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Occupant protection systems, Shock isolation, vibration isolation, magnetorheological fluids, magnetorheology, magnetorheological devices, pneumatic artificial muscles, aircraft and helicopters
United States

Biography

Norman M. Wereley is the Minta Martin Professor of Aerospace Engineering at the University of Maryland. His research focuses on application of smart structures and materials to aerospace systems. He is Editor of Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures and associate editor of Smart Materials and Structures, and AHS Journal. He was awarded the ASME Adaptive Structures and Material Systems Prize and the SPIE Smart Structures and Materials Lifetime Achievement Award. Dr. Wereley is a Fellow of AIAA, AHS, ASME, IOP, RAeS and SPIE. He holds the B.Eng. from McGill University, and M.S. and Ph.D. from Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Activities

Employment (3)

Society for the Advancement of Materials and Process Engineering: Diamond Bar, CA, US

2023-07-01 to present | Editor in Chief (SAMPE Journal)
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University of Maryland: College Park, MD, US

2020-07-01 to present | Minta Martin Professor (Aerospace Engineering)
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University of Maryland: College Park, MD, US

2012-04 to 2020-06-30 | Department Chair and Minta Martin Professor (Aerospace Engineering)
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Education and qualifications (3)

Massachusetts Institute of Technology: Cambridge, MA, US

1987-09 to 1990-11 | Ph.D. (Aeronautics and Astronautics)
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology: Cambridge, MA, US

1984-09 to 1987-05 | M.S. (Aeronautics and Astronautics)
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McGill University: Montreal, QC, CA

1978-09 to 1982-12 | B.Eng. (Mechanical Engineering)
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Professional activities (7)

Royal Aeronautical Society: London, GB

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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers: NJ, NJ, US

Senior Member
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American Society of Mechanical Engineers: New York, New York, US

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American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics: Reston, Virginia, US

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American Helicopter Society International: Fairfax, VA, US

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Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering: Diamond Bar, CA, US

2014-01-01 to present | Lifetime Member
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Institute of Physics: London, GB

2008-02-01 to present | Fellow
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Funding (7)

Development of Space Rated Pneumatic Artificial Muscles

2015-06-01 to 2015-11-30 | Grant
United States Navy (Washington, US)
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N00173151G011

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UNDERGRADUATE AERONAUTICS RESEARCH

2014-02-20 to 2014-08-31 | Grant
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, US)
GRANT_NUMBER: NNX14AE43H
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I-Corps: Commercialization of scour monitoring systems

2013-07-01 to 2014-06-30 | Grant
National Science Foundation - Directorate for Engineering (Arlington, US)
GRANT_NUMBER: 1343837
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Collaborative Research: Understanding the Rules for Human Rhythmic Motor Coordination

2012-08-15 to 2016-07-31 | Grant
National Science Foundation - Directorate for Social, Behavioral & Economic Sciences (Arlington, US)
GRANT_NUMBER: 1230311
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''ACTIVE SUSPENSION RACKS FOR THE MOBILE LAUNCH PLATFORM'' THE MINIMIZATION OF VIBRATION-INDUCED DAMAGE HAS BECOME A CRITICAL ISSUE FOR ROCKET LAUNCH GROUND SUPPORT ELECTRONICS (GSE). GSE LOCATED NEAR A MAJOR ROCKET LAUNCH CAN BE EXPOSED TO EXTREME ENVIRONM

STTR Phase II: Magneto-Rheological Fluids for Sensor Actuator Systems

2001-09-01 to 2004-01-31 | Grant
National Science Foundation - Directorate for Engineering (Arlington, US)
GRANT_NUMBER: 0110447
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CAREER: Passive and Active Damping Control for Large Civil Structures

1998-06-01 to 2003-05-31 | Grant
National Science Foundation - Directorate for Engineering (Arlington, US)
GRANT_NUMBER: 9734244
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Peer review (6 reviews for 4 publications/grants)

Review activity for Advanced engineering materials (2)
Review activity for Biomimetics. (2)
Review activity for IEEE magnetics letters. (1)
Review activity for Micromachines. (1)