MINDTCE15

CONFERENCE SCHEDULE

23 – 24 November 2015

Sunway Putra Hotel, Kuala Lumpur

Day 1 23rd November 2015

08.15 - 09.00: Registration

09.00 – 09.10: Welcoming Remarks Dr. Khazali Hj. Mohd Zin Vice President Malaysian Society for Non-destructive Testing (MSNT)

09.10 - 09.25: Opening Ceremony Mr. Bacho Pilong Senior General Manager Petroleum Operations Management, PETRONAS

09.25 - 09.50: Plenary Speaker Mr. L. Terry Clausing President, American Society for Nondestructive Testing (ASNT) The trend of current and future NDT technology to meet the challenge from industries

09.50 - 10.10: Group Photography Session & Refreshment

1st Session Chairperson: Dr. Ab Razak Hamzah

10.10 - 10.30: Paper IP1: Invited Speaker: Dr. Uwe Zscherpel Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM), Germany Recent requirements for digital radiography substituting film in different industries and standard organization

10.30 - 10.45: Paper 1: Michael Beaugrand, Jonathan Steele Bridging the digital divide: Digitizing radiographic film

10.45 - 11.00: Paper 2: Effat Yahaghi, Amir Movafeghi, Nooreddin Mohammadzadeh, Behrouz Rokrok, Peyman Rostami, Jahanghir Nekouei Contrast improvement of defect region in radiograph of welded objects via geometric locally adaptive

sharpening

11.00 - 11.15: Paper 3: Tee Kim-Tsew Radiographic sensitivity in industrial radiographic testing with x-ray films

11.15 - 11.20: Q&A Session

2nd Session Chairperson: Dr. Muhd Noor Muhd Yunus

11.20 - 11.35: Paper 4: Duncan Murray Recent advances in underwater remote ACFM® inspection

11.35 - 11.50: Paper 5: Alexander Mironenko Wire rope condition monitoring: conception and embodiment

11.50 - 12.05: Paper 6: Alfred Ng Advances in 3D video borescope measurement technologies for defect characterization

12.05 - 12.10: Q&A Session

3rd Session Chairperson: Mr. Zamaludin Ali

12.10 - 12.25: Paper 7: Wan Abdullah Wan Hamat Comprehensive site integrity assessments and mitigations for unbounded flexible pipes

12.25 - 12.40: Paper 8: Salbiah Hussein, Abd Nassir Ibrahim, Ilham Mukriz Zainal Abidin, Khazali Mohd Zin, Ab Razak Hamzah Current progress and future development in national qualification and certification of non-destructive testing

12.40 - 12.55: Paper 9: Rasif Mohd Zain, Roslan Yahya, Md Fakarudin, Nazrul Hizam Yusoff Neutron imaging system for level interface measurement

12.55 - 13.10: Paper 10: Denis Kiesel CR – Systems for use in weld inspection with adherence to ISO17636-02

13.10 - 13.15: Q&A Session

13.15 - 14.15: Lunch Break

4th Session Chairperson: Dr. Khazali Hj Mohd Zin

14.15 - 14.35: Paper IP2: Invited Speaker: Prof. Soichi Hirose President, Japanese Society for NDI (JSNDI) The role of NDT technology for modernization of Japanese industry

14.35 - 14.50: Paper 11: John Russell Rudlin, Fredrik Hagglund, Channa Nageswaran, Lu Zhao Enhanced inspection capability for specific applications using ultrasonic phased array

14.50 - 15.05: Paper 12: Sugianto Tan New invention technology of advanced phased array ultrasonic

15.05 - 15.20: Paper 13: A.S. Hashim, J. Rudlin, A.R. Hamzah, S.A. Zakaria, M.S. Mari Development of an underwater ultrasonic weld inspection using remotely operated vehicle (ROV) with phased array technology

15.20 - 15.35: Paper 14: Aisyah Zabri, Asriana Ibrahim, Kazuyuki Nakahata Application of particle filter to identification of structural parameters in elastic solid using reflected signal

