Name: The 18th International Conference on Quantitative InfraRed Thermography
Start: 2026-06-29T08:00:00+02:00
End: 2026-07-03T17:00:00+02:00
Location: University of Naples Federico II Conference Center

The 18th International Conference on Quantitative InfraRed Thermography

from Monday 29 June 2026 (08:00) to Friday 3 July 2026 (17:00)

Monday 29 June 2026

08:00 QIRT 2026 Short Courses registration
QIRT 2026 Short Courses registration
08:00 - 09:00
09:00 Basic IR Thermography - Xavier Maldague (Université Laval)
Basic IR Thermography
- Xavier Maldague (Université Laval)
09:00 - 10:00
Room: Room A Xavier Maldague is a professor at the Department of Electrical and Computing Engineering of the Laval University in Québec (QC), Canada. He has trained more than 50 graduate students (MSc and PhD) and has more than 300 publications. His research interests are in infrared thermography, non-destructive evaluation (NDE) techniques and vision/digital systems for industrial inspection. He holds a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Infrared Vision. He is also a chairs of the Quantitative Infrared Thermography (QIRT) Council and a fellow of the Canada Engineering Institute, a Honorary Fellow of the Indian Society of NondestructiveTesting and a fellow of the Alexander von Humbolt Foundation in Germany. **Basic IR Thermography** The presentation will deal with the following topics: introduction, theory (radiometry and heat transfer considerations), modelling for 1D, 2D, 3D geometry in solids materials, thermal stimulations in the active approach, infrared detectors and experimental techniques, deployment, data processing and applications. It is expected this short course will enable the attendees to grasp the fundamentals of IR thermography for non-destructive testing.
10:20 IR Thermography in NDT: From Fundamentals to Automation - Nicolas Avdelidis (University of Southampton)
IR Thermography in NDT: From Fundamentals to Automation
- Nicolas Avdelidis (University of Southampton)
10:20 - 11:20
Room: Room A 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.
11:40 Infrared thermography for cultural heritage inspection and evaluation - Stefano Sfarra (University of L'Aquila, Department of Industrial and Information Engineering and Economics, L'Aquila (AQ), Italy)
Infrared thermography for cultural heritage inspection and evaluation
- Stefano Sfarra (University of L'Aquila, Department of Industrial and Information Engineering and Economics, L'Aquila (AQ), Italy)
11:40 - 12:40
Room: Room A Professor Stefano Sfarra attained a Ph.D. title in mechanical, management and energy engineering at the University of L’Aquila (UNIVAQ), Italy, in 2011. Following the achievement of the Ph.D., he was a research fellow at UNIVAQ until 2017, before becoming a researcher in October of the same year. He carried out research and teaching periods abroad at prestigious institutions all over the world. He was also an invited-scientific researcher at Tomsk Polytechnic University (Tomsk, Russia), as well as a member of several scientific committees at international conferences. He is also an editor of Infrastructures (MDPI), and Sensors (MDPI). Since December 2020, he is the editor-in-chief (EiC) of the Quantitative InfraRed Thermography (QIRT) Journal (Taylor & Francis). He is deeply involved in the non-destructive evaluation and characterization of materials, especially using optical and infrared vision non-destructive testing techniques, numerical simulations centered on heat transfer phenomena (by Comsol© Multiphysics), development of ad hoc scripts in Matlab©environment, and inverse thermal modelling. In these research areas, Prof. Sfarra authored or co-authored more than 300 papers in Journals and International Conferences. He also have written seven chapters in Books. He is currently acting as a reviewer of around 50 scientific journals; he is principal investigator, collaborator and local contact person in international research projects. He is also a member of Associazione MASTER, Associazione Italiana della Fisica Tecnica and Associazione Italiana Proprietà Termofisiche. He received many awards, mainly focused on scientific recognition. In October 2020, he became associate professor at UNIVAQ. He has been an adjunct professor at Laval University (Canada). **Infrared thermography for cultural heritage inspection and evaluation** During this short course, a review on the use of ‘infrared vision’ (and in particular of IRT) for the inspection of cul¬tural heritage objects is provided. In particular, a series of experiences done by the speaker together with esteemed colleagues is discussed, the contribution of mock-ups is stressed, and the main current activities of the bilat¬eral Italy-China research project for “science and technology cooperation” (Italian unit: University of L’Aquila, P.I. Prof. S. Sfarra; Chinese unit: Harbin Institute of Technology, P.I. Prof. H. Zhang), titled “sCHans – Solar loading infrared thermog-raphy and deep learning teCHniques for the noninvAsive iNSpection of precious artifacts” (promoted by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and co-financed by the Ministry of University and Research, grant number PGR02110) is illustrated.
12:40 Lunch Break
Lunch Break
12:40 - 14:10
14:10 Biomedical Applications of Infrared Thermography - Gunther Steenackers (University of Antwerp)
Biomedical Applications of Infrared Thermography
- Gunther Steenackers (University of Antwerp)
14:10 - 15:10
Room: Room A unther Steenackers is a head of Department of Electromechanics of the University of Antwerp and full professor at InViLab Research Group. **Biomedical Applications of Infrared Thermography** During this short course, an introduction will be given to how infrared thermography can contribute to the identification of (changing) biomedical and biomechanical parameters. Biomedical applications that will be discussed are the identification of skin cancer, the use of thermal cameras in breast reconstructions and blood vessel detection as well as a few biomechanical applications and comfort assessment.
15:30 Thermal Problems in Fluid Dynamics - Carlo Salvatore Greco (University of Naples "Federico II")
Thermal Problems in Fluid Dynamics
- Carlo Salvatore Greco (University of Naples "Federico II")
15:30 - 16:30
Room: Room A Carlo Salvatore Greco is an Associate Professor of Fluid Dynamics at the Department of Industrial Engineering, Università di Napoli "Federico II". He earned his Master's degree in Aerospace Engineering in 2011 and was awarded a Ph.D. in 2015. In 2016, he joined the University of Naples as a staff researcher. His research focuses on Flow Control, Heat Transfer, and Aerodynamics, utilizing both experimental techniques and numerical simulations. His work is documented in over 30 publications, many of which have appeared in leading international journals such as Aerospace Science and Technology, AIAA Journal, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, and International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer. He has collaborated with several international research teams within funded programs and is currently leading two scientific projects funded by the Italian Ministry of Research. Since 2013, he has been a member of the International Centre for Heat and Mass Transfer Scientific Committee and the Scientific Advisory Board of the Quantitative InfraRed Thermography Journal. **Thermal Problems in Fluid Dynamics** This short course reviews the evolution of infrared (IR) thermography into a powerful optical diagnostic for complex fluid flows, with an emphasis on measuring surface convective heat fluxes and investigating surface flow-field behavior. The course analyzes steady and unsteady heated thin foil and thin film sensors in various applications, including thermal management with cooling jets, laminar-to-turbulent boundary-layer transition studies, and boundary-layer behavior on propellers. Hands-on examples and case studies will demonstrate how to integrate IR thermography with heat-flux sensors to produce spatially and temporally resolved convective heat-flux maps. The course is aimed at researchers and engineers seeking advanced thermal diagnostics for fluid-flow research.
Tuesday 30 June 2026

