You are here
Jerome Peter Lynch
Vinik Dean of Engineering
structural health monitoring; cyber-physical system architectures; infrastructure resilience; multifunctional nanocomposites; non-destructive evaluation; community engagement; academic leadership
Appointments and Affiliations
- Fitzpatrick Family University Distinguished Professor of Engineering
- Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
- Vinik Dean of Engineering
- Professor in the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering
Contact Information
- Email Address: jerome.lynch@duke.edu
Education
- M.S.E.E. Stanford University, 2003
- Ph.D. Stanford University, 2002
- M.S.C.E. Stanford University, 1998
- B.S. The Cooper Union, 1997
Research Interests
Prof. Lynch's research interests are in advancing cyber-physical system architectures that combine sensing, computing, and control to create intelligent civil infrastructure systems. He is best known for his research portfolio in structural health monitoring (SHM) that allow the performance and health of civil infrastructure systems to be assessed based on monitoring data to improve system safety and resilience.
Courses Taught
- EGR 393: Research Projects in Engineering
In the News
- Duke Joins Ambitious Climate Effort on Governors Island in New York City (Apr 24, 2023 | Duke Today)
- A Short But Busy Month on Capitol Hill for Duke Faculty (Mar 13, 2023 | Duke Government Relations)
- Duke Leads Regional Effort to Reinvigorate America’s Semiconductor Infrastructure (Mar 9, 2023 | Pratt School of Engineering)
- New Engineering Dean Has Large Plans for the Pratt School (Apr 26, 2022 | Pratt School of Engineering)
Representative Publications
- Draughon, G; Lynch, J; Salvino, L, Integrated Vision-Body Sensing System for Tracking People in Intelligent Environments, vol 253 LNCE (2023), pp. 885-893 [10.1007/978-3-031-07254-3_89] [abs].
- Flanigan, KA; Lynch, JP, Optimal Event-Based Policy for Remote Parameter Estimation in Wireless Sensing Architectures Under Resource Constraints, Ieee Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol 21 no. 7 (2022), pp. 5293-5304 [10.1109/TWC.2021.3139289] [abs].
- Zhou, H; Lynch, J; Zekkos, D, Autonomous wireless sensor deployment with unmanned aerial vehicles for structural health monitoring applications, Structural Control and Health Monitoring, vol 29 no. 6 (2022) [10.1002/stc.2942] [abs].
- Flanigan, KA; Aguero, M; Nasimi, R; Moreu, F; Lynch, JP; Ettouney, M, OBJECTIVE RESILIENCE MONITORING FOR RAILROAD SYSTEMS (2022), pp. 75-120 [10.1061/9780784415900.ch4] [abs].
- Flanigan, KA; Lynch, JP; Ettouney, M, Quantitatively linking long-term monitoring data to condition ratings through a reliability-based framework, Structural Health Monitoring: an International Journal, vol 20 no. 5 (2021), pp. 2376-2395 [10.1177/1475921720949965] [abs].