Contact Dr Henrique Fernandes
- Email: H.Fernandes@cranfield.ac.uk
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Background
Dr Fernandes holds a master’s degree in computer science from the Federal University of Uberlandia (Brazil) and a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Laval University (Canada). He is currently a Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in Automated NDT & SHM for Predictive Maintenance at Cranfield University (UK). He collaborates with the Graduate Program in Computer Science of the Federal University of Uberlandia (Brazil). He recently won a prestigious fellowship from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (Germany).
Research opportunities
Non-destructive testing and evaluation, structural health monitoring, infrared thermography, machine learning, and composite materials.
Publications
Articles In Journals
- Garcia Vargas I & Fernandes H. (2025). Spatial and temporal deep learning algorithms for defect segmentation in infrared thermographic imaging of carbon fibre-reinforced polymers. Nondestructive Testing and Evaluation, ahead-of-print(ahead-of-print)
- Garcia Vargas I & Fernandes H. (2025). Composite material defect segmentation using deep learning models and infrared thermography. Revista de Informática Teórica e Aplicada, 32(1)
- Moraes MFB, Sfarra S, Fernandes H & Figueiredo AAA. (2025). Influence of thermal contrast and limitations of a deep-learning based estimation of early-stage tumour parameters in different breast shapes using simulated passive and dynamic thermography. Thermal Science and Engineering Progress, 60
- Ernesto García Rivas R, Dos Santos Melo R, Manuel Saide S, Backes AR & Coelho Fernandes H. (2025). Rust Detection in Coffee Leaves Using Otsu's Method and Mathematical Morphology. Revista de Informática Teórica e Aplicada, 32(1)
- Hidayat Z, Avdelidis NP & Fernandes H. (2025). Brief review of vibrothermography and optical thermography for defect quantification in CFRP material. Sensors, 25(6)
- Bardis K, Avdelidis NP, Ibarra-Castanedo C, Maldague XPV & Fernandes H. (2025). Advanced diagnostics of aircraft structures using automated non-invasive imaging techniques: a comprehensive review. Applied Sciences, 15(7)
- Garcia Rosa R, Pereira Barella B, Garcia Vargas I, Tarpani JR, Herrmann H-G, .... (2025). Advanced thermal imaging processing and deep learning integration for enhanced defect detection in carbon fiber-reinforced polymer laminates. Materials, 18(7)
- Pereira PEC, de Rezende SWF, Fernandes HC, de Moura Junior JDRV & Finzi Neto RM. (2024). On damage location techniques and future prospects for industrial applications utilizing the electromechanical impedance method: a systematic review. Journal of the Brazilian Society of Mechanical Sciences and Engineering, 46(5)
- Jiang G, Zhu P, Gai Y, Jiang T, Yang D, .... (2024). Non-invasive inspection for a hand-bound book of the 19th century: numerical simulations and experimental analysis of infrared, terahertz, and ultrasonic methods. Infrared Physics & Technology, 140
- Pierre MM & Fernandes H. (2024). Recognition of Brazilian vertical traffic signs and lights from a car using Single Shot Multi box Detector. Journal of the Brazilian Computer Society, 30(1)
- Wang X, Jiang G, Hu J, Sfarra S, Mostacci M, .... (2024). Automatic defect detection in infrared thermal images of ancient polyptychs based on numerical simulation and a new efficient channel attention mechanism aided Faster R-CNN model. Heritage Science, 12(1)
- Figueiredo AAA, D’Alessandro G, Perilli S, Sfarra S & Fernandes H. (2024). Exploring the potentialities of thermal asymmetries in composite wind turbine blade structures via numerical and thermographic methods: a thermophysical perspective. Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry
- Pereira Barella B, Garcia Rosa R, Barbosa de Oliveira GM & Fernandes H. (2024). Enhancing fault characterisation in composites using infrared thermography: a bee colony optimisation approach with self-organising maps. Quantitative InfraRed Thermography Journal, ahead-of-print(ahead-of-print)
- Garcia Sobrinho RDA, Piauhy Neto F & Fernandes H. (2023). Public Database of Cracks Images in Mortar Coating with Different Types of Surface Finishes. Buildings, 13(7)
- Gonçalves CB, Souza JR & Fernandes H. (2022). CNN architecture optimization using bio-inspired algorithms for breast cancer detection in infrared images. Computers in Biology and Medicine, 142
- Fernandes H, Zhang H, Quirin S, Hu J, Schwarz M, .... (2022). Infrared thermographic inspection of 3D hybrid aluminium-CFRP composite using different spectral bands and new unsupervised probabilistic low-rank component factorization model. NDT & E International, 125
