Hutchinson, Robin A - Queen's University - Department of Chemical Engineering

个人简介

Robin Hutchinson is a polymer reaction engineer with extensive industrial and academic experience. His research group improves industrial polymerization processes and contributes to the design of new polymeric materials by developing a deeper understanding of free-radical polymerization kinetics and capturing that knowledge in modelling-based tools. He has a strong publication record, including over 100 refereed papers and conference proceedings with over 4000 citations (H factor of 30). The Hutchinson Research Group Projects focus on improving industrial polymerization processes, and contribute to the design of new polymeric materials by developing a deeper understanding of radical polymerization kinetics and capturing that knowledge in modelling tools. When combined with careful analysis of experimental data, the approach helps to quickly identify what is not known about a process, and leads to new development opportunities.This strategy has been used successfully throughout his industrial career (1991-2000) at DuPont, applying new experimental and modelling techniques to improve operation of various free-radical and condensation polymerization processes. He involves his students with research collaborations both in Canada and internationally. Dr Hutchinson oversees both Master's and PhD Students as well as undergraduate students working on 4th year independent thesis research projects and sometimes as summer research assistants in his Dupuis Hall laboratories. Post-doctoral fellows and visiting researchers have been part of his research group. He typically teaches two undergraduate couses per year in addition to a fall semester introductory graduate level course in Polymer Rection Engineering. Experience Professor, 2007-current - Queen's University (Kingston ON) Associate Professor, 2000-2007 - Queen's University (Kingston ON) Senior Research Engineer, 1997-2000 - DuPont (Geneva, Switzerland) Research Engineer, 1991-1997 - DuPont (Wilmington DE) Ph.D, Chemical Eng, 1990 - University of Wisconsin (Madison WI) B.Eng, Chemical Eng, 1985 - McMaster University (Hamilton ON)

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Dr. Hutchinson's research interests are in the areas of polymerization kinetics and polymer reaction engineering (PRE), focusing in the area of radical polymerization systems. The work combines the application of specialized techniques such as Pulsed-Laser Polymerization to measure kinetic rate coefficients, the formulation of detailed mechanistic models to represent polymerization kinetics, and the execution of targeted experimental studies under industrially-relevant process conditions to test and validate the models. The improved understanding of polymer processes leads to optimization of current industrial operations, reduces the environmental footprint for both energy and raw materials, and aids in the design of new processes and products. The efforts are motivated and sustained through close interactions with industry and other academic researchers both in Canada and internationally.