| Brad Regez Center for Quality Engineering and Failure Prevention
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Experience:
Northwestern University, Center for Quality Engineering and Failure Prevention
Research Associate (2009-Current)-
Conduct state of the art research in Nondestructive Evaluation (NDE) and Intelligent Structural Health Management (ISHM)
Northwestern University, Center for Quality Engineering and Failure Prevention
Postdoctoral Research Fellow (2007-2009)-
Conduct state of the art research in Nondestructive Evaluation (NDE) and Intelligent Structural Health Management (ISHM)
NASA / USA- Kennedy Space Center, Florida
Project Engineer, Space Shuttle Program (2005-2007)-
Worked on various projects related to the NDE of Space Shuttle Orbiter / External Tank / Solid Rocket Booster hardware
Southern Illinois University, Center for Advanced Friction Studies
Research Assistant (2003-2005)-
Developed nondestructive techniques to evaluate friction material properties for aircraft and automotive braking applications
Southern Illinois University, Department of Civil Engineering
Instructor (2001-2003)-
Taught engineering classes in Statics and Structural Analysis
Southern Illinois University, Materials Technology Center
Research Assistant (1999-2001)-
Evaluated the durability, fatigue life, and reliability of carbon and glass composites to be used in primary structures of automobiles
Recent Publications:
Regez, B., and Krishnaswamy, S., "Nondestructive Evaluation of Structures," Encyclopedia of Aerospace Engineering, John Wiley & Sons Ltd., Chichester, UK, January 2011.
Balogun, O., Regez, B., Zhang, H., and Krishnaswamy, S. "Real-Time Full-Field Photoacoustic Imaging using an Ultrasonic Camera."
Journal of Biomedical Optics, Vol. 15, 021318, 2010.
Balogun, O., Regez, B., and Krishnaswamy, S., "Dynamic Demodulation of Spectral Shifts in fiber-Bragg-grating sensors,"
SPIE Newsroom, December 3, 2009, DOI: 10.1117/2.1200911.1857
Regez, B., Sayeh, M., Mahajan, A., and Figueroa, F., "A Novel Fiber Optics Based Method to Measure
Very Low Strains in Large Scale Infrastructures," Journal of Measurement, Vol. 42, pp.183-188, 2009.
Regez, B., Zhang, Y., Chu, T., Don, J. and Mahajan, A. "Image Correlation of Ultrasonic Images to Extract Bulk Displacements and Deformations in Composites,"
Structural Engineering and Mechanics, An International Journal, Vol. 29, No. 1., May 2008.
Figueroa, F., Mahajan, A., Sayeh, M., and Regez, B., "Fiber-Optic Strain Gauge with High Resolution and Update Rate,"
NASA Tech Briefs, Vol. 31, No.7, pp. 12a, July 2007.
Recent Conference Presentations & Proceedings:
Regez, B., Zhu, Y.J., Zhu, Y., Balogun, O., and Krishnaswamy, S., "Monitoring of Acoustic Emissions using a Fiber Bragg Grating
Dynamic Strain Sensing System", Acoustic Emission Working Group, Denver, CO, May 18-19, 2011.
Regez, B., Kuehling, K., and Krishnaswamy, S., "Thermal Imaging of Composite Wrapped Bridge Columns,"
International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences (ICCES), Nanjing, China, April 18-21, 2011.
Huang, Q., Regez, B., and Krishnaswamy, S., "The Influence of Disbond Defects on Lamb Wave Testing in GLARE Composites,"
Proceedings of SPIE- The International Society for Optical Engineering, v 7650, Health Monitoring of Structural and Biological Systems 2010.
Regez, B., Kirikera, G., Tan Hwai Yuen, M., Krishnaswamy, S., and Lasser, B., "Ultrasonic Camera Automatic Image Depth and Stitching Modifications
for Monitoring Aerospace Composites," Proceedings of SPIE- The International Society for Optical Engineering, v 7295, Health Monitoring of
Structural and Biological Systems 2009.
Huang, Q., Regez, B., Balogun, O., Yang, N., and Krishnaswamy, S., "Detection of Disbonding in GLARE Composites using a Lamb Wave Approach,"
Review of Progress in Quantitative NDE, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, Rhode Island, July 26-31, 2009.
Regez, B. and Krishnaswamy, S., "Real Time Ultrasonic Imaging of Aerospace Composites," International Conference on Computational &
Experimental Engineering and Sciences (ICCES), Phuket, Thailand, April 8-13, 2009.
Regez, B., Kirikera, G., Komsky, I., Lasser, B., and Krishnaswamy, S., "Real-Time Dual-Channel Ultrasonic System for Inspection of Aircraft Structures,"
17th World Conference on Nondestructive Testing, Shanghi, China, October 25-28, 2008.
Kirikera, G., Regez, B., Balogun, O., Zinck, A., and Krishnaswamy, S., "Dynamically Reconfigurable Piezoelectric Sensors for Ultrasonic Nonlinearity Measurements,"
Review of Progress in Quantitative NDE, University of Illinois-Chicago, Chicago, IL, July 20-25, 2008.
Kammerer, C., Regez, B., Walker, J., and Madaras, E., "Evaluation of Detection Techniques of Hidden Corrosion Beneath the Thermal Protective System
of the Space Shuttle Orbiter," Presented at the ASNT 16th Annual Research Symposium, Orlando, FL., March 2007.
Santos, F., Russell, R., Koshti, A., Saulsberry, R., Regez, B., and Newman, J., "Space Shuttle Orbiter and International Space Stations (ISS) COPV Inspection
with Laser Shearography," Presented at the ASNT 16th Annual Research Symposium, Orlando, FL., March 2007.
Kammerer, C., Walker, J., Madaras, E., and Regez, B., "Nondestructive Detection of Hidden Corrosion Beneath the Thermal Protective System of the Space Shuttle
Orbiter using Backscatter X-ray Radiography and Terahertz Imaging," Presented at the Aging Aircraft Conference, Palm Springs, CA, April 2007.
Invited Speaker:
Regez, B., "Future of NDE and SHM", World Institute of Technology, Gurgaon (Delhi), India, September 5, 2008.
Regez, B., "Future of NDE with Current Applications", Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois, April 24, 2008.
Regez, B., "Emerging NDE Techniques", Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois, November 18, 2009.
