MISSION
Research, development, and application of new methods of nondestructive testing (NDT) and evaluation (NDE) of materials and structures.

Methods are based on elastic wave propagation in solids: Acoustic Emission, Ultrasonc Scanning and Tomography, Nonlinear Elastic Wave Spectroscopy (NEWS) including Time-Reversal Acoustics and Nonlinear Wave Modulation (NWMS).

Research is basically experimental, supported by numerical simulations, advanced signal processing, design of artificial intelligence algorithms (artificial neural networks, fuzzy systems, etc) for signal and pattern recognition.

Results are applied in aerospace industry (aircrafts), nuclear power plants, chemical and petrol-gas industry, civil engineering (concrete structures), and others.

Biomechanical research is oriented to biomechanics of human skin - mechanical and ultrasonic testing for medicine and cosmetics.

NDT of Aircraft parts: