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MS Thesis Students

Moreno, Jaime Poza

Role: co-advisor at Georgia Institute of Technology with Nicoleta Serban and W. Hong Yeo.
Advised since: Fall 2026
Date of graduation: ongoing
Dissertation Title: Calibrated Parallel Simulation of Large-Scale Service Systems: Learning Decomposition Bias at Reduced Scale

Zhang, Siwei

Role: M.S. thesis advisor, Georgia Institute of Technology
Advised since: August, 2024
Date of graduation: May 26, 2026
Title: Characterization and Interpretation of Acoustic Images under Ultrasonic Scanning technique: case study of metallic artifacts and diamond-faceted structures.
Current position: Following completion of his M.S. thesis at Georgia Tech Europe, Dr. Declercq assisted him in securing admission to a doctoral program in France, where he continues to serve as co-advisor of his Ph.D. research.
Publications: B1(107), B4(2x), C1-a(20), C1-c(69), D2(6).

Ro, Junghwani

Role: M.S. thesis co-advisor at Georgia Institute of Technology with Cedric Pradalier from Robotics.
Advised since: May, 2023
Date of graduation: Summer 2024
Title: Mobile robot-based ultrasonic mechanical structure detection on ship hull

Nigam, Shreya

Role M.S. advisor (student is a voluntary researcher aiming for a research paper) at Georgia Institute of Technology.
Advised since: May 2023
Date of graduation: July 2023
Title: A voluntary researcher, this student will not write a thesis but aims for a research paper.
Publications: B1(102)

Yi, Jiawei

Role: co-advisor at Georgia Institute of Technology with Cedric Pradalier from Robotics.
Advised since: Aug, 2021
Date of graduation: April 28, 2022
Title: Mobile robot-based ultrasonic mechanical structure detection on ship hull.
Current position: PhD student at UBFB University of Burgundy, France.

Ridani, Ayoub

Role: co-advisor at Georgia Institute of Technology with Cedric Pradalier from Robotics.
Advised since: Aug, 2020
Date of graduation: Spring, 2021 (May 5, 2021)
Title: On-plate autonomous exploration for an inspection robot using ultrasonic guided waves.
Current position: Senior WMS Consultant at Manhattan Associates.

Starbuck, Bryan

Role: M.S. thesis co-advisor at Georgia Institute of Technology with Cedric Pradalier from Robotics.
Advised since: Aug, 2020
Date of graduation: April 28, 2021
Title of thesis: Ultra-wideband Localization on Manifolds for Autonomous Metal Structure Inspection.
Current position: Forward-Deployed Agentic AI Strategist at Gartner, Atlanta, USA

Godet, Violaine

Role: M.S. thesis advisor at EPF, École d’Ingénieur E S, Campus Parisien, 92330, Sceaux, France.
Advised since: June, 2020
Date of graduation: November 5, 2020
Title of thesis: Ultrasonic Nondestructive Evaluation of Plate Structures, (Research at Georgia Tech Europe)
Current position: Research engineer at TechnipFMC, Paris, France.

Chekkour, Rabii

Role: M.S. thesis advisor at ENSAM, with Fodil Meraghni and with Nada Miqoi.
Advised since: February 1, 2019 Date of graduation: June 27 2019
Title of thesis: Impact damage detection and permanent indentation measurement in a woven glass fabric reinforced polyamide 6.6/6 using ultrasound, 3D profilometry and X-Ray tomography
Current position: Became a Ph.D in 2022 at Arts et Metiers in France, a postdoctoral researcher at LEM3 in France and is now a Composites Engineer at Safran.

Purwins, David

Role M.S. thesis co-advisor at ENSAM with Fodil Meraghni
Advised since: February 1, 2017
Date of graduation: July 2018
Title of thesis: Endommagement et rupture de composants automobiles en pièces en matériaux composites à renfort tissé soumis à des chargements de fatigue.
Current position: Operational Manager at Mille SAS, Paris, France and later a Senior Consultant at SNCF.

Miqoi, Nada

Role: M.S. thesis co-advisor at ENSAM with Fodil Meraghni.
Advised since: February 1 2017
Date of graduation: July 15 2017
Title of thesis: Détection et quantification de l’endommagement post-impactans un matériau composite tissé par les techniques ultrasons basées sur les ondes de surfaces guides.
Current postion: She became a Ph.D. under the supervision of Nico F. Declercq (see the list of PhD students).

