Patrick Kinnicutt Assistant Professor Ph.D. in Information Technology in Civil Engineering Office:  314 Brooks Hall Phone:  (989) 774-3179   Fax:  (989) 774-2142 Email:   kinni1p@cmich.edu Additional information at Dr. Kinnicutt's homepage.

Research Program and Goals:

Patrick Kinnicutt received his S.B. (’89), S.M. (’91) and Ph.D. (’95) degrees from the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His doctoral degree was granted in the field of Information Technology in Civil Engineering, with his dissertation titled A Decision Support Framework for Planning Geotechnical Engineering Programs. From 1995 until June 2003, Patrick Kinnicutt has been employed as a senior software engineer at Schlumberger Technology Corporation, developing commercial data analysis and geostatistical modeling applications for creating 3D geologic facies and petrophysical models of petroleum reservoirs. Patrick Kinnicutt’s research interests include geostatistical algorithm development and modeling, uncertainty analysis and educational software development. His research interests also include data visualization and the application of decision support systems in engineering and scientific domains, as well as spatial data mining.

Recent Publications: (student authors underlined):

Kinnicutt, Patrick, Domina, Tanya, Lerch, Terry, and MacGillivray, Maureen, “ Using Asset Teams to Design Mass-customizable Next-to-skin Apparel ”, CSCW in Design VI, Lecture Notes in Computer Science Series, Springer (Currently under review)

Kinnicutt, Patrick G., “Surficial characterization of dioxin in Midland, Michigan, using non-Euclidean geostatistics”, Concepts and Applications in Environmental Geochemistry, Developments in Environmental Science, Vol. 5, Elsevier Publishing, 2007, 713-735

Jones, Tristan H., Goetz, Staci and Kinnicutt, Patrick, “Quaternary Geology of the beaver Island North, Beaver Island South and Part of the Garden Island West Quadrangles”, Map submitted for publication to the USGS, 2005 (Currently under review)

Recent Conference Proceedings Publications:

Kinicutt, Patrick, Domina,Tanya, MacGillivray, Maureen and Lerch, Terry, “ Towards Mass-customizable Next-to-skin Apparel”, 2007 World Conference on Mass Customization & Personalization, Cambridge, MA, Oct, 7-9, 2007 accepted for publication

Domina, Tanya, MacGillivray, Maureen, Lerch, Terry and Kinnicutt, Patrick, “ Engineering Design Process –an Interdisciplinary Approach”, Proceedings of the International Conference on Engineering Education, Coimbra, Portugal, Sept. 3-7, 2007, accepted for publication

Thomassian, J., Kumazawa, R., and Kinnicutt, P., “ A Study of Freshmen Students' Outlook to Media Based Tutorials of Matlab/Java in Computing for Engineers" , Proceedings of the 2007 Annual Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education, Honolulu, HI, June 24-27, 2007

Kinnicutt, Patrick, Domina, Tanya, Lerch, Terry, and MacGillivray, Maureen, “Collaborative Teamwork Exploring the Development of Mass-customizable Next-to-skin Apparel”, Proceedings of the Eleventh International Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work in Design, Melbourne, Australia, April 26-28, 2007, 252-257

Recent Presentations/Abstracts:

Serwowski, Taryn M., Kinnicutt, Patrick, Morgan, Sven, Matty, David J., and Nugent, Andrew, “Geophysical Investigation of Subsurface Magma Feeders Connected to the Trachyte Mesa Laccolith in the Henry Mountains of South-Central Utah”, [abstr.]: in Geological Society of America, 2007 Annual Meeting, Abstracts with Programs, Geological Society of America, 39(7), 2007

May, C.L. and Kinnicutt, P., “Water Table Fluctuations Observed Using Time-lapse Ground Penetrating Radar Coupled with Spatial Modeling”,[abstr.]: in Eos Trans. AGU, 87(52), Fall Meeting Suppl., Abstract H31B-1413, 2006

May, C.L. and Kinnicutt, P., “ Advantages and Pitfalls of Time-lapse Ground Penetrating Radar in Characterizing Hydraulic Properties”, [abstr.]: in Eos Trans. AGU, 86(52), Fall Meeting Suppl., Abstract H41F-0479, 2005

May, Christopher L. * and Kinnicutt, Patrick G., “Characterizing Hydrogeologic Properties Near Alma, Michigan, Using Four-Demensional Ground Penetrating Radar”, [abstr.]: in Geological Society of America, 2005 Annual Meeting, Abstracts with Programs, Geological Society of America, 37(7), 2005

Goetz, S., Jones, T. , Ham, N.R., Kinnicutt, P., Kincaire, K., Lowell, T.V., and Derouin, S., “Late-Glacial and Post-Glacial Landscape Evolution of Beaver Island, MI”, [abstr.]: in Geological Society of America, 2005 North-Central Meeting, Abstracts with Programs, Geological Society of America, 37(5), 2005

