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Margherita Capriotti

mcapriotti@sdsu.eduorcid.org/0000-0002-6210-2657

Appointments

  • Postdoctoral Research Fellow
    Radiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, US
  • Assistant Professor
    Aerospace Engineering, San Diego State University, San Diego, California, US

  • Ph. D., 2019
    Structural Engineering, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, US
  • Master's Degree, 2014
    Mechanical Engineering, Universita degli Studi di Parma, Parma, Emilia Romagna, IT
  • Bachelor's Degree, 2012
    Mechanical Engineering, Universita degli Studi di Parma, Parma, Emilia Romagna, IT

  • American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
    American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Reston, Virginia, US
  • American Society for Composites
    American Society for Composites, Dayton, US
  • American Society for Nondestructive Testing
    American Society for Nondestructive Testing, Columbus, OH, US
  • American Society of Mechanical Engineers
    American Society of Mechanical Engineers, New York, New York, US

  • International Programs Committee (Member), 2021-Present
    Aerospace Engineering, San Diego State University, San Diego, California, US
  • DEI Committee (Chair 2022-present), 2020-Present
    Aerospace Engineering, San Diego State University, San Diego, California, US

Profile updated October 30, 2026.

Scholarship

Academic Publications

On the existence of local defect resonance in ultrasonic guided waves interaction with horizontal defects in plates
Mingyue Zhang; Sandrine Tahina Rakotonarivo; Antonino Spada; Margherita Capriotti
Ultrasonics, 2026, journal article
Mechanical engineering Nondestructive testing Remote sensing--Data processing Structural dynamics Ultrasonic testing
Characterization of impact damage patterns in composite aerospace structures using augmented thermal signal reconstruction
Mark Smeets; Francesco Lanza di Scalea; Margherita Capriotti
Composite Structures, 2025, journal article
Cited by 6
Aerospace engineering Composite materials Nondestructive testing Thermography
Ultrasonic Guided Wave Scattering Spectra by Hybrid Global–Local Modeling for Nondestructive Evaluation in Composites With Varying Defect Features
Zhang, M.; Galvis, L.W.E.; Spada, A.; Margherita Capriotti
Journal of Nondestructive Evaluation, Diagnostics and Prognostics of Engineering Systems, 2024, journal article
Cited by 2
Composite materials Nondestructive testing Simulation methods Ultrasonics
Recent Advancements in Global-Local Analysis of UGW in Plates
Antonino Spada; Spada, A.; Francesco Lanza di Scalea; Lanza di Scalea, F.; Daniele Giardina; Giardina, D.; Margherita Capriotti
Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, 2024, book chapter
Plates (Engineering) Simulation methods Ultrasonic waves
Improved Global-Local Method for Ultrasonic Guided Wave Scattering Predictions in Composite Waveguides and Defects
Margherita Capriotti; Escalona, L.; Luis Waldo Escalona Galvis; Antonino Spada; Spada, A.
Journal of Nondestructive Evaluation, Diagnostics and Prognostics of Engineering Systems, 2023, journal article
Composite materials Nondestructive testing Parallel processing (Electronic computers) Simulation methods Ultrasonics

