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Ultrasonics Research Group Publications

Patents

  • Sean G. McSweeney and William M. D. Wright, "Ultrasonic transducers", European patent application number 08105496.7 and provisional US application number 61/102,946 (Priority filing date 30th October 2008, International filing date 18th September 2009) available from www.wipo.int as document WO 2010/049040.

Book Chapters

  • W. M. D. Wright, "Analytical methods: Ultrasonic techniques", in Encyclopedia of Dairy Sciences, 2nd Edition, eds. J. W. Fuquay, P.F. Fox and P. L. H. McSweeney, Elsevier, Oxford (April 2011). [ISBN: 978-0-12-374402-9] <request copy by email>

Theses

  • W. M. D. Wright, "Air-coupled ultrasonic testing of materials", PhD Thesis, University of Warwick, (1996) <PDF>

Publications

  • Y. Wang, W. M. D. Wright, K. A. Hattinga and S. M. van Ruth, "Exploration of an ultrasonic pulse echo system for comparison of milks, creams, and their dilution", LWT - Food Science and Technology, Vol. 136, article 110616 (2020) <PDF> <Download>
  • S. Li, G. Hao and W. M. D. Wright, "Design and modelling of an anti-buckling compliant universal joint with a compact configuration", Mechanism and Machine Theory, Vol. 156, article 104162 (2020) <PDF> <Download>
  • J. Yan, W. M. D. Wright, Y. Roos and S. M. van Ruth, "A sound approach: Exploring a rapid and non-destructive ultrasonic pulse echo system for vegetable oils characterization", Food Research International, Vol. 125, article 108552 (2019) <PDF> <Download>
  • J. Yan, W. M. D. Wright, Y. Roos and S. M. van Ruth, "Evaluation of food-grade vegetable oils using ultrasonic velocity measurement and fatty acid composition", Proc. 2019 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium (2019 IEEE-IUS), Glasgow, UK, 6th-9th October 2019 (2018) <PDF> <Download>
  • A. Jäger, J. Hinrichs, G. Allevato, M. Sachsenweger, S. Kadel, D. Stasevich, W. Gebhard, G. Hübschen, T. Hahn-Jose, W. M. D. Wright and M. Kupnik, "Non-contact ultrasound with optimum electronic steering angle to excite Lamb waves in thin metal sheets for mechanical stress measurements", Proc. 2019 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium (2019 IEEE-IUS), Glasgow, UK, 6th-9th October 2019 (2018) <PDF> <Download>
  • S. Vázquez, J. Gosálbez, W.M.D. Wright, C. Gallardo and I. Bosch, "Airborne ultrasonic technique to measure phase velocities of leaky Lamb waves with narrowband and low-frequency excitation", Proc. 2019 International Congress on Ultrasonics (ICU 2019), Bruges, Belgium, 3rd-6th September 2019, in press (2019)
  • B. C. Barry, L. Verstraten, F. T. Butler, P. M. Whelan and W. M. D. Wright, "The use of airborne ultrasound for Varroa destructor mite control in beehives", Proc. 2018 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium (2018 IEEE-IUS), Kobe, Japan, 22nd-25th October 2018 (2018) <PDF> <Download>
  • W. Jiang and W. M. D. Wright, "An Indoor Airborne Ultrasonic Wireless Communication Network", IEEE Trans. Ultrason. Ferroelec. Freq. Contr., Vol. 65, No. 8, pp. 1452-1459 (2018) <PDF> <Download>
  • Z. Fan, W. Jiang and W. M. D. Wright, "Non-contact ultrasonic gas flow metering using air-coupled leaky Lamb waves", Ultrasonics, Vol. 89, pp. 74-83 (2018) <PDF> <Download>
  • J. Gosálbez, W. M. D. Wright, W. Jiang, A. Carrión, V. Genovés and I. Bosch, "Airborne non-contact and contact broadband ultrasounds for frequency profile estimation of cementitious materials", Ultrasonics, Vol. 88, No. , pp. 148-156 (2018) <PDF> <Download>
