Ultrasonic Tomography Approaches and Applications - Hardcover

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Jing Rao is a Professor at Beihang University, China, where she specializes in ultrasonic non-destructive testing and structural health monitoring. She earned her Ph.D. from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, and has built an international academic career that includes serving as a Lecturer at the University of New South Wales (UNSW), Australia, and holding a prestigious Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship at the Technical University of Munich, Germany.

Dr Rao has successfully led over 30 research projects with funding from prestigious organizations including the National Natural Science Foundation of China, the Beijing Natural Science Foundation, the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, and UNSW Australia. Her expertise is recognized through her editorial roles as Associate Editor for the IEEE Open Journal of Signal Processing.

She maintains an active presence in the international research community, recently serving as Session Chair for the 2021 Australian Aerospace and Applied Mechanics Congress and the 2023 International Congress on Ultrasonics, as well as Technical Program Committee Member for the 2023 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium. Professor Rao also contributes to professional organizations as a committee member of both the Structural Health Monitoring and Prognostics Division of the China Instrument and Control Society and the Non-Destructive Testing Division of the Chinese Mechanical Engineering Society.

Madis Ratassepp is a Senior Research Fellow at Tallinn University of Technology (TalTech), Estonia, where he specializes in wave propagation modeling and ultrasonic non-destructive evaluation. He earned his Ph.D. in Civil and Environmental Engineering from TalTech and has established himself as a leading researcher in guided wave tomography, full waveform inversion, and advanced signal processing for structural health monitoring of composite structures, pipes, and plates. He has led several key research projects, including Quantitative Imaging Methods and Efficient Signal Processing Algorithms for Ultrasonic Non-Destructive Evaluation (2020–2024), and currently

serves as Principal Investigator of Advanced Acoustic Sensing and AI-Driven Underwater Monitoring Methods for Maritime Environmental Protection and Security (2026–2030). His research contributions have been published in prestigious journals. Beyond his research achievements, Dr. Ratassepp is committed to academic excellence through supervising Ph.D. and Master's students and serving as Doctoral Program Manager in Civil Engineering and Architecture at TalTech. He also contributes to the broader scientific community as an active reviewer for international journals.