• Adjunct Professor
  • Director of University Research & Relations at the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)
TJ Ulrich

Educational Background

  • Ph.D., Physics, University of Nevada, Reno - 2004
  • M.S., Physics, University of Nevada, Reno - 2000
  • B.S., Materials Science & Engineering, University of Nevada, Reno - 1997

Research Interests

    • Developing new physical acoustics-based experimental tools and technologies for materials characterization and nondestructive evaluation.
    • Developing instrumentation, software and performing experiments in support of the study of nonlinear elastic behavior of materials for nuclear energy, stockpile stewardship, medical and geophysical applications.

Selected Publications

  • Ohara, Y., Ulrich, T. J., Remillieux, M. C., Tsunoda, K., Yamada, T., Tsuji, T., and Mihara, T. Multi-mode 3D ultrasonic phased array imaging method using piezoelectric and laser ultrasonic system (PLUS). Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, 62(SJ), SJ1019 (2023).
  • Ulrich, T., Lei, Z., Remillieux, M.C., Rougier, E., Huffman, K., Connolly, P., and Goodman, H., From Force Chains to Nonclassical Nonlinear Dynamics in Cemented Granular Materials, Phys. Rev. E, 105 (2), L022901 (2022).
  • Ulrich, T., Van Den Abeele, K., Le Bas, P.-Y., Griffa, M., Anderson, B.E., Guyer, R.A., Three component time reversal: focusing vector components using a scalar source., J. Applied Phys., 106, 113504 (2009).
  • Ulrich, T., Sutin, A.M., Claytor, T., Papin, P., Le Bas, P.-Y., and TenCate, J., Time reversed elastic nonlinearity diagnostic applied to investigating diffusion bonds, Applied Phys. Lett., 93 (15), (2008).
  • Ulrich, T., Griffa, M., and Anderson, B., Symmetry-based imaging condition in time reversed acoustics, J. Applied Phys., 104 (6), (2008).
  • Ulrich, T., Johnson, P., Muller, M., Mitton, D., Talmant, M., Laugier, P., Application of nonlinear dynamics to progressive fatigue damage in human cortical bone, Applied Phys. Lett., 91, 21 (2007).