Name：
Lijun Zhuo
Position and Technical Title：
Associate professor, Master's Advisor, Secretary of the Department Party Branch
Research Areas：
1. Active infrared thermography, mainly in optical thermography and ultrasonic thermography.
2. Non-destructive evaluation and thermal imaging of composite materials.
3. Inverse problems and measurement techniques in heat conduction of solids.
Graduate Admission Professions：
Mechanics
E-mail：
ljzhuo@ujs.edu.cn
Corresponding Address：
No. 301, Xuefu Road, Zhenjiang City, Jiangsu Province, 212013
Education and Work Experience
Education：
2015.03 – 2019.10, School of Astronautics, Harbin Institute of Technology, Ph.D.;
2017.09 – 2018.09, School of Applied Mathematics, University of Leeds, Visiting PhD student;
2011.09 – 2014.06, Institute of Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Science, M.Sc;
2007.09 – 2011.06, School of Mechanics and Civil Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology, B.Eng.
Work Experience：
Apr. 2020 – Jul. 2026, Jiangsu University, Faculty of Civil Engineering and Mechanics, Lecturer.
Jul. 2026 – Now, Jiangsu University, School of Low-Altitude Technology, Associate professor.
Academic and Social Part-time
1.Reviewer for Journals (more than 10): NDT & E Int.; MSSP; International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer; Infrared Physics and Technology; Journal of Nondestructive Evaluation, et al.
2.Youth Committee Member: Branch of Equipment Structural Health Monitoring and Early Warning, China Instrument and Control Society
Teaching Courses
Engineering Mechanics; Computational methods in mechanics
Research Projects
1. National Natural Science Foundation of China，No. 12202162，Period: 2023.1 – 2025.12, Participants: Lijun ZHUO.
2. Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province，No. BK20210740，Period: 2021.07 – 2024.06, Participants: Lijun ZHUO, Ziping WANG, QI ZHU, Zhen Huang, Chaoyi LI.
3. China Postdoctoral Science Foundation，No: 2021M701478，Period: 2021.12 – 2023.11, Participants: Lijun ZHUO.
4. Zhenjiang Young Science and Technology Talent Nurturing Program, Period: 2024.10 – 2026.09
Academic Publications
(Published more than 30 papers in peer reviewed journals, with more than 600 total citations, h-index = 15, i10-index = 20)
[1]Bai C, Zhuo L*, Zhu J, Xu Y, Wei Q. Enhanced thermal imaging of artificial delamination in CFRP by automated determination of an optimal probing frequency for vibrothermography, Journal of Nondestructive Evaluation, 2026, 45: 21.
[2]Zhuo L, Xu Y, Zhu J, Chen H, Yang Q. Depth estimation of internal defects from a sensitive frequency using thermal wave radar. NDT and E International, 2025, 154: 103367.
[3]Zhuo L, Xu Y, Zhu J, Li C, Liu C, Yi F. Quantitative evaluation of interfacial defect size and pattern by solving a 3D inverse problem based on step heating thermography. Experimental Mechanics, 2024, 64: 245-259.
[4]Zhuo L, Liu C, Zhou J, Zhu J, Li C, López AF. Thickness evaluation of organic coating using active long-pulse transmission thermography. Infrared Physics and Technology. 2024, 142:105516.
[5]Zhuo L, Yang X, Zhu J, Huang Z, Chao J, Xie W. Size determination of interior defects by reconstruction of subsurface virtual heat flux for step heating thermography. NDT and E International, 2023, 133: 102734.
[6]Zhuo L, Meng S, Yi F. The use of cooled axial conduction guarded probe for the measurement of transient heat flux by calibrating the unit step response. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2020, 147: 118850.
[7]Zhuo L, Lesnic D, Meng S. Reconstruction of the heat transfer coefficient at the interface of a bi-material. Inverse Problems in Science and Engineering, 2020, 28: 374-401.
[8]Zhuo L, Yi F, Meng S. An inverse method for the estimation of a long-duration surface heat flux on a finite solid. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2017, 106: 1087-1096.
[9]Zhuo L, Zhang Y, The mode-coupling of a stiff film/compliant substrate system in the post-buckling range. International Journal of Solids and Structures, 2015, 53: 28-37.
[10]Zhuo L, Zhang Y, From period-doubling to folding in stiff film/soft substrate system: The role of substrate nonlinearity. International Journal of Non-linear Mechanics, 2015, 76: 1-7.
