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Overview

Bruce W. Drinkwater is a researcher affiliated with the University of Bristol in the United Kingdom. Their work primarily centers on engineering, with a strong emphasis on biomedical engineering, mechanics of materials, and mechanical engineering. The research also extends into ocean engineering and electrical and electronic engineering, reflecting a multidisciplinary approach within engineering fields.

The main research topics covered by Drinkwater include ultrasonics and acoustic wave propagation, microfluidic and bio-sensing technologies, and non-destructive testing techniques. Additional areas of focus involve geophysical methods and applications, microfluidic and capillary electrophoresis applications, acoustic wave phenomena research, and orbital angular momentum in optics.

Several recent papers illustrate the scope of Drinkwater's research contributions:

  • Acoustic and ultrasonic techniques for defect detection and condition monitoring in water and sewerage pipes: A review (2021, Applied Acoustics)
  • Comparing acoustic and optical forces for biomedical research (2020, Nature Reviews Physics)
  • Chemical Information Exchange in Organized Protocells and Natural Cell Assemblies with Controllable Spatial Positions (2020, Small)
  • Building programmable multicompartment artificial cells incorporating remotely activated protein channels using microfluidics and acoustic levitation (2022, Nature Communications)
  • Transient ultrasound stimulation has lasting effects on neuronal excitability (2021, Brain Stimulation)

Drinkwater has frequently published in several specialized venues, including:

  • Applied Physics Letters
  • NDT & E International
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Ultrasonics
  • Applied Acoustics

Collaboration forms an important aspect of their research, with frequent co-authors being:

  • Anthony J. Croxford (28 joint publications)
  • Jie Zhang (16 joint publications)
  • Xudong Niu (8 joint publications)
  • Xiaoyu Sun (8 joint publications)
  • Zhiyuan Shen (6 joint publications)

Best Publications

  • Ultrasonic arrays for non-destructive evaluation: A review

    Bruce W. Drinkwater;Paul D. Wilcox

  • Post-processing of the full matrix of ultrasonic transmit-receive array data for non-destructive evaluation

    Caroline Holmes;Bruce W. Drinkwater;Paul D. Wilcox

  • Holographic acoustic elements for manipulation of levitated objects

    Asier Marzo;Sue Ann Seah;Bruce W. Drinkwater;Deepak Ranjan Sahoo

  • UltraHaptics: multi-point mid-air haptic feedback for touch surfaces

    Tom Carter;Sue Ann Seah;Benjamin Long;Bruce Drinkwater

  • Review of Progress in QNDE

    AM Robinson;Bruce W Drinkwater;RS Dwyer-Joyce

  • Holographic acoustic tweezers

    Asier Marzo;Bruce W. Drinkwater

  • Strategies for guided-wave structural health monitoring

    Anthony J Croxford;Paul D Wilcox;Bruce W Drinkwater;G Konstantinidis

  • A Study of the Interaction between Ultrasound and a Partially Contacting Solid--Solid Interface

    B. W. Drinkwater;R. S. Dwyer-Joyce;P. Cawley

  • Defect detection using ultrasonic arrays: The multi-mode total focusing method

    Jie Zhang;Bruce W. Drinkwater;Paul D. Wilcox;Alan J. Hunter

  • The temperature stability of guided wave structural health monitoring systems

    G Konstantinidis;Bruce W Drinkwater;Paul D Wilcox

  • The wavenumber algorithm for full-matrix imaging using an ultrasonic array

    A.J. Hunter;B.W. Drinkwater;P.D. Wilcox

  • TinyLev: A multi-emitter single-axis acoustic levitator

    Asier Marzo;Adrian Barnes;Bruce W. Drinkwater

  • Acoustic Virtual Vortices with Tunable Orbital Angular Momentum for Trapping of Mie Particles.

    Asier Marzo;Mihai Caleap;Bruce W. Drinkwater

  • The use of non-collinear mixing for nonlinear ultrasonic detection of plasticity and fatigue.

    Anthony J. Croxford;Paul D. Wilcox;Bruce W. Drinkwater;Peter B. Nagy

  • Metamaterial bricks and quantization of meta-surfaces

    Gianluca Memoli;Mihai Caleap;Michihiro Asakawa;Deepak R Sahoo

  • The measurement of lubricant–film thickness using ultrasound

    R. S. Dwyer-Joyce;B. W. Drinkwater;C. J. Donohoe;C. J. Donohoe

  • Nondestructive testing of adhesively-bonded joints

    R. D. Adams;Bruce W Drinkwater

  • The detectability of kissing bonds in adhesive joints using ultrasonic techniques.

    CJ Brotherhood;Bruce W Drinkwater;S Dixon

  • 3D printed components with ultrasonically arranged microscale structure

    Thomas M Llewellyn-Jones;Bruce W Drinkwater;Richard S Trask

  • Measurement of the ultrasonic nonlinearity of kissing bonds in adhesive joints

    Dawei Yan;Bruce W. Drinkwater;Simon A. Neild

  • Defect characterization using an ultrasonic array to measure the scattering coefficient matrix

    Jie Zhang;B. Drinkwater;P. Wilcox

  • Maximum-likelihood estimation of damage location in guided-wave structural health monitoring

    Eric B. Flynn;Michael D. Todd;Paul D. Wilcox;Bruce W. Drinkwater

  • Engineering Anisotropic Muscle Tissue using Acoustic Cell Patterning.

    James P. K. Armstrong;Jennifer L. Puetzer;Andrea Serio;Anne Géraldine Guex

  • AIP Conference Proceedings

    C. R. P. Courtney;C. K. Ong;Bruce W Drinkwater;Paul D Wilcox

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul D. Wilcox
Paul D. Wilcox University of Bristol
Rob Dwyer-Joyce
Rob Dwyer-Joyce University of Sheffield
Simon A Neild
Simon A Neild University of Bristol
Michael I. Friswell
Michael I. Friswell Swansea University
David R. S. Cumming
David R. S. Cumming University of Glasgow
Michael R Wisnom
Michael R Wisnom University of Bristol
Sriram Subramanian
Sriram Subramanian University College London
Michael D. Todd
Michael D. Todd University of California, San Diego
Peter Cawley
Peter Cawley Imperial College London
Stephen Mann
Stephen Mann University of Bristol

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