Department of Materials Science and Engineering

R. Bruce Thompson

Distinguished Professor
Iowa State University
Materials Science and Engineering
115A ASC II
Ames, IA 50011-3042
Phone: 515-294-7864
Fax: 515-294-7771
thompsonrb@cnde.iastate.edu


Member, National Academy of Engineering

Education

    Ph.D., Applied Physics, Stanford University 1971
    M.S., Physics, Stanford University 1965
    B.S., Physics, Rice University 1964

Academic Experience

  • 1997-present Distinguished Professor, Materials Science and Engineering Department and Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics Department, Iowa State University
  • 1990-1997 Professor, Aerospace Engineering & Engineering Mechanics Department, Iowa State University
  • 1987 Visiting Fellow, Wolfson College and Academic Visitor, Department of Metallurgy and Science of Materials, Oxford University
  • 1986-present Professor, Materials Science & Engineering Department, Iowa State University
  • 1986-1990 Professor, Engineering Science & Mechanics Department, Iowa State University
  • 1984-1986 Adjunct Professor, Materials Science & Engineering Department, Iowa State University
  • 1980-1986 Adjunct Professor, Engineering Science & Mechanics Department, Iowa State University
  • 1980-1981 Short Course Lecturer, University of California-Los Angeles
  • 1974 Lecturer, California Lutheran College
  • 1969 Teaching Assistant, Stanford University

Research Interests

  • Ultrasonic wave propagation
  • Nondestructive evaluation techniques
  • Ultrasonic techniques for characterizing discrete flaws, deformation and failure related microstructural properties and stresses.

Grants and Contracts

  • Thompson, R. B., "Engine Titanium Consortium," Federal Aviation Administration, $3.4M, May 1999 to May 2004.
  • Thompson, R. B., "World Federation of Nondestructive Evaluation Centers," National Science Foundation, $37K, July 1, 1999 - January 31, 2000.
  • Thompson, R. B., "Airworthiness Assurance Center of Excellence," Federal Aviation Administration, $180,000, 9-12-97 to 9-11-2000.
  • Thompson, R. B., "Image-Guided Surgery," Carver Foundation, $500K, three years.
    Thompson, R. B., "A Renewal Proposal for an Industrial/University Cooperative Research Program in Nondestructive Evaluation," National Science Foundation, $70K, 10-1-98 to 9-30-2003.
  • Thompson, R. B. and Meeker, W. Q., "Probability of detection, Engine Titanium Consortium," Federal Aviation Administration, $350K, 11/94-1/00.
  • Thompson, R. B., Roberts, R. A., Margetan, F.-J., and Gray, T. A., "Ultrasonic inspection during the production process,engine titanium consortium," Federal Aviation Administration, $376.3K, 11/94-1/98.
  • Thompson, R. B., "Modeling the ultrasonic inspection of reactor components," Electric Power Research Institute, $231.9K, 2/95-2/96.
  • Thompson, R. B., "Materials joining," Technical coordination of a multiple investigator, DOE National Laboratory project, $50K/yr., 1994-1999.
  • Thompson, R. B. and Buck, O., "Ultrasonic measurements of sheet metal formability parameters," Office of Basic Energy Sciences/DOE, $40K/yr., 1994-1999.
  • Thompson, R. B., Schmerr, L., Roberts, R. A., Gray, T. A., Rudolphi, T., Wormley, S., and Jeong, P., "Design for inspectability, Program for integrated design, NDE, and manufacturing sciences," National Institute of Standards and Technology, $667.3K, 1/94-1/97.
  • Thompson, R. B., "Residual stress project development plan," Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory, $13.1K, 5/94-7/94.
  • Thompson, R. B. and Margetan, F., "Fundamental studies in titanium, Engine Titanium Consortium," Federal Aviation Administration, $76K, 7/93-7/94; 121.2K, 11/94-1/98.
  • Thompson, R. B., "POD task - Engine Titanium Consortion," Federal Aviation Administration, $3M total/$900K at ISU, 1/93-2/94 (manager of Task in collaboration with three engine manufacturers).
  • Thompson, R. B. and Margetan, F., "Measurement models for designing and interpreting ultrasonic inspections at bondlines in real component geometries," Air Force Wright Aeronautical Laboratories, $77K, 1/93-2/94.
  • Thompson, R. B., "Ultrasonic modeling," Electric Power Research Institute, $180K, 6/92-12/94.
  • Thompson, R. B., "Ultrasonic measurement of stress," NSF-Industry (Industry-University Cooperative Research Program in Nondestructive Evaluation), $37K/year, 10/91 - present.
  • Thompson, R. B., "Center of excellence in materials synthesis and processing," Office of Basic Energy Sciences, USDOE, $800K, 6/91-9/92 (proposal coordinator and principal investigator).
  • Thompson, R. B., "AIM minority fellowships," Advanced Industrial Materials Program, Advanced Industrial Concepts Division, Office of Conservation and Renewable Resources, USDOE, $276K, 10/90-9/97.
  • Thompson, R. B., "Research in integrated NDE, design and manufacturing sciences," National Institute for Standards and Technology, $15M, 2/89-12/93 (Coordinator of $300K/year thrust in POD Modeling).
  • Thompson, R. B and Thompson, D. O., "NDE for 'thick' composites," ONR via National Center for Composite Research, $150K, 2/88-2/89; $220K, 2/89-2/91.
  • Thompson, R. B., "Modeling ultrasonic inspection of nuclear components: Beam models and applications," Electric Power Research Institute, $70K, 6/87 - 6/88; $200K, 6/89-12/91.
  • Thompson, R. B., "Detectability of small flaws in advanced engine alloys," Air Force Materials Laboratory, $255K, 10/89-9/92.
  • Thompson, R. B. and Papadakis, E. P., "Stress and texture analyzer for industrial metal forming," Center for Advanced Technology Development (ISU), $550K, 6/88-6/90.
  • Thompson, R. B., "Panel for review of radiation effects on HFBR beam tubes," Office of Basic Energy Sciences/USDOE, $20K/year, 10/87-9/91.
  • Thompson, R. B., Gray, T. A., and Margetan, F. J., "NDE of integrally bonded rotors," Air Force Materials Laboratory," $80K/year, 10/85-9/89.
  • Thompson, R. B. and Gray, T. A., "Ultrasonic POD modeling," NSF-Industry (Industry-University Cooperative Research Program in Nondestructive Evaluation), $88K/year, 10/85-present.
  • Thompson, R. B. and Wormley, S., "Semi-automatic Instrument for Measurement of Stress and Texture," NSF-Industry (Industry-University Coop. Res. Program in Nondestructive Evaluation), $20K/year, 10/85-10/91.
  • Thompson, R. B., Buck, O, and Jiles, D., "Nondestructive evaluation of failure related material properties," Office of Basic Energy Sciences/USDOE, $350K/year, continuing.
  • Thompson, R. B., "Prediction of surface induced beam distortion: Validation of theory and application to the specification of surface finish," Electric Power Research Institute, $30K, 6/87-6/88.

Teaching

    Iowa State University:
  • MSE 370L Nondestructive Testing Laboratory; S'83, S'84, S'85, S'86, S'88, S'89, S'90,
    S'91, S'92, S'93, S'94, S'95, S'96, S'97, Sssss'98, S'99
  • Aero 590 F'89
  • ME 590 S'96
  • MSE 590A S'93, F'93
  • Aero 699 F'90, S'91, F'91, S'92, F'97,S'98,SS'98,F'98, S'99, SS'99, F'99, SS'00
  • EM 699 Research; F'88, S'89, F'89, S'90, SS'90, F'90, S'91, SS'91, F'91, S'92, SS'92,
    F'92, S'93, SS'93, F'93, S'94, SS'94, F'94, S'95, SS'95, F'95,S'98,SS'98,F'98, S'99, SS'99, F'99, S'00
  • MSE 699 F'90, S'91, SS'91, F'91, S'92, SS'92, F'92, S'93, SS'93, F'93, S'94, SS'94, F'94,
    S'95, SS'95, F'95, S'96, SS'96, F'96, S'97, SS'97, F'97,S'98, SS'98, F'98, S'99, SS'99, F'99, S'00
  • MSE 490 S'99, F'99
  • MSE 414 S'00

