Prof. Bruce Drinkwater, Univ of Bristol UK

Professor Bruce Drinkwater obtained B.Eng. and Ph.D. degrees from Imperial College, London, UK, in 1991 and 1995 respectively. Bruce then joined the Mechanical Engineering Department at the University of Bristol, Bristol, UK, where he has been involved in a diverse range of engineering topics including NDE, condition monitoring as well as metamaterials, ultrasonic levitation, and haptics. He has worked on ultrasonic arrays for 20 years and this is a common theme that links together many of his research interests. The ultrasonic imaging methods, and algorithms he helped develop, known as Full Matrix Capture (FMC) and the Total Focusing Method (TFM), are now in widespread use by industry where they have improved the safety of aircraft, power stations and other complex engineering structures. He is Head of the UNDT research group at the University of Bristol, Director of the Centre for Doctoral Training in Future Innovation in NDE and Editor-in-Chief at NDT&E International.