The iWeld consortium disseminates project results through peer-reviewed journal publications, conference presentations, workshops and engagement with the wider NDT and nuclear engineering communities.
Journal Publications
Machado, L.Q., Kalkowski, M., Blumensath, T., Lowe, M.J.S. and Samaitis, V.
Model-based deep neural network inversion for ultrasonic reconstruction of thick-section welds.
NDT & E International, Volume 163, Article 103775, 2026.
DOI: 10.1016/j.ndteint.2026.103775.
Ben Chouikha, M. and Poubeau, B.
Reactor Performance, System Reliability: Instrumentation and Control.
EPJ Nuclear Sciences & Technologies, Volume 11, 2025.
DOI: 10.1051/epjn/2025039.
Conference Papers and Presentations
2026
European Conference on Non-Destructive Testing (ECNDT 2026), Verona, Italy
Ultrasonic characterisation of grain orientations, elastic tensor and geometry of thick-section welds using deep learning.
Michal Kalkowski, Lucas Q. Machado, Mike Lowe, Thomas Blumensath and Vykintas Samaitis.
Addressing uncertainties in material parameters for nuclear weld imaging by the development of an adaptive algorithm
Ali Boukham, Jordan Barras, Maxance Marmonier and Nicolas Leymarie
AFPAC 2026
Improving defect detection of nuclear welds using adaptive imaging based on uncertain material parameters optimisation.
Ali Boukham, Jordan Barras, Maxance Marmonier and Nicolas Leymarie.
DOI: 10.1051/aacus/2026069.
COFREND 2026
TFM imaging in welds: aberration correction through optimization of weld model parameters
Ali Boukham, Jordan Barras, Maxance Marmonier and Nicolas Leymarie
2025
52nd Annual Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation (QNDE 2025), Montreal, Canada
Ultrasonic characterisation of thick section welds assisted by AI and ray-based methods.
Lucas Q. Machado, Michal Kalkowski, Thomas Blumensath and Mike Lowe.
JJCAP 2025 – Journée des Jeunes Chercheurs en Acoustique Physique 2025
TFM imaging in welds : aberration correction through model parameter optimization
Ali Boukham, Jordan Barras, Maxance Marmonier, Nicolas Leymarie
NDE in Nuclear 2025, EPRI, USA
Simulating ultrasonic inspections of welds with complex microstructure: a contribution to the iWeld European project.
Christophe Reboud, Roberto Miorelli, Nicolas Leymarie, Frédéric Costes, Chengdan Xue and Edouard Demaldent.
DOI: 10.58286/32341.
2024
32nd ASNT Research Symposium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Ultrasound propagation in materials with elongated grains and preferential orientation: parameter analysis and complex tensor determination.
Michal Kalkowski, Lucas Q. Machado and Mike Lowe.
2023
50th Annual Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation (QNDE 2023), Austin, USA
Determining Grain Orientations With Weld Map Tomography
Michal Kalkowski, Mike Lowe, Vykintas Samaitis, Fabian Schreyer.