Gerbe, Romain

Role: M.S. thesis co-advisor at ENSAM with Sophie Berveiller (ENSAM) and Louis Satyanarayan (ArcelorMittal).
Advised since: Spring 2016
Date of graduation: July 2016
Title of thesis: Statistical analysis of defect detections in steel plates using ultrasound.
Current position: He became a Ph.D at Georgia Tech in 2020, then a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Colorado Boulder and is now a Process Integration Engineer at Global Communication Semiconductors, Inc. in California, USA.

Yoder, Maxime

Role: M.S. thesis co-advisor at Ecole des Mines Nancy, Institut Jean Lamour, Universite de Lorraine, France.
Advised since: Spring 2016
Date of graduation: July 2016
Title of thesis: Acoustis waves in thermic insulators.

Eckel, Sebastian

Role: M.S. thesis co-advisor with Fodil Meraghni at Arts et Metiers ParisTech, Metz, France.
Advised since: Spring 2015
Date of graduation: January 2016
Title of thesis: Nondestructive damage investigation of composites using nonlinear acoustic methods.
Publications: B1(72), C1.c(51)
Current position: He became Ph.D. researcher at Imperial College, London, UK and is now an NDE engineer at BASF.

Shaw, Anurupa

Role: M.S. thesis advisor at Georgia Tech.
Advised since: Fall 2011
Date of graduation: March 25, 2014
Title of thesis: Ice thickness estimation using low frequencies, and an investigation of diffraction of sound in samples with micro-structures using ultrasound.
Publications: see B1.a.9
Current position: Continued as Ph.D student student (See PhD student section).

Nejjar, Ahmed

Role: M.S. thesis co-advisor with Fodil Meraghni at Georgia Tech and at Arts Et Métiers ParisTech – ENSAM.
Advised since: Spring 2013, project sponsored by PSA Peugeot Citroën (Peugeot S. A.)
Date of graduation: June 2013
Title of thesis: Defects detection in reinforced thermoplastic composites using US techniques (polar Scan and C-Scan) coupled to microscopic observations: Damage tolerance in automotive components
Current position: Corporate Audit Manager at EDF, Paris, France.

Frisoni, Gatien

Role: M.S. thesis co-advisor with Fodil Meraghni at Georgia Tech and at Arts Et Métiers ParisTech – ENSAM.
Advised since: Spring 2013
Date of graduation: June 2013
Title of thesis: Computation of damage induced stiffness reduction using ultrasonic bulk waves measurements in composite materials
Current position: Metrology engineer at Safran Aero Composite.

Ishii, Yosuke

Role : M.S. thesis co-advisor. Host researcher and scientific mentor during his semester-long research stay in Dr. Declercq’s laboratory at Georgia Tech Europe (Metz, France), while he remained a Master student under the supervision of Professor Shiro Biwa, Kyoto University, Japan. His research focused on ultrasonics and nondestructive evaluation.
Advised: Summer 2012.
Date of graduation: Spring 2013
Current position: He became a doctoral student (2013-2016) at Kyoto University and became Assistant Professor in the Graduate School of Engineering, Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics at Kyoto University in 2020.

Pouzin, Pierre

Role: M.S. thesis advisor at Georgia Tech with Annie Bayeul at Ensam, Lille, and Sophie Simonet at Ensam, Lille.
Advised since: Fall 2012 on project with Thales Avionics – Vendôme, Service AIC du Département
Date of graduation: December 2012
Title of thesis: Anemométry and Conventional Instrumentation
Current position: Supply Chain Transformation & Digital Enablement, Christian Dior Couture, Paris, France.

Lemerle, Amelie

Role: M.S. thesis co-advisor with Fodil Meraghni at Georgia Tech and at Arts Et Métiers ParisTech – ENSAM.
Advised since: Spring 2012, project sponsored by PSA Peugeot Citroën (Peugeot S. A.)
Date of graduation: June 2012
Title of thesis: Damage induction and characterization of fiber reinforced thermoplastic composites
Current position: Senior Quality Engineer at Six Robotics, Oslo, Norway.

Decaix, Matthieu

Role: M.S. thesis co-advisor with Fodil Meraghni at Georgia Tech and at Arts Et Métiers ParisTech – ENSAM.
Advised since: Spring 2012, project sponsored by PSA Peugeot Citroën (Peugeot S. A.)
Date of graduation: June 2012
Title of thesis: Damage induction and characterization of fiber reinforced thermoset composites.
Current position: Commodity Buyer - Turbine Rotating Parts at Safran Aircraft Engines.