- Vigil N, Nouri BM, Fernandes HC, Ibarra-Castanedo C, Maldague XPV, .... (2022). Convex Factorization Embedding Thermography for Breast Cancer Diagnostic. IEEE Open Journal of Instrumentation and Measurement, 1
- Wei Z, Fernandes H, Herrmann H-G, Tarpani JR & Osman A. (2021). A Deep Learning Method for the Impact Damage Segmentation of Curve-Shaped CFRP Specimens Inspected by Infrared Thermography. Sensors, 21(2)
- Yousefi B, Akbari H, Hershman M, Kawakita S, Fernandes HC, .... (2021). SPAER: Sparse Deep Convolutional Autoencoder Model to Extract Low Dimensional Imaging Biomarkers for Early Detection of Breast Cancer Using Dynamic Thermography. Applied Sciences, 11(7)
- Silva LS, Fernandes H, Schwarz M, Herrmann H-G & Cavalini A. (2021). Numerical and Non-Destructive Analysis of an Aluminum-CFRP Hybrid 3D Structure. Metals, 11(12)
- Fernandes H, Summa J, Daudre J, Rabe U, Fell J, .... (2021). Characterization of Ancient Marquetry Using Different Non-Destructive Testing Techniques. Applied Sciences, 11(17)
- Klein S, Fernandes H & Herrmann H-G. (2021). Estimating Thermal Material Properties Using Solar Loading Lock-in Thermography. Applied Sciences, 11(7)
- da Siva Ignacio LH, Malheiros FC, Figueiredo AAA, Duarte CAR & Fernandes H. (2020). Heat flux estimation using simplified models by means of deviation time. International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer, 114
- Figueiredo AAA, Fernandes HC, Malheiros FC & Guimaraes G. (2020). Influence analysis of thermophysical properties on temperature profiles on the breast skin surface. International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer, 111
- Chaves E, Gonçalves CB, Albertini MK, Lee S, Jeon G, .... (2020). Evaluation of transfer learning of pre-trained CNNs applied to breast cancer detection on infrared images. Applied Optics, 59(17)
- Lee S, Son C-H, Albertini MK & Fernandes HC. (2020). Multi-Phases and Various Feature Extraction and Selection Methodology for Ensemble Gradient Boosting in Estimating Respiratory Rate. IEEE Access, 8
- Duan Y, Zhang H, Sfarra S, Avdelidis NP, Loutas TH, .... (2019). On the Use of Infrared Thermography and Acousto—Ultrasonics NDT Techniques for Ceramic-Coated Sandwich Structures. Energies, 12(13)
- Malheiros FC, Figueiredo AAA, Ignacio LHDS & Fernandes HC. (2019). Estimation of thermal properties using only one surface by means of infrared thermography. Applied Thermal Engineering, 157
- Liu B, He L, Zhang H, Sfarra S, Fernandes H, .... (2019). Research on stress detection technology of long‐distance pipeline applying non‐magnetic saturation. IET Science, Measurement & Technology, 13(2)
- Figueiredo AAA, do Nascimento JG, Malheiros FC, da Silva Ignacio LH, Fernandes HC, .... (2019). Breast tumor localization using skin surface temperatures from a 2D anatomic model without knowledge of the thermophysical properties. Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine, 172
- Liu B, He L, Ma Z, Zhang H, Sfarra S, .... (2019). Study on internal stress damage detection in long-distance oil and gas pipelines via weak magnetic method. ISA Transactions, 89
- Liu B, He L, Zhang H, Sfarra S, Fernandes H, .... (2019). Quantitative study of magnetic memory signal characteristic affected by external magnetic field. Measurement, 131
- Zhang H, Sfarra S, Genest M, Ibarra-Castanedo C, Duan Y, .... (2018). A Comparative Study of Enhanced Infrared Image Processing for Foreign Object Detection in Lightweight Composite Honeycomb Structures. International Journal of Thermophysics, 39(12)
- Figueiredo AAA, Fernandes HC & Guimaraes G. (2018). Experimental approach for breast cancer center estimation using infrared thermography. Infrared Physics & Technology, 95
- Fernandes H, Zhang H, Figueiredo AAA, Malheiros F, Ignaicio LH, .... (2018). Comparative study on point and line thermographic inspection for fiber orientation assessment of randomly oriented strand material. Journal of the Brazilian Computer Society, 24(1)
- Zhang H, Sfarra S, Sarasini F, Santulli C, Fernandes H, .... (2018). Thermographic Non-Destructive Evaluation for Natural Fiber-Reinforced Composite Laminates. Applied Sciences, 8(2)
- Fernandes H, Zhang H, Figueiredo A, Malheiros F, Ignacio L, .... (2018). Machine Learning and Infrared Thermography for Fiber Orientation Assessment on Randomly-Oriented Strands Parts. Sensors, 18(1)
- Sfarra S, Fernandes HC, López F, Ibarra-Castanedo C, Zhang H, .... (2018). Qualitative Assessments via Infrared Vision of Sub-surface Defects Present Beneath Decorative Surface Coatings. International Journal of Thermophysics, 39(1)
