Special Sessions

Special Session 1: Electromagnetic nondestructive testing and intelligent detection

Session Chair: Liu Shiwei，Associate Professor, Doctoral Supervisor, and Deputy director of Intelligent Detection and Digital Equipment research group in College of Engineering, Huazhong Agricultural University

Prof. Liu served as a Postdoctor and Assistant Research Fellow in Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST) from June 2019 to March 2022, after he received the Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering from HUST in 2019. His research interests include Non-destructive testing (NDT, such as electromagnetic, ultrasound and magnetic testing) methods and principles, ...more...

Session Introduction: Electromagnetic nondestructive testing and intelligent detection is one of the most important techniques in the fields of modern mechanics, electronics and industrial engineering. The latest advances and inspired ideas in the research area of electromagnetic nondestructive testing and evaluation will be exchanged and discussed in our session, where the topic includes but not be limited to advanced numerical modeling and simulation method, novel electromagnetic and ultrasonic nondestructive testing techniques, 1D signal and 2D visual image signal processing, electromagnetic testing sensor and actuator network，intelligent sensing and advanced electromagnetic imaging method, intelligent nondestructive evaluation techniques based on machine learning, deep learning and Large language model, as well as the material performance evaluation and prediction, and their application in the fields of industry, agriculture, medical and aerospace.

Session Introduction: With the development of modern manufacturing industry, wind turbines, aviation engines, high-end CNC machines and other large-scale machinery is developing in the direction of high precision and high efficiency. On the basis of this background, it is extremely important to ensure the stable and reliable operation of the system and equipment. However, the complexity of the structure and mechanism of mechanical equipment, coupled with the interference of the complex environment in which it is located, leads to difficulties in the health management of mechanical equipment. There are two mainstream research areas: ...more...

Special Session 3: Intelligent monitoring of precision manufacturing processes

Session Chair: Prof. Li Guo, College of Mechanical and Vehicle Engineering, Hunan University

Li Guo received the B.Sc. degree from Hunan University, Changsha, China, in 1984, the M.Sc. degree from Southeast University, Nanjing, China, in 1988, and the Ph.D. degree from Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, China in 1994, all in mechanical engineering....more...

Special Session 4: Electromagnetic fields in the Age of Industry 4.0

Session Chair: Dr Phoka Rathebe, Associate Professor, Department of Environmental Health, University of Johannesburg

Phoka Rathebe currently works at the Department of Environmental Health, University of Johannesburg. Phoka does research in Occupational and Environmental Health. His current projects are 'Electromagnetic fields and health'.