Olympus provides hands-on NDT instruction to engineering students

Olympus Application Specialist Curtis Dickinson (center) instructs students Miguel Gonzalez (left) and Amber Van Duyn on proper inspection methods with phased-array ultrasonic inspection technology.

Waltham, Mass.-based Olympus recently donated OmniScan flaw detection equipment to LeTourneau University to support the next generation of NDT inspectors. Olympus phased-array ultrasonic testing specialists (PAUT) Curtis Dickinson and Rob Frashefski traveled to the campus in Longview, Texas, to offer students in-person instruction.

The class they visited, nondestructive evaluation and testing, is a senior-level course that teaches engineering students the theory and practice of NDT methods. Using the OmniScan equipment to demonstrate, the specialists discussed PAUT theory and practice with the students in the welding/materials joining engineering program.