09:00

09:00 - 09:20
Room: Aula Magna
09:20
09:20 - 09:50
Room: Aula Magna
Contributions

09:20 Tribute to Daniel Balageas - Xavier Maldague (Université Laval)
09:50
09:50 - 10:40
Room: Aula Magna
Contributions

09:50 Recent advances on unsupervised learning methods in active infrared thermography for defect detection - Yi Liu (University of Jiangsu)
10:40 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:40 - 11:10
11:10 Part I
Part I
11:10 - 12:50
Room: Room B
Contributions

11:10 Measurement of the normal spectral absorptivity of liquid metal at the wavelength of the heating laser through infrared pyrometry - Thomas PIERRE (Université Bretagne Sud - IRDL)

11:30 Study and comparison of uncooled IRFPA cameras dynamic performances using a newly designed rotating-aperture thermal target test bench - BOUALEM MERAINANI (Univ. Gustave Eiffel, Inria, COSYS-SII, I4S Team, F-44344, Bouguenais, France)

11:50 Spectrally selective IR thermography for quantitative temperature measurement on ultra-thin rPET films - Rémi Gilblas (Institut Clément Ader (ICA) ; Université de Toulouse ; CNRS, IMT Mines Albi, UPS, INSA, ISAE-SUPAERO ; Campus Jarlard, 81013 Albi, France)

12:10 Optical characterization of redox materials at high temperatures in reactors for solar-thermochemical hydrogen production - Hanna Lina Pleteit (German Aerospace Center (DLR))

12:30 Non-uniformity Correction DRM – Towards Traceable Thermal Imaging with Uncertainty Budgets for Non-Uniformity Corrected Thermal Imagers - Ingmar Mueller (Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt)
Part I
Part I
11:10 - 12:50
Room: Room A
Contributions

11:10 Infrared Thermography and PIV Investigation of a Low Reynolds Number High Lift Airfoil Optimized via Deep Reinforcement Learning - Piergiorgio Scavella (University of Naples Federico II)

11:30 Eliminating Biases in Quantitative Infrared Thermography: Lens‑Flare and Readout Corrections for Accurate Heat‑Flux Measurements in Hypersonic Flows - Jens Lunte (German Aerospace Center)

11:50 Enhancing Infrared Thermography for Transonic Rotating Turbine Blade Measurements in the Oxford Turbine Research Facility: Calibration Corrections and Motion Blur Reduction - Adam Hu (University of Oxford)

12:10 Investigation of boundary layer behaviour on aerodynamic surfaces at low Reynolds number through Infrared thermography - Antonio D'Onofrio (University of Naples Federico II)

12:30 Quantitative Infrared Thermography of Flowing Liquid Films: Radiometric Challenges and Modelling - Karel Mařík (UCT Prague)
Part I
Part I
11:10 - 12:50
Room: Aula Magna
Contributions

11:10 A Comparative Study of Active Thermography Techniques - Christopher Sutcu (University of Southampton)

11:30 Quantitative Characterization of Multi-Source Defects in Composite Laminates via Adaptive Tomographic Radar Thermography - Rongcheng Li (Harbin Institute of Technology)

11:50 Infrared Thermographic Evaluation of Cold Sprayed 316L Coatings with Different Heat Treatments - Alexey Moskovchenko (New Technologies-Research Centre, University of West Bohemia, Plzeň, Czech Republic)

12:10 Pseudo-noise pulsed thermography with DC-offset auto-compensation - Julien Lecompagnon (Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM))

