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The June 2025 issue of Materials Evaluation features our annual Buyers Guide, highlighting over 285 companies offering equipment, services, and training in the nondestructive testing (NDT) industry. The NDT Tutorial explores quality control tests for liquid penetrant materials, emphasizing ASTM-compliant methods to ensure reliability. The issue includes two cutting-edge technical papers: one on a new pulsed eddy current technique that minimizes liftoff error for corrosion detection, and another showcasing high-resolution terahertz tomography for inspecting composite materials. Additional content covers industry news, emerging technologies like AR/VR and digital twins, updates to AWS D1.1/D1.1M-2025, and a look at the evolution of ASNT SNT-TC-1A. Regular features include new products, standards updates, community highlights, and announcements from the ASNT Foundation.

During downtimes, or times of economic uncertainty, we see NDT practitioners wondering how to broaden their skill set and potential career paths. One great way to get started is by networking with your peers, but it can be hard to know how to get started. In this episode, I spoke with Joshua Spychalla, who recently graduated from ASNT’s leadership development program, RISE. His capstone project focused on networking in NDT, and so we talked about how to get started, some tips for maintaining professional relationships, and how NDT technicians can share their knowledge and learn from others.

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The May issue of Materials Evaluation spotlights the future of the NDT profession with a focus on workforce development and innovation. A featured article introduces Jobs of Tomorrow, a new docuseries showcasing nondestructive testing’s critical role in safety and technology. The ASNT Foundation shares findings from its 2024 workforce and compensation reports, offering vital insights for industry leaders. Technical papers explore advances in magnetic flux leakage for flaw characterization and a novel acoustic emission clustering method for assessing concrete tensile damage. Readers will also find updates on global trends in NDE 4.0, new standards and products, and ASNT’s advocacy efforts, including a recap of the first Hill Day.