Personal Contribution Award
Award for BINDT members
Award criteria
Purpose: The purpose of this award is to recognise a valuable and significant personal contribution to the British Institute of NDT and the wider NDT/CM/SHM community. This award acknowledges individuals who have contributed to and influenced the wellbeing of the Institute.
Details of the award: The award will consist of a gift to the value of £300, an invitation to the NDT Annual Conference Dinner and one night’s accommodation, a framed certificate signed by the President and the Chief Executive Officer, together with a personalised letter from the President.
Eligibility: The successful nominee must have been a long-term active member of the British Institute of NDT (minimum of ten years) who, during that period, must have supported the Institute as an active committee member. The successful nominee will stand out as having made a considerable personal contribution towards the charitable objectives of the Institute.
The proposer of the award should be a voting member of the Institute. If they are not, they will need to ensure the application is endorsed by an Institute voting member.
Frequency: There is no periodicity for this award; suitable recipients will emerge from time to time and their selection will be obvious by their acknowledged contribution. It will be possible for more than one candidate to be given this award in the same calendar year.
Nomination arrangements: The nomination must be seconded by an elected member of Council and receive a 75% positive response from elected members who are in attendance on the day of the election; one proxy vote may be submitted to Karen Cambridge by any non-attending Council members.
Awarding arrangements: The award will be made at the NDT Annual Conference Dinner and will be awarded by the President.
Committee: MQ&E Committee and ratified by Council.
Winners
2026 winner: Doug Wylie CEng BEng (Hons) MInstNDT Cert Ed (PCET)
The Personal Contribution Award for 2026 is awarded to Doug Wylie CEng BEng (Hons) MInstNDT Cert Ed (PCET).
Doug is married with two adult children, lives in Derbyshire and is currently NDE Lead at Rolls-Royce SMR.
A Chartered Engineer with 40 years’ experience in a variety of roles, Doug started his working life as a Royal Air Force Apprentice and initially spent nine years as an aircraft maintenance technician. In 1997, he found his vocation in non-destructive testing (NDT), working on all aircraft types, and in 2009 wrapped up a full military career as the NDT Chief Instructor.
Doug’s next chapter was away from aero with a move to TWI where, after a stint in training and examination, he worked on NDT projects across a variety of industry sectors both on- and offshore, in the UK and abroad, before moving to Rolls-Royce SMR in 2024. NDT has afforded him some amazing experiences in places he never imagined he would see and he has worked with some incredible people along the way.
Doug also feels privileged to have been a volunteer with the British Institute of Non-Destructive Testing (BINDT) since 2009 through the Membership, Qualification and Education (MQ&E) Committee, with terms on Council and, until last year, as a Vice President. More recently, he has become a Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Ambassador, giving him the chance to spark an interest in NDT in the next generation.
Outside of work he is a keen cyclist and motorbiker.