12:30 Destructive verification of defect detection results in composite helmets using ultrasonic thermography - Waldemar Swiderski (Military Institute of Armament Technology)
12:50 Lunch
Lunch
12:50 - 14:10
14:10 Part I
Part I
14:10 - 15:50
Room: Room A
Contributions

14:10 15 years of Experience in using Thermal Imaging as a Diagnostic Tool in a Phlebologic Clinic - Florian Dr. Netzer (Privates Institut für Venenchirurgie München)

14:30 Role of infrared thermography in preoperative assessment of vascular access - Giulia D'Ambrosio (BioEngLab, Dipartimento di Ingegneria e Geologia, Università degli Studi G. d’Annunzio, Chieti-Pescara, Italy)

14:50 Simulating tissue heating during closed-loop thermography-controlled diode-laser stimulation - Ken Steffen Frahm (Aalborg University, HST) Lars Arendt-Nielsen (Aalborg University, HST)

15:10 Feasibility of Thermal Tomography for Medical Applications: Experimental Considerations - Anna Frixou (The Cyprus Institute, Nicosia, Cyprus)

15:30 Automated Phenotyping of Palm-to-Finger Thermal Gradients - Oshrit Hoffer (Afeka Academic College of Engineering)
Part I
Part I
14:10 - 15:50
Room: Room B
Contributions

14:10 Accelerated active infrared thermography using GPUs and edge computing device - Pablo Venegas (Aeronautical Technology Centre (CTA))

14:30 Three-dimensional temperature imaging in semi-transparent media using infrared thermotransmittance laminography - Stéphane Chevalier (ENSAM)

14:50 Thermal characterisation by Scanning Photothermal Radiometry using a random undersampled measurement scheme - Florian Crouau (I2M Université de Bordeaux)

15:10 Generic open-source frameworks to integrate and control infrared sensors : from laboratory standard experiments to real field measurements - Thibaud Toullier (Université Gustave Eiffel, Inria, COSYS-SII, I4S Team, F-44344 Bouguenais, France)

15:30 Global Infrared Satellite Pyrometry at Night - Christopher Elvidge (Earth Observation Group, Payne Institute for Public Policy, Colorado School of Mines)
Part II
Part II
14:10 - 15:50
Room: Aula Magna
Contributions

14:10 Robotized Line-Scan Infrared Thermography for Non-Destructive Evaluation of Additively Manufactured Ceramic Materials. - Bata Hena (Département des sciences et des technologies, HEPH Condorcet. Boulevard Solvay 31, 6000 Charleroi, Belgium. & MPP SRL. Avenue Industriel 66, 4040 Herstal, Belgium. & CARAH Rue de l'agriculture 301, 7800 Ath, Belgium.) Pierre Servais (MPP SRL. Avenue Industriel 66, 4040 Herstal, Belgium.)

14:30 Validation of Coupled Eddy Current-Thermal Simulations for Induction Infrared Thermography in Non-Destructive Testing - Rutger A. Biezemans (Université Paris Saclay, CEA, List, F-91120, Palaiseau, France)

14:50 Robust Leak Detection at Building Envelopes with Lock-In Thermography - Johannes Pernpeintner (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. (DLR))

15:10 Characterizing delaminations of varying depth, length and thickness using lock-in thermography - Jon Pérez-Arbulu (University of the Basque Country)

15:30 Assessing the Influence of Crack Geometry on Inductive Thermography Response in Ferromagnetic Steel - Ester D'Accardi (Department of Mechanics, Mathematics and Management, Polytechnic University of Bari)
15:50 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
15:50 - 16:10
16:10 Part I
Part I
16:10 - 17:50
Room: Aula Magna
Contributions

16:10 Use of the RetinaNet Neural Network for Automatic Classification of Diode Package Thermograms - Krzysztof Krzysztof (Poznan University of Technology)

16:30 Spatio-Temporal Defect Segmentation in PVC via Infrared Thermography: A Transformer Network Approach with Bayesian Optimization - Henrique Fernandes (Federal University of Uberlandia)

16:50 Unsupervised Advanced Thresholding of an Infrared Image of a Lightning-Struck Composite - LUDOVIC GAVERINA (ONERA)

17:10 Automated Infrared Thermographic Inspection of Low- and Medium-Level Radioactive Waste Drums - Anton Averin

17:30 Automated Deep Learning Framework for Seepage Detection in Earthen Dams Using Infrared Thermography - Vaishnavi Bherde (Research Scholar)
Part I
Part I
16:10 - 17:50
Room: Room B
Contributions

16:10 On the use of TeraHertz for local water content measurement applied for food product - Alain Sommier (I2M UMR CNRS 5295)

16:30 Infrared thermography characterization of smart multi-functional materials for the aeronautical industry - Pablo Venegas (Aeronautical Technologies Centre (CTA))

16:50 Infrared Thermography for Zero-Defect Manufacturing: Implementation and Lessons Learned from the Horizon Europe openZDM Project - Vittoria Medici (Università Politecnica delle Marche)

17:10 Multi Harmonic Infrared Thermal Tomography for Semiconductor Packaging Failure Analysis based on Electro-Thermal Feedback - Feng Yang (Harbin Institute of Technology) Junyan Liu (Harbin Institute of Technology)

17:30 Infrared thermography- could it be used to indicate behavioural responses of emotion and productivity in dairy cows? - Jashim Uddin
Part I
Part I
16:10 - 17:50
Room: Room A
Contributions

