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New Mexico State University

Dr. Tom Burton

Academic Department Head (2006-2011)

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Ph.D., Pennsylvania 1976
Contact Information
Office: Jett Hall, Room 114
Phone: (575) 646-3502
Fax: (575) 646-6111
E-mail: tdburton@nmsu.edu
Personal Webpage: Webpage

Research Interests:

Dynamics & Vibrations

Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos, Nonlinear Structural Dynamics, Reduced Order Modeling, Structural Health Monitoring

Current Projects

  • Structural Health Monitoring and Self-Healing of Aerospace Structures, NASA/EPSCoR (with Eric Butcher, Igor Sevostianov)
  • Development of a Novel Methodology for the Health Monitoring and Self-Healing of Structural Elements and Joints, Los Alamos National Laboratories (with Eric Butcher, Igor Sevostianov)
  • Utilizing UAVs as Teaching Tools for Aerospace Education, U.S. Air Force (with Ou Ma)

Recent Publications

  1. P Meekangvan, AA Barhorst, TD Burton, S Chatterjee, and L Schovanec, "Nonlinear Dynamical Model and Response of Avian Cranial Kinesis," J. Theoretical Biology, in press.
  2. Burton, TD, "Numerical Calculation of Nonlinear Normal Modes in Structural Systems," Nonlinear Dynamics, original submission February, 2005; in revision.
  3. J Kim and TD Burton, "Reduction of Structural Dynamics Models with Nonlinear Damping," J. Vibration and Control, original submission June, 2005; in revision.
  4. TD Burton, "Evidence of Nonlinear Resonance in a Randomly Excited Complex Structure," Nonlinear Dynamics, submitted September, 2005.