Contact Dr Muhammet Ebubekir Torbali
Areas of expertise
- Aerospace Structures
- Vehicle Health Management
Background
Ebubekir Torbali obtained his BSc in Mechanical Engineering Department of Bursa Uludag University, Turkiye (2014). He worked for Turkish Airlines Technic as a maintenance engineer for over a year and moved on to get his MSc in Bursa Technical University (2019). Here, he studied energy materials and gained experience in chemical processes and materials about energy storage technologies. During his MSc, he worked as a research assistant at Bursa Technical University. Mr Torbali joined Cranfield University in September 2020 as a researcher studying multi-modal Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) for aerospace structures. He holds a PhD awarded in 2025 on NDT inspection and the combination of ultrasound and thermography techniques, in particular.
Research opportunities
- NDT & E
- Ultrasonic Imaging & Phased Array Ultrasonic Inspection
- Infrared Vision & Thermal Imaging
- Data/ Image Fusion
- Aerospace Structures
- Digital Aviation & MRO
Current activities
NDT and Machine Learning
DIgital comPEtitive next Generation Aviation technologies for SUStainable business models, products and services, Di-PEGASUS (CINEA)
Multi-modal NDT Inspection by Fusion
Publications
Articles In Journals
- Torbali ME, Zolotas A, Avdelidis NP, Ibarra-Castanedo C & Maldague XP. (2025). Multi-modal analysis of barely visible impact damage in carbon fibre composites through the fusion of pulsed thermography and phased array ultrasonic testing. Quantitative InfraRed Thermography Journal, ahead-of-print(ahead-of-print)
- Hidayat Z, Torbali ME, Avdelidis NP & Fernandes H. (2025). Low-power vibrothermography for detecting barely visible impact damage in CFRP laminates: a comparative imaging study. Applied Sciences, 15(15)
- Torbali ME, Zolotas A, Avdelidis NP, Alhammad M, Ibarra-Castanedo C, .... (2024). A complementary fusion-based multimodal non-destructive testing and evaluation using phased-array ultrasonic and pulsed thermography on a composite structure. Materials, 17(14)
- Torbali ME, Zolotas A & Avdelidis NP. (2023). A state-of-the-art review of non-destructive testing image fusion and critical insights on the inspection of aerospace composites towards sustainable maintenance repair operations. Applied Sciences, 13(4)
- Alhammad M, Avdelidis NP, Ibarra-Castanedo C, Torbali ME, Genest M, .... (2022). Automated impact damage detection technique for composites based on thermographic image processing and machine learning classification. Sensors, 22(23)
- Alhammad M, Avdelidis NP, Ibarra-Castanedo C, Maldague XP, Zolotas A, .... (2022). Multi-label classification algorithms for composite materials under infrared thermography testing. Quantitative InfraRed Thermography Journal, 21(1)
Conference Papers
- Hidayat Z, Torbali ME, Salonitis K, Avdelidis NP & Fernandes H. (2025). Low-power vibrothermography for detecting and quantifying defects on CFRP composites
- Plastropoulos A, Torbali ME, Avdelidis NP, Castanedo CI, Klein M, .... (2024). Advanced NDT inspection approach for aircraft composite panels
- Torbali ME, Alhammad M, Zolotas A, Avdelidis NP, Ibarra-Castanedo C, .... (2023). Enhanced defect identification by image fusion of infrared thermography and ultrasonic phased array inspection techniques
- Alhammad M, Avdelidis NP, Ibarra-Castanedo C, Torbali ME, Zolotas A, .... (2023). Quantitative comparison between reflection mode and transmission modes for the inspection of composite materials using pulsed thermography
- Torbali ME, Alhammad M, Zolotas A, Avdelidis NP, Ibarra-Castanedo C, .... (2023). Fusion insights from ultrasonic and thermographic inspections for impact damage analysis
- Alhammad M, Avdelidis NP, Ibarra-Castanedo C, Zolotas A & Maldague XPV. (2022). Machine learning on thermographic images for the detection and classification of damage on composites