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Prof. Brian L Wardle

Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Director, Nano-Engineered Composite Aerospace Structures (NECST) Consortium

Primary DLC

Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics

MIT Room: 33-408
(617) 252-1539

Assistant

Britton Bradley
(617) 253-6583
bryt@mit.edu

Areas of Interest and Expertise

Nano-Engineered Composites
Composite and Layered Materials
Hybrid Nanocomposite Systems
MEMS Power Devices and Energy Harvesting
Structural Health Monitoring Systems
Active Materials and Devices
Finite-Element Modeling
Structural Response and Testing
Buckling Mechanics

Research Summary

rofessor Wardle's research interests are in the area of structures and materials, primarily focusing on aerospace applications. Current research areas are composite systems, active materials, structural health monitoring (SHM), and power-conversion devices at the MEMS scale. Topics of interest to him include: structural mechanics, durability, advanced material systems, safety/reliability and performance of structural systems, microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), structural health monitoring and nanocomposites. Professor Wardle's educational activities cover experimentation and modeling of materials and structures.

Recent Work

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