The Nondestructive Testing Information Analysis Center (NTIAC) is a full-service Information Analysis Center sponsored by the Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC) and operated under contract by Texas Research Institute Austin, Inc. (TRI/Austin) in Austin, Texas.

Goals and Objectives
NTIAC's mission is to increase the productivity of the nation's scientists, engineers, and technical managers involved in nondestructive testing, evaluation, and inspection (NDT/E/I) by providing broad information analysis services of technical excellence.

Approach
Collect, review, analyze, evaluate, synthesize, and disseminate available scientific, technical, and economic information and data on nondestructive testing, evaluation, and inspection methodology and technology.

Resources

• Computerized, bibliographic database of over 50,000 NDT articles, reports, and other documents
• On-call, broad technical expertise from almost 100 professional and support personnel at Texas Research International
• Access to dozens of electronic information resources, including bulletin boards, libraries, and Internet

Products and Services

• Direct access to NDT database
• Handbooks and data books
• Development of electronic databases
• Expert assistance for literature searches
• Current awareness (NTIAC Newsletter)
• Technical inquiry service
• Technical Area Tasks
• State of the Art Reports on current important NDT topics
• Organization of NDT symposia and conferences
• Publication of NDE related documents

Points of Contact

General Information:			Dr. George Matzkanin, Director
NTIAC Newsletter:			Ms. Jennifer Haven, Editor
Technical Area Tasks:			Dr. George Matzkanin or Mr. Russell Austin
Literature Searches:			Mr. Russell Austin, NDE Division Head
Publications:				Mrs. Shelly Clark, Office Administrator
Technical Inquiries:			Mr. Russell Austin, NDE Division Head

Mission

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• Technical and administrative support of workshops, conferences, etc., including publication of proceedings
• In-depth review and analysis of technical literature in specified areas
• Major state-of-the-art reports
• Technical assistance in identification and application of NDT technology
• Review of NDT standards or specifications
• Development of computer-based information systems and databases in specific areas
• Special technology assessments, "paper" feasibility studies, major handbooks, and data books
• Development of methods/techniques
• Evaluation/assessment of NDE technology

• Investigations of Adhesive Bond NDE for Field Implementation
• NDI Oriented Corrosion Control for Army Aircraft
• State-of-the-Art Reports on NDE of Adhesive Bonds and Corrosion
• Benchmarking the State-of-the-Art of NDT for a Composite Armored Vehicle
• Development of a Quantitative NDE Data Book
• Conference on Heat Damage of Graphite Epoxy Composites
• Technology Assessment of NDE Applied to Thick Sandwich Composites

• Dr. Lewis E. Sloter II, Office of the Director of Defense Research and Engineering, (703)695-0005
• Mr. Ron Hale, IAC Program Manager at the Defense Technical Information Center, (703) 274-6260
• Mrs. Barbara Niles, Contract Specialist at the Defense Electronics Supply Center, (513) 296-5344

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NTIAC Newsletter

Publications

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Bibliographic Database

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Direct Access to the DTIC and IAC Bibliographic Databases

• Libraries and information centers, including academic, special, and technical libraries.
  
• Components of DoD, including the Office of Secretary of Defense, the military services, as well as DoD agencies and other U.S. Government agencies.
  
• DoD military and civilian students.
  
• Universities involved in federally funded research throughout the U.S.

To obtain more information about becoming a DTIC registered user, request a registration packet with the necessary forms, and information about DTIC's products and services, by contacting:

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Public Access to DTIC Information

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Literature Searches

For DoD agencies, literature searches of the NTIAC database are performed at no cost. For non-DoD requesters, the price for a bibliography search is $50, plus $3 shipping and handling. There is no charge if the search does not produce productive results. The resulting bibliography is mailed within 7 to 10 workdays after the search is completed. Shipping time may be reduced by 2 to 4 days by using Federal Express for an additional charge of $20.

Copies of articles and documents cited in resulting literature searches are not available from NTIAC. Availability of journal articles and conference proceedings is included in the bibliographic printout; most unclassified reports are available from the National Technical Information Service (NTIS). Although NTIAC does not distribute documents cited in literature searches, assistance is provided, when needed, to locate items not readily available to the requester.

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Specialty Databases

The NDT Products and Services Database contains information on over 7,500 companies and organizations worldwide that provide NDT products, services, instruments, equipment, supplies, and accessories. This database can be searched by company name, geographic area (city, state, country), NDT method, products and services provided, and trade name. Upon request, NTIAC will perform searches of the NDT Products and Services Database for a charge of $50 for up to 100 "hits" plus $1 for each hit over the first 100.

The NDT Standards and Specifications Database contains information on over 1500 NDT standards, requirements, procedures, and specifications from over 40 sources, including ASTM, ANSI, Government and Foreign organizations. Each record contains title, source, issuing date, revision date, and method; the database can be searched by title, source, method, database group or keywords. This database is available for sale on floppy disk in DOS format from NTIAC. Call for price and other information.

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Conference Proceedings

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Databooks/Handbooks

• Design and qualification of NDE procedures.
• Design of maintenance and life cycle management procedures.
• Decision making in retirement-for-cause engineering systems.
• NDE engineering education.
• NDE process proficiency basis.

Technical Inquiries

Requests requiring only a nominal amount of NTIAC staff time will be serviced free of charge. For more extensive technical assistance, technology assessments, critical reviews, and NDT inspection methods, evaluations, and recommendations, NTIAC will estimate the effort and costs required to satisfy your requirement on a case by case basis.

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Texas Research Institute Austin, Inc. (TRI/Austin)

• Materials Science
  
• Polymer Chemistry
  
• Nondestructive Evaluation
  
• Failure Analysis
  
• Accelerated Life Testing
  
• Reliability Engineering
  
• Product Evaluation

Technical disciplines include physics, chemistry, mathematics, engineering, materials science and computer science. TRI/Austin specializes in basic and applied research in materials development, materials characterization, nondestructive testing and evaluation, polymers and composites development, chemical compatibility testing of materials, specifications development, instrumentation design and development, and product evaluation and testing. On-site facilities at TRI/Austin consist of an ultrasonic/magnetic NDE laboratory for materials including adhesive bonds, metal-to-rubber and composite laminates, a polymer chemistry laboratory involved in formulation and characterization of new adhesives, metal primers and coatings for aggressive environments, a materials laboratory to perform tests of materials, processes and products to ASTM or other customer-specified standards, and a product evaluation laboratory.

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