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Georgia Tech-CNRS Laboratory was established as a "Unité Mixte Internationale" (UMI 2958) within CNRS, only the second of its kind in France. This joint research laboratory conducts research and advises MS and PhD students and has a number of sponsoring and collaborative research partners from France, the EU and US. The joint program of research involves five principal research laboratories: • Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta (GT) • GTL-CNRS, Georgia Tech Lorraine, Metz (GTL-CNRS) • FEMTO-ST UMR 6174, Université de Franche-Comté, Besançon(FEMTO-ST) • LPMM, UMR 7554, Université de Paul Verlaine Metz, ENSAM, Metz (LPMM) • LMOPS UMR 7132, Université de Paul Verlaine-Metz, Supelec, Metz (LMOPS) French flagBrief Profile

Assistant Professor

Ultrasonics – Materials Evaluation

Education:

PhD Eng. Phys. Ghent University, Belgium, 2005

MSc Phys, Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium, 2000

BSc. Phys, Catholic University of Leuven Campus Kortrijk, Belgium, 1996

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Biography

 

Nico Declercq was born in Belgium in 1975. He has received his BS degree in Physics from the Catholic University of Louvain – Campus Kortrijk (KULAK) in 1996 and has received his MS degree in Physics (Astrophysics) from the Catholic University of Louvain (KUL) in 2000. He obtained his PhD degree in Engineering Physics from Ghent University (UG) in 2005, Summa Cum Laude and with Congratulations from the Jury (international PhD committee). After his doctorate, he was granted a Postdoctoral Fellowship by the Belgian National Science Foundation. He joined the Georgia Tech faculty in August 2006.

He has a tenure track appointment as Assistant Professor with the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering in Atlanta GA, USA, with primary duties at the Georgia Tech Lorraine Campus in Metz-France (at the International UMI Georgia Tech – CNRS 2958 laboratory).

 

Declercq received the International Dennis Gabor Award 2006 [info] [picture] [Press release] [whistle]

and the ICA Early Career Award 2007 from the International Commission for Acoustics "For outstanding contributions to ultrasonics, particularly for studies of propagation and diffraction of acoustic waves".

Recently he has received the Georgia Tech Sigma Xi Young Faculty Award 2008.

Declercq was also a nominee for the World Technology Award 2009 (New York)

 

Declercq is a member of the editorial board of the Open Acoustics Journal (Bentham Scientific publishers Ltd). He is also a Young Scientists Deputy Member of the International Congress on Ultrasonics (ICU). The ICU is the World’s largest congress on ultrasonics and originates from The World Congress on Ultrasonics (WCU) merged with Elsevier’s Ultrasonics International (UI). In addition, he is guest editor for Elsevier’s Ultrasonics journal.

Furthermore he is co-editor of one book and is author and co-author of over 50 refereed journal papers.

Declercq is a Reuters Insight Expert Consultant

 

Declercq’s team participates in the Georgia Tech Integrated Structural Health Awareness Focused Research Program ISHA

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Specialization

The global goal is to understand the interaction of sound and ultrasound with materials aiming at nondestructive evaluation of materials. Studies involve the diffraction of sound at periodical structures (phononic crystals, staircases, periodically corrugated surfaces and interfaces, multi-layered materials, acoustic barriers …) and the interaction of sound with fiber reinforced composites and other anisotropic materials. In addition medical applications are examined such as the multiple interaction of sound with objects in a blood flow. Investigations cover both linear and nonlinear interactions. One of the objectives is to understand complex situations where different phenomena take place simultaneously. Declercq and his team are specialized in experimental work and theoretical/numerical work.

This research is very important in aerospace industry (e.g. NDE of parts and composite structures), telecommunication (e.g. the use of phononic crystals for filtering of signals), acoustics of architectural masterpieces (e.g. diffraction in Chichen Itza – Mexico [nature news, JASA ] [New Scientist News, Acta Acustica], or Epidauris – Greece [nature news, JASA]), and medicine etc.

The work produced by Declercq and his team has been widely covered in the media around the world (Nature, Washington Post, New York Times, The Economist, and many local newspapers in most countries).

 

Philosophy

The wonders of nature will never be understood, but it’s such a pleasure to try… because every attempt to understand a wonder, makes the wonder even bigger and meanwhile we gather bits and pieces that are useful for the study of science and engineering and their applications in industry and society.

 

 

 

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Nico F. Declercq, PhD

 Georgia Institute of Technology

  George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering

   Suite 4204, MRDC Building,

   801 Ferst Drive, NW, Atlanta, GA 30332-0405, USA

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  Georgia Tech Lorraine

   UMI Georgia Tech – CNRS 2958

   Laboratory for Ultrasonic Nondestructive Evaluation  

   office 304, GT-Lorraine Building,

   2 rue Marconi, 57070 Metz-Technopole, France

 

 

  E-mail: nico.declercq@me.gatech.edu

  http://www.me.gatech.edu/declercq/

 

 

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