• Massimo Ruzzene
  • Associate Professor

Contact Information

Office: SST/Weber 218
Phone: 404.894.3078
Fax: 404.894.9313

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

  • Gonella S., Ruzzene M., "Multi-cell Homogenization of One-dimensional Periodic Structures" accepted ASME Journal of Vibrations and Acoustics, January 2008.
  • Gonella S., Ruzzene M., "Homogenization and Equivalent In-Plane Properties of Two-dimensional Lattices", accepted International Journal of Solids and Structures, January 2008.
  • Apetre N., Ruzzene M., Hanagud S., Gopalakrishna S., "Perturbation technique for wave propagation analysis in a notched beam using spectral element modeling", accepted JoMSS, December 2007
  • Gonella S., Ruzzene M., "Analysis of In-plane Wave Propagation In Hexagonal and Re-entrant Lattices" accepted Journal of Sound and Vibration, October 2007.
  • Apetre N., Ruzzene M., Hanagud S., Gopalakrishna S., "Spectral and Perturbation Analysis of First Order Beams with Notch Damage", Accepted ASME Journal of Applied Mechanics, August 2007.
  • Ruzzene M. "Frequency/wavenumber Filtering For Improved Damage Visualization" Smart Materials and Structures, 16 (2007) 2116-2129.