Jones, T. , Goetz, S., Kinnicutt, P., and Kincaire, K., “Geologic Mapping of Quaternary Glacial and Lacustrine Sediments on Beaver Island, MI”, [abstr.]: in Geological Society of America, 2005 North-Central Meeting, Abstracts with Programs, Geological Society of America, 37(5), 2005

Kinnicutt, Patrick, “Comparison of Spatial Interpolation Models Characterizing Surficial Dioxin Distributions in Midland, MI”, [abstr.]: in Geological Society of America, 2004 Annual Meeting, Abstracts with Programs, Geological Society of America, 36(5), 2004

Matty, David J., Wicander, Reed, Matty, Jane, Benison, Kathy, Morgan, Sven, Sirbescu, Mona, Goetz, Staci, Kinnicutt, Patrick G., Dodson, Allen, and Student, James, “What's Worked For Us: Partnerships Build a Strong Undergraduate Department at a Research-Intensive University”, [abstr.]: in Geological Society of America, 2004 Annual Meeting, Abstracts with Programs, Geological Society of America, 36(5), 2004

Recent Presentations (other than with External Abstracts):

Domina, Tanya, Kinnicutt, Patrick, MacGillivray , Maureen and Lerch, Terry, “Exploring 2D/3D thermal mapping for the development of mass-customizable next-to-skin apparel:, Central Michigan Faculty Excellence Exhibition, March 20, 2007

Kinnicutt, Patrick, “The Role of Computer Science in Geoinformatics”, Albion College Computer Science Seminar Series,Nov. 2, 2006

Kinnicutt, Patrick, “The Role of Computer Science in Geoinformatics”, Central Michigan University CPS Seminar Series, Sept. 8, 2006

Kinnicutt, Patrick, “Using Non-Euclidean Distance Metrics as a Means to Incorporate Domain-Specific a priori Knowledge into Spatial Models”, Central Michigan Faculty Excellence Exhibition, March 21, 2006

Recent Grants and Contracts (External):

2007. “Initial Testing of Phase Change Garments”, Reebok International, Ltd. Funded for $10,300. Served as co-PI in collaboration with Tanya Domina, Dr. Maureen MacGillivray, and Dr. Terrence Lerch.

2007. “Thermal Testing of NBA Prototypes”, Reebok International, Ltd. Funded for $6,800. Served as co-PI in collaboration with Tanya Domina, Dr. Maureen MacGillivray, and Dr. Terrence Lerch.

2006. “Thermal Testing of NHL Prototypes”. Reebok International, Ltd. Funded for $6,000. Served as co-PI in collaboration with Tanya Domina, Dr. Maureen MacGillivray, and Dr. Terrence Lerch.

2006. “NFL Compression Garment Testing”. Reebok International, Ltd. Funded for $1,000. Served as co-PI in collaboration with Tanya Domina, Dr. Maureen MacGillivray, and Dr. Terrence Lerch.

2003. "Quaternary Sedimentology and Stratigraphy of the Beaver Island North and South Quads, Michigan." USGS EDMAP External Grant. Funded for $6,000. Serving as Co-PI in collaboration with Dr. Staci Goetz.

Recent Grants and Contracts (Internal):

2007. “ Towards 2010: Exploration of Functional Design Issues that Interface with the Human Body”. CMU 2010 Grant. Funding: $375,292. Co-PI in collaboration with Drs. Tanya Domina, Maureen MacGillivray, and Terence Lerch. (Current)

2006. "Developing a Body Mapping Process to Guide the Design of Second Skin Thermal Apparel". CMU REF Grant. Funding: $70,499. Co-PI in collaboration with Drs. Tanya Domina, Maureen MacGillivray, and Terence Lerch. (Current)

2006. “Supercomputing at Central Michigan University”. Faculty Insight Team (FIT) Internal grant. Requested Funding: $5,000. Serving as Co-PI in collaboration with Drs. Paul Albee, Leigh Orf, Tom Rohrer and Tim Pletcher.

2005. “The Use of Anthropogenic and Body Scanning Technologies for Weight Management and Obesity Education”. Faculty Insight Team (FIT) Internal grant. Requested Funding: $15,000. Serving as Co-PI in collaboration with Drs. James Hornak, Richard Parr, Lal Singh, Ronald Beaulieu, and Jean-Claude Thomassian. (Current)

2005. “Optimization of Non-Euclidean Distance Norms Using Domain-specific Knowledge for Geospatial Modeling”. PRIF Internal grant. Requested Funding: $14980.66. co-PI in collaboration with Dr. John Daniels.

2004. “ Analysis of sand and gravel resources on Beaver Island, MI, as construction materials”. FRCE Internal grant. Funded for $4,844. Serving as Co-PI in collaboration with Dr. Staci Goetz.

2004. “Comparison of Spatial Interpolation Models Characterizing Surficial Dioxin Distributions in Midland, MI”. FRCE Premier Display Grant. Funded for $850.

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