/ 60th Defense Working Group on Nondestructive Testing
St. Augustine Conference Center, St. Augustine, FL
2 – 6 December 2012 /

AGENDA

Sunday, December 2, 2011

Registration, 16:00 – 19:00

Monday, December 3, 2011

Registration, 07:00 – 10:00

Training Sessions, 08:00 – 15:00

Digital Radiography – Advanced Training

Phased Array Ultrasonic – Advanced Training

Active Thermography – Intermediate Training

VT, PT, MT, ET, UT, RT -- Basic/Intermediate Training

Service Breakout Meetings, 15:30 - 17:30

Speaker/Presenters Meeting, 19:00

Conference Registration Hours
Date / Time
Sunday, December 2 / 16:00 - 19:00
Monday, December 3 / 07:00 - 10:00
17:00 - 19:00
Tuesday, December 4 / 07:00 - 08:30
Wednesday, December 5 / 07:00 - 08:00


Tuesday, December 4, 2011

Registration, 07:00 – 08:30

MAIN SESSION

Tuesday Morning:

Session Chair: Ms. Midge Krueger, Chairperson

Assistant: Ms. Karen Bruer, Executive Secretary/Treasurer

09:00 Call to Order, Ms. Midge Krueger, Chairperson

09:05 Opening Remarks, Ms. Midge Krueger, Chairperson

09:10 Welcome Address, Mr. Ian Hawkins

09:25 Keynote Address,

09:55 St. Augustine Welcome

10:10 Break

10:35 Introduction of Steering Committee Members and Nominees, Ms. Karen Bruer

10:40 Paper 1: Tech Data Titanic: 30 Years of Rearranging the Deck Chairs; Mr. David Campbell, AFSC & OC-ALC NDI

11:05 Paper 2: Developmental Neutron Radiography within the US Army; Mr. Stephan Zuber, US Army RDECOM-ARDEC

11:30 Paper 3: ARDEC X-ray Lessons Learned; Mr. Andy Kung, Army RDECOM-ARDEC

11:55 Session Closing Remarks and Announcements

12:00 Lunch

Tuesday Afternoon:

Session Chair: Mr. Paul Davidson, Senior DCMA

Assistant: AMC(AW) Adam Abbott, Junior Navy

13:00 Service Break-Out Briefings: DWGNDT Steering Committee Members

13:25 Paper 4: Detecting Red Plague Corrosion in Silver Plated Copper Wire; Ms. Jennifer Kerns, Redstone Arsenal

13:50 Paper 5: Inspecting 60 mm Mortar Bodies with Immersed Ultrasonic Testing; Ms. Joanna Bonfiglio, Army

14:15 Paper 6: STUAS Wing and fuselage Inspections; Mr. Will Milan, NAVAIR

14:40 Break

15:05 Paper 7: Computed Tomography in Metrology; Mr. Marcin Bauza

15;30 Paper 8: Acquisition Planning: The Cornerstone to Successful Acquisition; Ms. Julia Roquemore, DLA

15;55 Session Closing Remarks and Announcements

16:00 Adjourn Session

Wednesday, December 5, 2012

Registration, 07:00 – 08:00

Wednesday Morning:

Session Chair: Mr. David Katz, Senior Army

Assistant: MSgt Jeff Roy, Junior Air Force

08:30 Opening Remarks and Administrative Announcements

08:35 Paper 9: Qualification of a Computed Radiography System’s Exposure Range for Optimum Image Quality, Mr. Steven Mango, Carestream NDT

09:00 Paper 10: Results of DR Survey; Mrs. Karen Bruer, Federal Working Group on Industrial Digital Radiography

09:25 Paper 11: NDT of Aerospace Composites with Shearography, Mr. John Newman, Laser Technology Inc

09:50 Paper 12: ISO 9001 & NDI; Mr. Tony Robinson, ARDEC

10:15 Break

10:35 Paper 13: Effects of High Resolution Radiometric Infrared Imaging on NDT of Aero Structures; Mr. Ken Hardy, Energy Beam Systems

11:00 Paper 14: 4D Computed Tomography: The New Frontier; Mr. John Clark, North Star Imaging

11:25 Paper 15: Laser Generated Defects for Multi Purpose Probability of Detection (POD) Test Kits; Mr. Nathaniel Reveal, American Testing Services

11:50 Session Closing Remarks and Announcements

11:55 Vote for Steering Committee

12:00 Lunch

Wednesday Afternoon:

Session Chair: MSgt Deborah Spencer, Air Force

Assistant: Mr. Rocky Tipps, Junior Army

13:00 Results of Voting, Ms. Karen Bruer

13:10 Paper 16: Joint Force Co-Op Between Navy and TARDEC, Mrs. Karen Bruer, AMEE Bay

13:50 Paper 17: Automated Tap Hammer Project; Mr. Adam Barret, NAVAIR

14:00 Paper 18: Lessons Learned / Contractor Oversight; Ms. Melanie Kerns, SWMC

14:25 Break

14:50 Paper 19: Ceramic Matrix Composite Applications; Mr. Karl Schmidt, Evisive INC

15:15 Paper 20: Visual Inspection of Counter Fit Materials; Ms. Paula Gorge, DLA

15:40 Paper 21:

16:05 Session Closing Remarks and Announcements

16:10 Adjourn Session

18:00 Social

Thursday, December 6, 2012

Thursday Morning:

Session Chair: Ms. Melanie Kerns, Senior Navy

Assistant: Mr. Calvin Moore, USAF ADHOC

08:30 Opening Remarks/Administrative Announcements

08:40 Paper 22: Lessons Learned from Failed X-ray Qualifications; Mr. Scott McClain, Picatinny Arsenal

09:05 Paper 23: NDI Reliability Improvement through Standardized Processes; Mr. Ward Fong, OO-ALC NDI Hill AFB

09:30 Paper 24: Challenges of Munitions Inspection; Mr. Robert Maziuk, VJ Technologies

09:55 Break

10:20 Paper 25: Implementing a NAS-410 Certification Program for USAF Field-Level Civil Service NDT Technicians; Mr. Jon Voeller, AFRL/RXSST

10:45 Paper 26: DR/CR; Mr. Steve Possehl, Indian Head

11:10 61st DWGNDT – New Orleans LA Brief; CMSgt Ronald Gaspard, USAF

11:20 Awards and Presentations

11:45 Conference Closing Remarks

12:00 DWGNDT Conference Adjournment

Concurrent Sessions immediately following DWGNDT will include a special Aviation Targeted Visual Inspection (VT) Course and a members meeting of the Federal Working Group on Industrial Radiography (FWGIDR)

Additional information may be found on: http://www.dwgndt.org