Tribikram Kundu
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In 1979 Prof. Tribikram Kundu received his bachelor degree in mechanical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, winning the President of India Gold Medal (or PGM) for ranking first among all graduating engineers from all disciplines of IIT, Kharagpur. His MS (1980) and PhD (1983) in solid mechanics were from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). He was awarded the outstanding graduate student of the year award in 1980-81 by the UCLA Engineering Alumni Association. He joined the Department of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics (name changed to Civil and Architectural Engineering and Mechanics in 2018) at the University of Arizona as an assistant professor in 1983 and was promoted to full professor in 1994.
Dr. Kundu has made significant and original contributions in both basic and applied research in nondestructive testing (NDT) and structural health monitoring (SHM) by ultrasonic and electromagnetic techniques. His fundamental research interests are in the analysis of elastic and electromagnetic wave propagation in multi-layered solids, fracture mechanics, biomechanics and computational mechanics. Application areas of his research findings include civil and structural materials, aerospace materials, geomaterials, electronic and biological materials. He has published 9 books (3 text books and 6 research monographs), 18 book chapters and 363 technical papers, 186 of these papers have been published in refereed scientific journals. As of July 9, 2021, according to Google Scholar his publications have been cited 8250 times with an h-index of 48 and i10-index 174 (i.e. 174 of his papers have been cited 10 times or more). His Scopus h-index is 40. His Web of Science h-index and total citations are 34 and 3803, respectively as of December 11, 2020. He has edited 24 conference proceedings, supervised 40 PhD students [35 at the University of Arizona (for 28 as advisor and for 6 as co-advisor) and 6 more as co-advisor in foreign universities] and 28 MS students [27 at the University of Arizona and 1 in a foreign university]. Currently he is supervising 3 PhD students. He is Fellow of five societies - ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers), ASCE (American Society of Civil Engineers), ASA (Acoustical Society of America), ASNT (American Society of Nondestructive Testing) and SPIE (The International Society for Optics and Photonics) - and a life member of AvHAA (Alexander von Humboldt Association of America). He has served as the Chairman of the SPIE yearly conference on Health Monitoring of Structural and Biological Systems (held in March of every year) for 18 consecutive years – from 2001 to 2018, and Symposium Chair of the SPIE Symposium on Smart Structures and NDE for 2 years 2018 and 2019, and as vice chair on 2016 and 2017. He has also served as the Chairman of the ASME NDE Engineering Division from 2003 to 2005.
He is the founding Editor-in-Chief of the ASME Journal of Nondestructive Evaluation, Diagnostics and Prognostics of Engineering Systems, serving as EIC since April 2017). He was also the founding Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Civil Engineering and Science (served as EIC from 2012 to 2017). He is currently serving as an Associate Editor (AE) of Ultrasonics since 2014 and has served as an AE of the Journal of the Acoustical Society of America (2012-2017), ASME Journal of Pressure Vessel Technology (2006-2012) and Structural Health Monitoring: An International Journal (2008-2017). He had served on the editorial advisory board of the International Journal of Geomechanics (2001-2006) and Structural Longevity journal (2009-2017). He has extensive collaborations with international and US scientists. He has spent 30 months in the Department of Biology, J. W. Goethe University and Frankfurt University of Applied Science, in Frankfurt, Germany, first as an Alexander von Humboldt Fellow and then as a Humboldt Research Prize winner. He has also spent minimum one month to several years in each of the following institutes as an invited professor.
Degrees
- PhD Engineering (Mechanics & Structures)
- UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA
- Elastic Wave Propagation in Multilayered Solids
- MS Mechanics and Structures
- UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA
- Diffraction of Elastic Waves by a Surface Crack in a Plate.
