Holland, Stephen

Thermal Nondestructive Evaluation (NDE) and NDE Data Integration

Stephen D. HollandSteve Holland profile pic

Associate Professor, Aerospace Engineering
sdh4@iastate.edu

Academic Department Profile

Spatial NDE Data Registration and Integration

  • Recording NDE data in CAD context
  • Accommodating geometric inconsistency in NDE data mapping
  • SpatialNDE2 open-source package
  • Kalman filters
  • Common NDE data format

NDE Modeling and Model-Based Inversion

  • Model-based inversion to improve flash thermography data interpretation
  • Hybrid time- and frequency-domain modeling for vibration and ultrasound
  • Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) estimation and adaptive methods for probability of detection

Thermography

  • Flash/pulse thermography and analysis/modeling/interpretation
  • Vibrothermography physics and modeling

 

Keywords

  • NDE Data Integration, NDE Modeling, NDE and CAD, Flash Thermography, Vibrothermography, NDE of Composites

Rcognitions, Awards & Patents

  • Fellow, American Society for Nondestructive Testing (ASNT)

Funded Research Sponsors

  • NSF, NASA, AFRL, Navy, and others
  • Multiple SBIR & STTR with several small businesses, Phase I & II (Air Force, Navy, NASA)

 

1st picture (top) - flash thermography model-based inversion of delamination 2nd picture (left) - Vibrothermography crack heating Third image (right) - Projection of thermography data onto 3D CAD models