  • W. Jiang and W. M. D. Wright, "Indoor Airborne Ultrasonic Wireless Communication Using OFDM Methods", IEEE Trans. Ultrason. Ferroelec. Freq. Contr., Vol. 64, No. 9, pp. 1345-1353 (2017) <PDF> <Download>
  • W. Jiang and W. M. D. Wright, "Indoor wireless communication using airborne ultrasound and OFDM methods", Proc. 2016 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium (2016 IEEE-IUS), Tours, France, 18th-21st September 2016 (2016) <PDF>
  • W. Jiang and W. M. D. Wright, "Progress in airborne ultrasonic data communications for indoor applications", Proc. 14th IEEE International Conference on Industrial Informatics (IEEE-INDIN 2016), Poitiers, France, 18th-21st July 2016 (2016) <PDF>
  • W. Jiang and W. M. D. Wright, "Evaluation of multiple-channel OFDM based airborne ultrasonic communications", Ultrasonics, Vol. 71, No. 9, pp. 288-296 (2016) <PDF> <Download>
  • W. Jiang and W. M. D. Wright, "Full-duplex airborne ultrasonic data communication using a pilot-aided QAM-OFDM modulation scheme", IEEE Trans. Ultrason. Ferroelec. Freq. Contr., Vol. 63, No. 8, pp. 1177-1185 (2016) <PDF> <Download>
  • Z. Fan, W. Jiang, M. Cai and W. M. D. Wright, "The effects of air gap reflections during air-coupled leaky Lamb wave inspection of thin plates", Ultrasonics, Vol. 65, pp. 282-295 (2016) <PDF> <Download>
  • W. Jiang and W. M. D. Wright, "Multi-channel ultrasonic data communications in air using range-dependent modulation schemes", IEEE Trans. Ultrason. Ferroelec. Freq. Contr., Vol. 63, No. 1, pp. 147-155 (2015) <PDF> <Download>
  • J. F. Kelly, W. M. D. Wright, W. Sheng and K. O'Sullivan, "Implementation and Verification of a Wave-to-Wire Model of an Oscillating Water Column with Impulse Turbine", IEEE Trans. Sustainable Energy, Vol. 7, No. 2, pp. 546-553 (2015)  <PDF> <Download>
  • D. W. Fitzgerald, F. Edwards Murphy, W. M. D. Wright, P. M. Whelan and E. M. Popovici, "Design and Development of a Smart Weighing Scale for Beehive Monitoring", Proc. Irish Signals and Systems Conference (ISSC 2015), Carlow, Ireland, 24th-25th June 2015, in press (2015) <PDF> <Download>
  • J. Kelly, D. O'Sullivan, W. M. D. Wright, R. Alcorn and A. W. Lewis, "Challenges and Lessons Learned in the Deployment of an Offshore Oscillating Water Column", Int. J. COMPEL, Vol. 33, No. 5, pp. 1678-1704 (2014) <PDF> <Download>
  • G. Hao, J. Mullins, M. Bruton and W. M. D. Wright, "Development of a New XY Compliant Parallel Manipulator for Micromanipulation", Proc. 31st International Manufacturing Conference (IMC31), Cork, Ireland, 3rd – 5th September 2014, in press (2014) <PDF>
  • W. Jiang and W. M. D. Wright, "Ultrasonic Wireless Communication in Air Using OFDM-OOK Modulation", Proc. IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium (IUS 2014), Chicago, IL, USA, 3rd-6th September 2014, paper no. 1084 (2014) <PDF>
  • I. McSweeney, B. Murphy and W. M. D. Wright, "Estimation of Needle Tip Location Using Ultrasound Image Processing and Hypoechoic Markers", Proc. IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium (IUS 2014), Chicago, IL, USA, 3rd-6th September 2014, paper no. 1022 (2014) <PDF>
  • J. Kelly, W. M. D. Wright, D. O'Sullivan and A. W. Lewis, "A study: Potential supervisory Real Time Integrated Monitoring and Control System (RTIMCS) solutions for wave energy converters", Proc. European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference (EWTEC 2013), Aalborg, Denmark, 2nd-5th September 2013, in press (2013) <PDF>
