Margherita Capriotti

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

Research Relationships

Appointments

Grants Research and Enterprise Writing (GREW) Fellows current

NDE Research Clinic

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 September 3, 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

Mechanical engineering Nondestructive testing Signal processing