{"id":4238,"date":"2026-06-11T04:01:50","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T04:01:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/groupebm.net\/niyem.bawana\/publications\/"},"modified":"2026-06-11T12:34:31","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T12:34:31","slug":"publications","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/groupebm.net\/niyem.bawana\/publications\/","title":{"rendered":"PUBLICATIONS"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"4238\" class=\"elementor elementor-4238\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fe4d65a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"fe4d65a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;gradient&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a5b8c84 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"a5b8c84\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<style>.spin-hero{max-width:900px;margin:0 auto;text-align:center;padding:0 10px;font-family:Alexandria,sans-serif;}.spin-hero-kicker{color:#B3A369;font-size:12px;font-weight:600;letter-spacing:0.18em;text-transform:uppercase;margin:0 0 16px;}.spin-hero-title{color:#ffffff;font-weight:700;font-size:clamp(2rem,4.5vw,2.9rem);line-height:1.15;margin:0 0 16px;}.spin-hero-sub{color:rgba(255,255,255,0.8);font-size:clamp(1rem,1.6vw,1.15rem);line-height:1.75;max-width:760px;margin:0 auto;}.spin-hero-cta{display:flex;justify-content:center;flex-wrap:wrap;gap:12px;margin-top:30px;}.spin-hero-cta a{display:inline-block;padding:13px 26px;border-radius:6px;font-size:15px;text-decoration:none;font-family:Alexandria,sans-serif;transition:background .2s,color .2s,border-color .2s;}.spin-btn-gold{background:#B3A369;color:#13294b;font-weight:700;border:1.5px solid #B3A369;}.spin-btn-gold:hover{background:#c9bb85;border-color:#c9bb85;color:#13294b;}.spin-btn-ghost{background:transparent;color:#ffffff;font-weight:600;border:1.5px solid rgba(255,255,255,0.55);}.spin-btn-ghost:hover{border-color:#B3A369;color:#B3A369;}.spin-hero-cta a:focus-visible{outline:3px solid #ffffff;outline-offset:2px;}<\/style><div class=\"spin-hero\"><p class=\"spin-hero-kicker\">SPIN Group<\/p><h1 class=\"spin-hero-title\">Publications<\/h1><p class=\"spin-hero-sub\">Journal articles, conference papers, theses, and works in progress from the group and its collaborators.<\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aa7a69d e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"aa7a69d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a824457 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"a824457\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div style=\"max-width:820px;margin:0 auto;\"><div style=\"display:flex;gap:10px;flex-wrap:wrap;align-items:center;margin:0 0 6px;font-family:Alexandria,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"background:#f3f4f6;border:1px solid #e0e4ea;border-radius:5px;padding:6px 14px;font-size:13px;color:#444;\">Citations: <strong>38<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"background:#f3f4f6;border:1px solid #e0e4ea;border-radius:5px;padding:6px 14px;font-size:13px;color:#444;\">h-index: <strong>4<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"background:#f3f4f6;border:1px solid #e0e4ea;border-radius:5px;padding:6px 14px;font-size:13px;color:#444;\">i10-index: <strong>2<\/strong><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=LfLItSkAAAAJ&amp;hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" style=\"font-size:13px;color:#1a2e4a;font-weight:600;text-decoration:none;\">Google Scholar &rarr;<\/a><\/div><h3 style=\"font-family:Alexandria,sans-serif;color:#1a2e4a;font-size:18px;font-weight:700;margin:34px 0 12px;border-left:4px solid #B3A369;padding-left:12px;line-height:1.3;\">Journal Articles<\/h3><p style=\"font-family:Alexandria,sans-serif;color:#444;font-size:14px;line-height:1.75;margin:0 0 12px;padding-left:14px;border-left:2px solid #e4e6ea;\">D.J. Silitonga, P. Pomar&egrave;de, <strong>N.M. Bawana<\/strong>, H. Shi, N.F. Declercq, D.S. Citrin. &ldquo;Automated Classification of Subsurface Impact Damage in Thermoplastic Composites Using Depth-Resolved Terahertz Imaging and Deep Learning.