Professor Jinying Zhu from the University of Nebraska Lincoin visited JI

Professor Jinying Zhu, from the University of Nebraska Lincoin, visited JI and delivered a lecture of “Thermally Induced Acoustic Nonlinearity and Its Applications to NDE” on June 19th, 2024. The presentation introduces an innovative approach that utilizes temperature variations as a driving force to excite nonlinear behaviors in materials. Unlike traditional methods, this approach leverages thermal changes to induce and measure nonlinear acoustic responses, offering a novel way to evaluate materials. The SJTU scholars and AMIS researchers had a great opportunity to communicate with Professor Zhu.

Biosketch:

Professor Jinying Zhu is currently a professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Her main research interests include nondestructive evaluation (NDE) of concrete materials and structures, wave propagation in solids and air, ultrasonic methods for analyzing cementitious materials, and innovative sensor technologies. Professor Zhu's research has been funded by various U.S. federal and state agencies, including the Department of Energy (DOE), the Department of Defense (DOD), the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), the Department of Transportation (DOT), and the National Science Foundation (NSF). She received the ASNT Fellowship Award in 2012 and has won the ACI-James Instrument Award three times (five times including graduate students). Professor Zhu currently serves as an associate editor for the prestigious SCI journal Journal of Nondestructive Evaluation. She has served on the editorial board of the well-known SCI journal ASCE Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering.