PhD students
Maurya, Alok
Role: advisor at Georgia Institute of Technology.
Advised since: Summer 2026.
Zhang, Siwei
Role: Co-advisor (with Jean-François Ganghoffer), University of Lorraine, France.
Advised since: Fall 2026.
Continuing doctoral supervision following completion of his M.S. thesis in Dr. Declercq’s laboratory at Georgia Tech Europe.
Publications: B1(107), B4(2x), C1-a(20), C1-c(69), D2(6).
Tuzovic, E.
Role: advisor at Georgia Institute of Technology.
Advised since: Fall 2025.
Publications: B4, C1-a(20), C(72,73), D2(5)
Ben-Hassi, Zakaria
Role: co-advisor with Jean-François Ganghoffer at the University of Lorraine.
Advised since: Spring 2025.
Publications: B4(2x), C1-c(71,75)
Dubey, Pooja
Role: advisor at Georgia Tech.
Advised since: Fall 2020, supported by a grant of “La Région Grand-Est” in France.
Progress: Passed Qualifying exams in Fall 2021. Passed Ph.D. Proposal exam on March 27, 2024.
Date of graduation: April 23, 2025.
Title of thesis and committee members: Ultrasonic Methods to Monitor Fouling in Water Treatment Plant. Jury members: Nico F. Declercq, Michael Leamy, Laszlo Adler (Ohio State University), Paul L. Voss, Laurence J. Jacobs
Publications: B1(93,98,100,102,106,107), B2(8), B4, C1-a(17,18,19), C1-b(9), C1-c(63,64,66,67,68,69), C1-d(61), D1(8,9).
Maddheshiya, Ajit Kumar
Role: co-advisor at The University of Allahabad, India. (Main advisor: P. S. Yadav, Department of Physics, University of Allahabad)
Advised since: Spring 2023, stay at Georgia Tech Europe supported by the Raman-Charpak Fellowship-2023 (RCF-IN-0067).
Date of graduation: October 6, 2025 (University of Allahabad, India).
Thesis title: Acoustical and Thermal Investigation of Advanced Materials for Commercial Applications.
Awards:
2023 Raman–Charpak Fellowship (RCF-IN-0067)
Dr. T. K. Saksena Memorial Award from the Ultrasonic Society of India for the best Ph.D. thesis in ultrasonics and allied areas (2025)
Publications: B1(107), C1(c-29).
Silitonga, Dicky
Role: advisor at Georgia Tech.
Advised since: Fall 2019, supported by a grant of “La Région Grand-Est” in France.
Progress: Passed qualifying exams in Fall 2020. Passed Ph.D. proposal exam on March 20, 2023
Date of graduation: September 4, 2023 .
Title of thesis and committee members: Ultrasonic Guided Waves for Mechanical Defects Detection in Thin-film Solar Photovoltaic Modules. Committee: Nico F. Declercq (ME, advisor), Shannon Yee (ME), Luis Barrales-Mora (ME), Abdallah Ougazzaden (ECE), Fodil Meraghni (Arts et Métiers, Metz), Bertrand Boussert (ECE)
Publications: B1(93,95,101,102,103,105,107), B2(9), B4(3x), C1-a(18), C1-b(9), C1-c(62,65,67,69,70,71), C1-d(61), D1(8,9).
Current position: Faculty member of the Vietnamese-German University, Binh Duong, Vietnam.
Ouabi, Othmane
Role: co-advisor at the University of Lorraine (premises of the International Research Laboratory 2958 Georgia Tech – CNRS) with Cedric Pradalier (Robotics and Signal Processing) and Matthieu Geist (idem). Supported by European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under Grant Agreement No. 871260, Europe.
Advised since: Spring 2020.
Date of graduation: October 10, 2022.
Title of thesis and committee members: Localisation et cartographie par ondes ultrasonores pour l'inspection robotique longue distance (Localization and mapping using ultrasonic waves for long-distance robotic inspection) . Jury members: Nico F. Declercq (president, examinator and co-advisor), Cedric Pradalier (co-advisor), Matthieu Geist (co-advisor), Teresa Vidal Calleja (rapporteur), Philippe Lasaygues (rapporteur), Carol Martinez Luna (examinateur), Neil Zeghidour (invited), Henri Walaszek (invited).
