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: July 05, 2025
Conference email: iccoe@ieet.ac.cn (when you meet any question during submission)