MOHAMMAD TAYEB
AL QASEER
2025 ASNT Fellow Mohammad Tayeb
Al Qaseer received his BS in electrical
engineering from the American University
of Sharjah, in Sharjah, UAE, in 2002, and
his MS and PhD in electrical engineering
from Missouri University of Science
and Technology (formerly University of
Missouri–Rolla) in 2004 and 2009.
He is currently an associate professor
in the Department of Electrical and
Computer Engineering at Iowa State
University. His research interests include
microwave and millimeter-wave instru-
mentation and measurement, with
applications in nondestructive testing
(NDT) and 3D synthetic aperture radar
(SAR) imaging. His other interests include
radio frequency (RF) circuits, antennas,
numerical electromagnetic analysis, and
electromagnetic material characteriza-
tion. He is the coauthor of more than
85 journal papers and over 100 confer-
ence proceedings and presentations.
He holds 13 awarded patents in the
areas of microwave and millimeter-wave
imaging and NDT. He also serves as an
Associate Technical Editor for Research in
Nondestructive Evaluation.
Al Qaseer is the recipient of the 2013
IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement
Society Young Engineer Award, the
2014 IEEE J. Barry Oakes Advancement
Award, and the 2015 ASNT Research
Award for Innovation. In 2013 and 2020,
he and his coauthors received the H. A.
Wheeler Applications Prize Paper Award
from the IEEE Antennas and Propagation
Society.
ZEKI GOKCE
2025 ASNT Fellow Zeki Gokce has
spent more than 20 years working in
the field of NDT. Over the course of his
career, he has supported the develop-
ment and practical application of tech-
nologies such as guided wave testing,
phased array, electromagnetic acoustic
transduction (EMAT), alternating current
field measurement (ACFM), and pulsed
eddy current, particularly in the oil and
gas, petrochemical, and power genera-
tion sectors.
His work has focused on helping
bridge engineering advancements
with field implementation—through
training, product support, and hands-on
problem-solving in challenging inspec-
tion environments. He holds an MS in
mechanical engineering, is certified as
an ASNT NDT Level III in several NDT
methods, and is a certified welding
inspector (CWI).
He remains an active member of
ASNT and contributes to the profes-
sional community through participation
in local and national initiatives. Gokce is
grateful for the opportunity to be part of
a field that plays a vital role in safety and
reliability, and he remains committed to
learning, collaboration, and supporting
others in the industry.
CLIFF J. LISSENDEN
2025 ASNT Fellow Cliff Lissenden is
a professor of engineering science and
mechanics at Pennsylvania State University.
He joined Penn State’s Department of
Engineering Science and Mechanics
in 1995 and gained a joint appoint-
ment in Acoustics in 2011. He received
the 2025 Nondestructive Evaluation
Lifetime Achievement Award from SPIE,
the International Society for Optics and
Photonics. He is an ASME Fellow and
was the founder and director of the Ben
Franklin Center of Excellence in Structural
Health Monitoring. He has authored a
monograph titled Nonlinear Ultrasonic
Guided Waves and is an Associate
Technical Editor for ASNT’s journal,
Research in Nondestructive Evaluation.
His current research focuses on nonde-
structive characterization of materials
using ultrasonic guided waves and is
broadly applicable to metals, composites,
concrete, rock, and bone. Characterization
systems use piezoelectric, magnetostric-
tive, electromagnetic, and laser-based
transduction of ultrasonic waves for
nondestructive testing, inspection, and
monitoring, often in harsh environments.
The basic physics employed are that wave
speeds depend on elastic properties,
that acoustic impedance mismatches
cause wave scattering, and that mate-
rial nonlinearity distorts waveforms.
Applications include robotic nondestruc-
tive inspection of stress corrosion cracking,
structural integrity analysis of bonded
joints in composites, detection of incip-
ient damage with nonlinear ultrasonics,
process monitoring of additive manufac-
turing with laser ultrasonics, cloaking crit-
ical infrastructure from earthquakes, and
characterization of bone healing.
SCOPE
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AWARDS&HONORS
ABOUT FELLOW OF ASNT
A Fellow of ASNT is an individual member of
the Society who is of outstanding professional
distinction and who has made significant,
ongoing contributions to the advancement of
NDT/E.
