Center for Nondestructive Evaluation

We are excited to announce our 2025 webinar list. Check back for updates as webinars are scheduled. To see the list of webinars click here.

Farzaneh Ahmadi, a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, received her doctoral degree during the December 2024 commencement ceremony. She successfully defended her dissertation, titled “Millimeter-Wave Evaluation of Polymer and Metal-Based Additive Manufacturing Processes, in November 2024. Throughout her academic journey, Dr. Ahmadi earned the prestigious Research Excellence Award from the…

The ASNT Local Iowa Section hosted guest speaker Dustin Davis from RDI Technologies during their December 2024 meeting in Ames. Dustin presented to 11 professional and student attendees, who enjoyed complimentary pizza and soda, and provided an engaging overview of RDI’s proprietary Motion Amplification inspection technique. He explained how their software, paired with a high-speed…

The ASNT Iowa Section hosted Rick Lopez, NDT Compentcy Lead at John Deere and a CNDE board member at their October meeting. Mr. Lopez gave a presentation to the group titled “Heavy Off-Road Industrial NDT Application.”  To read the article, click here.

Name: Joseph Filbert Research area of interest: Microwave materials characterization, Additive manufacturing Anticipated graduation date: January 2025. Who or what inspired you to pursue your studies in NDE? During my undergrad I took EE311 Electromagnetic Fields & Waves with Dr. John Bowler. I really enjoyed the class andwas invited by Dr. Bowler to work in…

Name:  John C. Aldrin How long have you been at CNDE or collaborating with?   My earliest collaborations involved working with Bruce Thompson on model-assisted probability of detection (MAPOD) evaluation working group, going back to 2001.  Bruce was a great leader, while also so gracious with his time and experience.  I got to really appreciate how…

The NDE minor is growing and expanding, with over forty students pursuing this minor and additional students joining every semester.  The NDE minor courses are now available online and in person.  Click here for the ISU schedule of classes. The offering of NDE courses has been structured to ensure students can take the desired courses as…

Scott Wendt, CNDE X-ray Research Scientist and Chair of the local American Society of Nondestructive Testing (ASNT) chapter, shares that the chapter is actively recruiting ISU students. Winning a bronze award allows the chapter to request funds from the national ASNT organization for recruiting and outreach activities. The chapter plans to prepare an NDT demonstration for the…

CNDE hosted its Fall 2024 Industrial Advisory Board (IAB) Meeting on November 12-14. As usual, CNDE hosted a Pizza with Students event, during which our board members connected with students interested in working in the NDE community after graduation. CNDE researchers presented updates on four research projects that started in August 2024 and two ongoing…

Dr. Reza Zoughi (CNDE Director), Mr. Dan Barnard, and Mr. Brady Engle (CNDE Research Scientists) attended the ASNT 2024 Engage Fall Conference and Tradeshow in Las Vegas on October 21-24. This year, for the first time, CNDE had a booth at the tradeshow showcasing CNDE and ISU’s educational and research activities related to nondestructive evaluation…

Anna Case, a Ph.D. candidate in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, will be awarded her Ph.D. degree during the December 2024 commencement ceremony.  In October 2024, Dr. Case defended her dissertation, “Millimeter Wave Evaluation of Thin Coatings.” Dr. Case was the recipient of the O.D. and O.U. Trapp Graduate Fellowship in CNDE from 2020-2023. She submitted/published…

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…

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…

Dr. Tayeb Al Qaseer, Dr. Reza Zoughi, and Dr. Matt Dvorsky recently received a U.S. Patent No. 12,061,254, “Microwave Imaging Using a Radially-Polarized Probe.”

CNDE welcomes Dr. Junzhen Wang as our newest Research Scientist.  To read more about Dr. Wang’s research specialties, click here.