Name

Brian F. Larson

Contact Information

Center for Nondestructive Evaluation
175 Applied Sciences Complex II
1915 Scholl Road
Ames, IA  50011-3042
515-294-8158
515-294-7771 FAX
bflarson@cnde.iastate.edu

CNDE Responsibilities

Brian Larson is an Associate Scientist/Metallurgical Engineer for the Center for Nondestructive Evaluation at Iowa State University.  He is the Program Manager of the Iowa Demonstration Lab for NDE, an outreach program to small to medium sized manufactures, and the NSF North Central Collaboration for NDE Education, a partnership between ISU and area community colleges aimed at improving NDE technician education.  He also supports the FAA CASR program as a Principal Investigator for several tasks involving liquid penetrant evaluations and the development of test specimens containing corrosion and fatigue damage.  Prior to joining the Center for NDE in 1993, he was Manager of the Materials and Process Engineering Labs at McDonnell Douglas Aircraft Company in Long Beach, California.  He received a B.S. degree in Metallurgical Engineering from Iowa State University in 1984.