  • W. Jiang and W. M. D. Wright, "Multi-Channel Indoor Wireless Data Communication Using High-k Capacitive Ultrasonic Transducers in Air", Proc. IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium (IUS 2013), Prague, Czech Republic, 21st-26th July 2013, paper no. 1432 (2013) <PDF>
  • W. M. D. Wright and S. G. McSweeney, "A Tethered Front-Plate Electrode CMUT for Broadband Air-Coupled Ultrasound", Proc. IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium (IUS 2013), Prague, Czech Republic, 21st-26th July 2013, paper no. 659 (2013) <PDF>
  • W. Jiang and W. M. D. Wright, "Wireless Communication Using Ultrasound in Air with Parallel OOK Channels", Proc. Irish Signals and Systems Conference (ISSC 2013), Letterkenny, Ireland, 20th-21st June 2013, (2013) <PDF>
  • P. Jesudoss, A. Mathewson, W. M. D. Wright and F. Stam, "Mechanical assessment of an anisotropic conductive adhesive joint of a direct access sensor on a flexible substrate for a swallowable capsule application", Microelectronics Reliability, Vol. 53, No. 3, pp.452-462 (2013) <PDF>  <Download>
  • W. M. D. Wright and S. G. McSweeney, "Studies of Air-Coupled Capacitive Ultrasonic Transducers with TiO2 High-k Dielectric Backplate Electrode Coatings", Proc. IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium (IUS 2012), Dresden, Germany, 7th-10th October 2012, paper no. 239 (2012) <PDF>
  • C. de Paor, D. Kelliher, K. Cronin, W. M. D. Wright and S. G. McSweeney, "Prediction of vacuum-induced buckling pressures of thin-walled cylinders", Thin-Walled Structures, Vol. 55, pp.1-10 (2012) <PDF> <Download>
  • S. G. McSweeney and W. M. D. Wright, "A Parallel-Architecture Parametric Equalizer for Air-Coupled Capacitive Ultrasonic Transducers", IEEE Trans. Ultrason. Ferroelec. Freq. Contr., Vol. 59, No. 1, pp.90-97 (2012) <PDF> <Download>
  • S. G. McSweeney and W. M. D. Wright, "HfO2 High-k Dielectric Layers in Air-Coupled Capacitive Ultrasonic Transducers", Proc. IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium (IUS 2011), Orlando, FL, 18th-21st October 2011, pp.864-867 (2011) <PDF>
  • P. Jesudoss, A. Mathewson, W. M. D. Wright, K. Twomey and F. Stam, "A swallowable diagnostic capsule with a direct access sensor using anisotropic conductive adhesive", IEEE International Reliability Physics Symposium (IRPS 2011), Monterey, CA, 10th-14th April 2011, pp. 1-4 (2011) <PDF>
  • S. G. McSweeney and W. M. D. Wright, "Adaptive IIR Filtering Algorithms for Enhanced CMUT Performance", Proc. IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, San Diego, CA, 11th-14th October 2010, pp.2036-2039 (2010) <PDF>
  • C. de Paor, D. Kelliher, K. C. Cronin and W. M. D. Wright, "The Computation of Accurate Buckling Pressures of Imperfect Thin-Walled Cylinders", Proc. Pressure Vessels and Piping Conference (PVP2010), Bellevue, WA, 18th-22nd July 2010, paper PVP2010-25806 (2010) <PDF>
  • P. Jesudoss, W. Chen, A. Mathewson, W. M. D. Wright, K. G. McCarthy and F. Stam, "Electrical characterization of Anisotropic conductive adhesive based flip chip for a direct access sensor", Proc. 60th Electronic Components and Technology Conference (ECTC 2010), Las Vegas, NV, 1st-4th June 2010, pp.369-374 (2010) <PDF>
  • S. G. McSweeney and W. M. D. Wright, "Real Time Adaptive Parametric Equalisation of Ultrasonic Transducers", Proc. IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, Rome, Italy, 20th-23rd September 2009, pp.2008-2010 (2009) <PDF>
