Books and Chapters
Books
The books listed below represent different aspects of the scholarship documented in this dossier.
Reflective volume on a twenty-five-year scientific career:
5. *Nico F. Declercq, Waves of Discovery – From Sound to Spacetime: Reflections on Twenty-Five Years of Scientific Exploration. ISBN: 979-8-181407-70-1. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.21539368. 373 pages. (2026)
Technical monograph on tensor invariance and higher-order material constants:
4. *Nico F. Declercq, Higher-Order Material Constants: Symmetry Relations from Tensor Invariance. ISBN: 9798247330448. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.18517782. 127 pages. (2026)
Conceptual introduction to Trembling Spacetime Relativity Theory (TSRT):
3. *Nico F. Declercq, Trembling Spacetime: A Conceptual Introduction to Geometry, Motion, and Matter Beyond Quantum Postulates. ISBN: 9798242522565. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.18144832. 215 pages. (2026)
Edited abstract volume for the 2015 International Congress on Ultrasonics hosted at Georgia Tech Europe:
2. *Declercq, N. F., editor. 2015 ICU International Congress on Ultrasonics Abstract Book, Metz, France. 318 pages. (2015) (Full conference proceedings were published online under Dr. Declercq’s editorship.)
Edited reference volume presenting the state of the art in ultrasonics (2008):
1. *P. C. Mishra, Rajendra Kumar Singh, Sri Singh, and Nico F. Declercq, editors. Ultrasonics. MacMillan Publishers India Ltd., New Delhi. ISBN-10: 0230-63689-8. ISBN-13: 978-0230-63689-7. 533 pages. (2008)
The following theses are included separately but are not counted among the books listed above. The Ph.D. dissertation established the technical foundation for much of Dr. Declercq's subsequent research, while the high-school research thesis documents an early engagement with independent scientific research prior to university study.
Ph.D. Dissertation (2005)
Nico F. Declercq. The Interaction of Complex Harmonic Elastic Waves with Periodically Corrugated Surfaces and with Anisotropic Viscoelastic and/or Piezoelectric Layered Media. Ghent University. ISBN: 90-8578-014-4. 700 pages. (2005)
Early Research Thesis (High School Research, 1994)
Nico Declercq. Erfelijkheid en Recombinant-DNA-Technologie. High School Thesis. 107 pages. (1994)
Refereed Book Chapters
1. * O. L. Ouabi, P. Pomarede, M. Geist, N. F. Declercq, and C. Pradalier. Monte-Carlo Localization on Metal Plates Based on Ultrasonic Guided Waves. In: B. Siciliano, C. Laschi, and O. Khatib, editors. Experimental Robotics. ISER 2020. Springer Proceedings in Advanced Robotics, Vol. 19. Springer, Cham. (2021)
Edited Volumes
Sole editor of the 1268-page proceedings volume published following the 2015 International Congress on Ultrasonics.
1. * Declercq, N. F., editor. Proceedings of the 2015 ICU International Congress on Ultrasonics, Metz, France. Elsevier. Physics Procedia, Vol. 70. ISSN: 1875-3892. 1268 pages. (2015)
Parts of Books
3. * Nico F. Declercq, Esam T. Ahmed Mohamed, Pascal Pomarede, Nada Miqoi, Fodil Meraghni, and Jean-Marc Perone. Ultrasonic Nondestructive Evaluation of Biological and Industrial Tissues. In: G. Mishra, P. K. Dhawan, M. K. Gupta, and D. Singh, editors. Ultrasonics and Materials Science for Advanced Technology. Narosa Publishing House, New Delhi, Chennai, Mumbai, and Kolkata. ISBN: 978-81-8487-703-8. pp. 2–5. (2020)
2. N. F. Declercq, J. Degrieck, and O. Leroy. Numerical Simulations of Ultrasonic Polar Scans. In: D. Van Hemelrijck, A. Anastasopoulos, and N. E. Melanitis, editors. Emerging Technologies in NDT. Swets & Zeitlinger B.V., Lisse, The Netherlands. ISBN: 90-5809-645-9. (2004)
1. N. F. Declercq, J. Degrieck, R. Briers, and O. Leroy. Some Interesting Features of the Interaction of a Bounded Ultrasonic Beam with a Doubly Corrugated Interface Between a Solid and a Liquid. In: D. Almorza, C. A. Brebbia, and R. Hernandez, editors. Modeling and Experimental Measurements in Acoustics III. WITpress Series on Computational and Experimental Methods, Vol. 9. Southampton. ISBN: 1-85312-975-5. (2003)