Education

• University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, PhD in Theoretical and Applied Mechanics
• Iowa State University, BS & MEngr in Engineering Science and Mechanics

Technical Interests

• Experimental ultrasonics: nondestructive evaluation, materials characterization
• Elastic wave propagation: complex media, anisotropic media, scattering, radiative transfer, diffusion
• Linear and nonlinear vibrations: nanoscale materials characterization, dynamics of MEMS
• Structural acoustics: complex structures, structural localization, plates, shells

Professional Experience

• Professor (Aug. 2006 - present). University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Department of Engineering Mechanics
• Department Chair (Aug. 2004 - present). University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Department of Engineering Mechanics
• Interim Chair (Jul. 2003 - Aug. 2004). University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Department of Engineering Mechanics
• Associate Professor (Aug. 2002 - present). University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Department of Engineering Mechanics
• Research Associate (Mar. 2002 - present). Ames Laboratory
• Assistant Professor (Aug. 1997 - Aug. 2002). University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Department of Engineering Mechanics
• Alexander von Humboldt Postdoctoral Fellow (Jan. 1996 - April 1997).  Fraunhofer Institute for Nondestructive Testing
• Postdoctoral Research Associate (Aug. 1994 - Dec. 1995). University of Illinois TAM Department.
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