Research

The Nondestructive Evaluation Laboratory (formerly the Materials Assessment Research Group) has been at the forefront in the development of innovative solutions to NDE related problems. The team is actively engaged in the development of forward and inverse solutions, new sensors and instrumentation. Major contributions include:

• Innovations in traditional NDE methods including electromagnetic (magnetostatic, eddy-current and microwave) and ultrasonic methods.
• Development of new methods including remote field eddy current method for plate geometries, motion induced remote field eddy current method and rotating magnetic field methods for pipeline inspection.
• Development and application of forward methods to stimulate physical processes associated with NDE methods
• Building new signal processing and neural network tools for automatic interpretation of NDE signals.
• Development of tools for estimating the probability of detection, optimal sensor design, and determining ideal test conditions.
• Development of single frequency and multi-frequency eddy current instruments, high frequency acoustic microscopes.

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