Acoustic Metamaterials and Phononic Crystals

Introduction to Phononic Crystals and Acoustic Metamaterials.- Discrete One-Dimensional Phononic and Resonant Crystals.- One-Dimensional Phononic Crystals.- 2d-3d Phononic Crystals.- Dynamic Mass Density and Acoustic Metamaterials.- Damped Phononic Crystals and Acoustic Metamaterials.- Nonlinear Periodic Phononic Structures and Granular Crystals.- Tunable Phononic Crystals and Metamaterials.- Nanoscale Phononic Crystals and Structures.- Phononic Band Structures and Transmission Coefficients: Methods and Approaches.

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE: Co-founder and Director, Nano-Biomolecular Engineering Science and Technology (n-BEST) program, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ Associate Department Head, Dept. of Materials Science and Engr., University of Arizona, Tucson AZ Full professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ VISITING APPOINTMENTS: Numerous yearly visiting professorships at the UFR de Physique, Université de Lille Visiting professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Cambridge, Massachusetts Invited scientist, Max Planck Institut fuer Metallforschung, Institut fur Werstoffwissenschaften, Stuttgart, Germany OTHER APPOINTMENTS: Member of the Biomedical Engineering Interdisciplinary Graduate Program, University of Arizona Member of the Applied Mathematics Interdisciplinary Graduate Program, University of Arizona, 1994 Member of the BIO5 Institute (The University of Arizona) AWARDS and HONORS: College of Engineering, Award for Excellence at the Student Interface, 2004 MAJOR LEADERSHIP ROLES ACADEMICS Director, School of Sustainable Engineered Systems (SSES) Creation of the n-BEST program and director of NSF/NIRT Leadership in international research and education Leadership in building ties between MSE and others ENTREPRENEURSHIP Co-founder of Prote-ijp Inc. Co-founder of Eustathia