Expertise:

• Ultrasonic nondestructive evaluation for determination of properties and detection of anomalies in aerospace materials.
• Application of digital signal and image processing and enhancement techniques to ultrasonic data and images for material characterization and anomaly detection
• Proposal preparation and grant writing for research and development program
• Program and project management for research and development efforts

Experience:

Brian Frock has worked as a UDRI engineer since 1985 applying digital signal and image-processing techniques to ultrasonic data and images acquired from advanced aerospace materials.  He is currently the Principal Investigator for UDRI’s nondestructive evaluation contract in the Air Force Research Laboratory Materials and Manufacturing Directorate.

In addition to his technical efforts, Brian has led several successful proposal-preparation efforts for multi-million dollar Air Force contracts.  Prior to joining UDRI he was employed by ARMCO, Inc. for over 12 years, where he applied nondestructive testing techniques and process control methodology to steel-producing processes.

Education:

M.S., Engineering Management, University of Dayton, 1981
M.S., Physics, University of Dayton, 1968
B.A., Mathematics and Physics, Wilmington College, 1965

Professional Affiliations:

American Society for Nondestructive Testing
Project Management Institute
American Society for Quality

Selected Publications:

Martin, R. W., Sathish, S., and B. G. Frock, “Ultrasonic Measurement of Stress in Titanium Alloys,” Proceedings of the Instrument Society of America, 409, 2001.

Brian Frock and Donald Bailey, “Applications of Digital Data Acquisition and Analysis Techniques to In-field Ultrasonic Inspections,” International Advances in Nondestructive Testing, 17: 157-184, 1994.

Brian Frock, Prasanna Karpur and Mark Ruddell, “Effects of Axial-Wiener Deconvolution on the Lateral Resolution in Ultrasonic C-scan Images,” Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation, 10: 781, 1991.

Prasanna Karpur, Brian Frock and P. K. Bhagat, “Wiener Filtering for Image Enhancement in Ultrasonic Nondestructive Evaluation,” Materials Evaluation, 48(11): 1374-1379, Nov 1990.