    California Luther College
  • Thermodynamics, F'74

    Stanford University
  • Electromagnetism, S'69

Publications

    Refereed Journals:
  • Anderson, A. J., Thompson, R. B., and Cook, C. S. "Ultrasonic Measurements of the Kearns Texture Factors in Zircaloy, Zirconium and Titanium," Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, Vol. 30A, pp. 1981-1988, 1999.
  • Han, Y. K. and Thompson, R. B., "Ultrasonic backscattering in duplex microstructures: Theory and application to titanium alloys," Metallurgical Transactions, Vol. 28A, pp. 91-104 (1997).
  • Thompson, R. B., "Laboratory nondestructive evaluation technology for materials characterization," J. Nondestr. Eval., Vol. 15, pp. 163-176, 1996.
  • Anderson, A., Thompson, R. B., Bolingbroke, R., and Root, J., "Ultrasonic characterization of rolling and recrystallization textures in aluminum sheet," Textures and Microstructures, Vol. 26-27, pp. 39-58, 1996.
  • Johnson, J. C. and Thompson, R. B., "Observation and analysis of acoustic signals following the second or third front surface reflections in an acoustic microscope," Ultrasonics, Vol. 34, pp. 721-727, 1996.
  • Ahmed, S. and Thompson, R. B., "Propagation of elastic waves in equiaxed stainless-steel polycrystals with aligned [001] axes," J. Acoust. Soc. Am., Vol. 99, pp. 2086-2096, 1996.
  • Mittleman, J., Thompson, R. B., and Han, Y. K., "Elastic wave scattering by shelled spherical scatterers on a focussed field," J. Acoust. Soc. Am., Vol. 99, pp. 2862-2870, 1996.
  • Yalda, I., Thompson, R. B., and Margetan, F., "Predicting ultrasonic grain noise in polycrystals: a Monte Carlo model," J. Acoust. Soc. Am., Vol. 99, pp. 3445-3455, 1996.
  • Mittleman, J., Roberts, R. and Thompson, R. B., "Scattering of longitudinal elastic waves from an anisotropic spherical shell," J. Appl. Mech., Vol. 62, pp. 150-158, 1995.
  • Thompson, R. B., "Interpretation of Auld's electromechanical reciprocity relation via a one-dimensional example," Research in Nondestructive Evaluation, Vol. 5, pp. 147-155, 1994.
  • Thompson, R. B., Lee, S. S., Li, Y., and Sayers, C. M., "Ultrasonic and neutron diffraction characterization of texture in an inhomogeneously rolled titanium plate," Materials Science and Engineering, Vol. A177, pp. 261-267, 1994.
  • Smith, J. F. and Thompson, R. B., "Simultaneous Ultrasonic evaluation with differentiation of stress and texture," J. Mater. Eng. and Performance, Vol. 3, pp. 273-281, 1994.
  • Margetan, F. J., Thompson, R. B., and Yalda-Mooshabad, I., "Backscattered microstructural noise in ultrasonic toneburst measurements," J. Nondestr. Eval., Vol. 13, pp. 111-136, 1994.
  • Minachi, A., Hsu, D. K., and Thompson, R. B., "Single-sided determination of elastic constants of thick composites using acoustoultrasonic technique," J. Acoust. Soc. Amer., Vol. 96, pp. 353-362, 1994.
  • Papadakis, E. P., Thompson, R. B., Wormley, S. J., Bluhm, D. D., Shank, H. D., Alers, G. A., Forouraghi, K., Griffiths, J. R., Parker, R. M., Thomas, W. D., and Birlingmaier, D. M., "Development of an automatic ultrasonic texture instrument and its transition from laboratory to market: A model for technology transfer," Materials Evaluation, Vol. 51, pp. 77-85, 1993.
  • Thompson, R. B., "Ultrasonic characterization of the texture and formability of rolled metal sheets," Mater. Eval., Vol. 51, pp. 1162-1165, 1993.
  • Minachi, A., You, Z., Thompson, R. B., and Lord, W., "Predictions of the Gauss-Hermite beam model and finite element method for ultrasonic propagation through anisotropic stainless steel," IEEE Trans. on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control, Vol. 40, pp. 338-346, 1993.
  • Thompson, R. B., Papadakis, E. P., Bluhm, D. D., Alers, G. A., Forouraghi, K., Shank, H. D., and Wormley, S. J., "Measurement of texture and formability parameters with a fully automated, ultrasonic instrument," J. Nondestr. Eval., Vol. 12, pp. 45-62, 1993.
  • Minachi, A., Mould, J., and Thompson, R. B., "Ultrasonic beam propagation through a bimetallic weld - A Comparison of the Gauss-Hermite Beam Modeland Finite Element Method," J. Nondestr. Eval., Vol. 12, pp. 151-158, 1993.
  • Schafbuch, P. J., Rizzo, F. J., and Thompson, R. B., "Boundary element method solutions for elastic wave scattering in 3D," International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, Vol. 36, pp. 437-455, 1993.
  • Schafbuch, P. J., Thompson, R. B., and Rizzo, F. J., "Elastic scatterer interaction via generalized Born series and far-field approximations," J. Acoust. Soc. Amer., Vol. 93, pp. 295-307, 1993.
  • Thompson, R. B., Margetan, F. J., Rose, J. H., and Han, K. Y., "Influence of microstructure on ultrasonic backscattering noise in titanium alloys," Nondestructive Testing and Evaluation, Vol. 8-9, pp. 485-496, 1992.
  • Ahmed, S. and Thompson, R. B., "Attenuation of ultrasonic waves in cubic metals having elongated oriented grains," Nondestructive Testing and Evaluation, Vol. 8-9, pp. 525-532, 1992.
  • Thompson, D. O. and Thompson, R. B., "NDE models-An engineering base for characterizing discrete anomalies and continuously distributed material properties," Nondestructive Testing and Evaluation, Vol. 7, pp. 31-40, 1992. (Also to be published in Japanese Journal of Nondestructive Testing.)
  • Margetan, F. J., Thompson, R. b., Rose, J. M., and Gray, T. A., "The interaction of ultrasound with imperfect interfaces: Experimental studies of model structures," Journal of Nondestructive Evaluation, Vol. 11, pp. 109-126, 1992.
  • Yalda-Mooshabad, I., Margetan, F. J., Gray, T. A., and Thompson, R. B., "Reflection of ultrasonic waves from imperfect interfaces: A combined boundary element method and independent scattering model approach," J. Nondestructive Evaluation, Vol. 11, pp. 141-149, 1992.
  • Thompson, R. B., "Theory and application of ultrasonic microstructural characterization," Journal of Metals, Vol. 44, pp. 31-35, 1992.
  • Li, Y. and Thompson, R. B., "Effects of dispersion on the inference of metal texture from S0 plate mode measurements: Part I. Evaluations of dispersion correction methods," J. Acoustic Society of America, Vol. 91, pp. 1298-1309, 1992.
  • Schafbuch, P. J., Rizzo, F. J., and Thompson, R. B., "Eigen frequencies of an elastic sphere with fixed boundary conditions," Journal of Applied Mechanics, Vol. 59, pp. 458-459, 1992.
  • Papadakis, E. P., Patton, T., Tsai, Y-M., Thompson, D. O., and Thompson, R. B., "The elastic moduli of a thick composite as measured by ultrasonic bulk wave pulse velocity," Journal Acoustical Society of America, Vol. 89, pp. 2753-2757, 1991.
  • Rehbein, D. K., Thompson, R. B., and Buck, O., "Fatigue crack growth characterization by ultrasonic inspection," J. Testing and Evaluation, Vol. 18, pp. 421-429, 1990.
  • Schafbuch, P. J., Thompson, R. B. and Rizzo, F. J., "Application of boundary element method to elastic wave scattering by irregular defects," Journal of Nondestructive Evaluation, Vol. 9, pp. 113-128, 1990.
  • Clark, A. V., Jr., Thompson, R. B., Li, Y., Reno, R. C., Blessing, G. V., Mitrakovic, D. V., Schramm, R. E., and Mattlock, D., "Ultrasonic measurement of sheet metal texture and formability: Comparison with neutron distraction and mechanical measurements," Research on Nondestructive Evaluation, Vol. 2, pp. 239-257, 1990.
  • Li, Y. and Thompson, R. B., "Relations between elastic constants Cij and texture parameters for hexagonal materials," J. Appl. Phys., Vol. 67, pp. 2663-2665, 1990.
  • Li, Y. and Thompson, R. B., "Influence of anisotropy on the dispersion characteristics of guided ultrasonic plate modes," J. Acoust. Soc. Am., Vol. 87, pp. 1911-1931, 1990.
  • Spitzig, W. A., Thompson, R. B., and Jiles, D. C., "Ultrasonic and magnetic analyses of porosity in iron compacts," Met. Trans., Vol. 20A, pp. 571-578, 1989.
  • Thompson, R. B., Buck, O., Smith, J. F., and Spitzig, W. A., "New ultrasonic methods for measuring deformation and fracture related material states," Met. Trans., Vol. 20A, pp. 611-618, 1989.
  • Buck, O., Thompson, R. B., Rehbein, D. K., Palmer, D. D., and Brasche, L. J. M., "Contacting surfaces: A problem in fatigue and diffusion bonding," Met. Trans., Vol. 20A, pp. 627-636, 1989.
  • Thompson, R. B., Smith, J. F., Lee, S. S., and Johnson, G. C., "A comparison of ultrasonic and X-ray determinations of texture in thin Cu and Al plates," Met. Trans., Vol. 20A, pp. 2431-2447, 1989.
  • Newberry, B. P. and Thompson, R. B., "A paraxial theory for the propagation of ultrasonic beams in anisotropic solids," J. Acoust. Soc. Amer., Vol. 85, pp. 2290-2300, 1989.
  • Margetan, F. J., Thompson, R. B., and Gray, T. A., "Inferfacial spring model for ultrasonic interactions with imperfect interfaces: Theory of oblique incidence and application to diffusion-bonded butt joints," J. Nondestructive Evaluation, Vol. 7, pp. 131-152, 1988.
  • Clark, A. V., Reno, R. C., Thompson, R. B., Smith, J. F., Blessing, G. V., Fields, R. J., Delsanto, P. P., and Mignona, R. B., "Texture monitoring in aluminum alloys: A comparison of ultrasonic and neutron diffraction measurements," Ultrasonics, Vol. 26, p. 189-197, 1988.
  • Buck, O., Thompson, R. B., and Rehbein, D. K., "Ultrasonic measurements of crack tip shielding by closure," Materials Science and Engineering, Vol. A103, pp. 37-42, 1988.
  • Tittmann, B. R., Ahlberg, L. A., Richardson, J. M., and Thompson, R. B., "Determination of physical property gradients from measured surface wave dispersion," IEEE Trans. Ultrason., Ferroel. and Freq. Contr., Vol. UFFC-34, pp. 500-507, 1987.
  • Thompson, R. B., Lee, S. S., and Smith, J. F., "Relative anisotropies of plane waves and guided modes in thin orthorhombic plates: Implication for texture characterization," Ultrasonics, Vol. 25, pp. 133-137, 1987.
  • Thompson, R. B., "Ultrasonic and electromagnetic measurement of fracture-related microstructural features."in "Panel Report on Micromechanics and Physics of Fracture," V. Vitek, Ed., Materials Science and Engineering, Vol. 94, pp. 39-44, 1987.
  • Thompson, R. B., Gray, T. A., Rose, J. H., Kogan, V. G., and Lopes, E. F., "The radiation of elliptical and bicylindrically focused piston transducers," Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, Vol. 82, No. 5, pp. 1818-1828, 1987.
  • Buck, O., Rehbein, D. K., and Thompson, R. B., "Crack tip shielding by asperity contact as determined by acoustic measurements," Engineering Fracture Mechanics, Vol. 28, No. 4, pp. 413-424, 1987.
  • Thompson, R. B., Lee, S. S., and Smith, J. F., "Angular dependence of ultrasonic wave propagation in a stressed, orthorhombic continuum: Theory and application to the measurement of stress and texture," J. Acoust. Soc. Amer., Vol. 80, pp. 921-931, 1986.
  • Thompson, R. B. and Gray, T. A., "Use of ultrasonic models in the design and validation of new NDE techniques," Phil. Trans. R. Soc. London A., Vol. 320, pp. 329-340, 1986.
  • Thompson, D. O. and Thompson, R. B., "Instrumentation for evaluating materials and structures non-destructively," IEEE Electrotechnology Review 1984, edited by Richard M. White, pp. 59-61, IEEE Publishing Services, New York, NY, 1985.
  • Baik, J-M. and Thompson, R. B., "Long wavelength elastic scattering from a planar distribution of inclusions." J. Appl. Mech., Vol. 52, pp. 974-976, 1985.
  • Thompson, D. O. and Thompson, R. B., "Review of Developments in Quantitative Ultrasonic Nondestructive Evaluation," Journal de Physique, Vol. C10, pp. 835-846, 1985.
  • Thompson, R. B., Lee, S. S., and Smith, J. F., "Microstructure-independent acoustoelastic measurement of stress," Appl. Phys. Letters, Vol. 44, p. 296-298, 1984.
  • Thompson, R. B. and Lopes, E. F., "The effects of focusing and refraction on Gaussian ultrasonic beams," J. Nondestructive Evaluation, Vol. 4, No. 2, pp. 107-123, 1984.
  • Baik, J-M. and Thompson, R. B., "Ultrasonic scattering from imperfect interfaces: A quasi-static model," J. Nondestructive Evaluation, Vol. 4, No. 3/4, pp. 177-196, 1984.
  • Buck, O., Thompson, R. B., and Rehbein, D. K., "The interaction of ultrasound with contacting asperities: applicatons to crack closure and fatigue crack growth," J. Nondestructive Evaluation, Vol. 4, No. 3/4, pp. 203-212, 1984.
  • Thompson, R. B. and Gray, T. A., "A model relating ultrasonic scattering measurements through liquid-solid interfaces to unbounded medium scattering amplitudes," J. Acoust. Soc. Am., Vol. 74, pp. 1279-1290, 1983.
  • Hsu, D. K., Rose, J. H., Thompson, R. B., and Thompson, D. O., "Quantitative characterization of flaws near a surface using inverse born approximation," J. Nondestructive Evaluation, Vol. 3, pp. 183-188, 1982.
  • Thompson, R. B. and Thompson, D. O., "New techniques for quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation," J. of Metals, Vol. 33, pp. 29-34, 1981.
  • Thompson, R. B., "The relationship between radiating body forces and equivalent surface stress: Analysis and application to EMAT design," J. Nondestructive Evaluation, Vol. 1, pp. 79-85, 1980.
  • Pardee, W. J. and Thompson, R. B., "Half-space radiation by EMATs," J. Nondestructive Evaluation, Vol. 1, pp. 157-181, 1980.
  • Thompson, R. B. and Vasile, C. F., "An elastic-wave ellipsometer for measurements of material property variations," Appl. Phys. Letters, Vol. 34, pp. 128-130, 1979.
  • Thompson, R. B., "Generation of horizontally polarized shear waves in ferromagnetic materials using magnetostrictively coupled meander-coil electromagnetic transducers," Appl. Phys. Letters, Vol. 34, pp. 175-177, 1979.
  • Vasile, C. F. and Thompson, R. B., "Excitation of horizontally polarized shear elastic waves by electromagnetic transducers with periodic permanent magnets," J. Appl. Phys., Vol. 50, pp. 2583-2588, 1979.
  • Thompson, D. O. and Thompson, R. B., "Quantitative ultrasonics," Phil. Trans. R. Soc. London A, Vol. 292, pp. 233-250, 1979.
  • Thompson, R. B., "A model for the electromagnetic generation of ultrasonic guided waves in ferromagnetic metal polycrystals," IEEE Trans. on Sonics and Ultrasonics, Vol. SU-25, pp. 7-15, 1978.
  • Thompson, R. B. and Tiersten, H. F., "Harmonic generation of longitudinal elastic waves," J. Acoust. Soc. Am., Vol. 62, pp. 33-37, 1977.
  • Thompson, R. B., "Mechanisms of electromagnetic generation and detection of ultrasonic Lamb waves in iron-nickel alloy polycrystals," J. Appl. Phys., Vol. 48, pp. 4942-4950, 1977.
  • Thompson, R. B., "Strain dependence of electromagnetic generation of ultrasonic surface waves in ferrous materials," Appl. Phys. Letters, Vol. 28, pp. 483-485, 1976.
  • Thompson, R. B., Buck, O., and Thompson, D. O., "Higher harmonics of finite amplitude ultrasonic waves in solids," J. Acoust. Soc. Am., Vol. 59, pp. 1087-1094, 1976.
  • Thompson, R. B. and Evans, A. G., "Goals and objectives of quantitative ultrasonics," IEEE Trans. on Sonics and Ultrasonics, Vol. SU-23, pp. 292-299, 1976.
  • Thompson, D. O., Thompson, R. B., and Alers, G. A., "Nondestructive measurement of adhesive bond strength in honeycomb panels," Materials Evaluation, Vol. 32, pp. 81-85 & 92, 1974.
  • Thompson, R. B., Alers, G. A., Thompson, D. O., and Tennison, M. A., "Dispersion of flexural elastic waves in honeycomb sandwich panels," J. Acoust. Soc. Am., Vol. 47, pp. 1119-1127, 1974.
  • Garmong, G. and Thompson, R. B., "A theory for the mechanical properties of metal-matrix composites at ultimate loading," Met. Trans., Vol. 4, pp. 863-873, 1973.
  • Thompson, R. B., "A model for the electromagnetic generation and detection of Rayleigh and Lamb waves," IEEE Trans. on Sonics and Ultrasonics, Vol. SU-20, pp. 340-346, 1973.
  • Lim, T. C., Kraut, E. A., and Thompson, R. B., "Nonlinear materials for acoustic-surface-wave convolver," Appl. Phys. Letters, Vol. 20, pp.127-129, 1972.
  • Lim, T. C., Thompson, R. B., Tittmann, B. R., and Kraut, E. A., "Simple equivalent circuit for the nonlinear surface-wave convolver," Electronics Letters, Vol. 8, pp. 66-69, 1972.
  • Alers, G. A., Tennison, M. A., Thompson, R. B., and Tittmann, B. R., "Visualization of surface elastic waves on structural materials," Ultrasonics, Vol. 11, pp. 174-177, 1972.
  • Thompson, R. B. and Quate, C. F., "Nonlinear interaction of microwave electric fields and sound in LiNbO3," J. Appl. Phys., Vol. 42, pp. 907-919, 1971.
  • Thompson, R. B., Kraut, D. O., Lim, E. A., and Lim, T.-C., "Acoustic delays of the order of a millisecond per inch in cellular materials," IEEE Trans. on Sonics and Ultrasonics, Vol. SU-18, pp. 184-187, 1971.
  • Thompson, R. B. and Quate, C. F., "Acoustic parametric oscillations in LiNbO3," Appl. Phys. Letters, Vol. 16, pp. 295-298, 1970.
  • Quate, C. F., and Thompson, R. B., "Convolution and correlation in real time with nonlinear acoustics," Appl. Phys. Letters, Vol. 16, pp. 494-496, 1970.
  • Richardson, B. A., Thompson, R. B., and Wilkinson, C. D. W., "Finite-amplitude acoustic waves in dielectric crystals," J. Acoust. Soc. Amer., Vol. 44, pp. 1608-1615, 1968.

