BINDT award highlights successful collaboration between TWI and the University of Strathclyde
06/01/2017
The Annual British Conference on Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) is a significant event for the NDT industry, where experts in NDT and related technologies meet to exchange experiences, ideas and the very latest developments that will shape the future of NDT. Not only this, but the annual conference dinner, which usually takes place on the second night of the conference, is a platform for the presentation of a number of noteworthy awards and prizes within the NDT and condition monitoring (CM) industry.
The John Grimwade Medal is presented annually for the best paper submitted by a BINDT member and published in the Institute’s journal, Insight, in the year in question. This prestigious award, inaugurated in 1981, commemorates the late E J Grimwade MC HonFInstNDT, a major pioneering figure in the NDT world. Any BINDT member who has been published in Insight is automatically considered and a shortlist is prepared by the NDT Technical Committee of the Institute. The award is presented by way of an engraved silver medal to the author with Institute membership status. Certificates are also presented to the lead and co-authors.
The recipients of the John Grimwade Medal for 2015, presented at the NDT 2016 conference, were C Mineo, S G Pierce, B Wright, I Cooper and P I Nicholson for their paper, titled: ‘PAUT inspection of complex-shaped composite materials through six DOFs robotic manipulators’, which was published in Insight, Vol 57, No 3, March 2015 (DOI: 101784/insi.2015.57.3.161).
“I was thrilled to know that one of the published outcomes of my work was deemed as the best paper to appear in the Institute’s journal in 2015,” said Dr Carmelo Mineo, lead author and Research Associate in the Centre of Ultrasonic Engineering (CUE) of the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering (EEE) at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow.
The paper presented a significant breakthrough in the inspection of complex parts with the development of a robotic inspection system prototype at TWI Technology Centre (Port Talbot, Wales). The paper highlights the successful collaboration between TWI and the CUE of the University of Strathclyde. The collaboration was supported by IntACom, a three-year project funded by the Welsh Government, Rolls-Royce, Bombardier Aerospace and GKN Aerospace.
“I believe that the paper’s success demonstrates the strong alignment between our research and the current industrial need to speed up the inspection of critical parts. Our research is helping to shape the future for the quality assessment of large-scale components, proposing new strategies to perform reliable and fast inspections with high resolution, repeatability and digital traceability,” Carmelo concluded.
The past, present and ongoing work of the Institute’s members and industry colleagues is having a positive impact on society. The British Institute of NDT presents a number of awards in recognition and appreciation of the efforts to secure a safer future for all through NDT and CM; engineering safety, integrity and reliability.
For more information about BINDT awards, visit: www.bindt.org/about-us/Institute-Awards/
The John Grimwade Medal is presented annually for the best paper submitted by a BINDT member and published in the Institute’s journal, Insight, in the year in question. This prestigious award, inaugurated in 1981, commemorates the late E J Grimwade MC HonFInstNDT, a major pioneering figure in the NDT world. Any BINDT member who has been published in Insight is automatically considered and a shortlist is prepared by the NDT Technical Committee of the Institute. The award is presented by way of an engraved silver medal to the author with Institute membership status. Certificates are also presented to the lead and co-authors.
The recipients of the John Grimwade Medal for 2015, presented at the NDT 2016 conference, were C Mineo, S G Pierce, B Wright, I Cooper and P I Nicholson for their paper, titled: ‘PAUT inspection of complex-shaped composite materials through six DOFs robotic manipulators’, which was published in Insight, Vol 57, No 3, March 2015 (DOI: 101784/insi.2015.57.3.161).
“I was thrilled to know that one of the published outcomes of my work was deemed as the best paper to appear in the Institute’s journal in 2015,” said Dr Carmelo Mineo, lead author and Research Associate in the Centre of Ultrasonic Engineering (CUE) of the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering (EEE) at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow.
The paper presented a significant breakthrough in the inspection of complex parts with the development of a robotic inspection system prototype at TWI Technology Centre (Port Talbot, Wales). The paper highlights the successful collaboration between TWI and the CUE of the University of Strathclyde. The collaboration was supported by IntACom, a three-year project funded by the Welsh Government, Rolls-Royce, Bombardier Aerospace and GKN Aerospace.
“I believe that the paper’s success demonstrates the strong alignment between our research and the current industrial need to speed up the inspection of critical parts. Our research is helping to shape the future for the quality assessment of large-scale components, proposing new strategies to perform reliable and fast inspections with high resolution, repeatability and digital traceability,” Carmelo concluded.
The past, present and ongoing work of the Institute’s members and industry colleagues is having a positive impact on society. The British Institute of NDT presents a number of awards in recognition and appreciation of the efforts to secure a safer future for all through NDT and CM; engineering safety, integrity and reliability.
For more information about BINDT awards, visit: www.bindt.org/about-us/Institute-Awards/