Delaunay, Amaury

Role: M.S. thesis advisor at Georgia Tech with Olivier Gibaru at LSIS - Laboratoire des Sciences de l'Information et des Systèmes UMR CNRS 6168 and Ludwig Gross at Remote Intervention Technology.
Advised since: Spring 2012
Date of graduation: June 2012
Title of thesis: INSM - Ingénierie Numérique des Systèmes Mécaniques
Current position: Axpo France, Lyon, France.

Djebbar, Alexander

Role: M.S. thesis advisor at Georgia Tech and Ecole Nationale Supérieure d'Arts et Métiers; co-advisors: Tudor Balan (ENSAM), R. Troxler (Troxler Electronic Laboratories Inc.)
Advised since: Spring 2010
Date of graduation: June 2010
Title of thesis: internship with Troxler Electronic Laboratories Inc.

Dewijngaert, Katrien

Role: M.S. thesis advisor at Ghent University, ex-officio co-advised by Patricia Verleysen because Declercq was PostDoc.
Advised since: Fall 2006
Date of graduation: July 2007
Title of thesis: “Akoestische filterwerking van periodiek ruwe plafonds” (English: rough ceilings acting as acoustic filters), thesis authors: Vanderhaeghe Katelijn and Dewijngaert Katrien
Publications: B1(53a), C1d(28, 30)
Current position: KBC bank, General manager strategy and transformation, Belgium.

Vanderhaeghe, Katelijn

Vermeulen, Nikolaas

Role: M.S. thesis advisor at Ghent University, ex-officio co-advised by Patricia Verleysen because Declercq was PostDoc.
Advised since: Fall 2006
Date of graduation: July 2007
Title of thesis: “Geluidsvoortplanting in gladde en geribbelde tunnels” (English: Sound propagation in smooth and corrugated tunnels). Thesis author(s): Alexei Mamytchenko and Nikolaas Vermeulen

Mamytchenko, Alexei

Role: M.S. thesis advisor at Ghent University, ex-officio co-advised by Patricia Verleysen because Declercq was PostDoc.
Advised since: Fall 2006
Date of graduation: July 2007
Title of thesis: “Geluidsvoortplanting in gladde en geribbelde tunnels” (English: Sound propagation in smooth and corrugated tunnels). Thesis author(s): Alexei Mamytchenko and Nikolaas Vermeulen
Current position: Managing Director at Encoso NV, Belgium.

Dekeyser, Cindy

Role: M.S. thesis advisor at Ghent University, ex-officio co-advised by Joris Degrieck because Declercq was Ph.D student.
Advised since: Fall 2005
Date of graduation: July 2006
Title of thesis: “Hellenistische architectuur : een akoestische diffractiestudie van het theater van Epidaurus” (English: an acoustic diffraction study of the theatre of Epidaurus). Thesis author(s): Cindy Dekeyser
Publications: B1(38), C1c(30) C1d(12), D1(3), D2(1)
Current position: Business Intelligence Manager at PH Gelatins/PB Leiner, Brussels, Belgium.

Sarens, Bart

Role: M.S. thesis advisor at Ghent University, ex-officio co-advised by Joris Degrieck because Declercq was Ph.D student.
Advised since: Fall 2005
Date of graduation: July 2006
Title of thesis: “Simulatie van ultrasone oppervlaktegolven op periodiek gecorrugeerde oppervlakken” (English: a simulation of ultrasonic surface waves on periodically corrugated surfaces).
Publications: B1(40), C1a(8), C1d(14, D1(2)

Vanleene, Dennis

Role: M.S. thesis advisor at Ghent University, ex-officio co-advised by Joris Degrieck because Declercq was Ph.D student.
Advised since: Fall 2005
Date of graduation: July 2006
Title of thesis: “Optimalisering en gebruik van de ultrasoon opstelling bij het onderzoek naar beschadigde composieten“ (English: Optimization and use of ultrasonic setup in the research of damaged composites).
Current position: Business Unit Director at Lamifil NV, Belgium.

Van den Abeele, Filip

Role: M.S. thesis advisor at Ghent University, ex-officio co-advised by Joris Degrieck because Declercq was Ph.D student.
Advised since: Fall 2002
Date of graduation: July 2003
Title of thesis: “Ultrasone karakterisering van de inhoud van vloeistofcontainers” (English: Ultrasonic characterization of the contents of liquid containers). Thesis author(s): Filip Van den Abeele
Publications: B1(11, 41), C1c(15, 26), C1d(9), D3(12, 15)
Current position: Pipeline engineer, ArcelorMittal, Belgium.