16:10 Bayesian inference for the simultaneous estimation of thermal properties of orthotropic materials - Thomas PIERRE (Université Bretagne Sud - IRDL)

16:30 THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) TENSOR-BASED METHODOLOGY FOR CHARACTERIZING 3D ANISOTROPIC THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY TENSOR - Heng Ban (University of Pittsburgh)

16:50 Thermal effusivity as a proxy for porosity in L-PBF AlSi10Mg: a preliminary bi-layer pulsed laser thermography study - Giuseppe Dell'Avvocato (University of L'Aquila, Department of Industrial and Information Engineering and Economics (DIIIE), Piazzale Ernesto Pontieri 1, L'Aquila - 67100, Italy)

17:10 Experimental and numerical study of anomalous heat dissipation under deformation in laser-shock-peened specimens - Anastasia Iziumova (ICMM UB RAS)
Wednesday 1 July 2026
08:45
08:45 - 09:35
Contributions

08:45 From Lab to Industry: Standardization as the Bridge for Innovative Thermography Applications - Mathias Ziegler (Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM))
09:40 Part II
Part II
09:40 - 10:40
Room: Room A
Contributions

09:40 Automated Defect Recognition in Aeronautical Composite Structures Using Active Infrared Thermography and Deep Learning - Henrique Fernandes (Federal University of Uberlandia)

10:00 Multi-Layer Thermal Feature Analysis for Defect Detection and Characterization in AlSi10Mg Parts Produced by Laser Powder Bed Fusion - Umberto Galietti (Department of Mechanics, Mathematics and Management, Polytechnic University of Bari)

10:20 Enhancing Low-Energy Impact Damage Detection in Carbon Composites Using Sweep-Excited Vibrothermography and Machine Learning - Sreedhar Unnikrishnakurup (Institute of Material Research and Engineering (IMRE), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore)
Part II
Part II
09:40 - 10:40
Room: Aula Magna
Contributions

09:40 Hypersonic Boundary Layer Transition Visualisation in Hypersonic Free-Flying Testing using Infrared Thermography - Manuela Sisti (University of Tokyo)

10:00 Indirect assessment of local surface disturbance features by evaluating wake flow responses with infrared thermography - Fandi Meng (Bremen Institute for Metrology, Automation And Quality Science)

10:20 Experimental investigation of the flow field around a propeller at low Reynolds number and the impact of leading-edge modification - Gabriele Salomone (Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II))
09:40 - 10:40
Room: Room B
Contributions

09:40 Thermography in a climate chamber – a challenge for correct thermal simulations - Rainer Krankenhagen (Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung)

10:00 Physics-Based Rendering in Blender for the Simulation of Thermography Experiments - Peter ter Heerdt (University of Antwerp)

10:20 Temperature deviations between spectral and diffuse-gray models for quantitative thermography through numerical simulation - Vitor Paes (Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais)
10:40 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:40 - 11:10
11:10 Part II
Part II
11:10 - 12:50
Room: Room A
Contributions

11:10 Detecting asymmetries, discomfort and injuries with infrared thermography - Gunther Steenackers (University of Antwerp)

11:30 Transfer Learning-Based Classification of Alzheimer's Disease Using Thermal Imaging Spectrograms and EfficientNet-B0 - Arcangelo Merla (BioEngLab, Dipartimento di Ingegneria e Geologia, Università degli Studi G. d’Annunzio, Chieti-Pescara, Italy)

11:50 Non-invasive Thermal IR Screening for Medical Assessments with a Radiometrically Calibrated Uncooled Camera - Ben Saute (Exosens-Telops)

12:10 Infrared thermography in perforator monitoring during FLAP breast reconstruction procedures - Mariusz Kaczmarek (Gdansk University of Technology)

12:30 Assessing Vascular Changes in Experimental Itch using IR-thermography, OCTA, and FLPI - Lars Arendt-Nielsen (Aalborg University, HST)
11:10 - 12:50
Room: Room B
Contributions

11:10 Monitoring Brazilian Native Species Using Hyperspectral Infrared Radiometric Measurements - Matheus Porto

11:30 Innovative Shape Memory Polymer investigated by IRT and DIC during loading process - Elżbieta Pieczyska (IPPT PAN Institute of Fundamental Technological Research; Polish Academy of Sciences)

11:50 Quantification of RPAS (Drone) Thermography for Heat Loss Analysis of Large District Heating Systems - George Leblanc (Flight Research Laboratory, National Research Council of Canada)
Part III
Part III
11:10 - 12:50
Room: Aula Magna
Contributions

11:10 Numerical Simulation-Based Framework for Test Planning in Laser Spot Thermography - Michał Sobczak (AGH University of Krakow)

11:30 Laser-Based Spatially Modulated Chirped-Pulse Thermal-Wave Radar Thermography for Large-Scale Cast Sample Inspection - Pengfei Zhu (Federal Institute of Materials Research and Testing)

11:50 Analysis of charred Herculaneum papyri through pulsed thermography - Sofia Ceccarelli (National Council of Research, Institute of Heritage Science (CNR-ISPC), Italy)

12:10 Infrared thermography for non-destructive detection of carbonation in concrete - Sandra Pozzer (Department of Civil and Water Engineering - Université Laval)

