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Gareth H. McKinley

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Gareth McKinley
Born
Gareth Huw McKinley

Alma materUniversity of Cambridge (BA, MEng)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (PhD)
AwardsBingham Medal (2013)
Scientific career
FieldsRheology
Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics
Superhydrophobic Surfaces[1]
InstitutionsMassachusetts Institute of Technology
ThesisNonlinear dynamics of viscoelastic flows in complex geometries (1991)
Doctoral advisorRobert C. Armstrong
Websitennf.mit.edu/people/gareth-mckinley

Gareth Huw McKinley FRS[2] is Professor of Teaching Innovation in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).[3][1]


Education

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McKinley was educated at the University of Cambridge where he was awarded a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree followed by a Master of Engineering (MEng) degree as a student of Downing College, Cambridge.[4] He moved to America to complete his PhD at Massachusetts Institute of Technology supervised by Robert C. Armstrong.[5]

Research and career

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McKinley's work focuses on understanding the rheology of complex fluids such as surfactants, gels and polymers, which are ubiquitous in foods and consumer products.[2] His research interests include non-Newtonian fluid dynamics, microfluidics, extensional rheology, field-responsive materials, super-hydrophobicity and the wetting of nanostructured surfaces.[2][6]

McKinley served as director of MIT's program in polymer science & Technology (PPST)- now Program in Polymers & Soft Matter (PPSM) - from 2004-2009. McKinley is also co-founder of Cambridge Polymer Group, a Boston-based company employing 20 people and specializing in bespoke instrumentation, materials consulting and orthopedic polymeric materials.[2]

Awards and honours

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McKinley was awarded the 2013 Bingham Medal from the Society of Rheology and the 2014 Gold Medal of the British Society of Rheology.[2] He served as editor of the Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics (JNNFM) from 1999 to 2009.[7] [2] A passionate educator, he has won the Bose Award for Teaching and the Jacob Pieter Den Hartog Outstanding Educator Award from MIT.[2] He was elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering of the United States in 2019.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b Gareth H. McKinley publications indexed by Google Scholar Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h Anon (2019). "Professor Gareth McKinley FRS". London: Royal Society. Archived from the original on 2019-04-24. One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from the royalsociety.org website where:

    “All text published under the heading 'Biography' on Fellow profile pages is available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.” --Royal Society Terms, conditions and policies at the Wayback Machine (archived 2016-11-11)

  3. ^ Gareth H. McKinley publications indexed by the Scopus bibliographic database. (subscription required)
  4. ^ "Gareth McKinley | Non-Newtonian Fluid Dynamics Group". Nnf.mit.edu. Retrieved 2019-10-28.
  5. ^ McKinley, Gareth Huw (1991). Nonlinear dynamics of viscoelastic flows in complex geometries (PhD thesis). Massachusetts Institute of Technology. hdl:1721.1/13921. OCLC 24882667. Free access icon
  6. ^ Tuteja, A.; Choi, W.; Ma, M.; Mabry, J. M.; Mazzella, S. A.; Rutledge, G. C.; McKinley, G. H.; Cohen, R. E. (2007). "Designing Superoleophobic Surfaces". Science. 318 (5856): 1618–1622. Bibcode:2007Sci...318.1618T. doi:10.1126/science.1148326. ISSN 0036-8075. PMID 18063796. S2CID 36967067.
  7. ^ Roberts, Gareth W.; McKinley, Gareth H. (2006). "Special issue of JNNFM on extensional flow". Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics. 137 (1–3): v–viii. doi:10.1016/j.jnnfm.2006.07.001. ISSN 0377-0257.