15.35 - 15.40: Q&A Session

15.40 - 15.55: Coffee Break

5th Session Chairperson: Dr. Azmi Idris

15.55 - 16.10: Paper 15: Shirsendu Sikdar, Sauvik Banerjee Identification of disbond in a honeycomb composite sandwich structure using ultrasonic guided wave and embedded piezoelectric sensors

16.10 - 16.25: Paper 16: Jayesh Prabhakaran, Christudas R Bijudas Structural health monitoring of cylindrical shells using guided wave modes by pitch catch method

16.25 - 16.40: Paper 17: Dhanasekaran Ramasamy, Mukesh Arora In-service application of EMAT in boiler water wall tubes and high temperature components

16.40 - 16.55: Paper 18: Santanu Saha Detection of hydrogen induced cracks during in-service inspection of piping using ultrasonic phased arrays – assessment of fitness for service

16.55 - 17.10: Paper 19: Andre Lamarre Improved inspection of CRA-clad pipe welds with off-the-shelf ultrasonic phased-array technology

17.10 - 17.25: Paper 20: P.J. Mudge, A.G. Haig. K.J. Thornicraft Strategies for non-invasive monitoring of engineering structures using guided waves

17.25 - 17.30: Q&A Session

Day 2 24th November 2015

6th Session Chairperson: Mr. Awaldin Mohd Ariff

09.00 - 09.20: Paper IP3: Invited Speaker: Prof. Yong Li Xi’an Jiaotong University, China Advanced electromagnetic NDE – R&D status in NDT lab of Xi’an Jiaotong University

09.20 - 09.35: Paper 21: Lu Zhao, Kyriakos Berketis Application of advanced acousto-ultrasonics in automated wind turbine blade evaluation

09.35 - 09.50: Paper 22: Neil Harrap Training for phased array ultrasonic testing – An innovative approach

09.50 - 10.05: Paper 23: Mohammad Hossein Soorgee, Aghil Yousefi-Koma Quantitative crack depth study in homogeneous plates using simulated Lamb waves

10.05 - 10.20: Paper 24: Mohd Azmi Ismail, Amry Amin Abas, Mohd Hariri Arifin, Mohd Nadzari Ismail, Nor Azura Othman, Anita Setu, Mohd Ridzuan Ahmad and Mohd Kamal Shah Integrity determination of underground tunnel using ground penetrating radar

10.20 - 10.25: Q&A Session

10.25 - 10.40: Coffee Break

7th Session Chairperson: Mr. Alamin Pardi

10.40 - 10.55: Paper 25: Muhammad Rawi Mohamed Zin Neutron beam technique to industrial and research applications

10.55 - 11.10: Paper 26: Rozman Mohd Tahar Star rating: Occupational radiation safety practices

11.10 - 11.25: Paper 27: Amir Movafeghi, Effat Yahaghi, Nooreddinn Mohammadzadeh, Behrooz Rokrok, Peyman Rostami, Jahanghir Nekouei

Using L0 smoothing algorithm for improvement of the corrosion estimation

11.25 - 11.40: Paper 28: Dheeraj P R Single sided weld inspection using advanced ultrasonic methods

11.40 - 11.45: Q&A Session

8th Session Chairperson: Dr. Nordin Jamaludin

11.45 - 12.00: Paper 29: Santanu Saha, Venkatarao Burri Eddy current array technology on CRA liner pipes

12.00 - 12.15: Paper 31: Andre Lamarre Flexible PCB eddy current array probes for the surface inspection of welds and pipes

12.15 - 12.30: Paper 32: Daiki Kishioka, Taishi Matsumoto, Kazuyuki Nakahata Electromagnetic array imaging of steel bars in concrete using high-speed SAFT

12.30 - 12.45: Paper 33: John Russell Rudlin, Shiva Majidnia Development of a pulsed eddy current method for corrosion detection in pipework