  • W. M. D. Wright and S. A. O'Riordan, "Characterization of capacitive ultrasonic transducer gas flow meters", Proc. 26th International Manufacturing Conference (IMC26), Dublin, Ireland, 2nd – 4th September 2009, pp. 207-214 (2009) <PDF>
  • P. Jesudoss, A. Mathewson, W. Wright, C. McCaffrey, V. Ogurtsov, K. Twomey and F. Stam, "System packaging & integration for a swallowable capsule using a direct access sensor", Proc. European Microelectronics and Packaging Conference (EMPC 2009), Rimini, Italy, 15th-18th June 2009, pp.1-4 (2009) <PDF>
  • S. G. McSweeney and W. M. D. Wright, "Compensation Network Design for Capacitive Ultrasonic Transducers", Proc. Irish Signals and Systems Conference (ISSC 2009), Dublin, Ireland, 10th-11th June 2009, in press (2009) <PDF>
  • A. J. Constant and W. M. D. Wright, "Estimation of Tissue Elasticity by Image Processing of Simulated B-mode Ultrasound Images", Proc. Irish Signals and Systems Conference (ISSC 2009), Dublin, Ireland 10th-11th June 2009, DOI: 10.1049/cp.2009.1682 pp.1-6 (2009) <PDF>
  • S. G. McSweeney and W. M. D. Wright, "Improving the Bandwidth of Air Coupled Capacitive Ultrasonic Transducers Using Selective Networks", Proc. 2008 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, pp. 1191-1194 (2008) <PDF> <Download>
  • P. Jesudoss, A. Mathewson, W. Wright, B. O'Flynn and F. Stam, "Effect of solder volume on joint shape with variable chip-to-board contact pad ratio", Proc. 32nd International Microelectronics and Packaging IMAPS-CPMT Poland Conference, Warszawa-Pułtusk, Poland, 21st-24th September 2008, (2008) <PDF>
  • P. Jesudoss, A. Mathewson, W. Wright and F. Stam, "Evaluation of chip-to-board interconnection using variable aspect ratio contact pad areas", Proc. 26th International Conference on Microelectronics (MIEL 2008),  Nis, Serbia, 11th - 14th May 2008, pp. 565-568 (2008) <PDF> <Download>
  • K. W. A. van Dongen and W. M. D. Wright, "A full vectorial Contrast Source inversion scheme for 3D acoustic imaging of both compressibility and density profiles", J. Acoust. Soc. Am., Vol. 121, No. 3, pp. 1538-1549 (2007) <PDF> <Download>
  • K. W. A. van Dongen, C. Brennan and W. M. D. Wright, "Reduced forward operator for electromagnetic wave scattering problems", IET Proc. Sci., Meas. Tech., Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 57-62 (2007) <PDF> <Download>
  • T. M. Dolan and W. M. D. Wright, "Ultrasonic transducers for gas and liquid flow metering", 24th International Manufacturing Conference (IMC24), Waterford, Ireland, 29th – 31st August 2007, Vol. 1, pp. 301-308 (2007) <PDF>
  • S. G. McSweeney and W. M. D. Wright, "Software interface and vision system for a SCARA robot", 24th International Manufacturing Conference (IMC24), Waterford, Ireland, 29th – 31st August 2007, Vol. 2, pp. 1041-1048 (2007) <PDF>
  • K. W. A. van Dongen and W. M. D. Wright, "A forward model and conjugate gradient inversion technique for low-frequency ultrasonic imaging", J. Acoust. Soc. Am., Vol. 120, No. 4, pp. 2086-2095 (2006) <PDF> <Download>
  • W. M. D. Wright, O. M. Doyle and C. T. Foley, "Multi-channel data transfer using air-coupled capacitive ultrasonic transducers”, Proc. 2006 IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium, pp. 1805-1808 (2006) <PDF> <Download>
