Welcome from the Director....to the newly-updated CNDE web site.  Some of you may have frequented our site in the past and others may be readers of the CNDE News.  In this era of instantaneous electronic communication, CNDE is combining these two functions, allowing us to concentrate our efforts on making the most current information available to the broadest community. It is our aim to provide continuous updates to technical information, complemented by descriptions of the current status of other important activities such as the Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation, which will be held this July 29-August 4 in Green Bay, Wisconsin.  This meeting is at a time that allows interested participants to also attend the internationally acclaimed air show in Oshkosh, EAA Air-Venture 2003. 

As you peruse this site, we hope that you will find the information that you need.  It is a 'work in progress' and there is much more to come.  Please let us know of your reactions and suggestions.

This is a time of significant international tension.  Fortunately, the pursuit for the improved reliability of products and structural systems fills a societal need that transcends many of these issues and is something that can draw us all together.  We very much look forward to seeing you in Green Bay in July to share in our most recent results and to lay the foundations for future advances. 

We at CNDE wish you a very productive and enjoyable spring. 

-- R. Bruce Thompson, Director, CNDE
   January 31, 2003