SimCT

Scott Wendt has been working on CTSim, a computer simulation for CT scans. This article describes the technique and real world examples of simulated scans made with it.

CNDE Students, where are they now: Brian Lapcewich

ISU Engineering's Innovate Online recently featured an article on recent CNDE grad Brian Lapcewich.

NDE in Wind Energy

The production of electricity by harnessing the power of wind is seeing a resurgence given the need to reduce our reliance on foreign oil and decrease our carbon footprint. As anyone who has visited CNDE knows, the state of Iowa has considerable wind resources and there has been a concerted effort to increase the wind energy generation and manufacturing operations to support that industry.

R. Bruce Thompson Symposium

IPRT’s Center for Nondestructive Evaluation remembered Dr. R. Bruce Thompson with a symposium on Nov. 3, 2011.

Phased Arrays by R. Roberts

The inspection of titanium billet used for jet engine manufacture is an important step in assuring engine reliability. Past studies performed by the FAA Engine Titanium Consortium (ETC) determined inspection specifications sufficient to reliably inspect most billets used in engine manufacture. These specifications were implemented in a “multi-zone” inspection, which concurrently scans multiple focused transducers, each focused to an adjacent depth, so as to inspect the entire billet radius with a 5 MHz focused ultrasound beam no larger than 0.1 inch in diameter.

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