People

Group Members

Current researchers, students, visitors, and alumni of the NDT & SHM Group.

Principal Investigator

Research Staff

Mahmoud Askari

Mahmoud Askari

Research & Education Assistant

Mechanical and electromechanical system dynamics; vibration and modal analysis; finite element and experimental methods; energy harvesting, predictive maintenance, and structural health monitoring.

m.askari@rug.nl | +31 50 36 33381

Support Staff

O. (Olga) Guseva

O. (Olga) Guseva

Management Office Assistant

Administrative support for several ENTEG research units.

o.guseva@rug.nl | Rooms 5111.0155 / 5615.0202

PhD Students

Clint Han

Clint (Xiaodong) Han

PhD student

Predictive maintenance and condition monitoring of railway track systems.

clint.han@rug.nlRUG

Yanxin Si

Yanxin Si

PhD student

System identification, data-driven modelling, and modal analysis of complex engineering systems.

y.si@rug.nlRUG

Eddie Liu

Eddie (Hailong) Liu

PhD student

Physics-informed neural networks for structural health monitoring and dynamic response prediction.

eddie.liu@rug.nlRUG

Kun Xie

Kun Xie

PhD student

Camera-based structural vibration measurement, motion magnification, and full-field dynamic analysis.

k.xie@rug.nlRUG

Kamiel Politiek

Kamiel Politiek

PhD student

Nonlinear ultrasonic resonance testing for quality assessment of metal additive manufactured components.

kamiel.politiek@rug.nlRUG

Wenbo Zhang

Wenbo Zhang

PhD student

Nonlinear modal analysis and nonlinear data-driven modelling for complex structural dynamics.

w.zhang@rug.nlRUG

Sijie Wang

Sijie Wang

PhD student

Hydrodynamic simulation of fish locomotion and behaviour using CFD and flow-structure interaction modelling.

sijie.wang@rug.nlRUG

Qingsheng Liu

Qingsheng Liu

PhD student

Camera-based motion analysis and vibration monitoring of wind turbine structures.

qingsheng.liu@rug.nlRUG

Jiayu Wang

Jiayu Wang

PhD student

Drone-based structural health monitoring and autonomous inspection of engineering structures.

jiayu.wang@rug.nlRUG

Yueqing Wang

Yueqing Wang

PhD student

Computer vision, LiDAR-vision fusion, traffic and transportation engineering.

yueqing.wang@rug.nlRUG

Visiting Scholars and Visiting PhD Students

Yifei Li

Yifei Li

Visiting scholar, Huzhou Normal University, China

Machine learning and fault diagnosis, surrogate-assisted evolutionary optimization.

yifei.li@rug.nlRUGRGGS

Jie Wang

Jie Wang

Visiting PhD student, Hunan University, China

Quantum neural networks and vision transformers for fault diagnosis of mechanical bearing systems.

jie.wang@rug.nlRUG

Lei Han

Lei Han

Visiting PhD student, Beijing Jiaotong University, China

Intelligent operation and maintenance of rail infrastructure, ground-penetrating radar, and machine learning.

lei.han@rug.nlRUG

Seyed Ahmad Taghizadeh

Seyed Ahmad Taghizadeh

Visiting PhD student, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy

Deep learning-based infrared thermography for non-destructive testing of composite structures.

s.taghizadeh@rug.nl

Current Master Students

Marco Zekveld

Optimal lathing settings for contact lens manufacturing using ID-DMD.

Yuval Swank

Ultrasonic resonance testing solution for metal additive manufacturing parts.

Rick Hulleman

Nonlinear dynamic behavior study on high precision lathing machine.

Alumni

Master Alumni

  • Mathijs Neerhof (2026) - Transfer learning and multi-signal fusion for automated tool wear classification in precision manufacturing.
  • Dayon Benning (2026) - Stability lobe modeling for SPDT of contact lenses.
  • Arjan van der Laan (2025) - Data-driven acoustic inspection of tool wear status.
  • Stijn Eikens (2025) - Image acquisition in tool wear detection for the production of contact lenses.
  • Justin de Groot (2024) - Computer vision-aided structural vibration tracking and analysis.

Bachelor Alumni

  • Filip Schultink (2026) - Hybrid predictive maintenance framework for a 2-DOF robotic arm.
  • Huib van der Veen (2024) - Non-contact vision-based structural vibration measurements.
  • Steven Boon (2024) - Experimental modal analysis of beam structures through data-driven modelling.