Inverse Engineering Handbook

Keith A. Woodbury is Professor Emeritus in Mechanical Engineering at The University of Alabama, USA. He holds BS and MS degrees in Mechanical Engineering from The University of Alabama and earned his PhD in Mechanical Engineering at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) in 1984. From 1984 to 1988, Dr. Woodbury conducted research for Reynolds Aluminum in the Metallurgical Research Division, focusing primarily on thermal challenges in ingot production and hot rolling operations. He joined the faculty at the University of Alabama in 1988 and retired from active faculty after 33 years in 2021. He is a Fellow of the ASME and served as associate editor of Inverse Problems in Science and Engineering. Dr. Woodbury authored over 100 articles and 2 books, contributed 14 book chapters, and organized or co-organized countless sessions, symposia, and international conferences on inverse problems since 1990.

• 1. Inverse Problems and Parameter Estimation: Integration of Measurements and Analysis 2. Matrix Analysis for Parameter Estimation 3. Sequential Function Specification Method 4. Tikhonov Regularization and Optimal Regularization 5. Filter Coefficients Approach for Solving Inverse Heat Conduction Problems 6. Adjoint Method Primer 7. The Iterative Regularization Technique Based on the Conjugate Gradient Method with Adjoint Problem Formulation 8. The Effect of Correlations and Uncertain Parameters on the Efficiency of Estimating and the Precision of Estimated Parameters 9. Estimation of Parameters or Functions after Analysis of Experimental Uncertainties 10. Statistical Inference and Bayesian Analysis 11. Machine Learning and AI for Inverse Problems 12. Mollification and Space Marching 13. Inverse Heat Conduction Using Monte Carlo Method 14. Optimal Experiment Design to Solve Inverse Heat Transfer Problems