NanoSonic's President, Dr. Richard O. Claus, a recognized expert in advanced materials and structures, received the Optical Engineering Society’s Lifetime Achievement Award in 2002. He was named Virginia's Outstanding Scientist for 2001. Since receiving his doctorate in 1977 from Johns Hopkins University, he has worked on the faculty of Virginia Tech's College of Engineering. The author of more than 800 technical journal and
conference publications, he holds 29 issued and pending patents, most concerning
smart materials and structures, and nanotechnology. Dr. Claus is coeditor- in-chief of the Smart Materials and Structures journal of the Institute of Physics. He has won international awards for research from professional organizations and government agencies, including the Institute of Electronics and Electrical Engineers, the American Society of Mechanical
Engineers, the American Society of Civil Engineers, the Instrument Society of America, SPIE -The International Society for Optical Engineering, and NASA.

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