Andrew Gouldstone

Professor and Associate Chair for Undergraduate Affairs,  Mechanical and Industrial Engineering

Contact

Office

  • 334N SN
  • 617.373.3699

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

  • 2022 Faculty Research Team Award
  • 2014 COE Faculty Fellow
  • National Science Foundation CAREER Award

Research Overview

Biomechanics, material science, engineering mechanics

Selected Research Projects

  • Fundamentals of Bonding in Kinetic Consolidation Processes
    • – Co-Principal Investigator, National Science Foundation
  • GARDE: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Accommodate Fine Motor Control Disorders
    • – Co-Principal Investigator, National Science Foundation

Department Research Areas

Selected Publications

  • Smallwood, Craig D, Walsh, Brian K, Arnold, John H, Gouldstone, Andrew (2019). Empirical Probability of Positive Response to PEEP Changes and Mechanical Ventilation Factors Associated With Improved Oxygenation During Pediatric Ventilation. Respiratory Care, 64(10),1193-1198. 10.4187/RESPCARE.06707
  • A. Gouldstone, B.M. Smyser, Comparing Patterns of Quantitative Literacy in Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Capstone Teams, The International Journal of Engineering Education, 35(6), 2019, 1918-1925
  • C.D. Smallwood, P. Boloori-Zadeh, M.R. Silva, A. Gouldstone, High Oxygen Concentrations Adversely Affect the Performance of Pulmonary Surfactant, Respiratory Care, 62(8), 2017, 1085-1090
  • N. Zhi, B.K. Jaeger, A. Gouldstone, R. Sipahi, S. Frank Toward Monitoring Parkinson’s Through Analysis of Static Handwriting Samples: A Quantitative Analytical Framework, IEEE Journal Of Biomedical and Health Informatics, 21(2), 2016, 488-495
  • G. Dwivedi, K. Flynn, M. Resnick, S. Sampath, A. Gouldstone, Bioinspired Hybrid Materials from Spray‐Formed Ceramic Templates, Advanced Materials, 27(19), 2015, 3073-3078
  • M. Qu, A. Gouldstone, On The Role of Bubbles In Metallic Splat Nanopores and Adhesion, Journal of Thermal Spray Technology, 17(4), 2008, 486-494

Faculty

Sep 15, 2023

Announcing Fall 2023 PEAK Experiences Awardees

Several engineering students and science students mentored by COE faculty are recipients of Northeastern’s Fall 2023 PEAK Experiences Awards. Projects this fall are tackling a range of topics and modes with students developing an autobiographical zine, studying the development of amphibian limbs, building better rocket parts, and more. BASE CAMP AWARDS Farhad Ibrahimzade COE’26 & […]

Faculty

Apr 15, 2022

Faculty and Staff Awards 2022

Congratulations to all the winners of the faculty and staff awards, and to everyone for their hard work and dedication during the 2021-2022 academic school year.

Undergraduate

Oct 12, 2021

Announcing Fall 2021 PEAK Experiences Awardees

Several engineering students and science students mentored by COE faculty are recipients of Northeastern’s Fall 2021 PEAK Experiences Awards. The PEAK Experiences Awards are a progressively structured sequence of opportunities designed to support learners as they continue climbing to new heights of achievement in undergraduate research and creative endeavor throughout their Northeastern journeys. ASCENT AWARDS […]

two students looking at computer screen in makerspace lab

Student Groups

Jun 23, 2021

Northeastern Electric Racing (NER) Wins First Place in the Formula Hybrid+Electric Competition

Northeastern Electric Racing (NER) student organization won first place in the Formula Hybrid+Electric competition all-electric vehicle class.

A student uses a laser to fabricate a race car.

Faculty

May 20, 2021

Helping to Make Student Dreams a Reality

In addition to helping students in the mechanical and industrial engineering capstone lab, Professor Andrew Gouldstone advises five engineering student groups to help bring their technical visions to reality.

two male students working on drone project

Student Groups

Apr 20, 2021

Building a Fleet of Drones

As part of the Aerospace NU student club, mechanical engineering student Noah Ossanna, E’22, and electrical engineering student John Buczek, E’22, are working on building a fleet of autonomous drones that could be used in search-and-rescue missions.

Faculty

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 the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering to improve sensing approaches and create a suite of sensor technologies that will help optimize cold spray additive manufacturing. The research team includes Sinan Muftu, professor and associate dean for faculty affairs, […]

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Spotlight Story

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 […]

aerospace club group photo holding NU banner

Spotlight Story

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, […]

Faculty

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”

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