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Universities
These are four-year institutions that offer bachelor's degrees and higher education programs. Universities may offer bachelor's degrees in engineering or applied sciences with courses in NDT. They provide a more in-depth theoretical understanding and advanced training, which can lead to higher-level positions and opportunities for career advancement in NDT.
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Auburn University
Materials Engineering, 201 Ross Hall, Auburn, AL 36849; Contact: Bryan A. Chin, Professor and Chair; Phone: (334) 844-4822; Website: www.eng.auburn.edu
NDT supplements mechanical engineering on undergraduate level; specific NDT program on graduate level; AE 4 h; ET 2 h; LT 5 h; MT 2 h; NR 2 h; PT 5 h; RT 10 h; UT 7 h; VT 5 h; B.S., M.S., Ph.D.; 20 students per year; since 1973.
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Brigham Young University
Department of Mechanical Engineering, 435 Crabtree Building, Provo, UT 84602; Contact: Phone: (801) 422-2625; Fax: (801) 422-0516; Website: www.me.byu.edu
B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. degrees; since 1955.
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California State Polytechnic University at Pomona
3801 Temple Ave., Pomona, CA 91768; Contact: Phone: (909) 869-7659; Fax: (909) 869-6920; Website: www.cpp.edu
NDT supplements engineering technology; ET 5 h; MT 11 h; PT 11 h; RT 35 h; UT 18 h; B.S.; 36 students per year; since 1965.
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College of William and Mary
Department of Applied Science, P.O. Box 8795, Williamsburg, VA 23187; Contact: Mark Hinders; Phone: (757) 221-1519; Fax: (757) 221-2050; Website: www.wm.edu/as/appliedscience
M.S. and Ph.D. in NDT are offered in applied science, with significant undergraduate and graduate research effort. Full range of graduate NDT coursework is offered.
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Colorado School of Mines
Department of Metallurgical Engineering, 1500 Illinois St., Golden, CO 80401; Contact: David L. Olson; Phone: (303) 273-3955; Website: www.mines.edu
Offers courses in NDT, mechanical properties of joints, fatigue and fracture, metallurgical failure analysis and statistical process control and design of experiments.
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Colorado State University at Pueblo
Engineering Technology Department, 2200 Bonforte Blvd., Pueblo, CO 81001; Contact: Wolfgang Sauer; Phone: (719) 549-2884; Fax: (719) 549-2519; Website: www.colostate-pueblo.edu
Offers an Introduction to NDT course; students experience NDT processes in the lab and through plant tours.
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Cornell University
School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 220 Hollister Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853; Contact: Mary Sansalone; Phone: (607) 255-1267; Fax: (607) 255-9004; Website: www.cornell.edu
Research on the impact echo method for NDT of concrete and masonry.
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Drexel University
Contact: Website: www.drexel.edu
Department of Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics: 3141 Chestnut St., Randall Hall 155, Philadelphia, PA 19104; Contact: Jonathan Awerbuch; Phone: (215) 895-2291; Fax: (215) 895-1478; Email: jonathan.awerbuch@drexel.edu ;
NDT supplements mechanical engineering; one undergraduate course and three graduate courses offered, graduate research project can relate to NDT; B.S., M.S., Ph.D.; since 1970.
Department of Engineering Technology (College of Engineering): One Drexel Plaza, 3001 Market St., Philadelphia, PA 19104; Contact: Vladimir Genis; Phone: (215) 895-0902; Fax: (215) 895-4988; Email: genisv@drexel.edu ;
EET 333, Ultrasound Nondestructive Evaluation Course (required core course for electrical, mechanical, biomedical, and industrial engineering technology concentrations); EET 335, Acoustic Emission (technical elective for all four concentrations).
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Duke University
Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Sciences, 144A Hudson Hall, Durham, NC 27708; Contact: Phillip L. Jones; Phone: (919) 660-5324; Fax: (919) 660 8963; Website: www.duke.edu
NDT supplements mechanical engineering and materials science; research in positron annihilation spectroscopy; M.S., Ph.D.
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East Carolina University
E 5th St., Greenville, NC 27858-4353; Contact: Department of Construction Management; Phone: (252) 328-6707; Fax: (252) 328-1165; Website: www.ecu.edu
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Georgia Institute of Technology
School of Materials Science and Engineering, 771 Ferst Dr., Atlanta, GA 30332; Contact: Phone: (404) 894-2888; Fax: (404) 894-0168; Website: www.gatech.edu
NDT supplements materials engineering; ET, MT, PT, RT, UT 30 h; B.S. in materials engineering, B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. in metallurgical and ceramic engineering; 10 to 12 students per year; since 1968.