&rdquo; <em>Composites Part B: Engineering<\/em>, 113033, 2025. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.compositesb.2025.113033\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" style=\"color:#1a2e4a;font-weight:600;\">DOI<\/a><\/p><p style=\"font-family:Alexandria,sans-serif;color:#444;font-size:14px;line-height:1.75;margin:0 0 12px;padding-left:14px;border-left:2px solid #e4e6ea;\">M. Hassanalian, A. Mirzaeinia, <strong>N.M. Bawana<\/strong>, F. Heppner. &ldquo;Energy Management of Echelon Flying Northern Bald Ibises with Different Wingspans and Variable Wingtip Spacing.&rdquo; <em>Journal of Bionic Engineering<\/em>, 19(1), 44&ndash;61, 2022.<span style=\"color:#999;font-size:12px;font-style:italic;\"> [DOI link to be added]<\/span><\/p><p style=\"font-family:Alexandria,sans-serif;color:#444;font-size:14px;line-height:1.75;margin:0 0 12px;padding-left:14px;border-left:2px solid #e4e6ea;\">K.M. Segbefia, K. Wala, W. Atakpama, Y. Lar&eacute;, <strong>N.M. Bawana<\/strong>, F. Folega, et al. &ldquo;Comparaison de la performance de deux types de foyers am&eacute;lior&eacute;s traditionnels: Foyer &agrave; argile du Togo et foyer Malgache.&rdquo; <em>Journal de la Recherche Scientifique de l&rsquo;Universit&eacute; de Lom&eacute;<\/em>, 20(1), 13&ndash;22, 2018.<span style=\"color:#999;font-size:12px;font-style:italic;\"> [PDF link to be added]<\/span><\/p><h3 style=\"font-family:Alexandria,sans-serif;color:#1a2e4a;font-size:18px;font-weight:700;margin:34px 0 12px;border-left:4px solid #B3A369;padding-left:12px;line-height:1.3;\">Conference Papers<\/h3><p style=\"font-family:Alexandria,sans-serif;color:#444;font-size:14px;line-height:1.75;margin:0 0 12px;padding-left:14px;border-left:2px solid #e4e6ea;\">D.J. Silitonga, P. Pomar&egrave;de, <strong>N.M. Bawana<\/strong>, H. Shi, N.F. Declercq, D.S. Citrin. &ldquo;Detection of Low-Velocity Impact Damage in Woven-Fabric Reinforced Thermoplastic Composite Laminates by Deep-Learning Classification Trained on Terahertz-Imaging Data.&rdquo; <em>26&egrave;me Congr&egrave;s Fran&ccedil;ais de M&eacute;canique<\/em>, 2025.<\/p><p style=\"font-family:Alexandria,sans-serif;color:#444;font-size:14px;line-height:1.75;margin:0 0 12px;padding-left:14px;border-left:2px solid #e4e6ea;\">Z. Rubin, <strong>N.M. Bawana<\/strong>, M. Hassanalian. &ldquo;Flight Pattern Formations and Their Effects on Drag: Experimental Study and Flow Visualization.&rdquo; <em>AIAA AVIATION 2020 Forum<\/em>, 2783, 2020.<\/p><p style=\"font-family:Alexandria,sans-serif;color:#444;font-size:14px;line-height:1.75;margin:0 0 12px;padding-left:14px;border-left:2px solid #e4e6ea;\"><strong>N.M. Bawana<\/strong>, Z. Rubin, M. Hassanalian. &ldquo;Adaptive Formation Flight of Fixed-Wing Cooperative Swarming Drones: Analytical Study and Aerodynamic Analysis.&rdquo; <em>AIAA Propulsion and Energy 2020 Forum<\/em>, 3956, 2020.<\/p><p style=\"font-family:Alexandria,sans-serif;color:#444;font-size:14px;line-height:1.75;margin:0 0 12px;padding-left:14px;border-left:2px solid #e4e6ea;\"><strong>N.M. Bawana<\/strong>, A. Mirzaeinia, M. Hassanalian. &ldquo;Energy Management of Migratory Birds through Flock Mutation.&rdquo; <em>2020 Gulf Southwest Section Conference<\/em>, 2020.<\/p><h3 style=\"font-family:Alexandria,sans-serif;color:#1a2e4a;font-size:18px;font-weight:700;margin:34px 0 12px;border-left:4px solid #B3A369;padding-left:12px;line-height:1.3;\">Manuscripts Under Review<\/h3><p style=\"font-family:Alexandria,sans-serif;color:#444;font-size:14px;line-height:1.75;margin:0 0 12px;padding-left:14px;border-left:2px solid #e4e6ea;\"><strong>N.M. Bawana<\/strong>, P. Pomar&egrave;de, D.J. Silitonga, F. Meraghni, N.F. Declercq, D.S. Citrin, A. Locquet. &ldquo;Deep Learning for Automated Damage Detection and Localization in Glass Fiber Reinforced Polymer Laminates via X-ray Micro-Computed Tomography.