Andrew Gouldstone
Professor, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
Associate Chair for Experiential Innovation, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
Director, Michael J. and Ann Sherman Center for Engineering Entrepreneurship Education
Contact
- a.gouldstone@northeastern.edu
- 334 SN
360 Huntington Avenue
Boston, MA 02115
Office
- 617.373.4017
Lab
- 239 FR
- 617.373.7982
Research Focus
Biomechanics, material science, engineering mechanics
About
I was born in Smithtown, NY in June 1975, the first of my entire English family tree to be born in the USA. I am the 2nd oldest of four brothers. The other three are all way smarter than I am. In 1992 I left NY, as did the rest of my family – and I began my education in earnest.
I received both my B.S. and Ph.D. from the Department of Materials Science and Engineering (DMSE) at MIT, in 1996 and 2001, respectively. My Ph.D. advisor was Professor Subra Suresh, now the Dean of Engineering at MIT. The topic of my dissertation was the mechanical behavior of small volume structures, for thin film and patterned line applications. I also worked in nanoindentation experiments, and experimental atomic simulations using bubble rafts.
In Feb 2001, I looked for something new to research and found it in the Physiology Program at the Harvard School of Public Health. There, I worked as an NIH Postdoctoral Fellow on lubrication between the lung and chest wall during breathing. It was during this time that my interest in macroscopic, physiologically relevant mechanics began to develop.
In June 2003 I joined the faculty of The State University of New York at Stony Brook, in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering. I had a joint appointment with the Center for Thermal Spray Research. I made the simple decision to join the faculty there while on a research trip to GE in Schenectady, NY. There, I worked on mechanics of heterogeneous, multilayered systems, with a special focus on Thermal Spray Coatings, and developed my current program in Lung Mechanics. Homesick for Boston and seeking new opportunities, I left Stony Brook in December 2007.
Currently, I am an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at Northeastern University. My current interests include Mechanics of Heterogeneous Systems, Industrially Relevant Fundamental Mechanics of Thermal Sprayed Coatings, Respiratory (Lung) Mechanics and of course, Indentation Across Size Scales and Disciplines, the topic of my 2005 NSF CAREER Award. I am also developing programs in mechanics and detection of child abuse, and educational outreach such as Bringing Education and Lifelong Learning to Adults (BELLA).
Education
- PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001
Honors & Awards
- 2014 COE Faculty Fellow
- National Science Foundation CAREER Award
Research Overview
Biomechanics, material science, engineering mechanics
Selected Publications
- T. Hu, S. Zhalehpour, A. Gouldstone, et al., A Method for the Estimation of the Interface Temperature in Ultrasonic Joining, Metallurgical And Materials Transactions A-Physical Metallurgy And Materials Science, 45A(5), 2014, 2545-2552
- C.T. Nguyen, H.M. Gonnermann, Y. Chen, A. Gouldstone, Film Drainage and the Lifetime of Bubbles, Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, 14(9), 2013, 3616-3631
- J.H. Kim, A. Gouldstone, C.S. Korach, Analysis of Spherical Indentation of an Elastic Bilayer Using a Modified Perturbation Approach, MEMS and Nanotechnology, 4, 2011, 53-57
- B. Choi, Y. Wu, S. Sampath, A. Gouldstone, Modified Indentation Techniques to Probe Inelasticity in Ni5%Al Coatings from Different Processes, Journal of Thermal Spray Technology, 18(1), 2009, 65-74
- L.H. Weng, A. Gouldstone, Y.H. Wu, W.L. Chen, Mechanically Strong Double Network Photocrosslinked Hydrogels from N,N-Dimethylacrylamide and Glycidyl Methacrylated Hyaluronan, Biomaterials, 29(14), 2008, 2153-2163

Jan 07, 2021
NIST Award to Support Metal-Based Additive Manufacturing
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded $999,464 to the Cold Spray Research Group in MIE to improve sensing approaches and create a suite of sensor technologies that will help optimize cold spray additive manufacturing (CSAM). Cold spray AM processes have the potential to create parts that are more durable and stronger than those […]

Nov 06, 2020
Making the Shoe Fit
In many ways, mechanical engineers are like superheroes. They look like you or me out on the street, but when they get to work they can solve almost any problem, big or small. Gabrielle Whittle, E’21, a senior majoring in mechanical engineering at Northeastern, comes by her interest in mechanical engineering naturally. Her father is […]

Oct 22, 2020
From Drone Racing to Autonomous Swarms: How Northeastern’s Aerospace Club is Developing Aerial Robotics
In Fall 2017, then-freshman engineering students John Buczek, Noah Ossanna, Blake McHale, Joshua Field, Michael Tang and Ryan Lung were eager to take the combination of their personal interests and studies further in their roles as members of Northeastern’s Aerospace club: Aerospace NU. They turned to Aerospace NU to propose a new subset of projects, […]

Jul 19, 2017
Zipper Guide Patent
MIE Associate Professor Andrew Gouldstone was awarded a patent for “Zipper guide for facilitating closure of open-ended zipper”

Jul 08, 2017
From Capstone to MassChallenge Finalist
Co-founders of Power Assist Solutions, Martin Bujwid and Louise Katzovitz, both BS Mechanical Engineering 2017, made the 2017 MassChallenge Boston accelerator program for their power assist invention for wheelchairs! Two Northeastern graduates have launched a startup that offers a technological solution to easing the physical burden placed upon nurses and other caregivers working at hospitals […]

Jun 13, 2017
Biometric Boarding Pass
Associate Professors Andrews Gouldstone (MIE) and Yunsi Fei (ECE) weigh in on using biometrics such as facial recognition and fingerprint scans at airports.
Feb 16, 2017
RC Hovercraft League Survey
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May 02, 2016
Faculty and Staff Awards 2016
2016 Faculty and Staff Awards Congratulations to all the winners of the faculty and staff awards, and to everyone for their hard work and dedication during the 2015-2016 academic school year. Faculty Fellow Kaushik Chowdhury, ECE Carol Livermore, MIE Marilyn Minus, MIE Rising Star Staff Award Gabrielle Fiorenza, Co-op Nicole Nightingale, Dean’s Office Outstanding Teachers […]

Feb 17, 2016
NE SASE Regional Conference is Big Success
The Northeastern chapter of the Society of Asian Scientists and Engineers (SASE) hosted the 6th Annual Northeast Regional Conference this past weekend with great success.
Jul 14, 2015
Hands-off Engineering
As New Horizons beams back images of Pluto, MIE Associate Professor Andrew Gouldstone stresses the importance of making sure that something that isn't accessible for repairs will last.