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2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
 
  Jan 30, 2026
 
2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog
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CEE 1370 - NONDESTRUCTIVE EVALUATION


Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
The course introduces students to the most common Nondestructive Evaluation (NDE) methods use in civil, industrial, and aerospace engineering to keep structures safe and to characterize materials properties such as strength and stress. The methods to be covered in class are (in alphabetical order): acoustic emission, eddy current, liquid penetrant testing, magnetic particle testing, microwave, thermography, and ultrasonic testing. The course will include laboratory demonstrations using YouTube videos that enable students to connect NDE methods to the current practice in the industry. Students from any engineering discipline from Swanson School are welcome to attend this class.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
Course Requirements: PROG: Swanson School of Engineering


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