Pierre Deymier
Pierre A. Deymier is a professor of materials science and engineering at the University of Arizona. He is also the director of the New Frontiers of Sound Science and Technology Center and a faculty member in the BIO5 Institute, biomedical engineering program and applied mathematics graduate interdisciplinary program. Deymier received his PhD from the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1985 and subsequently joined the University of Arizona.
Deymier has a wide range of interests in the field of materials science and engineering including materials theory, modeling and simulation, the emerging field of acoustic metamaterials and phononic crystals and topological acoustics as well as biomaterials. He is the author or co-author of more than 240 scholarly products. He is the editor, author or co-author of three books: P.A. Deymier Ed., “Phononic crystals and acoustic metamaterials,” Springer Series in Solid-State Sciences, 173, Springer, Berlin, (2013); P.A. Deymier, K. Runge and K. Muralidharan (Co-Eds) “Multiscale Paradigms in Integrated Computational Materials Science and Engineering,” Springer Series in Materials Science, 226, Springer, Berlin, (2015); and P.A. Deymier, K. Runge, “Sound Topology, Duality, Coherence and Wave-Mixing: An Introduction to the Emerging New Science of Sound,” Springer Series in Solid-State Sciences, 188, (2017).
Degrees
- PhD Ceramics; Minor: Mathematics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1985
- Engineering degree: Materials Science, Institut des Sciences de l’Ingénieur, Université des Sciences et Techniques du Languedoc, Montpellier, France, 1982
Work Experience
- 2021— to present: Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Arizona and director of the New Frontiers of Sound Science and Technology Center
- 2011—2021: Head, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Arizona
- 2009—2017: Director, School of Sustainable Engineered Systems, University of Arizona
- 1997—present: Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Arizona
Interests
Research Interests
Acoustic metamaterials and phononic crystals, living matter and biological materials, materials theory, and computational materials science and engineering.
Teaching Interests
Structure and properties of materials, thermodynamics characterization of materials, computational methods in materials science and engineering, and materials for innovation.
Scholarship
3 books, 6 book chapters, 228 refereed publications, and 11 patents and patent applications