[NTIACNews]September 2003 NTIAC Newsletter Available

[Chris Coughlin]

Hello All,

The September 2003 NTIAC Newsletter is available online from our website at
http://www.ntiac.com/newslist.html or by going directly to the PDF at
http://www.ntiac.com/news/0903news.pdf.  Some of the NTIACNews subscribers
have reported problems in getting the PDF as an attachment due to its size
and the occasional over-zealous email filter so I'll try this without the
attachment.  If anyone absolutely has to have the PDF delivered to their
Inbox, feel free to drop me a line and I will send it on.

By popular demand, here's a breakdown of the contents of this edition and
their accompanying web links if any:

NDE Of Composite Gas Cylinders http://www.ntiac.com/compcyl.html
-Summary of NTIAC's Composite Cylinders Project.  Special thanks to Michael
Thomas (Lockheed Martin Aerospace), Richard Finlayson (Physical Acoustics
Corporation), Brian MacGregor (Thermal Wave Imaging), and Don E. Bray (Don
E. Bray, Incorporated) for their participation in the project;

2003 John W. "Jack" Lincoln Award Awarded
-Congratulations to Ward Rummel for winning the award, marking the first
time an NDE-er has won the award;

2003 USAF Aircraft Structural Integrity Program (ASIP) Conference
http://www.asipcon.com
-Introduction to the Conference;

Recent Developments at AFRL  http://www.afrl.af.mil/techconn/index.htm
-Two new laser UT systems plus using Laser Shot Peening to detect kissing
bonds;

MISTRAS Holdings Corporation Acquiring CONAM Inspection
-Be sure to also read Rolf's recent article on Thayer acquiring an interest
in MISTRAS itself at http://www.ndt.net/news/2003/mistras.htm ;

MiniMax Facilities Security System Gains NDE Capability
-MiniMax announces the addition of FLIR Systems thermal imaging capabilities
to their ScadaCam(R) remote monitoring and security system.

As always if you have any questions or comments about the Newsletter or
NTIAC in general, feel free to drop me a line.  Thanks for your continued
support of NTIAC.

Regards,
Chris
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Chris Coughlin / NTIAC / 415 Crystal Creek Drive / Austin Texas USA 78745
512.263.2101 / FAX 512.263.3530 / ccoughlin@ntiac.com / www.ntiac.com