Ultrasonic Inspection Technology Development and Search Unit Design: Examples of Practical Applications

MARK V. BROOK, PhD, received his doctoral degree from Leningrad Waterway Transportation Institute, now renamed as St. Petersburg State University of Water Communications. He worked as an associate professor and was in charge of the Nondestructive Testing Laboratory there. Dr. Brook has worked for Combustion Engineering, ABB, and Westinghouse Electric Company as a consultant in the research and development of ultrasonic nondestructive testing. He holds four patents and has written numerous articles. Dr. Brook has taken part in numerous projects for developing techniques and designing probes for ultrasonic inspection of test objects, mostly for nuclear power plants.