Ultrasonic Nondestructive Evaluation (NDE)
Ultrasound Propagation Modelling and Simulation
- Numerical modelling of sound propagation in elastic materials, poroelastic materials, complex micro-structures, metamaterials
Model Assisted Probability of Detection (MAPOD)
- Simulation assisted POD estimation, metamodels and data integration
- Transfer functions and alternate POD statistics
Nonlinear Ultrasound
- Nonlinear Resonance Ultrasound Spectroscopy (NRUS) for material nonlinearity assessment
- Material nonlinearity parameter measurements
- Estimation of residual stress and material state changes
Laser Ultrasound
- Material characterization and defect detection in thin films, battery electrodes
- Non-contact ultrasonic assessment of metals and concretes
Metamaterials for ultrasonic NDE applications
- Deep subwavelength imaging using metamaterials
- Wave steering, focusing, mode filtering
- Metamaterials for sensing applications

Mohamed Subair Syed Akbar Ali
Postdoctoral Research Associate
msubair@iastate.edu
Expertise
- Contact/Non-contact UT, Phased Array UT
- Laser Ultrasound
- Nonlinear Ultrasound
- Acoustic Microscopy
- Modelling and Simulation
Keywords
- Wave propagation modelling; Laser ultrasound; Biot waves; NRUS; Super resolution imaging; Metamaterials; Probability of Detection; MAPOD; AI/ML
Recognitions, Awards & Patents
- Two issued Indian patents
- Boeing International travel grant
- IIT Madras travel grant