Selected List of Publications, etc.

  • McKenna, S. P.  Five Common Misconceptions about Data Science, 2018.
  • McKenna, S.  Machine Learning Overview, invited tutorial. US Navy Hack the Machine – Boston, September 2017.
  • McKenna, S.  Biometric Data Analytics – Deriving Value from Data, Booz Allen Hamilton White Paper, September 2017.
  • McKenna, S. (ed.) The Creative Works of Boston IdeasFest BIFFBag 2017, Booz Allen Hamilton IdeasFest, Boston, 2017.
  • McKenna, S.  Acoustic-Based Machinery Health Monitoring, Booz Allen Hamilton White Paper, August 2017.
  • McKenna, S.  Getting Ahead of the Counter Unmanned Aerial System Threat – Open-Air Venues, Outdoor Facilities, and Events, Booz Allen Hamilton White Paper, August 2017.
  • McKenna, S. P.  Challenges in Practical Machine Learning and Advanced Analytics, Boston Data Mining Meetup presentation, July 18, 2017.
  • McKenna, S. P.  Modeling Building Fire Risk Across the City, ANALYZE BOSTON Open Data Challenge, May 9, 2017. Hannick, J. D., S. McKenna, and B. Jarvis. Sports Science: The Next Frontier, The Quantified Athlete – Sports and Technology Innovation Event, Harvard Innovation Labs, February 2017.
  • McKenna, S., B. Kaufman, and N. Keegan.  Assessing the Predictability of an NFL Offense, 2016 MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference submission.
  • McKenna, S. P. Toward a Measure of Pitch Quality, MLB Analytics Hackathon, January 2016.
  • McKenna, S. and J. Sarage. Biometric Analytics Cost Estimating, ICEAA Professional Development & Training Workshop, June 2015, San Diego, California.
  • Shah, D., K. Becker, S. McKenna, and A. Cosmas. A New Paradigm for Simulation. Booz Allen Hamilton white paper, September 2014.
  • McKenna, S. P., L. R. Croft, N. J. Short, and J. M. Levitt. An Unsupervised Random Forest Approach to Spoofed Fingerprint Detection, IEEE Trans. Information Forensics & Security Special Issue on Biometric Spoofing and Countermeasures, submitted, not accepted, July 2014.
  • McKenna, S. P. Topic Modeling for Technology Scouting, Booz Allen Hamilton white paper, April 2014.
  • McKenna, S. P. and M. L. Driscoll. Geophysical Science and National Security, Booz Allen Hamilton white paper, January 2014. 
  • McKenna, S. P. Sensor Fusion, Booz Allen Hamilton report, November 13, 2013. 
  • McKenna, S. P., K. B. Parkman, L. J. Perren, and J. R. McKenna, Automatic detection of a subsurface wire using an electromagnetic gradiometer, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 51(1), 132-139, 2013.
  • McKenna, S. P., K. B. Parkman, L. J. Perren, and J. R. McKenna, Response of an electromagnetic gradiometer to a subsurface wire, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 49(12), 4944-4953, 2011.
  • McKenna, S. P. and J. R. McKenna. Modeling and analysis of the response of a triaxial, frequency-domain electromagnetic induction sensor to a buried linear conductor, Geophysics (SEG), 75:F1-F14, 2010.
  • McKenna, S. P. and E. J. Bock.  Physicochemical effects of the marine microlayer on air–sea gas transport.  In Marine Surface Films: Chemical Characteristics, Influence on Air-Sea Interactions, and Remote Sensing, M. Gade, H. Hühnerfuss, and G.M. Korenowski (eds.), Springer, pp. 77–91, 2006.
  • McGillis, W. R., J.B. Edson, C. J. Zappa, J. D. Ware, S. P. McKenna, E. A. Terray, J. E. Hare, C. W. Fairall, W. Drennan, M. Donelan, M. D. DeGrandpre, R. Wanninkhof, and R. A. Feely.  Air-sea CO2 exchange in the Equatorial Pacific. J. Geophys. Res. (Oceans), 109, C08S02, doi:10.1029/2003JC002256, 2004.
