Sean P. McBride

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Sean P. McBride

Associate Professor, Marshall University (Fall 2016 - Present), Physics Program

 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6435-4332

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    Hands-on experimental soft condensed matter physicist in the field of physics with nearly two decades of experience solving a variety of problems in both R1 and R2 level research and teaching driven university institutions. My current research interests at Marshall University stem from research experiences obtained at both Kansas State University and the University of Chicago; these interests include nanoparticle (NP) synthesis, NP super-lattice formation via self-assembly at liquid interfaces, applications of NP self-assembled membranes, and the study of colloids at interfaces. Recent research has primarily focused on using azo dye functionalized polycarbonate membranes for water filtration applications. If interested, see recent peer reviewed work published in: Micromachines @ https://doi.org/10.3390/mi13040577. Previous peer reviewed works published on the synthesis and self-assembly of various 5-10 nm gold core nanoparticles to make nanoparticle-based structures for mechanical strength testing and water filtration applications [Patent No. - WO2013074669 - Nanoparticle-Based Desalination and Filtration System] and studying the line tension parameter of particles at liquid vapor interfaces can be found in:

    Nature Communications @ http://www.nature.com/ncomms/2014/141217/ncomms6847/abs/ncomms6847.html
    Progress in Surface Science @ http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0079681616300363, specifically section 3.1].

    •Ph.D. Physics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, Dissertation available: krex.k-state.edu
    •M.S. Physics, Miami University, Oxford, OH, Thesis available: etd.ohiolink.edu
    •B.S. Physics, Bloomsburg University, Bloomsburg, PA

    Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=7WA4mTgAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=sra
    ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Sean_Mcbride5

    Prior to Marshall University, I enjoyed the freedoms and benefits of growing up in a safe tight-knit community in the countryside outside of a small town of only a few thousand people in northeastern Pennsylvania. Near this small town in PA, at Bloomsburg University, I first started to study physics, get involved in hands-on research, and teach my fellow peers and younger students as an undergraduate teaching assistant and tutor. Enjoying both research and teaching led to me to pursue Graduate Teaching/Research Assistantships at Miami University in Oxford, OH, where I earned a terminal Master’s degree, then onto University of Nebraska-Lincoln for a short stint, and then onto Kansas State University in Manhattan, KS, where I earned a Ph.D in Physics with a focus in soft-condensed matter physics. My research pursuit continued as a Postdoctoral Scholar at University of Chicago in the James Franck Institute, Gordon Center for Integrative Science. Having many different invaluable experiences in areas where the population stretched from ~ 2,500 to over 2.7 million, I highly sought after an institution with that small-town feel and that same tight-knit community feel I had growing up, yet still have the capability to perform cutting edge research. Enter Marshall University in Fall of 2016.

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    Education/Academic qualification

    Physics Department, PhD, Kansas State University

    … → 2012

    Physics Department, MS -Terminal Degree, Miami University - Oxford

    … → 2005

    Physics Department, BS, Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania

    … → 2003

    External positions

    Instructor of Physics, Kansas State University

    Jan 1 2015 → Jan 1 2016

    Postdoctoral Scholar, University of Chicago, The James Franck Institute

    Jan 1 2012 → Jan 1 2015

    Graduate Teaching/Research Assistant, Kansas State University

    Jan 1 2006 → Jan 1 2012

    Graduate Teaching/Research Assistant, University of Nebraska - Lincoln

    Jan 1 2005 → Jan 1 2006

    Graduate Teaching/Research Assistant, Miami University - Oxford

    Jan 1 2003 → Jan 1 2005

    Undergraduate Laboratory Assistant/Physics Tutor, Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania

    Jan 1 2002 → Jan 1 2003

    Visiting Researcher, Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization

    … → Jan 1 2009

    Research Interests

    • Nanotechnology
    • Atomic Force Microscopy
    • Nanoparticle Membranes
    • Slip Length
    • Line Tension
    • Filtration
    • Water Purification
    • Self-Assembled Nanoparticle Membranes

    Disciplines

    • Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
    • Physics
    • 24 Article
    • 2 Doctoral Thesis
    • 1 Other contribution
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    View all 18 prizes
    View all 8 courses