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AWS to Speak on
December 6th 2016
The title of Mr. Jeff Davis presentation is: “Code Changes for Conventional UT and Phased Array UT for Welding In-spection”
Mr. Davis started his professional career in June of 1976 at Ameron (later Tamco) Steel in Etiwanda, California in the Main-tenance Department as an “Oiler”, and progressed to ”A” Me-chanic, then “A” Fabricator, a position that he held for 5-1/2 years. The first of many welding certifications was obtained in February 1978 in unlimited thickness and all positions for struc-tural steel. Having taken an interest in welding, he left the steel mill in 1984 and attended the College of Oceaneering where he graduated with certifications in commercial air and mixed gas diving, and excelled in underwater welding, pipeline construc-tion and repairs, and the safety and handling of marine explo-sives.
As commercial diving was not typically a full time position, he would fill the lapses in employment by working as a pipefit-ter, welder and millwright for mechanical and welding contrac-tors in power plants, refineries, water and waste water pump stations, treatment plants and steel mills. In 1984 and 1985, welding certification for carbon steel pipe in the 6G position, and Southern California Edison and Nuclear Regulatory Com-mission 6G-R position for high pressure steam were added to his credentials. Mr. Davis continued working in the welding field as a pipefitter/welder and structural fabrication and welding until an untimely work related accident forced him to seek employ-ment in another field.
After receiving vocational rehabilitation classes, he started the process of taking certification examinations in construction inspection. In 1991 he became certified by the International Conference of Building Officials (now, International Code Coun-sel) in Structural Steel and Welding, High-Strength Bolting, Fireproofing, Reinforced Concrete and Structural Masonry. American Welding Society Certified Welding Inspector QC-1 certification was added in 1995 when the State of California required all welding inspections on schools and hospitals to be performed by those that possessed these credentials.
From 1991 through 1998 projects included shop and field inspections on several schools, hospitals (including the largest Base Isolation project for the Veterans Administration to correct seismic deficiencies), propriety moment frame (“Dogbone” and “Sideplate”) projects, California Department of Transportation seismic upgrades for bridges, with emphasis on field welding of reinforcing steel and structural steel retro fitting of supports and connections.
In 1999, a position was taken with a construction manage-ment firm as a consultant inspector for a major City of San Diego Water Department expansion project at (cont’d on pg 7)
Meeting Details
Tuesday, November 1st
, 2016
BOD Meeting 4:45-5:15PM
Social Hour 5:15-6:15 PM
Dinner 6:30-7:30 PM
Presentation begins 7:30PM in the ”Lord Jim Room” of the Best Western Seven Seas’ Restaurant. 411 Hotel Circle S, San Diego, 92108
Meals to include: Salad, Bread served in baskets, Dessert, Coffee, Decaf, Hot or Iced Tea.
The meal choices for the November 1
st meeting are:
Turkey or Baked Ham should you have special dietary Vegan or Vegetar-ian Plate is available on request prior to meeting date. Please contact Larry Olsen at 619-444-2319 or at the e-mail below: [email protected]
Please RSVP by the end of business October 28th, 2016, the Friday preceding the meeting with your intent to attend and meal choice.
www.bw7seas.com
Meeting Attendance at presentation only is no
cost
Meeting Dinner Cost:
San Diego Section
ASNT Student Member,
Military and Retired
Members: $10.00
ASNT Members and
Guests: $25.00
October / November 2016
SD-ASNT NEWSLETTER Between the Cracks
Vol. 6, Issue 3 San Diego Section
American Society for Non-Destructive Testing, Inc.
Mr. Jeff Davis Speaker for November 1st Board of Directors:
Chairman:
Aurapong (Jerry) McAnulty
Vice Chairman:
Abdul Ahmed
Treasurer:
Michael Diaz
Secretary:
Ramon Thomson
Past Chairman:
John Morris
Directors-at-Large:
Daniel Bautista
Denise McKay
Juan Carlos Macpherson
Larry Olsen
Hans Weber
San Diego Section
of the American Society for
Non-Destructive Testing, Inc.