The role of evanescent modes in global-local analysis of ultrasonic guided waves in plates with varying local zone-scatterer relations
Antonino Spada; Spada, A.; Mingyue Zhang; Zhang, M.; Francesco Lanza di Scalea; Lanza di Scalea, F.; Margherita Capriotti
Jvc/Journal of Vibration and Control, 2023, journal article
Cited by 5
Elastic plates and shells Elastic wave propagation Scattering (Physics)
Global–local model for three-dimensional guided wave scattering with application to rail flaw detection
Spada, A.; Margherita Capriotti; Lanza di Scalea, F.
Structural Health Monitoring, 2022, journal article
Cited by 18
Nondestructive testing Scattering (Physics) Simulation methods Structural health monitoring Ultrasonic testing
The influence of acoustic radiation force beam shape and location on wave spectral content for arterial dispersion ultrasound vibrometry
Margherita Capriotti; et al.
Physics in Medicine and Biology, 2022, journal article
Cited by 6
Acoustic radiation force impulse imaging Biomedical engineering Cardiovascular system Diagnostic ultrasonic imaging
Toward improved accuracy in shear wave elastography of arteries through controlling the arterial response to ultrasound perturbation in-silico and in phantoms
Hugenberg, N.R.; Roy, T.; Harrigan, H.; Margherita Capriotti; et al.
Physics in Medicine and Biology, 2021, journal article
Cited by 5
Arteries Biomedical engineering Diagnostic ultrasonic imaging Elastography
Time-Aligned Plane Wave Compounding Methods for High-Frame-Rate Shear Wave Elastography: Experimental Validation and Performance Assessment on Tissue Phantoms
Margherita Capriotti; Greenleaf, J.F.; Urban, M.W.
Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology, 2021, journal article
Cited by 23
Biomedical engineering Diagnostic ultrasonic imaging Elastography Medical physics Signal processing
Characterizing blood clots using acoustic radiation force optical coherence elastography and ultrasound shear wave elastography
Liu, H.-C.; Abbasi, M.; Ding, Y.H.; Roy, T.; Margherita Capriotti; et al.
Physics in Medicine and Biology, 2021, journal article
Cited by 27
Coherence (Optics) Diagnostic imaging Elastography Optics Ultrasonics in medicine
Global-Local model for guided wave scattering problems with application to defect characterization in built-up composite structures
Spada, A.; Margherita Capriotti; Lanza di Scalea, F.
International Journal of Solids and Structures, 2020, journal article
Cited by 33
Composite materials Elastic wave propagation Physics Simulation methods
Robust non-destructive inspection of composite aerospace structures by extraction of ultrasonic guided-wave transfer function in single-input dual-output scanning systems
Margherita Capriotti; Lanza di Scalea, F.
Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures, 2020, journal article
Cited by 16
Aerospace engineering Composite materials Nondestructive testing Signal processing--Statistical methods Ultrasonic testing
Damage detection and visco-elastic property characterization of composite aerospace panels using ultrasonic guided waves
Margherita Capriotti; Cui, R.; Lanza di Scalea, F.
Conference Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Mechanics Series, 2019, book chapter Cited by 1
Aerospace engineering Composite materials Nondestructive testing Ultrasonic waves
High-Speed Ultrasonic Rail Inspection by Passive Noncontact Technique
Albert Liang; Simone Sternini; Margherita Capriotti; Francesco Lanza di Scalea
Material Evaluation, 2019, journal article Cited by 2
Railroads Signal processing Transportation engineering Ultrasonic testing
Passive extraction of dynamic transfer function from arbitrary ambient excitations: Application to high-speed rail inspection from wheel-generated waves
Di Scalea, F.L.; Zhu, X.; Margherita Capriotti; Liang, A.Y.; Mariani, S.; Sternini, S.
Journal of Nondestructive Evaluation, Diagnostics and Prognostics of Engineering Systems, 2018, journal article
Cited by 32
Signal processing Transfer functions Ultrasonic testing
Non-destructive inspection of impact damage in composite aircraft panels by ultrasonic guided waves and statistical processing
Margherita Capriotti; Kim, H.E.; di Scalea, F.L.; Kim, H.
Materials, 2017, journal article
Cited by 44
Airframes Composite materials Nondestructive testing Ultrasonic testing

Academic Conferences

Non-destructive Techniques for Characterization of Damage and Thermomechanical Signatures for Optimizing Composite Drilling
Margherita Capriotti; Nathan Machak; Mark Smeets; Shawn Hogh; Satchi Venkataraman; Daniel C. Hammerand
Proceedings of the American Society for Composites Annual Technical Conferences, 2026, conference paper
Composite materials Mechanical engineering Nondestructive testing
Time-Frequency Analysis on Numerical and Experimental Ultrasonic Guided Wave Scattering for Quantitative Damage Characterization in Plates
MINGYUE ZHANG; JANELLE COLEEN DELA UEVA; HYONNY KIM; Margherita Capriotti
Proceedings of the 15Th International Workshop on Structural Health Monitoring, 2025, conference paper
Composite materials Diagnostic ultrasonic imaging Elastic plates and shells Scattering (Physics) Signal processing
Analyses by Global-Local Method of Ultrasonic Guided Waves Propagation in Pristine and Defective Plates for Accurate Quantitative SHM
Margherita Capriotti; Zhang, M.; Escalona, L.; Di Scalea, F.L.; Spada, A.
Structural Health Monitoring 2023: Designing Shm for Sustainability, Maintainability, and Reliability - Proceedings of the 14Th International Workshop on Structural Health Monitoring, 2023, conference paper
Elastic wave propagation Nondestructive testing Plates (Engineering) Structural health monitoring
Characterization of Ply-Waviness Manufacturing Defect in Composite Aerospace Laminates by Ultrasonic Scattering Analysis
Machak, N.; Donabedian, A.; Ayala, G.G.; Venkataraman, S.; Diaz-Montiel, P.; Margherita Capriotti
Proceedings of the American Society for Composites - 38Th Technical Conference, Asc 2023, 2023, conference paper
Aerospace engineering Composite materials Nondestructive testing Ultrasonics
Ultrasonic Guided Waves Defect Signatures for Damage Identification in Composite Aerospace Structures
Margherita Capriotti; Varela, K.; Ellison, A.; Kim, E.H.; Di Scalea, F.L.; Kim, H.
Proceedings of the American Society for Composites - 37Th Technical Conference, Asc 2022, 2022, conference paper
Aerospace engineering Composite materials Nondestructive testing Ultrasonic testing

