Bogdan UngureanuView profile
Research Fellow
Bogdan Ungureanu is a Research Fellow in the Department of Physics at Imperial College London's Blackett Laboratory. He holds a PhD in Civil Engineering and has expertise in seismic metamaterials, structural mechanics, and risk assessment for urban infrastructure. His work integrates applied mathematics, theoretical mechanics, and civil engineering to design novel metamaterials for vibration reduction and seismic protection. His research spans seismic metamaterials, elastic wave control, and metamaterial applications in urban systems. Key areas include topological crystals, subwavelength effects in structured plates, and anomalous dispersion phenomena such as negative group velocity. He has collaborated with CNRS laboratories in Marseille and Le Mans, as well as the CNRS-Imperial 'Abraham de Moivre' International Research Laboratory. Recent publications focus on ceramic metatiles for elastic wave control, seismic metamaterial performance under clamping and geometry variations, and topological effects in edge wave localization. His work often combines Comsol Multiphysics simulations with experimental validation in structural dynamics and fluid mechanics. Dr. Ungureanu's articles highlight trends in metamaterial design for seismic shielding, interaction effects in urban structures, and theoretical advances in transformation elastodynamics and Floquet-Bloch theory. His expertise in finite element analysis supports industrial applications like floating metamaterial plates for mechanical vibration reduction. No scientific awards are listed. His advising/grant activities are unspecified, though his lab affiliations include the Blackett Laboratory and interdisciplinary collaborations within Imperial College's Faculty of Natural Sciences.