    Critical Reviews:
  • Thompson, R. B. and Thompson, D. O., "Past experiences in the development of tests for adhesive bond strength," J. Adhesion Science and Technology, Vol. 5, pp. 583-599, 1991.
    Thompson, R. B., "Physical principles of measurements with EMAT transducers," Physical Acoustics, Vol. 19, pp. 157-199, edited by R. N. Thurston, Academic Press, New York, NY, 1990.
  • Thompson, R. B. and Wadley, H. N. G., "The use of elastic wave-material structure theories in NDE modeling," Critical Reviews in Solid State and Materials Sciences, Vol. 16, pp. 37-89, 1989.
  • Thompson, R. B. and Thompson, D. O., "Ultrasonics in nondestructive evaluation," Proc. IEEE, Vol. 73, pp. 1716-1755, 1985.
    Thompson, R. B., "Quantitative ultrasonic nondestructive evaluation methods," J. Appl. Mech., Vol. 50, pp. 1191-1201, (50th Anniversary Issue), 1983.

    Handbook Chapters:
  • Thompson, R. B., "Ultrasonic Techniques in NDT," Encyclopedia of Materials: Science and Technology, Elsevier, Oxford, B. Raj, editor, in press 1999.
  • Thompson, R. B., "Determination of texture and grain site in metals: An example of materials characterization," Sensing for Materials Characterization, Processing, and Manufacturing, G. Birnbaum and B. A. Auld, Editors, pp. 23-45 ASNT, Columbus, OH, 1998.
  • Thompson, R. B., Lu, W., and Clark, A. V., "Ultrasonic method," Handbook for Measurement of Residual Stress, edited by J. Lu, pp. 149-178, Fairmont Press, Lilburn, GA, 1996.
  • Thompson, R. B., "Electromagnetic - acoustic transducers," Concise Encyclopedia of Magnetic and Superconducting Materials, edited by Jan E. Evetts, pp. 123-125, Pergamon Press, Oxford, 1992.
  • Alers, G., Huebschen, G., Maxfield, B., Repplinger, W., Salzburger, H. J., Thompson, R. B., and Witbrand, A., "Electromagnetic acoustic transducers," in "Other Ultrasonic Techniques," Section 10 of Ultrasonics, Vol. 7 of Nondestructive Testing Handbook, pp. 334-338, (American Society for Nondestructive Testing, Columbus, OH), 1991.
  • Gray, J. N., Gray, T. A., Nakagawa, N., and Thompson, R. B., "Models for predicting NDE reliability," Metals Handbook, Edition 9, Vol. 17, pp. 702-715, ASM International, Metals Park, OH, 1989.
  • Thompson, R. B., "Electromagnetic-acoustic transducers," Encyclopedia of Materials Science and Engineering, edited by Michael B. Bever, pp. 1441-1443, Pergamon Press, Oxford, 1986.

    Books:
  • Thompson, R. B., Ritchie, R. O., Bassani, J. L., and Jones, R. H., Eds., Mechanics and Physics of Crack Growth: Application to Life Prediction, Elsevier Applied Science, London, 1988.

