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Newell R. Washburn is a researcher affiliated with Carnegie Mellon University in the United States, specializing in the field of engineering with a focus on civil and structural engineering. Their work encompasses a range of subfields and topics related to materials science, construction, and computational methods.

Washburn's research spans multiple subfields including civil and structural engineering, computational theory and mathematics, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, building and construction, and materials chemistry.

The scientist's main topics of work can be outlined as follows:

  • Concrete and Cement Materials Research
  • Computational Drug Discovery Methods
  • Innovative concrete reinforcement materials
  • Machine Learning in Materials Science
  • Innovations in Concrete and Construction Materials
  • Aortic aneurysm repair treatments
  • Surfactants and Colloidal Systems

Frequent publication venues for Washburn include:

  • Cement and Concrete Research
  • Drug Delivery and Translational Research
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering
  • Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling

The scientist has contributed to various research articles demonstrating the application of machine learning and computational methods in materials and chemical sciences. Selected recent publications are:

  • "Hierarchical Machine Learning for High-Fidelity 3D Printed Biopolymers" (2020), ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering
  • "Predicting the rheology of limestone calcined clay cements (LC3): Linking composition and hydration kinetics to yield stress through Machine Learning" (2022), Cement and Concrete Research
  • "Elucidating the Physicochemical Basis of the Glass Transition Temperature in Linear Polyurethane Elastomers with Machine Learning" (2020), The Journal of Physical Chemistry B
  • "Diffusion Models in De Novo Drug Design" (2024), Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling
  • "Predicting Young's Modulus of Linear Polyurethane and Polyurethane-Polyurea Elastomers: Bridging Length Scales with Physicochemical Modeling and Machine Learning" (2022), ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Washburn frequently collaborates with other scientists, with key coauthors including:

  • Kimberly E. Kurtis
  • Barnabás Póczos
  • Joseph Pugar
  • Christopher M. Childs
  • Oğulcan Canbek

Best Publications

  • The grateful dead: damage-associated molecular pattern molecules and reduction/oxidation regulate immunity.

    Michael T. Lotze;Herbert J. Zeh;Anna Rubartelli;Louis J. Sparvero

  • Structure and Mechanical Properties of Poly(D,L-lactic acid)/Poly(ε-caprolactone) Blends

    M E. Broz;David L. VanderHart;N. R. Washburn

  • High-throughput investigation of osteoblast response to polymer crystallinity: influence of nanometer-scale roughness on proliferation.

    Newell R. Washburn;Kenneth M. Yamada;Carl G. Simon;Scott B. Kennedy

  • Influence of the degree of methacrylation on hyaluronic acid hydrogels properties

    Sidi A. Bencherif;Abiraman Srinivasan;Ferenc Horkay;Jeffrey O. Hollinger

  • Synthesis and Characterization of PEG Dimethacrylates and Their Hydrogels

    Sheng Lin-Gibson;Sidi Bencherif;James A. Cooper;Stephanie J. Wetzel

  • Combinatorial screen of the effect of surface energy on fibronectin-mediated osteoblast adhesion, spreading and proliferation.

    Scott B. Kennedy;Newell R. Washburn;Newell R. Washburn;Carl George Simon;Eric J. Amis

  • Improved Lignin Polyurethane Properties with Lewis Acid Treatment

    Hoyong Chung;Newell R. Washburn

  • Enhanced reversible adhesion of dopamine methacrylamide-coated elastomer microfibrillar structures under wet conditions.

    Paul Glass;Hoyong Chung;Newell R Washburn;Metin Sitti

  • Chemistry of lignin-based materials

    Hoyong Chung;Newell R. Washburn

  • Structure-Property Relationships of Photopolymerizable Poly(Ethylene Glycol) Dimethacrylate Hydrogels

    Sheng Lin-Gibson;Ronald L. Jones;Newell R. Washburn;Ferenc Horkay

  • Solid-phase ATRP synthesis of peptide-polymer hybrids.

    Ying Mei;Kathryn L. Beers;H. C. Byrd;David L. Vanderhart

  • A universal route towards thermoplastic lignin composites with improved mechanical properties

    Shayna L. Hilburg;Allison N. Elder;Hoyong Chung;Rachel L. Ferebee

  • Nanostructured hybrid hydrogels prepared by a combination of atom transfer radical polymerization and free radical polymerization

    Sidi A. Bencherif;Daniel J. Siegwart;Abiraman Srinivasan;Ferenc Horkay

  • Tuning Cell Adhesion on Gradient Poly(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate)-Grafted Surfaces

    Ying Mei;Tao Wu;Chang Xu;Kurt J. Langenbach

  • Co-extrusion of biocompatible polymers for scaffolds with co-continuous morphology†‡§

    Newell R. Washburn;Carl G. Simon;Alessandro Tona;Hoda M. Elgendy

  • Combinatorial screening of cell proliferation on poly(L-lactic acid)/poly(D,L-lactic acid) blends.

    Carl G. Simon;Naomi Eidelman;Scott B. Kennedy;Amit Sehgal

  • Synthesis by AGET ATRP of degradable nanogel precursors for in situ formation of nanostructured hyaluronic acid hydrogel.

    Sidi A. Bencherif;Newell R. Washburn;Krzysztof Matyjaszewski

  • Polymer-grafted lignin surfactants prepared via reversible addition-fragmentation chain-transfer polymerization.

    Chetali Gupta;Newell R Washburn

  • Ternary Polymer Blends as Model Surfactant Systems

    Newell R. Washburn;Timothy P. Lodge;Frank S. Bates

  • Selective adsorption of rare earth elements onto functionalized silica particles

    Jonathan C. Callura;Kedar M. Perkins;Clinton W. Noack;Newell R. Washburn

  • In situ atomic force microscope study of lead underpotential deposition on gold (111): structural properties of the catalytically active phase

    Chun Hsien Chen;Newell Washburn;Andrew A. Gewirth

  • Enhanced Adhesion of Dopamine Methacrylamide Elastomers via Viscoelasticity Tuning

    Hoyong Chung;Paul Glass;Jewel M. Pothen;Metin Sitti

Frequent Co-Authors

Eric J. Amis
Eric J. Amis University of Akron
Krzysztof Matyjaszewski
Krzysztof Matyjaszewski Carnegie Mellon University
Joseph M. Antonucci
Joseph M. Antonucci National Institute of Standards and Technology
Barnabás Póczos
Barnabás Póczos Carnegie Mellon University
Metin Sitti
Metin Sitti Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems
Alamgir Karim
Alamgir Karim University of Houston
David A. Dzombak
David A. Dzombak Carnegie Mellon University
Marcus T. Cicerone
Marcus T. Cicerone National Institute of Standards and Technology
Kimberly E. Kurtis
Kimberly E. Kurtis Georgia Institute of Technology
Matthew L. Becker
Matthew L. Becker Duke University

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