Sinnott group photo 2023

Recent News

Mar, 28 2024 — Mary Kate Caucci is featured in the Eberly Graduate Newsletter
Feb, 1 2024 —  Sinnott group alumni, Yanfu Lu, returns to discuss his experience in industry at ASM inc.
Oct 1, 2023 —  The Sinnott group heads to the MS&T conference in Columbus, OH to give six talks and a poster
Aug 10, 2023 — Lauren Shepard passes her qualifying exam
Aug 4, 2023 — Lingxiao Mu passes his oral comprehensive exam
Aug 2, 2023 — Congratulations to Dr. Yuxiang ‘Frank’ Wang on passing his Ph.D. thesis defense
Jun 26, 2023 — Welcome REU student Clara Jackson

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Biographical Information

Dr. Sinnott received her B.S. degree with honors in Chemistry from the University of Texas in 1987 and her doctoral degree in Physical Chemistry from Iowa State University in 1993. From there, she joined the Naval Research Laboratory, Surface Chemical Branch, in Washington D.C. as a National Research Council Post Doctoral Associate until 1995. Afterwards, Dr. Sinnott became an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemical & Materials Engineering at the University of Kentucky through 2000. She then began her tenure at the University of Florida, where she was an Associate Professor of Materials Science and Engineering until her promotion in 2005 to the rank of Professor of Materials Science and Engineering. In 2007 she became an Affiliate Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, and in 2012 she was named the Alumni Professor of Materials Science. In 2015 Dr. Sinnott joined the Pennsylvania State University as Professor and Department Head of Materials Science and Engineering.

A biosketch of Dr. Sinnott is available, click here.

Susan Sinnott Headshot

Principal Research Areas

Two-Dimensional And Nano-Structured Materials

Computational discovery of two-dimensional and nano-structured materials

Polymer-based Electrolytes for Energy Storage

Computational investigation of polymer-ceramic composite electrolytes

Metal Nanoparticles for Electrocatalysis

Investigation of structural and dynamical evolution of metallic nanoparticles and bimetallic nanoalloys

High-Entropy Materials

Exploration of the crystal chemistry rules of entropy-driven phases for advances in materials properties

Materials Science Undergraduate Education Conference 2019