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Volunteer to Judge at the Fair

Mark your calendars!

Wednesday - March 15th, 2017

Greater San Diego Science & Engineering Fair is not far off and we need your help as a judge for that day.

The 2017 Fair will take place on March 14 – March 19, 2017. Registration will take place on Tuesday, March 14 we have done some preview on that evening. All participating students must be present on Wednesday, March 15 for Judging Day.

So much fun talking to the bright minds of the future, volunteer for this impor-tant service to the community.

Contact: Denise McKay poppydancer@yahoo.com

Or Sarah Olsen s.l.olsen@cox.net

Save the Date:

April 4th, 2017 for Dr. Arnold

“Arny” Bereson

Executive

Director ASNT

Meeting Details

Tuesday, March 7th

, 2017

BOD Meeting 4:45-5:15PM

Vendor’s Night

Attendance cost:

No Charge

5:30-8:00 PM in the ”Lord Jim Room” of the Best Western Seven Seas’ Res-taurant. 411 Hotel Circle S, San Diego, 92108

Appetizers and Finger food available at no charge Please RSVP

Please contact Larry Olsen at 619-444-2319 or at the e-mail below:

sd-asnt@cox.net

Please RSVP by the end of business March 3rd, 2017, the Friday preceding the meeting with your intent to attend and so we provide enough appetizers and Fin-ger foods.

www.bw7seas.com

Meeting Attendance:

No Cost

February / March 2017

SD-ASNT NEWSLETTER Between the Cracks

Vol. 6, Issue 6 San Diego Section

American Society for Non-Destructive Testing, Inc.

Board of Directors:

Chairman:

Aurapong (Jerry) McAnulty

mcanultyaj@yahoo.com

Vice Chairman:

Abdul Ahmed

ayahmed0112@yahoo.com

Treasurer:

Michael Diaz

mikediaz05@gmail.com

Secretary:

Ramon Thomson

ramonjthomson@gmail.com

Past Chairman:

John Morris

honor1man@yahoo.com

Directors-at-Large:

Daniel Bautista

danielbautista1102@yahoo.com

Denise McKay

poppydancer@yahoo.com

Juan Carlos Macpherson

macj03@hotmail.com

Larry Olsen

sd-asnt@cox.net

Hans Weber

hansweber@earthlink.net

San Diego Section

of the American Society for

Non-Destructive Testing, Inc.

bod@sd-asnt.org

Website:

www.sd-asnt.org

2016-2017 Technical / Administrative Program

San Diego Section of the

American Society for NDT, Inc.

September 6th

: Francesco Lanza di Scalea, University of California, San Diego, “Detection of major impact damage to composite aerospace structures by ultrasonic guided waves and statistical signal processing”.

October 4th

: Randy Jones, Inspection Technologies, “Density Measurements of Carbon Based Composite Materi-als Using Eddy Current Techniques”

October 24th

— 27th

: ASNT 75th Annual Fall Conference 2016 at Long Beach Convention & Entertainment Center in Long

Beach, CA.

November 1st

: Jeff Davis, Sr. Engineering Tech., San Diego County Water Authority, “Code Changes for Conven-tional UT and Phased Array UT for Welding Inspection”

December 6th

: Sam Lindsey, AWS, “Being an Expert Wit-ness” Christmas Event– Spouses / Companion / Guest night: All spouses (significant others) will have dinner provided by

the section. Each couple in attendance to bring a wrapped white elephant gift ($8.00 - $10.00)

2017:

January 3rd

: (Dark—No Meeting)

February 7th

: “Past Chairman’s Night”, Michael Colling-

wood— “Applications of Laser Shearography Inspections"

March 7th

: Vendors Night—Reserve Table

March 13th

- 16th

ASNT 26th Research Sympo-

sium 2017. Jacksonville, Florida

April 4th

: Dr. Arnold “Arny” Bereson, Executive Director

ASNT

May 2rd

: “Annual Science Fair Awards” (NDT-related pro-jects).

June (Date TBA) : Aurapong (Jerry) McAnulty, Change of Gavel

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We have posted a list of potential training courses for the

2016-2017 year (August through June).

Please contact Education Chair - Ramon Thomson with your requests, which he will attempt to accommodate if we obtain sufficient volunteer instructors for Saturday lectures. Please note instructors are not paid; however, they get re-certification points if they hold ASNT/ACCP Level III.

Contact:

Ramon Thomson email ramonjthomson@gmail.com

Jerry McAnulty e-mail mcanultyaj@yahoo.com

or Section Board of Directors email bod@sd-asnt.org

To promote the general advancement of the [NDT] industry;

To educate the public in the area of nondestructive testing;

To provide a forum for exchange of [NDT] technical informa-tion;

To facilitate training, education and research in the [NDT] field;

To engage in any and all lawful activities incidental to the fore-going purposes except as restricted herein.

Level I & Level II courses satisfy the requirements of SNT-TC-1A/NAS-410. Non-member fees (which includes a one-year ASNT membership). 16, 24, and 40-hour courses: held Saturdays, 8:00 to 5:00 unless facility or instructor availability are different.