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AL QASEER
2025 ASNT Fellow Mohammad Tayeb
Al Qaseer received his BS in electrical
engineering from the American University
of Sharjah, in Sharjah, UAE, in 2002, and
his MS and PhD in electrical engineering
from Missouri University of Science
and Technology (formerly University of
Missouri–Rolla) in 2004 and 2009.
He is currently an associate professor
in the Department of Electrical and
Computer Engineering at Iowa State
University. His research interests include
microwave and millimeter-wave instru-
mentation and measurement, with
applications in nondestructive testing
(NDT) and 3D synthetic aperture radar
(SAR) imaging. His other interests include
radio frequency (RF) circuits, antennas,
numerical electromagnetic analysis, and
electromagnetic material characteriza-
tion. He is the coauthor of more than
85 journal papers and over 100 confer-
ence proceedings and presentations.
He holds 13 awarded patents in the
areas of microwave and millimeter-wave
imaging and NDT. He also serves as an
Associate Technical Editor for Research in
Nondestructive Evaluation.
Al Qaseer is the recipient of the 2013
IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement
Society Young Engineer Award, the
2014 IEEE J. Barry Oakes Advancement
Award, and the 2015 ASNT Research
Award for Innovation. In 2013 and 2020,
he and his coauthors received the H. A.
Wheeler Applications Prize Paper Award
from the IEEE Antennas and Propagation
Society.
ZEKI GOKCE
2025 ASNT Fellow Zeki Gokce has
spent more than 20 years working in
the field of NDT. Over the course of his
career, he has supported the develop-
ment and practical application of tech-
nologies such as guided wave testing,
phased array, electromagnetic acoustic
transduction (EMAT), alternating current
field measurement (ACFM), and pulsed
eddy current, particularly in the oil and
gas, petrochemical, and power genera-
tion sectors.
His work has focused on helping
bridge engineering advancements
with field implementation—through
training, product support, and hands-on
problem-solving in challenging inspec-
tion environments. He holds an MS in
mechanical engineering, is certified as
an ASNT NDT Level III in several NDT
methods, and is a certified welding
inspector (CWI).
He remains an active member of
ASNT and contributes to the profes-
sional community through participation
in local and national initiatives. Gokce is
grateful for the opportunity to be part of
a field that plays a vital role in safety and
reliability, and he remains committed to
learning, collaboration, and supporting
others in the industry.
CLIFF J. LISSENDEN
2025 ASNT Fellow Cliff Lissenden is
a professor of engineering science and
mechanics at Pennsylvania State University.
He joined Penn State’s Department of
Engineering Science and Mechanics
in 1995 and gained a joint appoint-
ment in Acoustics in 2011. He received
the 2025 Nondestructive Evaluation
Lifetime Achievement Award from SPIE,
the International Society for Optics and
Photonics. He is an ASME Fellow and
was the founder and director of the Ben
Franklin Center of Excellence in Structural
Health Monitoring. He has authored a
monograph titled Nonlinear Ultrasonic
Guided Waves and is an Associate
Technical Editor for ASNT’s journal,
Research in Nondestructive Evaluation.
His current research focuses on nonde-
structive characterization of materials
using ultrasonic guided waves and is
broadly applicable to metals, composites,
concrete, rock, and bone. Characterization
systems use piezoelectric, magnetostric-
tive, electromagnetic, and laser-based
transduction of ultrasonic waves for
nondestructive testing, inspection, and
monitoring, often in harsh environments.
The basic physics employed are that wave
speeds depend on elastic properties,
that acoustic impedance mismatches
cause wave scattering, and that mate-
rial nonlinearity distorts waveforms.
Applications include robotic nondestruc-
tive inspection of stress corrosion cracking,
structural integrity analysis of bonded
joints in composites, detection of incip-
ient damage with nonlinear ultrasonics,
process monitoring of additive manufac-
turing with laser ultrasonics, cloaking crit-
ical infrastructure from earthquakes, and
characterization of bone healing.
SCOPE
|
AWARDS&HONORS
ABOUT FELLOW OF ASNT
A Fellow of ASNT is an individual member of
the Society who is of outstanding professional
distinction and who has made significant,
ongoing contributions to the advancement of
NDT/E.
78
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