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The American Society for Nondestructive Testing
Welcome to ASNT, which helps create a safer world by serving the NDT professions and promoting NDT technologies, through publishing, certification, research and conferencing.
Materials Evaluation
Materials Evaluation (M.E.) is ASNT's flagship journal with news and features covering all aspects of NDT and the NDT industry. The technical content in M.E. is peer-reviewed by qualified technicians and researchers, ensuring quality details and discussion. The journal’s history and archive reaches back to the earliest formative days of the Society. Available in print at the Harper Library
NDT Resource Center
Welcome to the NDT Resource Center. This site was designed to be a comprehensive source of information and materials for NDT and NDE technical education. The site was created by nondestructive testing professionals and educators from around the world.
Nondestructive Testing Management Association
Professional membership organization dedicated to NDT management, technology and regulation
PQNDT Careers
PQNDT enjoys a worldwide reputation for excellence in placing permanent and contract personnel [for NDT].

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