    Chapters of Books and Refereed Proceedings:
  • Yu, Li., Guo, Y., Margetan, F. J., and Thompson, R. B., "Effect of Microstructure on Backwall Signal Attenuation Measurements Using Focused Transducers", Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation, Vol. 20, edited by D. O. Thompson and D. E. Chimenti, pp. , American Institute of Physics, Melville, NY (in press).
  • Haldipur, P. Margetan, F. J., Yu, L., Thompson, R. B., and Turner, J. A., "Ultrasonic Attenuation Measurements in Jet-Engine Nickel Alloys", Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation, Vol. 20, edited by D. O. Thompson and D. E. Chimenti, pp. , American Institute of Physics, Melville, NY (in press).
  • Li, A., Roberts, R., Margetan, F. J., and Thompson, R. B., "Study of the Effect of Microstructure on Ultrasonic Signal Attenuation", Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation, Vol. 20, edited by D. O. Thompson and D. E. Chimenti, pp. , American Institute of Physics, Melville, NY (in press).
  • Meeker, W. Q., Chan, V., Thompson, R. B., and Chiou, C.-P., "A Methodology for Predicting Probability of Detection for Ultrasonic Testing", Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation, Vol. 20, edited by D. O. Thompson and D. E. Chimenti, pp. , American Institute of Physics, Melville, NY (in press).
  • Chiou, C.-P., Thompson, R. B., Chan, V., and Meeker, W. Q., "Ultrasonic and Statistical Analyses of Hard-Alpha Defects in Titanium Alloys", Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation, Vol. 20, edited by D. O. Thompson and D. E. Chimenti, pp. , American Institute of Physics, Melville, NY (in press).
  • Margetan, F. J., Haldipur, P., Yu, L. Thompson, R. B., Degytar, A., and Wasan, H., "Backscattered Ultrasonic Noise Measurements in Jet-Engine Nickel Alloys", Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation, Vol. 20, edited by D. O. Thompson and D. E. Chimenti, pp. , American Institute of Physics, Melville, NY (in press).
  • Guo, Y., Margetan, F. J., and Thompson, R. B., "Effects of Periodic Surface Roughness on Ultrasonic Backscattered Noise", Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation, Vol. 20, edited by D. O. Thompson and D. E. Chimenti, pp. , American Institute of Physics, Melville, NY (in press).
  • Thompson, R. B., "Learning Objectives for NDE Education", Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation, Vol. 20, edited by D. O. Thompson and D. E. Chimenti, pp. , American Institute of Physics, Melville, NY (in press).
  • Roberts, R. A., Gray, T., Margetan, F., Thompson, R. B., Brasche, L., Umbach, J., and Raulerson, D., "Understanding the Dip-in-DAC", Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation, Vol. 20, edited by D. O. Thompson and D. E. Chimenti, pp. , American Institute of Physics, Melville, NY (in press).
  • Thompson, R. B., "Elastic Wave Propagation in Random Polycrystals: Fundamentals and Application to Nondestructive Evaluation," in Imaging of Complex Media with Acoustic and Seismic Waves, M. Fink, ed. Topic in Applied Physics Springer-Verlag, Berlin, in press.
  • Liu, G., Rehbein, D. K., Foley, J. C., and Thompson, R. B., "Applications of Pattern Recognition in Aluminum Alloy Texture Characterization," Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation, Vol. 19A, edited by D. O. Thompson and D. E. Chimenti, pp. 797-804, American Institute of Physics, Melville, NY, 2000.
  • Minachi, A. Margetan, F. J., Gray, T. A., and Thompson, R. B., "Experimental Validation of the Multi-Gaussian Beam (MGB) Model," Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation, Vol. 19A, edited by D. O. Thompson and D. E. Chimenti, pp. 1041-1048, American Institute of Physics, Melville, NY, 2000.
  • Guo, Y., Spore, C., Margetan, F. J., Thompson, R. B., and Ahmad, A., "Advances in Techniques for the Ultrasonic Monitoring of the Cleanliness of Steel," Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation, Vol. 19B, edited by D. O. Thompson and D. E. Chimenti, pp. 1441-1448, American Institute of Physics, Melville, NY, 2000.
  • Margetan, F. J., Wasan, H., and Thompson, R. B., "Signal Fluctuations in Jet-Engine Titanium Alloys," Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation, Vol. 19B, edited by D. O. Thompson and D. E. Chimenti, pp. 1433-1440, American Institute of Physics, Melville, NY, 2000.
  • Man, C.-S., Morris, J. G., Rehbein, D. K., Thompson, R. B., Liu, Y., and Fan, X., "Ultrasonic Measurement of Texture Coefficient W400 in Aluminum Alloys," Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation, Vol. 19B, edited by D. O. Thompson and D. E. Chimenti, pp. 1645-1652, American Institute of Physics, Melville, NY, 2000.
  • Liu, G., Rehbein, D. K., Foley, J. C., Thompson, R. B., "Ultrasonic Monitoring of Texture in Aluminum Alloy During Annealing," Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation, Vol. 19B, edited by D. O. Thompson and D. E. Chimenti, pp. 1653-1660, American Institute of Physics, Melville, NY, 2000.
  • Margetan, F. J., Thompson, R. B., and Lerch, T. P., "An Analytical Approximation for a Common Ultrasonic Grain Noise Diffraction Integral," Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation, Vol. 18A, edited by D. O. Thompson and D. E. Chimenti, pp. 45-52, Plenum Press, New York, NY, 1999.
  • Panetta, P. D. and Thompson, R. B., "Ultrasonic Attenuation in Duplex Titanium Alloys," Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation, Vol. 18B, edited by D. O. Thompson and D. E. Chimenti, pp. 1717-1724, Plenum Press, New York, NY, 1999.
  • Chiou, C.-P., Boyd, B., Thompson, R. B., and Oliver, J., "Geometrical and Ultrasonic Modeling of Hard-Alpha Defect Components in Titanium Alloys," Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation, Vol. 18B, edited by D. O. Thompson and D. E. Chimenti, pp. 1829-1836, Plenum Press, New York, NY, 1999.
  • Liu, G., Rehbein, D. K., and Thompson, R. B., "Texture Measurement in Aluminum Alloy at High Temperature," Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation, Vol. 18B, edited by D. O. Thompson and D. E. Chimenti, pp. 1871-1877, Plenum Press, New York, NY, 1999.
  • Thompson, R. B., "Overview of the ETC POD Methodology," Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation, Vol. 18B, edited by D. O. Thompson and D. E. Chimenti, pp. 2295-2304, Plenum Press, New York, NY,1999.
  • Guo, Y., Thompson, R. B., Rehbein, D. K., Margetan, F. J. and Warchol, M., "The Effects of Microstructure on the Response of Aluminum E-127 Calibration Standards," Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation, Vol. 18B, edited by D. O. Thompson and D. E. Chimenti, pp. 2337-2344, Plenum Press, New York, NY,1999.
  • R. B. Thompson, P. Panetta, and F. J. Margetan, "Relationship of the Ultrasonic Backscattering Coefficient of Titanium Alloys to Microstructure," Materials and Processes Affordability: Keys to the Future, edited by H. S. Kliger, B. J. Rasmussen, L. A. Pilato, and T. B. Tolle, pp.1448-1457, SAMPE, Covina, CA, 1998
  • Panetta, P. D., Thompson, R. B., and Margetan, F. J., "Use of Electron Backscatter Diffraction in Understanding Texture and the Mechanisms of Backscattered Noise Generation in Titanium Alloys," Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation, Vol. 17A, edited by D. O. Thompson and D. E. Chimenti, pp. 89-96, Plenum Press, New York, NY, 1998.
  • Yalda, I, Margetan, F. J., and Thompson, R. B., "Use of Rician Distributions to Predict the Distributions of Ultrasonic Flaw Signals in the Presence of Backscattered Noise," Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation, Vol. 17A, edited by D. O. Thompson and D. E. Chimenti, pp. 105-112, Plenum Press, New York, NY, 1998.
  • Thompson, R. B., Margetan, F. J., Yalda, I., and Panetta, P., "Coupling Microstructural Outputs of Process Models to Ultrasonic Inspectability Predictions," Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation, Vol. 17B, edited by D. O. Thompson and D. E. Chimenti, pp. 1847-1853, Plenum Press, New York, NY, 1998.
  • Liu, G., Rehbein, D., Buck, O., and Thompson, R. B., "Ultrasonic Monitoring of Recrystallization Textures in Aluminum," Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation, Vol. 17B, edited by D. O. Thompson and D. E. Chimenti, pp. 1899-1906, Plenum Press, New York, NY, 1998.
  • Minachi, A., Margetan, F. J., and Thompson, R. B., "Reconstruction of a Piston Transducer Beam Using Multi-Gaussian Beans, and Its Applications," Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation, Vol. 17A, edited by D. O. Thompson and D. E. Chimenti, pp. 907-914, Plenum Press, New York, NY, 1998.
  • Margetan, F. J., Panetta, P. D., and Thompson, R. B., "Ultrasonic Signal Attenuation in Engine Titanium Alloys," Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation, Vol. 17B, edited by D. O. Thompson and D. E. Chimenti, pp. 1469-1476, Plenum Press, New York, NY, 1998.
  • Thompson, R. B., Gray, T. A., Junker, W., Sarkar, P., and Meeker, W. Q., "Probability of Detection Modeling for Ultrasonic Testing," Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation, Vol. 17B, edited by D. O. Thompson and D. E. Chimenti, pp. 2045-2052, Plenum Press, New York, NY, 1998.
  • Meeker, W. Q., Chiou, C.-P., Jeng, S.-L., and Thompson, R. B., "Improved Methodology for Predicting POD for Synthetic Hard Alpha Inclusions in Titanium," Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation, Vol. 17B, edited by D. O. Thompson and D. E. Chimenti, pp. 2061-2068, Plenum Press, New York, NY, 1998.
  • Ahmed, S. and Thompson, R. B., "Attenuation and Dispersion of Ultrasonic Waves in Rolled Aluminum," Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation, Vol. 17B, edited by D. O. Thompson and D. E. Chimenti, pp. 1649-1655, Plenum Press, New York, NY, 1998.
  • Boyd, B., Chiou, C.-P., Thompson, R. B., and Oliver, J., "Development of Geometrical Models of Hard-Alpha Inclusions for Ultrasonic Analysis in Titanium Alloys," Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation, Vol. 17A, edited by D. O. Thompson and D. E. Chimenti, pp. 823-830, Plenum Press, New York, NY, 1998.
  • Chiou, C.-P., Yalda, I., Margetan, F. J., and Thompson, R. B., "The Use of Ultrasonic Flaw and Noise Models in Designing Titanium Test Blocks," Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation, Vol. 17B, edited by D. O. Thompson and D. E. Chimenti, pp. 2069-2076, Plenum Press, New York, NY, 1998.
  • Panetta, P. D., Thompson, R. B., Margetan, F. J., and Yalda, I., "Ultrasonic microstructural characterization and modeling of attenuation in Ti-17 and Ti-6Al-4V alloys," Nondestructive Evaluation and Materials Properties, O. Buck and P. Liaw, Editors, TMS, Warrendale, OH.
  • Chiou, C. P., Margetan, F. J., Thompson, R. B., and Boyd, B., "Development of ultrasonic models for hard-alpha inclusions in titanium alloys, Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation, Vol. 16B, edited by D. O. Thompson and D. E. Chimenti, pp. 1529-1536 Plenum Press, New York, NY, 1997.
  • Thompson, R. B., "Experiences in the use of guided ultrasonic waves to scan structures," Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation, Vol. 16A, edited by D. O. Thompson and D. E. Chimenti, pp. 121-128Plenum Press, New York, NY, 1997.
  • Johnson, J. C. and Thompson, R. B., "Issues in the high resolution acoustoelastic measurement of stress, "Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation, Vol. 16B, edited by D. O. Thompson and D. E. Chimenti, pp. 1669-1676, Plenum Press, New York, NY, 1997.
  • Yalda, I., Panetta, P. D., Margetan, F. J., and Thompson, R. B., "Characterization of ultrasonic focused transducers using c-scans," Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation, Vol. 16A, edited by D. O. Thompson and D. E. Chimenti, pp. 927-934, Plenum Press, New York, NY, 1997.
  • Meeker, W. Q., Jena, S. L., Chiou, C. P., and Thompson, R. B., "Improved methodology predicting POD of detecting synthetic hard-alpha inclusions in titanium," Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation, Vol. 16B, edited by D. O. Thompson and D. E. Chimenti, pp. 2021-2028, Plenum Press, New York, NY, 1997.
  • Thompson, R. B., "Use of UT models in titanium inspection development," Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation, Vol. 16B, edited by D. O. Thompson and D. E. Chimenti, pp. 1537-1545, Plenum Press, New York, NY, 1997.
  • Panetta, P. D., Margetan, F. J., Yalda, I., and Thompson, R. B., "Observation and interpretation of microstructurally induced fluctuations of back-surface signals and ultrasonic attenuation in titanium alloys, "Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation, Vol. 16B, edited by D. O. Thompson and D. E. Chimenti, pp. 1547-1554, Plenum Press, New York, NY, 1997.
  • Margetan, F. J., Yalda, I., Thompson, R. B., Umbach, J., and Suh, U., "Ultrasonic grain noise modeling: Recent applications to engine titanium inspections," Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation, Vol. 16B, edited by D. O. Thompson and D. E. Chimenti, pp. 1555-1562, Plenum Press, New York, NY, 1997.
  • Minachi, A., Margetan, F. J., Thompson, R. B., and Greenwood, M., "Sensitivity analysis of the ultrasonic response from a non-normal surface-breaking crack," Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation, Vol. 16A, edited by D. O. Thompson and D. E. Chimenti, pp. 35-42, Plenum Press, New York, NY, 1997.
  • Chiou, C. P., Margetan, F. J., and Thompson, R. B., "Modeling of ultrasonic signals from weak inclusions," Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation, Vol. 15A, edited by D. O. Thompson and D. E. Chimenti, pp. m49-55, Plenum Press, New York, NY, 1996.
  • Thompson, R. B., Thompson, D. O., and Schmerr, L. W., "Strategies for characterizing transducers and measurement systems," Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation, Vol. 15A, edited by D. O. Thompson and D. E. Chimenti, pp. 931-937, Plenum Press, New York, NY, 1996.
  • Johnson, J. C. and Thompson, R. B., "Interpretation of surface wave signals following multiple specular reflections in an acoustic microscope," Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation, Vol. 15B, edited by D. O. Thompson and D. E. Chimenti, pp. 2015-2021, Plenum Press, New York, NY, 1996.
  • Minachi, A. and Thompson, R. B., "Ultrasonic wave propagation through nozzles and pipes with claddings around their inner walls," Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation, Vol. 15A, edited by D. O. Thompson and D. E. Chimenti, pp. 307-314, Plenum Press, New York, NY, 1996.
  • Han, K. Y., Thompson, R. B., Yalda, I., Margetan, F. J., Anderson, A. J., Hirao, M., and Root, J., "Effects of texture on the ultrasonic backscattering coefficient in pure titanium plate," Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation, Vol. 15B, edited by D. O. Thompson and D. E. Chimenti, pp. 1685-1691, Plenum Press, New York, NY, 1996.
  • Forouraghi, K., Thompson, R. B., Anderson, A. J., Izworski, N., Shi, M., Reiss, F., and Root, J., "Ultrasonic predictions of plastic strain ratios in steel sheet," Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation, Vol. 15B, edited by D. O. Thompson and D. E. Chimenti, pp. 1621-1628, Plenum Press, New York, NY, 1996.