12:30 Flying Spot Thermography for Surface Crack Detection: A Multi-Scale Investigation - LUDOVIC GAVERINA (ONERA)
12:50 Lunch
Lunch
12:50 - 14:10
14:10 Part II
Part II
14:10 - 15:50
Room: Room A
Contributions

14:10 Modeling the Size-of-Source Effect in Thermography Using a Measured MTF Extended by a Parametric Scattering Model - Jannik Ebert (Department of Measurement and Control, University of Kassel)

14:30 Micro-thermoreflectometry applied to in-situ monitoring of changes in the thermo-optical properties of high-performance alloys during high-temperature oxidation - Joan Delpech (Institut Clément Ader (ICA))

14:50 Entropy-based assessment of fatigue damage in metallic components - Ryohei Fujita (Nagoya University)

15:10 Beyond classical Blackbodies: VIS–NIR Thermal Calibration for PBF-LB/M - Tina Walter (German)

15:30 Assessment of Emissivity and Temperature Determination for Space Materials Re-entry Qualification Using Novel Infrared Methodologies - Mario De Cesare (CIRA)
Part II
Part II
14:10 - 15:50
Room: Room B
Contributions

14:10 A Portable System for Real-Time Short-Range 3D Thermal Digitization of Objects - Alvaro A. Mora (University of Castilla-La Mancha, Soft Robotics and 3D Computer Vision Group)

14:30 Quantifying evaporation rates of volatile pollutants in seawater using a high-frequency infrared multispectral camera. - Julie Dumas (ONERA)

14:50 UAV-based thermal and multispectral data for maize bioindication in agronomic and contaminated scenarios - Massimiliano Gargiulo (CIRA)

15:10 Thermal Imaging Reimagined: Integrating Transient Dynamics and Measurement Uncertainty into Thermograms - Valentina Stanić (University of Ljubljana Faculty of Electrical Engineering)

15:30 ACQUISITION AND PROCESSING OF THERMAL DATA USING LIDAR SCANER IN INDUSTRIAL HERITAGE - Antonio Adán (Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha)
Part IV
Part IV
14:10 - 15:50
Room: Aula Magna
Contributions

14:10 Thermal Signal Spatial Quasi-Static Reconstruction: A Novel Feature Enhancement Algorithm for Microcrack Detection in Thermography - Junyan Liu (Harbin Institute of Technology)

14:30 Assessment of Defect Detectability and Depth Estimation in Front-Side Subsurface Corrosion Inspection Using Active Infrared Thermography - Emma Hernández Suárez (University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria)

14:50 Numerical and Experimental Investigations of Laser Active Thermography for Microporosities Detection in Cast Superalloy Blades - Stéphane Amiel (Safran Tech)

15:10 A thermography-based methodology for assessing the key parameters of rising damp in porous materials - Erika Guolo (Università Iuav di Venezia)

15:30 Infrared Thermography Methodology for Reusable Space Re-entry: Assessment of the Novel CMC ISiComp TPS - Giovanni Santonicola (Politecnico di Bari)
15:50 Coffe Break
Coffe Break
15:50 - 16:20
16:20 Part III
Part III
16:20 - 17:40
Room: Room A
Contributions

16:20 Predicting deep body temperature with QIRT: HELIA study - Riccardo G. Sorrentino (Josef Stefan Institute)

16:40 Deep Learning–Based RGB Color Normalization for Enhanced Thermal Consistency in Breast Infrared Thermography: A Comparative Study - Juan cristobal Espinoza Rodas (UTPL)

17:00 Skin pathology characterization by infrared thermography - Gunther Steenackers (University of Antwerp)

17:20 Assessment of Abductor Pollicis Brevis Muscle Responses to Cold Stress using IR Thermography and Myotonometry - Abduselam Endris Hassen (Research Scholar)
Part III
Part III
16:20 - 17:40
Room: Aula Magna
Contributions

16:20 Comparison of Infrared Thermography and Air-Side Temperature Mapping - Aude Lecardonnel (Von Karman Institute)

16:40 Heat transfer of impinging air amplifiers - Iole Paolillo

17:00 Infrared thermography for heat transfer measurements of high-speed turbine blades: uncertainty analysis at different camera integration times - Manuela Sisti (University of Tokyo)

17:20 Thermal and Gas-Dynamic Processes At Shock Wave Interaction with Axisymmetric Models in a Channel - Arseny Filatov (Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia) Murat Muratov (Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia)
Part II
Part II
16:20 - 17:40
Room: Room B
Contributions

16:20 High speed infrared microscopy for semiconductor wafer probe heads - Beate Oswald-Tranta (Chair of Automation and Measurement, University of Leoben)

16:40 Electrothermal Modelling of Totem-Pole PFC Converter - Rafał Kasikowski (Lodz University of Technology)

17:00 Efficiency of Power Conversion and Power Loss Estimation of Totem-Pole PFC Converter Based on IR Thermography - Rafał Kasikowski (Lodz University of Technology)

17:20 Experimental and numerical strategies for damage detection of aeronautical composite parts by robotised line-scan thermography - Georges Giakoumakis (ONERA)
17:40 QIRT SC meeting
QIRT SC meeting
17:40 - 18:40
Room: Aula Magna
Thursday 2 July 2026
08:45
08:45 - 09:35
Room: Aula Magna
Contributions

