• Changes in mechanical and microstructural properties in steel materials subjected to localized blast loading

Keynote Speaker, 14th International Symposium on Plasticity and Impact Mechanics (IMPLAST 2025), 12-16 Oct 2025, Roorkee, India (https://implast2025.iitr.ac.in).

• Characterisation of microstructure of AISI 316L after localised blast loading

2024 Symposium on Advanced Materials Processing & Characterisation, 27-29 of November 2024, Pretoria, South Africa (Link). 

• Post-blast experimental investigation of microstructural evolutions in Austenitic 316L

10th Asia-Pacific Young Researchers and Graduates Symposium, 6-8 Dec 2023, Perth, Australia (https://yrgs2023.com/).

• An investigation into the changes of mechanical properties in steel materials as a result of blast loading 

11th International Symposium on Impact Engineering, 3-5 Dec 2023, Perth, Australia (https://isie2023.com).

• An investigation of the effects of blast loading on the mechanical properties of steel materials

SAIMec hE Western Cape Postgraduate Conference On Mechanical, Manufacturing, Materials & Biomedical Engineering, 1st Dec 2023, Stellenbosch, South Africa (Link)

• State-Of-The-Art ensemble learning and unsupervised learning in fatigue crackrecognition of glass fiber reinforced polyester composite (GFRP) using acoustic emission

Keynote Speaker, The World Congress on Material Science and Nanotechnology, 10-11 July 2023, France, Paris 

     (https://materialssciencemeet.com)

• Topic: AI-Driven Research Assessment and Evaluating Research Process 

Assessment in the Age of AI: Principles, Practices, and Innovations for the Future of Learning, Symposium, 3 April 2025, Co-hosted by the University of Cape Town & Stellenbosch University. South Africa.

• Deep learning and Machine learning in Advanced Non-Destructive Testing

International Conference On Soft Computing, Artificial Intelligence And Applications - (ICSCAIA-23), 15th November, 2023, British Columbia, Canada.