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Ryszard J. Pryputniewicz

Professor
K.G. Merriam Professor

Office: Higgins Laboratories, 152
Phone: +1-508-831-5536
Fax: +1-508-831-5680
rjp@wpi.edu

Thermodynamics; holography; fiber optics; laser applications; energy; computer modeling of dynamic systems; bioengineering

Furlong, C., and Pryputniewicz, R. J., "Nondestructive damage evaluation of a dynamically loaded structure using opto-mechanical techniques," in press: Ch. 29 in Unification of analytical, computational, and experimental solution methodologies in microsystems and micromechanics, Soc. for Experimental Mechanics.
Brown, G. C., and Pryputniewicz, R. J., "Experimental and computational study of the nonlinear performance of a silicon nitride microsensor," in press: Ch. 4 in Unification of analytical, computational, and experimental solution methodologies in microsystems and micromechanics, Soc. for Experimental Mechanics.
Pryputniewicz, R. J., Introduction to engineering, text, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA (1996).
Pryputniewicz, R. J., Brown, G. M., and JŸptner, W. P., Interferometry: thin film testing, The Internat. Soc. for Optical Engineering (1995)
Klausbruckner, M. J., and Pryputniewicz, R. J., "Theoretical and experimental study of coupled vibrations of channel beams," J. Sound and Vibration, 183:239-252, 1995.

Worcester Polytechnic Institute Board of Trustees' Award for Outstanding Creative Scholarship (1991)
Best Paper of the Year, ASME Transactions, co-authored with T. Nowak (1992)
Fellow of the International Society for Optical Engineering (1992)
Elected to the Membership of the International Brotherhood for the Advancement of Holographic Studies (1993)
European Double Swords Award for development of cutting edge photonic technologies (1994)
Dennis Gabor International Award for pioneering and continuing developments in research and education relating to photomechanics (1995)