- BS Mechanical Engineering
- IIT (Indian Institute of Technology), Kharagpur, Kharagpur, India
Work Experience
- University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona (1994 - Ongoing)
Interests
Teaching
Professor Kundu has taught a variety of courses on mechanics and numerical methods. These include undergraduate courses on Statics, Dynamics, Strength of Material, Numerical Analysis with MATLAB, Structural Analysis, and Finite Element Method. At the graduate level he has taught courses on Continuum Mechanics, Elasticity, Plasticity, Advanced Finite Element Analysis, Fracture Mechanics and Elastic Wave Propagation in Solids. He has developed the last three graduate courses at the University of Arizona and thoroughly revised the first three. He has authored a textbook on fracture mechanics that also includes elasticity theory in its first chapter, co-authored a textbook on Introductory Finite Element Method and edited a book on Ultrasonic Nondestructive Evaluation that can be used as a textbook for a graduate level course on elastic waves. He has supervised 22 MS students (2 jointly), 34 PhD students (9 jointly and 3 in Foreign Institutes), and 7 post-doctoral research scholars. He is currently supervising 2 MS and 4 PhD (1 jointly) students. In 1999 his MS student (Y.C. Jung) received the best MS thesis award at the University of Arizona. Only one MS thesis was selected for this award in 1999 among all fields of science, engineering and humanities. In three consecutive years 2000, 2001 and 2002 his PhD student C. M. Dao received the Bill Gates Millennium scholarship and was selected for the Outstanding Graduate Student of the CEEM (Civil Engineering & Engineering Mechanics) Department in 2007. His PhD students Samik Das and Ehsan Kabiri Rahani also received the Outstanding Graduate Student of the CEEM Department award in 2008 and 2011, respectively. In 2009 he received the outstanding faculty award for his teaching, selected by the undergraduate students of the CEEM department. In the year 2000 Dr. Kundu received a Letter of Commendation from the Graduate College of the University of Arizona for his contributions in graduate teaching, research and mentoring activities. In May 2002 he received a special recognition as the Outstanding Honors Faculty, awarded by the University of Arizona and the Honors College for his ‘outstanding and dedicated service in guiding undergraduate students of the Honors College’. His former graduate students are now faculty members in USA (University of South Carolina, California State University at Northridge, North Carolina State University and State University of New York at Buffalo), and abroad - South Korea, India, Brazil, Qatar and Turkey.
Research
Dr. Kundu has made significant and original contributions in both basic and applied research in structural health monitoring (SHM) and nondestructive testing techniques (NDT) for material characterization by ultrasonic and electromagnetic waves. His research interests include acoustic microscopy, elastic wave propagation in multilayered solids, fracture mechanics, computational mechanics, and numerical modeling. Application areas of his research findings can be in aerospace materials, civil and structural materials, geomaterials, electronic as well as biological materials. His research on biological material characterization has also received international acclaim. He has won the Humboldt research prize (also known as the Senior Scientist Award) from Germany for his research on biological cell characterization. He has developed a new mesh-free semi-analytical/numerical technique called distributed point source method (DPSM) in collaboration with his French colleagues. This technique has been found to be superior to the finite element method (FEM) for solving many ultrasonic, electrostatic and electro-magnetic problems. He has co-authored the first book on DPSM.Dr. Kundu has collaborated with European scientists on theoretical and experimental research on engineering and biological materials. Most of his European collaborations have been funded by foreign funding agencies in Germany (Alexander von Humboldt Foundation), Belgium (NATO, North Atlantic Treaty Organization), France (French Ministry of Education), Denmark (Aarhus University Medical School), Spain, Poland, Sweden, Switzerland, Japan, South Korea, India and China. Among domestic sources, the National Science Foundation and the Air Force Office of Scientific Research have provided the lion share of his research funding. Besides Humboldt Research Prize he has won the NDE Life Time Achievement Award from SPIE and Research Award for Sustained Excellence from ASNT for his research contributions.
