This critical collection presents early findings and case studies on a wide range of areas, as presented in the Proceedings of the 2013 Annual Conference on Experimental and Applied Mechanics. The collection includes papers in the following general technical research areas:

• Advances in Residual Stress Measurement Methods

• Residual Stress Effects on Material Performance

• Optical, Ultrasonic, and Diffraction Methods for Residual Stress Measurement

• Thermomechanics & Infrared Imaging

• Inverse Methods

• Inverse Methods in Plasticity

• Applications in Experimental Mechanics

Residual Stress, Thermomechanics & Infrared Imaging, Hybrid Techniques and Inverse Problems: Proceedings of the 2013 Annual Conference on Experimental and Applied Mechanics is the eighth volume of eight from the Conference.