Archive: 2024

ASNT Section of Iowa December Technical Talk
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…

December 13, 2024
ASNT Iowa Section mentioned in the December 2024 ASNT Materials Evaluation Edition
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.

December 4, 2024
CNDE Spotlight: Joseph Filbert
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…

December 2, 2024
CNDE Featured Researcher/Collaborator: John Aldrin
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. …

December 2, 2024
NDE Minor at Iowa State University
The NDE minor is growing and expanding, with over 40 students pursuing it and additional students joining each semester. The NDE minor courses are now available online and in person. Click here for the ISU class schedule. The offering of NDE courses…

November 21, 2024
Sharing NDE Perspective with Iowa Youth
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…

November 21, 2024
CNDE – Fall 2024 IAB Meeting
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…

November 19, 2024
CNDE Booth at ASNT 2024 Engage Fall Conference and Tradeshow
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…

October 31, 2024
Anna Case Set to Receive her Ph.D. Degree
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.

October 21, 2024
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,…

October 17, 2024
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…

September 19, 2024
CNDE Faculty and Research Scientist receive Patent
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.“…

September 16, 2024
CNDE Welcomes Dr. Junzhen Wang
CNDE welcomes Dr. Junzhen Wang as our newest Research Scientist. To read more about Dr. Wang’s research specialties, click here.

September 16, 2024
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-…

July 22, 2024
CNDE Featured Researcher: 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…

July 18, 2024