CNDE Spotlight: Henry Moldenhauer

Henry Moldenhauer

Name:  Henry Moldenhauer

Research areas of interest:  Thermography, solid mechanics modeling for NDE, resonant testing for materials characterization.

Anticipated graduation date:  December 2024

Who or what inspired you to pursue your studies in NDE?  During my final year as a civil engineering student, I looked into graduate programs in engineering mechanics. I gHenry Moldenhauerot in contact with Dr. Stephen Holland at the Center for Nondestructive Evaluation (CNDE) and became one of his students. Before this, I had little knowledge of NDE, but I grew to appreciate the wide variety of topics within the field. The types of problems and projects that I have had the opportunity to work on with Dr. Holland and others at CNDE have really cemented my interest in the field.

Briefly describe something you have learned or discovered during your time at CNDE that surprised you.  I was most surprised by how interdisciplinary the field of NDE is. I’ve found it to be more of an intersection of many interesting fields. On a single project, you may have researchers with experience in different NDE modalities (e.g. electromagnetic methods, ultrasound, thermography, etc.) as well as researchers specializing in other topics like statistics or computational methods. This interdisciplinary approach has not only allowed me to build a much broader background of information, but it has also allowed me to contribute to a much wider variety of projects than I might have in other fields.

What are your future career plans?  I am actively exploring opportunities within the field of NDE. My main goal is to continue to be able to work on solutions to a variety of interesting problems. If possible, I want to find ways to share what I have learned with others interested in NDE.

Henry is the recipient of the O.D. & O.U. Trapp Graduate Fellowship through CNDE.

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