- Zhang H, Avdelidis NP, Osman A, Ibarra-Castanedo C, Sfarra S, .... (2017). Enhanced infrared image processing for impacted carbon/glass fiber-reinforced composite evaluation. Sensors, 18(1)
- Liu B, Zhang H, Fernandes H & Maldague X. (2017). Correction: Liu, B., et al. Quantitative Evaluation of Pulsed Thermography, Lock-In Thermography and Vibrothermography on Foreign Object Defect (FOD) in CFRP. Sensors 2016, 16, doi:10.3390/s16050743. Sensors, 17(1)
- Zhang H, Sfarra S, Saluja K, Peeters J, Fleuret J, .... (2017). Non-destructive Investigation of Paintings on Canvas by Continuous Wave Terahertz Imaging and Flash Thermography. Journal of Nondestructive Evaluation, 36(2)
- Zhang H, Sfarra S, Sarasini F, Ibarra-Castanedo C, Perilli S, .... (2017). Optical and mechanical excitation thermography for impact response in basalt-carbon hybrid fiber-reinforced composite laminates. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, 14(2)
- Liu B, He YY, Zhang H, Fernandes H, Fu Y, .... (2017). Study on characteristics of magnetic memory testing signal based on the stress concentration field. IET Science, Measurement & Technology, 11(1)
- Liu B, He L-Y, Zhang H, Cao Y & Fernandes H. (2017). The axial crack testing model for long distance oil-gas pipeline based on magnetic flux leakage internal inspection method. Measurement, 103
- Fernandes H, Zhang H, Figueiredo A, Ibarra-Castanedo C, Guimarares G, .... (2016). Carbon fiber composite inspection and defect characterization using active infrared thermography: numerical simulations and experimental results. Applied Optics, 55(34)
- Zhang H, Fernandes H, Djupkep Dizeu FB, Hassler U, Fleuret J, .... (2016). Pulsed micro-laser line thermography on submillimeter porosity in carbon fiber reinforced polymer composites: experimental and numerical analyses for the capability of detection. Applied Optics, 55(34)
- Zhang H, Fernandes H, Hassler U, Ibarra-Castanedo C, Genest M, .... (2016). Comparative study of microlaser excitation thermography and microultrasonic excitation thermography on submillimeter porosity in carbon fiber reinforced polymer composites. Optical Engineering, 56(4)
- Zhang H, Yu L, Hassler U, Fernandes H, Genest M, .... (2016). An experimental and analytical study of micro-laser line thermography on micro-sized flaws in stitched carbon fiber reinforced polymer composites. Composites Science and Technology, 126
- Liu B, Zhang H, Fernandes H & Maldague X. (2016). Experimental Evaluation of Pulsed Thermography, Lock-in Thermography and Vibrothermography on Foreign Object Defect (FOD) in CFRP. Sensors, 16(5)
- Fernandes H, Ibarra-Castanedo C, Zhang H & Maldague X. (2015). Thermographic Non-destructive Evaluation of Carbon Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Plates After Tensile Testing. Journal of Nondestructive Evaluation, 34(4)
- Fernandes H, Zhang H, Ibarra-Castanedo C & Maldague X. (2015). Fiber orientation assessment on randomly-oriented strand composites by means of infrared thermography. Composites Science and Technology, 121
- Zhang H, Hassler U, Genest M, Fernandes H, Robitaille F, .... (2015). Comparative study on submillimeter flaws in stitched T-joint carbon fiber reinforced polymer by infrared thermography, microcomputed tomography, ultrasonic c-scan and microscopic inspection. Optical Engineering, 54(10)
- Fernandes H, Zhang H & Maldague X. (2015). An active infrared thermography method for fiber orientation assessment of fiber-reinforced composite materials. Infrared Physics & Technology, 72
- Fernandes H-C & Maldague X. (2015). Fiber orientation assessment in complex shaped parts reinforced with carbon fiber using infrared thermography. Quantitative InfraRed Thermography Journal, 12(1)
Conference Papers
- Faria M, Julia E, Fernandes H, Zanchetta do Nascimento M & Julia R. (2023). Investigating the Performance of Optimization Techniques on Deep Learning Models to Identify Dota2 Game Events
- Figueiredo AAA, D’Alessandro G, Perilli S, Sfarra S & Fernandes H. (2023). Numerical and experimental analysis for flaw detection in composite structures of wind turbine blades using active infrared thermography
- Goncalves CB, Souza JR & Fernandes H. (2022). CNN optimization using surrogate evolutionary algorithm for breast cancer detection using infrared images
- Barry M, Khansari M, Tallon PD, Carino C, Hershman M, .... (2022). Multimodal radiothermomic biomarkers for breast cancer screening
- Wei Z, Osman A, Muller D, Fernandes H, Tarpani JR, .... (2022). Can deep models benefit from standard preprocessing of pulsed thermography data?