  • W. M. D. Wright, P. Ingleby and I. J. O'Sullivan, "Air-coupled through-transmission fan-beam tomography using divergent Capacitive Ultrasonic Transducers (CUTs)", IEEE Trans. Ultrason. Ferroelec. Freq. Contr., Vol. UFFC-52, No. 12, pp. 2384-2394 (2005) <PDF> <Download>
  • K. W. A. van Dongen and W. M. D. Wright, "Acoustic imaging for supporting hyperthermia cancer treatment", 37th Annual Scientific Meeting of the British Medical Ultrasound Society, Manchester, UK, 13th - 15th December 2005, published in Ultrasound, Journal of the British Medical Ultrasound Society (ISSN 1742-271X), Vol. 13, No. 4, p. 262 (2005)
  • K. M. Bograchev and W. M. D. Wright, "Computer Modelling of Iterative Technique Application For Tissue Thermal Imaging", Proc. 2005 IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium, Vol. 4, pp. 2038-2041 (2005) <PDF> <Download>
  • K. W. A. van Dongen and W. M. D. Wright, "A Contrast Source Inversion Scheme for Imaging Acoustic Contrast", Proc. IEE Irish Signals and Systems Conference 2005, Dublin, Ireland, September 1st - 2nd 2005, pp. 278-283 (2005) <PDF>
  • K. W. A. van Dongen, C. Brennan and W. M. D. Wright, "A Reduced Forward Operator for Acoustic Scattering Problems", Proc. IEE Irish Signals and Systems Conference 2005, Dublin, Ireland, September 1st - 2nd 2005, pp. 294-299 (2005) <PDF>
  • W. M. D. Wright and S. K. Brini, "Capacitive Ultrasonic Transducers for gas flow metering applications", FLOMEKO 2005, Peebles Hotel Hydro, Scotland, 6th - 9th June 2005, Paper 1.2 (2005) <PDF>
  • K. W. A. van Dongen and W. M. D. Wright, "A contrast source inversion method for imaging acoustic contrasts", 148th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, San Diego, California 15th - 19th November 2004, published in J. Acoust. Soc. Am., Vol. 116, No. 4 Pt. 2, p. 2508 (2005) <Download>
  • K. W. A. van Dongen and W. M. D. Wright, "A Conjugate Gradient Imaging Method to Support Hyperthermia Treatment", 36th Annual Scientific Meeting of the British Medical Ultrasound Society, Manchester, UK, 8th - 10th December 2004, published in Ultrasound, Journal of the British Medical Ultrasound Society, Vol. 12, No. 4, p. 231 (2004)
  • K. W. A. van Dongen and W. M. D. Wright, "Forward modeling of propagation and scattering of acoustic waves for hyperthermia treatment", 148th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, San Diego, California 15th - 19th November 2004, published in J. Acoust. Soc. Am., Vol. 116, No. 4 Pt. 2, p. 2560 (2004)
  • K. M. Bograchev and W. M. D. Wright, "Computational methods for imaging small temperature changes using ultrasonic through-transmission tomography for thermal cancer treatment", 148th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, San Diego, California 15th - 19th November 2004, published in J. Acoust. Soc. Am., Vol. 116, No. 4 Pt. 2, p. 2561 (2004) <Download>
  • T. H. Gan, D. A. Hutchins, P. W. Carpenter and W. M. D. Wright, "Simultaneous reconstruction of flow and temperature cross-sections in gases using acoustic tomography", J. Acoust. Soc. Am., Vol. 114, No. 2, pp. 759-766 (2003) <PDF> <Download>
  • W. M. D. Wright and I. J. O’Sullivan, "Fan-Beam Tomography of Air Flow in Pipes using an Electrostatic Ultrasonic Transducer Array", Proc. 2002 IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium, pp. 696-699 (2003) <Download>
  • I. J. O’Sullivan and W. M. D. Wright, "Ultrasonic tomographic imaging of air flow in pipes using an electrostatic transducer array", Review of Progress In Quantitative NonDestructive Evaluation, Vol. 22A, Bellingham, Washington 2002, pp. 666-673 (2003)<