Publications: A2(1), B1(89,91), B2(3,4,5,6,7), C1-c(56,57,58,59,60,61), C1-d(60,61).
Current position: Healthcare Data Scientist at Sysnav, Paris, France.
Miqoi, Nada
Role: co-advisor with Fodil Meraghni at Arts Et Métiers ParisTech, ENSAM, Metz, France.
Advised since: Summer 2018.
Date of graduation: November 25, 2021
Title of thesis: Operando detection and quantification of damage in the automotive components made of polyamide based composite reinforced with continuous fibers submitted to the fatigue-pre and/or post-impact by advanced ultrasonic techniques.
Title of thesis and committee members: Ph.D. Jury: David S. Citrin (Georgia Tech, rapporteur), Mostapha Tarfaoui (ENSTA Bretagne, rapporteur), Lynda Chehami (Examinateur, Université de Valenciennes et du Hainaut Cambrésis), Badreddine Assouar (Université de Lorraine, examinateur), Fodil Meraghni (Arts et Métiers Sciences et Technologies, examinateur and co-advisor), Nico F. Declercq (Georgia Tech, examinateur and co-advisor), Stephane Delalande (Stellantis, examinateur), Pascal Pomarede (Georgia Tech Europe and Arts et Métiers Sciences et Technologies, examinateur).
Publications: A4(3), B1(87,104), C1-b(7), C1-c(55), C1-d(57,58), D3(33).
Current position: Mechanical Engineering Leader at Nidec Leroy-Somer, France.
Pomarede, Pascal
Role: co-advisor with Fodil Meraghni at Arts Et Métiers ParisTech, ENSAM, Metz, France.
Advised since: Fall 2014, contract “Open Lab of Peugeot PSA”
Date of graduation: May 18, 2018
Title of thesis and committee members: Damage detection in PA 66/6|Glass woven fabric composite material using ultrasonic techniques towards durability prediction of automotive parts. Ph.D. Jury: Fodil Meraghni (Examinateur, advisor at Arts et Métiers ParisTech - Metz), Nico F. Declercq (Examinateur, advisor at Georgia Tech Europe), Ahmad Osman (rapporteur, Hochschule für Tecnik und Wirtschaft des Saarlandes, Saarbrücken), Christ Glorieux (rapporteur, Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgique), Nathalie Godin (Examinateur, Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon, Villeurbanne), Lynda Chehami (Examinateur, Université de Valenciennes et du Hainaut Cambrésis), Stéphane Delalande (Examinateur, PSA Groupe Centre Technique Vélizy, Villacoublay).
Publications: A2(1), A4(3), B1(72,79,60,84,87,89,91,92,93,94,96,104,105)m B2(2,3,6), B4, C1-a(15,16), C1-b(7), C1-c(51,52,53,55,56,57,58,59,61,62,70,71), C1-d(57,58,60,61), D1(6), D2(4), D3(30,32,33,34).
Current position: Associate Professor at École Nationale Supérieure des Arts & Métiers.
Shaw, Anurupa
Role: 1) Advisor at Georgia Tech. 2) voluntary co-advisor with Vincent Laude and Damien Teyssieux at doctoral school of FEMTO-ST CNRS UMR 6174 at Besancon, France, SPIM - Sciences Physiques pour l'Ingénieur et Microtechniques.
Advised since: 2014
Date of graduation: December 14, 2017
Title of thesis and committee members: Production d'impulsions acoustiques brèves à la surface d'un matériau piézoélectrique (French: La génération d'impulsions courtes d'ondes acoustiques de surface sur un matériau piézo-électrique). Ph.D. Jury: Vincent Laude (Directeur de these), Bernard Bonello (Rapporteur), Omar Elmazria (Rapporteur), Andreas Mayer (Examinateur), Franck Chollet (Examinateur), Damien Teyssieux (C-Directeur de these), Nico Declercq (Examinateur).
Publications: (mostly the result of her time as MS/Ph.D student at Georgia Tech before moving to FEMTO-ST): B1(66, 70), C1-a(14), C1-c(50), C1-d(46, 47, 50), D3(27).