12.45 - 12.50: Q&A Session

12.50 - 14.05: Lunch Break 9th Session Chairperson: Mr. Wan Abdullah Wan Hamat

14.05 - 14.25: Paper IP4: Invited Speaker: Dr. B. Venkatraman Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR), India Advanced NDE for fast reactor technology

14.25 - 14.40: Paper 34: Nares Chankow, Somyot Srisatit, Sandy Tith, Nuatawan Thamrongsiripak Use of smartphones to measure x-ray and gamma-ray dose rate for safety of industrial radiographers

14.40 - 14.55: Paper 35 : Nares Chankow, Chalermpong Polee, Somyot Srisatit X-ray and gamma-ray exposure meter based on CMOS digital camera

14.55 - 15.10: Paper 36: Amir Movafeghi, Mostafa Khodabandelou, Peyman Rostami, Jahanghir Nekouei Industrial radiography simulation by MCNPX for pipeline corrosion detection

15.10 - 15.25: Paper 37: Hamza Haffies Ismail Japan's application on nondestructive testing of concrete structures

15.25 - 15.30: Q&A Session

15.30 - 15.45: Coffee Break

10th Session Chairperson: Dr. Rasif Mohd Zin

15.45 - 16.00: Paper 38: Mohammad Hossein Soorgee A numerical study on proper mode and frequency selection for riveted lap joints inspection using Lamb waves

16.00 - 16.15: Paper 39: Ibrahim Asriana, Kazuyuki Nakahata Numerical simulation of ultrasonic scattered wave from crack with nonlinear interface

16.15 - 16.30: Paper 40: Jose Fernando Cuenca Jimenez, Armin Iske Persistent homology for defect detection in non-destructive evaluation of materials

16.30 - 16.45: Paper 41: Qumrul Ahsan, Hiroshi Kato Ultrasonic evaluation of aluminum/steel dissimilar metals joined by fusion welding

16.45 - 17.00: Paper 42: Kazuyuki Nakahata, Tatsunao Takamoto Guided wave testing for civil infrastructure by multipoint sensing with wireless accelerometers

17.00 - 17.05: Q&A Session

17.05: Closing

Plenary Speaker

L. Terry Clausing is a licensed Professional Engineer with more than 40 years in thermal and spectral analysis with a primary focus on infrared temperature measurement. He is certified ASNT NDT and PdM Level III in infrared and thermal testing and certified NAS 410 Level III in thermal infrared for examination of aerospace materials. Clausing has a background in industrial engineering in a variety of industries, including toy manufacturing, shoe manufacturing, can manufacturing, sawmill operations, and bottling for a distillery. He attended the engineering program at the University of Cincinnati, earning a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering (BSME) and an M.B.A. from Xavier University. He has worked at Drysdale and Associates, Inc. since 1985. In more recent years, Clausing has provided consulting and problem solving services to a wide variety of customers for condition and process monitoring based on spectral and thermal analysis, primarily in the infrared range of the electromagnetic spectrum. Clausing is the 2015 president of the American Society for Nondestructive Testing (ASNT). He also chairs the ASTM E07.10 subcommittee on Specialized NDT Methods. Clausing is co-chair of the International Committee on Nondestructive Testing (ICNDT) Working Group 6 on Condition Monitoring. Additionally, he was actively involved in a 2014 certification-based memorandum of understanding between ASNT and the Residential Energy Services Network, and he participates in student outreach activities that promote the practice and profession of nondestructive testing.

Invited Speakers

Uwe Zscherpel received his PhD from the University of Leipzig in Experimental Physics on Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy of Zeolites. In 1992 he changed to non-destructive testing and since 1996 he is head of the working group “Digital Radiology and Image Analysis” at BAM Berlin. His area of expertise is digital image processing in industrial radiology, including NDT film digitization, digital image analysis, pattern recognition and digital reference catalogues for weldings and castings. Additional working fields are testing and certification of all types of radiographic image detectors like NDT film systems, imaging plates and digital detector arrays for industrial applications. He is active in various standardisation committees on industrial radiology in DIN, CEN, ISO, IEC and IIW.