Courses
Special Topics in Science
HNRS 195I (Spring 2022)
HNRS 195I (Spring 2021)
HNRS 195I (Spring 2020)
HNRS 195I (Spring 2019)
HNRS 195I (Spring 2018)
HNRS 195I (Fall 2016)
Statics
CE 214 (Spring 2024)
CE 214 (Fall 2023)
CE 214 (Spring 2023)
CE 214 (Spring 2022)
CE 214 (Spring 2021)
CE 214 (Spring 2020)
CE 214 (Spring 2019)
CE 214 (Fall 2018)
Mechanics of Fluids
CE 218 (Fall 2016)
Num Analysis/Civil Engrs
CE 303 (Fall 2022)
CE 303 (Fall 2021)
CE 303 (Fall 2020)
CE 303 (Fall 2019)
CE 303 (Fall 2018)
CE 303 (Fall 2016)
Intro Finite Elem Meth
CE 402 (Fall 2020)
CE 402 (Fall 2019)
CE 402 (Spring 2018)
CE 402 (Fall 2016)
CE 502 (Fall 2023)
CE 502 (Fall 2021)
CE 502 (Fall 2020)
CE 502 (Fall 2019)
CE 502 (Spring 2018)
CE 502 (Fall 2016)
EM 502 (Fall 2023)
EM 502 (Fall 2019)
EM 502 (Spring 2018)
Elasticity Thry+Applictn
EM 504 (Spring 2020)
Fracture Mechanics
EM 508 (Spring 2023)
EM 508 (Spring 2022)
EM 508 (Spring 2019)
Research Topics
CE 596A (Fall 2022)
CE 596A (Fall 2021)
CE 596A (Spring 2019)
CE 596A (Spring 2016)
EM 596A (Spring 2016)
Independent Study
AME 699 (Spring 2024)
CE 599 (Spring 2019)
EM 599 (Spring 2019)
Wave Propagation/Solids
AME 606 (Spring 2018)
CE 606 (Spring 2018)
EM 606 (Spring 2023)
EM 606 (Spring 2018)
Research
AME 900 (Fall 2019)
AME 900 (Spring 2019)
AME 900 (Fall 2017)
AME 900 (Spring 2017)
AME 900 (Fall 2016)
AME 900 (Summer I 2016)
AME 900 (Spring 2016)
Master's Report
AME 909 (Fall 2016)
CE 909 (Fall 2017)
CE 909 (Spring 2017)
Thesis
AME 910 (Spring 2024)
AME 910 (Fall 2023)
AME 910 (Spring 2023)
CE 910 (Spring 2018)
CE 910 (Fall 2017)
Dissertation
AME 920 (Fall 2020)
AME 920 (Spring 2020)
AME 920 (Fall 2019)
AME 920 (Spring 2019)
AME 920 (Fall 2018)
AME 920 (Spring 2018)
AME 920 (Fall 2017)
AME 920 (Spring 2017)
AME 920 (Fall 2016)
AME 920 (Spring 2016)
CE 920 (Spring 2023)
CE 920 (Fall 2022)
CE 920 (Spring 2022)
CE 920 (Fall 2021)
CE 920 (Spring 2021)
CE 920 (Fall 2020)
CE 920 (Spring 2020)
CE 920 (Fall 2019)
CE 920 (Fall 2016)
CE 920 (Spring 2016)
EM 920 (Spring 2017)
EM 920 (Fall 2016)
EM 920 (Spring 2016)
Licensure & Certification
- Fellow, ASME (1999)
- Fellow, SPIE (2005)
- Fellow, ASCE (2000)
- Fellow, ASA (Acoustical Society of America) (2013)
- Fellow, ASNT (American Society for Nondestructive Testing) (2013)
Selected Publications
Chapters
- Glisic, B., & Kundu, T. (2022). Sensing solutions for assessing and monitoring pipeline systems. In Sensor technologies for civil infrastructures(pp 255--297). Woodhead Publishing.
- Romanel, C., & Kundu, T. (2021). A hybrid method for dynamic soil-structure interaction. In Applications of Computational Mechanics in Geotechnical Engineering(pp 439--452). Routledge.
- Eiras, J. N., Kundu, T., Popovics, J. S., & Pay'a, J. (2019). Cement-Based Material Characterization Using Nonlinear Single-Impact Resonant Acoustic Spectroscopy (NSIRAS). In Nonlinear Ultrasonic and Vibro-Acoustical Techniques for Nondestructive Evaluation(pp 487--508). Springer, Cham.
- Kundu, T., Eiras, J. N., Li, W., Liu, P., Sohn, H., & Pay'a, J. (2019). Fundamentals of Nonlinear Acoustical Techniques and Sideband Peak Count. In Nonlinear Ultrasonic and Vibro-Acoustical Techniques for Nondestructive Evaluation(pp 1--88). Springer, Cham.
- Li, W., & Kundu, T. (2018). Nondestructive Evaluation (NDE) of Materials and Structures from Production to Retirement. In Advances in Manufacturing and Processing of Materials and Structures(pp 463--496). CRC Press.
- Ahmad, R., & Kundu, T. (2013). Influence of water flow through pipe networks for damage detection using guided waves. In Nondestructive Testing of Materials and Structures(pp 681--687). Springer, Dordrecht.