  • I. J. O’Sullivan and W. M. D. Wright, "Ultrasonic measurement of gas flow using electrostatic transducers", Ultrasonics, Vol. 40, No. 1-8, pp. 407-411 (2002) <PDF> <Download>
  • P. Ingleby and W. M. D. Wright, "Ultrasonic imaging in air using fan-beam tomography and electrostatic transducers", Ultrasonics, Vol. 40, No. 1-8, pp. 507-511 (2002) <PDF> <Download>
  • W. M. D. Wright and P. Ingleby, "Effect of Kernel Function on Ultrasonic Fan-Beam Tomographic Reconstructions in Gases using Filtered Back Projection", Proc. Irish Signals and Systems Conference ISSC 2002, pp. 35-40 (2002) <PDF> [ISBN: 0-9542973-0-X]
  • I. J. O’Sullivan, W. M. D. Wright and P. Ingleby, "The Effects of Projection Undersampling and Number of Projections on Aliasing Artifacts in Ultrasonic Tomographic Images in Air", Proc. Irish Signals and Systems Conference ISSC 2002, pp. 65-70 (2002) <PDF> [ISBN: 0-9542973-0-X]
  • D. R. Billson, D. A. Hutchins, J. McIntosh, W. M. D. Wright, R. A. Noble and R. D. Jones, "Detection of Laser Generated Ultrasound by Micromachined Capacitance Transducers", Review of Progress In Quantitative NonDestructive Evaluation, Vol. 19, Ch. 509, Pt. A, pp. 319-326 (2000)
  • W. M. D. Wright and D. A. Hutchins, "Monitoring of binder removal from injection molded ceramics using air-coupled ultrasound at high temperature", IEEE Trans. Ultrason. Ferroelec. Freq. Contr., Vol. UFFC-46, No. 3, pp. 647-653 (1999)  <PDF> <Download>
  • W. M. D. Wright and D. A. Hutchins, "Air-coupled ultrasonic testing of metals using broadband pulses in through-transmission", Ultrasonics, Vol. 37, No. 1, pp. 19-22 (1999)  <PDF> <Download>
  • D. A. Hutchins, D. W. Schindel, A. G. Bashford and W. M. D. Wright, "Advances in ultrasonic electrostatic transduction", Ultrasonics, Vol. 36, No. 1-5, pp. 1-6 (1998) <PDF> <Download>
  • W. M. D. Wright and D. G. Chetwynd, "Can charge writing aid nanotechnological manipulation?", Nanotechnology, Vol. 9, No. 2, pp. 133-142 (1998) <PDF> <Download>
  • W. M. D. Wright, D. W. Schindel, D. A. Hutchins, P. W. Carpenter and D. P. Jansen, "Ultrasonic tomographic imaging of temperature and flow fields in gases using air-coupled capacitance transducers", J. Acoust. Soc. Am., Vol. 104, No. 6, pp. 3446-3455 (1998)  <PDF> <Download>
  • D. A. Hutchins, W. M. D. Wright, D. W. Schindel and P. W. Carpenter, "Ultrasonic capacitance transducers for flow and temperature tomography in air", Proc. 16th International Congress on Acoustics & 135th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America (ICA/ASA98), Vol. II, pp. 743-744 (1998) <Download>
  • W. Wright, D. Hutchins, D. Jansen and D. Schindel, "Air-coupled Lamb wave tomography", IEEE Trans. Ultrason. Ferroelec. Freq. Contr., Vol. UFFC-44, No. 1, pp. 53-59 (1997)  <PDF> <Download>
  • A. G. Bashford, D. W. Schindel, D. A. Hutchins and W. M. D. Wright, "Field characterization of an air-coupled micromachined ultrasonic capacitance transducer", J. Acoust. Soc. Am., Vol. 101, No. 1, pp. 315-322 (1997) <PDF> <Download>
  • W. M. D. Wright, D. A. Hutchins, A. Gachagan and G. Hayward, "Polymer composite material characterisation using a laser/air-transducer system", Ultrasonics, Vol. 34, No. 8, pp. 825-833 (1996) <PDF> <Download>
