Dr. Tripp received his bachelor’s degrees in both Biology and Chemistry from Indiana Wesleyan University. He went on to receive a Doctorate in Chemistry from Purdue University, investigating optical and magnetic properties of self-assembled nanoparticle structures under the guidance of Dr. Alexander Wei. Before coming back to teach at Indiana Wesleyan University, he also completed post-doctoral research with Dr. Ron Reifenberger (Physics, Purdue University) and with Dr. Lynne Taylor (Industrial and Molecular Pharmaceutics, Purdue University) developing microcantilever-based chemical sensing techniques and studying pharmaceutical degradation kinetics, respectively.
INTERESTS
Dr. Tripp joined Indiana Wesleyan University in 2007. His current research focuses on chemical education, specifically centered on two goals: 1) Developing cost-effective solutions to improve student access to chemical analysis instrumentation in the teaching laboratory. 2) Using 3D printed models and instrumentation to help engage students in how instrumentation works beyond the data that it provides.
PHD
Chemistry
Purdue University , 2003
BS
Indiana Wesleyan University , 1996
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Peer-reviewed journal articles:
- Wei, A., Tripp, S. L., Liu, J., Kasama, T., & Dunin-Borkowski, R. E. (2009). Calixarene-stabilized cobalt nanoparticle rings. Supramolecular Chemistry, 21(3/4), 189.
- Kasama, T., Dunin-Borkowski, R. E., Scheinfein, M. R., Tripp, S. L., et al. (2008). Reversal of flux closure states in cobalt nanoparticle rings. Advanced Materials, 20, 4248.
- Jana, A., Tripp, S. L., Raman, A., & Reifenberger, R. G. (2007). Microcantilever mechanics in viscous fluids. Applied Physics Letters, 90, 114110.
- Dunin-Borkowski, R. E., Kasama, T., Wei, A., Tripp, S. L., et al. (2004). Electron holography of magnetic nanowires and nanoparticle arrays. Microscopy Research and Technique, 64, 390.
- Kim, B., Carignano, M. A., Tripp, S. L., & Wei, A. (2004). Cluster size analysis of colloidal gold arrays. Langmuir, 20, 9360.
- Tripp, S. L., Dunin-Borkowski, R. E., & Wei, A. (2003). Flux closure in cobalt nanoparticle rings. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 42, 5591.
- Tripp, S. L., Pusztay, S. V., Ribbe, A., & Wei, A. (2002). Self-assembly of cobalt nanoparticle rings. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 124, 7914.
- Balasubramanian, R., Kim, B., Tripp, S. L., et al. (2002). Dispersion of resorcinarene-encapsulated gold nanoparticles. Langmuir, 18, 3676.
- Labonté, A. P., Tripp, S. L., Reifenberger, R., & Wei, A. (2002). Resistance measurements of monolayers. Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 106, 8721.
- Kim, B., Tripp, S. L., & Wei, A. (2001). Self-organization of large gold nanoparticle arrays. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 123, 7955.
- Wei, A., Kim, B., Sadtler, B., & Tripp, S. L. (2001). Tunable SERS from gold nanoparticle arrays. ChemPhysChem, 2, 743.
- Kim, B., Tripp, S. L., & Wei, A. (2001). Optical properties of gold nanoparticle arrays. MRS Symposium Proceedings, 676, Y.6.1.
- Wei, A., Kim, B., Pusztay, S. V., & Tripp, S. L. (2001). Encapsulated nanoparticles for self-assembled nanostructures. Journal of Inclusion Phenomena and Macrocyclic Chemistry, 41, 83.
