In times of change or uncertainty, expanding your skills and connections can open new doors. In this new episode of ChatNDT, we talk with Joshua Spychalla, a recent graduate of ASNT’s RISE leadership program, about how nondestructive testing (NDT) professionals can start building their networks. He shares practical tips for getting started, maintaining relationships, and learning from others in the field.
Joshua Spychalla
“ You don't need to be so fearful about the idea of networking when we all take a step back in humility and realize everybody's willing to help, and everybody needs a little help. So it's not off-putting to a lot of people when you reach out respectfully and say, Hey, I just want to maintain a professional relationship. A lot of times they probably think, maybe someday this person's going to know more than I do or have an opportunity that I may need to ask them about.” —Joshua Spychalla
How do you know your penetrant materials are still performing at their best? This month's NDT Tutorial in Materials Evaluation walks through key ASTM-compliant quality control tests.
Discover how artificial intelligence is revolutionizing NDT, especially in digital radiography. From automated defect recognition to improved inspection accuracy, AI is helping organizations boost productivity, cut costs, and maintain high standards, even with limited resources.
Learn the general theory and operation of 11 different NDT methods outlined in SNT-TC-1A. The course also covers various types of materials processing, fabrication, and product technology.
It’s 8 p.m., story time before bed, and you wilt slightly as your child once again picks Goodnight Moon. On the surface, it’s the same familiar tale of bidding goodnight to everyday objects in the “great green room”: a telephone, a red balloon, mittens, a bowl of mush. But look deeper, and that room is an intricate world of materials testing.
Steel, often with the aid of carbon or some metals, is marked by a few specific attributes. Distinguished by its specific alloy, which, in turn, influences a variety of properties—density, elasticity, melting point, thermal conductivity, strength, and hardness, among others—structural steel supports the world. In fact, the global output of crude steel amounted to 1,884 million tonnes in 2024. Integral to the practices that incorporate this universal metal is AWS D1.1/D1.1M:2025 – Structural Welding Code – Steel.
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