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Level I MT-PT Training course scheduled for October 2010 in State College, PA.

Level II UT Training course scheduled for September 2010 in State College, PA.

Level I UT Training course scheduled for August 2010 in State College, PA.

Level III Acoustic Emission Training course completed (July 30) in State College, PA.

Level III UT Training course completed (July 23) in State College, PA.

Level II Acoustic Emission Testing course completed (July 16) in State College, PA

UT weld inspection course completed (July 8) in State College, PA

Level II Ultrasonic Testing course completed (July 2) in State College, PA

Level III UT Training course completed  in State College, PA, June 2010

WINS personnel delivered invited speech on H-Pile inspection technology at "Life cycle performance of bridges and structures" conference at Changsha, China in June 2010

View a presentation on the
Principles and applications of long range ultrasound, from ASNT Greater Phila chapter meeting, April 2010

Level III UT Training course completed  in State College, PA, March 2010

WINS presents talk on ultrasonic guided wave potential towards helicopter maintenance to Indian Air force, February 2010

WINS funded by Transportation Research Board to develop Bridge Cable Inspection Technology, February 2010

Watch 
video
of Wireless Acoustic Emission Sensor Network for Bridge Structural Health Monitoring
Guided Wave UT

WavesinSolids brings many years of expertise in NDE of structures using long range ultrasound and are actively involved in:

Theoretical Analysis
Modeling ultrasonic wave propagation in structures of complex geometries and properties
Dispersion curve analysis
Wavelet analysis
Signal processing & data interpretation algorithms



Practical Implementation

Characterization of work hardened layers in rails
Low cost EMAT bridge pile inspection technology
Corrosion detection in gas pipelines
Transverse defect detection in rail heads
F-18 rudder inspection system
CH-53 rotor blade defect detection technology