- Wei Z, Fernandes H, Tarpani JR, Osman A & Maldague X. (2021). Stacked denoising autoencoder for infrared thermography image enhancement
- Yousefi B, Hershman M, Fernandes HC & Maldague XPV. (2021). Concentrated Thermomics for Early Diagnosis of Breast Cancer
- Goncalves CB, Souza JR & Fernandes H. (2021). Classification of static infrared images using pre-trained CNN for breast cancer detection
- Leles ACQ, Cunha JR, Oliveira LE, Guimarães G, Gonçalves CB, .... (2021). A Termografia infravermelha para detecção precoce de câncer de mama com aprendizado computacional
- Malheiros FC, Figueiredo AAA, Ignacio LHDS, Malheiros NC & Fernandes H. (2019). Non-Invasive And Non-Destructive Approach Based Infrared Thermography to Estimate Thermal Properties in Vivo
- Figueiredo AAA, Menegaz GL, Fernandes HC & Guimaraes G. (2018). Thermographic Computational Analyses of a 3D Model of a Scanned Breast
- Fernandes HC, Zhang H, Ibarra-Castanedo C & Maldague X. (2017). Artificial Neural Networks and Infrared Thermography for Fiber Orientation Assessment
- Zhang H, Sfarra S, Genest M, Sarasini F, Perilli S, .... (2017). Numerical and experimental analyses for natural and non-natural impacted composites via thermographic inspection, ultrasonic C-scan and terahertz imaging
- Fernandes HC, Zhang H, Morioka K, Ibarra-Castanedo C, López F, .... (2016). Infrared thermography for CFRP inspection: computational model and experimental results
- Zhang H, Fernandes H, Yu L, Hassler U, Genest M, .... (2016). A comparative study of experimental and finite element analysis on submillimeter flaws by laser and ultrasonic excited thermography
- Zhang H, Holub W, Fernandes H, Hassler U, Joncas S, .... (2015). Infrared Thermography and X-Ray Tomography for Non-Destructive Evaluation of Micro-defects in CFRP
- Fernandes HC & Maldague XPV. (2014). Fiber orientation assessment on surface and beneath surface of carbon fiber reinforced composites using active infrared thermography
- Fernandes H & Maldague X. (2013). Fiber orientation assessment in carbon fiber reinforced composites using infrared thermography
- Fernandes HC, Batista MA, Barcelos CAZ & Maldague XPV. (2013). Flow detection via sparse frame analysis for suspicious event recognition in infrared imagery
- Fernandes HC, Maldague X, Batista MA & Barcelos CAZ. (2011). Suspicious event recognition using infrared imagery
- Pedrosa GV, Santos CF, Batista MA, Fernandes HC & Barcelos CAZ. (2008). An Effective Salience-Based Algorithm for Shape Matching
- Pedrosa GV, Santos CF, Batista MA, Fernandes HC & Barcelos CAZ. (2008). An effective salience-based algorithm for shape retrieval
- Gonçalves C, Leles A, Oliveira L, Guimaraes G, Cunha J, .... Machine Learning and Infrared Thermography for Breast Cancer Detection
- Fernandes HC, Quirin S, Schwarz M & Herrmann H-G. Infrared thermography for defect detection on aluminium-CFRP hybrid 3D structure
- Zhang H, Fernandes H, Genest M, Hassler U, Robitaille F, .... A comparative study of ultrasonic c-scan, micro-CT, infrared thermography and Terahertz NDT based on experiments and simulations of composites
Books
- Figueiredo AAA, Nascimento JGD, Ignácio LHDS, Medeiros VS, Malheiros FC, .... ESTIMATIVA DA CONDUTIVIDADE TÉRMICA DO POLIESTIRENO EXPANDIDO USANDO O MÉTODO DO FIO QUENTE In Impactos das Tecnologias na Engenharia Mecânica 3. Atena Editora.
- Ignacio LHDS, Malheiros FC, Figueiredo AAA, Fernandes HC & Guimarães G. CÁLCULO DOS TEMPOS DE PENETRAÇÃO E DESVIO DE CALOR DO MODELO X23 In Impactos das Tecnologias na Engenharia Mecânica. Atena Editora.