Website:
www.sd-asnt.org
2016-2017 Technical / Administrative Program
San Diego Section of the
American Society for NDT, Inc.
September 6th
: Francesco Lanza di Scalea, University of California, San Diego, “Detection of major impact damage to composite aerospace structures by ultrasonic guided waves and statistical signal processing”.
October 4th
: Randy Jones, Inspection Technologies, “Density Measurements of Carbon Based Composite Materi-als Using Eddy Current Techniques”
October 24th
— 27th
: ASNT 75th Annual Fall Confer-ence 2016 at Long Beach Convention & Entertainment Center in Long Beach, CA.
November 1st: Jeff Davis, Sr. Engineering Tech., San Diego County Water Authority, “Code Changes for Conventional UT and Phased Array UT for Welding Inspection”
December 6th
: Sam Lindsey, AWS, “Being an Expert Wit-ness” Christmas Event– Spouses / Companion / Guest night: All spouses (significant others) will have dinner pro-vided by the section. Each couple in attendance to bring a wrapped white elephant gift ($8.00 - $10.00)
2017:
January 3rd
: (Dark—No Meeting)
February 7th
: “Past Chairman’s Night”, TBD
March 7th
: Vendors Night
March 13th
- 16th
ASNT 26th Research Symposium 2017.
Jacksonville, Florida
April 4th
: Dr. Arnold “Arny” Bereson, Executive Director
ASNT
May 2rd
: “Annual Science Fair Awards” (NDT-related pro-jects).
June (Date TBA) : Aurapong (Jerry) McAnulty, Change of Gavel
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We have posted a list of potential training courses for the
2016-2017 year (August through June).
Please contact Education Chair - Ramon Thomson with your requests, which he will attempt to accommodate if we obtain sufficient volunteer instructors for Saturday lectures. Please note instructors are not paid; however, they get re-certification points if they hold ASNT/ACCP Level III.
Contact:
Ramon Thomson email [email protected]
Jerry McAnulty e-mail [email protected]
or Section Board of Directors email [email protected]
To promote the general advancement of the [NDT] industry;
To educate the public in the area of nondestructive testing;
To provide a forum for exchange of [NDT] technical informa-tion;
To facilitate training, education and research in the [NDT] field;
To engage in any and all lawful activities incidental to the fore-going purposes except as restricted herein.
Level I & Level II courses satisfy the requirements of SNT-TC-1A/NAS-410. Non-member fees (which includes a one-year ASNT membership). 16, 24, and 40-hour courses: held Saturdays, 8:00 to 5:00 unless facility or instructor availability are different.
Visual/Dimensional Level I / Level ll (24hrs)
VT (24hrs) Members: $425 Non-member: $500
Liquid Penetrant Level I (16 hrs)
PT - l (16hrs) Members: $375 Non-member: $450
Liquid Penetrant Level II (16 hrs)
PT - ll (16hrs) Members: $375 Non-member: $450
Magnetic Particle Level I (16 hrs)
MT - l (16hrs) Members: $375 Non-member: $450
Magnetic Particle Level II (16 hrs)
MT - ll (16hrs) Members: $375 Non-member: $450
Ultrasonic Level I (40 hrs)
UT - l (40hrs) Members: $600 Non-member: $675
Ultrasonic Level II (40 hrs)
UT - ll (40hrs) Members: $600 Non-member: $675
Radiography Level I (40 hrs)
RT - l (40hrs) Members: $600 Non-member: $675
Radiography Level II (40 hrs)
RT - ll (40hrs) Members: $600 Non-member: $675
2015 - 2016 NDT Educational Opportunities
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October 04, 2016 the San Diego Section hosted the 2nd Section Technical Meeting of the 2016 – 2017 year. The meeting was held at the Seven Seas Lodge, 411 Hotel Circle South, San Diego, CA with 22 members and guests in attendance. The speaker for the evening was Mr. Randy
Jones from Inspection Technologies Inc.