- Kundu, T. (2013). Guided waves for nondestructive testing--experiment and analysis. In Nondestructive Testing of Materials and Structures(pp 567--576). Springer, Dordrecht.
- Kundu, T., & Placko, D. (2003). Modeling of Ultrasonic Field by Distributed Point Source Method. In Ultrasonic Nondestructive Evaluation(pp 157--216). CRC Press.
- Bereiter-Hahn, J., Blase, C., Kundu, T., & Wagner, O. (2002). Cells as seen with the acoustic microscope. In Acoustical Imaging(pp 83--90). Springer, Boston, MA.
- Kundu, T., & Jorgensen, C. (2000). Acoustic microscopy for bone characterization. In American Society of Mechanical Engineers (Publication) NDE.
- Na, W. B., Kundu, T., & Ehsani, M. R. (2000). Inspection of concrete-metal rod interface using guided waves. In American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Applied Mechanics Division, AMD.
- Guo, D., & Kundu, T. (1999). Special sensors for generating Lamb waves in pipes. In Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation(pp 1155--1162). Springer, Boston, MA.
- Karpur, P., Kundu, T., & Ditri, J. J. (1999). Adhesive Joint Evaluation Using Lamb Wave Modes with Appropriate Displacement, Stress, and Energy Distribution Profiles. In Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation(pp 1533--1542). Springer, Boston, MA.
- Kundu, T., Ehsani, M., Guo, D., & Maslov, K. I. (1999). Composite-concrete interface characterization by lamb waves. In Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation(pp 1911--1918). Springer, Boston, MA.
- Hosten, B., Castaings, M., & Kundu, T. (1998). Identification of viscoelastic moduli of composite materials from the plate transmission coefficients. In Review of progress in quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation(pp 1117--1124). Springer, Boston, MA.
Journals/Publications
- Alnuaimi, H., Amjad, U., & Kundu, T. (2024). Acoustic source localization in composite plates using Sideband Peak Count--Index technique. Ultrasonics, 107273.
- Alnuaimi, H., Amjad, U., Sen, N., & Kundu, T. (2024). A Note on Performance Assessment of Signal Energy-Based Acoustic Source Localization in a Carbon Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Plate. Journal of Nondestructive Evaluation, Diagnostics and Prognostics of Engineering Systems, 1--13.
- Dai, Z., Liu, J., Geng, H., Cui, Z., & Kundu, T. (2024). The influence of slip boundary effect on the propagation of shear horizontal guided waves in a fluid-saturated porous medium. Journal of Engineering Mathematics, 144(1), 1--14.
- Hou, H., Zhang, G., Song, Y., Li, X., Zhang, S., & Kundu, T. (2024). Measurement of frequency-dependent shear wave attenuation coefficients using an oblique incidence pulse-echo ultrasonic method. Measurement, 114298.
- Thakur, A., Kalimullah, N. M., Shelke, A., Hazra, B., & Kundu, T. (2024). NG-DPSM: A neural green-distributed point source method for modelling ultrasonic field emission near fluid-solid interface using physics informed neural network. Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence, 131, 107828.
- Zhang, G., Hu, B. o., Alnuaimi, H., Amjad, U., & Kundu, T. (2024). Numerical modeling with experimental verification investigating the effect of various nonlinearities on the sideband peak count-index technique. Ultrasonics, 107259.
- Zhang, G., Li, X., Li, T., & Kundu, T. (2024). Ordinary state-based peri-ultrasound modeling for monitoring crack propagation in plate structures using sideband peak count-index technique. Journal of Sound and Vibration, 568, 117962.
- Zhou, Z., Cui, Z., Liu, J., & Kundu, T. (2024). A health monitoring technique for spherical structures based on multi-acoustic source localization. Structural Health Monitoring, 14759217231220063.
- Alnuaimi, H. N., Amjad, U., Russo, P., Lopresto, V., & Kundu, T. (2023). Advanced non-linear ultrasonic sideband peak count-index technique for efficient detection and monitoring of defects in composite plates. Journal of Vibration and Control, 10775463231168228.
- Amjad, U., Ghimire, U., Alnuaimi, H., Bheemasetti, T., & Kundu, T. (2023). Monitoring of Phase Transition in Frozen Soil Using the Nonlinear (SPC-1) Ultrasonic Technique. STRUCTURAL HEALTH MONITORING 2023.
