Elavio Buiochi received the B.S., M.Sc., and doctoral degrees in mechanical engineering from the School of Engineering, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil, in 1990, 1994, and 2000, respectively. He started his teaching career in the Department of Mechatronics Engineering, University of Sao Paulo, in 1992, where he is currently an Associate Professor. From September 2001 to March 2003, he was a postdoctoral Fellow with the Acoustics Institute, Spanish National Research Council, Madrid, Spain. In 2010, he was a visitor at the Bioacoustics Research Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is a member of the Brazilian Society of Mechanical Sciences and Engineering (ABCM). His research interests include the applications of ultrasonic transducers in nondestructive evaluation, the characterization of liquids and solids by ultrasound, and the development of ultrasonic piezoelectric and piezo-composite transducers.