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Dr. George Bunget

Associate Professor
Department of Engineering Physics
School of Engineering
Murray State University


Education

PhD, North Carolina State University, 2010
MSc., North Carolina State University, 2007
BSc., Polytechnic Institute of Bucharest, Romania, 1994


Area of Interest

Dr. Bunget specializes in engineering measurements with application toward Non-Destructive Testing (NDT). He is interested especially in nonlinear ultrasonic measurements to detect minute microstructural changes in metals undergoing cyclic fatigue loading.

For more information on how to get involved, go to the Advanced Nondestructive Evaluations Laboratory (NDEL) website.

Background

Dr. Bunget joined the faculty at MSU in August of 2015. His research focuses on nondestructive evaluations (NDE) and robotics with applications to NDE. Current research projects include fatigue life assessment based on nonlinear ultrasonics and fatigue cracking based on eddy-current sensing combined with artificial intelligence to identify and classify in-wall cracks within medium-caliber gun barrels. Prior projects include truck tire testing for internal delaminations based on impact-acoustics, rocket solid propellant diagnostic based on ultrasonic guided waves, eddy-current monitoring of aluminum sensitization in Navy ships, electrochemical impedance spectroscopy for in situ coating health monitoring of carbon steel tanks within Navy submarines.

Prior to his appointment at MSU, Dr. Bunget was a senior research engineer at Luna Innovations, Inc., Intelligent Systems Group, in Charlottesville, VA.

Vitae

Contact Information

Phone 270-809-5103
Fax 270-809-6107
Email gbunget@murraystate.edu
Office location 1371 Engineering Physics Building, Office 1357A
Research website: Advanced Nondestructive Evaluations Lab