Special Session 2 Title: Equipment safety inspection and structural health monitoring


Short description of the proposed topic:

Safety inspection and structural health monitoring methods are important for the safety operation and maintenance of marine engineering and hydraulic engineering equipment. In this proposal, we present a topic for the safety inspection and structural health monitoring of equipment.
Interested topics include (but not limited to):
- Nondestructive testing (NDT) technique, including optical, ultrasonic and electromagnetic testing
- Structural health monitoring technique (SHM)
- Novel sensors and intelligent sensing system
-Inspection systems integrated in robots, including Remote operated vehicle (ROV) and Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV)

Novelty and motivation:

As the marine engineering and hydraulic engineering equipment serves in more critical working conditions, such as deep-water, heavy-load and ultra-large, the defects are easily introduced in the equipment. It has been a major threat for the safe operation of the critical equipment. Thus, advanced non-destructive testing, structural health monitoring and high-end industrial robots are now deeply involved in the equipment operation and maintenance field. Advanced testing technique and robots can implement customized and automated inspection, which improves the probability of detection (POD) and precision. In addition, unmanned working condition inspection, such as the deep-water, can be realized. This topic on equipment safety inspection and structural health monitoring focuses on specific aspects of NDT, SHM, and robotic integrated systems. It provides a platform for mutual cross-learning of colleagues in this field.

Short Biography of Organizers:

Yuan Xin’an, professor, doctoral supervisor, is currently working in the China University of Petroleum (East China). He is mainly engaged in the research of marine engineering equipment NDT and SHM. He has presided over more than 10 projects, including the National Natural Science Foundation of China, the Postdoctoral Innovation Talent Support Program, and Sub-project of the Key Research and Development Program for Young Scientists. He is the young editorial board member of 《China Offshore oil and gas》and 《Physics Examination and Testing》. He also serves as a long-term chairperson of the sub-venue in Far East Non-destructive Testing Conference. He has published 38 papers as the first or corresponding author in journals such as TII, MSSP, and OE (20 in JCR1). He has obtained 30 authorized invention patents. The amount of patent license amounted to 12 million yuan. He published 3 monographs and formulated 11 national and industrial standards. He has won 3 Provincial and Ministerial First Prize awards (No.2, No.3 and No.4) and 3 Provincial and Ministerial Second Prize awards (No.1, No.1 and No.4).

Wang Gang,Professor and PhD Supervisor in Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering at Harbin Engineering University; National-Level Young Talent; IEEE Senior Member; Recipient of Heilongjiang Provincial Youth Science and Technology Award.Research Expertise: Underwater robotics and environment-adaptive technologies, focusing on granular media contact mechanics in amphibious environments, underwater hybrid propulsion systems, and flexible underwater actuation devices.Leadership & Funding: Principal Investigator of over 30 competitive projects, including 3 National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) grants, 2 National Key R&D Program sub-projects, and Heilongjiang Provincial Outstanding Youth Foundation.Key Contributions: Published 30+ first/corresponding-author papers in high-impact journals (Nature Communications, IEEE Transactions on Robotics, etc.); secured 70+ authorized invention patents; led award-winning innovations including the 2024 Heilongjiang Science & Technology First Prize (Technical Invention, first-ranked), 2023 Marine Engineering Science and Technology First Prize (first-ranked), and 2021 China Good Design Gold Award (Top 10 nationally, first-ranked).Teaching & Impact: Recognized with the National Higher Education Teaching Achievement First Prize and Heilongjiang Teaching Achievement Second Prize (first-ranked); directed key provincial teaching reforms; advanced technologies applied to underwater inspection of marine structures and nuclear facility maintenance, generating significant societal and economic benefits.

Submission channel: https://confsys.iconf.org/submission/iccoe2025 (please choose the correct special session title when you submit)

Submission deadline: June 25, 2025

Conference email: iccoe@ieet.ac.cn (when you meet any question during submission)