Belgian physicist (born 1975)
Nico Felicien Declercq (born 27 December 1975) is a Belgian physicist and mechanical engineer . He is a professor [ 9] with the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta and Georgia Tech Europe in France. He is specialized in ultrasonic nondestructive evaluation of materials , propagation of ultrasonic waves in highly complex materials , in acoustics , in theoretical and experimental linear and nonlinear ultrasonics , acousto-optics , Medical Physics and Acoustic Microscopy . He has investigated the acoustics of Chichen Itza and Epidaurus .[ 10] He published over 100 works in scientific journals. As a Ph.D. student (September 5, 2001 - May 12, 2005), Declercq published 30 peer-reviewed articles in reputed scientific journals, including Annalen der Physik , and made 42 presentations (with papers in proceedings) at international congresses in his field. His work was highlighted in Nature News ,[ 11] [ 12] New Scientist ,[ 13] USA Today ,[ 14] The Economist ,[ 15] The Washington Post ,[ 16] Die Zeit ,[ 17] and Acoustics Today .[ 18]
^ Declercq de Patin, Nico Felicien (2017). "Editorial Introduction on Proceedings of the 2015 International Congress on Ultrasonics, 2015 ICU Metz" . Physics Procedia . 70 (Proceedings of the 2015 International Congress on Ultrasonics, Metz, France): 1–5. doi :10.1016/j.phpro.2015.08.001 .
^ Contijoch, Eduard; Declercq, Nico (2018). "La Història Belga de la Família Desclergue de Montblanc [The Belgian story of the Desclergue family of Montblanc ] (in Catalan)" . El Foradot-Revista Bimestral de Montblanc . 108 : 23–28. doi :10.1016/j.phpro.2015.08.001 .
^ Biography of Declercq Nico Felicien in Marquis Who's Who in America
^ "Genealogy & Heraldry" . declercq.gatech.edu .
^ de Salazar y Castro, Luis (1685). Historia genealogica de la Casa de Silva ( English : Genealogical history of the House of de Silva) (1st ed.). Retrieved September 17, 2014 .
^ a review of the battle led by Dom Diogo de Silva at Horana and Uduwara (birthplace of Declercq’s spouse) and the consequent construction of a Portuguese fortress there; in P. E. Pieris, Litt. D., “Ceylon and the Portuguese 1505-1658”, Chapter VII, pp. 132-133, American Ceylon Mission Press, Tellippalai, Ceylon, 1920.
^ Zonta International (May 2022). "Young Women in Public Affairs Award" . Zonta International . Retrieved 2023-05-16 .
^ KW, Redatie (November 26, 2020). "Rhizo Campus Lyceum OLV-Vlaanderen-Kortrijk zet verdienstelijke leerlingen in de bloemetjes" . Krant van West-Vlaanderen . Retrieved 2023-05-16 .
^ "Five Woodruff School Faculty Awarded Promotions" . Georgia Tech News. Retrieved 2022-04-05 .
^ Chao, Tom (5 April 2007). "Mystery of Greek Amphitheater's Amazing Sound Finally Solved" . LiveScience. Retrieved 2007-04-05 .
^ "Mystery of 'chirping' pyramid decodedAcoustic analysis shows how temple transforms echoes into sounds of nature" . Nature. 14 December 2004. doi :10.1038/news041213-5 . Retrieved 2023-07-13 .
^ Ball, Philip (23 March 2007). "Why the Greeks could hear plays from the back row" . Nature . doi :10.1038/news070319-16 . Retrieved 2023-07-13 .
^ Linda Geddes, Mayans 'played' pyramids to make music for rain god, New Scientist, magazine issue 2726, page 12, 2009 (16 September 2009).
^ Dan Vergano, Maya pyramids pose acoustic riddle, USA Today, Posted 11/14/2010.
^ "No need to shout, Why the acoustics of ancient Greek theatres are so good" . The Economist. 29 March 2007. Retrieved 2007-04-14 .
^ Vedantam, Shankar (9 April 2007). "Seating in Ancient Greek Theater Found to Help the Acoustics" . Washington Post . Retrieved 2007-04-14 .
^ "Tschirp, tschirp, Wenn die Treppe singt" . Die Zeit. 5 January 2005. Retrieved 2023-07-13 .
^ Declercq, Nico Felicien (January 2013). "On the Fascinating Phenomenon of Diffraction by Periodic Structures" . Acoustics Today . 9 : 8. doi :10.1121/1.4802078 . Retrieved 2023-07-13 .