• Demonstrated the enhancement of nonlinear ultrasonic testing method by employing wavelet based harmonic decomposition compared to the more prevalent fast Fourier transformation (FFT) signal processing method (funded by NSF).• Integrated acoustic metamaterials and nonlinear ultrasonic testing to enhance the damage detection threshold. In my research acoustic metamaterials are integrated with ultrasonic testing to block or guide special frequency ranges to improve the effectiveness of… Show more • Demonstrated the enhancement of nonlinear ultrasonic testing method by employing wavelet based harmonic decomposition compared to the more prevalent fast Fourier transformation (FFT) signal processing method (funded by NSF).• Integrated acoustic metamaterials and nonlinear ultrasonic testing to enhance the damage detection threshold. In my research acoustic metamaterials are integrated with ultrasonic testing to block or guide special frequency ranges to improve the effectiveness of this nondestructive evaluation method (funded by NSF).• Numerically and experimentally studied the band-gap formation in one dimensional and two dimensional acoustic metamaterials• Integrated acoustic metamaterials and acoustic emission method to enhance the detection of active cracks in steel bridges (funded by NSF). • Assessed creep damage of stainless steel 410 using linear and nonlinear ultrasonic testing (funded by NSF). • Optimized acoustic sensor spacing to accurately detect and localize the leakage in pipeline. Show less

Teaching Assistant- Civil and Materials Eng. Dept. at UICGraded homework and quizzes, conducted weekly office hours and occasionally instructed for the courses:• Behavior and Design of Metal Structures• Statics• Foundation Dsgn Analysis• Undergrad Thesis I• Civil Engineering Systems Design• Strength Of Materials• Structural Analysis• Nondestructive Evaluation