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Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Rutgers logo
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Rutgers logo
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Rutgers logo
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Andrew Norris

Distinguished Professor

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Location

School of Engineering
98 Brett Road, Room B227
Piscataway, NJ 08854

Phone

848-445-3818

Email

norris@rutgers.edu

Website

https://coewww.rutgers.edu/~norris/

Area Of Expertise Developing fundamental mechanical models for metamaterials that exhibit extraordinary wave bearing properties

Operational Unit Faculty

Research Interests

Developing fundamental mechanical models for metamaterials that exhibit extraordinary wave bearing properties. Related interests in elastic wave scattering (crack detection, ultrasonic nondestructive evaluation), effective medium theories (phononics, composite materials), nonlinear acoustics and elastic waves (waves in rocks, granular solids), acoustic scattering and structural vibration (marine acoustics, detection), entropic elasticity of macromolecules, electromechanical properties of polymers, modeling of poroelastic media (seismic waves, borehole acoustics), surface mechanics, and inverse scattering.

Education

  • Ph.D., Engineering Sciences & Applied Math., Northwestern University, 1981
  • M.S., Mathematical Physics, University College, Dublin, 1978
  • B.S., Mathematical Physics, University College, Dublin, 1977