Center for Nondestructive Evaluation

The Center for Nondestructive Evaluation (CNDE) was formed in 1985 as a National Science Foundation Industry/University Cooperative Research Center (IUCRC). ISU teams with industrial and government sponsors who help guide the research and share the results. At CNDE, scientists, faculty, support staff, and graduate and undergraduate students work closely, in an interdisciplinary fashion, with industry and government agencies to advance the field of NDE in its plurality. State-of-the-art research and commercial instrumentation at CNDE support cutting-edge R&D in numerous NDE modalities and technologies.


News and Announcements

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ASNT Local Section of Iowa October Technical Talk

Rick Lopez, NDT Competency Lead for John Deere, recently presented at the Central Iowa chapter’s October meeting, attracting a robust audience of 26 attendees, including many undergraduate students. His talk, titled “Heavy Off-Road Industrial NDT Applications,” provided a comprehensive overview of the diverse inspection methods employed by manufacturers in the agriculture, construction, road building, and turf…

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ASNT Iowa Section Achieved a Bronze level President’s Award

The American Society of Nondestructive Testing (ASNT) Iowa Section achieved a Bronze level President’s Award for the 2023-2024 year. The award was last won in the 2021-2022 program year.  “The President’s Award program recognizes ASNT sections for outstanding section management performance. The program serves as a roadmap for successful section operation by allowing sections to…

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Farzaneh Ahmadi

Farzaneh Ahmadi received prestigious Research Excellence Award from the Graduate College

Farzaneh Ahmadi, a Ph.D. student in the Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECpE) department, is the recipient of the Research Excellence Award presented by ISU’s Graduate College.  This award is in recognition of her outstanding research accomplishments in a graduate program.  Her research focus involves developing In-line nondestructive evaluation methods for polymer- and metal-based additive manufacturing (AM) processes…

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Stephen Holland

CNDE Featured Reseracher: Stephen Holland

Featured Researcher Name: Stephen Holland How long have you been at CNDE? Since 2002 Area(s) of expertise: Thermography, ultrasound, NDE data integration and digital twin Who or what inspired you to pursue your career in NDE? I stumbled across laser ultrasonics as a student intern at Sandia Labs because it was a more interesting topic than…

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Henry Moldenhauer

CNDE Featured Researcher: Mingyang Lu

Name: Mingyang Lu How long have you been at CNDE?  I began at CNDE in April 2023. Area(s) of expertise:  Electromagnetic eddy current experiments and computational modeling. Who or what inspired you to pursue your career in NDE?  I had an interest in electromagnetics as an undergraduate (before 2014) electrical and electronic major at the…

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CNDE – Spring 2024 IAB Meeting

CNDE hosted its Spring 2024 Industrial Advisory Board (IAB) Meeting on April 15-17. CNDE researchers presented updates on five research projects that started in August 2023.  Board members reviewed the project presentations and gave feedback on each project. Also presented were nine proposals from CNDE researchers on various topics selected by our members for potential…

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Reza Zoughi

ASNT Iowa Section hosts Technical Talk

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…

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Anna Case

ASNT Forges Strategic Partnership as CNDE’s Newest Member

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.

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CNDE Administration

Dr. Reza Zoughi
ASC II, Suite 151
Email: rzoughi@iastate.edu
Phone: 515.294.5704 

Susie McBirnie
ASC II, Suite 151
Email: susiem@iastate.edu 
Phone: 515.294.8152

Cheryl Sansgaard
ASC II, Suite 151
Email: cheryls@iastate.edu
Phone: 515.294.8157 

Brenda Brink
ASC II, Suite 151
Email: bbrink1@iastate.edu
Phone: 515.294.5813


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