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Gulf University
Building 1964, Rd. 4363/Block 743, Sanad, P.O. Box 26489, Adilya , Bahrain; Contact: Hassan I. Shaaban; Phone: 973 17620092; Fax: 973 17622230; Website: www.gulfuniversity.net
Offers one course in the professional program in welding engineering and several short courses (45 h each) in MT, PT, RT and UT to qualify trainees up to Level I and II NDT technicians. In the industrial and management engineering masters program, one course is offered that gives an overview of NDT techniques.
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Iowa State University
College of Engineering, 4100 Marston Hall, Ames, IA 50011; Contact: David Eisenmann; Phone: (515) 294-3292; Fax: (515) 294-7771; Website: http://www.engineering.iastate.edu/engineering-minors/nondestructive-evaluation-nde/ OR http://www.eol.iastate.edu/graduate-certificates/nondestructive-evaluation-graduate-certificate-online
NDE supplements undergraduate and graduate programs in aerospace engineering, engineering mechanics, electrical engineering, civil engineering, industrial engineering, mechanical engineering and materials science. Undergraduate minor and ONLINE graduate certificate in NDE available.
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Johns Hopkins University
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, 206 Maryland Hall, 3400 N. Charles St., Baltimore, MD 21218; Contact: Robert C. Cammarata; Phone: (410) 516-8145; Fax: (410) 516-5293; Website: www.jhu.edu/~matsci
Offers course that discusses NDT techniques for detecting fatigue, corrosion and thermal damage in structures and materials characterization with emphasis on microstructural characterization.
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Marquette University
P.O. Box 1881, Milwaukee, WI 53201-1881; Contact: Roger Johnson; Phone: (414) 288-7841; Fax: (414) 288-7938; Website: www.mu.edu
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McMaster University
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, 1280 Main St. West, Hamilton, ON L8S 4L8, Canada; Contact: Patrick S. Nicholson; Phone: (905) 525-9140 X24977; Website: www.mcmaster.ca
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Michigan State University
College of Engineering, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, 2527 Engineering Bldg., East Lansing, MI 48824-1226; Contact: James Lucas; Phone: (517) 432-2883; Fax: (517) 432-1105; Website: www.msu.edu
NDT supplements metallurgy, mechanics and materials sciences; AE 4 h; ET 8 h; PT 4 h; RT 4 h; UT 4 h; VT 8 h; related 4 h; 20 students per year; since 1982.
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Missouri University of Science and Technology
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, 224 Emerson Electric Company Hall, 301 W. 16th St., Rolla, MO 65409-0040; Contact: Dr. Kristen Donnell; Phone: (314) 341-4656; Fax: (314) 341-6671; Website: www.mst.edu
NDT courses supplement programs in metallurgical and mechanical engineering. Radiation safety taught separately from RT training. Co-op training available. Career planning program available (contact David Britton). Since 1947. Microwave testing B.S., M.S., Ph.D.; since 1990.
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MIT Professional Institute
77 Massachusetts Ave., Bldg. 35-433, Cambridge, MA 02139-4307; Contact: Phone: (617) 253-6128; Fax: (617) 258-8831; Website: professional.mit.edu
Courses on assessment of existing structures using NDT methods.
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Montana Tech
1300 West Park St., Butte, MT 59701-8997; Contact: R. Bruce Madigan; Phone: (406) 496-4576; Fax: (406) 496-4133; Website: www.mtech.edu
Undergraduate NDT courses covering ET, MT, PT, RT, UT and VT. Specializing in weld testing.
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National Institute of Technology
Tanjore Main Rd., National Hwy. 67, Tiruchirappalli 620015, Tamil Nadu , India; Contact: Phone: 91 431 2503 000; Fax: 91 431 2500 133; Website: www.nitt.edu
Offers a two-year Master of Technology (M. Tech) postgraduate degree in NDT. Program includes conventional and advanced NDT techniques, signal/image processing techniques, metallurgy, fieldwork and one year project work.
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New England Institute of Technology
One New England Tech Blvd., East Greenwich, RI 02818; Contact: Timothy Kinnaman; Phone: (860) 885-2371; Website: www.neit.edu
NEIT offers an Associate in Science Degree in Welding Engineering Technology, which includes a Destructive & Non Destructive Materials Testing course.
