Judith A. Harrison is an American physical chemist and tribologist who is known for pioneering numerical methods that incorporate chemical reactions into modeling studies. She is a professor in the Department of Chemistry at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland.[1]

Judith A. Harrison
NationalityAmerican
Alma mater
Known for
Advancing the field of nanotribology by pioneering numerical methods that take into account chemical reactions.
Awards
  • STLE Fellow (2018)
    Navy Superior Civilian Service Award (2014)
Scientific career
FieldsComputational Chemistry, Nanotribology, Physical Chemistry
Institutions
Doctoral advisorHoward R. Mayne
Other academic advisorsDonald W. Brenner
Websitewww.usna.edu/Users/chemistry/jah/index.php

Education

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Harrison attended the University of New Hampshire, and completed a Ph.D in computational quantum chemistry on gas-phase reaction dynamics under the supervision of H.R. Mayne in 1989.[1][2][3]

Career

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After a yearlong post-doctoral appointment at Duke University, Harrison joined the research group of Carter White and Richard Colton at the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) as an American Society of Engineering Education postdoctoral associate [2] She joined the chemistry department at the United States Naval Academy as an assistant professor, and was subsequently promoted to the ranks of associate professor and full professor. She has also held visiting scientist appointments at Johns Hopkins University and the University of Pennsylvania.[2][4]

Harrison currently serves on the editorial board of Tribology Letters.[5] She has held a variety of leadership, educational, and advisory roles in the AVS and STLE,[6][7][8] and is the Vice-Chair for the 2022 Gordon Research Conference on Tribology.[9]

Research and publications

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Harrison studies friction at the molecular level and runs simulations to unravel the molecular origins of friction and wear.[10] She has published on topics that include Nanotribology,[11] Molecular dynamics,[11] AIREBO,[11] Nanomechanics,[11] Wear,[11] Nanoindentation,[12] Friction,[12] Diamond[12] and Mechanical properties.[12][13][14] At NRL she began working with D.W. Brenner, who had recently reported a formalism for a potential energy surface now known as the "Brenner Potential".[15][16] The potential was initially formulated for hydrocarbons in order to model diamond film deposition, but soon proved to be applicable to other scientific problems. Utilizing this potential and with a focus on diamond surfaces, Harrison was the lead author reporting on a number of pioneering accomplishments with Brenner and co-workers at NRL while she was at the Naval Academy.[16][17] These include the first use of molecular dynamics to study atomic-scale friction and adhesion between sliding solids,[18][19] the first reported simulation of a tribochemistry,[20] and the first report of frictional energy dissipation with the use of molecular dynamics.[21]

Her two most cited works have been cited over 3400 times each:[11]

  • A second-generation reactive empirical bond order (REBO) potential energy expression for hydrocarbons

DW Brenner, OA Shenderova, JA Harrison, SJ Stuart, B Ni, SB Sinnott, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 2002[22]

  • A reactive potential for hydrocarbons with intermolecular interactions

SJ Stuart, AB Tutein, JA Harrison, The Journal of Chemical Physics, 2000[23][24]

