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Massimo Ruzzene

Massimo Ruzzene

Professor

Office: SST/Weber 218
Phone: 404.894.3078
Fax: 404.894.9313
massimo.ruzzene@aerospace.gatech.edu
http://www.ae.gatech.edu/people/mruzzene/

Education

  • Ph.D, Mechanical Engineering, Politecnico di Torino, Italy, 1999.
  • “Laurea” in Mechanical Engineering, Politecnico di Torino, Italy, 1995.

Biography

Massimo Ruzzene joined the Georgia Institute of Technology in August 2002 after teaching for three years at the Catholic University of America, in Washington DC. His research interests lie in the broad area of smart structures, with focus on structural health monitoring, vibration and noise control, and computational mechanics. In these areas, he has published extensively and he is the principal investigator in research projects funded by the Air Force of Scientific Research, the Army Research Office, the Office of Naval Research and by the National Science Foundation. He is a member of ASME, the Acoustical Society of America, and AIAA and serves as a reviewer for several journals.

Research

Structural dynamics and wave mechanics, with applications in the following areas:

  • Structural health monitoring and damage detection in composite and
    metallic aerospace structures
  • Analysis and design of novel cellular structural configurations with multi-functional capabilities
  • Analysis and design of acoustic-based sensors and signal processing MEMS devices
  • Adaptive passive strategies for vibration isolation and noise control

Honors and Distinctions

  • Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Award, 2002
  • C.H. Kaman Award for Excellence in Research, 2002

    • Selected Publications

  • F. Casadei, L. Dozio, M. Ruzzene, K. Cunefare “Broadband vibration control through periodic arrays of resonant shunts: experimental investigations on plates”, Smart Materials and Structures, 19 (2010) 015002.
  • M. Romanoni, N. Apetre, S. Gonella, M. Ruzzene, “Two-dimensional periodic actuators for frequency-based beam steering”, Smart Materials and Structures, 2009. 18(12).
  • Narisetti R., Leamy M., Ruzzene M., “A Perturbation Approach for Predicting Wave Propagation in One-Dimensional Nonlinear Periodic Structures”, ASME Journal of Vibrations and Acoustics, In Press (2009).
  • A. Spadoni, S. Gonella, F. Scarpa, M. Ruzzene, “Phononic Properties of Hexagonal Chiral Lattices” Wave Motion, 2009. 46(7): p. 435-450.
  • Calanni Fraccone, G., V. Volovoi, and M. Ruzzene, Bayesian estimation of a dynamic structure's response. Journal of Sound and Vibration, 2010. 329(1): p. 21-42.

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