UCOMPO, an unofficial acronym for a group that does ultrasonic and composite research, was coined by one graduate student many moons ago.  The group studies all aspects of inspection problems related to composite materials and structures.  UCOMPO does laboratory research as well as development of practical inspection instruments.  One development project that has gone through all the phases of technology transfer led to the Computer Aided Tap Tester (CATT).  The group is currently developing a generic, free-hand scanner that can be integrated to various modalities of inspection, including ultrasound, eddy current, bond testing, etc.  UCOMPO is interested in interacting with other researchers and practitioners of ultrasonics and users of composites.

Recent News:

08/05/05     David Hsu and Dan Barnard reported on composite inspection methods at the 32nd
                  Annual Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Testing Conference, held at
                  Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine.

04/25/05     Dan Barnard reported on the development of the generic scanner at the ASNT Spring

                  meeting held in Albuquerque, NM March 14-17, 2005.  Prototypes for an ultrasound

                  flaw detector and an eddy current instrument were demonstrated in the AANC hangar

                  in Sandia National Lab.

04/25/05    Congratulations to Research Assistant Andy Tekippe on his upcoming graduation from

                 ISU's Aerospace Engineering program.  Andy has accepted a position at Rockwell

                 Collins in Cedar Rapids, IA and will begin work as a systems engineer on June 6, 2005. 

                 In addition to this Andy will be getting married on May 21, 2005.  Good luck and we

                 wish you the best.