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My research focuses on direct and inverse problems involving wave motion. Example topics include inverse scattering, waves in periodic and random media, geodynamics, and nonlinear waves in soft solids. I tackle the scientific and engineering challenges using analytical, computational, and experimental tools. Target applications of my work include nondestructive evaluation (NDE) of materials and structures, seismic imaging, medical diagnosis, and design of metamaterials including seismic metabarriers.

Education

• Ph.D., 1996, University of Colorado at Boulder, Geotechnical Engineering
• M.S., 1992, University of Colorado at Boulder, Geotechnical Engineering
• Dipl. Ing., 1989, University of Belgrade, Yugoslavia, Civil Engineering

Honors and Awards

• Nathan M. Newmark Medal, American Society of Civil Engineers (2019)
• Charles W. Britzius Distinguished Engineer Award, Minnesota Federation of Engineering, Science and Technology Societies (2019)
• Associate Editor, Journal of Engineering Mechanics, ASCE (2004-)
• CAREER Award, National Science Foundation (1999)

Selected Publications

F. Cakoni, B.B. Guzina, and S. Moskow (2016). “On the homogenization of a scalar scattering problem for highly oscillating anisotropic media”, SIAM J. Math. Anal., 48, 2532-2560. doi: 10.1137/15M1018009

A.A.S. Amad, A.A. Novotny, and B.B. Guzina (2020). “On the full-waveform inversion of seismic moment tensors”, Int. J. Solids Struct, 202, 717-728. doi: 10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2020.06.012

B.B. Guzina, S. Meng and O. Oudghiri-Idrissi (2019). “A rational framework for dynamic homogenization at finite wavelengths and frequencies”, Proc. Roy. Soc. A, 475, 20180547 (30pp). doi: 10.1098/rspa.2018.0547

F. Cakoni, B.B. Guzina, S. Moskow, and T. Pangburn (2019). “Scattering by a bounded highly oscillating periodic medium and the effect of boundary correctors”, SIAM J. Appl. Math., 79, 1448–1474. doi: 10.1137/19M1237089

F. Pourahmadian and B.B. Guzina (2018). “On the elastic anatomy of heterogeneous fractures in rock”,  Int. J. Rock. Mech. Min. Sci. 106, 259-268. doi: 10.1016/j.ijrmms.2018.04.011

S. Meng and B.B. Guzina (2018). “On the dynamic homogenization of periodic media: Willis’ approach versus two-scale paradigm”,  Proc. Roy. Soc. A, 474, 20170638 (27pp). doi: 10.1098/rspa.2017.0638

F. Pourahmadian, B.B. Guzina, and H. Haddar (2017). “Generalized linear sampling method for elastic-wave sensing of heterogeneous fractures”, Inverse Problems, 33, 055007 (32pp). doi: 10.1088/1361-6420/33/5/055007

F. Cakoni, B.B. Guzina, and S. Moskow (2016). “On the homogenization of a scalar scattering problem for highly oscillating anisotropic media”, SIAM J. Math. Anal., 48, 2532-2560. doi: 10.1137/15M1018009

S.A. Lambert, S.P. Nasholm, D. Nordsletten, C. Michler, L. Judge, J-M. Serfaty, L. Bliston, B.B. Guzina, S. Holm, and R. Sinkus (2015). “Bridging three orders of magnitude: Multiple scattered waves sense fractal microscopic structures via dispersion”, Phys. Rev. Lett., 118, 094301 (6pp). doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.115.094301

B.B. Guzina and F. Pourahmadian (2015). “Why the high-frequency inverse scattering by topological sensitivity may work”, Proc. Roy. Soc. A, 471, 20150187 (29 pp). doi: 10.1098/rspa.2015.0187

A. Wautier and B.B. Guzina (2015). “On the second-order homogenization of wave motion in periodic media and the sound of a chessboard”,  J. Mech. Phys. Solids,  78, 382-414. doi: 10.1016/j.jmps.2015.03.001