Professor Kenneth R. Shull Department of Materials Science and Engineering Northwestern University Office: Cook Hall 2081       Office Phone: (847) 467-1752 E-mail: k-shull at northwestern dot edu

Ken Shull is Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at Northwestern University. His research interests involve the interfacial properties of amorphous polymers, with a particular emphasis on adhesion and fracture. Recent interests include the large-strain deformation and fracture behavior of 'soft' materials including polymer gels, and the interfacial behavior of biopolymers. He received B.S. and M.S. degrees in Materials Science from MIT, followed by a Ph.D. in Materials Science from Cornell University, which he received in 1990. He worked as a research staff member at the IBM Almaden Research Center for 3 years before joining Northwestern in 1993. He is a fellow of the American Physical Society and of the Adhesion Society. He is current vice president of the Adhesion Society, chair of the Adhesion Gordon Research Conference for 2013, and is also active in the American Chemical Society and the Materials Research Society.

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2003 - Present: Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University

1999 - 2003: Associate Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University

1993 - 1999: Assistant Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University

1990 - 1993: Research Staff Member, IBM Almaden Research Center

1990: Ph.D., Materials Science, Cornell University

1985: MS, Electronic Materials, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

1984: BS, Materials Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

2011: ESPCI ParisTech - Michelin Visiting Professorship

2009: Fulbright Scholar Award

2009: Patrick Fellow of the Adhesion Society

2002: Fellow of the American Physical Society

September - November 2000: Visiting Scientist, Laboratoire de Physicochimie Structurale et Macromoléculaire, Ecole Supérieure de Physique et de Chimie Industrielles (Paris)

December 2000: Visiting Scientist, Department of Physics, University of Sheffield (UK)

1998: Advisor of the Year, McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science

1995: Materials Science and Engineering Teacher of the Year

1994: NSF Young Investigator Award

1993 - 1996: Morris Fine Junior Professorship, Northwestern University

1986 - 1990: AT&T Ph.D. Scholar, Cornell University