  • Meeker, W. Q., Thompson, R. B., Chiou, C. P., Jeng, S. L., and Tucker, W. T., "Methodology for estimating nondestructive evaluation capability," Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation, Vol. 15B, edited by D. O. Thompson and D. E. Chimenti, pp. 1983-1990, Plenum Press, New York, NY, 1996.
  • Panetta, P. D., Margetan, F. J., Yalda, I., and Thompson, R. B., "Ultrasonic attenuation measurements in jet-engine titanium alloys," Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation, Vol. 15B, edited by D. O. Thompson and D. E. Chimenti, pp. 1525-1532, Plenum Press, New York, NY, 1996.
  • Thompson, R. B., "A generalized model of the effects of microstructure on ultrasonic backscattering and flaw detection," Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation, Vol. 15B, edited by D. O. Thompson and D. E. Chimenti, pp. 1471-1477, Plenum Press, New York, NY, 1996.
  • Yalda, I., Margetan, F. J., Han, K. Y., and Thompson, R. B., "Survey of ultrasonic grain noise characteristics in jet engine titanium," Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation, Vol. 15B, edited by D. O. Thompson and D. E. Chimenti, pp. 1487-1494, Plenum Press, New York, NY, 1996.
  • Margetan, F. J., Yalda, I., and Thompson, R. B., "Predicted gated-peak grain noise distributions for ultrasonic inspections of metals," Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation, Vol. 15B, edited by D. O. Thompson and D. E. Chimenti, pp. 1509-1516, Plenum Press, New York, NY, 1996.
  • Thompson, R. B., Jonkouski, J. E., and Rabin, B. H., "Recent advances in ceramic joining in the context of the needs of CFCC systems," Proceedings of the Ceramic Joining Symposium 1996 Annual Meeting of the American Ceramic Society, to be published in Ceramic Transactions.
  • Bandyopadhyay, K., Bush, S., Kassir, M., Mather, B., Shewman, P., Streicher, M., Thompson, R. B., vanRooyen, D., and Weeks, J., "An overview of the DOE high-level waste storage tank structural integrity assessment guidelines," 1995 ASME Pressure Vessel and Piping Conference, Honolulu, HI, July 1995.
  • Kassir, M., Bandyopadhyay, K., Bush, S., Mather, B., Shewman, P., Streicher, M., Thompson, R. B., vanRooyen, D., and Weeks, J., "Aging mechanisms for concrete comonents of high-level waste storage tanks," 1995 ASME Pressure Vessel and Piping Conference, Honolulu, HI, July 1995.
  • Weeks, J., Bandyopadhyay, K., Bush, S., Kassir, M., Mather, B., Shewnon, P., Streicher, M., Thompson, R. B., and vanRooyen, D., "Aging mechanisms for steel components of high-level waste storage tanks," 1995 ASME Pressure Vessel and Piping Conference, Honolulu, HI, July 1995.
  • Bush, S., Bandyopadhyay, K., Kassir, M., Mather, B., Ondrejein, R., Shewman, S., Streicher, M., Thompson, R. B., vanRooyen, D., and Weeks, J., "Nondestrcutive evaluation of deparment of energy high-level waste tanks," 1995 ASME Pressure Vessel and Piping Conference, Honolulu, HI, July 1995.
  • Han, Y. K. and Thompson, R. B., "Relationship between the two-point correlation of elastic constants and backscattered ultrasonic noise in two-phase titanium alloys," Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation, Vol. 14A, edited by D. O. Thompson and D. E. Chimenti, pp. 67-74, Plenum Press, New York, NY, 1995.
  • Chiou, C.-P., Margetan, F. J., and Thompson, R. B., "Ultrasonic signal characterizations at flat-bottom holes in titanium alloys: Experiment and theory," Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation, Vol. 14B, edited by D. O. Thompson and D. E. Chimenti, pp. 2121-2128, Plenum Press, New York, NY, 1995.
  • Margetan, F. J., Han, K. Y., Yalda-Mooshabad, I., Goettsch, S., and Thompson, R. B., "The practical application of grain noise models in titanium billets and forgings," Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation, Vol. 14B, edited by D. O. Thompson and D. E. Chimenti, pp. 2129-2136, Plenum Press, New York, NY, 1995.
  • Chiou, C.-P., Thomspon, R. B., and Schmerr, L. W., "Ultrasonic signal-to-noise ratio enhancement using adaptive filtering technique," Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation, Vol. 14A, edited by D. O. Thompson and D. E. Chimenti, pp. 727-732, Plenum Press, New York, NY, 1995.
  • Thompson, R. B., Wormley, S. J., Johnson, J. C., and Utrata, D., "Elastic and acoustoelastic properties of railroad rail," Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation, Vol. 14B, edited by D. O. Thompson and D. E. Chimenti, pp. 1891-1898, Plenum Press, New York, NY, 1995.
  • Yalda-Mooshabad, I. and Thompson, R. B., "Influence of texture and grain morphology on the two-point correlation of elastic constraints: Theory and implications on ultrasonic attenuation and backscattering," Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation, Vol. 14B, edited by D. O. Thompson and D. E. Chimenti, pp. 1939-1946, Plenum Press, New York, NY, 1995.
  • Srinivasan, K., Chiou, C.-P., and Thompson, R. B., "Ultrasonic flaw detection using signal matching technique," Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation, Vol. 14A, edited by D. O. Thompson and D. E. Chimenti, pp. 711-718, Plenum Press, New York, NY, 1995.
  • Mittleman, J., Han, K. Y., and Thompson, R. B., "Ultrasonic examinations of Ti-6-4 and nitrided Ti-6-4 materials," Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation, Vol. 14B, edited by D. O. Thompson and D. E. Chimenti, pp. 1457-1464, Plenum Press, New York, NY, 1995.
  • Johnson, J. C., Thompson, R. b., and Jamison, E. E., "Determination of Rayleigh and Lamb wave velocities in diamond films using an acoustic microscope," Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation, Vol. 14B, edited by D. O. Thompson and D. E. Chimenti, pp. 1805-1812, Plenum Press, New York, NY, 1995.
  • Ahmed, S. and Thompson, R. B., "Influence of columnar microstructure on ultrasonic backscattering," Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation, Vol. 14B, edited by D. O. Thompson and D. E. Chimenti, pp. 1617-1624, Plenum Press, New York, NY, 1995.
  • Yalda-Mooshabad, I., Margetan, F. J., and Thompson, R. B., "Model applications to predict ultrasonic signals from honeycomb panels," Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation, Vol. 14B, edited by D. O. Thompson and D. E. Chimenti, pp. 1241-1248, Plenum Press, New York, NY, 1995.
  • Minachi, A., Greenwood, M. S., and Thompson, R. B., "Predictions of pulse-echo ultrasonic signals from cracks observed through an interface with a step discontinuity: Comparison with experiments," Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation, Vol. 14B, edited by D. O. Thompson and D. E. Chimenti, pp. 1861-1868, Plenum Press, New York, NY, 1995.
  • Minachi, A. and Thompson, R. B., "Predictions of pulse-echo ultrasonic signals from inner wall cracks in BWR nozzles," Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation, Vol. 14A, edited by D. O. Thompson and D. E. Chimenti, pp. 139-146, Plenum Press, New York, NY, 1995.
  • Rehbein, D. K., Thompson, R. B., and Buck, O., "Ultrasonic size determination of cracks with large closure regions," Special Applications and Advanced Techniques for Crack Size Determination, ASTM STP 1251, edited by J. J. Ruschau and J. K. Donald, pp. 104-113, American Society for Testing and Materials, Philadelphia, 1995.
  • Chiou, C-P., Schnerr, L. W., and Thompson, R. B., "Statistical detection for NDE," Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation, Vol. 13A, edited by D. O. Thompson and D. E. Chimenti, pp. 871-877, Plenum Press, New York, NY, 1994.
  • Minachi, A. and Thompson, R. B., "Propagation of Gaussian beam through a curved interface for planes of incidence not containing a principal radius of curvature, " Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation, Vol. 13B, edited by D. O. Thompson and D. E. Chimenti, pp. 1415-2024, Plenum Press, New York, NY, 1994.
  • Han, Y. K. and Thompson, R. B., "Effects of composition and phase on the elastic moduli of titanium crystallites," Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation, Vol. 13B, edited by D. O. Thompson and D. E. Chimenti, pp. 1625-1632, Plenum Press, New York, NY, 1994.
  • Yalda-Mooshabad, I., Margetan, F. J., and Thompson, R. B., "Applying the 2D Random Walk Formalism to Predict Ultrasonic Grain Noise Distributions," Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation, Vol. 13B, edited by D. O. Thompson and D. E. Chimenti, pp. 1713-1720, Plenum Press, New York, NY, 1994.
  • Mittleman, J., Roberts, R., and Thompson, R. B., "Artifacts in Ultrasonic Grain Noise Measurements," Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation, Vol. 13B, edited by D. O. Thompson and D. E. Chimenti, pp. 1721-1727, Plenum Press, New York, NY, 1994.
  • Margetan, F. J., Yalda-Mooshabad, I., and Thompson, R. B., "Estimating ultrasonic signal-to-noise ratios for inspections of cylindrical billets," Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation, Vol. 13B, edited by D. O. Thompson and D. E. Chimenti, pp. 1737-1744, Plenum Press, New York, NY, 1994.
  • Johnson, J. C. and Thompson, R. B., "Effects of time and distance uncertainty on the determination of Rayleigh velocity with an acoustic microscope," Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation, Vol. 13B, edited by D. O. Thompson and D. E. Chimenti, pp. 2017-2024, Plenum Press, New York, NY, 1994.
  • Anderson, A. J., Thompson, R. B., and Cook, C. S., "Ultrasonic measurements of the Kearns texture parameters in zircalloy," Nondestructive Characterization of Materials VI, edited by R. E. Green, K. J. Kozaczek, and C. O. Ruud, pp. 375-381, Plenum Press, New York, NY, 1994.
  • Thompson, R. B., Han, K. Y., Yalda-Mooshad, I., Rose, J. H., and Margetan, F. J., "Influence of texture on backscattered ultrasonic noise," Proceedings of ICOTOM-10, Materials Science Forum, Vols. 157-162, pp. 221-226, Transvec Publications, Switzerland, 1994.
  • Anderson, A. J. Thompson, R. B., and Bolmbroke, R., "Ultrasonic characterization of the texture of aluminum alloys," Proceedings of ICOTOM-10, Materials Science Forum, Vols. 157-162, edited by J. Bunge, pp. 295-300, Transvec Publications, Switzerland, 1994.
  • Thompson, R. B., "An overview of ultrasonic measurement techniques," Proceedings of Fourth International Conference on Residual Stresses, pp. 97-111, Soc. Exp. Mech., Bethel, CT, 1994.
  • Thompson, R. B., Rose, J. H., Margetan, F. J., and Han, Y. K. H., "Ultrasonic noise and its influence on flaw detectability in aircraft engine alloys," Titanium '92 Science and Technology, Vol. III, pp. 2827-2834, edited by F. N. Froes and I. Caplan, The Minerals, Metals, and Materials Society, Warrendale, PA, 1993.
  • Thompson, R. B., "Materials Characterization by ultrasonic methods," Section 6, Chapter 8, Flight-Vehicle Materials, Structural Dynamics Technologies: Assessment and Future Directions, edited by A. K. Noor and S. L. Venneri, in press.
  • Mittleman, J., Roberts, R., and Thompson, R. B., "Ultrasonic scattering from spherically orthotropic shells," Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation, Vol. 12A, edited by D. O. Thompson and D. E. Chimenti, pp. 55-61, Plenum Press, New York, NY, 1993.
  • Yalda-Mooshad, I., Margetan, F. J., and Thompson, R. B., "Monte-Carlo simulation of ultrasonic grain noise," Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation, Vol. 12B, edited by D. O. Thompson and D. E. Chimenti, pp. 1727-1734, Plenum Press, New York, NY, 1993.
  • Greenwood, M. S., Mai, J. L., Minachi, A., Yalda-Mooshabad, I., and Thompson, R. B., "Ultrasonic propagation through a surface with a step discontinuity: Validation of a hybid, Gauss-Hemite ray tracing beam model," Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation, Vol. 12A, edited by D. O. Thompson and D. E. Chimenti, pp. 203-210, Plenum Press, 1993.
  • Minachi, A., Mould, J., and Thompson, R. B., "Ultrasonic beam propagation through a bimetallic weld - A comparison of predictions of the Gauss-Hermite beam model and finite element method," Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation, Vol. 12, edited by D. O. Thompson and D. E. Chimenti, pp. 911-918, Plenum Press, New York, NY, 1993.
  • Chiou, C.-P., Schmerr, L. W., and Thompson, R. B., "Ultrasonic flaw detection using neutral network models and statistical analysis: Simulation studies," Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation, Vol. 12A, edited by D. O. Thompson and D. E. Chimenti, pp. 789-795, Plenum Press, New York, NY, 1993.
  • Margetan, F. J., Thompson, R. B., and Yalda-Mooshabad, I., "Modeling ultrasonic microstructural noise in titanium alloys," Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation, Vol. 12B, edited by D. O. Thompson and D. E. Chimenti, pp. 1735-1742, Plenum Press, New York, NY, 1993.
  • Chiou, C. P., Thompson, R. B., and Schmerr, Z. W., "Model-based signal processing techniques for ultrasonic flaw detection: Simulation studies," Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation, Vol. 12A, edited by D. O. Thompson and D. E. Chimenti, pp. 703-710, Plenum Press, New York, NY, 1993.
  • Thompson, R. B., "Interactions of ultrasound with imperfectly contacting interfaces," Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation, Vol. 12A, edited by D. O. Thompson and D. E. Chimenti, pp. 179-186, Plenum Press, New York, NY, 1993.
  • Rehbein, D. K., Thompson, R. B., and Buck, O., "Crack length determination by ultrasonic methods," Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation, Vol. 12B, edited by D. O. Thompson and D. E. Chimenti, pp. 2159-2165, Plenum Press, New York, NY, 1993.
  • Han, K.-Y, Thompson, R. B., Margetan, F. J., and Rose, J. M., "Relationships between ultrasonic noise and macrostructure of titanium alloys," Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation, Vol. 12B, edited by D. O. Thompson and D. E. Chimenti, pp. 1743-1750, Plenum Press, New York, NY, 1993.
  • Johnson, J. C. and Thompson, R. B., "The spatial resolution of Rayleigh wave, acoustoelastic measurement of stress," Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation, Vol. 12B, edited by D. O. Thompson and D. E. Chimenti, pp. 2121-2128, Plenum Press, New York, NY, 1993.
  • Thompson, R. B., Buck, O., and Rehbein, D. K., "Ultrasonic characterization of fatigue crack closure," Fracture Mechanics: 23rd Symposium, edited by R. Chona, pp. 619-632, ASTM, Philadelphia, PA, 1993.
  • Thompson, R. B., "Electromagnetic-acoustic transducers (EMATS)," Evaluation of Materials and Structures by Quantitative Ultrasonics, edited by J. D. Achenbach, CISM Courses and Lectures No. 330, pp. 71-104, Centre for Mechanical Sciences, Udine, Italy, 1993.
  • Thompson, R. B., "Determination of the mechanical properties of composites," Evaluation of Materials and Structures by Quantitative Ultrasonics, edited by J. D. Achenbach, CISM Courses and Lectures No. 330, pp. 149-160, Centre for Mechanical Sciences, Udine, Italy, 1993.
  • Thompson, R. B., "Applications of quantitative ultrasonics," Evaluation of Materials and Structures by Quantitative Ultrasonics, edited by J. D. Achenbach, CISM Courses and Lectures No. 330, pp. 239-247, Centre for Mechanical Sciences, Udine, Italy, 1993.

