Opportunity – This is what happens when a need meets a new technology.  I have two new technologies to share with you: 1) Acoustic Pulse Reflectometry (APR) and 2) High Definition, streaming video internet learning.

Have you ever wondered what our next NonDestructive Test method would be?  If we apply the usual Who, What, How, Where and When questioning attitude we get:  Who: Acoustic Eye Inc.  What: Acoustic Pulse Reflectometry for the inspection of the inside of tubes.  How: Send an acoustic pulse and perform signal analysis on the reflection of the pulse.  Where: The San Diego ASNT September Meeting.  When: September 2^nd at 6pm at the Best Western Seven Seas Restaurant.

Homework: Your homework assignment should you choose to accept it – check out these two websites: acousticeye.com and ilearningglobal.tv

The American Society for Nondestructive Testing (ASNT) invites you to a symposium dedicated to the NDT-NDE technologies for condition assessment of highways and bridges. Join professionals from all facets of the structural materials industries as they gather to focus on issues of most significance, share case studies and reveal new applications as they relate to highways and bridges. This event brings together the leading authorities from across the country. Don’t miss this unique opportunity to discover, network and participate in this ASNT leading edge conference.

If your work involves infrastructure, then you need to be at the NDE/NDT for Highways and Bridges Conference.

Register by 15 August to save $100. For full program details and to register online go to www.asnt.org/events/events.htm.

Click here to see what "The Penetrant Professor" has to say about "Meetings". It's a good read that is full of no nonsense facts about the importance of meetings at every level. We hope that after this you may be encouraged to come out and participate in a local section events.

The American Society for Nondestructive Testing, Inc. (ASNT) is the world’s largest technical society for nondestructive testing (NDT) professionals. ASNT promotes the discipline of NDT as a profession and facilitates NDT research and technology applications.

Nondestructive testing (NDT) is the examination of an object with technology that does not affect the object's future usefulness. NDT provides an excellent balance between quality control and cost-effectiveness.

The term "NDT" includes many methods that can:

• detect internal or external imperfections

• determine structure, composition, or material properties

• measure geometric characteristics

NDT is used in all phases of a product's design and manufacture, including materials selection, research and development, assembly, quality control, and maintenance.