James C. Kennedy

Mr. Kennedy graduated from Yale University in Physics in 1963 and received a Masters Degree in Physics from the University of Washington in 1966. He has worked for The Boeing Company in nondestructive testing for 42 years, and is currently a Technical Fellow in the Material & Process Technology organization. His technical experience in nondestructive testing has involved the application of ultrasonics, eddy current and radiography to military and commercial aircraft and marine structures. Mr. Kennedy led development of inspection criteria and ultrasonic inspection systems for the 777 composite tail section. He has 9 nine patents in NDE many in the area of composite inspection. He is currently supporting ultrasonic composite inspection for the new Boeing 787 aircraft.

Marwan F. Basrawi

Mr. Marswan Basrawi is a member of the ASNT Board of directors and the founding Director of ASNT Region 19 (Middle East).  He is also the founding chairman of ASNT’s Saudi Arabian Section (SAS).  He continues to lead the establishment of organized and credible NDT in the region through NDT training, certification, conferencing and active ASNT sections.  There are currently three ASNT Sections in the Middle East: SAS, UAE and the Egyptian Sphinx, of which the first two are already in this year’s top 15 most active sections of ASNT.

Charles J. Hellier

Mr. Hellier has over 45 years of experience in Nondestructive testing, Quality Assurance and Inspection.  He is a past President of ASNT Level III certificate in five NDT methods.  He is a Fellow of ASNT and also is involved with the Nondestructive Testing Management Association (NDTMA).  Chuck also holds membership in ASME, ASTM, AWS, ASM and ABFE (Fellow).

R. Bruce Thompson

Dr. R. Bruce Thompson is the Director of the Center for Nondestructive Evaluation and a Distinguished Professor in the Department of Materials Science & Engineering and in the Department of Aerospace Engineering at Iowa State University.  He received his B.A. in Physics from Rice University (1964), his M.S. in Physics from Stanford University (1965) and his Ph.D in Applied Physics from Stanford University (1971).  From 1970 to 1980 he served as a member of the technical staff and Group Leader of Ultrasonic Applications at the Rockwell International Center before coming to Iowa State University.  Dr. Thompson’s research interests fall in the area of ultrasonic nondestructive evaluation, including noncontact sensors, microstructure characterization, measurement models, and model-assisted determination of probability of detection.  Dr. Thompson is the author of 6 major invited review articles, over 90 articles in archival journals and over 250 papers in edited conference proceedings.  He has been awarded 23 U.S. patents, presently serves as the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Nondestructive Evaluation, and is a member of the National Academy of Engineering.

Scott D. Miller

Mr. Miller has over 32 years of experience in Nondestructive Testing, Quality Assurance and Inspection. He is a past Chairman of the Saudi Arabian section of ASNT and was the Technical Chairman for the past four Middle East NDT conferences.  He holds an ASNT Level III certificate in eight NDT methods, is a Fellow of ASNT and also won the ASNT Mentoring Award in 2006. Scott worked for Saudi Aramco for 11 years as the Inspection Department Technology Coordinator and was also the Saudi Aramco Head Level III and Chairman of the NDT Standards Committee.