  • W. M. D. Wright, D. A. Hutchins, G. Hayward, and A. Gachagan, "Ultrasonic imaging using laser generation and piezoelectric air-coupled detection", Ultrasonics, Vol. 34, No. 2-5, pp. 405-409 (1996) <PDF> <Download>
  • D. A. Hutchins, A. G. Bashford, W. M. D. Wright, D. W. Schindel and A. Kumar, "Air-coupled ultrasonic capacitance transducers for NDT", Trends in NDE Science and Technology - Proceedings of the 14th World Conference on NDT (14TH WCNDT), Vol. 1-5, Ch. 566, pp. 2061-2064 (1996)
  • D. A. Hutchins, W. M. D. Wright, L. P. Scudder and D. W. Schindel, "Pulsed photoacoustics using an air-coupled detector", Acustica, Vol. 82, No. S1, pp. S119 (JAN-FEB 1996)
  • W. M. D. Wright, D. A. Hutchins and D. W. Schindel, "Noncontact ultrasonic tomography imaging using air-coupled capacitance transducers", Review of Progress In Quantitative NonDestructive Evaluation, Vol. 15, Ch. 305, Pt. A&B, pp. 1051-1058 (1996)
  • W. M. D. Wright, D. A. Hutchins and M. H. Lewis, "Ultrasonic imaging of silicon nitride ceramic before and after firing", J. Mat. Sci. Lett., Vol. 14, No. 5, pp. 366-369 (1995) <PDF> <Download>
  • D. A. Hutchins, A. G. Bashford, W. M. D. Wright and D. W. Schindel, "Advances in wide bandwidth air-coupled capacitance transducers", IEEE 1995 Ultrasonics Symposium Proceedings, Ch. 336, pp. 981-984 (1995) <Download>
  • W. M. D. Wright, D. A. Hutchins and D. W. Schindel, "Ultrasonic evaluation of polymers and composites using air-coupled capacitance transducers", Review of Progress in Quantitative NonDestructive Evaluation, Vol. 14, Ch. 312, Pt. A&B, pp. 1399-1406 (1995)
  • W. M. D. Wright, D. A. Hutchins, A. Gachagan and G. Hayward, "Evaluation of fiber-reinforced composites using a noncontact laser air-transducer system", Review of Progress in Quantitative NonDestructive Evaluation, Vol. 14, Ch. 312, Pt. A&B, pp. 1333-1340 (1995)
  • D. A. Hutchins, A. G. Bashford, W. M. D. Wright and D. W. Schindel, "Characterization of the field of an air-coupled ultrasonic silicon capacitance transducer", Review of Progress in Quantitative NonDestructive Evaluation, Vol. 14, Ch. 312, Pt. A&B, pp. 945-950 (1995)
  • D. A. Hutchins, W. M. D. Wright, G. Hayward and A. Gachagan, "Air-coupled piezoelectric detection of laser-generated ultrasound", IEEE Trans. Ultrason. Ferroelec. Freq. Contr., Vol. UFFC-41, No. 6, pp. 796-805 (1994)  <PDF> <Download>
  • D. A. Hutchins, W. M. D. Wright and D. W. Schindel, "Ultrasonic measurements in polymeric materials using air-coupled capacitance transducers", J. Acoust. Soc. Am., Vol. 96, No. 3, pp. 1634-1642 (1994)  <PDF> <Download>
  • W. M. D. Wright, D. W. Schindel and D. A. Hutchins, "Studies of laser-generated ultrasound using a micromachined silicon electrostatic transducer in air", J. Acoust. Soc. Am., Vol. 95, No. 5 Pt. 1, pp. 2567-2575 (1994) <PDF> <Download>
  • D. A. Hutchins, W. M. D. Wright, L. P. Scudder, J. T. Mottram and D. W. Schindel, "Air-coupled ultrasonic testing of composites", Inspection of Structural Composites, Conference Proceedings 1994, Ch. 17, pp. 99-113 (1994)
  • W. Lauriks, B. Castagnede, J. Thoen, W. Wright, D. Hutchins and D. Schindel, "Determination of the tortuosity of porous materials using new air-coupled ultrasonic transducers", Proceedings of the 11th International FASE Symposium, pp. 11-14 (Nov 1994)
  • A. Gachagan, G. Hayward, W. M. D. Wright and D. A. Hutchins, "Air coupled piezoelectric detection of laser-generated ultrasound", IEEE 1993 Ultrasonics Symposium Proceedings, Vol. 1&2, Ch. 259, pp. 651-654 (1993) <Download>

