Nenad Gucunski
Research Interests
Seismic Methods and Nondestructive Evaluation (NDE) Techniques
• seismic and ultrasonic techniques for NDE of transportation infrastructure
• electromagnetic methods, ground penetrating radar (GPR)
Dynamic Soil Structure Interaction
• response of soil-structure systems under earthquake ground motion
• evaluation of impedance functions for foundation structures
• modeling of soil structure systems by finite elements
Numerical Modeling
• simulation of wave propagation phenomena in structural elements, soils and layered systems
• numerical modeling of pavement and bridge deck structures
Honors
• American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) New Jersey Section, Project of the Year, 2014
• American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Charles Pankow Award for Innovation, 2014
• Bozena Bozicek Award, Croatian Society of Nondestructive Testing (NDT)
• Rutgers University School of Engineering Faculty of the Year, 2013
• Elected Member of the Nondestructive Testing (NDT) Academia International
Professional Affiliations
• American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
• American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM)
• International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE)
• Transportation Research Board (TRB)
• Ground Penetrating Radar for Transportation and Asset Management (GPR TEAM)
• Croatian Society for Nondestructive Testing - Honorary Member
• International Society for Structural Health Monitoring of Intelligent Infrastructure (ISHMII)
Education
• Ph.D., University of Michigan, 1991
• M.S., University of Michigan, 1983
• B.S., University of Zagreb, Croatia 1979
Summary
Nenad Gucunski is director of the Center for Advanced Infrastructure and Transportation's (CAIT's) Infrastructure Condition Monitoring Program (ICMP) and P.I. on the Automated Nondestructive Evaluation and Rehabilitation System (ANDERS) for Bridge Decks project, a nearly $18 million R&D joint venture project funded by the U.S. Department of Commerce. He also leads a Strategic Highway Research Program II (SHRP2) project for the National Academies, National Academy of Sciences.
Gucunski is an internationally recognized expert in nondestructive evaluation (NDE/NDT) technologies and an elected member of NDT Academia International. In addition to his extensive work in various seismic, ultrasonic, and electromagnetic NDE techniques, he has conducted research in the areas of geotechnical earthquake engineering and dynamic soil-structure interaction.
Gucunski has served as a technical consultant to many agencies including NJDOT, the New York City Department of Transportation, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, U.S. Army Marine Corps, and the United Nations Development Program for India.
He is actively involved in a number of ASCE technical committees, is a reviewer of several highly regarded technical journals, and active in the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM), Transportation Research Board (TRB), Ground Penetrating Radar for Transportation and Asset Management (GPR TEAM), and International Society for Structural Health Monitoring of Intelligent Infrastructure (ISHMII), among others.