Speaker
Description
Professor Avdelidis (Nico) is a Professor of Aerospace Systems Management in the Department of Aeronautics & Astronautics, School of Engineering at the University of Southampton in the UK. He is also an Adjunct Professor at Universite Laval (Quebec, Canada), within the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and the Computer Vision and Systems Laboratory, where he does a lot of his research activities there in collaboration also with other organizations in Canada. Nico has worked both in various academic and industrial environments, managing a growing and vibrant research portfolio. He has successfully developed and delivered various courses on topics such as Autonomous Systems Inspection of Aerospace Structures, Predictive Maintenance Technology, Unmanned Aircraft Systems, as well as served as the Programme Director and/or course Director of MSc courses in the areas of Aviation, Aerospace, and Transport. Nico has contributed extensively to several research areas, such as non-destructive testing and evaluation (NDT&E) of materials and structures, robotic and autonomous systems in aircraft MRO, advanced IR and other non-invasive imaging techniques, and health management of aircraft systems and structures.
IR Thermography in NDT: from Fundamentals to Automation
IR Thermography (IRT) is a non-contact technique that could be applied efficiently for the inspection and/or monitoring of large-area components. It is expected that this short course will enable the attendees to grasp the fundamentals of IR thermography for non-destructive testing (i.e. different modes, configurations, sources, etc) and at the same time go through practical case studies (numerical and experimental) to realize the significance of the technique in NDT. Furthermore, the advantages and limitations of IRT for fully automated and/or autonomous assessments in large areas - structures would also be discussed. Finally, the role of advanced image post processing techniques such as Principal Component Thermography (PCT), Thermal Signal Reconstruction (TSR), etc, in enhancing the accuracy of defect detection in NDT would also be discussed.
