Advances in Adaptive Ultrasonics
暫譯: 自適應超聲技術的進展

提供新一代超聲技術的概述，自適應超聲技術的進展 探討超聲設備如何利用先進材料的特性，包括形狀記憶合金和超材料。

Andrew Feeney, PhD, earned a master's in mechanical engineering with honours of the first class at the University of Glasgow in the United Kingdom in 2010 and a PhD in mechanical engineering in 2014 at the same institution, investigating the incorporation of the shape memory alloy Nitinol in flextensional cymbal transducers for the eventual development of tuneable ultrasonic devices. This research laid the groundwork for this book.

Since then, Dr Feeney has undertaken several cross-disciplinary postdoctoral research projects in a range of application areas including ultrasonic surgery and subsea exploration. In 2016, he joined the Centre for Industrial Ultrasonics as Research Fellow in the Department of Physics at the University of Warwick, leading a new area of research activity in high-frequency flexural ultrasonic transducers. During this time, he collaborated with several industry partners to engineer novel configurations of the flexural ultrasonic transducer for hostile environments, including those of elevated pressure and temperature. This research significantly expanded the practical application of the flexural ultrasonic transducer beyond their traditional uses in automotive systems.

In 2020, Dr Feeney joined the Centre for Medical and Industrial Ultrasonics as Lecturer/Assistant Professor in the James Watt School of Engineering at the University of Glasgow before being promoted to Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor in 2023. Dr Feeney leads the Adaptive Ultrasonics (Adaptus) Research Group, which tackles key challenges in engineering adaptive ultrasonic devices and systems for a new generation of intelligent, multifunctional, and tuneable medical and industrial technologies. The Adaptus Research Group undertakes fundamental research on advanced materials, principally those which exhibit shape memory behaviour, and metamaterials. Dr Feeney's research group focuses on the integration of these materials with a broad range of acoustic and ultrasonic devices and electromechanical systems in order to tailor and optimise dynamic performance. The Adaptus Research Group is centred around four principal themes: shape memory alloys and metamaterials, medical devices, industrial sensors and actuators, and sustainable manufacturing. Dr Feeney's research group includes several postdoctoral researchers and doctoral students, and his research is funded by grants from a combination of UK Research and Innovation, European Research Council, and industry in the order of millions GBP.

At the time of publication, Dr Feeney is a Chartered Engineer and Member of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) and a Member of the Institution of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). He has published over 50 peer-reviewed journal and conference articles, is a regular peer reviewer of the major journals in the fields of ultrasonics, ferroelectrics, mechatronics and interdisciplinary science, and is a reviewer of grant proposals for UK Research and Innovation, principally the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council.

安德魯·費尼（Andrew Feeney），博士，於2010年在英國格拉斯哥大學獲得一級榮譽的機械工程碩士學位，並於2014年在同一機構獲得機械工程博士學位，研究主題為將形狀記憶合金Nitinol應用於彈性擴張鈸式傳感器，以最終開發可調諧的超聲波裝置。這項研究為本書奠定了基礎。

自那時以來，費尼博士參與了多個跨學科的博士後研究項目，涵蓋超聲手術和海底探索等多個應用領域。2016年，他加入華威大學物理系的工業超聲中心，擔任研究員，領導高頻彈性超聲傳感器的新研究領域。在此期間，他與多家行業夥伴合作，為惡劣環境（包括高壓和高溫環境）設計新型彈性超聲傳感器的配置。這項研究顯著擴展了彈性超聲傳感器在傳統汽車系統以外的實際應用。

2020年，費尼博士加入格拉斯哥大學詹姆斯·瓦特工程學院的醫療與工業超聲中心，擔任講師/助理教授，並於2023年晉升為高級講師/副教授。費尼博士領導自適應超聲（Adaptus）研究小組，專注於為新一代智能、多功能和可調諧的醫療及工業技術工程自適應超聲裝置和系統的關鍵挑戰。Adaptus研究小組進行有關先進材料的基礎研究，主要是那些顯示形狀記憶行為的材料和超材料。費尼博士的研究小組專注於將這些材料與各種聲學和超聲裝置及機電系統整合，以調整和優化動態性能。Adaptus研究小組圍繞四個主要主題展開：形狀記憶合金和超材料、醫療裝置、工業傳感器和執行器，以及可持續製造。費尼博士的研究小組包括多位博士後研究人員和博士生，其研究經費來自英國研究與創新、歐洲研究委員會及行業的多項資助，金額達數百萬英鎊。

在出版時，費尼博士是特許工程師及機械工程師學會（IMechE）會員，以及電氣和電子工程師學會（IEEE）會員。他已發表超過50篇經過同行評審的期刊和會議文章，是超聲波、鐵電材料、機電一體化及跨學科科學領域主要期刊的定期同行評審人，並擔任英國研究與創新的資助提案評審，主要針對工程與物理科學研究委員會。