The 13th International Workshop on Electromagnetic Nondestructive Evaluation (ENDE) was held at the Seoul Education and Culture Center, Seoul, Korea from June 10 through 12, 2008. It was the first time that this workshop is held in Korea. The ENDE activities in Korea are largely focused on the safe operation of nuclear power plants, gas pipelines and petrochemical plants. To reflect concerns of Korean ENDE community, this workshop was held in conjunction with the 11th Workshop on Safety Diagnosis of Industrial Facilities to the Korean oil and gas industry and the 3rd Industry-University NDE Forum to the Korean nuclear industry.

The workshop was organized jointly by Sungkyunkwan University, Soongsil University and Kunsan National University, in cooperation with the Japan Society of Applied Electromagnetics and Mechanics (JSAEM), and with the contribution of the Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI), the Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials (KIMM), the Korea Gas Safety Corporation (KGS), the Korea Electric Power Research Institute (KEPRI), Inha University, the Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science (KRISS), the Korea Institute of Nuclear Safety (KINS), the Korea Science Academy and the Research Institute of Industrial Science and Technology (RIST).

One hundred and sixteen participants were officially registered from Korea, Japan, China, the United States, France, Germany, Greece and Poland, and 75 papers were presented at the workshop. 51 reviewed and accordingly revised full papers have been accepted and are published in these edited proceedings.

Following welcoming remarks by Sung-Jin Song, the chairman, the technical program commenced with a keynote address, “Electromagnetic Nondestructive Evaluation in Korean Nuclear Power Plants” given by Dr. Myung-Ho Song, Director, Material Engineering department, Korea Institute of Nuclear Safety. The workshop talks were organized into eight sessions including one plenary talk, six oral sessions and one poster session. Topics of oral sessions were “ENDE in Nuclear Power Plant I (NPP)” chaired by Young-Kil Shin, “ENDE in Nuclear Power Plant II” chaired by Satish Udpa, “Corrosion under Insulation/Layer problem (CUI)” chaired by Theodoros Theodoilidis, on the first day, “Materials Characterization (MC)” chaired by Yong-Moo Cheong, “Inverse Problem & Imaging” chaired by Fumio Kojima, and “Modeling” chaired by Dominique Lesselier, on the second day. Three invited talks were given in NPP, CUI, and MC sessions. Professor Lalita Udpa gave an invited talk entitled “Meeting Steam Generator Tube Inspection Needs in Nuclear Power Plants”. Professor Norio Nakagawa presented the second invited talk, “Corrosion under Insulation: Electromagnetic NDE Capabilities” and Professor Tetsuya Uchimoto presented “Characterization of Matrices and Graphite Forms of Cast Irons by Electromagnetic Nondestructive Evaluation”. The poster session on the second day, chaired by Hyang-Beom Lee and Jin-yi Lee, allowed informal and informative discussions among participants with various backgrounds. The conference concluded with closing remarks by the chairman, Sung-Jin Song and the venue for the next workshop, which will be organized by Dr. Jeremy Knopp, was announced to be Dayton, Ohio, U.S.A.

The organizers would like to express their sincere gratitude to all the participants. The financial supports of the sponsors are also gratefully acknowledged. Thank are due to the members of the standing committee, particularly professors L. Udpa and T. Takagi, who provided considerable guidance and support. The editors are also indebted to the Korean ENDE community for their reviews of the papers. Lastly, we acknowledge the hard work of Sun-Feel Ko and Hye-Yoon Song for their invaluable help given to the editors during the preparation of workshop and this book.

Young-Kil Shin, Hyang-Beom Lee and Sung-Jin Song

Co-Editors