The research of physics professor Roman Gr. Maev has earned him global recognition.

The International Committee for Non-Destructive Testing will confer its Sokolov Award for major contributions to work in the field on Dr. Maev at its 20th World Conference on Non-Destructive Testing in Incheon, South Korea, on May 27.

Maev holds the rank of distinguished university professor in the UWindsor Department of Physics and is founding director-general of the Institute for Diagnostic Imaging Research, a multidisciplinary, collaborative research institute.

The diverse range of disciplines encompassed by Maev includes theoretical physical acoustics, ultrasonic and nonlinear acoustical imaging, biomedical ultrasound, nano structural properties of advanced materials and its analysis. He has published more than 600 peer-reviewed items, including 28 books and chapters, and holds 54 international patents.

The Sokolov Award is named to honour Sergei Y. Sokolov, a scientist from St. Petersburg often hailed as the father of ultrasonic metal flow detection and ultrasonic visualization.

Maev is a life fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and a fellow of the American Society for Nondestructive Testing, the British Institute of Non-Destructive Testing, Canadian Institute For Non-Destructive Evaluation, and ASM International, formerly the American Society for Metals.

His previous honours include the Roy Sharpe Prize from the British Institute of Non-Destructive Testing, and the Mentoring Award and Gold Medal from the American Society for Non-Destructive Testing. Since 2016, he has chaired the ICNDT Specialist International Group on art and cultural heritage and began as chair in 2023 of the specialist internal group on NDT frontiers.