Bayesian NDE Defect Signal Analysis
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The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECpE) contains two focuses. The focus on Electrical Engineering teaches students in the fields of control systems, electromagnetics and non-destructive evaluation, microelectronics, electric power & energy systems, and the like. The Computer Engineering focus teaches in the fields of software systems, embedded systems, networking, information security, computer architecture, etc.
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The Department of Electrical Engineering was formed in 1909 from the division of the Department of Physics and Electrical Engineering. In 1985 its name changed to Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Engineering. In 1995 it became the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.
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1909-present
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- Department of Electrical Engineering (1909-1985)
- Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Engineering (1985-1995)
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- College of Engineering (parent college)
- Department of Physics and Electrical Engineering (predecessor)
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We develop a hierarchical Bayesian approach for estimating defect signals from noisy measurements and apply it to nondestructive evaluation (NDE) of materials. We propose a parametric model for the shape of the defect region and assume that the defect signals within this region are random with unknown mean and variance. Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) algorithms are derived for simulating from the posterior distributions of the model parameters and defect signals. These algorithms are then utilized to identify potential defect regions and estimate their size and reflectivity parameters. Our approach provides Bayesian confidence regions (credible sets) for the estimated parameters, which are important in NDE applications. We specialize the proposed framework to elliptical defect shape and Gaussian signal and noise models and apply it to experimental ultrasonic C-scan data from an inspection of a cylindrical titanium billet. We also outline a simple classification scheme for separating defects from nondefects using estimated mean signals and areas of the potential defects
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This is a manuscript of an article from IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing 55 (2007): 372, doi:10.1109/TSP.2006.882064. Posted with permission.