ACOUSTIC EMISSION WORKING GROUP

AEWG-65: Chiago, IL, May 13-15, 2025

 

AEWG-65: Meeting Announcement

The Conference will be held in

Chicago, IL, USA

May 13-15, 2025

AEWG general meetings are open to all interested individuals.

This site (www.aewg.org) hosts latest information for the upcoming AEWG meeting.

Also provided for free download is the Journal of AE (JAE), all editions since Volume 1 to 36,
as well as contents and index information, searchable for word/term/author!

The meeting is open to all individuals interested in acoustic emission technology and applications. Talks describing AE applications in any field, as well as advances in AE fundamentals, sensing, and signal processing, are invited. In keeping with the working group character of the meeting, discussion of work in process is particularly welcome.  Students may submit an extended abstract for consideration for the AEWG Student Award.

Workshop themes:

The workshop will include several special sessions and panel discussions. Dr. Li Ai will organize a special issue at the Journal of Nondestructive Evaluation titled “Recent Advances in Acoustic Emissions.”

  • AE applications in the nuclear energy sectoR
  • AE for monitoring additive manufacturing processeS
  • Advances in AE instrumentation and sensors
  • AE for materials/structure damage mechanics
  • AE applications for large-scale structural testing
  • Novel signal processing approaches
  • Material research, fracture, and fatigue failure mechanisms
  • Geosciences and rock mechanics
  • Orthopedics and biomechanics
  • Diagnostic techniques & procedures
  • Codes and standards development
  • AE theories, methods, validation, and verification

News:

 

Meeting date: May 13-15, 2025
Program: Program (as of Apr 14, 2025)
Call For Abstracts: Talks describing AE applications in any field, as well as advances in AE fundamentals, sensing, and signal processing, are invited.  In keeping with the working group character of the meeting, discussion of work in process is particularly welcome. As the 60th anniversary of AEWG is approaching, historical or retrospective talks on AE theory, technology, and personalities are particularly welcomed.
  • Abstract submission deadline extended to March 18, 2025
  • Please send your abstract to dozevin@uic.edu
  • The language used in this event is English, so please write your paper in English.The author will be notified within one month after submission of the papers.
Adrian Pollock
Student Award
Submission:
Students are encouraged to submit a paper for Adrian Pollock Student Award Competition consideration.
Primer: <tbd>
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Alexander Heifetz
Argonne National Laboratory, NDE for Advanced Nuclear Reactors
Venue Information: Discovery Partner Institute (DPI) in Chicago.

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Hotel Information: Chicago has many hotel options. May is a busy time in Chicago. We highly recommend reserving your hotel as soon as possible. UIC has a special rate with Courtyard Chicago at Medical District/UIC up to ten rooms. If needed, we will request more rooms. Book your room before April 19 to guarantee availability and savings.
Please contact dozevin@uic.edu if you cannot make the reservation.

Here's the link that you can use to make the reservation:
Book your group rate for AEWG-65 (65th Acoustic Emission Working Group meeting).

Hotel(s) offering your special group rate: Courtyard Chicago at Medical District/UIC for 239.00 USD per night - Last Day to Book: Saturday April 12, 2025
Registration: The registration fee includes two and a half days of meeting sessions, vendor presentations, panel discussions, a social event on May 12, a banquet on May 14, and coffee and lunch breaks.
  • General Registration: $350 (Early bird until April 30, 2025)
  • Student Registration: $200
Registration to AEWG-65
Vendor exhibit We are accepting vendor exhibit reservations and sign-ups for the vendor presentation session. This is an excellent opportunity to showcase your latest AE technologies and connect with industry and academic leaders. Please contact dozevin@uic.edu to secure your spot!
Virtual Participation We will hold a memorial session to honor two AE pioneers, Mark Carlos and Dr. Sotirios Vahaviolos, who passed away last year. If you are unable to attend in person but would like to join virtually for this special tribute, please contact dozevin@uic.edu to receive access details.
Meeting Host and
Program Chair:
Dr. Didem Ozevin
University of Illinois Chicago
dozevin@uic.edu

 

57  years passed since the first meeting of Acoustic Emission Working Group (AEWG) was held in Idaho Falls, on February 8, 1968.
AEWG had its beginning in a discussion between Allen T. Green (then at Aerojet-General Corp., later at Acoustic Technology Group) and Jack Spanner (then at Battelle Northwest). Spanner arranged for a formative meeting of interested parties to be held in Alcoa, TN, on November 2, 1967.
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The 12 people in attendance agreed to hold the first meeting in Idaho Falls in three months. At that time, eight others (T. Theodore Anderson, Thomas F. Drouilliard, Robert B. Engle. Robert G. Liptai, O.K. Mitchell, R. Neal Ord. Ronald E. Ringsmith and Richard K. Steele) joined to become the charter members of the AEWG.

The photo is from the AEWG formative meeting; top, from left Robert Moss. Boeing Scientific Research Lab. (Seattle) -deceased; Dwight Parry, Phillips Petroleum (Idaho Falls); Norm K. Sowards, Same; Harold Dunegan -deceised, Lawrence Radillion Lab. (Livermore); Brad H. Schofield, Teledyne Materials Research. (Waltham); Phil H. Hutton. Battelle Northwest (Richland); Allen Green. Aerojet-General Corp. (Sacramento); Herb N. Pederson. Battelle-Northwest (Richland); bottom, from left; Charles Musser, Boeing Michaud (New Orleans) -deceased; Jack Spanner, Battelle-Northwest (Richland)· Julian Frederick. Univ. of Michigan (Ann Arbor) -deceased; Not in picture, Harvey Balderson. Boeing Commercial Aircraft; deceased.  Baldemm took this picture. Also invited to the meeting, but not attended: C. Hartbower, Aerojet-General. W .R. Sturrock. Boeing. C. Tatto, Lawrence Radiation Lab.
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