Rosa Morales attended the University of Colorado, Boulder where she received a Masters of Science in Aerospace Engineering and a PhD in Mechanical Engineering. Rosa’s dissertation research focused on developing a novel noncontact laser-based ultrasonic technique that enables real-time monitoring of laser-induced heating and melting processes. Rosa joined Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) as a Postdoctoral Researcher in the nondestructive evaluation (NDE) group in 2022. As of 2023, Rosa is a staff scientist supporting LLNL’s NDE needs utilizing ultrasound methods. Her R&D efforts focus on the development of novel ultrasonic materials characterization diagnostics.

Niket Pathak is a third year PhD student in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Colorado Boulder. His research focuses on Non-Destructive Evaluation using Laser Ultrasound under the guidance of Prof. Todd W. Murray.

Paul Wilcox received an MEng degree in Engineering Science from the University of Oxford (1994) followed by a PhD from Imperial College London (1998). He is currently Professor of Dynamics at the University of Bristol. He held an EPSRC Advanced Research Fellowship (2007-12) and was Head of the Mechanical Engineering Department (2015-18). He was a Fellow of the Alan Turing Institute for Data Science (2018-23) and is currently the Academic Director of the UK Research Centre for NDE (RCNDE). He co-founded the spin-out company Inductosense Ltd. in 2015. His research interests include imaging, signal processing, and machine learning.