08:45 Learning & Physical Thermographic Models for the Evaluation of Thermophysical Properties in Materials-Structures and the Optimal Image Processing - Stefano Sfarra (University of L'Aquila, Department of Industrial and Information Engineering and Economics, L'Aquila (AQ), Italy)
09:40 Part III
Part III
09:40 - 10:40
Room: Aula Magna
Contributions

09:40 Towards Language-Guided Non-Destructive Testing with Vision-Text cues - Mohammed Salah (Department of Aerospace Engineering, Khalifa University of Science and Technology, Abu Dhabi, UAE)

10:00 Deep Point Matching for Thermal Images: A Comparative Study Between CNN and ViT Architectures - Ahmed M. Abdelbaset (Institute for Engineering and Technology Innovation (InETI), School of Engineering and Computing, University of Lancashire, Preston, United Kingdom)

10:20 Generalist Optimized Models for Failure Detection and Identification Using Thermal Images - Henrique Fernandes (Federal University of Uberlandia)
Part III
Part III
09:40 - 10:40
Room: Room A
Contributions

09:40 Multi-spectral infrared and emissivity measurements on two tiny cities scale one mock-up in controlled climatic conditions and uncontrolled natural environment - Jean Dumoulin (University Gustave Eiffel, Inria)

10:00 Thermal Eyes in the Sky: UAV‑Based Energy Audits of Building Envelopes - Phalguni Mukhopadhyaya (University of Victoria)

10:20 Towards a Digital Calibration Certificate (DCC) for infrared thermography cameras - David Urban (Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB))
Part II
Part II
09:40 - 10:40
Room: Room B
Contributions

09:40 Beyond the Muzzle Flash: RGB–IR Fusion for Firearm Discharge Analytics - Lucas Westfal (Escola de Matemática Aplicada - Fundação Getúlio Vargas)

10:00 Improving our understanding of Directional Effects of Land Surface Temperature for the TRISHNA TIR Mission: Incorporating Thermal Inertia - Mark Irvine (INRAe)

10:20 A new proposal for thermal symmetry approach on regions of interest at infrared thermal images - Ricardo Vardasca (INEGI)
10:40 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:40 - 11:10
11:10 Part IV
Part IV
11:10 - 12:50
Room: Room A
Contributions

11:10 Experimental Investigation of Spray Cooling on Offset Strip Fins Using Infrared Thermography - Carolina S. Morandi

11:30 Prototyping a 2-phase cooling system for electronic applications - Boguslaw Wiecek (Lodz University of Technology)

11:50 Towards improved reliability in the Infrared thermography simulations: calibrated modelling of a halogen heat source - Van Duong LE (1. University of Toulouse, UTTOP, IMT Albi, INSA Toulouse, ISAE-SUPAERO, CNRS, ICA, Tarbes, France; 2. The University of Danang - University of Science and Technology, 54 Nguyen Luong Bang, 550000 Danang, Viet Nam)

12:10 Effects of the nozzle-to-plate distance and nozzle exit section shape on the heat transfer behaviour of impinging synthetic jets - Giosuè Longobardo (Università degli studi di Napoli Federico II)

12:30 Thermal fields evolution at pulsed discharge initiation in a shock tube flow - Murat Muratov (Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia)
Part III
Part III
11:10 - 12:50
Room: Room C
Contributions

11:10 Thermography-Guided Optimization of Laser Sintering of Copper-Based Conductive Lines on ITO-coated Silicon Substrate - Ranganathan Kumar (Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Central Florida, FL, USA) Eduardo Castillo-Orozco (Facultad en Ingeniería Mecánica y Ciencias de la Producción, Centro de Investigación y Desarrollo en Nanotecnología, Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral, ESPOL, Ecuador)

11:30 Measurement of contact temperature during resistance spot welding : correction of size source effect - Rémy Ndoumou (University South Brittany)

11:50 Application of Remote FTIR Spectroscopy for Quantitative Assessment of Methane Emissions from Industrial Flares - Mariusz Kastek (Military University of Technology, Institute of Optoelectronics)

12:10 Airborne Telops LWIR Hyperspectral Imaging for Methane Plume Detection and Enhancement Mapping at Municipal Dumpsites - Andrzej Ligienza (Wojskowa Akademia Techniczna)

12:30 Active thermography with inductive excitation applied to landing gear components - Fethi Dahmene (Safran Composites) Samuel Maillard (Safran Composites)
Part V
Part V
11:10 - 12:50
Room: Aula Magna
Contributions

11:10 Effect of Sandwich Honeycomb Core features on Thermography Inspection with Pulsed Optical Excitation - Fethi DAHMENE (Safran Composites)

11:30 Numerical and Experimental Investigations of Induction Thermography for the Detection of Microporosities in Cast Superalloy Blades - Renil Thomas Kidangan (Safran Tech)

11:50 Photothermal reconstruction of real defects in monolithic and hybrid composites using the virtual wave concept - Günther Mayr (University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria)

12:10 Ultrasound-excited active thermography inspection of CFRP: relationship between detectable delamination conditions and propagating waves - Masashi Ishikawa (Tokushima University)

12:30 A novel perspective on the rapid detection and tomography for impact damage of thermoplastic matrix fiber metal laminates (TFMLs) using multimodal radar thermography - Fei Wang
12:50 Lunch
Lunch
12:50 - 14:10
14:30
14:30 - 16:30
Contributions

14:30 Assessing Body Thermoregulation under Localized Cold Stress Using MWIR and LWIR Thermography - Fumin Wang (Institute of Process Equipment and Control Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, China)

