Dr Jie Zhang
BEng, MSc., Ph.D. (Harbin)
Current positions
Senior Research Fellow
School of Electrical, Electronic and Mechanical Engineering
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Projects and supervisions
Research projects
Exploring Simultaneous Measurements of Residual Stress and Microstructural Grain Size Using Ultrasonic arrays
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
School of Electrical, Electronic and Mechanical EngineeringDates
30/06/2026 to 30/06/2027
Coded laser ultrasonic phased arrays and data processing
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
School of Electrical, Electronic and Mechanical EngineeringDates
01/07/2025 to 31/05/2026
Development Of Low-cost Ultrasonic Array Systems For Monitoring Crack Growth In Safety-critical Metallic Infrastructures
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
School of Electrical, Electronic and Mechanical EngineeringDates
01/03/2025 to 31/10/2025
Quantitative Ultrasonic Array Nondestructive Testing applied to micro-scale defects in metallic components (QUANT)
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
School of Electrical, Electronic and Mechanical EngineeringDates
01/12/2024 to 30/11/2027
Ultrasonic array inspection for surface integrity of metallic components and incipient defects in composite components
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
School of Electrical, Electronic and Mechanical EngineeringDates
01/05/2024 to 31/03/2026
Thesis supervisions
Publications
Selected publications
01/10/2008Defect characterization using an ultrasonic array to measure the scattering coefficient matrix
IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control
Defect detection using ultrasonic arrays: The multi-mode total focusing method
NDT and E International
Monte Carlo inversion of ultrasonic array data to map anisotropic weld properties
IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control
Ultrasonic oil-film thickness measurement
Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
Recent publications
01/07/2026Applications of laser diffuse ultrasonic phased arrays for three-dimensional imaging volumetric defects
Proceedings of the 14th European Conference on Non-Destructive Testing 2026 (ECNDT 2026)
Distinguishing defects from corrosion in ultrasound images
ECNDT 2026 - Proceedings of the 14th European Conference on Non-Destructive Testing 2026 (ECNDT 2026), June 15-19, 2026 in Verona, Italy
Measurement of Metallic Material Grain Size Using Total Focusing Ultrasonic Images
ECNDT 2026 - Proceedings of the 14th European Conference on Non-Destructive Testing 2026 (ECNDT 2026), June 15-19, 2026 in Verona, Italy
Prediction of Structural Integrity Assessment Parameters from Ultrasound Images via Machine Learning
ECNDT 2026 - Proceedings of the 14th European Conference on Non-Destructive Testing 2026 (ECNDT 2026), June 15-19, 2026 in Verona, Italy
Random Walk Modelling of Hydrogen-induced Defects for Ultrasonic Response Analysis
ECNDT 2026 - Proceedings of the 14th European Conference on Non-Destructive Testing 2026 (ECNDT 2026), June 15-19, 2026 in Verona, Italy
Related people
Professor Bruce Drinkwater
Professor of Ultrasonics
School of Electrical, Electronic and Mechanical Engineering
Dr Alexander Velichko
Senior Lecturer
School of Electrical, Electronic and Mechanical Engineering
Professor Anthony Croxford
Professor of Ultrasonics and Dynamics
School of Electrical, Electronic and Mechanical Engineering
Professor Paul Wilcox
Professor of Dynamics
School of Electrical, Electronic and Mechanical Engineering
Mr Weixin Wang
Research Associate
School of Electrical, Electronic and Mechanical Engineering