Tomographic Techniques for Distributed Materials' Assessment #2
Tracks
Room 408/409
Thursday, June 27, 2024 |
10:45 AM - 12:00 PM |
408-409 |
Overview
Chairs: Ken Loh & John Wertz
Speaker
Dr. Laura Homa
University Of Dayton Research Institute
Localization of Impact Damage in Composite Material Subjected to Mechanical Loading using Electrical Impedance Tomography
Biography
Dr. Homa is an applied mathematician with the University of Dayton Research Institute. She received her PhD in applied mathematics from Case Western Reserve University in 2013. Her research interests include the application of Bayesian methods to inverse problems in nondestructive evaluation.
Tyler Lesthaeghe
Research Engineer
University Of Dayton Research Institute
Developing an Open-Source Hardware and Software Platform for High Current Electrical Impedance Tomography Measurement
Biography
Tyler Lesthaeghe is a research engineer at the University of Dayton Research Institute. He holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, M.S. in Engineering Mechanics, and is a Ph.D. Candidate at Iowa State University. His area of research is nondestructive evaluation, including ultrasound, thermography, eddy current, and resonant methods.
Dr. John Wertz
Air Force Research Laboratory
Localization of Damage to Ligaments in an Additively Manufactured Polymer-Matrix Composite Truss using Electrical Impedance Tomography
Biography
Dr. John Wertz is an Aerospace Research Engineer in the Material State Awareness Branch of the Materials and Manufacturing Directorate at AFRL. He received his BS in Aerospace Engineering from The University of Arizona in 2008, followed by MS and PhD degrees in Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering from The Ohio State University in 2010 and 2013, respectively. His current work within AFRL focuses on fusion of data from multi-modal NDE sensors and integrated sensing for damage detection in composite structures.