14:50 Adaptive Multi-Domain Fusion for Enhanced Defect Detectability in Active Infrared Thermography - Stefano Sfarra (Department of Industrial and Information Engineering and Economics (DIIIE), University of L'Aquila)

15:10 Photothermal characterization of natural dye materials for high-performance photonic devices using QIRT - Haitham ALTameemi (Department of Physics, College of Science, University of Basrah, Basrah, Iraq)

15:30 Thermal Response Modelling and QIRT Characterization of Natural Dye–Nanomaterial Hybrid Films for Photothermal Sensor Applications - Maha Al-Hamadani (Department of Physics, College of Science, University of Basrah, Basrah, Iraq)

15:50 Thermal Performance of Eco-Friendly Mortars with Recycled Aggregates and Supplementary Cementitious Materials - Tiziana Cardinale (ENEA)

16:10 Experimental characterization of the effect of acceleration on the performance of additively manufactured loop heat pipes using infrared thermography - Delphine Laboureur (von Karman Institute) Aude Lecardonnel (Von Karman Institute)

16:10 Thermal Imaging–Based Thyroid Tumor Classification via Transfer Learning - Francesco Romano (BioEngLab, Dipartimento di Ingegneria e Geologia, Università degli Studi G. d’Annunzio, Chieti-Pescara, Italy)

16:10 Pixel-Level Infrared Thermography Data Enhancement Strategy for Aerospace Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer - Fumin Wang (Institute of Process Equipment and Control Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, China)

16:10 Active thermographic large-area inspection using periodic scanning heating and phase image transformation - Itsuki Kanetani (Tokushima University)

16:10 Optimizing Defect Detection in Mild Steel Using Colour Temperature Control in Infrared Thermography - Suresh Bhambhu (Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, Hauz Khas, New Delhi, INDIA)

16:10 Improving Meltpool Monitoring Reliability with Deep Segmentation of Infrared Thermographic Data - Iago Gil Cortés

16:10 Advancements in Accelerated Monte Carlo Ray Tracing for Infrared Image Simulation: Application to Wall Monitoring in Fusion Devices - Hugo Bec (CEA IRFM)

16:10 Environmental Impact Assessment Using a Hierarchical Multi-Scale Framework Based on Quantitative Infrared Thermography: A Case Study on Avernus Lake - Mohammed Ajaoud (Parthenope University of Naples)

16:10 Towards Generalizable Crack Segmentation in Laser Thermography using Foundation Models - Bilal Rahou (ONERA)

16:10 Optical Fiber Breakpoint Detection in Drop Cables Using Lock-in Thermography with Low Optical Input Power - Tomokazu Oda (NTT EAST, Inc.)

16:10 Experimental observation of the group velocity of thermal waves propagating in various materials - Kosuke Nishida (Tokushima University)

16:10 ENHANCED DEFECT CONTRAST USING VORTEX CROSS-CORRELATION IN MULTI-DIRECTIONAL EDDY CURRENT LOCK-IN THERMOGRAPHY - Angel Cifuentes (LORTEK)

16:10 Linking Coal Fracture Networks to Thermal Recovery Dynamics Under Water Cooling - Mrityunjay Jaiswal (Lakshmi Narain College of Technology (LNCT), Bhopal)

16:10 Initial tests to characterize thermal metamaterials in microscopic local motion and macroscopically stationary - Thomas Lahens (université de bordeaux)

16:10 Active Microwave Thermography for Lymphedema Diagnostics - Daniel Fehr (ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences) Fabrizio Spano (ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences) Mathias Bonmarin (ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences)

16:10 Interpretation of Building Façades from Thermal Images - Petra Bagavac (University of Split, FESB)

16:10 Thermal characterization of microwave power amplifier GaN HEMT ICs using infrared thermography - Konstantin Petrosyants (Moscow Institute of Electronics and Mathematics of National Research University Higher School of Economics)

16:10 Extraction of Quantitative Indices from Infrared Imaging in patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Case Study - Crescencio García-Segundo (ICAT, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México) Rosalinda Ortiz_Sosa (ICAT, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México)

16:10 Infrared thermography for In-Process TIG welding supervision using unsupervised anomaly detection with a convolutional autoencoder - Wojciech Jamrozik (Silesian University of Technology)

16:10 Thermographic Identification of Oxidation State on Stainless Steel Surfaces During and After Welding with a Moving Heat Source - Bernard Wyględacz (Silesian University of Technology)

16:10 Infrared microthermography as a tool to study ice behavior in beef - Heidi L. Busse (Yeshiva University)

16:10 HEAT CONDUCTION TO THE SURROUNDING GAS IN BACK DETECTION LASER-SPOT LOCK-IN THERMOGRAPHY STUDIED USING FINITE ELEMENT MODELING - ADRIAN FELIPE BEDOYA PEREZ (INSTITUTO POLITECNICO NACIONAL) Eric Rodríguez (INSTITUTO POLITECNICO NACIONAL)

16:10 Internal Defect Evaluation for Thermal Protection Composites Using Infrared Thermography and Microwave Near-Field Reflection - Mingyu Gao (National Key Laboratory of Aerospace Mechanism, Harbin Institute of Technology)

16:10 Potential and challenges of applying infrared thermography in dairy farming - Tina Bobić (Faculty of Agrobiotehnical Sciences Osijek)