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New Mexico State University
Optics and Materials Science, Box 3450, Las Cruces, NM 88003; Contact: Joseph Genin; Phone: (505) 646-3809; Fax: (505) 646-6111; Website: www.nmsu.edu
IR, LT, RT, UT, VT and optical (holographic, speckle) testing are offered.
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North Carolina State University
Department of Civil Engineering, 210 Mann Hall, Campus Box 7908, Raleigh, NC 27695-7908; Contact: Y. Richard Kim; Phone: (919) 515-7758; Fax: (919) 515-7908; Website: www.ncsu.edu
A graduate course in NDT of infrastructures.
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Northwestern University
Center for Quality Engineering and Failure Prevention, Rm. 327, 2137 Tech Dr., Evanston, IL 60208; Contact: J. D. Achenbach, Director; Phone: (847) 491-5527; Fax: (847) 491-5227; Website: www.northwestern.edu
The Center is an interdisciplinary unit of the McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. Research focuses on NDT, structural reliability and prevention of premature failure.
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The Ohio State University
Department of Welding Engineering, 132 EJTC, 1248 Arthur E. Adams Dr., Columbus, OH 43210; Contact: Stanislav Rokhlin; Phone: (614) 292-7823; Fax: (614) 292-6842; Website: www.osu.edu
Ph.D. in NDT is available through cooperative arrangements with various departments; the M.S. program in NDT may be given scientific or engineering emphasis; NDT is a required part of the welding engineering B.S. program; ET; MT 10 h; PT 10 h, RT 120 h; UT 120 h.
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Pennsylvania College of Technology
One College Ave., Williamsport, PA 17701; Contact: Donald Praster or Michael Nau; Phone: (570) 326-3761; Fax: (570) 320-5264; Email: OR mnau@pct.edu ; Website: www.pct.edu
MT 20 h; PT 10 h; RT 50 h; UT 80 h with job placement opportunities. NDT is a required part of welding technology programs; no prerequisites; 30 students per year; since 1987.
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Pennsylvania State University
212 Earth and Engineering Science Bldg., University Park, PA 16802; Contact: Phone: (814) 865-4871; Website: www.psu.edu
NDT (45 hours) supplements engineering science, mechanics and materials science, UT, scanning acoustic microscopy and X-ray diffraction; M.S., Ph.D.; since 1983.
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Pittsburg State University
Kansas Technology Center, W223, 1701 S. Broadway, Pittsburg, KS 66762; Contact: James Otter; Phone: (620) 235-4350; Fax: (620) 235-4004; Website: www.pittstate.edu
ET, MT, PT, RT, UT, VT; B.S. in engineering technology since 1975. Master’s degree in engineering technology since 1998.
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Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
110 8th St., Troy, NY 12180-3590; Contact: David Duquette; Phone: (518) 276-6490; Fax: (518) 276-8554; Website: www.rpi.edu
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Saint Louis University
Parks College of Engineering, Aviation and Technology, Department of Engineering Technology, 3450 Lindell Blvd., St. Louis, MO 63103; Contact: Beshara I. Sholy; Phone: (314) 977-8297; Fax: (314) 977-8388; Website: parks.slu.edu
Offers a three credit hour course in materials testing; two are lecture credits and one is a lab credit. The course covers ET, MT, PT, RT and UT.
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Southern Illinois University
School of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Materials Engineering.; Contact: T. Philip Chu; Phone: (618) 453-7003; Fax: (618) 453-7658; Website: www.siu.edu
Offers one graduate level and one undergraduate level NDE course.
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Southwest Missouri State University
Physics, Astronomy and Materials Science, 901 S. National Ave., Springfield, MO 65804; Contact: Cecil Cummings; Phone: (918) 831-5346; Website: www.smsu.edu
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Spartan College of Aeronautics and Technology
8820 East Pine St., P.O. Box 582833, Tulsa, OK 74115; Contact: Ron Worthington; Phone: (918) 831-5368; Fax: (918) 831-5396; Website: http://www.spartan.edu/
NDT technician program; diploma program; ET; LT; MT; PT; RT; UT; radiation safety. Quality control associate degree program; metrology, manufacturing processes, statistical quality control and total quality management/ISO 9000; B.S. in aviation technology management.
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Texas A&M University
Engineering Technology Department, Fermier Hall 303A, College Station, TX 77843; Contact: Joseph Morgan; Phone: (979) 845-5966; Website: www.tamu.edu
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Université Laval
Electrical and Computing Engineering Department, Cité Universitaire, Quebec, QC G1K 7P4, Canada; Contact: Xavier Maldague; Phone: (418) 656-2962; Fax: (418) 656-3594; Website: www.fc.ulaval.ca
Three credit class on NDT techniques for undergraduates. Master’s degree in NDT and job placement available.
