She received her Ph.D. degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2006. Her research expertise and interests include NDT for concrete, wave propagation, cement material characterization using innovative sensing techniques. Dr. Zhu is the pioneering researcher in air-coupled sensing for concrete. Dr. Zhu is a recipient of the ASNT Fellowship Award in 2012, and three time winner of ACI-James Instrument Award.