16:10 Infrared thermography for non-invasive monitoring of swimmers' body temperature after ice swimming - Arkadiusz Hulewicz (Institute of Electrical Engineering and Electronics, Poznan University of Technology)

16:10 Spatial and temporal charaterization of halogen lamps for active infrared thermography. Application to thickness evaluation. - Olivier Ghibaudo (CEA)

16:10 Advanced Infrared Thermographic Image Processing for quantitative Non-Destructive Detection of Subsurface Defects in Aluminum plates - Sara Afouzar (Environment, Materials and Sustainable Development Team – CERNE2D, High School of Technology in Salé, Mohammed V University in Rabat, Morocco)

16:10 Advances in Pain Assessment by using Thermography: FITI-PAIN Project - Rosario Morello (Dept. DIIES - University Mediterranea of Reggio Calabria)

16:10 LIQUID CRYSTAL LOCK-IN THERMOGRAPHY FOR MEASURING THE THERMAL DIFFUSIVITY OF SOLIDS - ADRIAN FELIPE BEDOYA PÉREZ (INSTITUTO POLITECNICO NACIONAL) ALEJANDRO BARRO VÁZQUEZ (INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL) ERNESTO MARÍN MOARES (INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL)

16:10 Thermographic method for testing of the gas turbine engine blades - Stanislav Donets (Institute of Electrophysics snd Radiation Technologies NAS of Ukraine)

16:10 Yet another transformation: Experimenting on the Legendre Transform as a processing tool in Pulse IR Thermography - Giovanni Ferrarini (Institute of Construction Technologies (CNR-ITC), National Research Council of Italy, Padua – 35127, Italy)
16:30 QIRT Journal Committee Meeting (hybrid mode)
QIRT Journal Committee Meeting (hybrid mode)
16:30 - 17:15
Room: Room A
Friday 3 July 2026

09:00

09:00 - 09:50
Room: Aula Magna
10:00 Part IV
Part IV
10:00 - 11:00
Room: Room A
Contributions

10:00 Periodical checks for industrial applications of active thermography - Samuel Maillard (Safran Composites)

10:20 A calibration procedure for liquid-crystal thermography applied in water flows - Delphine Laboureur (Von Karman Institute)

10:40 First approach of IR camera calibration dedicated to NDT Application - Jean-Nicolas Frouart (Safran Composites)
Part VI
Part VI
10:00 - 11:00
Room: Aula Magna
Contributions

10:00 Infrared thermography for evaluating graphene nanoplatelet dispersion in nanocomposites - Leandro Maio (The University of Manchester)

10:20 Dynamic handheld thermal scanning for rapid in-situ inspection of inaccessible timber heritage: detection of hidden decorations and material defects in a Northern Song dynasty caisson ceiling - Yinuo Ding (Harbin institute of technology)

10:40 Infrared thermography for in situ stone characterization in geoheritage: thermophysical properties and associated microclimatic implications - Jacopo Melada (Universitetet i Oslo) Nicola Ludwig (Università degli studi di Milano)
Part II
Part II
10:00 - 11:00
Room: Room B
Contributions

10:00 Towards multi-parameter thermal characterization using single-test laser spot thermography - Giuseppe Dell'Avvocato (University of L'Aquila, Department of Industrial and Information Engineering and Economics (DIIIE), Piazzale Ernesto Pontieri 1, L'Aquila - 67100, Italy)

10:20 Estimation of normal spectral emissivity of CeO2 ceramic at high temperatures - Aouali Abderezak (Thermal and energy laboratory of Nantes (LTEN))

10:40 Visualizing fundamental microwave resonances in aqueous spheres with thermography - Aaron Slepkov (Trent University)
11:00 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
11:00 - 11:30
11:30 Part IV
Part IV
11:30 - 12:30
Room: Aula Magna
Contributions

11:30 Active Infrared Thermography for Thermal Characterization of Tungsten-Based Fusion Coatings: A Combined Experimental-Numerical-AI Approach - Sreedhar Unnikrishnakurup (Institute of Material Research and Engineering (IMRE), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore)

11:50 Object-level evaluation of model-based neural networks for thermographic image reconstruction - Gergő Galiger (Eötvös Loránd University)

12:10 Dual-modal Defect Detection in Aeroengine Blades: A Comparative Analysis of Deep Learning Architectures using Visual and Active Thermographic Data Fusion - Abdelrhaman Alzarooni (Khalifa University)
Part IV
Part IV
11:30 - 12:30
Room: Room B
Contributions

11:30 The role of quantitative IRT in space medicine: current evidence and perspectives - Riccardo G. Sorrentino (Josef Stefan Institute)

11:50 The usage of Infrared Thermal Imaging along with other medical imaging methods on breast cancer patients - Ricardo Vardasca (INEGI)

12:10 Detecting Carotid Atherosclerotic Disease from Skin Thermal Signatures: A Combined Multiphysics and Deep Learning Approach - Francesco Romano (Università G. d'Annunzio Chieti-Pescara)
Part V
Part V
11:30 - 12:30
Room: Room A
Contributions

11:30 Experimental Investigation of Convective Heat Transfer Coefficient over a Riblet Surface - Antonio Mazzara

11:50 Infrared Thermography Investigation of Boundary-Layer Behavior on an Optimized Circulation-Control Airfoil - Fabiana Ruggiano (Università di Napoli "Federico II")
12:40

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