Nondestructive Testing and Evaluation in Engineering Curricula
Saturday, March 23, 1996, the President of the American Society for Nondestructive Testing (ASNT), Mr. Michael L. Turnbow, the Executive Director, Dr. J. Donald Hastings, and Professor Henrique Reis, who is the ASNT Representative to Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET), made a presentation to the ABET Board of Directors during its Annual Spring Meeting addressing the need to incorporate the principles of NDT&E into the undergraduate engineering curricula.
ASNT Research Council Committee on NDT&E of Infrastructure
On March 19, 1996 Professor Henrique Reis was asked by the ASNT Research Council to organize and serve as the Chairman of a Committee on Nondestructive Testing and Evaluation (NDT&E) of Infrastructure. This infrastructure initiative is to focus some of the resources within ASNT to foster the development of new and innovative nondestructive testing and evaluation methods for the infrastructure, and to promote a stronger interaction among researchers and practitioners by providing a forum for communicating these recent advances.
This Committee is currently organizing a Track on NDT&E of Infrastructure. This Track will be part of the 6th Annual Research Symposium of the ASNT Spring Conference to be held in Houston, Texas, on March 17-21, 1997. The Keynote Address for this Topic will be given by Dr. Steven B. Chase from the Federal Highway Administration. The papers for this Track will be peer reviewed and compiled in a proceedings volume to be published by ASNT. This Track will cover several topics including aging aircraft, highway and airport pavements, bridges (steel, concrete and wood), materials characterization, and petrochemical and power plants. Abstracts of approximately 200 words on all NDT&E methods related to the above topics are due October 7, 1996. Please feel free to contact Professor Reis at (217) 333-1228 if you would like to have additional information regarding this Track on NDT&E of Infrastructure.
Summer Internship Fund for Undergraduate Students
A fund to support undergraduate students summer internships in the Nondestructive Testing and Evaluation Laboratory is needed. The University of Illinois is one of the premier institutions in the nation. However, many undergraduate students finish their degrees each year and leave without any engineering experience. This experience is becoming increasingly more important and sometimes vital for new graduates to compete in their first job search. The purpose of this program is to give undergraduate students an exposure to laboratory engineering research and development and to enhance their design skills. Each student will work on a research and development/design project in the NDT&E Laboratory. The first week of the summer will be spent identifying a topic in the field of nondestructive testing and evaluation that is of interest to the student and can be carried out during the summer session. The students will spend the remainder of the summer engaged in their projects. A written report of the summer engineering project is required. It costs the Laboratory an average of $2,500/student to support an undergraduate student during the summer session. Preference will be given to students whose field of concentration is in Nondestructive Testing and Evaluation. If you would like to contribute to this Fund to support undergraduate students, please call Professor Reis (telephone: (217) 333-1228).
Updated: 07/19/96