American Society for Nondestructive Testing
Greater Philadelphia Section

VOLUME 12, No. 9

April, 2006

APRIL MEETING NOTICE

APRIL 13, 2006

TECHNICIAN?S NIGHT

SPEAKER: Fred Cella
Shaw/Stone & Webster

SUBJECT: Central Certification


DATE: Thursday, April 13, 2006

WHERE:Holiday Inn Select
4700 Street Road
Trevose, PA

TIME:6:00 PM

PRICE:$23.00
Technicians:$13.00

RSVP:Tony Gatti, 215-824-4000 by Noon, April 10th.




Stork MMA Materials Testing Labs
2 Pheasant Run
Newtown, PA 18940









MORE ON THE SPEAKER

Fred first joined ASNT as a corporate member with Stone & Webster in 1974. With 32 years of experience in quality assurance, quality control, inspection, and NDE he has provided services to utilities, transit agencies, government agencies, military agencies, railroad agencies, construction industry and highway departments. He has managed NDE training operations and developed specialized customer courses to ASME Code, Military Standards, AWS, API and aerospace standards.
As the Principle Investigator, he developed the National Highway Institute Course 13023 NDT Methods for Steel Bridges which was developed to identify new developments in NDE equipment, methods as they apply to steel bridges. He has held previous AWS welding inspector certification and New York State DOT Certification in Ultrasonics.
As a committee member, he participated in the development of INPO guidelines for the training and certification of NDE Inspectors.
As Manager Inspection Training and Corporate Level III for Shaw/Stone & Webster he manages the QC/NDE training and certification program, provides NDE contractor oversight, conducts shop and field inspections and provides NDE expertise in support of engineering investigations. He also reviews and approves Welding Procedure Specifications (WPSs), Procedure Qualification Records (PQRs) and Welder Performance Qualifications (WPQ) for various Stone and Webster Projects.
He is familiar with domestic and international NDE certification standards and programs, was a member of ASNT?s ?National Certification Board? from 1991-1997, and is presently chairman of ASNT's Certification Management Council (CMC) which directs and administers ASNT?s National Certification Programs.
Fred holds a Bachelors Degree from Northeastern University and is an ASNT Professional Level III Certificate #25978 in RT,UT, PT, MT, and Visual.

TECHNICIAN?S NIGHT

Central Certification is of vital importance to Technicians who want to advance in the field of Nondestructive Testing. If you have not attended a meeting all year, this is the one to put on your calendar! The Section wishes to extend an invitation at a reduced price to those practicing Technicians interested in the subject. The price of the meeting to those qualified will be $13.00. Those interested should RSVP as soon as possible.

THE SOCIAL HOUR IS BACK !!

The social hour, from 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM will be in the Old Chicago Lounge. Upon check-in with Fred Klock, a ticket will be given to each person good for one beer or glass of wine. An area will be reserved exclusively for our group.


THIS YEAR'S OFFICERS


Chairman/ Vince Roding
Section Awards NDT Training & Consulting
610-461-6238

Vice Chairman/ Bob Rich
Education SPS Technologies
215-572-3485

Treasurer/ Fred Klock
Education/ ASNT/ASMI Volunteer
President?s Points 215-659-8424

Secretary/ Rich Bottari
Newsletter: Stork MMA Laboratories
215-579-7500

Director, Lester Jenkins
Assistant to Kingsbury, Inc.
Chairman 215-824-4995

House, Golf &Tony Gatti
ProgramKingsbury, Inc.
Committee215-824-4000


Tech. Awards: Pauline Derhofer


National Awards:Arnie Horoff
Retired
215-795-2539

Publicity: Fred Klock


PhotographyPauline Derhofer
V.F. Roding Training
610-461-6236

GRAND PRIZE DRAWING

THIS IS IT !!!!! PRIZES WILL TOTAL OVER $1000.00! Each time you attended a technical meeting this year, your name went into the hat! At the THIS meeting, one or more names will be drawn for a gift certificate to Best Buy for a TV or other items. The more meetings you attend, the more chances you have to win. Please remember that you MUST be a member in good standing and MUST be present to win.

Our thanks to those who have generously contributed so far:

MX Industrial$500.00

Vince Roding$250.00

MEETING CHANGES

Please be aware that due to scheduling conflicts, meetings may not be on the first Thursday of the month. Please take careful note of the date when you get your newsletter.

50/50 Drawing

The 50/50 drawing was worth $71.00 and was won by Brad Bornstein.

An additional drawing for a handsome digital clock was won by Tony Gatti. (HEY, enough is enough!!)

PROGRESSIVE MEMBERSHIP
The name drawn last month was Ed Klausman, who was not present to win. The names for the drawing are taken from the current membership list from ASNT headquarters. If you are present at the meeting when your name is called, YOU WIN! This month?s pot totals $260.00


PLEASE VISIT OUR WEB PAGE AT
WWW.GPASNT.ORG

GOLF OUTING
The annual golf outing is fast approaching! New and improved menu! Bigger & better prizes! See the enclosed flyer for details, or visit our website at www.GPASNT.org for details.

SPRING SOCIAL
The May social is a joint venture with ASMI Philadelphia Chapter. It is on Saturday, May 6, 2006 at the Old York Road Country Club near Spring House, PA. It will cost $50.00 per person and includes four hours of top shelf open bar, butlered hot and cold hors d?oeuvres, a DJ for dancing and a choice of Oven Roasted Prime Rib of Beef or Filet of Flounder Stuffed with Crabmeat The time is set for 6:00 to 11:00 PM. Driving directions will be published later. There will be door prizes and the typical donation from sponsors is $225 each. (We are still looking for donations!) You can make reservations with Fred Klock and send checks made out to Philadelphia chapter ASMI.


THE LAST WORD

Some people are like slinkies; not really good for anything, but they still bring a smile to your face when you push them down a flight of stairs.


If it squirms, its biology. If it stinks, its chemistry. If it doesn?t work, its physics. If you can?t understand it, its mathematics.