Center for Nondestructive Evaluation

We are excited to announce our 2024 webinar list has been finalized. To see the list of webinars click here.

The American Society of Nondestructive Testing (ASNT) Iowa section hosted a technical talk on Thursday, April 4th. Six members of the Ames Fire Department spoke about thermography applications in firefighting, including somewhat recent cases involving the detection of faulty wiring and the detection of corn syrup and propane leaks after a train derailment. Twenty students…

Learn more about one of CNDE’s PhD students, Anna Case.

Grants II position available at CNDE. To see the job listing click here.

The February issue of Materials Evaluation (ME) just published an article announcing the strategic partnership between ASNT and CNDE.  We are happy to announce that Neal Couture, the Chief Executive Officer of ASNT, will attend the Spring IAB meeting and outline future courses of action/plans intended to enhance this strategic partnership.

Katie Brinker former CNDE graduate student, currently Senior Nondestructive Evaluation Engineer at Pratt & Whitney, will be speaking at the IEEE HKN event on the “Realities of a Research Engineer” panel. This panel is focused on making the transition from being a graduate student to working in industry and what it’s like to have an…

  On the afternoon of Thursday, February 1st the American Society of Nondestructive Testing (ASNT) Iowa Section hosted their first technical talk of the year.  Luke Titus, who holds a PhD in Theoretical Nuclear Physics from Michigan State University, gave a presentation on the use of Mathematica software for solving ordinary and partial differential equations. …

Our colleague, Azadeh Sheidaei, has won this year’s Faculty Early Career Development Award “CAREER: Cyberinfrastructure for Printable Multifunctional Microstructural Materials” from the National Science Foundation.  Please join me in congratulating Azadeh for her outstanding achievement in winning this prestigious award.

The American Society for Nondestructive Testing (ASNT) and the Center for Nondestructive Evaluation (CNDE) at Iowa State University (ISU) have long served the nondestructive testing and evaluation (NDT&E) community, providing services, leadership, training, and vital research to many member organizations. ASNT and CNDE also have a strong history of collaboration to further benefit the NDT&E…

Learn more about one of CNDE’s Featured Researcher, Ron Roberts.

The American Society of Nondestructive Testing (ASNT) Iowa section hosted a technical talk at the Center for Nondestructive Evaluation on the evening of Wednesday, October 18th. Gavin Dao,  Director of Business Development at AOS-NDT, discussed the adaptive total focusing method (ATFM) and other ultrasound techniques. A live demonstration followed the talk and students were able…

American Society of Nondestructive Testing Iowa Section Technical Meeting Learn about ultrasound (UT) for nondestructive testing and watch a demonstration of a phased array system using the adaptive total focusing method (TFM). Learn more ahead of time here: https://www.aos-ndt.com/white-papers/ Free food will be provided, and students can enter the raffle for a one-year ASNT student…

CNDE hosted its Fall 2023 Industrial Advisory Board (IAB) Meeting on October 2-4. As usual, CNDE hosted a Pizza with Students event where our board members connected with students interested in working in the NDE community after graduation. CNDE researchers presented updates on six research projects that started in August 2023.  Board members reviewed the…

It is with great pleasure to announce the addition of GE Aerospace to the CNDE family as our newest member. We are very excited about the potential opportunities to engage and collaborate with our GE Aerospace colleagues.  Welcome!

CNDE Director, Dr. Reza Zoughi is the recipient of the 2023 American Society for Nondestructive Testing (ASNT) Lester/Mehl Honor Lecture.  The purpose of the Lester/Mehl Honor Lecture is “to recognize individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the science of nondestructive testing. Such contributions may be made in the area of research, applications technology, management,…