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      Columbia, SC 29208
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Victor Giurgiutiu (jurjutzu)

Professor


Dr. Giurgiutiu's research and interests include many areas of applied mechanics. Background in vibrations, dynamics and controls, aeroservoelasticity, and helicopter rotor blade aeromechanics. Present focus on emerging interdisciplinary fields: Adaptive Materials and Smart Structures, Structural Health Monitoring, Machinery Diagnostics and Prognostics, and Mechatronics.

Education
  • Ph.D., Aeronautical Engineering, Aeronautical Structures, Imperial College for Science, Technology, & Medicine, London University, England, 1977
  • M.S., Mathematics, Bucharest University, Bucharest, Romania, 1984
  • B.S., Aeronautical Engineering, Imperial College for Science, Technology & Medicine, London University, England, 1972
Books
  • Giurgiutiu, V. (2008) Structural Health Monitoring with Piezoelectric Wafer Active Sensors, Elsevier Academic Press, 760 pages, ISBN 978-0120887606, 2008
  • Giurgiutiu, V.; Lyshevski, S. E. (2004) Micromechatronics: Modeling, Analysis, and Design with MATLAB, CRC Press, 856 pages, ISBN 084931593X, 2004
Selected Publications
  • Yu, L.; Giurgiutiu, V. (2008) “In situ 2-D piezoelectric wafer active sensors arrays for guides wave damage detection”, Ultrasonics, Elsevier Press, Vol. 48, No. 2, pp. 117-134, April 2008
  • Cuc, A.; Giurgiutiu, V.; Joshi, S.; Tidwell, Z. (2007) “Structural health monitoring with piezoelectric wafer active sensors for space applications”, AIAA Journal, Vol. 45, No. 12, pp. 2838-2850, Dec. 2007
  • Santoni, G. B.; Yu, L.; Xu, B.; Giurgiutiu, V. (2007) “Lamb Wave Mode Tuning of Piezoelectric Wafer Active Sensors for Structural Health Monitoring”, ASME Journal of Vibration and Acoustics, Vol. 129, No. 6, pp. 752-762, Dec. 2007
  • Xu, B.; Giurgiutiu, V. (2007) “Single Mode Tuning Effects on Lamb Wave Time Reversal with Piezoelectric Wafer Active Sensors for Structural Health Monitoring”, Journal of Nondestructive Evaluation, Springer, Vol. 26, No. 2-4, pp. 123-134, Dec. 2007
  • Giurgiutiu, V.; Yu, L.; Kendall, J.; Jenkins, C. (2007) “In situ imaging of crack growth with piezoelectric wafer active sensors, AIAA Journal, Vol. 45, No. 11, pp. 2758-2769, Nov. 2007
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