Yong Li has currently been an associate professor in School of Aerospace, of Xi’an Jiaotong University (China) since 2009. His research interests involve Finite Element Simulation and analytical modelling for Electromagnetic problems; theory of Electromagnetic Non-destructive Testing and Evaluation (ENDT&E); Instrumentation of ENDT&E; Radio-frequency measurement for detection and characterisation of objects; 3D magnetic field measurement using magnetic sensors and arrays; Signal processing and feature extraction techniques. He received the bachelor's degree and master’s degree in Electrical Engineering at School of Electrical Engineering, of Xi’an Jiaotong University (China) in 2001 and 2004. After graduation, he worked as a full-time research assistant in Huddersfield University (UK) from 2006 to 2007, and Newcastle University (UK) from 2007 to 2009 as a full-time research associate. His work focused on: (1) theoretical and experimental investigation of ENDT&E; and (2) techniques regarding people screening for threats with automatic detection and localisation. Meanwhile, he studied as a part-time postgraduate student towards PhD in ENDT&E at Huddersfield University (UK) from 2005 to 2007 and Newcastle University (UK) from 2007 to 2009. He received PhD in ENDT&E from Newcastle University (UK) in 03/2009. He has been involved in more than 10 projects related to Electromagnetics, and has published more than 50 scientific papers on Electromagnetics in conferences, national and international journals.

Sohichi Hirose is a professor in the Graduate School of Information Science and Engineering at Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech), Tokyo, Japan, and is currently the president of the Japanese Society for Non-Destructive Inspection (JSNDI). He received the degree of Dr. Eng. in Civil Engineering from Kyoto University, Japan in 1987. After working as an assistant professor at Kyoto University and an associate professor at Okayama University, he joined Tokyo Institute of Technology in 1998. His research interests are numerical simulation of wave propagation and scattering of elastic waves, ultrasonic signal processing and flaw imaging. Recently he is involved in application of nondestructive testing to social infrastructure.

Dr. B. Venkatraman from the 27th batch of Bhabha Atomic Research Centre Training School joined the Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR), Kalpakkam, India in 1984. With a research career spanning 31 years, he has combined the physics of NDE with engineering and technology and consistently provided excellent R & D support and robust NDE based solutions to technologically challenging problems in the nuclear and other strategic/core industries. He has been primarily responsible for establishing the real time and digital X-ray and neutron radiography and thermal imaging facilities at the IGCAR, Kalpakkam and developing many NDE procedures and techniques such as microfocal radiography for steam generator of fast reactor, high sensitivity radiography combined with image processing of highly irradiated fuel pins, computed radiography of thin walled weldments etc. many of which have been successfully implemented in the industries. He is presently the Head, Radiological Safety Division and Associate Director, Radiological Safety and Environment Group at IGCAR, Kalpakkam, India.

List of Exhibitors

Booth Company name Country 1 NDT Equipment Sdn. Bhd. Malaysia 2 Gammatec Malaysia 3 4 FOMA Bohemia Spol. S R.O. Czech Republic 5 Iftitah Solutions (M) Sdn Bhd Malaysia 6 Altech Industrial & Engineering Supply S/B Malaysia 7 EXTENDE France 8 Pacific-Tec Scientific Pte Ltd Singapore 9 Advantech Alliance Malaysia 10

11 C.Melchers Gmbh & Co. (Malaysia) Malaysia 12

JPK Malaysia Malaysia 13 14 Asia NDE Sdn Bhd Malaysia 15 16 C. Melchers Gmbh & Co. (Malaysia) Malaysia 17 Aseptec Sdn Bhd Malaysia 18 Malaysian Nuclear Agency Malaysia 19 Hamza Ujibina Services Malaysia 20 NDTS India (P) Limited India 21 EPSB Malaysia 22 Xspec Technology Sdn Bhd Malaysia 23 Slh Metaltech Sdn Bhd Malaysia 24 Zhengzhou Runde Dellonscope Co., Ltd. China 25 RCA Regional Office Korea 26 Www.Eye2eye.Com.Sg Singapore