Visual/Dimensional Level I / Level ll (24hrs)

VT (24hrs) Members: $425 Non-member: $500

Liquid Penetrant Level I (16 hrs)

PT - l (16hrs) Members: $375 Non-member: $450

Liquid Penetrant Level II (16 hrs)

PT - ll (16hrs) Members: $375 Non-member: $450

Magnetic Particle Level I (16 hrs)

MT - l (16hrs) Members: $375 Non-member: $450

Magnetic Particle Level II (16 hrs)

MT - ll (16hrs) Members: $375 Non-member: $450

Ultrasonic Level I (40 hrs)

UT - l (40hrs) Members: $600 Non-member: $675

Ultrasonic Level II (40 hrs)

UT - ll (40hrs) Members: $600 Non-member: $675

Radiography Level I (40 hrs)

RT - l (40hrs) Members: $600 Non-member: $675

Radiography Level II (40 hrs)

RT - ll (40hrs) Members: $600 Non-member: $675

2016 - 2017 NDT Educational Opportunities

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San Diego Section Meeting Report for February 07, 2017

February 07, 2017 the San Diego Section hosted the 5th Section Technical Meeting of the 2016 – 2017 year as well as being Past Chairman's Night. The meeting was held at the Seven Seas Lodge, 411 Ho-tel Circle South, San Diego, CA with 35 members and guests in attendance. The speaker for the evening was Mr. Michael Colling-wood, Owner of A-Scan Laboratories Inc. The Title of his presentation:“Applications of Laser Shearography Inspections". This presentation de-scribed the basic methodology of Laser Shearogra-phy Inspection and a brief history of its develop-ment. A number of specific applications was dis-cussed along with some of the advantages and limita-tions of the method. The current status of industry specifications and certification of personnel was pre-sented. There were a number of questions about comparisons to other NDT methods, inspec-tion time, test standards and a understanding the various techniques in the method. Also dis-cussed was applications and techniques used on space and aircraft flight hardware. Mr. Hans Weber, Sec-tion Program Chair thanked Mr. Collingwood for his informative talk and presented him with a Certificate of Appreciation and a speaker gift from the San Diego Section. The evening concluded with recognition of

the Past Chairman in attendance: Mr. Joseph Wilkins, Mr. Juan Diaz, Mr. Larry Olsen, Ms. Denise McKay, Mr. Hans Weber and Mr. John Mor-ris. The customary raffles: Raffle

prizes were sponsored by the San Diego Section, David Waitt: Fuji, Michael White; Met-L-Chek, Mi-chael McGloin; NDT Enterprises and Larry Olsen;

Northrop Grumman. All in attendance had a great time.

San Diego Section Chairman’s Meritorious Service Award The San Diego Section, of The American Society for Nondestructive Testing’s Chairmen’s Meritori-ous Service Award provides recognition for an individual’s outstanding voluntary service to the San Diego Section, through single or aggregate activities not necessarily in a single year. Nomi-nees submitted for consideration may not hold a current elected position as a section officer when nominated. ie: Secretary, Treasurer, Vice Chair-man or Chairman. Nominations are open to all current members as well as retired / inactive past members of the San Diego Section. Not more than one award shall be given in a calendar year. Nominations for this award shall be submitted to the Awards Chairman of the San Diego Section in

letterform of one hundred words or less. The nomination letter shall detail the nominees activi-ties as a volunteer to the San Diego Section.

Turn nominations in by March 31, 2017 to Awards Chairman Larry Olsen

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San Diego Section

Board of Directors

The San Diego Section is calling for Members to serve for officers and directors-at-large for the 2017-2018 year. The chair of the nominating committee is Hans Weber.

Please contact the Committee Chairman listed below if you have a desire to volunteer and serve the section in this way. Please come to our next Board meeting on Tuesday February 7th at 4:30 PM to volunteer to serve the San Diego Section in this way.

The section is working on the slate of officers and di-rectors-at-large for the 2016-2017 year.

Hans Weber: hansweber@earthlink.net

Nondestructive Testing Training Course

Liquid Penetrant Testing Level 1 & 2

Course Curriculum will meet ASNT SNT-TC-1a and

NAS 410 requirements for classroom training hours.

Course Date: To Be Determined Based on Requests

Class Location: To Be Determined Based on Class Size

Course Fee:

Level 1: $ 450.00 Non member price

Level 1: $ 375.00 Member price

Level 2: $ 450.00 Non member price

Level 2: $ 375.00 Member price

Those attending these courses who have a current ASNT Membership will have their attendance fees reduced by

$ 75.00.

Contact Information:

Education Chairman:

Ramon Thomson (619) 822-8125

E-mail: ramonjthomson@gmail.com

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The last day to register is 01-Mar-2017. This allows time to procure training materials and firm up class location.

Class Location:

TS&I; 3030 Main St.

San Diego, CA

Instructor: Larry Olsen

Note: This class has not yet been scheduled, needing additional students. If interested in taking this class, please contact Larry

Olsen to register.

Course Fees:

Level 1: $675.00 (40 hrs.)

Level 2: $675.00 (40 hrs.)

Those attending these courses that have a current ASNT Mem-bership will have their atten-dance fees reduced by $75.00.

Contact Information /

Class Registration:

Larry Olsen (619) 228-5449

e-mail: sd-asnt@cox.net

Class Dates:

Date: To Be Determined based

on number of

Registered students and In-

structor’s availability.

Proposed Start date: 18 March 2017

The San Diego Section of The American Society for Nondestructive Testing Inc. is planning the following

training courses.

Nondestructive Testing Training Course Radiographic

Testing Level 1 & 2

Course curriculum will meet ASNT:

snt-tc-1a, ASNT CP-189 and NAS 410

Requirements for classroom training.

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