&rdquo; <em>NDT &amp; E International<\/em>, under review.<\/p><h3 style=\"font-family:Alexandria,sans-serif;color:#1a2e4a;font-size:18px;font-weight:700;margin:34px 0 12px;border-left:4px solid #B3A369;padding-left:12px;line-height:1.3;\">In Preparation<\/h3><p style=\"font-family:Alexandria,sans-serif;color:#444;font-size:14px;line-height:1.75;margin:0 0 12px;padding-left:14px;border-left:2px solid #e4e6ea;\"><strong>N.M. Bawana<\/strong>, P. Pomar&egrave;de, D.J. Silitonga, A. Locquet, F. Meraghni, D.S. Citrin, N.F. Declercq. &ldquo;Physics-Guided Weakly Supervised Damage Localization in GFRP via Terahertz Imaging.&rdquo;<\/p><p style=\"font-family:Alexandria,sans-serif;color:#444;font-size:14px;line-height:1.75;margin:0 0 12px;padding-left:14px;border-left:2px solid #e4e6ea;\"><strong>N.M. Bawana<\/strong>, P. Pomar&egrave;de, D.J. Silitonga, A. Locquet, F. Meraghni, D.S. Citrin, N.F. Declercq. &ldquo;Physics-Guided Multi-Task Learning for Terahertz Nondestructive Evaluation of GFRP Laminates Using Simulation-Driven Data.&rdquo;<\/p><p style=\"font-family:Alexandria,sans-serif;color:#444;font-size:14px;line-height:1.75;margin:0 0 12px;padding-left:14px;border-left:2px solid #e4e6ea;\"><strong>N.M. Bawana<\/strong>, et al. &ldquo;Artificial Intelligence for Terahertz Nondestructive Evaluation of GFRP: State-of-the-Art and Future Directions.&rdquo;<\/p><h3 style=\"font-family:Alexandria,sans-serif;color:#1a2e4a;font-size:18px;font-weight:700;margin:34px 0 12px;border-left:4px solid #B3A369;padding-left:12px;line-height:1.3;\">Theses<\/h3><p style=\"font-family:Alexandria,sans-serif;color:#444;font-size:14px;line-height:1.75;margin:0 0 12px;padding-left:14px;border-left:2px solid #e4e6ea;\"><strong>N.M. Bawana<\/strong>. &ldquo;Deep Learning for Terahertz Damage Characterization in Glass Fiber Reinforced Polymer Laminates: From Detection to Quantification.&rdquo; <em>Ph.D. Dissertation, Georgia Institute of Technology<\/em>, 2026.<span style=\"color:#999;font-size:12px;font-style:italic;\"> [Repository link to be added]<\/span><\/p><p style=\"font-family:Alexandria,sans-serif;color:#444;font-size:14px;line-height:1.75;margin:0 0 12px;padding-left:14px;border-left:2px solid #e4e6ea;\"><strong>N.M. Bawana<\/strong>. &ldquo;Swarming Drones: Bioinspiration and Energy Saving Opportunities.&rdquo; <em>M.Sc. Thesis, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology<\/em>, 2021.<\/p><p style=\"font-family:Alexandria,sans-serif;color:#444;font-size:14px;line-height:1.75;margin:0 0 12px;padding-left:14px;border-left:2px solid #e4e6ea;\">N. Bawana. &ldquo;Thermal Response in a Field Oriented Controlled Three-Phase Induction Motor.&rdquo; <em>M.Sc. Thesis, University of South Florida<\/em>, 2019.<\/p><h3 style=\"font-family:Alexandria,sans-serif;color:#1a2e4a;font-size:18px;font-weight:700;margin:34px 0 12px;border-left:4px solid #B3A369;padding-left:12px;line-height:1.3;\">Datasets, Code &amp; Software<\/h3><p style=\"font-family:Alexandria,sans-serif;color:#666;font-size:14px;line-height:1.75;margin:0 0 12px;\">Code and datasets from the group&rsquo;s projects will be released here as the associated manuscripts are published. In the meantime, see the PI&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/niyem?tab=repositories\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" style=\"color:#1a2e4a;font-weight:600;\">GitHub profile<\/a>.<\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SPIN Group Publications Journal articles, conference papers, theses, and works in progress from the group and its collaborators. 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