  • W. M. D. Wright, D. A. Hutchins and G. Hayward, "Ultrasonic evaluation of ceramics during manufacture", Ultrasonics International 93 - Conference Proceedings, Ch. 203, pp. 265-268 (1993) <Download>
  • W. M. D. Wright, D. A. Hutchins and G. Hayward, "Ultrasonic velocity imaging of slip-cast silicon nitride ceramics", International Conference on Acoustic Sensing & Imaging, Ch. 53, No. 369, pp. 245-250 (1993) <Download>
  • G. Hayward, A. Gachagan, R. Hamilton, D. A. Hutchins and W. M. D. Wright, "Ceramic-epoxy composite transducers for noncontacting ultrasonic applications", SPIE Conference on New Developments in Ultrasonic Transducers and Transducer Systems, Ch. 29, pp. 49-56 (1992) <Download>

Other Publications and Presentations

  • K. W. A. van Dongen and W. M. D. Wright, "A conjugate gradient inversion scheme for imaging acoustic contrasts", 11th Annual Symposium of the Irish Society for Scientific and Engineering Computation (ISSEC), University College Cork, 20th-21st May 2005, pp. 8 (2005)

  • K. M. Bograchev and W. M. D. Wright, "Reconstruction of temperature distribution in the presence of acoustically non-transparent objects", 11th Annual Symposium of the Irish Society for Scientific and Engineering Computation (ISSEC), University College Cork, 20th-21st May 2005, pp. 14 (2005)

  • K. W. A. van Dongen and W. M. D. Wright, "Comparison of models of capacitive ultrasonic transducers", 11th Annual Symposium of the Irish Society for Scientific and Engineering Computation (ISSEC), University College Cork, 20th-21st May 2005, pp. 31 (2005)

  • Orla J. Burke and William M. D. Wright, "Advanced DSP techniques for ultrasonic monitoring of thermal cancer therapies", Poster presentation at The 12th Annual Research Day, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Cork University Hospital, 15th June 2004.

  • O. Burke, W. Wright and L. Marnane, "Non-invasive temperature estimation during cancer thermal therapies using diagnostic ultrasound", Poster presentation at The 11th Annual Research Day, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Cork University Hospital, 12th June 2003.

  • K. W. A. van Dongen and W. M. D. Wright, "Modeling scattered acoustic wavefields amd imaging temperature distributions during hyperthermia treatment", 10th Annual Symposium of the Irish Society for Scientific and Engineering Computation (ISSEC), University of Limerick, 21st-22nd May 2004, pp. 14 (2004)

Ultrasonics Research Group

Electrical and Electronic Engineering, School of Engineering, University College Cork, College Road, Cork, Ireland

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