Presentations

    Contributed Papers at Scientific Meetings (with no accompanying proceedings article):
  • Thompson, R. B., "Ultrasonic Models of the Influence of Microstructure of Flaw Detection in Aircraft Engines," 20th International Congress of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (ICTAM 2000), Chicago, IL, August 27-September 2, 2000.
  • Thompson, R. B. and Alers, G. A., "Ultrasonic and Magnetic Techniques for Materials Characterization and Embrittlement Detection", MRS meeting, December 1997.
  • Liu, G., Rehbein, D., and Thompson, R. B., "Texture Development in Aluminum Alloy during Cold Rolling and Annealing," Iowa Academy of Science, 110th Annual Meeting
  • Ahmed, S. and Thompson, R. B., "Effect of texture on the attenuation of ultrasonic waves in metal polycrystals," Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation, Brunswick, ME, July 28-August 2, 1997.
  • Greenwood, M. S., McCloskey, S., Minachi, A., and Thompson, R. B., "Modeling an ultrasonic in-service inspection for a surface with a step discontinuity," Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation, Seattle, WA, July 30 - August 4, 1995.
  • Forouraghi, K., Thompson, R. B., Izworski, N., Shi, M., Reis, M, Anderson, A., and Root, J., "Ultrasonic predictions of plastic strain ratios in steel sheet," ASM/TMS Materials Week, Cleveland, OH, October 29-November 2, 1995.
  • Anderson, A., Thompson, R. B., and Cook, C. S., "Ultrasonic prediction of texture in hexagonal materials," ASM/TMS Materials Week, Chicago, IL, October 2-6, 1994.
  • Forouraghi, K. Thompson, R. B., Scrutton, R. F., Shi, M., Reis, F., and Izworski, N., "Ultrasonic measurements of the drawability of low carbon steel sheet," ASM/TMS Materials Week, Chicago, IL, October 2-6, 1994.
  • Anderson, A., Thompson, R. B., and Bolinbroke, R., "Ultrasonic prediction of texture in aluminum alloys," ASM/TMS Materials Week, Chicago, IL, October 2-6, 1994.
  • Thompson, R. B., Yalda-Mooshabad, I., and Margetan, F. J., "Modeling the C-scan inspection of honeycomb panels," Twelfth U. S. National Congress of Applied Mechanics, Seattle, WA, June 27-July 1, 1994.
  • Thompson, R. B., "Ultrasonic characterization of texture in hexagonal materials," Materials Week '93, Pittsburgh, PA, October 17-21, 1993.
  • Ahmed, S. and Thompson R. B., "Effects of acoustic wave propagation direction on polarization in polycrystalline materials with macroscopic texture," Review of Progress in Quanititative Nondestructive Evaluation, Brunswick, ME, August 1-6, 1993.
  • Thompson, R. B., "Use of models to evaluate and optimize the reliability of inspection of titanium aircraft engine rotating components," Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation, Brunswick, ME, August 1-6, 1993.
  • Dace, G. E., Buck, O., and Thompson, R. B., "Application of nonlinear acoustics to nondestructive characterization of mateials," Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation, LaJolla, CA, July 19-24, 1992
  • Wormley, S. J., Papadakis, E. P. and Thompson, R. B., "Correlation study of nondestructive predictions of formability parameters with destructive measurements for aluminum and steel sheet," Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation, Brunswick, ME, July 28-August 2, 1991.
  • Li, Y. and Thompson, R. B., "Ultrasonic techniques for the prediction of texture and formability parameters," 9th International Conference on Texture of Materials, Avignon, France, September 17-21, 1990.
  • Papadakis, E. P., Thompson, R. B., Wormley, S. J., Bluhm, D. D., Skank, H. D., Thomas, W. D., Erickson, J. H., and Alers, G. A., "The development of an industrial quality automatic ultrsonic instrument to predict drawability of sheet metal," 1990 ASNT Fall Conference, Seattle, WA, September 4, 1990.
  • Clark, A. V., Mitrakovic, D. V., Thompson, R. B., Li, Y., Izworski, N., and Hirao, M., "An ultrasonic instrument for nondestructive measurement of sheet metal," Review of Progress of Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation, LaJolla, CA, July 15-20, 1990.
  • Rehbein, D. K., Buck, O., and Ojard, G., "Nondestructive characterization of solid-solid bonds," Fourth International Symposium on the Nondestructive Characterization of Materials, June 11-14, 1990.
  • Schafbuch, P. J., Thompson, R. B., and Rizzo, F. J., "Scattering by open elliptical cracks at intermediate frequency," Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation, LaJolla, CA, July 15-20, 1990.
  • Buck, O., Rehbein, D. K., Thompson, R. B., Smith, J. F., Palmer, D. D., and Brasche, L. J. H., "Nondestructive characterization and strength of diffusion bonds," Symposium on Nondestructive Evaluation Technology for Advanced Materials, Processes and Structures, 118th TMS Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV, February 27-March 2, 1989.
  • Thompson, R. B. and Li, Y, "Ultrasonic measurement of the texture of metal sheet," Symposium on Nondestructive Evaluation Technology for Advanced Materials, Processes and Structures, 118th TMS Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV, February 27-March 2, 1989.
  • Thompson, R. B., Spitzig, W. A., Briggs, G. A. D., and Kushibiki, J., "Characterization of texture of heavily deformed metal-metal composites with acoustic microscopy," Symposium on Nondestructive Evaluation Technology for Advanced Materials, Processes and Structures, 118th TMS Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV, February 27-March 2, 1989.
  • Clark, A. V., Blessing, G. V., Schramm, R. E., Thompson, R. B., Mitrakovic, D. V., and Matlock, D., "Characterization of formability and texture in steel sheet using ultrasonic techniques," Symposium on Nondestructive Evaluation Technology for Advanced Materials, Processes and Structures, 118th TMS Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV, February 27-March 2, 1989.
  • Thompson, R. B., Smith, J. F., and Li, Y., "Ultrasonic measurement of rolling texture in non-ferrous plate," 8th International Conference on Texture of Materials, Santa Fe, NM, September 21-25, 1987.
  • Clark, A. V., Blessing, G. V., Fields, R. J., Govada, A., Thompson, R. B., DelSanto, P. P., and Mignogna, R. B., "Use of neutron pole figures to calibrate ultrasonic techniques for on-line texture control of aluminum plates," 1986 TMS-AIME Fall Meeting, Orlando, FL, October 1986.
  • Thompson, R. B., Lee, S. S., and Smith, J. F., "Angular dependence of Sho velocity in stressed orthorhombic plate," 1984 Ultrasonics Symposium, Dallas, TX, November 14-16, 1984.
  • Gray, T. A., Thompson, R. B., Ahlberg, L. J., Tittmann, B. R., Elsley, R. K., Fertig, K. B., and Richardson, J. M., "First principal models for the probability of detection of cracks in turbine rotor engine geometries," Qual-Test 2, Dallas, TX, October 25-27, 1983.
  • Thompson, R. B. and Gray, T. A., "Approximate expressions for on-axis pressure of piston source radiation transmitted through a liquid-solid interface," 104th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Orlando, FL, November 8-12, 1982
  • Hsu, D. K. and Thompson, R. B., "Measurements of ultrasonic scattering from flaws near a liquid-solid interface, 104th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Orlando, FL, November 8-12, 1982.
  • Hsu, D. K., Rose, James H., Thompson, R. B., and Thompson, D. O., "Geometrical reconstruction of flaws by one-dimensional inverse born approximation," 104th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Orlando, FL, November 8-12, 1982.
  • Thompson, R. B., Gray, T. A., Hsu, D. K., and Rose, J. H., "Use of ultrasonic diffraction corrections to relate measurements through liquid-solid interfaces to infinite medium scattering amplitudes," Workshop/Symposium on Research Techniques in Wave Propagation and Scattering, Columbus, OH, October 18-21, 1982.
  • Varadan, V. V., Varadan, V. K., Pillai, T. A. K., Thompson, R. B., and Hsu, D., "Non-destructive evaluation of subsurface flaws," 103rd Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Chicago, IL, April 26-30, 1982.
  • Thompson, R. B., "The role of forward and inverse scattering in failure prediction," 1981 Fall Meeting of the American Physical Society, New Orleans, LA, November 23-25, 1981.
  • Thompson, D. O., Thompson, R. B., and Rose, J. H., "Application of approximate scattering solutions to the determination of flaw and material properties," 1981 Fall Meeting of the American Physical Society, New Orleans, LA, November 23-25, 1981.
  • Richardson, J. M. and Thompson, R. B., "The probabilistic inverse problem in the born approximation," Second International Symposium on Ultrasonic Materials Characterization, National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD, June 3-6, 1980.
  • Fortunko, C. M. and Thompson, R. B., "Application of electromagnetic transducers to nondestructive evaluation of welds," 39th National ASNT Fall Conference, St. Louis, MO, October 15-18, 1979.
  • Martin, J. F., Hodgetts, P. J., Houston, R. H., Thompson, R. B., and Vasile, C. F., "A swept frequency EMAT system for detecting cracks in aircraft fastener holes," 1979 IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium, New Orleans, LA, September 26-28, 1979.
  • Thompson, R. B., "Ultrasonic scattering measurements as a method for increasing ultrasonic reliability," 1978 Spring Conference of the American Society for Nondestructive Testing, New Orleans, LA, April 3-6, 1978.
  • Fortunko, C. M., Thompson, R. B., and Vasile, C. F., "Ultrasonic inspection systems using electromagnetic transducers," 1977 Spring Conference of the American Society for Nondestructive Testing, Phoenix, AZ, March 28-30, 1977.
  • Thompson, R. B. and Alers, G. A., "Electromagnetic generation of elastic Lamb waves in ferromagnetic polycrystals," 1974 March Meeting, American Physical Society, Philadelphia, PA, March 25-28, 1974.
  • Thompson, R. B., Alers, G. A., Thompson, D. O., and Tennison, M. A., "Dispersion of flexural elastic waves in honeycomb sandwich panels," 86th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Los Angeles, CA, October 20 - November 2, 1973.
  • Thompson, R. B. and Alers, G. A., "Mechanisms of electromagnetic coupling to elastic Lamb waves in metals at room temperature," 1973 March Meeting, American Physical Society, San Diego, CA, March 19-22, 1973.
  • Tittmann, B. R., Buck, O., and Thompson, R. B., "Surface wave dispersion for studying depth dependent properties of solids," 1973 March Meeting, American Physical Society, San Diego, CA, March 19-22, 1973.
  • Thompson, R. B., Alers, G. A., and Thompson, D. O., "Nondestructive measurement of adhesive bond strength in honeycomb panels," 1973 Spring Conference, American Society for Nondestructive Testing, Los Angeles, CA, March 12-15, 1973.
  • Garmong, G. and Thompson, R. B., "The ultimate strength of metal-matrix composite," 1972 AIME Spring Conference, Boston, MA, May 8-11, 1972.
  • Buck, O., Ho, C. L., Marcus, H. L., and Thompson, R. B., "Rayleigh waves for continuous monitoring of a propagating crack front," 1971 National Symposium on Fracture Mechanics.
    Thompson, R. B., Kraut, E. A., Lim, T. C., and Thompson, D. O., "Elastic vibrations of laminated honeycomb structures," 1971 IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium, Miami Beach, FL, December 6-8, 1971.
  • Lim, T. C., Kraut, E. A., Thompson, R. B., and Tittmann, B. R., "Nonlinear surface wave convolution: Theory and materials," 1971 IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium, Miami Beach, FL, December 6-8, 1971.
  • Thompson, R. B., Thompson, D. O., Kraut, E. A., and Lim, T. C., "A class of solids for obtaining acoustic delays of the order of a millisecond per inch," 1970 IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium, San Francisco, CA, October 21-23, 1970.
  • Thompson, R. B. and Wilkinson, C. D. W., "Finite-amplitude acoustic waves in crystalline solids," 73rd Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, New York, NY, NY, April 19-22, 1967.

