Education
He is active in the MEMSMIT community as part of the Microsystems Technology Laboratory (MTL).
Professor of Aeronautics Boeing Assistant
He is active in the MEMSMIT community as part of the Microsystems Technology Laboratory (MTL).
His research interests are in the area of structures and materials, primarily focusing on aerospace applications, and currently focuses on composite systems, active materials, structural health monitoring (SHM), and power-conversion devices at the Microelectromechanical Systems scale. Other topics of interest to his group include structural mechanics, durability, advanced material systems, safety/reliability and performance of structural systems, microelectromechanical systems (Microelectromechanical Systems), structural health monitoring and nanocomposites. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology NECST Consortium, founded by Wardle in 2006, actively develops technologies for improving the performance of advanced aerospace materials/structures, primarily through strategic use of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) combined with traditional advanced composites to form hybrid architectures.
The group specializes in a novel synthesis technique for producing high-quality, long (several millimeters), aligned CNTs which can be strategically incorporated in existing advanced composite systems
Wardle is Director of Massachusetts Institute of Technology"s Nano-Engineered Composite aerospace STructures (NECST) Consortium, and is a principal member of the Technology Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Structures (TELAMS).