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Professional Preparation

Texas Tech University Chemical Engineering B.S.Ch.E, 2001
Texas Tech University Chemical Engineering Ph.D., 2008
Texas Tech University Postdoc area (Polymer Physics) Aug. 08 – July 09

Appointments

2009 – Present Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering –
Extended Campus Program, University of Kentucky, Paducah, KY
2008 – 2009 Part-time Instructor, Department of Chemical Engineering, Texas Tech
University, Lubbock, TX

Publications

• S. A. Hutcheson and G. B. McKenna, “The Measurement of Mechanical Properties of Glycerol, m-Toluidine and Sucrose Benzoate under Consideration of Corrected Rheometer Compliance: An Indepth Study and Review,” Journal of Chemical Physics, 129, 074502 (2008).
• K. Schröter, S. A. Hutcheson, X. Shi, A. Mandanici, and G. B. McKenna, “Dynamic shear modulus of glycerol: Corrections due to instrument compliance,” Journal of Chemical Physics, 125, 214507
• (2006).
• A. Mandanici, R. Richert, M. Cutronia, X. Shi, S. A. Hutcheson and G. B. McKenna, “Relaxational features of supercooled and glassy m-toluidine,” Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, 352, 4729-4734 (2006).
• A. Mandanici, X. Shi, S. A. Hutcheson, G. B. McKenna, M. Cutroni and S. Giambo, “Mechanical response of a simple molecular glass former in the glass transition region,” Materials Science and Engineering A-Structural Materials: Properties, Microstructure and Processing, 432, 299-302 (2006).
• Correction: “Mechanical response of a simple molecular glass former in the glass transition region (vol 432, pg 299, 2006),” A. Mandanici, X. Shi, S. A. Hutcheson, G. B. McKenna, M. Cutroni and S. Giambo, Materials Science and Engineering A-Structural Materials: Properties, Microstructure and Processing, 442, 551 Sp. Iss. SI (2006).
• S. A. Hutcheson and G. B. McKenna, “Nanosphere Embedding into Polymer Surfaces: AViscoelastic Contact Mechanics Analysis,” Physical Review Letters 94, 076103 (2005). Erratum: “Nanosphere Embedding into Polymer Surfaces: AViscoelastic Contact Mechanics Analysis,” S. A. Hutcheson and G. B. McKenna, Physical Review Letters, 94, 189902 (2005).
• M. Alcoutlabi, S.G. Baek, J.J. Magda, X. Shi, S. A. Hutcheson and G. B. McKenna, “A Comparison of Three Different Methods for Measuring Both Normal Stress Differences of Viscoelastic Liquids in Torsional Rheometers,” Rheologica Acta, 48, 191-200 (2009).
• Q. Li, S. A. Hutcheson, G. B. McKenna, and S. L. Simon, “Viscoelastic Properties and Residual Stresses in Polyhedral Oligomeric Silsesquioxane (POSS)-Reinforced Epoxy Matrices,” Journal of Polymer Science B, Polymer Physics, 46, 2719 – 2732 (2008).
• P. A. O’Connell, S. A. Hutcheson and G. B. McKenna, “Creep Behavior of Ultra-thin Polymer Films,”Journal of Polymer Science B, Polymer Physics, 46, 1952-1965 (2008).
• S. A. Hutcheson and G. B. McKenna, “Comment on “The properties of free polymer surfaces and their influence on the glass transition temperature of thin polystyrene films” by J.S. Sharp, J.H. Teichroeb and J.A. Forrest,” European Physical Journal E, 22, 281-286 (2007).