Academic education in NDT-CE in the times of pandemia. International Symposium on Non-Destructive Testing in Civil Engineering (NDT-CE 2022)

Non-destructive testing methods and their basic principles are an integral part of most technical curricula of academic institutions in particular in engineering sciences. The Technical University in Munich (Chair of Non- destructive Testing) is bringing together these basics in a lecture series that is offered to a wide range of disciplines including civil, environmental, and mechanical engineering. A large variety of NDT techniques like UT, RT, ET, MT, AT, TT, VT, SHM, and many more are introduced to the students along with numerous applications. NDT is a teaching topic that requires skills from several disciplines including materials science and material testing, measurement techniques and sensors, data processing and computer science, and eventually simulation techniques. According to this, teaching courses can be attractive for students since they offer opportunities to include interesting experiments in the lectures as well as new media. Actual hot topics like machine learning, big data, and additive manufacturing are addressed along with their relation to quality control and NDT. However, such courses and the practical work are suffering from pandemic situations, where special hygienic requirements are essential. This presentation will present a collection of ideas to tackle this situation with some examples from two years’ experience during the CoVid19 crisis. The examples include a combination of online teaching courses with exercises, webinars, homework, and (limited) practical training. The underlying pedagogic concept is following the fundamentals of constructive alignment.     «

Non-destructive testing methods and their basic principles are an integral part of most technical curricula of academic institutions in particular in engineering sciences. The Technical University in Munich (Chair of Non- destructive Testing) is bringing together these basics in a lecture series that is offered to a wide range of disciplines including civil, environmental, and mechanical engineering. A large variety of NDT techniques like UT, RT, ET, MT, AT, TT, VT, SHM, and many more are in...     »