Emeritus Professor Nurick has been working in the field of impact dynamics for over 20 years. During this period he has supervised over 35 MSc and PhD graduates. He has over 100 academic publications covering the following topics: impact and blast dynamics; crashworthiness; material properties at high strain rates; metals and composites; human response and survivability; impact on sports equipment; and comminution.

Nurick is on the editorial board of the International Journal of Impact Engineering and the Latin American Journal of Solids and Structures. He has also served on the international scientific committee of numerous conferences around the world.