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The American Society for Nondestructive Testing (ASNT) announces the recipients of the 2022 Engineering Undergraduate Scholarship. The Engineering Undergraduate Scholarship is a cash award, currently $3,000 per award, that incentivizes undergraduate students in US universities and colleges with recognized engineering programs to choose NDT/NDE as their field of specialization. 

Engineering Undergraduate Scholarships were presented to: 

Ryland Close – University of Utah 

Daniel Johnson – Georgia Institute of Technology 

Madison Pixler – University of Notre Dame 

“ASNT is committed to providing financial assistance to engineering majors as these scholarships provide a pathway for students to pursue a career in NDT/NDE,” said Neal J. Couture, CAE, ASNT Executive Director. “We are pleased to recognize and support the academic development of these young engineers.” 

About ASNT 

Serving more than 22 000 members and certificate holders worldwide, ASNT, based in Columbus, Ohio, is the largest technical society for NDT professionals. ASNT certification and standards programs, publications, conferences, education, membership, and professional development programs are the foundation for expanding awareness of advancements in NDT. Governed by a volunteer group of officers and directors, ASNT is organized by councils representing interests relating to certification, engineering, research, education, and section operations.

The American Society for Nondestructive Testing (ASNT) announces the recipients of two Faculty Grant award recognitions. The award encourages faculty members from engineering or science programs of United States universities and colleges to revise their existing courses or develop new courses to teach nondestructive testing/evaluation (NDT/NDE) by providing a financial grant.

Faculty Grants were awarded to Karen Johnson, PhD, and Esmeralda Vataj, PhD. 

Dr. Johnson is an Associate Professor and Program Coordinator in the Aviation Technologies program at Southern Illinois University Carbondale and the Secretary/Treasurer and journal editor of the Aviation Technician Education Council. Dr. Johnson's undergraduate degree is in aviation maintenance technologies, and her graduate degrees are in curriculum and instruction with a focus on learning systems design and technology. Before working in academia, Dr. Johnson was a base mechanic on Bell 206-L1 helicopters for Air Evac Lifeteam, a provider of helicopter air ambulance services.  

Dr. Vatajis Director of First Year Physics in the Department of Physics at the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT). She develops, coordinates, and manages all aspects of the freshman curriculum and has developed and taught undergraduate and graduate courses on NDT. Before joining NJIT, Dr. Vataj worked as a researcher/lecturer at the Institute of Applied Nuclear Physics, University of Tirana (Albania), where she participated in regional and national NDT projects. Dr. Vataj obtained her doctorate in physics from the University of Tirana. 

“ASNT is focused on advancing the body of knowledge and practice of NDT,” said Neal J. Couture, CAE, ASNT Executive Director. “These faculty grants support the excellent work of Drs. Johnson and Vataj as they work to advance NDT education by enabling the implementation of innovative NDT courses.”

About ASNT

Serving more than 22 000 members and certificate holders worldwide, ASNT, based in Columbus, Ohio, is the largest technical society for NDT professionals. ASNT certification and standards programs, publications, conferences, education, membership, and professional development programs are the foundation for expanding awareness of advancements in NDT. Governed by a volunteer group of officers and directors, ASNT is organized by councils representing interests relating to certification, engineering, research, education, and section operations.

The American Society for Nondestructive Testing (ASNT) announces the recipients of the 2022 Fellowship Award. The Fellowship Award provides financial support to US academic institutions for high-quality research activities in science and technology at the graduate level in the form of a $20 000 award.

Fellowship Awards were presented to:

Georgia Southern University

Faculty member Hossein Taheri, PhD, and student Nathan Widem for their proposal, “Resonance-Based NDE and Material Properties Correlation Quantification for NDE 4.0 Applications.”

Michigan State University

Faculty member Mahmoodul Haq, PhD, and student Shashank Sisodia for their proposal, “In-situ Curing Process Monitoring in Polymers Using Portable Ultrasound Sensor.” 

New York University

Faculty member Nikhil Gupta, PhD, and student Youssef AbouelNour for their proposal, “In-Process Non-destructive Testing and Evaluation for Defect Detection in Additive Manufacturing.”

Pennsylvania State University

Faculty member Christopher M. Kube, PhD, and student Anubhav Roy for their proposal, “Improved Modelling of Ultrasonic Propagation for Non-destructive Characterization of Complex Materials.”

University of Maryland

Faculty member Weidong Zhu, PhD, and student Linfeng Lyu for their proposal, “Vibration Monitoring of Rotating Wind Turbine Blades Using Novel Image-based Tracking Continuous Scanning Laser Doppler Vibrometry.”

“We are proud to support the work of these outstanding scholars,” said Neal J. Couture, CAE, ASNT Executive Director. “This year’s recipients are making valuable contributions to the NDT field. We are impressed by what they are doing and excited about the great things they’ll accomplish throughout their research and careers.”

About ASNT

Serving more than 22 000 members and certificate holders worldwide, ASNT, based in Columbus, Ohio, is the largest technical society for NDT professionals. ASNT certification and standards programs, publications, conferences, education, membership, and professional development programs are the foundation for expanding awareness of advancements in NDT. Governed by a volunteer group of officers and directors, ASNT is organized by councils representing interests relating to certification, engineering, research, education, and section operations.