    Invited Talks and Seminars: (* denotes seminars)
  • "The Role of Simulation in Nondestructive Testing," 20th Anniversary Meeting of the Korean Society for Nondestructive Testing, Seoul, Korea, November 10, 2000.
  • "Interactions of Ultrasonic Waves with Microstructure: Applications to Nondestructive Evaluation," Korean Institute of Science and Standards, Taejon Science Town, Korea, November 8, 2000.
  • "The Use of Physical Models of the Inspection in the Determination of POD," POD Methodologies: New Horizons Workshop, Technological Cooperation Program Materials Technology Workshop, Patuxent River, MD, October 16, 2000.
  • "New Nondestructive Evaluation Techniques for Aging Aircraft," ASM Materials Solutions Conference, St. Louis, MO, October 9-12, 2000.
  • "The Relationship of Correlations in Crystallographic Orientation to Backscattered Ultrasonic Noise, A Property Limiting the Inspectability of Aircraft Engine," ASM Materials Solutions Conference, St. Louis, MO, October 9-12, 2000.
  • "Elastodynamics: The foundation of Quantitative Ultrasonic Nondestructive Evaluation," Symposium to Honor Jan D. Achenbach (on the event of his 65th birthday), Evanston, IL, August 26, 2000.
  • "Overview of S/N Based POD Methodologies," 2000 Spring Meeting of The American Society of Nondestructive Testing, Birmingham, AL, March 27-30, 2000.
  • "Nondestructive Evaluation: A Key Element in Ensuring the Reliability of Modern Structural Systems," An Annual Initiation, the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, Ames, Iowa, November 14, 1999.
  • "Can Appliction Parameters be Modeled Well Enough to Allow Transfer in Performance Demonstrations to Different Components" presented at the American-European Workshop on Nondestructive Inspection Reliability, Boulder, Colorado, September 21-24, 1999.
  • "Can Intrinsic Capability be Defined in a Model or is it a Measured Quantity?" presented at the American-European Workshop on Nondestructive Inspection Reliability, Boulder, Colorado, September 21-24, 1999.
  • "Ultrasonic Scattering in Random Media," (2 lectures) presented at the study institute Imaging of Complex Media with Acoustic and Seismic Waves, Cargese, France, April 26-May 9, 1999.
  • "Effects of Grain Size and Shape on Ultrasonic Attenuation and Backscattering," presented at the Joint 137th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America and the 2nd Convention of the European Acoustics Association: Forum Acoustica, Berlin, Germany, March 14-19, 1999.
  • "Relationship of Microstructure to Ultrasonic Backscattering and Attenuation," presented in the symposium, Nondestructive Evaluation and Material Properties IV, held at the 1999 TMS Annual Meeting, San Diego, California, February 28-March 4, 1999.
  • Thompson, R. B., "Principals & Methods of NDE," in Applications of Non-Destructive Evaluation in Powder Metals Seminar, July 7-8, 1998, Ames, IA.
  • Thompson, R. B. "Recent Advances in Ultrasonic NDE of Ceramics," in Symposium on Nondestructive Evaluation fo Ceramics, American Ceramic Society Annual Meeting, May 4-7, 1997, Cincinnati, OH.
  • Thompson, R. B., "Ultrasonic measurement of mechanical perperties," 1996 IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium, San Antonio, TX, November 3-6, 1996.
  • Thompson, R. B., "How much information can ultrasound really provide?" Iowa Section, American Society for Nondestructive Testing, Ames, IA, October 3, 1996.
  • Thompson, R. B., "How much information can ultrasound really provide?" Materials Science Colloquium, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, September 25, 1996.
  • Thompson, R. B., "How much information can ultrasound really provide?" Gordon Research Conference on Nondestructive Evaluation, August 18-23, 1996.
  • Thompson, R. B., Schmerr, L. W., Jr. and Thompson, D. O., "Use of physical models in achieving reproducable ultrasonic measurements," 1996 Spring Conference of American Society for Nondestructive Testing, Norfolk, VA, March 1996.
  • Thompson, R. B., "Experiences in the use of guided ultrasonic waves to scan structures," Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation, Bouidon, ME, July 28 - August 2, 1996.
  • Thompson, R. B. and Anderson, A. J., "Ultrasonic studies of recrsytallization in aluminum," First U. S. - Japan Symposium on Advance in NDT, Turtle Bay, HI, June 24-28, 1996.
  • Thompson, R. B., Mittleman, J., and Han, K. Y., "Influence of microstructural complexities on the ultrasonic characterization of polycrystals," symposium on Recent Developments in Elasto dynamics and Inverse Problems, 1995 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition, San Francisco, CA, November 12-17, 1995.
  • Thompson, R. B., "A new methodology for POD determination: General description and initial results for hard-alpha inclusions in titanium alloys," FAA workshop on Application of Prohabilistic Design Methodologies to Gas Turbine Rotating components, Atlantic City, NJ, November 7-9, 1995.
  • Thompson, R. B. and Han, K. Y., "The relationship between microstructure and backscattered noise in titanium alloys," Symposium on Design of Optimal Microstructures for Engineered Structures, ASM/TMS Materials Week '95, Cleveland, OH, October 29-November 2, 1995.
  • Thompson, R. B., "A signal-to-noise based methodology for POD determination," Workshop on Assessment of NDT Reliability, 1995 ASNT Fall Conference, Dallas, TX, October 16-20, 1995.
  • Thompson, R. B., "Ultrasonic detection of hard-alpha inclusions in aircraft engine billets," ASNT Iowa Section, October 5, 1995.
  • Thompson, R. B., "Material & defect properties from ultrasoinc measurements," NDT&E Tutorial Day, Ultrasonics International, Edinburgh, Scotland, July 4-7, 1995.
  • *Thompson, R. B. and Johnson, J. C., "Recent advances in time domain acoustic microscopy,"Acoustic Microscopy Group, Department of Materials Science, Oxford University, Oxford, England, July 3, 1995.
  • *Thompson, R. B. and Han, K. Y., "Relationship of ultrasonic backscattering to microstructure,"Acoustic Microscopy Group, Department of Materials Science, Oxford University, Oxford, England, July 3, 1995.
  • Thompson, R. B., "Ultrasonic characterization of microstructure," Symposium on Nondestructive Evaluation Needs and Trends in Power Generation and Refinery Industries, SPIE Conference on Nondestructive Evalation of Aging Infrastructure, Oakland, CA, June 6-8, 1995.
  • Thompson, R. B., "Current state of NDE world-wide," NDE Technology Exchange, Eaton Corporation, Detroit, MI, May 23, 1995.
  • Thompson, R. B., "Laboratory nondestructive evaluation technology for materials characterization," EPRI-DOE Workshop on Material Property Measurements: Identification of Technology Gaps, Charlotte, NC, April 11-13, 1995.
  • *Thompson, R. B., "Ultrasonic backscattering noise: Relationship to microstructure and influence on flaw detection," Division of Mechanics, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Chalmers University, Gothenburg, Sweden, February 23, 1995.
  • * Thompson, R. B., "Relationship of ultrasonic backscattering noise to microstructure," Fraunhofer Institute for Nondestructive Testing, Saarbrucken, W. Germany, February 21, 1995.
  • Margetan, F. J., Yalda-Mooshabad, I., Han, K. Y., and Thompson, R. B., "Fundamental studies materials characterization," Engine Titanium Consortium Open Forum, Phoenix, AZ, February 1-2, 1995.
  • Thompson, R. B., "Reliability: Status and plans," Engine Titanium Consortium Open Forum, Phoenix, AZ, February 1-2, 1995.
  • *Thompson, R. B., "Impact of improved imaging modalities throughout component lifetimes," Workshop on Diagnostics and Prognostics for Materials Technology, Defense Sciences Research Council, La Jolla, CA, July 25, 1994.
  • Thompson, R. B., "Microstruture and backscattered ultrasonic noise," Gordon Research Conference on NDE," Henniker, NH, June 26-July 1, 1994.
  • Thompson, R. B. and Wormley, S. J., "Experience in stress measurement with the SH-Wave technique," 1994 ASME Pressure Vessels and Piping Conference, Minneapolis, MN, June 19-23, 1994.
  • Thompson, R. B., "An overview of ultrasonic measurement techniques," Fourth International Conference on Residual Stress, Baltimore, MD, June 8-10, 1994.
  • Thompson, R. B., "Detection of subtle, but potentially catastrophic defects in aircraft engines: Example of research in the center for aviation systems reliability," Osborn Research Club, Iowa State University, February 14, 1994.
  • Thompson, R. B., "Ultrasonic characterization of texture and related metal formability parameters," Inverse Problems Seminar Series, University of Kentucky, October 5, 1993.
  • Thompson, R. B., "Detection of small flaws," Workshop on Life Extension of Aging Structural Systems, Defense Sciences Research Council, La Jolla, CA, July 20, 1993.
  • Thompson, R. B., "Ultrasonic characterization of materials," Tutorial Day Lecture, Ultrasonics International, Vienna, Austria, July 6-8, 1993.
  • Thompson, R. B., "Quantitative ultrasonics: Engineering applications of NDE models," Ultrasonics International, Vienna, Austria, July 6-8, 1993.
  • Thompson, R. B., "Ultrasonic characterization of texture and formability at rolled metal sheets," 1993 ASNT Spring Conference, Nashville, TN, March 29-April 2, 1993.
  • Thompson, R. B., "The role of physical modeling of inspection processes," Probability of Detection Tutorial Workshop, 1993 ASNT Spring Conference, Nashville, TN, March 29-April 2, 1993.
  • Thompson, R. B., "Technology transformations in materials," 1993 Central/Western Meeting, Licensing Executives Society: Creating New Business from Emerging Technology, Palm Springs, CA, February 25-27, 1993.
  • Thompson, R. B., "Electromagnetic-acoustic transducers (EMATS)," two lectures at the workshop on Modern Ultrasonic Techniques on NDE of Materials, Taipei, Taiwan, December 21-24, 1992.
  • Thompson, R. B., "Ultrasonic measurements of texture," two lectures at the workshop on Modern Ultrasonic Techniques on NDE of Materials, Taipei, Taiwan, December 21-24, 1992.
  • Thompson, R. B., "Ultrasonic measurements of stress," two lectures at the workshop on Modern Ultrasonic Techniques on NDE of Materials, Taipei, Taiwan, December 21-24, 1992.
  • Thompson, R. B., "The influence of microstructure on the detection of small metallurgical inclusions in titanium engine components," Rolls-Royce, Derby, England, September 18, 1992.
  • Thompson, R. B., "Interactions of ultrasound with imperfectly contacting interfaces," Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation, LaJolla, CA, July 19-24, 1992.
  • *Thompson, R. B., "Relationship between material microstructure, backscattered ultrasonic noise and flaw-detectability," Department of Aerospace Engineering & Engineering Mechanics, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, April 16, 1992.
  • Thompson, R. B., Brasche, L. J. H., Margetan, F. J., and Rose, J. H., "Models for predicting the detectability of Laud-alpha inclusion in titanium alloys," 1992 Spring Conference of the ASNT, Orlando, FL, March 30-April 2, 1992.
  • Thompson, R. B. and Trivedi, R., "Opportunities for coupling nondestructive measurements and microstructure and phase selection diagrams to control solidification processes," 1992 Spring Conference of the ASNT, Orlando, FL, March 30-April 2, 1992.
  • Thompson, R. B., Thompson, D. O., Holger, D. K., Hsu, D. K., Hughes, M. S., Papadakis, E. P., Tsai, Y.-M, and Zachary, L. W., "Ultrasonic NDE of thick composites," 112th ASME Winter Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA, December 1-6, 1991.
  • Schafbuch, P. J., Rizzo, F. J., and Thompson, R. B., "Elastic wave scattering by multiple inclusions," 112th ASME Winter Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA, December 1-6, 1991.
  • Thompson, R. B., "Application of NDE models to the nondestructive evaluation of discrete flaws and distributed discontinuities," NDT 91, The 30th Annual British Conference on NDT, Coventry, England, September 17-18, 1991.
  • *Thompson, R. B., "The relationship of microstructure to backscattered noise," Acoustic Microscopy Group, Department of Materials Science, Oxford University, Oxford, England, September 16, 1991.
  • Thompson, R. B., "Electromagnetic-acoustic transducers," Short Course Evaluation of Materials and Structures by Quantitative Ultrasonics, International Centre for Mechanical Sciences, Udine, Italy, September 9-13, 1991.
  • Thompson, R. B., "Determination of the mechanical properties of composites," Short Course Evaluation of Materials and Structures by Quantitative Ultrasonics, International Centre for Mechanical Sciences, Udine, Italy, September 9-13, 1991.
  • Thompson, R. B., "Practical applications of quantitative ultrasonics," Short Course Evaluation of Materials and Structures by Quantitative Ultrasonics, International Centre for Mechanical Sciences, Udine, Italy, September 9-13, 1991.
  • Thompson, D. O. and Thompson, R. B., "NDE models - An engineering base for characterizing discrete anomalies and continuously distributed materials properties," 5th International Conference on the Nondestructive Characterization of Materials, Karuizawa, Japan, May 1991.
  • *Thompson, R. B., "Elastic wave characterization of material properties," Physics Colloquium, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, April 1991.
  • Thompson, R. B. and Li, Y., "Ultrasonic techniques for monitoring texture," 1991 Annual Meeting of the Minerals, Metals and Materials Society, New Orleans, LA, February 1991.
  • *Thompson, R. B., "Ultrasonic characterization of the microstructure of materials," Joint Seminar of the Departments of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Materials Science & Engineering, and Physics, University of Illinois, December 13, 1990.
  • Papadakis, E. P., Thompson, R. B., Bluhm, D. D., Wormley, S. J., Skank, H. D., Forsuraghi, K., and Alers, G. A., "Ultrasonic instrument to predict drawability of steel," 1990 IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium, Honolulu, HI, December 4-7, 1990.
  • *Thompson, R. B., "Uses of ultrasound in inspecting nuclear power plants," Seminar of Department of Nuclear Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, October 16, 1990.
  • *Thompson, R. B., "Modeling the effects of material anisotropy and inhomogeneity in inspecting steel components," Seminar of Department of Nuclear Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, October 16, 1990.
  • Buck, O., Rehbein, D. K., and Thompson, R. B., "Ultrasonic measurements of fatigue crack retardation," DMS/DOE Information Meeting, Chicago, IL, October 1-2, 1990.
  • Thompson, R. B. and Trivedi, R. K., "Coupling of nondestructive measurements and solidification microstructure maps to control solidification processes," Symposium on Knowledge Based Control of Solidification, 1990 TMS Fall Meeting, Detroit, MI, September 24-27, 1990.
  • Buck, O., Rehbein, D. K., and Thompson, R. B., "Crack closure measurements and crack tip shielding," Mossis Fine Symposium, 1990 TMS Fall Meeting, Detroit, MI, September 24-27, 1990.
  • Thompson, R. B., "Prediction of stress through comparison of the velocities of orthogonally propagating shear waves," 1990 SEM Spring Conference, Albuquerque, NM, June 4-6, 1990.
  • Thompson, R. B., "Future NDE research," Symposium on the Occasion of the Retirement of P. M"ller, First Director of the Fraunhofer Institute for Nondestructive Testing, Saarbr-cken, Germany, April 5, 1990.
  • Thompson, R. B., Van Wyk, L., Rehbein, D. K., and Buck, O, "Nondestructive prediction of crack growth retardation due to closure," 1988 Winter Annual Meeting of ASME, Chicago, IL, November 29-30, 1989.
  • Thompson, R. B. and Newberry, B. P., "UT modeling for surface finish effects," 17th Water Reactor Safety Information Meeting, Rockville, MD, October 23-25, 1989.
  • Thompson, R. B., "UT modeling for surface finish effects," Seventeenth Water Reactor Safety Meeting, Rockville, MD, October 23-25, 1989.
  • Thompson, R. B., Buck, O., Rehbein, D. K., Margetan, F. J., and Gray, T. A., "Ultrasonic nondestructive evaluation of solid-solid bonds," 1989 IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium, Montreal, Canada, Oct. 3-6, 1989.
  • Thompson, R. B. and Clark, A. V., Jr., "Ultrasonic characterization of texture: Basic science and technology transfer," Symposium on Intelligent Processing of Materials, 1989 TMS Fall Meeting, Indianapolis, IN, October 1-5, 1989.
  • Buck, O., Rehbein, D. K., and Thompson, R. B., "Nondestructive characterization and strength of solid-solid bonds," Symposium on Intelligent Processing of Materials, 1989 TMS Fall Meeting, Indianapolis, IN, October 1-5, 1989.
  • Thompson, R. B., "Characterization of material deformation and failure responses from ultrasonic measurements," IUTAM Symposium on Elastic Wave Propagation and Ultrasonic Nondestructive Evaluation, Boulder, CO, July 30-August 3, 1989.
  • Thompson, R. B., "Inverse problems in nondestructive evaluation," 117th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Syracuse, NY, May 22-26, 1989.
  • Buck, O, Thompson, R. B., Rehbein, D. K., Brasche, L. J. H., and Palmer, D. D., "Deducing mechanical properties due to interfaces from their acoustical properties," Seventh International Conference on Fracture, Houston, TX, March 20-24, 1989.
  • Thompson, R. B., Van Wyk, L., Rehbein, D. K., Tsai, Y.-M., and Buck, O., "Characterizing closure asperities by ultrasonic measurements," Seventh International Conference on Fracture, Houston, TX, March 20-24, 1989.
  • *Thompson, R. B., "Integrated design, NDE, and manufacturing sciences," Seminar of Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, February 21, 1989.
  • Thompson, R. B., "Ultrasonic techniques - Metals," Alcoa Laboratories Centennial Technical Symposia 1986-88: Sensor Technology, Alcoa Center, PA, June 13-17, 1988.
  • Thompson, R. B., "Ultrasonic measurement of material properties," focussed lecture series on Instrumentation and Measurement at High Strain Rates, Center of Excellence for Advanced Materials, UCSD, March 23, 1988.
  • Thompson, R. B., "Ultrasonic techniques for stress measurement," symposium on Quantitative Stress Measurement, TMS Annual Meeting, Phoenix, AZ, January 25, 1988.
  • Thompson, R. B., "New ultrasonic methods for measuring deformation and fracture related material states," Nondestructive Evaluation Symposium, 1987 TMS-AIME Fall Meeting, Cincinnati, OH, October 1987.
  • *Lecture Series on Ultrasonic Characterization of Materials, Acoustic Microscopy Group, Department of Metallurgy and Science of Materials, Oxford University, Oxford, England: (1) Ultrasonic measurement of stress and texture - February 16, 1987; (2) Effects of aberrations on ultrasonic beam patterns - April 17, 1987; Interaction of ultrasonic waves with imperfect interfaces - May 26, 1987.
  • Thompson, R. B., "Ultrasonic interactions with imperfect interfaces and propagation in anisotropic media: Applications to NDE," 87-Summer Seminar Series, Frauhhofer-Institut fur Zerstorungsfreie Prufverfahren, Saarbrucken, W. Germany, May 11, 1987.
  • Thompson, R. B., "Ultrasonic characterization of materials throughout their life cycles," Materials Physics and Metallurgy Division Colloquium, Harwell Laboratories, Harwell, England, May 14, 1987.
  • Thompson, R. B., "Future outlook for automated NDT," Colloquium on Automated NDT, Nondestructive Testing Professional Group, Science Education and Technology Division, Institute of Electrical Engineers, London, England, April 30, 1987.
  • Thompson, R. B., Buck, O., and Rehbein, D. K., "The influence of asperity contact on the scattering of elastic waves from fatigue cracks," Symposia on Nondestructive Evaluation, 10th U.S. National Congress of Applied Mechanics, Austin, TX, June 1986.
  • *Thompson, R. B., "Nondestructive evaluation: Current research trends," Agricultural Engineering Graduate Seminar, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, February 1986.
  • *Thompson, R. B., "Probing the structure of metal polycrystals by elastic wave scattering," Applied Physics Seminar, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, December 1985.
  • Thompson, R. B., "NDE for materials characterization, ultrasonic and eddy current techniques," National Forum on the Future of Automated Materials Processing in U.S. Industry: The Role of Sensors, Santa Barbara, CA, December 16-17, 1985.
  • Thompson, R. B. and Gray, T. A., "Application of elastic wave scattering theory to the design and validation of NDE systems," International Workshop on Acoustic Nondestructive Evaluation, Nanjing, People's Republic of China, November 4-10, 1985.
  • Thompson, R. B., Smith, J. F., and Lee, S. S., "Inference of stress and texture from the angular dependence of ultrasonic velocities," International Workshop on Acoustic Nondestructive Evaluation, Nanjing, People's Republic of China, November 4-10, 1985.
  • Buck, O., Thompson, R. B., and Rehbein, D. K., "Crack closure studies using elastic waves-implications on fatigue crack growth," 22nd Annual Meeting of Society of Engineering Sciences, State College, PA, October 7-9, 1985.
  • Thompson, R. B., Buck, O., and Rehbein, D. K., "Elastic wave interactions with partially contacting surfaces: Applications to fatigue crack closure characterization," ONR Symposium on Solid Mechanics Research for QNDE, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, September 1985.
  • Thompson, R. B. and Gray, T. A., "Uses of ultrasonic models as tools in the design and validation of new NDE techniques," Royal Society Discussion Meeting on Novel Techniques of Nondestructive Evaluation and Validation, London, England, July 9-10, 1985.
  • Thompson, R. B., "Elastic wave interactions with partially contacting surfaces: Application to fracture studies," DOE Workshop on Micromechanisms of Fracture, Bretton Woods, NH, July 1985.
  • Thompson, R. B., "Problems in materials reliability," DOE Workshop on Micromechanisms of Fracture, Bretton Woods, NH, July 1985.
  • Thompson, D. O. and Thompson, R. B., "Review of developments in quantitative ultrasonic NDE," 8th International Conference on Internal Friction and Ultrasonic Attenuation in Solids, Urbana, IL, June 3-6, 1985.
  • Ranjan, R., Buck, O., and Thompson, R. B., "Microstructure characteristics of ferromagnetic materials using NDE methods," Fourth Conference on the Properties and Applications of Magnetic Materials, Chicago, IL, May 1985.
  • Gray, T. A. and Thompson, R. B., "The use of models to predict the reliability of ultrasonic NDE," AWS Conference on Fitness for Purpose in Welded Contraction, Philadelphia, PA, May 14-16, 1985.
  • Buck, O., Thompson, R. B., and Rehbein, D. K., "Interaction of ultrasound with fatigue cracks," Analytical Ultrasonics in Materials Research and Testing, NASA Lewis, Cleveland, OH, November 1984.
  • Thompson, R. B., Lee, S. S., and Smith, J. F., "Influence of stress and texture on the velocity of horizontally polarized shear waves in plates," Analytical Ultrasonics in Materials Research and Testing, NASA Lewis, Cleveland, OH, November 1984.
  • *Thompson, R. B., "Ultrasonic nondestructive evaluation: Its role in structural utilization and research at ISU," Aerospace Engineering Graduate Seminar, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, October 1984.
  • Buck, O., Thompson, R. B., and Rehbein, D. K., "Ultrasound interaction with partially closed fatigue cracks," Second International Conference on Fatigue and Fatigue Thresholds, Birmingham, U.K., September 1984.
  • Thompson, R. B., Smith, J. F., and Lee, S. S., "Microstructural effects on the angular dependence of ultrasonic plate mode velocities," 1984 Metals Congress, Detroit, MI, September 17-21, 1984.
  • *Thompson, R. B., "Application of elastic wave scattering theory to nondestructive evaluation," Colloquia on Modern Topics in Mechanics, Northwestern University, May 1984.
  • Thompson, R. B., "Electromagnetic field calculations via spatial Fourier transforms," Seminar on Nondestructive Inspection of Ferromagnetic Materials, Houston, TX, March 28-29, 1984.
  • Thompson, R. B., "Effects of microstructure on the acoustoelastic measurement of stress," Workshop on Applications of Neutron Scattering to Engineering Materials: Microstructures, Texture, IPNS, Argonne, IL, November 1983.
  • Thompson, R. B., Thompson, D. O., Burte, H. M., and Chimenti, D. E., "Use of field-flaw interaction theories to quantify and improve inspection reliability," Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation, Santa Cruz, CA, August 7-12, 1983.
  • Thompson, R. B., "Influence of microstructural variations on the acoustoelastic measurement of stress," Gordon Research Conference on NDE, Proctor Academy, Andover, NH, August 1983.
  • Thompson, R. B., "Nondestructive determination of stress in metal polycrystals," Symposium of the Committee on Applications of Physics, 1983 Spring Meeting of the American Physical Society, Baltimore, MD, April 1983.
  • Thompson, D. O., Wormley, S. J., Rose, J. H., and Thompson, R. B., "Elastic wave scattering from multiple voids," Germany-United States Workshop on Research and Development to New Procedures in NDT, Saarbrucken, W. Germany, August 30-September 3, 1982.
  • Thompson, R. B., Gray, T. A., Hsu, D. K., Rose, J. H., and Thompson, D. O., "Forward and inverse scattering measurements in realistic geometries," Germany-United States Workshop on Research and Develpoment to New Procedures in NDT, Saarbrucken, W. Germany, August 30-September 3, 1982.
  • Burte, H. M., Chimenti, D. E., Thompson, R. B., and Thompson, D. O., "The middle ground of the R&D spectrum," Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation, LaJolla, CA, August 1-6, 1982.
  • Thompson, R. B., "NDE curricula as given by recent technological advances," 1982 ASME Pressure Vessel and Piping Conference, Orlando, FL, June 27 - July 2, 1982.
  • Thompson, R. B. and Thompson, D. O., "NDE programs at the Ames Laboratory and Iowa State University," Fifth International Conference on Nondestructive Evaluation in the Nuclear Industry, San Diego, CA, May 10-13, 1982.
  • Thompson, R. B., "Present status of elastic wave inverse scattering techniques," 102nd Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Miami Beach, FL, November 30-December 4, 1981.
  • Thompson, R. B., "Present status and future needs for quantitative measurement techniques," Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation, Boulder, CO, August 2-7, 1981.
  • Thompson, R. B., "NDE measurement techniques: An overview," Symposium on Nondestructive Evaluation, 83rd Annual Meeting of the American Ceramic Society, Washington, D.C., May 3-6, 1981.
  • *Thompson, R. B., "Recent research advances in quantitative NDE," Materials Science and Engineering Seminar, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, March 1981.
  • *Thompson, R. B., "Applications of fundamental physical principles to materials reliability problems," Physics Colloquim, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, January 1981.
  • Thompson, R. B., "New ultrasonic applications," 147th National Meeting of the AAAS, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, January 3-8, 1981.
  • Thompson, D. O. and Thompson, R. B., "Purposes and benefits of quantitative NDE," 1980 TMS-AIME Fall Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, October 5-9, 1980.
  • *Thompson, R. B., "New advances in quantitative NDE," Mechanical Engineering Graduate Seminar, University of Houston, March 1980.
  • *Thompson, R. B., "Electromagnetic transducers for noncontact ultrasonic NDE," Graduate Seminar, Electrical Engineering Department, Colorado State University, February 1980.
  • Thompson, R. B., "Recent advances in quantitative flaw evaluation," International Symposium on Nondestructive Testing of Materials and Their Applications Especially in Nuclear Engineering, Saarbrucken, W. Germany, September 17-19, 1979.
  • Elsley, R. K., Richardson, J. M., Thompson, R. B., and Tittmann, B. R., "Comparison of experimental and computational results for elastic wave scattering," International Symposium on Acoustic, Electromagnetic and Elastic Wave Scattering - Focus on the T-Matrix Approach, Columbus, OH, June 25-27, 1979.
  • Thompson, D. O. and Thompson, R. B., "Quantitative ultrasonics," Royal Society Discussion of Ultrasound and X-rays in Engineering and Medicine, London, England, February 16-17, 1978.
  • Thompson, R. B., "Electromagnetic acoustic transducer application," New Methods Review, E-7 Winter Meeting, American Society for Testing and Materials, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, January 22-26, 1978.
  • Thompson, R. B., "Noncontact sensors," 1977 Ultrasonics Symposium, Phoenix, AZ, October 26 28, 1977.
  • Thompson, R. B., "Overview of Ultrasonic NDE research," 23rd Sagamore Army Materials Research Conference: Nondestructive Characterization of Materials, Sagamore, New York, NY, August 24-27, 1976.
  • Buck, O. and Thompson, R. B., "Acoustic interactions with internal stresses in metals," 23rd Sagamore Army Materials Research Conference: Nondestructive Characterization of Materials, Sagamore, NY, August 24-27, 1976.
  • Thompson, R. B., "Electromagnetic, noncontact transducers," 1973 Ultrasonics Symposium, Monterey, CA, November 5-7, 1973.
  • *Thompson, R. B., "New uses of acoustic waves in materials characterization and nondestructive testing," Acoustics Seminar, Stanford University, January 1973.
  • *Thompson, R. B., "Acoustic wave propagation in geological, biological and structural systems," Science Colloquia, California Lutheran College, November 1972.
  • *Thompson, R. B., "Ultrasonic nondestructive evaluation," Electrical Engineering Graduate Seminar, University of California, Berkeley, May 1972.