The Title of his presentation: “Density Measurements of Carbon Based Composite Materials Using Eddy Cur-rent Techniques”
Carbon fiber composite materials are commonly used in aerospace applications but this light weight and very strong material is becoming more popular in automobiles, boats and sporting goods. What if we could add a way to test these materials in a different way to detect other changes in their material characteristics. The basic principle for an eddy current technique to work in a material is that the ma-terial must be conductive. While fiberglass and Aramid composite materials will not work with eddy current tech-niques carbon is minimally conductive. As such, to get a signal on the eddy current display that we can work with. Mr. Jones research using Eddy Currents was based on signal reflection. Mr. Jones presented how he arranged 7 samples in order of the screen deflection. When com-pared to the known densities of these 7 samples there was a direct correlation. This project is still in the research and development.
The talk was well received and had numerous ques-tions concerning; equipment used, what could be different in future studies, applications to other substrates. Chairman Aurapong McAnulty thanked Mr. Jones for his informative talk and presented him with a Certificate of Appre-ciation and a speaker gift. To close the meeting Chairman McAnulty acknowl-edged new first time attendees. The evening concluded with the regular raffles and a 50/50 cash raffle. Raffle prizes were sponsored by the Section and Larry Olsen. All in attendance had a good time.
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San Diego Section Meeting Report for October 4, 2016
San Diego Section Chairman’s Meritorious Service Award The San Diego Section, of The American Society for Nondestructive Testing’s Chairmen’s Meritori-ous Service Award provides recognition for an individual’s outstanding voluntary service to the San Diego Section, through single or aggregate activities not necessarily in a single year. Nomi-nees submitted for consideration may not hold a current elected position as a section officer when nominated. ie: Secretary, Treasurer, Vice Chair-man or Chairman. Nominations are open to all current members as well as retired / inactive past members of the San Diego Section. Not more than one award shall be given in a calendar year. Nominations for this award shall be submitted to the Awards Chairman of the San Diego Section in
letterform of one hundred words or less. The nomination letter shall detail the nominees activi-ties as a volunteer to the San Diego Section.
Turn nominations in by December 31, 2016. to Awards Chairman Larry Olsen
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Nondestructive Testing Training Course
Liquid Penetrant Testing Level 1 & 2
Course Curriculum will meet ASNT SNT-TC-1a and
NAS 410 requirements for classroom training hours.
Course Date: To Be Determined Based on Requests
Class Location: To Be Determined Based on Class Size
Course Fee:
Level 1: $ 450.00 Non member price
Level 1: $ 375.00 Member price
Level 2: $ 450.00 Non member price
Level 2: $ 375.00 Member price
Those attending these courses who have a current ASNT Membership will have their attendance fees reduced by
$ 75.00.
Contact Information:
Education Chairman:
Ramon Thomson (619) 822-8125
E-mail: [email protected]
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The Section is looking for your nomination(s) for individuals who may meet any of the following:
Lou DiValerio Technician of the Year Award
The Lou DiValerio Technician of the Year Award acknowledges those ASNT members who are deserving technicians, to encour-age their continued participation in the Society. Nominees for the award must hold a position of employment that corresponds to general guidelines similar to those described by Recommended Practice No. SNT-TC-1A for defining the primary duties and re-sponsibilities of Level I and Level II technicians.
Fellow of ASNT
A Fellow of ASNT is an individual member of the Society who has 15 years NDT professional experience; 10 years ASNT member-ship and has supported the Society through contributions and participation at the local and/or national level. A Fellow must have demonstrated outstanding professional distinction, and must have made continued significant contributions to the advancement of NDT in areas such as management, engineering, science, educa-tion, administration or planning.
Mentoring Award
The Award for Outstanding Mentor was established to recognize those people in the Society working to encourage others to reach goals they may have otherwise not sought, and to offer the rest of the membership an example of what they could be accomplishing by acting as mentors.
