Month: November 2024

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 they pursue the minor.  These courses are taught by experienced and knowledgeable instructors who are experts in their fields.  The following are the NDE courses offered at ISU, along with the semester they are offered:  

• Mat E 3620 Principles of Nondestructive Evaluation is offered in the Fall and Spring semesters
• Mat E 4850X Penetrating Radar Methods in Nondestructive Evaluation (soon to be just Mat E 4850 in the upcoming course catalog) is offered during the Spring semester
• ARER 4800 Ultrasonic Nondestructive Evaluation is offered during the Fall semester
• EE/Mat E 4880 Eddy Current Nondestructive Evaluation is offered in the Fall semester in an odd-numbered year
• CCEE 4490 Structural Health Monitoring is offered every third semester beginning with Spring ’25.

For questions regarding the NDE minor, please contact:

Dr. David Eisenmann
ndeminor@iastate.edu

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 State Science and Technology Fair of Iowa (SSTFI), held on March 27 and 28, 2025, at Hilton Coliseum. Volunteers from the chapter will take turns demonstrating how core NDE concepts are implemented in NDT testing. The demonstration’s audience will consist of students and their teachers.

2024-2025 Iowa Chapter Officers

Scott Wendt (Chair)
Brady Engle (Vice Chair)
Farzaneh Ahmadi (Secretary)
Dr. Matthew Dvorsky (Treasurer)
Trent Moritz (Section Director)
Evan Kluch (Section Director)
Joseph Filbert (Education Chair)
Kyle Rose (Membership Chair)

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 projects.  Team members for the MAPOD project also provided updates on this ongoing project.  Board members reviewed the project presentations and gave feedback on each project.

The Post-IAB Seminar was unique this year as it had two parts.  In the first part, Cara Leckey (NASA), Eric Lindgren (AFRL), and John Aldrin (Computational Tools) spoke about their perspectives on AI/ML in NDE.  In part two, Ripi Singh spoke on “Introduction to NDE 4.0: Why, What, and How.”  After each presentation, there was time for board members, staff, students, and visitors to participate in a Q&A session on each topic.

CNDE hosted an Academic and Industry Networking Event where NDE-focused students could connect with representatives from AFRL and GE Aerospace to discuss opportunities such as Internships, Co-op, and full-time Engineering positions available in their organizations.

IAB members from ASNT, AFRL, GE Aerospace, General Motors (GM), Honeywell Aerospace, IHI Corp., John Deere, NASA, Naval Nuclear Laboratory (NNL), Northrop Grumman, Pratt & Whitney, and Rolls-Royce were in attendance, as well as invited guests.

CNDE member Cara Leckey presenting on AI/ML in NDE.

On November 13, students connected with our members and guests during the Pizza with Students event at the Student Innovation Center.

Group photo