professor at Georgia Institute of Technology
Bruges Area, Belgium
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- Reuters Insight Expert Consultant at Reuters Insight
- Professor at Georgia Institute of Technology
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- Postdoctoral Fellow at National Science Foundation FWO-Flanders
- grantee at IWT Flanders
- voluntary researcher and assistant at KULAK
- Education
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- Universiteit Gent
- Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
- Koninklijk Atheneum Waregem
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Nico Declercq’s Summary
Nico Declercq was born in Belgium in 1975. He has received his BS degree in Physics from the Catholic University of Louvain – Campus Kortrijk (KULAK) in 1996 and has received his MS degree in Physics (Astrophysics) from the Catholic University of Louvain (KUL) in 2000. He obtained his PhD degree in Engineering Physics from Ghent University (UG) in 2005, Summa Cum Laude and with Congratulations from the Jury (international PhD committee). After his doctorate, he was granted a Postdoctoral Fellowship by the Belgian National Science Foundation. He joined the Georgia Tech faculty in August 2006.
He has a tenure track appointment as Assistant Professor with the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering in Atlanta GA, USA, with primary duties at the Georgia Tech Lorraine Campus in Metz-France (at the International UMI Georgia Tech – CNRS 2958 laboratory).
Declercq received the International Dennis Gabor Award 2006 and the ICA Early Career Award 2007 from the International Commission for Acoustics "For outstanding contributions to ultrasonics, particularly for studies of propagation and diffraction of acoustic waves".
Declercq is a member of the editorial board of the Open Acoustics Journal (Bentham Scientific publishers Ltd). He is also a Young Scientists Deputy Member of the International Congress on Ultrasonics (ICU). The ICU is the World’s largest congress on ultrasonics and originates from The World Congress on Ultrasonics (WCU) merged with Elsevier’s Ultrasonics International (UI). In addition, he is guest editor for Elsevier’s Ultrasonics journal.
The global goal is to understand the interaction of sound and ultrasound with materials aiming at nondestructive evaluation of materials.
Nico Declercq’s Experience
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Reuters Insight Expert Consultant
Reuters Insight
(Privately Held; Research industry)
June 2008 — Present (4 months)
independent research consultancy
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Professor
Georgia Institute of Technology
(Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry)
August 2006 — Present (2 years 2 months)
George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering and Georgia Tech Lorraine
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Postdoctoral Fellow
National Science Foundation FWO-Flanders
(Research industry)
September 2005 — July 2006 (11 months)
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grantee
IWT Flanders
(Government Administration industry)
2001 — 2005 (4 years)
PhD researcher with support of the Flemish government
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voluntary researcher and assistant
KULAK
(Professional Training & Coaching industry)
2000 — 2001 (1 year)
Nico Declercq’s Education
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Universiteit Gent
PhD, Engineering Physics, 2001 — 2005
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Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
Master of Physics, Astrophysics, 2000
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Koninklijk Atheneum Waregem
1980 — 1993
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Nico Declercq’s Interests:
Ultrasonics, Acoustics
Nico Declercq’s Groups:
The Acoustical Society of America ASA (full member)
Sigma Xi
The American Society of Mechanical Engineers ASME
The Acoustical Society of Japan ASJ
American Physical Society APS, divisions: Astrophysics/Atomic, Molecular & Optical Physics/ Laser science
European Physical Society EPS, division: Quantum Electronics & Optics Acoustical Society of America ASA
Russian Acoustical Society RAS
Belgian Acoustical Society ABAV
French Acoustical Society SFA
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (full member) IEEE
The British Institute of Non-Destructive Testing BINDT
The International Institute of Acoustics and Vibration IIAV
The Optical Society of America OSA
The Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering (SAMPE)
Alumni Lovaniensis (KUL)
The Canadian Acoustical Association – l’Association Canadienne d’Acoustique (CAA-ACA)
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Nico Declercq’s Honors:
Georgia Tech 2008 SIGMA XI Young Faculty Award
ICA EARLY CAREER AWARD 2007
INTERNATIONAL DENNIS GABOR AWARD 2006
"Physical Acoustics Best Student Paper Award" 2002
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