Brief Vitae
Full CV available in pdfEducation
Ph.D. Theoretical & Applied Mechanics, May 2007
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL
Advisor: Dr. Nancy R. Sottos
Dissertation: "Microvascular networks for continuous self-healing materials"
M.S. Mechanical Engineering, August 2002
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY
Advisor: Dr. Thierry Blanchet
Thesis: "Effect of the aging environment on the oxidation, crosslinking and material properties of irradiated UHMWPE"
B.S. Mechanical Engineering, magna cum laude, May 2000
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY
Experience
Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, August 2009 - present
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
Post-doctoral Research Associate, September 2007 - August 2009
Advisor: Dr. Michael F. Insana, Topic: Hydrogel Modeling and Characterization
Bioengineering, University of Illinois
Instructor, January 2009 - May 2009
Biomaterials
Bioengineering, University of Illinois
Post-doctoral Research Associate, September 2007 - present
Advisor: Dr. Nancy R. Sottos, Topic: Microvascular Self-Healing Materials
Beckman Institute, University of Illinois
Research Assistant, August 2003 - May 2007
Advisor: Dr. Nancy R. Sottos, Topic: Self-Healing Materials Systems
Bioengineering, University of Illinois
Instructor, June 2003 - August 2003
Mechanics of Materials
Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, University of Illinois
Research Assistant, May 2001 - June 2002
Advisor: Dr. Terry Blanchet, Topic: Biomaterial Characterization
MANE Department, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Selected Publications
Peer Reviewed
Toohey, K.S., Hansen, C.J., Sottos, N.R., Lewis, J.A., and White, S.R., "Delivery of two-part self-healing chemistry via microvascular networks," accepted to Advanced Functional Materials (2009).
Orescanin, M., Toohey, K.S., Insana, M.F., "Material properties from acoustic radiation force step response" accepted to Journal of the Acoustic Society of America (2008).
Toohey, K.S., Sottos, N.R., and White, S.R., "Development of a protocol to assess self-healing with microvascular networks" printed online Experimental Mechanics, DOI 10.1007/s11340-008-9176-7 (2008).
Toohey, K.S., Sottos, N.R., Lewis, J.A., Moore, J.S., and White, S.R., "Self-healing materials with microvascular networks" Nature Materials 6, 581-585 (2007).
Toohey, K.S., Blanchet, T.A., and Heckelman, D.D., "Effect of accelerated aging conditions on resultant depth-dependent oxidation and wear resistance of UHMWPE Joint Replacement Bearing Materials" Wear 255: 1076-1084 (2003).