Characterizing mechanical properties of human blood clots using optical coherence elastography
Liu, H.-C.; Abbasi, M.; Ding, Y.H.; Roy, T.; Margherita Capriotti; et al.
Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of Spie, 2021, conference paper
Biomechanics Biomedical engineering Coherence (Optics) Elastography Human physiology
Impact damage detection in composite aerospace structures by multi-resolution NDE inspections
Margherita Capriotti; Ellison, A.; Kim, H.E.; Di Scalea, F.L.; Kim, H.
36Th Technical Conference of the American Society for Composites 2021: Composites Ingenuity Taking on Challenges in Environment-Energy-Economy, Asc 2021, 2021, conference paper
Aerospace engineering Composite materials Infrared imaging Nondestructive testing Structural analysis (Engineering) Ultrasonic testing
The Global-Local Approach for Damage Detection in Composite Structures and Rails
Margherita Capriotti; Lanza di Scalea, F.; Spada, A.
2021, conference paper
Civil engineering Nondestructive testing Railroad rails Simulation methods
Passive extraction of Green's function of solids and application to high-speed rail inspection
Liang, A.; Sternini, S.; Margherita Capriotti; Zhu, P.; Lanza Di Scalea, F.; Wilson, R.
Proceedings of Spie - the International Society for Optical Engineering, 2019, conference paper
Green's functions Nondestructive testing Railroads Signal processing
Ultrasonic identification of rail tracks from natural wheel excitations: Potential for high-speed and high-redundancy rail inspection
Di Scalea, F.L.; Liang, A.Y.-L.; Sternini, S.; Margherita Capriotti; et al.
Structural Health Monitoring 2019: Enabling Intelligent Life-Cycle Health Management for Industry Internet of Things (Iiot) - Proceedings of the 12Th International Workshop on Structural Health Monitoring, 2019, conference paper
Mechanical engineering Nondestructive testing Railroad tracks Signal processing Ultrasonic testing
Guided wave techniques for damage detection and property characterization in composite aerospace structures
Margherita Capriotti; Cui, R.; Di Scalea, F.L.
Proceedings of Spie - the International Society for Optical Engineering, 2019, conference paper
Aerospace engineering Composite materials Nondestructive testing Structural health monitoring
Improved global-local model to predict guided-wave scattering patterns from discontinuities in complex parts
Spada, A.; Margherita Capriotti; Cui, R.; Di Scalea, F.L.
Proceedings of Spie - the International Society for Optical Engineering, 2019, conference paper
Mechanical engineering Nondestructive testing Simulation methods Ultrasonic testing
High-speed non-contact ultrasound system for rail track integrity evaluation
Lanza DI Scalea, F.; Zhu, X.; Margherita Capriotti; et al.
Proceedings of Spie - the International Society for Optical Engineering, 2018, conference paper
Nondestructive testing Railroad tracks Transportation engineering Ultrasonic testing
Passive defect detection and imaging in structures by cross-correlations of Infrared Thermography measurements
Margherita Capriotti; Sternini, S.; Di Scalea, F.L.
Structural Health Monitoring 2017: Real-Time Material State Awareness and Data-Driven Safety Assurance - Proceedings of the 11Th International Workshop on Structural Health Monitoring, Iwshm 2017, 2017, conference paper
Infrared radiation Nondestructive testing Signal processing Structural analysis (Engineering)
Detection of major impact damage to composite aerospace structures by ultrasonic guided waves and statistical signal processing
Margherita Capriotti; Kim, H.E.; Di Scalea, F.L.; Kim, H.
Procedia Engineering, 2017, conference paper
Aerospace engineering Composite materials Signal processing Ultrasonic testing
Development of an ultrasonic nondestructive inspection method for impact damage detection in composite aircraft structures
Margherita Capriotti; Kim, H.E.; Lanza di Scalea, F.; Kim, H.
Proceedings of Spie - the International Society for Optical Engineering, 2017, conference paper
Aerospace engineering Composite materials Nondestructive testing Structural analysis (Engineering) Ultrasonic testing
High-speed non-contact passive-only ultrasonic inspection of rails from deconvolutions of wheel-generated noise
Zhu, X.; Sternini, S.; Margherita Capriotti; et al.
Structural Health Monitoring 2017: Real-Time Material State Awareness and Data-Driven Safety Assurance - Proceedings of the 11Th International Workshop on Structural Health Monitoring, Iwshm 2017, 2017, conference paper
Mechanical engineering Nondestructive testing Signal processing
Extraction of thermal Green's function using diffuse fields: A passive approach applied to thermography
Margherita Capriotti; Sternini, S.; Lanza Di Scalea, F.; Mariani, S.
Proceedings of Spie - the International Society for Optical Engineering, 2016, conference paper
Green's functions Physics Signal processing Thermal analysis Thermography
Active vibration control of a composite sandwich plate
Ferrari, G.; Margherita Capriotti; Amabili, M.; Garziera, R.
Asme International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Proceedings (Imece), 2014, conference paper
Active noise and vibration control Composite materials Mechanical engineering Structural dynamics