- Castellano, A., Fraddosio, A., Paparella, F., Piccioni, M. D., & Kundu, T. (2023). The evaluation of the adhesion defects in FRCM reinforcements for masonry constructions by Sideband Peak Count based nonlinear acoustic technique. Journal of Vibration and Control, 10775463231187456.
- Geng, H., Ding, H., Liu, J., Cui, Z., & Kundu, T. (2023). Reflection and Refraction of Plane Waves at an Interface of Water and Porous Media with Slip Boundary Effect. Transport in Porous Media, 1--18.
- Li, X., Li, T., & Kundu, T. (2023). Monitoring Elastoplastic Deformation in Ductile Metallic Materials Using Sideband Peak Count-Index Technique.
- Liu, J., Li, Z., Cui, Z., Fu, L., & Kundu, T. (2023). Effect of axial stresses on longitudinal guided waves in a fluid-filled pipe. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 153(3), 1612--1622.
- Liu, J., Liu, J., Cui, Z., & Kundu, T. (2023). Wavefields in a cased hole surrounded by a formation with transverse isotropy caused by axial stresses. Geomechanics and Geophysics for Geo-Energy and Geo-Resources, 9(1), 61.
Proceedings Publications
- Alnuaimi, H., Amjad, U., & Kundu, T. (2023). Acoustic source localization in composite plates using non-linear ultrasonic technique-SPC-I. In Health Monitoring of Structural and Biological Systems XVII, 12488.
- Alnuaimi, H., Amjad, U., Russo, P., Lopresto, V., & Kundu, T. (2023). A Non-Linear Ultrasonic Approach Using a Fine-Tuned Experimentally Defined Frequency for Structural Health Monitoring of Composite Plates. In 49th Annual Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation, 86595.
- Amjad, U., Alnuaimi, H., Nikvar-Hassani, A., Bokhari, I., Zhang, L., & Kundu, T. (2023). Real-Time Structural Health Monitoring of Concrete Using the Non-Linear Ultrasonic SPC-I Technique. In 49th Annual Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation, 86595.
- Hu, B. o., Che, R., Wang, J., He, X., Li, L., & Kundu, T. (2023). Analytical investigation into the flexural behavior of steel tubular truss-and-concrete (STTC) composite beams. In Structures, 50.
- Li, Z., Liu, J., Fu, L., Cui, Z., & Kundu, T. (2023). Effect of axial stresses on longitudinal guided waves in pipe structures. In Health Monitoring of Structural and Biological Systems XVII, 12488.
- Castellano, A., Fraddosio, A., Kundu, T., & Piccioni, M. D. (2022). SPC non-linear ultrasonic technique for detecting adhesion defects in FRCM reinforcements for masonry constructions. In Health Monitoring of Structural and Biological Systems XVI, 12048.
- Park, S., Bokhari, I., Alnuaimi, H., Amjad, U., Fleischman, R., & Kundu, T. (2022). Inspection of steel tube welded joint using nonlinear ultrasonic technique. In Health Monitoring of Structural and Biological Systems XVI, 12048.
- Zhou, Z., Cui, Z., Yin, S., & Kundu, T. (2022). A rapid acoustic source localization technique in early warning of building material damage-a numerical study. In Health Monitoring of Structural and Biological Systems XVI, 12048.
- Castellano, A., Fraddosio, A., Kundu, T., & Piccioni, M. D. (2021). Non-destructive assessment of the adhesion at the interface between FRCM reinforcements and masonry substrates by non-linear ultrasonic technique. In 12th International Conference on Structural Analysis of Historical Constructions-SAHC.
- Park, S., Alnuaimi, H., Amjad, U., & Kundu, T. (2021). Evaluating the Degree of Nonlinearity by Applying the Nonlinear SPC-I Technique in the FEM Simulation of Materials With Breathing Cracks. In Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation, 85529.
- Park, S., Alnuaimi, H., Hayes, A., Sitkiewicz, M., Amjad, U., Muralidharan, K., & Kundu, T. (2021). Linear and nonlinear analysis of additively manufactured material with different porosity induced by varying material printing speed using guided acoustic waves. In Quantitative nondestructive evaluation, 85529.
- Zhou, Z., Cui, Z., & Kundu, T. (2021). Acoustic source localization on a thin isotropic spherical shell. In Health Monitoring of Structural and Biological Systems XV, 11593.