Award for the Advancement of Active Military and Veterans in NDT
The Award for the Advancement of Active Military and Veterans in NDT recognizes individuals or organizations who encourages Active Military and Veterans to enter and thrive in the field of NDT, either through creation and/or implementation of programs that provide educational or career advancement opportunities in NDT that may not otherwise be available to Active Military and Veterans or through leading by example of how Active Military and Veterans can not only have a career in NDT but also contrib-ute greatly to NDT, ASNT, and to creating a safer world.
Award for the Advancement of Women in NDT
The Award for the Advancement of Women in NDT recognizes individuals or organizations who encourage women to enter and thrive in the field of NDT, either through creation and/or imple-mentation of programs that provide educational and/or career advancement opportunities in NDT that may not otherwise be available to women or through leading by example of how women can not only have a career in NDT but also contribute greatly to NDT, ASNT, and to creating a safer world.
Contact the Awards Committee Chair: Larry Olsen or any San Diego Section BOD member for further information on how to nominate any individual. Nominations must be sent to ASNT
Headquarters and postmarked by 1 January 2017
Please note: All nominees must be sponsored by an ASNT Sec-tion, ASNT Council or ASNT National Committee. ASNT’s goal is to recognize the individual member who has taken the NDT/NDE career path and is dedicated to making the world a safer place. Please help to encourage our young ASNT members by nominating someone!
Call for Awards Nominations to the Board
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one of their major treatment plants. The project included (at that time) the world’s largest pre-stressed and post-tensioned concrete reser-voir, large diameter welded steel pipe, stainless steel process piping, chemical piping, storage and containment features, and associated structures. By the project’s end, he was promoted to Chief Inspector, and was responsible for quality assurance inspection, testing, and examinations for the Owner.
In 2004 he took a position with Richard Brady and Associates as a Resident Inspector and later as a Construction Manager for a major distribution and transmission pipeline(s) replacement project for the City of Huntington Beach, California and a pressure control and hy-droelectric facility project for the San Diego County Water Authority.
In 2006, Mr. Davis took a permanent position with San Diego County Water Authority (regional wholesaler, servicing 24 member agencies) as a Senior Engineering Technician, a position that he currently holds. Responsibilities include Quality Control and Quality Assurance oversight for major construction projects and off-site fabrication in-cluding large diameter steel pipelines, tunnels, pump stations, largest roller compacted dam raise project in the western hemisphere, sev-eral large diameter pipeline relines, and currently on the Carlsbad Desalination Project conveyance steel pipeline which is the largest desalination project in the western hemisphere. Mr. Davis is the Wa-ter Authority’s Subject Matter Expert for fabrication and field welding of steel pipe, and consults the Engineering Department and member agencies on welding design and issue resolution.
AWS Activities
Mr. Davis is the current Chairman of AWS Section 92 that represents San Diego California and Yuma Arizona (Student Chapter), and AWS District 21 (Arizona, Nevada, Hawaii and Southern California) Deputy Director, and is a member for the City of San Diego Community Col-lege District, Yuma High School and Community College District and Grossmont Union High School District’s advisory panels for their welding programs. In addition to these advisory panels, Mr. Davis also assists where need for the Workshops for Warriors, Palomar Community College and San Pasqual High School programs.
AWS Committees
Mr. Davis is currently a permanent voting member on the D1I Sub-committee for Reinforcing Bars, and is an applicant on B1-Committee for Methods of Inspection, D10T-Subcommittee for Low Carbon Steel Pipe, D1TG- D1 and D1 Subcommittees (combined) and D1TG4-Task Group 4 on Inspection.
April 2015, at Doral Florida, presented a PowerPoint to AWS D1.1 and D1.5 committees on the San Diego County Water Authority’s research and development and initial application of Phased-array Ultrasonic examinations of long seam Complete Penetration Groove welds in large diameter steel pipe. Updated these committees in Oc-tober 2015 at the Jackson Hole, Wyoming meetings on progress and lessons learned using this newer technologies.
Speaker’s Bio continued from Pg.1
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