite web|url=https://news.psu.edu/story/362980/2015/07/14/administration/sinnott-appointed-head-materials-science-and-engineering|title=Sinnott appointed head of materials science and engineering {{!}} Penn State University|website=news.psu.edu|language=en|access-date=2020-03-05}}
Sinnott's research involves the development of computational methods to understand the electronic and atomic structure of materials. Her computational models include continuum level modelling and fluid dynamics and take into account material behaviour at the nanoscale.{{Cite web|url=https://www.matse.psu.edu/directory/susan-sinnott|title=Susan Sinnott|date=2018-02-16|website=Penn State Department of Materials Science and Engineering|language=en|access-date=2020-03-05}} She has investigated the formation and role of grain boundaries, dopants, defects and heterogeneous interfaces.{{Cite web|url=https://www.journals.elsevier.com/computational-materials-science/editorial-board/susan-sinnott|title=Susan Sinnott|website=journals.elsevier.com|access-date=2020-03-05}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.sbpmat.org.br/en/interviews-with-plenary-speakers-of-the-xv-brazil-mrs-meeting-susan-sinnott-penn-state-usa/|title=Interviews with plenary speakers of the XV Brazil-MRS Meeting: Susan Sinnott (Penn State, USA). – SBPMat – Sociedade Brasileira de Pesquisa em Materiais|language=en-US|access-date=2020-03-05}} Her research has considered perovskites, showing that the alignment or tilting of the perovskite oxygen cages impacts the materials properties.{{Cite web|url=https://news.psu.edu/story/550625/2018/12/06/research/3d-imaging-technique-unlocks-properties-perovskite-crystals|title=A 3D imaging technique unlocks properties of perovskite crystals |publisher= Penn State University|website=news.psu.edu|language=en|access-date=2020-03-05}} Sinnott has served as editor-in-chief of the scientific journal Computational Materials Science since 2014.
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.{{Cite web|title=Sinnott Research Group {{!}}|url=https://research.matse.psu.edu/sinnott/|access-date=2021-10-17|website=research.matse.psu.edu}}
= Selected awards and honours =
Her awards include:
- 2005 Elected a fellow of the American Vacuum Society{{Cite book|last=Madsen|first=Lynnette|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JPSlCgAAQBAJ&q=2013+Elected+Fellow+of+the+American+Physical+Society+susan+sinnott&pg=PA502|title=Successful Women Ceramic and Glass Scientists and Engineers: 100 Inspirational Profiles|date=2016-02-01|publisher=John Wiley & Sons|isbn=978-1-118-73360-8|language=en}}
- 2009 Distinguished editor of the Physical Review Letters{{Cite web|url=https://journals.aps.org/OutstandingReferees|title=Physical Review Journals - Outstanding Referees|website=journals.aps.org|access-date=2020-03-05}}
- 2010 Elected a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science{{Cite web|url=https://news.ufl.edu/archive/2009/12/three-uf-researchers-named-aaas-fellows.html|title=Three UF researchers named AAAS Fellows - News - University of Florida|website=news.ufl.edu|language=en|access-date=2020-03-05}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.aaas.org/news/aaas-members-elected-fellows-4|title=AAAS Members Elected as Fellows|website=American Association for the Advancement of Science|language=en|access-date=2020-03-05}}
- 2011 Elected a fellow of the American Ceramic Society
- 2012 Elected a fellow of the Materials Research Society{{Cite web|url=https://mse.ufl.edu/dr-cammy-abernathy-has-been-recognized-as-a-2015-fellow-of-the-materials-research-society-mrs/|title=Dr. Cammy Abernathy has been recognized as a 2015 Fellow of the Materials Research Society (MRS) – Department of Materials Science and Engineering|language=en-US|access-date=2020-03-05}}
- 2013 Elected a fellow of the American Physical Society{{Cite web|url=https://mse.ufl.edu/susan-sinnott-elected-aps-fellow/|title=Susan Sinnott elected APS Fellow – Department of Materials Science and Engineering|language=en-US|access-date=2020-03-05}}
- 2013 Top 25 Women Professors in Florida{{Cite web|url=https://mse.ufl.edu/professor-susan-sinnott-selected-as-one-of-the-top-25-women-professors-in-the-state-of-florida/|website=mse.ufl.edu|title=Professor Susan Sinnott selected as one of the Top 25 Women Professors in the state of Florida – Department of Materials Science and Engineering|language=en-US|access-date=2020-03-05}}
= Selected publications =
- A second-generation reactive empirical bond order (REBO) potential energy expression for hydrocarbons{{Cite journal|last1=Brenner|first1=Donald W|last2=Shenderova|first2=Olga A|last3=Harrison|first3=Judith A|last4=Stuart|first4=Steven J|last5=Ni|first5=Boris|last6=Sinnott|first6=Susan B|date=2002|title=A second-generation reactive empirical bond order (REBO) potential energy expression for hydrocarbons|journal=Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter|volume=14|issue=4|pages=783–802|doi=10.1088/0953-8984/14/4/312|bibcode=2002JPCM...14..783B|s2cid=11755258 |issn=0953-8984|doi-access=free}}
- Model of carbon nanotube growth through chemical vapor deposition{{cite journal|last1=Sinnott|first1=S.B.|last2=Andrews|first2=R.|last3=Qian|first3=D.|last4=Rao|first4=A.M.|last5=Mao|first5=Z.|last6=Dickey|first6=E.C.|last7=Derbyshire|first7=F.|title=Model of carbon nanotube growth through chemical vapor deposition|journal=Chemical Physics Letters|volume=315|issue=1–2|year=1999|pages=25–30|issn=0009-2614|doi=10.1016/S0009-2614(99)01216-6|bibcode=1999CPL...315...25S}}
- Carbon nanotubes: synthesis, properties, and applications{{Citation|chapter=Filled Carbon Nanotubes|date=2011-10-31|doi=10.1002/9781119954743.ch5|pages=223|publisher=John Wiley & Sons, Ltd|isbn=978-1-119-95474-3|title=Carbon Meta-Nanotubes}}
- Effect of chemical functionalization on the mechanical properties of carbon nanotubes{{cite journal|last1=Garg|first1=Ajay|last2=Sinnott|first2=Susan B.|title=Effect of chemical functionalization on the mechanical properties of carbon nanotubes|journal=Chemical Physics Letters|volume=295|issue=4|year=1998|pages=273–278|issn=0009-2614|doi=10.1016/S0009-2614(98)00969-5|bibcode=1998CPL...295..273G}}
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Category:University of Texas at Austin alumni
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