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University of Alaska Anchorage
Welding and Nondestructive Testing Technology Department, 3211 Providence Dr., Anchorage, AK 99508-4670; Contact: Robert McCauley, Department Chair; Phone: (907) 786-6475; Website: www.uaa.alaska.edu
NDT supplements welding technology; ET 30 h; MT 15 h; PT 15 h; RT 90 h; UT 60 h; VT 20 h; AAS; 30 to 40 students per year.
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University of Alberta
Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, 7th Floor, ECERF, 9107 – 116 St., Edmonton, AB T6G 2V4, Canada; Contact: Barry Patchett; Phone: (780) 492-2604; Fax: (780) 492-2881; Website: www.cme.engineering.ualberta.ca
Offers quality assurance of weldments, which includes lectures and laboratories on major processes of NDT (ET, MT, PT, RT and UT).
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University of Arizona
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, P.O. Box 210012, Tucson, AZ 85721-0012; Contact: David Lynch; Phone: (520) 626-6022; Website: www.arizona.edu
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University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA)
UCLA Extension Engineering Short Courses, 10995 Le Conte Ave., Ste. 542, Los Angeles, CA 90024; Contact: Marcus Hennessy; Phone: (310) 825-1047; Fax: (310) 206-2815; Website: www.uclaextension.edu
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University of Central Missouri
Department of Aviation, P.O. Box 800, Warrensburg, MO 64093; Contact: Fredrick J. Schieszer; Phone: (660) 543-4975; Fax: (660) 543-4979; Website: www.cmsu.edu
Two NDT courses are offered, one meeting FAA requirements. The other NDT course is for aviation, automotive, manufacturing and construction majors. Courses cover the basics in metallurgy, fracture analysis, ET, MT, UT, VT and sonic analysis.
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University of Cincinnati
Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, 731 Rhodes Hall, Mail Location 0070, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0070; Contact: Peter Nagy; Phone: (513) 556-3353; Fax: (513) 556-5038; Website: www.ase.uc.edu/
Offers graduate courses in NDT, introduction to ultrasonics, ultrasonic NDT and electromagnetic NDT in addition to numerous other courses in related principles. M.S. thesis and Ph.D. dissertation research in NDT; special laboratory facilities in ultrasonic, electromagnetic and thermoelectric NDT.
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University of Dayton
Graduate Materials Engineering Program, 300 College Park Ave., Dayton, OH 45469-0240; Contact: Phone: (937) 229-2679;; Fax: (937) 229-3433; Website: www.engineering.udayton.edu
NDT courses supplement programs in materials, mechanical and aerospace engineering. UT 30 h. Career planning program available.
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University of Houston
Mechanical Engineering Department, 4800 Calhoun Rd., Houston, TX 77004-4006; Contact: Kamal Salama; Phone: (713) 743-4514; Fax: (713) 743-4513; Website: www.uh.edu
Offers Fundamentals of Nondestructive Testing course that focuses on the basics of physics and applications of five NDT methods (ET, MT, PT, RT and UT). The course is intended for engineering students rather than practicing technicians.
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University of Idaho
Department of Mechanical Engineering, P.O. Box 440902, Moscow, ID 83844-0902; Contact: Bob Rost; Phone: (208) 282-3500; Fax: (208) 885-9031; Website: www.uidaho.edu
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University of Idaho at Idaho Falls
Industrial Education Department, 1776 Science Center Dr., Ste. 306, Idaho Falls, ID 83402; Contact: Phone: (208) 526-1388; Fax: (208) 526-1552; Website: www.uidaho.edu/idahofalls
NDT supplements quality assurance program; ET, MT, PT, RT, UT, VT; B.S.; 20 students per year; since 1973.
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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Industrial and Enterprise Systems Engineering, 117 Transportation Bldg., 104 S. Matthews Ave., Urbana, IL 61801; Contact: Henrique Reis; Phone: (217) 333-1228; Website: www.uiuc.edu
NDT supplements engineering degree. Related courses include fundamentals of NDT and fundamentals of engineering acoustics and ultrasonics. Radiation safety incorporated into RT training. Career planning program available. Since 1987.
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University of Louisville
Electrical Engineering Department, J. B. Speed Hall, Ste. 221, Louisville, KY 40292; Contact: Peter Aronhime; Phone: (502) 588-6312; Fax: (502) 852-6807; Website: www.louisville.edu
Computer aided testing of analog electronic circuits.