Current position: She became a Postdoc at INSA Lyon in France, then a Lead Sensor Design Engineer in Australia, consequently a Research Engineer at KellyOCG in France and is now a Research Engineer at CIME-P at Grenoble, France.
Dong, Junliang
Role: co-advisor with David Citrin and Alexandre Locquet, Georgia Tech, mainly on Ultrasonics sections of work.
Advised since: Fall 2013
Date of graduation: July, 2017
Title of thesis and committee members: Terahertz Imaging for Nondestructive Evaluation and Material Characterization. Jury: Ph.D. Jury: David S. Citrin (Georgia Tech, ECE), Waymond R. Scott (Georgia Tech, ECE), Paul Voss (Georgia Tech, ECE), Justin Romberg (Georgia Tech, ECE), Nico F. Declercq (Georgia Tech, ME), Alexandre Locquet (Georgia Tech, ECE).
Publications: B1(84, 80, 71, 67), C1(49), D3(28,32)
Comment: Junliang Dong was initially recruited as Dr. Declercq’s Ph.D. student in Mechanical Engineering, with his doctoral appointment beginning on March 19, 2013. To strengthen interdisciplinary collaboration between the ultrasonics and terahertz research groups at Georgia Tech Europe, Dr. Declercq agreed to transfer the doctoral appointment and the associated shared research funding to the Electrical Engineering program. Dr. Declercq continued to serve as co-advisor throughout the Ph.D., providing scientific guidance on the nondestructive evaluation aspects of the research while maintaining close interaction with the student. The collaboration proved mutually beneficial, contributing to the student's successful doctoral training while strengthening interdisciplinary research between the two laboratories.
Publications: B1(67,71,80,84), C1-d(49), D3(28,32).
Current Position: Assistant Professor at the University of Arkansas.
Liu, Jingfei
Role: advisor at Mechanical Engineering at University of Lorraine.
Advised since: Fall 2009.
Date of graduation: Dec 3, 2013
Title of thesis and committee members: L’interaction des ultrasons avec des structures periodiques et des structures composites (The interaction of ultrasonic waves with periodical structures and with composites). Ph.D. Jury : Nico Declercq (Georgia Tech), Marc Deschamps (Univ. Bordeaux 1), Bertrand Dubus (ISEN, Lille), Vincent Laude (Univ de Besancon – Femto-ST), Fodil Meraghni (ENSAM), Abdallah Ougazzaden (Georgia Tech), Jean-Paul Salvestrini (Univ. Lorraine, Metz, Suk Wang Yoon (SungKyunKwan Univ., Republic of Korea).
Publications: B1(55, 56, 57, 62, 65, 68, 69, 70, 73, 74, 75, 83,92,108), C1-a (12, 13, 14), C1-b(6), C1-c(38, 42, 43, 45, 46, 47, 48, 50), C1-d (40, 41, 42, 45, 48, 49, 50, 51), D2 (3), D3 (34)
Current position: Assistant Professor at Texas Tech University, USA
McKeon, Peter
Role : advisor at Georgia Tech with industrial partner Slah Yaacoubi co-advisor
Advised since: Fall 2010.
Date of graduation: Sept 29, 2014
Title of thesis and committee members: A fundamental study to enable ultrasonic structural health monitoring of a thick-walled composite over-wrapped pressure vessel. Ph.D. committee : Nico F. Declercq (ME, advisor and chair), Slah Yaacoubi (co-advisor, industrial partner), Yves Berthelot (ME), Laurence J. Jacobs (CEE), Jennifer E. Michaels (ECE), Laurent Capolungo (ME).
Awards: Best student paper award at ICA2013 (see III.A National and International Awards Awards)
Publications: B1(50,60,67,76), C1a(14), C1c(41 43, 44, 49), C1d(43,44,52,53), D2(3).
Current position: He became a Postdoc at Georgia Tech Europe, then a lecturer at Georgia Tech and later, he became a faculty member at South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, USA until Fall 2023. Then he moved to Germany to become a System Engineer at ZF Lifetec in Baden-Württemberg.
Moiseyenko, Rayisa
Role: co-advisor with Vincent Laude at doctoral school of FEMTO-ST CNRS UMR 6174 at Besancon, France.
