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Personal Statement
I am Senior Lecturer at the Department of Electronic & Electrical Engineering, which I joined in 2017 as a Strathclyde Chancellor’s Fellow. I obtained my PhD in laser ultrasonics at the University of Warwick and I worked as post-doctoral research fellow at the Universities of Cambridge and Nottingham.
My main research is focused on sensing and imaging using light. I use light to generate and detect ultrasound and this capability is used for remote ultrasonic phased array imaging. These Laser Induced Phased Arrays have applications in remote non-destructive evaluation, in process evaluation and material characterisation.
My research interests include:
- remote ultrasonic sensing/imaging using optical methods
- in-line manufacturing process monitoring in extreme environments
- non-destructive testing
- material characterisation
- optically excited sensors
- laser induced ultrasonic phased arrays
- laser ultrasonics in advanced materials
Due to the industrial applications of my work I have an extensive record of industrial collaborations which include the UK Atomic Energy Authority, Sellafield and Hitachi.
I am co-chair of the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion committee at the Electronic & Electrical Engineering Department, chair of the Physical Acoustics group, of the Institute of Physics and a member of the committee for ultrasonics (EPL/87) of the British Standards Institute.
PhD vacancies:
Fully-funded PhD project (details here):
- Fast and remote ultrasonic tomography using deep learning and laser ultrasound arrays (laser/ultrasound/materials)
The projects listed below are those which I am interested in supervising and I am currentlly recruiting students. If you are interested in applying for one of these projects, and you are a Home Student or a non-UK resident with PhD funding, please contact me by email to discuss this further. Please note this list is of projects which do not have guaranteed funding.
- Fantastic 2D arrays for 3D ultrasonic array prototyping using lasers (laser/ultrasound/signal processing).
- Fast laser ultrasound imaging using spatial and temporal encoding of a pulsed laser beam (laser/ultrasound/signal processing).
- Maximising the use of information in the laser ultrasound signal for non-destructive evaluation of defects encountered in industry (laser/ultrasound/signal processing).
- Optimisation of Laser Induced Phased Arrays for large area inspection during non-destructive evaluation (laser/ultrasound/signal processing).
- Measuring and mapping residual stress during and post manufacturing using laser ultrasound (laser/ultrasound/materials).
- Robotics, sensor miniaturisation and multi-sensor integration for automated, large area and complex shape ultrasonic inspection (robotics/laser/ultrasound/non-destructive evaluation).
- Remote ultrasonic tomography using deep learning and laser ultrasound arrays for bio-medical imaging (laser/ultrasound/materials).
This list is not exhaustive. If you have another idea for a PhD project please get in touch by email, well before the PhD admissions deadline (beginning Sept 2025).
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Robotic laser ultrasonic inspection system (Photonics & Quantum Accelerator (PQA) )
Stratoudaki, T. (Principal Investigator), MacLeod, C. N. (Co-investigator) & Pierce, G. (Co-investigator)
EPSRC (Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council)
1/07/25 → 31/12/25
Project: Research
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Fusing A Future From Glasgow's Proud Heritage - The Next Wave (Innovation project commission Glasgow City Region - Extension)
MacLeod, C. N. (Principal Investigator), Dobie, G. (Co-investigator), Gachagan, A. (Co-investigator), Javadi, Y. (Co-investigator), Mohseni, E. (Co-investigator), Pierce, G. (Co-investigator), Stratoudaki, T. (Co-investigator), Ward, M. (Co-investigator), Wathavana Vithanage, R. K. (Co-investigator), Lines, D. (Research Co-investigator), Loukas, C. (Research Co-investigator), Munro, W. (Research Co-investigator), Nicolson, E. (Research Co-investigator) & Watson, R. (Research Co-investigator)
1/04/25 → 31/03/26
Project: Research
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2D laser induced phased arrays for remote volumetric ultrasonic imaging
Lukacs, P., Pieris, D., Davis, G., Riding, M. W. & Stratoudaki, T., 16 Jun 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control. 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A 2D ultrasonic phased array optimization framework enabled by reconfigurable laser induced phased arrays
Lukacs, P., Davis, G., Pieris, D. & Stratoudaki, T., 28 Oct 2024, In: Journal of Physics: Conference Series. 2822, 1, 9 p., 012094.Research output: Contribution to journal › Conference article › peer-review
Open AccessFile10 Downloads (Pure)
Datasets
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Data for: "Near-surface defect imaging in additively manufactured components by SAW suppression in laser induced phased array acquired data"
Davis, G. (Creator), Lukacs, P. (Creator), Riding, M. (Creator), Alfuwaires, A. (Creator), Kamintzis, P. (Creator), Pieris, D. (Creator), Keenan, A. (Creator), Wilcox, P. (Creator), Pierce, G. (Creator), MacLeod, C. N. (Creator), Williams, S. (Creator) & Stratoudaki, T. (Creator), University of Strathclyde, 6 Nov 2023
DOI: 10.15129/0cfd48c9-733d-4636-8f0a-b28bf48a34bd
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Data for "Remote Ultrasonic Imaging of a Wire Arc Additive Manufactured Ti-6Al-4V Component using Laser Induced Phased Array"
Lukacs, P. (Creator), Davis, G. (Creator), Stratoudaki, T. (Creator), Williams, S. (Creator), MacLeod, C. N. (Contributor) & Gachagan, A. (Creator), Cranfield Online Research Data (CORD), 4 May 2023
DOI: 10.17862/cranfield.rd.15190191.v1
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Prizes
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Best paper award
Stratoudaki, T. (Recipient) & Javadi, Y. (Recipient), 2018
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Activities
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Laser-Induced Phased Arrays: New applications and new research challenges
Stratoudaki, T. (Keynote speaker), Wilcox, P. (Keynote speaker), Pieris, D. (Contributor), Lukacs, P. (Contributor), Davis, G. (Contributor), Riding, M. (Contributor) & Kamintzis, P. (Contributor)
27 Jun 2024Activity: Talk or Presentation › Invited talk
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Adaptive Laser Induced Phased Arrays: An alternative way of thinking about ultrasonic phased array imaging
Stratoudaki, T. (Invited speaker), Lukacs, P. (Contributor) & Riding, M. (Contributor)
14 May 2024Activity: Talk or Presentation › Invited talk