Eric A. Butcher Associate Professor Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering New Mexico State University Box 30001, Dept. 3450 Las Cruces, NM 88003 Office: (575) 646-6179 Fax: (575) 646-6111 E-mail: eab@nmsu.edu

Post Doctoral Position Available:

A person with expertise in computational structural dynamics, familiar with damage detection and methods of inverse problem solutions. Preferably with interests in non-linear dynamics, parameter identification, and mechanics/micromechanics of cracks. U.S. citizens only.
[September 10, 2008]

Education

• Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Auburn University, 1997
• M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Auburn University, 1995
• B.S., Engineering Physics, University of Oklahoma, 1993
• B.M.A., University of Oklahoma, 1991

Active Research Areas

• Nonlinear Dynamics, Non-smooth, Time-Varying and Time-Delayed Systems
• Structural Health Monitoring and Damage Detection in Aerospace and Rotordynamic Systems
• Stability Analysis and Chatter Suppression in Machining Processes
• Order Reduction and Control of Vibrating Systems
• Modeling Compliant and Vibro-Impact
• Topological Synthesis of Mechanisms

Other Interests

• Astrodynamics, Orbital Mechanics & Mission Design

Professional Experience

• 2007-Present: Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering Dept., New Mexico State University
• 1998-2006: Assistant and Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering Dept., University of Alaska Fairbanks
• 1997-1998: Technical Staff Member, Sandia National Laboratories
• 1994-1997: Graduate Research Assistant, Mechanical Engineering Dept., Auburn University

Reviewer of Papers/Proposals for the Following Journals/Agencies

• Journal of Vibration and Acoustics
• International Journal of Non-linear Mechanics
• Mathematical and Computer Modeling
• Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement, and Control
• Journal of Vibration and Control
• Mechanism and Machine Theory
• Nonlinear Dynamics
• Journal of Computational and Nonlinear Dynamics
• Journal of Sound and Vibration
• International Journal of Numerical Methods in Engineering
• Journal of the Franklin Institute
• National Science Foundation (2 review panels)
• Army Research Office

Symposia Organized

• Symposium on Time-Varying Systems and Structures, IDETC 2001, 2003, 2007, 2009
• Symposium on Time-Varying and Time-Delayed Systems and Structures, IDETC 2005
• Symposium on Dynamics and Control of Nonlinear Systems, ICSV 2002, 2003

Professional Societies and Committees

• ASME (member of Technical Committee on Multibody Systems and Nonlinear Dynamics)
• ASEE
• AIAA

Publications

• Refereed Journal Papers
• Refereed Conference Articles
• Conference Abstracts

Funded Projects

• Development of a Novel Methodology for the Health Monitoring and Self-Healing of Structural Elements and Joints, Los Alamos National Laboratories, $135,000, Sep. 1, 2008-Aug. 30, 2010, PI.
• International Studies in Applied Micro- and Nano-mechanics, Dept. of Education (US/EU Atlantis Grant), $90,000, Sep. 1, 2008- Aug. 30, 2012, PI.
• An Integrated Phenomenological and Physics-Based Framework for Multi-Sensor Vibration Analysis, Air Force/Management Science Inc. (SBIR), $18,000, June 1, 2008- Dec. 1, 2008, PI.
• Structural Health Monitoring and Self-Healing of Aerospace Structures, NASA, $741,144, Oct. 1, 2007-Sep. 30, 2010, Co-PI.
• International Supplement: Nonlinear Modelling and Experiments in High-Speed Machining Processes, NSF, $49,038, Aug. 15, 2002-Jan. 31, 2006, PI.
• Symbolic Stability and Bifurcation Analysis of Time-Periodic Differential-Delay Equations: Applications to High-Speed Machining Models, NSF, $205,610, Sept. 15, 2001-Jan. 31, 2006, PI.
• Order Reduction of Large Scale Systems via Nonlinear Normal Modes, AFOSR (DEPSCoR), $475,911, May 15, 2001-Nov. 14, 2004, PI.