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University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
Ultrasonic NDE Laboratory, c/o ECE Department, 285 Old Westport Rd., North Dartmouth, MA 02747; Contact: C. H. Chen; Phone: (508) 999-8475; Fax: (508) 999-8489; Website: www.umassd.edu
The laboratory sponsors technical seminars, short courses and summer institutes on NDT related topics.
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University of New Brunswick
Department of Mechanical Engineering, P.O. Box 4400, 15 Dineen Dr., Fredericton, NB E3B 5A3, Canada; Contact: Esam Hussein; Phone: (506) 447-3105; Fax: (506) 453-5025; Website: www.me.unb.ca
A four credit senior technical elective course is offered. The course covers AE, UT, magnetic flux leakage, eddy current, radiography and microwave techniques. A design-oriented project is assigned.
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University of New Hampshire
Department of Mechanical Engineering, W101 Kingsbury Hall, 33 Academic Way, Durham, NC 03824; Contact: David Watt; Phone: (603) 862-2555; Website: www.unh.edu/mechanical-engineering
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University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Department of Engineering Technology, 9201 University City Blvd., Charlotte, NC 28223-0001; Contact: Ronald L. Priebe; Phone: (704) 535-1838; Website: www.uncc.edu
Offers an experimental stress analysis laboratory course that includes the following NDT components: MT, PT, brittle lacquer, electrical resistance strain gages and transmission photoelasticity.
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University of North Dakota
P.O. Box 8359, Grand Forks, ND 58202; Contact: George Bibel, Professor; Phone: (701) 777-2571; Website: www.und.nodak.edu
NDT supplements mechanical engineering, NDT covered in engineering materials course.
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University of Rhode Island
Department of Ocean Engineering, 217 Sheets Building, Narragansett Bay Campus, Narragansett, RI 02882; Contact: Phone: (401) 874-6139; Fax: (401) 874-6837; Website: www.oce.uri.edu
NDT is included in a sequence of courses in acoustics; emphasis on ultrasonics including wave propagation, transducers and signal processing.
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University of Rochester
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, 518 Computer Studies Bldg., Rochester, NY 14627-0126; Contact: Kevin Parker, Dean, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences; Phone: (716) 275-4151; Fax: (716) 273-4919; Website: www.rochester.edu
NDT coursework integrated into graduate courses on ultrasonics, transducers, signal processing and medical imaging systems; AE 2 h, RT and UT 4 h.
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University of Southern California
Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, OHE 430, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0241; Contact: Terence G. Langdon; Phone: (213) 740-0491; Fax: (213) 740-8011; Website: www.usc.edu
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University of Texas at El Paso
Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, 500 W. University Ave., El Paso, TX 79968; Contact: Stephen W. Stafford; Phone: (915) 747-6930; Fax: (915) 747-8036; Website: www.utep.edu
NDT topics covered in two courses; topics covered include AE, ET, MT, PT, RT and UT, with emphasis on applications in failure analysis.
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University of Toledo
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Nitschke Hall 4056, Toledo, OH 43606; Contact: Mohamed Samir Hefzy, Biomechanics Laboratory; Phone: (419) 530-8234; Fax: (419) 530-8206; Website: www.utoledo.edu
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University of Wisconsin Milwaukee
University Center for Continuing Education, College of Engineering and Applied Science, 161 W. Wisconsin Ave., Ste. 6000, Milwaukee, WI 53203; Contact: Murali Vedula; Phone: (414) 227-3121; Website: www.uwm.edu
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Virginia Tech
Mail Code 0219, Blacksburg, VA 24061; Contact: John C. Duke, Jr.; Phone: (540) 231-6063; Fax: (540) 231-4574; Website: www.eng.vt.edu
NDT supplements programs in engineering science and mechanics, materials science, engineering, aerospace, biological systems, chemical, civil, computer, electrical, environmental, mechanical, mining and mineral and ocean engineering.
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West Virginia University
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 613 Engineering Sciences Building, 395 Evansdale Drive, P.O. Box 6103, Morgantown, WV 26506-6103; Contact: Udaya Halabe; Phone: (304) 293-9934; Fax: (304) 293-7109; Website: www.cee.cemr.wvu.edu
NDT of structures and materials (3 h), graduate course offered each spring semester; since 1991. Course topics include infrared thermography, dynamic characterization, seismic techniques, ultrasonics and ground penetrating radar.