Nico F. Declercq
Nico F. Declercq | |
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Declercq in 2023 | |
| Born | December 27, 1975 |
| Nationality | Belgian |
| Other names | Ernesto de Montisalbi, Declercq de Patin, Desclergue |
| Citizenship | Belgium |
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| Known for | study of diffraction of acoustic waves and ultrasound waves |
| Spouse | Shirani Olupathage de Silva |
| Children | Benjamin J. H. Declercq, Anna-Laura F. M. Declercq, Lambert L. B. Declercq |
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| Scientific career | |
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| Institutions | Georgia Institute of Technology |
| Patrons | |
| Thesis | The interaction of complex harmonic elastic waves with periodically corrugated surfaces and with anisotropic viscoelastic and/or piezoelectric layered media (2005) |
| Doctoral advisor | Oswald Leroy |
| Other academic advisors | Mack A. Breazeale |
| Website | declercq |
Nico Felicien Declercq (born 27 December 1975) is a Belgian physicist, mechanical engineer, poet, historian and philosopher. He is a professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta and Georgia Tech Europe in France. He specializes in ultrasonic nondestructive evaluation of materials, propagation of ultrasonic waves in highly complex materials, in acoustics, in theoretical and experimental linear and nonlinear ultrasonics, acousto-optics, medical physics and acoustic microscopy. He has investigated the acoustics of Chichen Itza and Epidaurus. As a Ph.D. student, Declercq published 30 peer-reviewed articles in reputed scientific journals, including Annalen der Physik, and made 42 presentations (with papers in proceedings) at international congresses in his field. His work has been covered in Nature News, New Scientist, USA Today, The Economist, The Washington Post, Die Zeit, and Acoustics Today.