- Fu, J., Cui, Z., Yin, S., & Kundu, T. (2020). Acoustic source localization on the surface of a cylindrical pressure vessel. In Health Monitoring of Structural and Biological Systems XIV, 11381.
- Kundu, T. (2019). Smart nondestructive evaluation and health monitoring of structural and biological systems II(San Diego CA, 3-5 March 2003). In SPIE proceedings series.
- Kundu, T. (2019, July 28-August 1, 2019). Experimental Verification of Acoustic Source Localization Technique in Heterogeneous Plates. In 14th International Conference of Theory and Computation of Acoustics.
Others
- Desai, C. S., Fishman, K. L., Ma, Y., Rigdy, D., & Kundu, T. (2019). Constitutive Modelling of Joints under Cyclic Loading. Part 1. Modelling and Testing of Idealized Rock Joints.
- Kundu, T. (2019). Modeling of Ultrasonic and Terahertz Radiations in Defective Tiles for Condition Monitoring of Thermal Protection Systems.
- Kundu, T., Banerjee, S., & Jata, K. V. (2019). An Experimental Investigation of Guided Wave Propagation in Corrugated Plates Showing Stop Bands and Pass Bands (PREPRINT).
- Yang, W., Kundu, T., & Guba, S. (2019). An improved design for joints between CC composites and glidcop copper using three dimensional stress analysis.
- Placko, D. (2013). Advanced ultrasonic methods for material and structure inspection.
- Placko, D., Kundu, T., Cruau, A., & Liebeaux, N. (2012). Universal method for modeling the interactions between at least one wave and at least one object, the surface of each object defining an interface between at least two media.
- Kundu, T. (2008). Fundamentals of fracture mechanics.
- Placko, D. M., Liebeaux, N., & Kundu, T. (2008). Method of evaluating a physical quantity representative of an interaction between a wave and an obstacle.
- Kundu, T. (2007). Health monitoring of structural and biological systems 2007: 19-22 March 2007, San Diego, California, USA.
- Placko, D., & Kundu, T. (2007). DPSM for modeling engineering problems.
- Kundu, T. (2003). Ultrasonic nondestructive evaluation: engineering and biological material characterization.
- Desai, C. S. (2001). Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics: Proceedings of the Tenth International Conference on Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics: Tucson/Arizona/USA/7-12 January 2001.
- Mal, A. K. (1999). On the Recent Advances of the Ultrasonic Nondestructive Evaluation and Composite Material Characterization: Presented at the 1999 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, November 14-19, 1999, Nashville, Tennessee.
- Kundu, T. (1980). Diffraction pattern of elastic waves by a surface crack.
Awards
- Elected Fellow of American Society of Mechanical Engineers
- ASME, Fall 1999
- 2020 Distinguished Alumnus Award from IIT Kharagpur
- Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, Fall 2020
- Second Best Paper Award of 2019 for ASME Journal - JNDE
- ASME - NDPD Division, Fall 2019
- Esteemed Faculty Member of the University of Arizona
- University of Arizona President's office, Spring 2019
- ASME NDPD Division's Founders Award
- American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Fall 2017
- SHM Life Time Achievement Award
- International Workshop on Structural Health Monitoring, Fall 2015
- ASNT Research Council Award for Sustained Excellence 2015
- American Society for Nondestructive Testing, ASNT, Spring 2015
- Fellow of the American Society for Nondestructive Testing
- ASNT - American Society for Nondestructive Testing, Summer I 2013
- Fellow of the Acoustical Society of America
- ASA - Acoustical Society of America, Summer I 2013
- Engineering Research Faculty Fellow
- College of Engineering, University of Arizona, Fall 2012
- NDE Lifetime Achievement Award
- SPIE - the International Society for Optics and Photonics, Spring 2012
- Structural Health Monitoring Person of the Year
- Editorial Board of the Structural Health Monitoring - An International Journal, Fall 2008
- Elected Fellow of SPIE
- SPIE, Spring 2005
- Best Paper Award
- SPIE, Spring 2004
- Humboldt Research Prize (Senior Scientist Award)
- Alexander von Humboldt Foundation of Germany, Fall 2003
- Elected Fellow of American Society of Civil Engineers
- ASCE, Fall 2000