Lalita Udpa
Lalita Udpa
Professor
Research Biography
Her research interests include various aspects of NDE, such as development of computational models for the forward problem in NDE, signal and image processing, pattern recognition and neural networks, and development of solution techniques for inverse problems. Her current projects include finite-element modeling of electromagnetic NDE methods applied to aircraft geometries, application of neural network and signal processing algorithms to NDE data, and development of image processing techniques for automated analysis of NDE and biomedical images.
Selected Publications
- Xin Liu; Yiming Deng; Zhiwei Zeng; Udpa, L.; Udpa, S.S, "Model-Based Inversion Technique Using Element-Free Galerkin Method and State Space Search," IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, Volume 45, Issue 3, March 2009.
- Zeng, Z., Udpa, L. Udpa, S.S. Chan, M, "Reduced Magnetic Vector Potential Formulation in the Finite Element Analysis of Eddy Current Nondestructive Testing," IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, Volume 45, Issue 3, March 2009.
- Jaejoon Kim, Guang Yang, Lalita Udpa and Satish Udpa, "Classification of Pulsed Eddy Current GMR data from Inspection of Aircraft Structures," NDT & E International, Volume 43, Issue 2, March 2010.
- Naiguang Lei, Lalita Udpa, Satish Udpa, Zhiwei Zeng, "Rotating Field Eddy Current (RoFEC)-Probe for SG Inspection," Special Issue of International Journal on Applied Electromagnetics and Mechanics, Vol. 33, No. 3-4, October 2010, Pages 1279-1285.
Selected Achievements and Awards
- FAA, "Better Way Award", 2005
- IEEE Fellow, 2007
- Society of Women Engineers, Outstanding Achievement Award, 1987