Encyclopedia of Smart Materials

Editors & Contributors

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About the Editor

Editor-in-Chief , Mel Schwartz has over forty years of experience with metals, ceramics, and composites, with special expertise in brazing. The holder of five patents, he has authored thirteen books and more than one hundred technical papers and articles.

List of Contributors

D. Michelle Addington, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, Architecture

Yasuyuki Agari, Osaka Municipal Technical Research Institute, Joto-ku, Osaka, Japan, Polymer Blends, Functionally Graded

U.O. Akpan, Martec Limited, Halifax, NS, Canada, Vibration Control in Ship Structures

Samuel M. Allen, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, Shape-Memory Alloys, Magnetically Activated Ferromagnetic
Shape-Memory Materials

J.M. Bell, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane Qld, Windows

Yves Bellouard, Institut de Syst` emes Robotiques Ecole Polytechnique F´ed´ erale de Lausanne Switzerland, Microrobotics, Microdevices Based on Shape-Memory Alloys

Davide Bernardini, Universit ` a di Roma "La Sapienza", Rome, Italy, Shape-Memory Materials, Modeling

A. Berry, GAUS, University de Sherbrroke, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada, Vibration Control in Ship Structures

O. Besslin, GAUS, University de Sherbrroke, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada, Vibration Control in Ship Structures

Mahesh C. Bhardwaj, Second Wave Systems, Boalsburg, PA, Nondes-tructive Evaluation

Vivek Bharti, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, Poly(Vinylidene Fluoride) (PVDF) and Its Copolymers

Rafael Bravo, Universidad del Zulia, Maracaibo, Venezuela, Truss Structures with Piezoelectric Actuators and Sensors

Christopher S. Brazel, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, Biomedical Sensing

W.A. Bullough, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK, Fluid Machines

J. David Carlson, Lord Corporation, Cary, NC, Magnetorheological Fluids

Aditi Chattopadhyay, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, Adaptive Systems, Rotary Wing Applications

Peter C. Chen, Alexandria, VA, Ship Health Monitoring

Seung-Bok Choi, Inha University, Inchon, Korea, Vibration Control

D.D.L. Chung, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, Composites, Intrinsically Smart Structures

Juan L. Cormenzana, ETSII / Polytechnic University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain, Computational Techniques For Smart Materials

Marcelo J. Dapino, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, Magne-tostrictive Materials

Jerry A. Darsey, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Little Rock, AR, Neural Networks

Kambiz Dianatkhah, Lennox Industries, Carrollton, TX, Highways

Mohamed Dokainish, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, Truss Structures with Piezoelectric Actuators and Sensors

Sherry Draisey, Good Vibrations Engineering, Ltd, Nobleton, Ontario, Canada, Pest Control Applications

Michael Drake, University of Dayton Research, Dayton, OH, Vibra-tional Damping, Design Considerations

Thomas D. Dziubla, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, Gels

Hiroshi Eda, IBARAKI University, Nakanarusawa, Japan, Giant Mag-netostrictive Materials

Shigenori Egusa (Deceased), Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute, Takasaki-shi, Gunma, Japan, Paints

Harold D. Eidson, Southwestern University, Georgetown, TX USA, Fish Aquatic Studies

Arthur J. Epstein, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, Magnets, Organic/ Polymer

John S.O. Evans, University of Durham, Durham, UK, Thermorespon-sive Inorganic Materials

Frank Filisko, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, Electrorheolog-ical Materials

Koji Fujita, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan, Tribolumines-cence, Applications in Sensors

Takehito Fukuda, Osaka City University, Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka, Japan, Cure and Health Monitoring

C.R. Fuller, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, Sound Control with Smart Skins

I. Yu. Galaev, Lund University, Lund, Sweden, Polymers, Biotechnology and Medical Applications

David W. Galipeau, South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD, Sensors, Surface Acoustic Wave Sensors

L.B. Glebov, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, Photochromic and Photo-Thermo-Refractive Glasses

J.A. G¨ uemes, Univ. Politecnica, Madrid, Spain, Intelligent Processing of Materials (IPM)

Andrew D. Hamilton, Yale University, New Haven, CT, Gelators, Organic

Tian Hao, Rutgers—The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ, Electrorheological Fluids

J.S. Harrison, NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA, Polymers, Piezoelectric

Bradley R. Hart, University of California, Irvine, CA, Molecularly Imprinted Polymers

Alisa J. Millar Henrie, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, Magne-torheological Fluids

Kazuyuki Hirao, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan, Tribolumi-nescence, Applications in Sensors

Wesley P. Hoffman, Air Force Research Laboratory, AFRL/PRSM, Edwards AFB, CA, Microtubes

J. Van Humbeeck, K.U. Leuven-MTM, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Heverlee, Belgium, Shape Memory Alloys, Types and Functionalities

Emile H. Ishida, INAX Corporation, Minatomachi, Tokoname, Aichi,Japan, Soil-Ceramics (Earth), Self-Adjustment of Humidity and Temperature

Tsuguo Ishihara, Hyogo, Prefectural Institute of Industrial Research Suma-ku, Kobe, Japan, Triboluminescence, Applications in Sensors

Yukio Ito, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, Ce-ramics, Transducers

Bahram Jadidian, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ, Ceramics, Piezoelectric and Electrostrictive

Andreas Janshoff, Johannes-Gutenberg-Universitat, Mainz, Germany, Biosensors, Porous Silicon

T.L. Jordan, NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA, Character ization of Piezoelectric Ceramic Materials

George Kavarnos, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, Poly(Vinylidene Fluoride) (PVDF) and Its Copolymers

Andrei Kholkin, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ, Ceramics, Piezoelectric and Electrostrictive

Jason S. Kiddy, Alexandria, VA, Ship Health Monitoring L.C. Klein, Rutgers—The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ, Electrochromic Sol-Gel Coatings

T.S. Koko, Martec Limited, Halifax, NS, Canada, Vibration Control in Ship Structures

Tatsuro Kosaka, Osaka City University, Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka, Japan, Cure and Health Monitoring

Joseph Kost, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, ISRAEL, Drug Delivery Systems

D. Kranbuehl, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia, Frequency Dependent Electromagnetic Sensing (FDEMS)

Smadar A. Lapidot, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel, Drug Delivery Systems

Manuel Laso, ETSII / Polytechnic University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain, Computational Techniques For Smart Materials

Christine M. Lee, Unilever Research US Edgewater, NJ, Langmuir–Blodgett Films