Advised since: 2009
Date of graduation: Nov 29, 2012 (Grade de docteur de l’université de Franche-Comté, spécialité Sciences pour l, ingénieur.)
Title of thesis and committee members: Diffraction in phononic crystals, Ph.D. Reading Committee: B. Bonello (rapporteur), V. J. Sanchez Morcillo (rapporteur), F. Cherioux (examinateur), N. F. Declercq (Examinateur and advisor), V. Gusev (examinateur), V. Laude (examinateur and advisor), V. Plessky (examinateur).
Award: first prize ADOC contest June 14, 2012 (see III.A International or National Awards)
Current position: She was first a Postdoc at Technical University of Denmark, and is now a System Developer at IHFood A/S, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark.
Publications: B1(52, 54, 57, 58, 65, 78), C1-a(12), C1-b(6), C1-c(37, 39, 40, 43, 45, 46, 47), C1-d(41)
Hall, James
Role: Co-advised with Jennifer Michaels.
Bach, Jason
Role: co-advisor while at Georgia Tech Europe (Fall 2007, Spring 2009) with D. Ku at Georgia Tech.
Advised since: Fall 2007
Date of graduation: 2012 (student had continued in bio-mechanics after a preparation in ultrasonics and passed his Ph.D. at Georgia Tech, ME (Bio-Eng)
Publications: C1 (17, 18)
Herbison, Sarah
Role : advisor at Georgia Tech
Advised since: Spring 2007
Date of graduation: June 23, 2011
Title of thesis and committee members: Ultrasonic Diffraction effects on Periodic Surfaces, Ph.D. Reading Committee: N. Declercq, Y. Berthelot, K. Sabra, M. Ruzzene, A. Ougazzaden
Publications: B1(46, 49, 54,98), C1-b(2), C1-c(37), C1-d(21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 32, 34, 35,38), D2(3).
Current position: Asset and Risk Management, Pacific Gas and Electric Company, San Francisco Bay Area, USA.
Janssen, Els
Role: advisor 2005-2006 at Ghent University, while postdoc at faculty of engineering sciences), followed by co-advisor with K Van den Abeele 2007-2011 at Catholic University of Leuven, Physics Department
Advised since: 2005
Date of graduation: November 17, 2011
Title of thesis and committee members: Akoestische en Ultrasone Beeldvorming van microschade gebruik makend van technieken gebaseerd op tijdsomkering (TR) en niet-lineaire elastische golfspectroscopie (NEWS) (Acoustic and Ultrasonic imaging of microdamage applying techniques based on time-reversal (TR) and non-linear elastic wave spectroscopy (NEWS)). Ph.D. Reading Committee: N. F. Declercq, H. De Gersem, L. De Lathauwer, C. Glorieux, O. Bou Matar, M. Scalerandi, K. Van Den Abeele
Publications : C1c(29)
Current position: project manager at FAGG (Federal Agency for Pharmaceutical Products), Brussels, Belgium.
Lamkanfi, Ebrahim
Role : Co-advisor (shared scientific supervision with J. Degriek and W. Van Paepegem, Ghent University). The scientific foundations of the Ph.D. project were established while Dr. Declercq was a postdoctoral researcher at Ghent University (Spring 2006). Following Dr. Declercq’s appointment to the Georgia Institute of Technology, the official doctoral supervision remained at Ghent University, while he continued to provide approximately half of the scientific supervision and day-to-day research guidance throughout the project. The student also made regular research visits to his laboratory at Georgia Tech Europe, ensuring continuity of supervision and close scientific interaction.
Advised since: Fall 2006
Date of graduation: April 13, 2010
Title of thesis: Dutch title: “Ontwikkeling van eindige‐elementenmethoden voor de vormoptimalisatie van biaxiaal belaste kruisvormige proefstukken in composiet en voor ultrasone inspectie van materialen” (English: Development of finite element methods for shape optimization of biaxially loaded cruciform composite samples and for ultrasonic inspection of materials)
Publications: B1(39, 42, 45), C1c(35, 34, 32), C1d(15, 25, 26, 27, 31)
Current position: self-employed