Keith A. Woodbury is Professor Emeritus of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Alabama, where his research in inverse heat conduction supported many investigations into quenching and metal casting. Dr. Woodbury is a Life Member and Fellow of ASME and has organized numerous technical sessions on inverse problems through the Heat Transfer Division's K-20 Committee. He is the editor of the Inverse Engineering Handbook (2003) and lead author of Inverse Heat Conduction: Ill-posed problems (2023).