  • Frew, N. M., E. J. Bock, U. Schimpf, T. Hara, H. Haussecker, J. B. Edson, W. R. McGillis, R. K. Nelson, S. P. McKenna, B. M. Uz, and B. Jaehne.  Air-sea gas transfer: its dependence on wind stress, small-scale roughness and surface films. J. Geophys. Res. (Oceans), 109, C08S17, doi:10.1029/2003JC002131, 2004.
  • McKenna, S. P. and W. R. McGillis. Observations of flow repeatability and secondary circulation in an oscillating grid-stirred tank. Phys. Fluids, 16:3499–3502, 2004. [Copyright 2004 American Institute of Physics. This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and the American Institute of Physics.]
  • De Lisi, M., J. Ladik, G. Matchett, S. McKenna, and V. Frederick.  Track error modeling to support Model Driven Architecture development. Proc. 2004 Spring Simulation Interoperability Workshop, SISO, 2004.
  • McKenna, S. P. and W. R. McGillis. The role of free-surface turbulence and surfactants in air-water gas transfer. Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer, 47:539–553, 2004.
  • McKenna, S. P. and W. R. McGillis. Performance of fundamental image velocimetry techniques. Exp. Fluids, 32:106–115, 2002.
  • McKenna, S. P. and W. R. McGillis. Surface divergence and air–water gas transfer. In Gas Transfer at Water Surfaces, M. A. Donelan, W. M. Drennan, E. S. Saltzman and R. Wanninkhof (eds.), AGU Geophysical Monograph Series, Vol. 127, AGU Press, pp. 129–134, 2001.
  • Bock, E. J., J. B. Edson, N. M. Frew, T. Hara, H. Haussecker, B. Jähne, W. R. McGillis, S. P. McKenna, R. K. Nelson, U. Schimpf, and M. Uz.  Overview of the CoOP experiments: Physical and chemical measurements parameterizing air-sea gas exchange In Gas Transfer at Water Surfaces, M. A. Donelan, W. M. Drennan, E. S. Saltzman and R. Wanninkhof (eds.), AGU Geophysical Monograph Series, Vol. 127, AGU Press, pp. 39–44, 2001.
  • Hara T., M. B. Uz, H. Wei, J. B. Edson, N. M. Frew, W. R. McGillis, S. P. McKenna, E. J. Bock, H. Haussecker, and U. Schimpf.  Surface wave observations and their relation to air-sea gas transfer during CoOP experiments. In Gas Transfer at Water Surfaces, M. A. Donelan, W. M. Drennan, E. S. Saltzman and R. Wanninkhof (eds.), AGU Geophysical Monograph Series, Vol. 127, AGU Press, pp. 45–49, 2001.
  • McKenna, S. P.  Free-surface turbulence and air–water gas exchange.  Doctoral dissertation, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 2000.
  • McKenna, S. P., W. R. McGillis, and E. J. Bock. Free-surface turbulence and air–water gas transfer.  In Turbulence and Shear Flow 1, S. Banerjee and J. Eaton (eds.), Begell House, 455–460, 1999.
  • McKenna, S. P. and E. J. Bock. Physicochemical effects of the marine microlayer on air–sea gas transport. EUROMECH 387: Surface Slicks and Remote Sensing of Air-Sea Interactions, Coventry, UK, April 1998.
  • McKenna, S. P.  The influence of surface films on interfacial flow dynamics.  Masters thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 1997.
  • McKenna, S. P., W. R. McGillis, and E. J. Bock.  The influence of surface films on near-surface vortical flows. Colloids Surfaces A: Physicochem. Eng. Aspects, 118:263–272, 1996.
    McKenna, S., D. K. P. Yue, M. S. Triantafyllou, and T. Wei, Effect of hull geometry on the structure of a ship wake, 1995 ONR Workshop on Free-Surface Turbulent Flows, Pasadena, CA, February, 1995.