Patents

  • Davidson, P. K., Alers, G. A., and Thompson, R. B., "Apparatus and method for nondestructive evaluation of butt welds," U. S. Patent 5537876, 7/23/96.
  • Clark, A. V. and Thompson, R. B., "Nondestructive ultrasonic evaluation of formability of metallic sheets," U. S. Patent 5,299,458, 4/5/94.
  • Thompson, R. B., Smith, J. F., Lee, S. S., and Li, Y., "Method of ultrasonic measurement of texture," U.S. Patent 5,251,486, 10/12/93.
  • Thompson, R. B., Alers, G. A., and Wormley, S. J., "Means and method for ultrasonic measurement of material properties," U. S. Patent 5,154,081, 10/13/92.
  • Thompson, R. B. and Wormley, S. J., "Semi-automatic system for ultrasonic measurement of texture," U.S. Patent 5,048,340, 9/17/91.
  • Thompson, R. B., Smith, J. F., Lee, S. S., and Li, Y., "Method of ultrasonic method of texture," U.S. Patent #4,899,589, 2/13/90.
  • Thompson, R. B., "Method and apparatus for measuring stress," U.S. Patent #4,522,071, 6/11/85.
  • Peterson, W. and Thompson, R. B., "Electromagnetic acoustic transducer," U.S. Patent #4,434,663, 3/6/84.
  • Vasile, C. F., Peterson, W., and Thompson, R. B., "Torsional transducer," U.S. Patent #4,320,661, 3/23/82.
  • Elsley, R. K. and Thompson, R. B., "EMAT system," U.S. Patent #4,307,612, 12/29/81.
  • Vasile, C. F. and Thompson, R. B., "Wall thickness measurement," U.S. Patent #4,305,294, 12/15/81.
  • Thompson, R. B., Vasile, C. F., and Houston, R., "Detecting cracks under fasteners," U.S. Patent #4,301,684, 11/24/81.
  • Thompson, R. B., "Ultrasonic shear wave transducer," U.S. Patent #4,295,214, 10/13/81.
  • Alers, G. A., Thompson, R. B., and Vasile, C. F., "Weld inspection with lamb waves," U.S. Patent #4,289,038, 9/15/81.
  • Vasile, C. F., Thompson, R. B., and Fortunko, C. M., "Highly efficient transducer," U.S. Patent #4,248,092, 2/3/81.
  • Fortunko, C. M., Vasile, C. F., and Thompson, R. B., "Ultrasonic ellipsometer," U.S. Patent #4,218,924, 8/26/80.
  • Thompson, R. B. and Fortunko, C. M., "NDE of cylindrical object," U.S. Patent #4,18,374, 1/22/80.
  • Thompson, R. B., "Length mode piezoelectric transducer for inspection of solid objects," U.S. Patent #4,122,725, 10/31/78.
  • Alers, G. A. and Thompson, R. B., "Electromagnetic transducer," U.S. Patent #4,104,922, 8/8/78.
  • Thompson, R. B., Alers, G. A., and Tennison, M. A., "Ultrasonic inspection of pipeline," U.S. Patent #4,092,868, 6/6/78.
  • Alers, G. A. and Thompson, R. B., "Nondestructive detection of stress," U. S. Patent #4,048,847, 9/20/77.
  • Thompson, R. B. and Alers, G. A., "Method of measuring stress in a material," U.S. Patent #4,080,836, 3/28/76.
  • Thompson, R. B., Alers, G. A., and Tennison, M. A., "Method for ultrasonic inspection," U.S. Patent #3,850,028, 11/16/74.
  • Thompson, R. B., Thompson, D. O., Kraut, E. A., and Tim, C. T., "Low velocity, highly anisotropic, elastic materials," U.S. Patent #3,699,481.

Honors and Awards

  • Sigma Xi
  • Phi Beta Kappa
  • National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship
  • Woodrow Wilson Society Fellowship
  • Editor, Journal of Nondestructive Evaluation
  • Fellow, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
  • Finalist, 1997 Margaret Ellen White Graduate Faculty Award
  • Anson Marston Distinguished Professor, Iowa State University, 1997

Graduate Students

    Thesis M.S.Degree Students:
  • N. Singh, MSE, 2000-2001 (left without completing degree)
  • P. Haldipus, MSE, 1999-present
  • M. Nosrati, AEEM, 1997-1998
  • H. Wasan, AEEM, 1997-2000
  • B. L. Boyd, ME, 1995-1998 (Co-advisor with J. Oliver)
  • J. Thielges, MSE, 1994-1995 (left without completing degree)
  • A. Kettenacher, MSE, 1994-1996 (Co-advisor with D. Chimenti)
  • K. Srinivasan, Aerospace Engr., 1992-1994 (Co-advisor with P. Lu)
  • B. A. Lepine, MSE, 1992-1994 (Co-advisor with J. Moulder)
  • B. P. Newberry, Aerospace Engineering, 1983-85 (Co-advisor with T. McDaniel)

 

    Ph.D. Degree Students:
  • J. Friedl, AEEM, 2000-present
  • A. Li, MSE, 1999-present
  • L. Yu, MSE, 1999-present
  • Y. Guo, AEEM, 1997-present
  • G. Liu, MSE, 1997-present
  • P. Panetta, MSE, 1994-1999
  • K. Forouraghi, ME, 1992-1995 (Co-advisor with R. Scrutton and P. A. Molian)
  • J. Johnson, AEEM, 1991-1995
  • K. Y. H. Han, MSE, 1991-1994
  • A. Anderson, MSE, 1990-1997
  • J. Mittleman, ESM, 1989-1995
  • A. Minachi, Aero, 1984-1992
  • P. Shafbuch, ESM, 1987-1991 (Co-advisor with F. Rizzo)
  • Y. Li, ESM, 1986-1990
  • B. P. Newberry, ESM, 1985-1989
  • R. Ranjan, MSE, 1983-87 (Co-advisor with O. Buck)
  • S. S. Lee, MSE, 1982-86 (Co-advisor with J. F. Smith)

 

    Postdoctoral Students:
  • A. Minachi, 1992-1995
  • C. P. Chiou, 1992-1995
  • I. Yalda-Mooshabad, 1992-1996
  • S. Ahmed, 1990-1991
  • D. Jiles, 1985-86
  • J.-M. Baik, 1983-1984