Dr Alexandru CRIVOI has graduated from Moscow State University in 2008 with M.Sc. in Applied Mathematics and subsequently completed his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, in 2013. Research interests include mathematical modelling and simulations, finite element analysis, CFD, Monte Carlo simulations using MATLAB, Python automation of the CAD/CAE workflow. Currently is working on the acoustic meta-material design using acoustical finite element modelling approach..

Dr. Du Liangfen is currently a research fellow at the School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in the Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. She obtained her BEng and MSc degrees in Environmental Engineering and Acoustics from the Northwestern Polytechnical University, China in 2010 and 2013, respectively. She got her second Master degree and the Doctor degree on Acoustics from the National Institute of Applied Sciences of Lyon (INSA de Lyon), France in 2012 and 2016. After her postgraduate study, she joined JD Acoustic Pte Ltd, Singapore as an Acoustic Consultant, in charge of various industrial projects on building acoustics and noise impact assessment. Between Years 2017 and 2021, she worked as a research fellow at the School of Design and Environment in the National University of Singapore. She is a member of the Society of Acoustics, Singapore (SAS). Her research interests include identification of sound sources, acoustic metasurfaces for acoustic focusing and imaging, and plenum windows for noise reduction and natural ventilation.

Dr. CAI Xingfang received her BEng (Hons) in Aerospace Engineering from Nanyang Technological University in 2014. She obtained her PhD degree in April 2021. Her research explores the various non-destructive testing techniques to access the suitability and sensitivity to detect defects on the 3D printed metal components, for both offline and online inspection process.

Dr. Cheng weixia obtained her Bachelor’s degree in civil engineering in 2014 from Central South university and Master’s degree in structural engineering from Tianjin university in 2017. Dr. Cheng obtained her PhD degree from NTU in July 2023. Her research interest includes non-destructive evaluation of concrete structures and ultrasonic imaging.

Dr. Xiaoyu Yang obtained his BSc degree in Electromechanical Engineering from Zhejiang University in 2016, then immediately pursued his Ph.D. in the same field at Zhejiang University. His Ph.D. project was centered around the ultrasonic assessment of composite materials. In 2019, Xiaoyu started a joint Ph.D. degree program between Zhejiang University and Ghent University. In September of that year, he relocated to Ghent, Belgium, to begin his research on the ultrasonic assessment of fiber-reinforced polymers with the Mechanics of Materials and Structures research group at Ghent University. Upon completing his Ph.D., Xiaoyu started a postdoctoral research position at Ghent University, where he continued his studies in Nondestructive Testing and Evaluation (NDT&E) and composite material testing. In April 2023, he took on a new role as a research fellow in the Ultrasonics and NDE Group at NTU. His research interests include NDT/E, signal processing, composite material characterization, and (laser) ultrasonics.

Swaminathan ANNAMALAI earned his M.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Tennessee Technological University in 2000 and Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from University of Madras in 1997. In the field of NDE, he has professional experience in ultrasonic guided wave techniques for imaging, measurements and flaw characterization. He joined Rolls-Royce@NTU Corporate Lab as a Research Associate in September 2014. His research interests include developing and applying advanced NDE and signal processing techniques for monitoring, imaging and inspection of materials.

Benjamin have graduated from Nanyang Technological University with a B.Eng in Mechanical Engineering in 2017. His interest includes reading, traveling, automobiles and cycling.

Tai Junfei obtained his bachelor's degree from Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics in 2017, during which time he studied rotor dynamics simulation of commercial engine CFM56. After that, he achieved the master's degree from Beihang University in 2020, mainly studying the structural damage source monitoring and real-time localization technology based on lamb wave. During the period 2019-2020, he participated in the Airworthiness research project of the Structural Health Monitoring system as RA at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Recently, he joined our team in August 2020 to mainly research on Non-destructive Characterization of Material Microstructure from Additive Manufacturing.

Zhang Shengyuan obtained his Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from Beihang University in 2018 and his Master of Philosophy in Mechanical Engineering from The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in 2020. He joined the group as a PhD student in August 2021. His research interest is the numerical analysis and machine learning for ultrasonic NDT/SHM or other inverse problems. His current research topic is ultrasonic battery testing.

Zirui was born and raised in Canton (Guangzhou) before he received his BSc in applied (engineering) physics. After working in the aerospace industry very shortly, he started his research career at HK PolyU, where he embarked on the development of analytical methods for electrochemical phenomena through ultrasound experimental approaches and earned his MSc degree. Upon completion of a research-assistantship at PolyU, Zirui joined the group for his PhD study, during which he will extend his work to the field of acoustic hologram for wave/object manipulation. Apart from his research, Zirui is a self-purported passionate piano player and urban photographer, he also likes hiking and surfing.

Wu Shangzi obtained her Bachelor's degree in Measurement Control Technology and Instruments from Sichuan University in 2017. She started her successive Master-PhD study in Mechanical Engineering in Xi'an Jiaotong University from 2017 and joined the group as a visiting student in October, 2019. Her research topic is non-destructive defects detection and material characterization for additive manufacturing.

Zhang Qi obtained her Bachelor’s degree in Acoustics in 2019 from Nanjing University, China. She started her PhD study in Biomedical Ultrasound in Nanjing University from 2019 and joined the group as a visiting student in March, 2023. Her research topic is focused acoustic vortex field based on acoustic metalens and its application.

Zhang Rui earned her Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering from Hebei University of Technology in 2020 and Master's degree in Structural Engineering from Tianjin University in 2023. She specializes in linear and nonlinear guided wave for fatigue damage detection.

Yue Yanan earned her Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering from Northeastern University in 2018 and Master’s degree from Harbin Institute of Technology in 2020. Currently, she is a PhD student at Tianjin University and visiting stduent at NTU, with a research focus on Ultrasonic Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) for assessing the corrosion and fatigue performance of high-strength steel.

Loheshwaran Chandran completed his Master of Technology in Mechanical Engineering from IIITDM-Chennai in 2021. He joined CNDE ( Centre of Non Destructive Evaluation) IIT- Madras for his Ph.D in 2021. His research is focused around super resolution ultrasonic imaging. Currently, he is Joint Ph.D. NTU-Singapore and IIT-Madras.

Xu Yao obtained her Bachelor’s degree in Aircraft Design and Engineering in 2018 from Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (NUAA), China. She is currently pursuing integrated Master's and Ph.D. degree in Instrument Science and Technology at NUAA and is joining NTU-NDT group as a visiting student for one year. Her research focus on ultrasonic non-destructive evaluation of bonding quality in composite scarf-repaired joints.