Honors and awards

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Judith Harrison Homepage". www.usna.edu. Retrieved 2021-04-08.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g "Awards and Brief Biography". www.usna.edu. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
  3. ^ Harrison, Judith A.; Mayne, Howard R. (1988-06-15). "The effect of reagent rotation in the reaction OH( j )+H 2 ( j ')→H 2 O+H". The Journal of Chemical Physics. 88 (12): 7424–7433. doi:10.1063/1.454306. ISSN 0021-9606.
  4. ^ "Dr. Judith A. Harrison (April 18, 2019) - "Fuel-Property Predictions at Ambient and Extreme Conditions using Molecular Dynamics Simulations"". www.engineering.pitt.edu. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
  5. ^ "Tribology Letters". Springer. Retrieved 2021-04-15.
  6. ^ Gresham, Robert (August 1, 2007). "Lubrication Fundamentals: What's Tribology?". STLE. Retrieved April 17, 2021.
  7. ^ "Special Events and Networking". onlinedigitalpublishing.com. Retrieved 2021-04-17.
  8. ^ "Materials Tribology Call for Papers" (PDF). 2015. Retrieved April 19, 2021.
  9. ^ "2022 Tribology Conference GRC". www.grc.org. Retrieved 2021-04-15.
  10. ^ "Judith Harrison Research Interests". United States Naval Academy. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
  11. ^ a b c d e f "Judith A. Harrison, United States Naval Academy". Google Scholar. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
  12. ^ a b c d "Judith A. Harrison, United States Naval Academy, Department of Chemistry". ResearchGate. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
  13. ^ JACOBY, MITCH (2003-04-14). "Molecular-Scale Wear and Tear". Chemical & Engineering News Archive. 81 (15): 37–40. doi:10.1021/cen-v081n015.p037. ISSN 0009-2347.
  14. ^ Schultz, William G (June 18, 2007). "Air Force funds High-flying Research". Chemical and Engineering News.
  15. ^ Brenner, Donald W. (1990). "Empirical potential for hydrocarbons for use in simulating the chemical vapor deposition of diamond films". Physical Review B. 42 (15): 9458–9471. Bibcode:1990PhRvB..42.9458B. doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.42.9458. PMID 9995183.
  16. ^ a b Martini, Ashlie; Eder, Stefan J.; Dorr, Nicole (2020). "Tribochemistry: A Review of Reactive Molecular Dynamics Simulations". Lubricants. 8 (4): 44. doi:10.3390/lubricants8040044.
  17. ^ Garrison, Barbara J.; Srivastava, Deepak (1995). "Potential Energy Surfaces for Chemical Reactions at Solid Surfaces". Annu. Rev. Phys. Chem. 46: 373–94. Bibcode:1995ARPC...46..373G. doi:10.1146/annurev.pc.46.100195.002105. PMID 24329811.
  18. ^ Harrison, J. A.; White, C. T.; Colton, R. J.; Brenner, D. W. (1992-10-15). "Molecular-dynamics simulations of atomic-scale friction of diamond surfaces". Physical Review B. 46 (15): 9700–9708. Bibcode:1992PhRvB..46.9700H. doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.46.9700. ISSN 0163-1829. PMID 10002782.
  19. ^ Harrison, J.A.; Brenner, D.W.; White, C.T.; Colton, R.J. (December 1991). "Atomistic mechanisms of adhesion and compression of diamond surfaces". Thin Solid Films. 206 (1–2): 213–219. Bibcode:1991TSF...206..213H. doi:10.1016/0040-6090(91)90424-V.
  20. ^ Harrison, Judith A.; Brenner, Donald W. (November 1994). "Simulated Tribochemistry: An Atomic-Scale View of the Wear of Diamond". Journal of the American Chemical Society. 116 (23): 10399–10402. doi:10.1021/ja00102a006. ISSN 0002-7863.
  21. ^ Harrison, Judith A.; White, Carter T.; Colton, Richard J.; Brenner, Donald W. (May 1995). "Investigation of the atomic-scale friction and energy dissipation in diamond using molecular dynamics". Thin Solid Films. 260 (2): 205–211. Bibcode:1995TSF...260..205H. doi:10.1016/0040-6090(94)06511-X.
  22. ^ Brenner, Donald W.; Shenderova, Olga A.; Harrison, Judith A.; Stuart, Steven J.; Ni, Boris; Sinnott, Susan B. (2002). "A second-generation reactive empirical bond order (REBO) potential energy expression for hydrocarbons". Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter. 14 (4): 783–802. Bibcode:2002JPCM...14..783B. doi:10.1088/0953-8984/14/4/312. S2CID 250733968.
  23. ^ Stuart, Steven J.; Tutein, Alan B.; Harrison, Judith A. (2000). "A reactive potential for hydrocarbons with intermolecular interactions". The Journal of Chemical Physics. 112 (14): 6472–6486. Bibcode:2000JChPh.112.6472S. doi:10.1063/1.481208. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
  24. ^ "A reactive potential for hydrocarbons with intermolecular interactions" (PDF). www.usna.edu. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
  25. ^ "Academics, Faculty Awards". www.usna.edu. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
  26. ^ "Fellows of the American Vacuum Society". American Vacuum Society. Retrieved April 6, 2021.
  27. ^ "The Maryland Section of the American Chemical Society, Braude Award". acsmaryland.org. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
  28. ^ "STLE Fellows". www.stle.org. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
  29. ^ "Past Kinnear Research Professors". www.usna.edu. Retrieved 2021-04-06.
  30. ^ "Academic Research, James W. Kinnear". www.usna.edu. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
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